CN113496295A

CN113496295A - Information processing device, vehicle sharing system, and information processing method

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Publication number: CN113496295A
Application number: CN202110198794.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 仓持俊克; 小野惇也; 石田杰; 吉野真弘; 丸山雅纪
Original assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
Current assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-03-19
Filing date: 2021-02-22
Publication date: 2021-10-12
Also published as: JP2021149519A

Abstract

The invention provides an information processing device, a vehicle sharing system, and an information processing method, which change the arrival sequence of a car for sharing to each destination according to the intention of a user. In accordance with the intention of the user who is riding in the vehicle, it is proposed to change the order in which the vehicle reaches the respective drop-off schedule of the user who is riding in the vehicle.

Description

Information processing device, vehicle sharing system, and information processing method

Technical Field

The invention relates to an information processing device, a vehicle sharing system, and an information processing method.

Background

In a delivery service including vehicle sharing, a technique has been proposed in which a user desiring to use the service receives an input of a desired condition and the vehicle travels in accordance with the input (for example, patent document 1). Patent document 1 discloses a technique of calculating an order of approach such as estimated time of approach of each user based on a departure point and a destination of each user who performs a car pool, and issuing an instruction to make an approach to a taxi.

Documents of the prior art

Patent document

Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open publication No. 2019-525299

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

However, the technique described in patent document 1 does not consider changing the order of getting-off of each user.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to change the order of arrival of a car to be pieced together to each destination according to the user's intention.

Means for solving the problems

According to the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus,

which is used in a vehicle sharing system in which a plurality of users share a vehicle, characterized in that,

the information processing apparatus is provided with an proposing unit proposing to change an arrival order of the vehicle to respective drop-off reservation places of users who are riding in the vehicle, according to the wishes of the users.

the information processing device is provided with:

a transmission unit that transmits, to the vehicle, a will of a user riding in the vehicle; and

and a display unit that displays an offer for changing an order in which the vehicles arrive at the respective drop-off schedule places of the users who are riding, in accordance with the intention.

According to the present invention, there is provided a vehicle sharing system,

which is a vehicle sharing system in which a plurality of users share a vehicle, characterized in that,

the vehicle sharing system includes:

a terminal for use by a user riding in the vehicle, the terminal having:

a transmission unit that transmits, to the vehicle, a will of a user riding in the vehicle; and a display unit that displays an offer to change an order in which the vehicles arrive at respective drop-off predetermined places of the users who are riding, according to the intention; and

and an offering unit that offers to change an order in which the vehicles arrive at respective drop-off predetermined places of the users who are riding, according to the intention.

According to the present invention, there is provided an information processing method,

the information processing method includes a step of proposing to change an order in which the vehicle reaches a predetermined place for getting off the vehicle for each of the users who are riding in the vehicle, in accordance with the intention of the user.

Effects of the invention

According to the present invention, the order of arrival of the car to be pieced together to each destination can be changed according to the user's will.

Drawings

Fig. 1A is a diagram showing an example of a transportation system according to the first embodiment.

Fig. 1B is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface for route setting when the traffic system according to the first embodiment is used.

Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of the information processing device of the transportation system according to the first embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a communication device of the traffic system according to the first embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of the navigation information processing server of the transportation system according to the first embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart showing a series of operations of the lighting control process in the information processing device of the traffic system according to the first embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart showing a series of operations of the transaction condition determination process in the information processing device of the transportation system according to the first embodiment.

Fig. 7A is a diagram illustrating an example of a transaction condition determination process in the transportation system according to the first embodiment.

Fig. 7B is a diagram for explaining an example of a payment method for a reward in the transportation system according to the first embodiment.

Fig. 8 is a diagram for explaining an example of a transaction condition determination process in the transportation system according to the first embodiment.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart showing a series of operations of a vehicle control process in the communication device of the traffic system according to the first embodiment.

Fig. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the inter-user adjustment system according to the second embodiment.

Fig. 11 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of the information processing device according to the second embodiment.

Fig. 12 is a block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of the communication device according to the second embodiment.

Fig. 13 is a flowchart showing a series of operations of the arrival sequence adjustment processing in the information processing apparatus according to the second embodiment.

Fig. 14 is a flowchart showing a series of operations of the determination process in the information processing apparatus according to the second embodiment.

Fig. 15A is a diagram illustrating an example of the arrival sequence adjustment processing according to the second embodiment.

Fig. 15B is a diagram illustrating an example of the arrival sequence adjustment processing according to the second embodiment.

Description of the reference numerals

1010: an information processing device; 1101: a communication unit; 1102: a control unit; 1103: a recording unit; 1110: a CPU; 1111: a RAM; 1112: a desired condition acquisition unit; 1113: a route generation unit; 1114: intention determination section, 1115: a change determination unit; 1116: a result transmitting section; 1117: a route changing unit; 1118: and a reward calculation unit.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims, and all combinations of features described in the embodiments are not necessarily essential to the invention. Two or more of the plurality of features described in the embodiments may be arbitrarily combined. The same or similar components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description thereof is omitted.

[ first embodiment ]

The information processing device according to the present embodiment is used in a vehicle sharing system in which a plurality of users share a vehicle. In a vehicle sharing system according to an embodiment, it is proposed to change the order in which a vehicle arrives at a scheduled alighting place of each user who rides in the same vehicle, in accordance with the intention of the user who rides in the vehicle for sharing. First, an example of a vehicle sharing system to which the information processing device according to the present embodiment can be applied will be described. In addition, the following description will be made by using an autonomous vehicle in the vehicle sharing system, but for example, a manual vehicle may be used. Hereinafter, the order in which the vehicle reaches the place where each user who gets on the vehicle is scheduled to get off is simply referred to as "arrival order".

[ vehicle sharing System ]

The information processing device according to the present embodiment is used by a user of a vehicle sharing system in which a plurality of vehicles are shared by the user. In the vehicle sharing system according to the present embodiment, the user pays a reward to the other vehicle when the vehicle in which the user is seated passes by priority to the other vehicle, and receives the reward from the user of the other vehicle when the other vehicle passes by priority to the vehicle in which the user is seated. That is, as the priority information, the reward paid (hereinafter, reward paid) and the reward received (hereinafter, reward requested) as described above are set for each vehicle, and the priority passage of the vehicle passing through the intersection is controlled by the value of the reward, for example, a control signal or the like. Hereinafter, it is referred to as a reward to refer to a party or parties who pay the reward and request the reward. In addition, it is referred to as a ride sharing vehicle to refer to a vehicle that performs vehicle sharing.

[ construction of traffic System ]

First, the configuration of a transportation system 100 used in a car pool according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to fig. 1A. The vehicle 130 is, for example, an electric vehicle capable of autonomous driving or a vehicle capable of fuel-powered driving and sharing. The vehicle 130 can detect the state in the vehicle by various sensors in the vehicle and transmit the collected data to the navigation information processing server 150. The data thus collected and transmitted is also commonly referred to as floating data, probe data, or traffic information, etc. The data includes, for example, the current position, the speed of the vehicle (vehicle speed), the remaining amount of the battery or fuel of the vehicle, an image or three-dimensional data obtained by a camera or a LIDAR, and the like, but may include other information. These data are transmitted to the navigation information processing server 150 at regular intervals or in accordance with a situation where a specific event occurs. The vehicle 130 can transmit setting information such as transaction conditions related to priority traffic, which will be described later, to the navigation information processing server 150. In the following description, data transmitted from the vehicle 130 to the navigation information processing server 150 is collectively referred to as vehicle information. Some or all of the vehicle information is also sent to the communication device 140 associated with the vehicle 130 as needed. In the following example, the case where the communication device 140 is a smartphone is described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the communication device 140 may be an in-vehicle device incorporated in the vehicle 130, or may be a personal computer, a tablet terminal, or the like.

The navigation information processing server 150 is configured by one or more server devices, and sequentially acquires and records vehicle information from the plurality of vehicles 130 in the vehicle database. The navigation information processing server 150 can also sequentially acquire information of the traffic lights 120 (from the information processing device 110) and grasp traffic conditions of various routes in substantially real time. The navigation information processing server 150 can estimate, for example, a route through which the vehicle passes and a required time for passing, using the acquired information. The navigation information processing server 150 (described below with reference to fig. 1B) can transmit the estimated route and reward to the communication device 140 in response to the request. If the user selects a desired route, the selected route is set to the vehicle 130, and the vehicle 130 passes on the route by, for example, automatic driving. Display 141 is an example of transaction condition setting displayed on the display unit of communication device 140, and shows a screen on which a destination can be set.

The communication device 140 acquires an input made by the user 160 riding in the vehicle 130 via the communication device 170. In the present embodiment, the user 160 inputs the transaction condition related to priority traffic described later to the communication device 170, but the input to the communication device 170 is not limited to this, and may input the user's will described later, for example. In the following description, the communication device 170 is a smartphone, but is not particularly limited thereto, and may be a personal computer, a tablet terminal, or the like. In addition, the communication device 170 may be the same device as the communication device 140.

The information processing apparatus 110 controls lighting of the signal lamp 120. In addition to control to switch the lighting of traffic light 120 at a normal lighting timing, information processing device 110 may communicate with communication device 140 associated with vehicle 130 within a predetermined distance and control the lighting of traffic light 120 in accordance with a transaction condition related to priority traffic. Here, the information processing device 110 may communicate with all the communication devices 140 of the users associated with the vehicle 130, or may communicate with only the communication device 140 serving as a representative of the master. The control based on the transaction condition related to the priority passage will be described later. In the example of the present embodiment, the case where signal lamp 120 and information processing device 110 are provided separately is described as an example, but information processing device 110 may be incorporated in signal lamp 120.

The network 111 includes a communication network such as the internet or a mobile phone network, and transmits information between the information processing device 110 and the navigation information processing server 150, and the vehicle 130 and the communication device 140. However, the network 111 is not essential, and for example, the communication device 140 and the information processing device 110 may directly establish wireless communication and communicate with each other.

The communication device 140 can communicate with the vehicle 130 via wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), or can communicate with the information processing device 110 and the navigation information processing server 150 via the network 111 such as a mobile communication network. The communication device 140 is associated with the vehicle 130, for example, by pairing with the vehicle 130 in advance.

In order for the user of the vehicle 130 to reach the destination using the transportation system 100, a desired transaction condition for each user 160 is input using, for example, the communication device 170, and a route to the destination is determined using the communication device 140 associated with the vehicle 130. Fig. 1B shows an example of a route setting user interface in the communication device 170 according to the present embodiment. The communication device 140 first displays a destination setting screen 161 for setting a destination. The user inputs a destination via an operation unit 303, which will be described later, of the communication device 140. When a transaction condition related to priority traffic is set in advance when a destination is input, communication device 170 transmits information of the transaction condition related to priority traffic to communication device 140. Next, the communication device 140 transmits the set destination and the information of the transaction condition related to the priority passage to the navigation information processing server 150. In the following description, the transaction condition related to the priority passage may be simply referred to as "transaction condition", and the information on the transaction condition related to the priority passage may be simply referred to as "information on the transaction condition". In addition, the desired transaction condition of the user input to the communication device 170 is simply referred to as "desired transaction condition".

On the other hand, when the transaction condition is not set, the communication device 170 displays the transaction condition setting screen 162. The transaction condition setting screen 162 is a screen for setting transaction conditions, and can set, for example, a reward paid by the vehicle to another vehicle when the vehicle becomes passable with priority and a reward requested for preferential passage of another vehicle when the vehicle accepts the preferential passage of another vehicle. For example, the following conditions are set: there are other vehicles that are about to stop on a red light and pass through a road that is intersected by a green light. In this case, "a reward paid when the host vehicle becomes passable with priority" means that the vehicle is paid so as not to pay for the purpose of shortening the travel time because the vehicle wants to arrive at the destination as soon as possible. That is, the example of the intersection shows that the transaction is performed so that another vehicle stops at a red light and the own vehicle can pass through at a green light. In contrast, the "reward requested for preferential passage of another vehicle" indicates a reward requested to be charged as compensation for extension of the travel time. That is, in the example of the intersection, the vehicle is given a reward set by receiving a preferential passage of another vehicle and stopping the vehicle at a red light when the vehicle is going to pass at a green light. When the reward is determined on the transaction condition setting screen 162, the communication device 170 transmits the reward to the communication device 140 as information on the transaction condition related to the priority passage, and then the communication device 140 transmits the information to the navigation information processing server 150. At this time, the communication device 140 also transmits information of the destination.

In the example shown in fig. 1B, an example is shown in which the amount of the reward is set using the virtual money for "the reward paid by the vehicle when it becomes possible to pass preferentially" and "the reward requested for the preferential passage of another vehicle". However, the amount of the reward may, for example, display the amount converted in the currency of the country. For example, if the amount of the reward is set to an amount corresponding to the payroll per unit time, the buying and selling of time can be expressed on a realistic and intuitive scale. In addition, regarding "reward requested for preferential passage of another vehicle", a length of time that can allow the waiting time may be set. In this way, in the transaction condition setting, it is possible to set how much value can be paid in the travel time.

The navigation information processing server 150 returns the route search result of the vehicle 130 in consideration of the current traffic condition, the route to the destination of another vehicle, or the transaction condition. The communication device 170 displays the received route search result on the route search result screen 163. The route search result screen 163 displays a plurality of route candidates such as "route 1" to "route 6". Each route includes the arrival time and the required time estimated by the navigation information processing server 150. In addition, a reward is displayed among the candidates of each route. The reward is the reward that can be obtained until the destination is reached. The more priority passes are accepted by other vehicles, the more payment is obtained, and the more priority passes are accepted by other vehicles, the more payment is generated. Further, the consideration may be exchanged with money, and for example, calculation and transaction of the consideration may be performed using virtual money. The transaction condition setting is not limited to the case of setting the route, and may be changed while the vehicle is traveling.

[ constitution of information processing device 110 ]

Next, a functional configuration example of the information processing device 110 that controls lighting of the traffic light will be described with reference to fig. 2. Furthermore, the various functional blocks described may be integrated or separated, and further, the functions described may be implemented by other functional blocks. In addition, a part described as hardware may be implemented by software, and vice versa.

The communication unit 201 includes a communication circuit that communicates with the plurality of communication devices 140 via the network 111. The communication unit 201 may transmit information processed by the control unit 202 to the communication device 140 or the like, or may receive information from the communication device 140 or the like to be processed by the control unit 202.

The control unit 202 includes a CPU210 as a central processing unit and a RAM 211. The control unit 202 loads and executes the program stored in the recording unit 203 on the RAM211 to control the operation of each unit inside the control unit 202 or control the operation of each unit of the information processing apparatus 110. Further, control unit 202 executes a lighting control process of traffic light 120. The lighting control process will be described later. The RAM211 includes a volatile storage medium such as a DRAM, and temporarily stores parameters, processing results, and the like for the control unit 202 to execute programs. The recording unit 203 includes, for example, a nonvolatile recording medium such as a semiconductor memory, and stores setting values and programs necessary for the operation of the information processing apparatus 110.

First, the information acquisition unit 212 specifies a vehicle to be processed among vehicles passing around the traffic light 120 (for example, within a predetermined distance), and acquires information on transaction conditions from the communication device 140 associated with the vehicle. The transaction condition determination unit 213 determines whether or not the transaction condition related to the priority passage is satisfied based on the information of the transaction condition acquired from the one or more communication devices 140. The determination process performed by the transaction condition determination unit 213 will be described later with reference to fig. 6.

The traffic control unit 214 controls the lighting of the traffic lights 120 based on the determination result (i.e., whether or not the traffic condition related to the priority traffic is satisfied) in the traffic condition determination unit 213. When the lighting of the traffic light is controlled based on the determination result of the transaction condition determination unit 213, the reward processing unit 215 processes the payment of the reward (that is, determines the reward paid by the vehicle) based on the satisfied transaction condition, and transmits information of the determined reward to the communication device 140.

[ constitution of communication apparatus ]

Next, a configuration example of the communication device 140 will be described with reference to fig. 3. The configuration shown in fig. 3 shows functional blocks configuring a smartphone, which is an example of the communication device 140 of the present embodiment. Furthermore, the various functional blocks described may be integrated or separated, and further, the functions described may be implemented by other functional blocks. In addition, a part described as hardware may be implemented by software, and vice versa.

The communication unit 301 includes, for example, a communication circuit and the like, and may be connected to the internet via mobile communication such as LTE, for example, or may be connected to the vehicle 130 via Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication in order to transmit and receive necessary data.

The operation unit 303 includes buttons and a touch panel provided in the communication device 140, and is capable of performing operations on a GUI for various operations such as the destination setting screen 161 and the transaction condition setting screen 162 displayed on the display unit 305. The display unit 305 includes a display panel such as an LCD or an OLED, for example, and displays GUIs for various operations such as the destination setting screen 161 and the transaction condition setting screen 162, and GUIs for enabling confirmation of a route during traveling, and the like, in accordance with instructions from the display control unit 314. The sensor unit 304 includes a GPS for specifying the current position, and a biometric authentication sensor for specifying the user of the communication device 140.

The recording unit 306 includes, for example, a nonvolatile memory such as a semiconductor memory, and stores map information, information on set transaction conditions, a program executed by the control unit 302, and the like. The recording unit 306 holds data of a distributed ledger used in the block chain technique, for example. In the present embodiment, a transaction (transaction) using virtual money based on a reward notified from the information processing apparatus 110 is recorded in the distributed ledger. For example, the communication device 140 functions as one node (node) that manages the distributed ledger, and the program executed by the control unit 302 may include a program for processing a transaction using virtual money, a program for managing the distributed ledger, and a program for an intelligent contract.

The control unit 302 includes a CPU310 and a RAM311, and controls the operations of each functional block in the control unit 302 and each part in the communication device 140 by the CPU310 executing a program recorded in the recording unit 306, for example.

The desired condition acquisition unit 312 acquires information on the transaction condition desired by the user based on the user operation on the transaction condition setting screen 162 in each communication device 170. The transaction condition setting unit 313 sets the information of the transaction condition in the vehicle 130 based on the transaction condition desired by the user acquired by the desired condition acquisition unit 312. The transaction condition setting unit 313 records the set information of the transaction condition in the recording unit 306, and transmits the information of the transaction condition to the navigation information processing server 150 or the peripheral information processing device 110 via the communication unit 301. The navigation information acquisition unit 314 acquires information of the route search result from the navigation information processing server 150.

The display control unit 315 controls the display of the display unit 305 to display GUIs for various operations such as the destination setting screen 161. The display control unit 315 causes the display unit 305 to display the destination setting screen 161 and the route search result screen 163, for example, based on the user operation and the information of the route search result received from the navigation information processing server 150.

When the information processing device 110 controls the lighting of the traffic light 120, the priority traffic control unit 316 receives a traffic-enabled notification (i.e., a notification indicating that the traffic is enabled with priority) or a traffic-disabled notification (a notification indicating that the priority traffic of another vehicle is received) from the information processing device 110. Upon receiving these notifications, the priority traffic control unit 316 transmits a control signal for causing the vehicle 130 to preferentially traffic or stop at the intersection.

Reward processing section 317 receives information of the determined reward from information processing device 110. The consideration processing unit 317 executes a consideration transaction based on the determined consideration information, and records the transaction in the distributed ledger.

[ configuration of information processing Server for navigation ]

Further, the configuration of the navigation information processing server 150 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to fig. 4. The navigation information processing server 150 is configured by one or more server devices. Furthermore, the various functional blocks described may be integrated or separated, and further, the functions described may be implemented by other functional blocks. In addition, a part described as hardware may be implemented by software, and vice versa.

Communication unit 401 includes a communication circuit that communicates with communication device 140 and vehicle 130 via network 111. The information processed by the control unit 402 is transmitted to the communication device 140 or the like, or the information to be processed by the control unit 402 is received from the communication device 140 or the like.

The control unit 402 includes a CPU410 as a central processing unit and a RAM 411. The control unit 402 loads and executes the program stored in the recording unit 403 on the RAM411 to control the operation of each unit inside the control unit 402 or control the operation of each unit of the navigation information processing server 150. Further, the control unit 402 executes route search processing for generating a route search result shown in fig. 1B. The RAM411 includes a volatile storage medium such as a DRAM, for example, and temporarily stores parameters, processing results, and the like for the control unit 402 to execute programs. The recording unit 403 includes, for example, a nonvolatile recording medium such as a semiconductor memory, and stores setting values and programs necessary for the operation of the navigation information processing server 150.

The recording unit 403 includes, for example, a nonvolatile memory such as a semiconductor memory, and stores an application program executed by the control unit 402, data used in the program, and the like.

The vehicle setting information acquisition unit 412 receives the vehicle information (i.e., the current position, the vehicle speed, the destination information, the transaction condition information, and the like) from the plurality of vehicles 130, and records the vehicle information in the vehicle database. Further, the vehicle setting information acquisition unit 412 receives information of a search request (information of the current position, the destination for route search, and the transaction condition) from the communication device 140.

The traffic information acquisition unit 413 sequentially acquires information of the traffic lights 120 (for example, information of lighting states and lighting timings of the traffic lights) from the information processing devices 110 of the traffic lights installed at various points.

The navigation information generation unit 414 generates a route search result for information of a search request from the communication device 140. For example, the navigation information generating unit 414 determines a predetermined number of route candidates with a low route cost from the current position to the destination, and calculates the paid and received rewards while determining the information on the transaction conditions of other vehicles that are expected to approach within a predetermined distance when passing through each route candidate and the information on the transaction conditions included in the search request. The navigation information generation unit 414 calculates a travel time that varies depending on payment and receipt of a reward. Further, the route candidates may be corrected to follow the route to the charging facility or the refueling facility in the vicinity of the place where charging or refueling is necessary. The navigation information generation unit 414 sorts the calculated route candidates in, for example, a required time order, and transmits the route candidates to the communication device 140 as search result information. As shown in the route search result screen 163 of fig. 1B described above, the search result information includes information of a route, arrival time, required time, and reward.

[ series of operations of lighting control processing (of traffic lights) in the information processing device 110 ]

Next, a series of operations of the lighting control process in the information processing apparatus 110 will be described with reference to fig. 5. The present processing is realized by the CPU210 of the control unit 202 executing a program recorded in the recording unit 203.

In S501, control unit 202 identifies a vehicle to be processed from among vehicles passing around traffic light 120 (for example, within a predetermined distance). For example, the control unit 202 acquires the current position, the moving direction, and the vehicle speed of the vehicle from the communication device 140 associated with the vehicle passing around the traffic light 120, and determines whether or not the vehicle is a vehicle affected by the lighting of the traffic light (i.e., a vehicle to be processed). For example, the control unit 202 specifies a vehicle stopped at a red light of a traffic light or a vehicle passing a green light as a vehicle affected by lighting.

In S502, the information acquisition unit 212 of the control unit 202 acquires information on the transaction condition of the communication device 140 from the communication device 140 associated with the vehicle to be processed.

In S503, the transaction condition determination unit 213 determines whether or not the vehicle identified as the processing target travels only in the same direction. Specifically, in the example shown in fig. 7A (a), only the vehicle 701 and the vehicle 702 (i.e., the processing target vehicle) are near the intersection, and the vehicle 701 and the vehicle 702 travel only in the same direction. In the case of a nearby intersection where vehicles pass only in the same direction, the vehicle does not need to stop by turning signal lamp 750 to the red light. That is, when the lighting of traffic light 750 is at the timing of red, the vehicles can arrive at the destination as soon as they pass by controlling the lighting of traffic light 750 to green. In the determination of the same direction, when the vehicle 701 and the vehicle 702 are oncoming vehicles, the oncoming vehicles can be regarded as vehicles that travel only in the same direction. In addition, when only one vehicle is to be processed, the same processing can be performed.

For example, if the transaction condition determination unit 213 determines that the vehicles identified as the processing targets pass in the same direction based on the current position, the moving direction, and the vehicle speed of the vehicle from the communication device 140, the process proceeds to S506. Otherwise, the process advances to S504.

In S504, the transaction condition determination unit 213 determines whether or not the transaction condition related to the priority passage is satisfied based on the information of the transaction condition received from the vehicle as the processing target. The details of the transaction condition determination processing will be described later.

In S505, the control unit 202 advances the process to S506 when the transaction condition is satisfied in S504, and ends the series of processes when the transaction condition is not satisfied. The control unit 202 determines whether or not the transaction condition is satisfied, for example, with reference to a flag value indicating a determination result described later.

In S506, the traffic control unit 214 of the control unit 202 controls lighting of the traffic lights. The traffic control unit 214 controls the lighting of the traffic light 120 on one road from a red light to a green light so that the vehicle on the side where the reward is paid can pass through the intersection. At this time, traffic control unit 214 may transmit a notification of the possibility of traffic to communication device 140 of the vehicle that has become a vehicle that can pass preferentially in response to the lighting control of traffic light 120. At this time, the no-passage notification may be transmitted to the communication device 140 of the vehicle that has received the priority passage of the other vehicle.

In S507, consideration processing section 215 processes payment of consideration (i.e., determines consideration paid by the vehicle) based on the transaction conditions, and transmits information of the determined consideration to communication device 140. The determination of the transaction condition by the transaction condition determination unit 213 and the processing of the reward by the reward processing unit 215 will be described in more detail below.

[ series of actions of transaction determination processing ]

Next, a series of operations of the transaction determination processing in S504 will be described with reference to fig. 6. The present process is realized by the CPU210 of the control unit 202 executing the program recorded in the recording unit 203, following the process of fig. 5.

In S601, the transaction condition determination unit 213 determines the vehicle in which the payment (payment) to be paid is the highest amount when the priority passage is enabled. For example, the vehicle whose payment is the highest amount is decided based on the information of the transaction condition of each vehicle. For example, in the example shown in fig. 7A (b), vehicles 701 to 702 and vehicles 703 to 704 respectively pass in different directions and approach an intersection. At this time, the signal lamp 750 is a green lamp, and the signal lamp 751 is a red lamp. In this case, the transaction condition determination unit 213 compares the payment remuneration of the vehicles 701 to 704, and determines the vehicle with the highest payment as the vehicle 704 (payment is 250).

In S602, the transaction condition determination unit 213 determines the highest amount of the reward (requested reward) for the priority passage request for the vehicle passing in the direction different from the vehicle determined in S601. In the example of (b) in fig. 7A, among the vehicles 701 to 702 passing in a direction different from the vehicle 704, the highest amount of requested consideration is 200 of the vehicle 702. In addition, in the case of having an oncoming vehicle, it can be considered as a vehicle in the same direction.

In S603, the transaction condition determination unit 213 determines whether or not the payment for the vehicle (that is, the highest amount of the payment) determined in S601 is equal to or more than the request payment (the highest amount of the request payment) determined in S602. If the transaction condition determination unit 213 determines that the requested reward is equal to or more than the reward, the process proceeds to S605, otherwise the process proceeds to S604.

In S604, when the maximum amount of the payment reward is smaller than the request reward, the transaction condition determination unit 213 determines that the transaction condition related to the priority passage is not satisfied, and sets the flag value indicating the determination result to 0 indicating the transaction condition NG.

On the other hand, in S605, when the reward payment is equal to or more than the requested reward, the transaction condition determination unit 213 determines that the transaction condition related to the priority passage is satisfied, and sets the flag value indicating the determination result to 1 indicating the transaction condition OK. After that, the transaction condition determination unit 213 returns to the call source.

[ processing of reward in S507 ]

Next, the process of remuneration in S507 will be described with reference to fig. 7A and 7B. As described above, (a) in fig. 7A shows an example in which the vehicles travel only in the same direction. In this case, the traffic light is controlled so that the vehicle can pass, and the reward processing unit 215 processes payment of the reward so that the reward is not paid from the vehicles 701 to 702 for priority passage. On the other hand, even when the vehicle travels only in the same direction, the reward can be paid for the reduction of the waiting time when the lighting of the traffic light is controlled to green.

In addition, the example shown in fig. 7A (b) shows a case where the transaction condition is satisfied between vehicles passing in different directions. In this case, the transaction condition determination unit 213 determines that the reward 250 is paid from the vehicle 704 in which the highest amount of the reward is set to the vehicle 702 in which the highest amount of the reward request is set (of the vehicle in the different direction).

Of course, the processing of the reward in the case where the transaction condition is satisfied between the vehicles passing in different directions is not limited to this. For example, as shown in (a) and (B) in fig. 7B, the payment may be processed in a one-to-many relationship. In the example of fig. 7B (a), the transaction condition determination unit 213 causes the payment 250 to be paid from the vehicle 704 in which the highest amount of payment is set to each of the plurality of vehicles that have received the preferential passage of the vehicle 704. On the other hand, in the example of (B) in fig. 7B, the transaction condition determination unit 213 causes each vehicle to pay the requested reward amount of each vehicle from the vehicle 704 in which the highest amount of paid reward is set to each of the plurality of vehicles that have received the preferential passage of the vehicle 704.

Further, in the above example, the case where one vehicle is limited to pay consideration has been described as an example, but many-to-many consideration payments may be set. That is, the total of the rewards paid from the plurality of vehicles that have become passable with priority can be allocated to the plurality of vehicles that have received the preferential passage.

Further, the burden proportion of the reward of each user in the vehicle that pays the reward and the allocation amount of the reward of each user in the vehicle that receives the reward are not particularly limited. For example, users riding in compensated vehicles may be compensated for payment. In addition, the user who rides in the vehicle receiving the reward can equally divide the reward for the receipt.

In this way, in the lighting control process of the information processing device 110, the information of the transaction condition is acquired from the communication device 140 associated with the vehicle as the processing target, and the transaction condition is determined based on the relationship between the maximum amount of the payment reward of the information of the transaction condition and the requested reward, and the reward is processed. This makes it possible to pay a reward for shortening the travel time or receive a reward for compensating for the extension of the travel time, and to buy and sell the value of the travel time according to the situation of the user.

In the lighting control process described above, the highest amount of the payment reward is used for the determination of whether or not the transaction condition is satisfied, but other determinations may be used. For example, as shown in (a) in fig. 8, it may be determined whether the transaction condition is satisfied based on the sum of the amount of payment and the amount of request payment. In this example, a vehicle higher in the total amount of the amount of payment paid and the amount of requested payment is allowed to pass preferentially. It is considered that a person who pays a higher reward and sets the higher reward charge reflects an intention to make a priority pass more. Therefore, control in accordance with the strong intention of the user can be performed by using the total amount of the payment reward and the amount of the requested reward. Further, for example, as shown in (b) in fig. 8, in the case where the sum of the amount of payment and the amount of request payment is the same, the transaction condition may be determined according to the distance from the intersection to the vehicle. In this way, when the traffic condition cannot be determined, the vehicle that is expected to leave the intersection earlier can be prioritized.

[ series of operations of communication control processing in communication device 140 ]

Next, a series of operations of the communication control process in the communication device 140 will be described with reference to fig. 9. Further, the present process is realized by the CPU310 of the control section 302 executing a program recorded in the recording section 306.

In S901, the desired condition acquisition unit 312 of the control unit 302 acquires a desired transaction condition input by the user 160 on the transaction condition setting screen 162 in the communication device 170.

In S902, the transaction condition setting unit 313 of the control unit 302 sets the information of the transaction condition set in the vehicle 130 based on the desired transaction condition acquired by the desired condition acquisition unit 312. The transaction condition setting unit 313 records information of the set transaction conditions in the recording unit 306.

In S903, the transaction condition setting unit 313 transmits the information of the transaction condition to the peripheral information processing device 110 via the communication unit 201. For example, the control unit 202 communicates with the peripheral information processing devices 110, and transmits the information of the transaction condition to the information processing device 110 when it is determined that the vehicle is a vehicle affected by the lighting of the traffic light (i.e., the vehicle to be processed) by the specific information processing device 110.

In S904, when the information processing apparatus 110 controls the lighting of the traffic light 120, the priority traffic control unit 316 receives the notification of the passable or impassable traffic from the information processing apparatus 110. Here, the notification of available traffic is a notification indicating that priority traffic is available, and the notification of unavailable traffic is a notification indicating that priority traffic of another vehicle is received.

In S905, the priority traffic control section 316 determines whether or not the received notification indicates that priority traffic is possible, and if it is determined that priority traffic is possible, advances the process to S906, otherwise, advances the process to S907. In S906, the priority traffic control unit 316 transmits a control signal for giving priority to traffic at the intersection to the vehicle 130 in response to the reception of the notification that traffic is possible. On the other hand, in S907, the priority passage control unit 316 transmits a control signal for receiving the priority passage of another vehicle and stopping the vehicle 130, in response to the reception of the notification of no passage. After S906 or S907, the process advances to S908.

In S908, the reward processing unit 317 receives the information of the specified reward from the information processing device 110, performs a reward transaction based on the information of the specified reward, and records the transaction in the distributed ledger. After that, control unit 202 ends a series of operations of the vehicle control process.

[ second embodiment ]

[ adjustment System between users ]

In the vehicle sharing system as described above, it is possible to propose a change in the order of arrival of the vehicles in accordance with the intention of the user riding in the vehicle. The following describes a configuration of an information processing apparatus according to a second embodiment that can be used for this purpose.

[ constitution of adjustment System 1000 ]

First, the configuration of the inter-user adjustment system 1000 (adjustment system 1000) according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to fig. 10. Since the vehicle 130, the navigation information processing server 150, the user 160, and the communication device 170 have the same configuration as that of the first embodiment, redundant description is omitted.

Network 1011 includes a communication network such as the internet or a mobile phone network, and transmits information between navigation information processing server 150 and vehicle 130 and information processing apparatus 1010. However, the network 1011 is not essential, and the information processing device 1010 and the navigation information processing server 150 can directly establish wireless communication and communicate with each other.

The information processing device 1010 proposes to the user to change the arrival order of the vehicles 130 according to the intention from the user. In particular, the information processing device 1010 according to the present embodiment can acquire a transaction condition and a departure destination (described later) related to a change in the arrival order from each user. Next, the information processing device 1010 generates a travel scheduled route of the vehicle 130 based on the acquired get-off scheduled location. Further, the information processing device 1010 makes an offer to change the arrival order for the get-off reservation in the scheduled travel route based on the acquired transaction condition. That is, the information processing apparatus 1010 can propose a change (adjustment) of the arrival order based on the transaction condition acquired from the user. Information processing device 1010 can communicate with vehicle 130 via wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), or can communicate with communication device 170 via a network such as a mobile communication network. In the following example, the case where information processing device 1010 is an in-vehicle device incorporated in vehicle 130 is described as an example, but may be a device separate from vehicle 130, such as a personal computer, a tablet terminal, or a smartphone.

The user 160 uses the communication device 170 to set a destination. Therefore, communication device 170 can display the same screen as destination setting screen 161 in the first embodiment and receive an operation by user 160. The user 160 also sets a parameter indicating a desire to change the arrival time at the scheduled get-off location using the communication device 170. Here, the user 160 can input the transaction condition related to the change of the arrival order as described above as the parameter. That is, the user 160 can set a reward that can be paid when the user gets off the vehicle preferentially to another user who is riding in the same vehicle, and a reward that is requested when the user accepts the preferential getting off of another user. The priority getting-off means that the arrival at the get-off destination is advanced by changing the arrival order.

In the present embodiment, the transaction condition related to the priority passage in the first embodiment is used as the transaction condition related to the change of the arrival order. That is, the information processing device 1010 uses the transaction condition related to the priority passage input via the transaction condition setting screen 162 as the transaction condition related to the change of the arrival order. However, the communication device 170 may display a dedicated UI for acquiring the transaction conditions related to the change of the arrival order, and the information processing device 1010 may perform the following processing using the information input on the screen. Hereinafter, the term "adjustment condition" refers to a transaction condition used by the information processing device 1010 in each process and relating to a change in the arrival order, and a reward paid when alighting is possible is referred to as an adjustment reward, and a received reward is referred to as an adjustment request reward.

[ constitution of information processing apparatus 1010 ]

Next, a configuration example of the information processing apparatus 1010 will be described with reference to fig. 11. Furthermore, the various functional blocks described may be integrated or separated, and further, the functions described may be implemented by other functional blocks. In addition, a part described as hardware may be implemented by software, and vice versa.

The communication unit 1101 includes a communication circuit that communicates with the plurality of communication devices 170 via a network or the like. The communication unit 1101 may transmit information processed by the control unit 1102 to the communication device 170 or the like, or may receive information processed by the control unit 1102 from the communication device 170 or the like.

The control unit 1102 includes a CPU1110 as a central processing unit and a RAM 1111. The control unit 1102 controls the operations of the respective units inside the control unit 1102 or the operations of the respective units of the information processing apparatus 1010 by loading and executing a program stored in the recording unit 1103 in the RAM 1111. The details of the processing performed by the control unit 1102 will be described later. The RAM1111 includes a volatile storage medium such as a DRAM, and temporarily stores parameters, processing results, and the like for the control unit 1102 to execute programs. The recording unit 1103 includes a nonvolatile recording medium such as a semiconductor memory, and stores setting values and programs necessary for the operation of the information processing apparatus 1010.

The desired condition acquisition unit 1112 acquires the adjustment condition of the user 160 set in the communication device 170 and the get-off schedule. The desired condition acquisition unit 1112 may acquire the adjustment condition preset in the communication device 170, or may acquire the adjustment condition input when the user 160 desires to perform vehicle sharing or the like.

The route generation unit 1113 generates information indicating the scheduled travel route of the vehicle 130 and the scheduled arrival time to each scheduled get-off destination based on the destination of each user acquired by the desire condition acquisition unit 1112. Here, the method of generating the planned travel route by the route generation unit 1113 is not particularly limited. The route generation unit 1113 transmits the current position of the vehicle and each getting-off destination to the navigation information processing server 150, for example, in a predetermined manner, and acquires a route along which the vehicle parked at each getting-off destination passes, a required time for passing, and the like in accordance with a route pattern. For example, the route generation unit 1113 may generate the planned travel route so that the scheduled arrival time to the final alighting destination becomes the earliest, or may present candidates of the generated route to the user and set the selected candidates as the planned travel route. In this example, the route generation unit 1113 stores all the generated routes in the recording unit 1103, and transmits the route having the shortest arrival schedule time to the final alighting schedule place as the scheduled travel route to the communication device 170.

Intention determining unit 1114 determines whether or not there is an intention from user 160 with respect to the route planned for travel transmitted by route generating unit 1113 to communication device 170, based on information acquired by intention acquiring unit 1213, which will be described later. That is, intention determining unit 1114 determines whether or not the user desires to change the arrival order.

When the user desires, the change determination section 1115 determines whether or not the arrival order can be changed so as to advance the arrival schedule time to the place where the user is scheduled to get off. That is, it is determined whether there are other users as follows: the arrival order is changed with a user who desires to get off (an urgent user), so that the arrival time at a scheduled alighting place of the urgent user is advanced, and the arrival order can be changed based on the adjustment condition. The details of the processing performed by change determination unit 1115 will be described later with reference to fig. 14.

When it is determined that the change can be made by the change determination unit 1115, the result transmission unit 1116 displays a confirmation screen indicating whether or not the change of the arrival order is permitted on the terminal held by the user who has reached a scheduled get-off destination by the change. Next, the result transmitting unit 1116 acquires the user's input to the confirmation screen.

When the change of the arrival order is permitted, the route changing unit 1117 sets the route in which the arrival order is changed as the travel route, transmits the route to the communication device 170, and presents the route to the user.

The reward calculation unit 1118 calculates the value of the reward paid to the arrival-delayed user by the arrival-advanced user who arrives at the get-off-destination due to the change of the arrival order based on the adjustment condition of each user, and transmits the information of the specified reward to the communication device 170 of each user. The method of calculating the value of the reward to be paid is not particularly limited, and the detailed description will be given below, and for example, the value of the adjustment request reward set in the communication device of the user who has reached a delay may be set as the value of the reward to be paid.

Further, a method of displaying the route presented to the user as the planned travel route is not particularly limited. The planned travel route may be displayed as a route displayed on a map, for example, as a time table indicating the arrival order and arrival time, or may be displayed simultaneously.

[ constitution of communication device 170 ]

Next, a configuration example of the communication device 170 will be described with reference to fig. 12. The configuration shown in fig. 12 shows functional blocks constituting a smartphone, which is an example of the communication device 170 according to the present embodiment. Furthermore, the various functional blocks described may be integrated or separated, and further, the functions described may be implemented by other functional blocks. In addition, a part described as hardware may be implemented by software, and vice versa.

The communication unit 1201 includes, for example, a communication circuit or the like, and may be connected to the internet via mobile communication such as LTE, for example, or may be connected to the vehicle 130 via Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication in order to perform necessary data transmission and reception.

The operation unit 1203 includes buttons and a touch panel provided in the communication device 170, and can perform operations on a GUI for various operations such as the destination setting screen 161 and the transaction condition setting screen 162 displayed on the display unit 1205. The display portion 1205 includes a display panel such as an LCD or an OLED, for example, and displays GUIs for various operations such as the destination setting screen 161 and the transaction condition setting screen 162, and GUIs for enabling confirmation of a route during traveling, and the like, in accordance with instructions from the display control portion 1214. The sensor unit 1204 includes a GPS for specifying the current position, and a biometric sensor for specifying the user of the communication device 170.

The recording unit 1206 includes, for example, a nonvolatile memory such as a semiconductor memory, and stores map information, information of set transaction conditions, a program executed by the control unit 1202, and the like. The recording unit 1206 holds data of a distributed ledger used in the block chain technique, for example. In the present embodiment, a transaction using virtual money based on a reward notified from the information processing apparatus 1010 is recorded in the distributed ledger. For example, the communication device 170 functions as one node (node) that manages the distributed ledger, and the program executed by the control unit 1202 may include a program for processing a transaction using virtual money, a program for managing the distributed ledger, and a program for an intelligent contract.

The control unit 1202 includes a CPU1210 and a RAM1211, and the CPU1210 executes a program recorded in the recording unit 1206 to control operations of each functional block in the control unit 1202 and each unit in the communication device 170.

The desired condition setting unit 1212 sets the adjustment condition and the departure destination inputted by the user 160 in the communication device 170. As described above, the desired condition setting unit 1212 may set the transaction condition input on the transaction condition setting screen 162 of the communication device 140 as the adjustment condition, or may set the input via the UI dedicated to input the adjustment condition as the adjustment condition.

The intention acquisition unit 1213 acquires desired information indicating a change in the arrival order, which is input by the user 160 to the presented scheduled travel route, as the intention of the user. Next, intention acquisition unit 1213 transmits the acquired information to intention determination unit 1114 of information processing apparatus 1010.

The display control unit 1214 controls the display of the display unit 1205 so as to display GUIs for various operations, such as the destination setting screen 161 and the transaction condition setting screen 162. The display control unit 1214 causes the display unit 1205 to display the destination setting screen 161, a planned travel route shown in fig. 15 described later, and the like, for example, based on the user operation and information of the route search result received from the navigation information processing server 150.

Reward processing unit 1215 receives information of the determined reward from information processing apparatus 1010. The consideration processing unit 1215 performs a consideration transaction based on the determined consideration information, and records the transaction in the distributed ledger.

[ series of operations of adjustment processing in the information processing device 1010 ]

Next, a series of operations of the arrival order adjustment processing in the information processing apparatus 1010 will be described with reference to fig. 13. Note that the present processing is realized by the CPU1110 of the control unit 1102 executing a program recorded in the recording unit 1103.

In S1301, the desired condition acquisition unit 1112 acquires the adjustment condition set in the communication device 170 and the get-off schedule. The desired condition acquisition unit 1112 stores the acquired adjustment conditions and information indicating the leaving schedule place in the recording unit 1103.

In S1302, the route generation unit 1113 transmits the current position of the vehicle and each departure to the navigation information processing server 150 in a predetermined manner, obtains a candidate of the route on which the vehicle 130 travels, and stores the candidate in the recording unit 1103. The route generation unit 1113 presents the route that is the earliest arrival schedule time to the final alighting schedule place among the acquired route candidates as the scheduled travel route to the user.

In S1303, intention determining unit 1114 acquires desired information indicating that the order of the route presented to the user is to be changed from communication device 170. In S1304, the intention determination unit 1114 determines whether or not a change of the order is desired, and if it is determined that a change is desired, the process proceeds to S1305. If it is determined that no change is desired, the process ends with no change in the order of arrival.

In S1305, the change determination unit 1115 determines whether or not the arrival order can be changed so as to advance the scheduled arrival time of the user who desires to change the arrival order (the urgent user). Here, change determination section 1115 determines whether or not the order of arrival of the urgent user and the other user can be switched. Details of the processing in S1305 will be described later with reference to fig. 14. If it is determined that the user can be exchanged, change determination unit 1115 sets the user who can be exchanged as the adjustable user, and advances the process to S1306. Otherwise, the processing is ended without changing the arrival order.

In S1306, the result transmitting unit 1116 transmits the changed route determined in S1305 to be changeable to the communication device 170, and presents the route to the user (in this example, the adjustable user). Next, the result transmitting unit 1116 determines whether or not the user permits such change of the arrival order. The process proceeds to S1307 when the user has permitted the change of the arrival order, and ends the process as if the arrival order has not been changed when the user has not permitted the change of the arrival order.

In S1307, the route changer 1117 sets the route after changing the arrival order as the travel route. In S1308, as the urgent user can adjust the value of the adjustment request reward desired by the user to pay the reward corresponding to the adjustment request reward, the reward calculation unit 1118 transmits the reward information to the communication device owned by the urgent user and the communication device owned by the adjustable user, and the process is terminated.

In this example, the route after the change is set as the travel route when the user permits in S1306, but for example, it is also possible to determine again whether or not a change is desired for the route after the change. In that case, the process returns to S1303 again, and the subsequent processes are similarly performed.

[ series of operations of the determination processing in S1305 ]

Next, the determination processing performed in S1305 will be described with reference to fig. 14. The present processing is realized by the CPU1110 of the control unit 1010 executing a program recorded in the recording unit 1103, following the processing of fig. 13.

In S1401, change determination unit 1115 refers to the route traveled when the arrival order to the alighting destination is changed for the urgent user who desires to change the arrival order in S1303 and for other users. Here, the change determination section 1115 acquires and refers to the route candidates acquired in S1302.

In S1402, the change determination unit 1115 determines whether or not there is a route that is earlier than the arrival schedule time at which the user who is in an urgent situation arrives at the scheduled get-off destination, among the routes referred to in S1401. If it is determined that there is any route, the change determination unit 1115 sets such a route as a route candidate and advances the process to S1403, and if it is determined that there is no route, the process advances to S1306 as the arrival order cannot be changed.

In S1403, the change determination unit 1115 compares the adjustment compensation payment desired by the urgent user with the adjustment request compensation desired by the other user, assuming that the vehicle 1500 is traveling on the route candidate. In S1403, change determination unit 1115 determines whether or not there is a user whose desired adjustment request reward is equal to or less than the adjustment payment reward desired by the urgent user. If it is determined that there is any user, change determination unit 1115 sets such user as an adjustable user and advances the process to S1306, and if it is determined that there is no user, advances the process to S1306 as an adjustable user is not present.

In the above example, the determination according to the adjustment condition is performed after it is determined whether or not the exchange of the arrival order in which the scheduled arrival time of the urgent user can be advanced is performed, but the order of the processing is not particularly limited. For example, after determining whether or not there is a user whose desired adjustment request reward is equal to or less than the adjustment payment reward desired by the urgent user, the change determination unit 1115 may determine whether or not the urgent user can be changed to advance the scheduled arrival time to the get-off schedule point.

In this example, a transaction is made in which a reward is made between an urgent user and an adjustable user, but the user who makes a transaction is not particularly limited as long as the user who has reached the scheduled time earlier due to a change in the arrival order pays a reward to the user who has reached the scheduled time later. Next, an example of the processing in S1305 will be described with reference to fig. 15.

Fig. 15A (a) shows an example of a scheduled travel route presented to each user based on the drop-off schedule of each user riding in the vehicle 1500. Three users 1501 to 1503 are seated in the vehicle 1500, and the respective drop-off scheduled places are a place 1510, a place 1520, and a place 1530. In this case, the navigation information processing server 150 generates a route to the

point

1510, 1520, and 1530 first.

Fig. 15A (b) is an example of a time table showing expected arrival times at the respective arrival points, which is presented to the user along with the route shown in fig. 15A (a). In the example of fig. 15A (b), the vehicle 1500 is shown arriving at point 1510 at point 13, point 30, then arriving at point 1520 at point 14, point 00, and finally arriving at point 1530 at point 15.

Here, the user 1502 desires to change the order of arrival. Such an example will be described with reference to fig. 15B. Fig. 15B (a) shows an example of the scheduled travel route that is newly presented according to the intention of the user 1502, and fig. 15B (B) shows a schedule that indicates the scheduled arrival time at each scheduled alighting place under the scheduled travel route. Here, as a result of exchanging the arrival order between the user 1502 and the user 1501, the arrival scheduled time of the vehicle 1500 to the point 1520 advances from 14: 00 to 13: 45. Next, referring to adjustment conditions for each user shown in (c) in fig. 15B. The adjustment payment remuneration and the adjustment request remuneration of the users 1501 to 1503 are 100 and 200, 500 and 600, and 200, respectively. In this example, the arrival at the predetermined time 1520 is advanced, while on the other hand the arrival at 1510 and 1530 is delayed, so the user 1502 pays a reward to the users 1501 and 1503. That is, since the total of the adjustment request rewards of the users 1501 and 1503 is 400 and is smaller than the value 500 of the adjustment payment reward of the user 1502, the scheduled travel route shown in (a) in fig. 15B is presented to each user as being capable of the change. Next, when permission is obtained from each user, the travel route is determined, and the value of a reward for performing a transaction between users is determined and transmitted to each communication device.

In the example of fig. 15, the case where the payment side and the receipt side are one-to-many has been described as an example, but it may be set that payment of the reward is many-to-many or many-to-one. That is, as a result of the change of the order, the payment and distribution are performed so that the total of the rewards paid from the user whose arrival schedule time is earlier is equal to the total of the rewards received by the user whose arrival schedule time is later.

With the above configuration, the travel route after the arrival order is changed can be proposed based on the intention of the user riding in the vehicle. In particular, a user who changes the arrival order can be selected for a user who wishes to change the arrival order based on the adjustment conditions set for each user. Therefore, the arrival sequence of the car pool to the drop-off destination can be adjusted by the exchange of the reward between the users.

[ summary of the embodiments ]

In the above embodiment, at least the following information processing apparatus and information processing method are disclosed.

1. The information processing apparatus (e.g. 1010) of the above-described embodiment is an information processing apparatus used in a vehicle sharing system in which a plurality of users (e.g. 160) share a vehicle (e.g. 130),

the information processing device is provided with an proposing unit (e.g., 1116, S1306) that proposes to change an arrival order of the vehicle to respective drop-off reservation places of users who are seated in the vehicle, according to the wishes of the users seated in the vehicle.

According to this embodiment, the order of arrival of the vehicle for sharing to each destination can be changed according to the user's intention.

2. In the information processing apparatus of the above-described embodiment,

when the arrival sequence is changed, the user who arrives at the departure scheduled destination late receives a reward from the user who arrives at the departure scheduled destination early.

According to this embodiment, a transaction of a reward among users can be performed in accordance with a change in the arrival order to each destination.

3. In the information processing apparatus of the above-described embodiment,

the information processing apparatus further includes an acquisition unit (e.g., 1112, S1301) that acquires a parameter indicating a desire of the user to change the arrival time to the get-off-schedule place while the user is seated,

the proposing unit proposes a change of the arrival order based on the parameter.

According to this embodiment, it is possible to propose a change in the arrival order to a user who wants to be urgent according to his/her desire.

4. In the information processing apparatus of the above-described embodiment,

the parameter is a desired value of the user in a ride for at least any one of the following rewards: in the case where the vehicle is preferentially passed over other vehicles, a payment paid by the user of the vehicle to the user of the other vehicle; and a reward acquired by the user of the vehicle from the other user in a case where the other vehicle passes in priority with respect to the vehicle.

According to this embodiment, transactions between users can be performed based on a desired value used in a vehicle sharing system that obtains priority traffic according to the desired value of the user.

5. In the information processing apparatus of the above-described embodiment,

the parameter is a desired value for a user of one of the vehicles included in the plurality of vehicles for at least any one of the following rewards: in a case where the exchange of the arrival order is performed so that the user of the one vehicle preferentially gets off the vehicle with respect to the other users of the one vehicle, the user of the one vehicle pays a reward to the other users; and a reward acquired by the user of the one vehicle from the other user when the exchange of the arrival order is performed so that the other user gets out of the vehicle preferentially to the user of the one vehicle.

According to this embodiment, transactions between users can be performed according to a desired value set by the user.

6. In the information processing apparatus of the above-described embodiment,

in the case where a desired value of the paid reward of a first user who subscribes to alighting at a first alighting schedule is larger than a desired value of the acquired reward of a second user who subscribes to alighting at a second alighting schedule that is scheduled to arrive earlier than the first alighting schedule, the proposing unit proposes to exchange the order of arrival at the first alighting schedule and the second alighting schedule (e.g., 1116, S1306).

According to this embodiment, it is possible to propose an exchange of an arrival order to a user who has established a transaction for an urgent user.

7. In the information processing apparatus of the above-described embodiment,

in a case where the exchange of the arrival order is allowed, the second user acquires a reward corresponding to a desired value of the acquired reward of the second user from the first user.

According to this embodiment, a user whose arrival time to the destination is delayed by the exchange of the arrival order can receive a reward.

8. In the information processing apparatus of the above-described embodiment,

in a case where the proposal relating to the change of the arrival order is allowed, the vehicle travels along a route in which the arrival order is changed.

According to this embodiment, the vehicle can be caused to travel on the travel route adjusted in accordance with the transaction of the reward.

9. The information processing apparatus (e.g., 170) of the above-described embodiment is an information processing apparatus used in a vehicle sharing system in which a plurality of users (e.g., 160) share a vehicle (e.g., 130),

the information processing device is provided with:

a transmission unit (e.g., 1201, S1301) that transmits, to the vehicle, a will of a user riding in the vehicle; and

a display unit (e.g., 1205, S1306) that displays an offer to change an order in which the vehicles arrive at respective drop-off reservations of the users who are seated, according to the intention.

10. The vehicle sharing system of the above embodiment is a vehicle sharing system in which a plurality of users (e.g. 160) share a vehicle (e.g. 130),

the vehicle sharing system includes:

a terminal (e.g., 170) for use by a user riding in the vehicle, the terminal having:

a display unit (e.g., S1205, S1306) that displays a proposal according to the intention to change an order in which the vehicles arrive at respective drop-off predetermined places of the users who are sitting; and

an proposing unit (e.g., 1116, S1306) that proposes to change an order in which the vehicles arrive at respective drop-off predetermined places of the users in the ride, according to the desire.

11. The information processing method of the above-described embodiment is an information processing method used in a vehicle sharing system in which a plurality of users (e.g. 160) share a vehicle (e.g. 130),

the information processing method includes a step of proposing to change an order in which the vehicle reaches a predetermined place for getting off of each of the users who are riding in the vehicle, in accordance with the intention of the users who are riding in the vehicle (e.g., S1116).

12. The program according to the above embodiment is a program for causing a computer to function as each unit of the information processing apparatus.

According to this embodiment, it is possible to provide an information processing device that adjusts the arrival time by changing the arrival order to the destination in a transaction of a reward between a user who wants to arrive urgently and another user.

The embodiments of the invention have been described above, but the invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made within the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus used in a vehicle sharing system in which a plurality of users share a vehicle,

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when the arrival order is changed, the user who arrives late in the departure scheduled manner obtains a reward from the user who arrives early in the departure scheduled manner.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,

the information processing apparatus further includes an acquisition unit that acquires a parameter indicating a desire of the user to change an arrival time to the get-off-schedule place while the user is riding,

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the parameter is a desired value of the user in a ride for at least any one of: in the case where the vehicle is preferentially passed over other vehicles, a payment paid by the user of the vehicle to the user of the other vehicle; and a reward acquired by the user of the vehicle from the other user in a case where the other vehicle passes in priority with respect to the vehicle.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the parameter is a desired value of a user of one vehicle included in the plurality of vehicles for at least any one of the following remunerations: in a case where the exchange of the arrival order is performed so that the user of the one vehicle preferentially gets off the vehicle with respect to the other users of the one vehicle, the user of the one vehicle pays a reward to the other users; and a reward acquired by the user of the one vehicle from the other user when the exchange of the arrival order is performed so that the other user gets out of the vehicle preferentially to the user of the one vehicle.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the proposing unit proposes to exchange an order of arrival at the first alighting schedule and the second alighting schedule in a case where a desired value of the remuneration for the payment of the first user who subscribes to alighting at a first alighting schedule is larger than a desired value of the acquired remuneration for a second user who subscribes to alighting at a second alighting schedule that is scheduled to arrive earlier than the first alighting schedule.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the second user acquires a reward corresponding to a desired value of the acquired reward of the second user from the first user in a case where exchange of the arrival order is permitted.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle travels along a route in which the arrival order is changed, in a case where a proposal relating to the change of the arrival order is permitted.

9. An information processing apparatus used in a vehicle sharing system in which a plurality of users share a vehicle,

the information processing device is provided with:

10. A vehicle sharing system in which a plurality of users share a vehicle, characterized in that,

the vehicle sharing system includes:

a terminal for use by a user riding in the vehicle, the terminal having:

a display unit that displays an offer for changing an order in which the vehicles arrive at respective drop-off scheduled places of the users who are riding, according to the intention; and

11. An information processing method used in a vehicle sharing system in which a plurality of users share a vehicle, the information processing method comprising a step of proposing, in accordance with the intention of a user who is seated in the vehicle, a change in the order in which the vehicle reaches a respective place where the user who is seated gets off the vehicle.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program that, if executed, causes a computer to execute the information processing method of claim 11.