CN112448995A

CN112448995A - Vehicle service deployment device, vehicle service deployment method, and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN112448995A
Application number: CN202010668337.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 西田义一
Original assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
Current assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-08-28
Filing date: 2020-07-13
Publication date: 2021-03-05
Also published as: JP2021033821A; JP7272904B2

Abstract

The invention provides a vehicle service deploying device, a vehicle service deploying method and a storage medium. A vehicle service deployment device is provided with: a communication unit that communicates with the in-vehicle communication device, a user's terminal device, or the charging device; a receiving unit that stores, in a storage unit, vehicle notification information that is received by the communication unit and that includes identification information of the electric vehicle, position information of the electric vehicle, and information indicating a state of charge of the electric vehicle; a determination unit that determines whether or not a vehicle-equipped service of the charged electric vehicle can be provided to a user who is a transmission source of the vehicle request, based on the vehicle request received from the in-vehicle communication device or the user terminal device via the communication unit and the vehicle notification information stored in the storage unit; and a management unit that outputs information instructing the allocation of the electric vehicle determined to be able to provide the allocated vehicle service, when the determination unit determines that the allocated vehicle service of the electric vehicle is able to be provided.

Description

Vehicle service deployment device, vehicle service deployment method, and storage medium

Technical Field

The invention relates to a vehicle service deployment device, a vehicle service deployment method and a storage medium.

Background

In recent years, Electric vehicles that run on an Electric motor driven by Electric power supplied from a secondary Battery (Battery) such as a Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) and a Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) have been developed and become widespread.

In addition, it is expected that services such as a rental contract and an order contract purchased from a vehicle will be mainstream in the future. As a service using a vehicle, a technique is known in which a plurality of users use the same common vehicle (for example, see japanese patent application laid-open No. 2003-6294).

Disclosure of Invention

In order to spread electric vehicles and provide services using electric vehicles, it is necessary to provide infrastructure for charging in all areas. Even if the setting of the infrastructure for charging is advanced, the charging of the electric vehicle requires time, and therefore, is troublesome.

An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle service deployment device, a vehicle service deployment method, and a program that can improve convenience of an electric vehicle.

The vehicle service deployment device of the present invention adopts the following configuration.

(1): an arrangement of a vehicle service deployment device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a communication unit that communicates with the in-vehicle communication device, a user's terminal device, or the charging device; a receiving unit that stores, in a storage unit, vehicle notification information that is received by the communication unit and that includes identification information of an electric vehicle, position information of the electric vehicle, and information indicating a state of charge of the electric vehicle; a determination unit that determines whether or not a vehicle-equipped service of the charged electric vehicle can be provided to a user who is a source of the vehicle request, based on the vehicle request received from the in-vehicle communication device or the user terminal device via the communication unit and the vehicle notification information stored in the storage unit; and a management unit that outputs information instructing the allocation of the electric vehicle determined to be able to provide the allocated vehicle service, when the determination unit determines that the allocated vehicle service of the electric vehicle is able to be provided.

(2): in the aspect of the above (1), the determination unit determines whether or not the vehicle allocation service can be provided to the user based on position information associated with identification information of the electric vehicle used by the user included in the vehicle request, among the position information of the electric vehicle stored in the storage unit, and based on whether or not the position of the electric vehicle used by the user is included in an area where the vehicle allocation service can be provided.

(3): in the aspect (1) or (2), the information indicating the state of charge of the electrically powered vehicle includes information indicating a charging rate of a secondary battery mounted on the electrically powered vehicle.

(4): in any one of the above aspects (1) to (3), the management unit instructs allocation of the electric vehicle for collecting the electric vehicle used when the user has finished using the electric vehicle.

(5): in any one of the above (1) to (4), the electric vehicle is an autonomous vehicle, and the management unit instructs the electric vehicle to move to the position of the user by autonomous driving.

The vehicle service allocation method of the present invention adopts the following structure.

(6): a deployed vehicle service device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a communication unit that communicates with a vehicle-mounted communication device, a user terminal device, or a charging device, stores vehicle notification information including identification information of an electric vehicle, position information of the electric vehicle, and information indicating a charging state of the electric vehicle, which is received by the communication unit, in a storage unit, determines whether or not it is possible to provide a deployed vehicle service of the electric vehicle that has been charged to a user who is a source of the vehicle request, based on a vehicle request received from the vehicle-mounted communication device or the user terminal device via the communication unit and the vehicle notification information stored in the storage unit, and outputs a notification indicating deployment of the electric vehicle that is determined to be able to provide the deployed vehicle service of the electric vehicle, when it is determined that the deployed vehicle service of the electric vehicle can be provided And (4) information.

The storage medium of the present invention has the following structure.

(7): a storage medium according to an aspect of the present invention stores a program for causing a deployed vehicle service device including a communication unit that communicates with an in-vehicle communication device, a user terminal device, or a charging device to perform the following operations: storing, in a storage unit, vehicle notification information including identification information of an electric vehicle, position information of the electric vehicle, and information indicating a state of charge of the electric vehicle, which are received by the communication unit; determining whether or not a vehicle-equipped service of the charged electric vehicle can be provided to a user who is a transmission source of the vehicle request, based on the vehicle request received from the vehicle-mounted communication device or the user's terminal device via the communication unit and the vehicle notification information stored in the storage unit; and outputting information indicating the deployment of the electric vehicle determined that the deployed vehicle service can be provided, in a case where it is determined that the deployed vehicle service of the electric vehicle can be provided.

Effects of the invention

According to (1) to (7), it is determined whether or not the vehicle-to-be-allocated service of the charged electric vehicle can be provided to the user who is the source of the vehicle request, based on the vehicle request received from the vehicle-mounted communication device or the user's terminal device, the vehicle notification information including the identification information of the electric vehicle, the position information of the electric vehicle, and the information indicating the state of charge of the electric vehicle, and if it is determined that the vehicle-to-be-allocated service can be provided, information instructing the electric vehicle to allocate the vehicle can be output, so that it is possible for the user to improve the convenience of the electric vehicle.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a configuration diagram of a vehicle system including a vehicle service deployment apparatus according to an embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a diagram showing example 1 of the structure of the electric vehicle according to the embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a diagram showing example 2 of the structure of the electric vehicle according to the embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the vehicle information.

Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an example of user information.

Fig. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the vehicle notification information.

Fig. 7 is a timing chart showing an operation of the vehicle system of the embodiment 1.

Fig. 8 is a timing chart showing an operation example 2 of the vehicle system according to the embodiment.

Description of the symbols:

1: a vehicle system; 100: deploying a vehicle service device; 110: a communication unit; 120: a receiving section; 130: a determination unit; 140: a management unit; 150: a lead-out section; 160: a storage unit; 161: vehicle information; 162: user information; 164: vehicle notification information; 200-1 to 200-n, 200 u: an electric vehicle; 212: a motor; 214: a drive wheel; 216: a braking device; 220: a vehicle sensor; 230: a PCU; 232: a converter; 234: a VCU; 236: a control unit; 240: a storage battery; 242: a battery sensor; 250: an in-vehicle communication device; 260: a navigation device; 262: a GNSS receiver; 264: a navigation control device; 266: a display device; 270: a charging port; 272: a connection circuit; 274: a charger; 275: a first plug; 276: a charging cable; 277: a second plug; 280: an outside monitoring unit; 282: an in-vehicle communication device; 284: a navigation device; 284A: HMI; 284B: a GNSS receiver; 284C: a navigation control device; 286: a recommended lane determining device; 290: an automatic driving control unit; 292: a driving force output device; 294: a steering device; 300: a terminal device; 400-1 to 400-m, 400: a recovery/delivery vehicle; NW: a network.

Detailed Description

Next, a vehicle service deployment device, a vehicle service deployment method, and a storage medium according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. The embodiments described below are merely examples, and the embodiments to which the present invention is applied are not limited to the embodiments described below. In all the drawings for describing the embodiments, the same reference numerals are used for parts having the same functions, and redundant description is omitted.

[ integral Structure ]

Fig. 1 is a configuration diagram of a vehicle system including a vehicle service deployment apparatus according to an embodiment. The vehicle system 1 of the embodiment includes a vehicle allocation service device 100, electric vehicles 200-1 to 200-n (n is an integer greater than 1), collection/distribution vehicles 400-1 to 400-m (m is an integer greater than 1), one or more terminal devices 300 used by one or more users U, and one or more electric vehicles 200U used by users U. Note that "used by the user U" may include a case where a terminal device that can be used by an unspecified number of persons, such as a terminal device of a web card, is temporarily used by the user U. One or more electric powered vehicles 200U can be said to be included in electric powered vehicles 200-1 to 200-n and used by one or more users U.

The deployed vehicle service device 100, the electric vehicles 200-1 to 200-n, the collection/distribution vehicles 400-1 to 400-m, the one or more terminal devices 300, and the one or more electric vehicles 200u can communicate with each other via the network NW. The Network NW includes the internet, a WAN (Wide Area Network), a LAN (Local Area Network), a public line, a provider device, a private line, a wireless base station, and the like. In the present embodiment, each of the electric vehicles 200-1 to 200-n and each of the collection/distribution vehicles 400-1 to 400-m is parked in a parking lot near the deployed vehicle service device 100.

The user U sets up a contract to use the electric vehicle for a predetermined period by regularly paying the use fee. The electric vehicle used by the user U needs to be charged, but when charging is impossible, for example, the deployment vehicle service device 100 requests deployment of an electric vehicle that replaces the already-used electric vehicle 200U. When a user U requests an electric vehicle that replaces the electric vehicle 200U used by the user U, the vehicle service provisioning device 100 determines whether the vehicle service provisioning can be provided to the user U based on the position of each of the electric vehicles 200-1 to 200-n and information indicating the state of charge of each of the electric vehicles 200-1 to 200-n, and provides the vehicle service provisioning by instructing the electric vehicle to provision the vehicle service provisioning when it is determined that the vehicle service provisioning can be provided.

Each of electrically powered vehicles 200-1 to 200-n creates vehicle notification information including vehicle identification information, vehicle position information, and information indicating the state of charge of the vehicle, and transmits the created vehicle notification information to deployed vehicle service device 100. Deployed vehicle service apparatus 100 receives vehicle notification information transmitted by each of electric powered vehicles 200-1 to 200-n. Deployed vehicle service apparatus 100 acquires vehicle identification information, vehicle position information, and information indicating the state of charge of the vehicle, which are included in the received one or more pieces of vehicle notification information. Deployed vehicle service device 100 stores the acquired one or more pieces of vehicle identification information, vehicle position information, and information indicating the state of charge of the vehicle in association with each other.

The collection/distribution vehicle 400-1 to the collection/distribution vehicle 400-m respectively create vehicle notification information including vehicle identification information, vehicle position information, and information indicating the state of charge of the vehicle, and transmit the created vehicle notification information to the vehicle allocation service apparatus 100. The deployed vehicle service device 100 receives vehicle notification information transmitted from each of the collection/distribution vehicle 400-1 to the collection/distribution vehicle 400-m. Deployed vehicle service apparatus 100 acquires vehicle identification information, vehicle position information, and information indicating the state of charge of the vehicle, which are included in the received one or more pieces of vehicle notification information. Deployed vehicle service device 100 stores the acquired one or more pieces of vehicle identification information, vehicle position information, and information indicating the state of charge of the vehicle in association with each other.

Each of electric vehicles 200-1 to 200-n may be an autonomous vehicle or may not be an autonomous vehicle. The recovery/distribution vehicles 400-1 to 400-m may or may not be autonomous vehicles, respectively. In the case where the automated driving vehicle is provided to the user U who has requested the allocation of the electric vehicle, the user U can issue an instruction to move to the position of the user U by the automated driving, and therefore the collection/distribution vehicle that distributes the electric vehicle may not be necessary.

When the user U requests an electric vehicle that replaces the electric vehicle 200U being used, the user U requests the terminal device 300 or the vehicle-mounted communication device of the electric vehicle 200U to operate the electric vehicle. When the user U performs an operation to request the electric vehicle, the terminal device 300 or the in-vehicle communication device of the electric vehicle 200U creates a vehicle request including vehicle identification information of the electric vehicle 200U and information indicating the requested electric vehicle and having the vehicle service device 100 as a destination. The terminal device 300 or the in-vehicle communication device of the electric vehicle 200u transmits the created vehicle request to the deployed vehicle service device 100.

The deployed vehicle service device 100 receives a vehicle request transmitted from the terminal device 300 or the in-vehicle communication device of the electric vehicle 200u, and acquires vehicle identification information included in the received vehicle request. The deployed vehicle service device 100 specifies, based on the stored vehicle notification information, vehicle position information and information indicating the state of charge of the electric vehicle that are associated with the acquired vehicle identification information, and vehicle position information and information indicating the state of charge of the electric vehicle that are associated with vehicle identification information other than the vehicle identification information. The deployed vehicle service device 100 determines whether or not there is a charged electric vehicle that can be provided to the user U, based on the specified information.

When it is determined that there are one or more charged electric vehicles that can be provided to the user U, the deployed vehicle service apparatus 100 selects an electric vehicle to be distributed to the position of the electric vehicle 200U from among the one or more charged electric vehicles that can be provided to the user U. The vehicle allocation service device 100 creates an instruction to allocate a vehicle including the position information of the electric vehicle 200u and information instructing to allocate the vehicle to the position of the electric vehicle 200u, and uses the allocated vehicle as a destination. The deployed vehicle service device 100 transmits the created deployed vehicle instruction to the deployed electric vehicle.

The deployed vehicle service device 100 derives a providing time, which is a time when the deployed electric vehicle can be provided to the position of the electric vehicle 200u, based on the deployed position of the electric vehicle and the position of the electric vehicle 200 u. The deployed vehicle service device 100 creates a vehicle response including information indicating that vehicle deployment is instructed and information indicating a time of delivery, and uses the terminal device 300 or the vehicle-mounted communication device of the electric vehicle 200u as a destination, and transmits the created vehicle response to the terminal device 300 or the vehicle-mounted communication device of the electric vehicle 200 u.

When the electric vehicle provided to the user U is not an autonomous vehicle, the deployed vehicle service apparatus 100 selects a collection/distribution vehicle that distributes the electric vehicle from the collection/distribution vehicles 400-1 to 400-n to the position of the electric vehicle 200U and collects the electric vehicle 200U, based on the vehicle position information included in the stored vehicle notification information and information indicating the state of charge of the electric vehicle. The deployed vehicle service device 100 creates a collection instruction including the position information of the electric vehicle 200u, the information instructing to distribute the electric vehicle, and the information instructing to collect the electric vehicle 200u, and uses the selected collection/distribution vehicle as a destination. The deployed vehicle service device 100 outputs the created recovery instruction.

On the other hand, when the electric vehicle provided to the user U is an autonomous vehicle, the deployed vehicle service apparatus 100 selects a collection/delivery vehicle that collects the electric vehicle 200U from among the collection/delivery vehicles 400-1 to 400-n based on the vehicle position information included in the stored vehicle notification information and information indicating the state of charge of the electric vehicle. The deployed vehicle service device 100 creates a collection instruction including the position information of the electric vehicle 200u and the information instructing to collect the electric vehicle 200u, and uses the selected collection/delivery vehicle as a destination. The deployed vehicle service device 100 outputs the created recovery instruction.

Hereinafter, the electric vehicles 200-1 to 200-n, the collection/distribution vehicles 400-1 to 400-m, the deployed vehicle service device 100, and the terminal device 300 included in the vehicle system 1 will be described in order. Hereinafter, any one of the electrically powered vehicles 200-1 to 200-n will be referred to as an electrically powered vehicle 200, and any one of the collection/distribution vehicles 400-1 to 400-m will be referred to as a collection/distribution vehicle 400.

[ electric vehicle 200]

The electric vehicle 200 included in the vehicle system 1 is a moving body such as four wheels, for example. The electrically powered vehicle 200 is an electric vehicle that is equipped with at least a secondary battery and runs by driving a motor with electric power stored in the secondary battery, or a hybrid vehicle that can be driven by the motor and receives external power supply.

Fig. 2 is a diagram showing example 1 of the structure of the electric vehicle according to the embodiment. Fig. 2 shows an electric vehicle 200 that is not an autonomous vehicle. As shown in fig. 2, the electric vehicle 200 includes, for example, a motor 212, a drive wheel 214, a brake device 216, a vehicle sensor 220, a pcu (power Control unit)30, a battery 240, a battery sensor 242 such as a voltage sensor, a current sensor, and a temperature sensor, an in-vehicle communication device 250, a navigation device 260, a charging port 270, and a connection circuit 272.

The motor 212 is, for example, a three-phase ac motor. The rotor of the motor 212 is coupled to a drive wheel 214. The motor 212 outputs power to the drive wheels 214 using the supplied electric power. Further, the motor 212 generates electric power using kinetic energy of the electric vehicle at the time of deceleration of the electric vehicle.

The brake device 216 includes, for example, a caliper, a hydraulic cylinder that transmits hydraulic pressure to the caliper, and an electric motor that generates hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic cylinder. The brake device 216 may include a mechanism for transmitting the hydraulic pressure generated by the operation of the brake pedal to the hydraulic cylinder via the master cylinder as a backup. The brake device 216 is not limited to the above-described configuration, and may be an electronically controlled hydraulic brake device that transmits the hydraulic pressure of the master cylinder to the hydraulic cylinder.

The vehicle sensor 220 includes an accelerator opening sensor, a vehicle speed sensor, and a brake depression amount sensor. The accelerator opening degree sensor is an example of an operation element that receives an acceleration instruction from a driver. The accelerator opening sensor is attached to an accelerator pedal, detects an operation amount of the accelerator pedal, and outputs the detected operation amount of the accelerator pedal to the control unit 236 as an accelerator opening. The vehicle speed sensor includes, for example, a wheel speed sensor attached to each wheel and a speed computer, and calculates the speed of the electric vehicle (vehicle speed) by integrating the wheel speeds detected by the wheel speed sensors, and outputs the calculated speed to the control unit 236. The brake depression amount sensor is attached to the brake pedal, detects the operation amount of the brake pedal, and outputs the detected operation amount of the brake pedal to the control unit 236 as the brake depression amount.

PCU230 includes, for example, a converter 232, a VCU (Voltage Control Unit) 234, and a Control Unit 236. Note that the configuration in which these components are collectively referred to as PCU230 is merely an example, and these components may be arranged in a distributed manner.

The converter 232 is, for example, an AC-DC converter. The dc-side terminal of the converter 232 is connected to the dc link DL. Battery 240 is connected to dc link DL via VCU 234. The converter 232 converts the ac power generated by the motor 212 into dc power and outputs the dc power to the dc link DL.

The VCU234 is, for example, a DC-DC converter. VCU234 boosts the electric power supplied from battery 240 and outputs the boosted electric power to dc link DL.

The control unit 236 includes, for example, a motor control unit, a brake control unit, and a battery/VCU control unit. The motor control unit, the brake control unit, and the battery/VCU control unit may be replaced with separate control devices, for example, a motor ECU, a brake ECU, a battery ECU, and the like.

The motor control portion controls the motor 212 based on the output of the vehicle sensor 220. The brake control section controls the brake device 216 based on the output of the vehicle sensor 220. The battery/VCU control unit calculates the SOC (State Of Charge) Of battery 240 based on the output Of battery sensor 242 attached to battery 240, and outputs the SOC calculation result to VCU234 and on-vehicle communication device 250. SOC is an example of information indicating the state of charge of battery 240. The VCU234 increases the voltage of the dc link DL in accordance with an instruction from the battery/VCU control unit.

Battery 240 is a secondary battery such as a lithium ion battery. Battery 240 stores electric power supplied from charger 274 outside electrically powered vehicle 200, and performs electric discharge for traveling of electrically powered vehicle 200.

The navigation device 260 includes, for example, a GNSS receiver 262, a navigation control device 264, and a display device 266. The GNSS receiver 262 measures the position of the vehicle (the position of the electric vehicle 200) based on radio waves received from GNSS satellites (for example, GPS satellites). The navigation control device 264 includes, for example, a CPU and various storage devices, and controls the entire navigation device 260. The storage device stores map information (navigation map). The navigation map is a map in which roads are represented by nodes and links. The navigation control device 264 refers to the navigation map to determine a route from the position of the electric vehicle 200 measured by the GNSS receiver 262 to the destination. Here, the destination may be specified using the position information of the electric vehicle 200 included in the deployment vehicle instruction. The navigation control device 264 may transmit the position and destination of the electric vehicle 200 to a navigation server (not shown) using the in-vehicle communication device 250, and acquire a route returned from the navigation server. The route may include information on a point where the user U stops getting on or off the vehicle and a destination time. The navigation control device 264 outputs information on the route determined by any of the above methods to the display device 266. The display device 266 displays information corresponding to the control of the navigation control device 264. The display device 266 displays a navigation screen based on information output from the navigation control device 264. Furthermore, GNSS receiver 262 outputs position information, which is a result of positioning the position of electric vehicle 200, to on-vehicle communication device 250.

The battery sensor 242 includes sensors such as a current sensor, a voltage sensor, and a temperature sensor. The battery sensor 242 detects, for example, a current value, a voltage value, and a temperature of the battery 240. Battery sensor 242 outputs the detected current value, voltage value, and information indicating the temperature to control unit 236 and vehicle-mounted communication device 250. The battery sensor 242 may include a plurality of sensors such as a current sensor, a voltage sensor, and a temperature sensor. When a plurality of sensors are provided, the battery sensor 242 may include a battery sensor identifier in the current value, the voltage value, and the information indicating the temperature output to the control unit 236. The battery sensor identifier is an identifier that can identify a plurality of sensors provided in the electric vehicle 200. The battery sensor identifier may be represented by a predetermined alphanumeric number, for example.

The in-vehicle communication device 250 includes a wireless module for connecting with the internet, a WAN, a LAN, a public line, a provider device, a private line, a wireless base station, and the like. The in-vehicle communication device 250 acquires the current value, the voltage value, and information indicating the temperature output from the battery sensor 242. In addition, in-vehicle communication device 250 obtains the calculation result of the SOC output by control unit 236. The in-vehicle communication device 250 acquires the position information of the electric vehicle 200 output from the GNSS receiver 262. Vehicle-mounted communication device 250 creates information indicating the state of charge of electrically powered vehicle 200 including the acquired current value, voltage value, information indicating the temperature, SOC, and the like, and vehicle notification information including position information of electrically powered vehicle 200 and allocating vehicle service device 100 as a destination. The in-vehicle communication device 250 transmits the created vehicle notification information to the deployed vehicle service device 100 via the network NW shown in fig. 1.

Charging port 270 is provided toward the outside of the vehicle body of electric vehicle 200. Charging port 270 is connected to charger 274 via charging cable 276. The charging cable 276 is provided with a first plug 275 and a second plug 277. The first plug 275 is connected to the charger 274, and the second plug 277 is connected to the charging port 270. The electric power supplied from charger 274 is supplied to charging port 270 via charging cable 276. Charger 274 is an example of a charging device. Further, the charging cable 276 includes a signal cable attached to the power cable. The signal cable interworks communication between the electric vehicle 200 and the charger 274. Therefore, a power connector and a signal connector are provided at the first plug 275 and the second plug 277, respectively.

Connection circuit 272 is provided between charging port 270 and battery 240. The connection circuit 272 transmits a current, for example, a direct current, introduced from the charger 274 via the charging port 270. Connection circuit 272 transmits dc power to battery 240.

Fig. 3 is a diagram showing example 2 of the structure of the electric vehicle according to the embodiment. Fig. 3 shows an electric vehicle 200 as an autonomous vehicle. The electrically powered vehicle 200 includes, for example, an outside monitoring unit 280, an in-vehicle communication device 282, a navigation device 284, a recommended lane determining device 286, an automatic driving control unit 290, a driving force output device 292, a brake device 216, a steering device 294, a battery 240, and a battery sensor 242.

The external monitoring unit 280 includes, for example, a camera, a radar, a lidar (light Detection and ranging), an object recognition device that performs a sensor fusion process based on outputs thereof, and the like. External monitoring section 280 estimates the types of objects (particularly, electric vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles) present in the periphery of electric vehicle 200, and outputs the types of objects together with information on the position and speed of the objects to automatic driving control section 290.

The in-vehicle communication device 282 is a wireless communication module for connecting to a network NW or for direct communication with other electric vehicles, pedestrian terminal devices, and the like, for example. The in-vehicle communication device 282 performs wireless communication based on Wi-Fi, DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communications), Bluetooth (registered trademark), or another communication standard. As the in-vehicle communication device 282, a plurality of devices corresponding to the usage may be prepared. Vehicle-mounted communication device 282 acquires information indicating the current value, the voltage value, and the temperature output by autonomous driving control unit 290. In addition, in-vehicle communication device 282 obtains the calculation result of the SOC output by autonomous driving control unit 290. The in-vehicle communication device 282 acquires the position information of the electric vehicle 200 output by the GNSS receiver 284B. Vehicle-mounted communication device 282 creates information indicating the state of charge of electrically powered vehicle 200 including the acquired current value, voltage value, information indicating the temperature, SOC, and the like, and vehicle notification information indicating the location of electrically powered vehicle 200 and allocating vehicle service device 100 as the destination. The in-vehicle communication device 282 transmits the created vehicle notification information to the deployed vehicle service apparatus 100 via the network NW shown in fig. 1.

The navigation device 284 includes, for example, an HMI (Human machine Interface) 284A, GNSS receiver 284B and a navigation control device 284C. HMI284A includes, for example, a touch panel display device, a speaker, a microphone, and the like. The GNSS receiver 284B measures the position of the vehicle (the position of the electric vehicle 200) based on radio waves received from GNSS satellites (for example, GPS satellites). The navigation control device 284C includes, for example, a CPU and various storage devices, and controls the entire navigation device 284. Map information (navigation map) is stored in the storage device. The navigation map is a map in which roads are represented by nodes and links. The navigation control device 284C determines a route from the position of the electric vehicle 200 measured by the GNSS receiver 284B to the destination with reference to the navigation map. Here, the destination may be a destination specified by the HMI284A, or may be a destination specified by the position information of the electric vehicle 200 included in the order of the vehicle. The navigation control device 284C may transmit the position and destination of the electric vehicle 200 to a navigation server (not shown) using the in-vehicle communication device 282, and may acquire a route returned from the navigation server. The route may include information on a point where the user U stops getting on or off the vehicle and a destination time. The navigation control device 284C outputs information on the route determined by any of the above methods to the recommended lane determining device 286.

The recommended lane determining device 286 includes, for example, an MPU (Map Positioning Unit) and various storage devices. The storage device stores map information with higher precision than the navigation map. The high-precision map information contains, for example, information of road width, gradient, curvature, signal position, and the like of each lane. Recommended lane determining device 286 determines a recommended lane that is preferable for traveling along the route input from navigation device 284, and outputs the determined recommended lane to automatic driving control section 290.

The automatic driving control unit 290 includes one or more processors such as a CPU or an MPU, and various storage devices. The automatic driving control unit 290 automatically drives the electric vehicle 200 so as to avoid contact with an object whose position or speed is input from the outside monitoring unit 280, on the basis of the case of driving on the recommended lane determined by the recommended lane determining device 286. The automatic driving control unit 290 executes various events in sequence, for example. The event includes a constant speed driving event in which the vehicle travels on the same driving lane at a constant speed, a follow-up driving event of a follow-up preceding vehicle, a lane change event, a merge event, a branch event, an emergency stop event, a toll gate event for passing a toll gate, a take-over event for ending automated driving and switching to manual driving, and the like. In addition, during execution of these events, behavior for avoidance may be planned based on the surrounding situation of the electric vehicle 200 (presence of a surrounding vehicle or a pedestrian, lane narrowing due to road construction, and the like).

The automated driving control unit 290 generates a target trajectory on which the electric vehicle 200 will travel in the future. The target trajectory includes, for example, a velocity element. For example, the target trajectory is represented as a trajectory in which the places (track points) that should be reached by the electric vehicle 200 are arranged in order. The trajectory point is a point to be reached by the electric vehicle 200 at every predetermined travel distance, and unlike this, a target speed and a target acceleration at every predetermined sampling time (for example, several tenths of sec) are generated as a part of the target trajectory. Further, the trace point may be a position that should be reached by the electric vehicle 200 at its sampling time every prescribed sampling time. In this case, information on the target velocity and the target acceleration is expressed at intervals of the track points. Autopilot control section 290 calculates the SOC of battery 240 based on the output of battery sensor 242 attached to battery 240, and outputs the SOC calculation result to on-vehicle communication device 282. The automatic driving control unit 290 outputs the current value, the voltage value, and the information indicating the temperature output from the battery sensor 242 to the vehicle-mounted communication device 282.

Battery 240 is a secondary battery such as a lithium ion battery. Battery 240 stores electric power supplied from a charger external to electric powered vehicle 200, and performs discharge for traveling of electric powered vehicle 200.

The battery sensor 242 includes sensors such as a current sensor, a voltage sensor, and a temperature sensor. The battery sensor 242 detects, for example, a current value, a voltage value, and a temperature of the battery 240. Battery sensor 242 outputs the detected current value, voltage value, and information indicating the temperature to automatic driving control unit 290. The battery sensor 242 may include a plurality of sensors such as a current sensor, a voltage sensor, and a temperature sensor. When the battery sensor 242 includes a plurality of sensors, the current value, the voltage value, and the information indicating the temperature output to the automatic driving control unit 290 may include a battery sensor identifier. The battery sensor identifier is an identifier that can identify a plurality of sensors provided in the electric vehicle 200. The battery sensor identifier may be represented by a predetermined alphanumeric number, for example.

An example of the processing procedure of the automatic driving will be described. First, a route is determined by the navigation device 284. This route is, for example, a rough route with no lane distinction. Next, the recommended lane determining device 286 determines a recommended lane that is easy to travel along the route. Then, the automatic driving control unit 290 generates track points for traveling along the recommended lane as much as possible while avoiding obstacles, and controls a part or all of the driving force output device 292, the brake device 216, and the steering device 294 so as to travel along the track points (and accompanying speed curves). Note that such sharing of the action is merely an example, and for example, the automatic driving control unit 290 may perform processing in one dimension.

The driving force output device 292 outputs a running driving force (torque) for running of the electric vehicle to the driving wheels. The driving force output device 292 includes, for example, a combination of an internal combustion engine, a motor, a transmission, and the like, and a power ECU that controls them. The power ECU controls the above configuration in accordance with information input from the automatic driving control unit 290 or information input from a driving operation member not shown.

The brake device 216 includes, for example, a caliper, a hydraulic cylinder that transmits hydraulic pressure to the caliper, an electric motor that generates hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic cylinder, and a brake ECU. The brake ECU controls the electric motor in accordance with information input from the automatic drive control unit 290 or information input from the drive operation member, and outputs a brake torque corresponding to a brake operation to each wheel. The brake device 216 may include a mechanism for transmitting a hydraulic pressure generated by an operation of a brake pedal included in the driving operation tool to the hydraulic cylinder via the master cylinder as a backup. The brake device 216 is not limited to the above-described configuration, and may be an electronically controlled hydraulic brake device that transmits the hydraulic pressure of the master cylinder to the hydraulic cylinder by controlling the actuator in accordance with information input from the automatic steering control unit 290.

The steering device 294 includes, for example, a steering ECU and an electric motor. The electric motor changes the direction of the steered wheels by applying a force to the rack and pinion mechanism, for example. The steering ECU drives the electric motor in accordance with information input from the automatic steering control unit 290 or information input from the steering operation member to change the direction of the steered wheels. As for the structure of the recovery/distribution vehicle 400, fig. 2 or fig. 3 may also be applied. The description is continued with reference to fig. 1.

[ vehicle service deployment apparatus 100]

The deployed vehicle service apparatus 100 is realized by a personal computer, a server, an industrial computer, or the like. The deployed vehicle service device 100 includes, for example, a communication unit 110, a receiving unit 120, a determination unit 130, a management unit 140, a derivation unit 150, and a storage unit 160.

The communication section 110 is realized by a communication module. Specifically, the communication unit 110 is configured by a device that performs wired communication. The communication unit 110 may be a wireless device that performs wireless communication using a wireless communication technology such as LTE or wireless LAN. Communication unit 110 communicates between terminal device 300, on-vehicle communication device 250 included in electric vehicle 200 that is not an autonomous vehicle, and on-vehicle communication device 282 included in electric vehicle 200 that is an autonomous vehicle, via network NW. Specifically, the communication unit 110 receives vehicle notification information transmitted from the in-vehicle communication device 250 of the electric vehicle 200 that is not an autonomous vehicle and vehicle notification information transmitted from the in-vehicle communication device 282 of the electric vehicle 200 that is an autonomous vehicle, and outputs the received vehicle notification information to the reception unit 120. The communication unit 110 receives the vehicle request transmitted from the terminal device 300, and outputs the received vehicle request to the receiving unit 120. The communication unit 110 acquires the vehicle allocation instruction output from the management unit 140, and transmits the acquired vehicle allocation instruction to the allocated electric vehicle 200. The communication unit 110 acquires the vehicle response output from the management unit 140 and transmits the acquired vehicle response to the terminal device 300. The communication unit 110 acquires the collection instruction output by the management unit 140, and transmits the acquired collection instruction to the collection/distribution vehicle 400.

The storage unit 160 is implemented by an hdd (hard Disk drive) or flash memory, a ram (random Access memory), a rom (read Only memory), or the like. The storage unit 160 stores vehicle information 161, user information 162, and vehicle notification information 164. The vehicle information 161, the user information 162, and the vehicle notification information 164 may also be stored on the cloud.

Fig. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the vehicle information. Vehicle information 161 is information in a table format in which vehicle identification information of electric vehicle 200 is associated with an address of an in-vehicle communication device mounted on electric vehicle 200. An example of the address of the in-vehicle communication device is an IP address. In the example shown in fig. 4, in vehicle information 161, vehicle identification information "AAAA" of electric vehicle 200 is stored in association with address "XXX" of the vehicle-mounted communication device, vehicle identification information "BBBB" of electric vehicle 200 is stored in association with address "YYY" of the vehicle-mounted communication device, and vehicle identification information "CCCC" of electric vehicle 200 is stored in association with address "ZZZ" of the communication device. These pieces of information are registered when the electric vehicle 200 is imported into the vehicle system 1.

Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an example of user information. The user information 162 is information in the form of a table in which the user ID, the vehicle identification information of the electric vehicle 200U used by the user U corresponding to the user ID, and the contact method for contacting the user U corresponding to the user ID are associated with each other. An example of a contact method for contacting the user U is an email address. In the example shown in fig. 5, user information 162 stores user ID "0001", vehicle identification information "AAAA" of electric vehicle 200, and contact method "XXX" in association with each other, user ID "0002", vehicle identification information "BBBB" of electric vehicle 200, and contact method "YYY" in association with each other, and user ID "0003", vehicle identification information "CCCC" of electric vehicle 200, and contact method "ZZZ" in association with each other. These pieces of information are registered when the user U starts the use of the electric vehicle 200U.

Fig. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the vehicle notification information. Vehicle notification information 164 is information in the form of a table in which vehicle identification information of electric vehicle 200, information indicating the state of charge of electric vehicle 200, and vehicle position information of electric vehicle 200 are associated with each other. An example of the vehicle position information of the electric vehicle 200 is represented by (longitude, latitude). In the example shown in fig. 6, vehicle identification information "AAAA" of electric vehicle 200, information "XX" indicating the state of charge of electric vehicle 200, and vehicle position information "(+, +)" of electric vehicle 200 are stored in vehicle notification information 164 in association with each other, and vehicle identification information "BBBB" of electric vehicle 200, information "YY" indicating the state of charge of electric vehicle 200, and vehicle position information "(++, + +)" of electric vehicle 200 are stored in association with each other. The information "XX" indicating the state of charge of the electric vehicle 200 is, for example, the charging rate of the secondary battery (the storage battery 240) of the electric vehicle 200. These pieces of information are updated based on the vehicle notification information transmitted by the electric vehicle 200. The description is continued with reference to fig. 1.

The receiving unit 120, the determining unit 130, the managing unit 140, and the deriving unit 150 are realized by a hardware processor such as a cpu (central Processing unit) executing a program (software) stored in the storage unit 160. Some or all of these functional units may be realized by hardware (including a Circuit Unit) such as an LSI (Large Scale Integration) or an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), or the like, or may be realized by cooperation of software and hardware. The program may be stored in advance in a storage device (a storage device including a non-transitory storage medium) such as an hdd (hard Disk drive) or a flash memory, or may be stored in a removable storage medium (a non-transitory storage medium) such as a DVD or a CD-ROM, and the storage medium may be attached to the drive device.

The reception unit 120, the determination unit 130, the management unit 140, and the derivation unit 150 are described separately as processing before the user U requests the electric vehicle 200 instead of the electric vehicle 200U and processing after the user U requests the electric vehicle 200 instead of the electric vehicle 200U by operating the terminal device 300, the on-vehicle communication device 250 of the electric vehicle 200, or the on-vehicle communication device 282 of the electric vehicle 200.

The processing before the user U requests the electric vehicle 200 in place of the electric vehicle 200U will be described. The vehicle-mounted communication device 250 of the electric vehicle 200 and the collection/distribution vehicle 400 acquires the vehicle identification information, the information indicating the state of charge, and the position information of the electric vehicle 200, creates vehicle notification information including the acquired vehicle identification information, the information indicating the state of charge, and the position information of the electric vehicle 200, and addresses the delivery vehicle service device 100. The in-vehicle communication device 250 transmits the created vehicle notification information to the deployed vehicle service device 100. The communication unit 110 of the deployed vehicle service device 100 receives the vehicle notification information transmitted from the in-vehicle communication device 250, and outputs the received vehicle notification information to the reception unit 120.

The in-vehicle communication device 282 of the electric vehicle 200 and the collection/distribution vehicle 400 acquires the vehicle identification information, the information indicating the state of charge, and the position information of the electric vehicle 200, creates vehicle notification information including the acquired vehicle identification information, the information indicating the state of charge, and the position information of the electric vehicle 200, and addresses the delivery vehicle service device 100. The in-vehicle communication device 282 transmits the created vehicle notification information to the deployed vehicle service device 100. The communication unit 110 of the deployed vehicle service device 100 receives the vehicle notification information transmitted from the in-vehicle communication device 282, and outputs the received vehicle notification information to the receiving unit 120.

Receiving unit 120 acquires the vehicle notification information output by communication unit 110, and acquires the vehicle identification information, the information indicating the state of charge, and the position information of electric powered vehicle 200, which are included in the acquired vehicle notification information. The receiving unit 120 stores the acquired vehicle identification information, the information indicating the state of charge, and the position information of the electric vehicle 200 in the vehicle notification information 164 of the storage unit 160 in association with each other.

The following description describes a process after user U requests electric vehicle 200 instead of electric vehicle 200U by operating terminal device 300, on-vehicle communication device 250 of electric vehicle 200, or on-vehicle communication device 282 of electric vehicle 200. When the user U operates the terminal device 300 to request the electric vehicle 200, the terminal device 300 creates a vehicle request including the vehicle identification information of the electric vehicle 200U and the information of the requested electric vehicle and allocates the vehicle service device 100 as the destination. The terminal device 300 transmits the created vehicle request to the deployed vehicle service device 100.

When the user U operates the on-vehicle communication device 250 of the electric vehicle 200 or the on-vehicle communication device 282 of the electric vehicle 200 to request the electric vehicle 200, the on-vehicle communication device 250 of the electric vehicle 200 or the on-vehicle communication device 282 of the electric vehicle 200 creates a vehicle request including the vehicle identification information of the electric vehicle 200U and the information indicating the requested electric vehicle and having the vehicle service device 100 allocated as the destination. The vehicle-mounted communication device 250 of the electric vehicle 200 or the vehicle-mounted communication device 282 of the electric vehicle 200 transmits the created vehicle request to the deployed vehicle service device 100. The communication unit 110 of the deployed vehicle service device 100 receives the vehicle request transmitted from the terminal device 300, the vehicle-mounted communication device 250 of the electric vehicle 200, or the vehicle-mounted communication device 282 of the electric vehicle 200, and outputs the received vehicle request to the receiving unit 120.

The receiving unit 120 acquires the vehicle request output from the communication unit 110, and outputs the acquired vehicle request to the determination unit 130. The determination unit 130 acquires the vehicle request output by the reception unit 120, and acquires the vehicle identification information included in the acquired vehicle request. The determination unit 130 determines whether or not there is a charged electric vehicle that can be provided to the user U, based on the vehicle position information associated with the acquired vehicle identification information and the information indicating the state of charge associated with the vehicle identification information other than the vehicle identification information, from the vehicle notification information 164 in the storage unit 160.

Specifically, the determination unit 130 determines whether or not the electric vehicle 200u is located in an area where the vehicle-deployment service can be provided, based on the vehicle position information acquired from the vehicle notification information 164. The determination unit 130 stores the deployed vehicle service device position information, which is the position information for installing the deployed vehicle service device 100. The determination unit 130 derives the distance between the deployed vehicle service device 100 and the electric vehicle 200u based on the vehicle position information acquired from the vehicle notification information 164 and the deployed vehicle service device position information. When the derived distance between the deployed vehicle service apparatus 100 and the electric vehicle 200U is equal to or less than the distance threshold, the determination unit 130 determines that the deployed vehicle service can be provided to the user U. When the distance between the deployed vehicle service apparatus 100 and the electric vehicle 200U is greater than the distance threshold, the determination unit 130 determines that the deployed vehicle service cannot be provided to the user U. Here, the distance threshold value is determined in accordance with a range in which the electric vehicle 200 can be delivered from the position of the electric vehicle 200 (here, the position of the parking lot in the vicinity of the vehicle service apparatus 100).

Further, when it is determined that the vehicle-allocated service can be provided to the user U based on the distance between the vehicle-allocated service device 100 and the electric vehicle 200U, the determination unit 130 extracts one or more charged electric vehicles that can be provided to the user U based on information indicating the state of charge associated with the vehicle identification information, based on the vehicle identification information other than the vehicle identification information of the electric vehicle 200U that has transmitted the vehicle request, which is acquired from the vehicle notification information 164. For example, the determination unit 130 extracts vehicle identification information that is equal to or greater than the SOC threshold value from among the SOCs associated with the vehicle identification information, from the vehicle identification information other than the vehicle identification information of the electric vehicle 200u that has transmitted the vehicle request acquired from the vehicle notification information 164. Here, the SOC threshold value is determined in consideration of deterioration of battery 240 of electric vehicle 200 u. The determination unit 130 outputs the extracted vehicle identification information to the management unit 140. The management unit 140 acquires the vehicle identification information output from the one or more determination units 130. The management unit 140 selects one of the one or more pieces of vehicle identification information, thereby selecting an electric vehicle to be allocated to the position of the electric vehicle 200 u. The management unit 140 acquires the address of any one of the in-vehicle communication device 250 and the in-vehicle communication device 282 stored in association with the selected vehicle identification information from the vehicle information 161 in the storage unit 160.

The management unit 140 creates a vehicle allocation instruction including vehicle position information and information instructing vehicle allocation to the position of the electric vehicle 200u, and having the address of the acquired in-vehicle communication device 250 as a destination. The management unit 140 outputs the created vehicle allocation instruction to the communication unit 110. The management unit 140 outputs the vehicle position information of the electric vehicle 200u to the derivation unit 150. The deriving unit 150 acquires the vehicle position information of the electric vehicle 200u output by the management unit 140, and derives the providing time based on the acquired vehicle position information of the electric vehicle 200u and the vehicle position information of the electric vehicle to be deployed (here, the position information of the parking lot near the vehicle service device 100 to be deployed). The deriving unit 150 outputs information indicating the derived supply time to the management unit 140. The management unit 140 acquires information indicating the supply time outputted by the deriving unit 150. Management unit 140 obtains the contact information stored in association with the vehicle identification information of electric vehicle 200u from user information 162 of storage unit 160. The management unit 140 creates a vehicle response including information indicating that the vehicle is scheduled and information indicating the time of delivery, and using the contact method (here, the terminal device 300) as the destination. The management unit 140 outputs the created vehicle response to the communication unit 110.

When the electric vehicle to be distributed to the user U is not an autonomous vehicle, the management unit 140 selects a collection/distribution vehicle that distributes the electric vehicle to the position of the electric vehicle 200U and collects the electric vehicle 200U from among the collection/distribution vehicles 400-1 to 400-m based on the vehicle position information included in the vehicle notification information 164 and the information indicating the state of charge of the electric vehicle. For example, management unit 140 selects collecting/distributing vehicle 400 in which the SOC included in the state of charge of the electrically powered vehicle is equal to or greater than the SOC threshold value and is located close to user U. The management unit 140 creates a collection instruction including the position information of the electric vehicle 200u, the information instructing to distribute the electric vehicle, and the information instructing to collect the electric vehicle 200u, and having the selected collection/distribution vehicle as the destination. The management unit 140 outputs the created collection instruction to the communication unit 110. When the electric vehicle distributed to the user U is an autonomous vehicle, the management unit 140 selects a collection/distribution vehicle that collects the electric vehicle 200U from among the collection/distribution vehicles 400-1 to 400-m based on the vehicle position information included in the vehicle notification information 164 and the information indicating the state of charge of the electric vehicle. For example, management unit 140 selects collecting/distributing vehicle 400 in which the SOC included in the state of charge of the electrically powered vehicle is equal to or greater than the SOC threshold value and is located close to user U. The management unit 140 creates a collection instruction including the position information of the electric vehicle 200u and the information instructing to collect the electric vehicle 200u and having the selected collection/distribution vehicle as the destination. The management unit 140 outputs the created collection instruction to the communication unit 110.

When it is determined that the vehicle service cannot be provided to the user U based on the distance between the vehicle service providing device 100 and the electric vehicle 200U, or when the vehicle identification information cannot be extracted based on the information indicating the state of charge of the electric vehicle 200 associated with the vehicle identification information from the vehicle identification information other than the vehicle identification information of the electric vehicle 200U that has transmitted the vehicle request acquired from the vehicle notification information 164, the determination unit 130 generates a vehicle response including the information indicating that the service cannot be provided and addressed to the terminal device 300. The management unit 140 outputs the created vehicle response to the communication unit 110.

[ terminal device ]

The terminal device 300 is, for example, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a personal computer, or the like. The terminal device 300 is used to support the aforementioned services by starting an application program, a browser, or the like of the vehicle system 1. An example of the terminal device 300 is a smartphone, and is premised on a case where an application (vehicle service deployment application) is started. The service-using application communicates with the deployed vehicular service apparatus 100 in accordance with the operation of the user U, and performs a push notification based on the vehicle response received from the deployed vehicular service apparatus 100.

(operation of vehicle System)

Fig. 7 is a timing chart showing an operation of the vehicle system of the embodiment 1. An example of the operation of the vehicle system according to the embodiment will be described as a process before the user U requests the electric vehicle 200 instead of the electric vehicle 200U and a process after the user U requests the electric vehicle 200 instead of the electric vehicle 200U through the operation terminal device 300. Fig. 7 shows the processing before the user U requests the electric vehicle in place of the electric vehicle 200U. In fig. 7, a case where the electric vehicle 200-1 is not an autonomous vehicle and the electric vehicle 200-n is an autonomous vehicle will be described.

In electrically powered vehicle 200-1, on-board communication device 250 acquires the position information of electrically powered vehicle 200-1 output from GNSS receiver 262, the SOC output from control unit 236, the current value and voltage value output from battery sensor 242, and information indicating the temperature. Vehicle-mounted communication device 250 creates vehicle notification information including the acquired position information, current value, voltage value, information indicating temperature, SOC, and other information indicating the state of charge of electrically powered vehicle 200-1, and assigns vehicle service device 100 as a destination (step S1).

In the electrically powered vehicle 200-1, the vehicle-mounted communication device 250 transmits the created vehicle notification information to the deployed vehicle service device 100 (step S2).

In the deployed vehicle service device 100, the communication unit 110 receives the vehicle notification information transmitted from the in-vehicle communication device 250 (step S3).

In deployed vehicle service device 100, communication unit 110 outputs the received vehicle notification information to receiving unit 120. The receiving unit 120 acquires the vehicle notification information output by the communication unit 110, and acquires vehicle identification information, vehicle position information, and information indicating the state of charge, which are included in the acquired vehicle notification information. The receiving unit 120 stores the acquired vehicle identification information, vehicle position information, and information indicating the state of charge in the vehicle notification information 164 in the storage unit 160 in association with each other (step S4). The electrically powered vehicles 200-2 to 200-n-1 also perform the same processing as step S1 to step S4.

In electrically powered vehicle 200-n, on-board communication device 282 acquires the position information of electrically powered vehicle 200-n output from GNSS receiver 284B, and the SOC, current value, voltage value, and information indicating the temperature output from autopilot control section 290. The vehicle-mounted communication device 282 creates vehicle information including the acquired position information, current value, voltage value, information indicating temperature, SOC, and other information indicating the state of charge of the electric vehicle 200-n, and assigns the vehicle service device 100 as a destination (step S5).

In the electric vehicle 200-n, the vehicle-mounted communication device 282 transmits the created vehicle notification information to the deployed vehicle service device 100 (step S6).

In the deployed vehicle service device 100, the communication unit 110 receives the vehicle notification information transmitted from the in-vehicle communication device 282 (step S7).

In deployed vehicle service device 100, communication unit 110 outputs the received vehicle notification information to receiving unit 120. The receiving unit 120 acquires the vehicle notification information output by the communication unit 110, and acquires the vehicle identification information, the vehicle position information, and the information indicating the state of charge, which are included in the acquired vehicle notification information. The receiving unit 120 stores the acquired vehicle identification information, vehicle position information, and information indicating the state of charge in the vehicle notification information 164 in the storage unit 160 in association with each other (step S8).

Fig. 8 is a timing chart showing an operation example 2 of the vehicle system according to the embodiment. Fig. 8 shows a process after the user U requests the electric vehicle 200 instead of the electric vehicle 200U by operating the terminal device 300. Here, a case where the terminal device 300 transmits the vehicle request will be described as an example, but the present invention is also applicable to a case where the vehicle request is transmitted from the in-vehicle communication device 250 or the in-vehicle communication device 282.

The user U performs an operation of requesting the electric vehicle to the terminal device 300. When the user U performs an operation to request the electric vehicle, the terminal device 300 creates a vehicle request including the vehicle identification information of the electric vehicle 200U and information indicating the requested electric vehicle and having the vehicle service device 100 as the destination (step S11).

The terminal device 300 transmits the created vehicle request to the deployed vehicle service device 100 (step S12).

In the deployed vehicle service device 100, the communication unit 110 receives the vehicle request transmitted from the terminal device 300 (step S13).

In deployed vehicle service apparatus 100, communication unit 110 outputs the received vehicle request to receiving unit 120. The receiving unit 120 acquires the vehicle request output from the communication unit 110, and outputs the acquired vehicle request to the determination unit 130. The determination unit 130 acquires the vehicle request output by the reception unit 120, and acquires the vehicle identification information included in the acquired vehicle request. The determination unit 130 determines whether or not there is an electrically powered vehicle that can be provided to the user U, based on the vehicle position information associated with the acquired vehicle identification information and the information indicating the state of charge associated with the vehicle identification information other than the vehicle identification information, from the vehicle notification information 164 in the storage unit 160. Here, the description will be continued on a case where the determination unit 130 determines that one or more electric vehicles that can be provided to the user U exist. The determination unit 130 outputs the extracted one or more pieces of vehicle identification information to the management unit 140 (step S14). When it is determined that there is no electric vehicle that can be provided to the user U, the determination unit 130 creates a vehicle response including information indicating that the service cannot be provided and addressed to the terminal device 300. The management unit 140 outputs the created vehicle response to the communication unit 110. The communication unit 110 acquires the vehicle response output by the determination unit 130, and transmits the acquired vehicle response to the terminal device 300.

In deployed vehicle service apparatus 100, management unit 140 acquires one or more pieces of vehicle identification information output by determination unit 130. The management unit 140 selects one of the one or more pieces of vehicle identification information, thereby selecting a charged electric vehicle to be allocated to the position of the electric vehicle 200 u. The management unit 140 acquires the address of any one of the in-vehicle communication device 250 and the in-vehicle communication device 282 stored in association with the selected vehicle identification information from the vehicle information 161 in the storage unit 160. The management unit 140 creates a vehicle allocation instruction including the vehicle position information and information instructing allocation of the vehicle to the position of the electric vehicle 200u, and using the acquired address as the destination (step S15).

In the vehicle allocation service device 100, the management unit 140 outputs the created vehicle allocation instruction to the communication unit 110 (step S16). The communication unit 110 acquires the vehicle allocation instruction output from the management unit 140, and transmits the acquired vehicle allocation instruction to the selected electric vehicle.

In deployed vehicle service apparatus 100, management unit 140 outputs vehicle position information of electric vehicle 200u to deriving unit 150. The deriving unit 150 acquires the vehicle position information of the electric vehicle 200u output by the management unit 140, and derives the providing time based on the acquired vehicle position information of the electric vehicle 200u and the vehicle position information of the allocated electric vehicle (step S17).

In deployed vehicle service apparatus 100, deriving unit 150 outputs information indicating the derived time of provision to management unit 140. The management unit 140 acquires information indicating the supply time outputted by the derivation unit 150. The management unit 140 creates a vehicle response including information indicating that the vehicle is scheduled and information indicating the time of delivery, and having the terminal device 300 as the destination (step S18).

In deployed vehicle service apparatus 100, management unit 140 outputs the created vehicle response to communication unit 110. The communication unit 110 acquires the vehicle response output from the management unit 140 and transmits the acquired vehicle response to the terminal device 300 (step S19).

In deployed vehicle service apparatus 100, when the electric vehicle delivered to user U is not an autonomous vehicle, management unit 140 selects collection/delivery vehicle 400 that delivers the electric vehicle 200U to the location of electric vehicle 200U and collects electric vehicle 200U from collection/delivery vehicles 400-1 to 400-m based on the vehicle location information included in vehicle notification information 164 and information indicating the state of charge of the electric vehicle. The management unit 140 creates a collection instruction including the position information of the electric vehicle 200u, the information instructing to distribute the electric vehicle, and the information instructing to collect the electric vehicle 200u, and having the selected collection/distribution vehicle as the destination. On the other hand, when the electric vehicle distributed to the user U is an autonomous vehicle, the management unit 140 selects the collection/distribution vehicle that collects the electric vehicle 200U from among the collection/distribution vehicles 400-1 to 400-m based on the vehicle position information included in the vehicle notification information 164 and the information indicating the state of charge of the electric vehicle. The management unit 140 creates a collection instruction including the position information of the electric vehicle 200u and the information instructing to collect the electric vehicle 200u and having the selected collection/distribution vehicle as the destination (step S20).

In the deployed vehicle service apparatus 100, the management unit 140 outputs the created collection instruction to the communication unit 110 (step S21). The communication unit 110 acquires the collection instruction output by the management unit 140, and transmits the acquired collection instruction to the selected collection/distribution vehicle.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where each of the electric vehicles 200-1 to 200-n and each of the collection/distribution vehicles 400-1 to 400-m are parked in the parking lot near the deployed vehicle service device 100 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this example. For example, each of the electric vehicles 200-1 to 200-n and each of the collection/distribution vehicles 400-1 to 400-m may not be stopped at a parking lot near the deployment vehicle service apparatus 100.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the vehicle service apparatus 100 is deployed to acquire the SOC included in the vehicle notification information transmitted by the vehicle communication apparatus 250 and the vehicle communication apparatus 282 of the electric vehicle 200 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this example. For example, charger 274 may acquire vehicle information such as SOC from an electrically powered vehicle connected via charging cable 276 and transmit the acquired vehicle information to deployed vehicle service apparatus 100 via network NW. With this configuration, deployed vehicle service apparatus 100 can obtain the SOC of electric vehicle 200 from charger 274.

In the above-described embodiment, the deployed vehicle service apparatus 100 has been described as determining whether or not there is an electric vehicle that can be provided to the user U based on the SOC included in the information indicating the state of charge of the electric vehicle 200, but the deployed vehicle service apparatus is not limited to this example. For example, the information indicating the state of charge of electric vehicle 200 may include a flag indicating whether charging is complete or not, instead of or together with the SOC. In this case, deployed vehicle service apparatus 100 determines whether or not there is an electrically powered vehicle that can be provided to user U, based on a flag indicating that charging is complete or not.

According to the embodiment described above, deployed vehicle service apparatus 100 receives vehicle notification information including vehicle identification information of electric vehicle 200, position information of electric vehicle 200, and information indicating the state of charge of electric vehicle 200, and stores the received vehicle notification information in the storage unit. The deployed vehicle service device 100 determines whether or not the deployed vehicle service of the electric vehicle can be provided to the user who is the transmission source of the vehicle request, based on the vehicle request received from the vehicle-mounted communication device or the terminal device of the user via the communication unit and the vehicle notification information stored in the storage unit. When determining that the vehicle service deployment of the electric vehicle can be provided, the vehicle service deployment device 100 outputs information instructing the vehicle service deployment of the electric vehicle determined that the vehicle service deployment can be provided. With this configuration, the allocation of the electric vehicle can be instructed based on the vehicle request transmitted from the terminal device, the vehicle identification information of the electric vehicle 200, the position information of the electric vehicle 200, and the vehicle notification information including the information indicating the state of charge of the electric vehicle 200, and therefore, the convenience of the electric vehicle can be improved for the user.

While the embodiments for carrying out the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, and various modifications and substitutions can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Claims

1. A deployed vehicle service device is provided with:

a communication unit that communicates with the in-vehicle communication device, a user's terminal device, or the charging device;

a receiving unit that stores, in a storage unit, vehicle notification information that is received by the communication unit and that includes identification information of an electric vehicle, position information of the electric vehicle, and information indicating a state of charge of the electric vehicle;

a determination unit that determines whether or not a vehicle-equipped service of the charged electric vehicle can be provided to a user who is a source of the vehicle request, based on the vehicle request received from the in-vehicle communication device or the user terminal device via the communication unit and the vehicle notification information stored in the storage unit; and

and a management unit that outputs information instructing the allocation of the electric vehicle determined to be able to provide the allocated vehicle service, when the determination unit determines that the allocated vehicle service of the electric vehicle is able to be provided.

2. The deployed vehicle services apparatus of claim 1,

the determination unit determines whether or not the vehicle-allocated service can be provided to the user based on position information associated with identification information of the electric vehicle used by the user, which is included in the vehicle request, among the position information of the electric vehicle stored in the storage unit, and based on whether or not the position of the electric vehicle used by the user is included in an area where the vehicle-allocated service can be provided.

3. The deployed vehicle service apparatus of claim 1 or 2,

the information indicating the state of charge of the electrically powered vehicle includes information indicating a charging rate of a secondary battery mounted on the electrically powered vehicle.

4. The deployed vehicle service apparatus of claim 1 or 2,

the management unit instructs allocation of an electric vehicle for collecting the electric vehicle used when the user has finished using the electric vehicle.

5. The deployed vehicle service apparatus of claim 1 or 2,

the electric vehicle is an autonomous vehicle,

the management unit instructs the electric vehicle to move to the position of the user by autonomous driving.

6. A method for deploying vehicle services, wherein,

a deployed vehicle service device including a communication unit that communicates with a vehicle-mounted communication device, a user terminal device, or a charging facility, stores vehicle notification information including identification information of an electric vehicle, position information of the electric vehicle, and information indicating a charging state of the electric vehicle, which is received by the communication unit, in a storage unit, and determines whether or not a deployed vehicle service of the electric vehicle, which has been charged, can be provided to a user who is a source of the vehicle request, based on a vehicle request received from the vehicle-mounted communication device or the user terminal device via the communication unit and the vehicle notification information stored in the storage unit, when it is determined that the vehicle service of the electric vehicle can be provided, information indicating the vehicle service of the electric vehicle determined that the vehicle service of the electric vehicle can be provided is output.

7. A storage medium storing a program, wherein,

the program causes a deployed vehicle service device including a communication unit that communicates with an in-vehicle communication device, a user's terminal device, or a charging device to perform the following operations:

storing, in a storage unit, vehicle notification information including identification information of an electric vehicle, position information of the electric vehicle, and information indicating a state of charge of the electric vehicle, which are received by the communication unit;

determining whether or not a vehicle-equipped service of the charged electric vehicle can be provided to a user who is a transmission source of the vehicle request, based on the vehicle request received from the in-vehicle communication device or the user's terminal device via the communication unit and the vehicle notification information stored in the storage unit; and

when it is determined that the vehicle service of the electric vehicle can be provided, information indicating the vehicle service of the electric vehicle determined that the vehicle service of the electric vehicle can be provided is output.