EP3256996A1 - Route reservation method - Google Patents
Route reservation methodInfo
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a method of reserving a path as part of an automated vehicle rental facility comprising a plurality of rental sites distributed in space.
- the field of the invention is the field of booking a journey as part of an automated vehicle rental facility. State of the art
- Automated vehicle leasing is a growing field. Agglomerations wishing to reduce the number of vehicles on their territory implement automated rental systems for vehicles, such as for example electric cars or bicycles.
- These facilities include rental sites distributed in the space to rent a vehicle or deposit a vehicle at the end of rental.
- the capacity of each rental site is limited, it is not sure that this or that rental site is available to rent a vehicle or deposit a vehicle at the end of rental.
- Actors in this area now offer the possibility of reserving a trip made with a vehicle rented between a site, said departure, and a site said arrival.
- the user reserves on the one hand a vehicle on the starting site and a location on the arrival site. This possibility of reservation is offered either at one of the sites, or remotely through for example an application on Smartphone, or through an Internet page.
- An object of the present invention is to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks.
- Another object of the invention is to propose a method for reserving a path that is simpler to understand and to use for the user.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a method of booking a less time-consuming route and allowing a faster reservation of a journey.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a method for reserving a path requiring less intervention from the user.
- the invention proposes to achieve at least one of the abovementioned goals by a method for reserving a path, in the context of an automated vehicle rental installation comprising a plurality of sites likely to be each in a state. available or not available, said method comprising a step of selecting an arrival position from at least one previously stored arrival position, said selecting step automatically triggering the following steps:
- the method according to the invention can allow the reservation of a path, with very little or no intervention on the part of the user apart from initiating the triggering of the process.
- the steps of determination of the starting position, identification of the starting site and identification of the arrival site are triggered automatically following the selection step, no user intervention is necessary for these steps.
- the user can possibly intervene during the step of selecting the arrival position and / or to validate the memory step which concretizes the reservation, which at most corresponds to two interventions on the part of the user. Therefore, the method according to the invention is simpler to understand and use for the user, and reduces the number of interventions from a user and the time spent to make a reservation.
- the starting site can be identified according to a part of location location data and the starting position, and secondly of at least one state data, said vehicle, indicating for each site the presence or absence on said site of an available vehicle.
- the arrival site can be identified according to site location data and at least one state data, called location, indicating for each site the presence or absence, on said site, of a parking space available to drop off a vehicle.
- the method according to the invention may further comprise a step of storing location data relating to at least one arrival position, performed prior to the selection step.
- Such a storage step can be performed prior to any reservation.
- At least one arrival position may be stored locally to a user device executing the method according to the invention, or to a remote server forming part of the automated vehicle rental facility.
- the user can enter at least one finish position:
- the arrival position can be manually selected by the user from several arrival positions previously indicated.
- At least one arrival position can be displayed on a display screen, in particular a touch screen:
- a fixed user device such as a fixed computer
- a portable user device such as a laptop, a smartphone, a tablet, a phablette, etc.
- a selection button representing or associated with said position or in a list, for example scrolling or scrolling.
- At least one arrival position can be selected by pointing on said display screen, in particular by pointing, for example touch, on a selection button displayed on said screen and associated with said position.
- the arrival position can be selected automatically according to at least one predetermined parameter, and a value of said parameter at the time of reservation, the method further comprising a step of determining of said value.
- the arrival position may be selected depending, for example, the time the user wants to make the journey, especially the time when the reservation is made when the reservation is for an immediate journey.
- the position of arrival for the reservation can correspond to his place of residence: the latter can then be selected in an automated way as arrival position.
- the starting position may correspond to the current position, the step of automated determination of the starting position then possibly comprising a reading of current location data provided by a geolocation means, such as, for example, geolocation data provided by a GPS module fitted to a smartphone on which the method is executed.
- the method according to the invention may further comprise a display of at least one starting position, previously stored, on a display screen, in particular tactile:
- a fixed user device such as a fixed computer
- a portable user device such as a laptop, a smartphone, a tablet, a phablette, etc.
- a selection button representing, or associated with, said position or in a list or in a menu, in particular scrolling (e) or scrolling (e).
- the starting position determined automatically can be modified by the user by pointing on said screen. This allows the user to choose another starting position than the one determined automatically, a new start site then being identified in an automated manner, especially on the fly and / or in real time, with respect to the new position. selected by the user.
- the method comprises a selection of the arrival position, respectively of the starting position, in a list or a menu, in particular a drop-down menu
- the position in said list or in said menu, of at least one geographical position can be adjusted according to current geographic position or current time.
- the arrival position, respectively the starting position corresponds to this business address, respectively to a personal address. previously informed.
- This address can be added to the list or the menu to speed up the selection of the arrival position, respectively of the starting position.
- the arrival position corresponds to a professional address, respectively personal
- the starting position corresponds to a personal address, respectively professional.
- This address can be added to the list or menu to speed up its selection.
- a starting position can be determined automatically according to the previously selected arrival position.
- a starting position may be previously associated with an arrival position.
- the step of identifying the starting site and / or the step of identifying the arrival site can be carried out progressively in increments of increasing distance to from the starting position, respectively from the arrival position.
- the identification of the starting site, respectively of arrival can be carried out among a first group of sites being at a distance less than or equal to AD with respect to the starting position, respectively arrival.
- a site available with a vehicle available for rental is identified among the sites of this first group then it is selected as the starting site and it is not necessary to consult the other sites.
- the identification step of the starting site, respectively of the arrival site takes into account a second group of sites lying at a distance between AD and 2AD with respect to the starting position, respectively of arrival, and so on.
- the increment of distance that is to say the value AD, can be fixed or variable at each iteration, identical or different for the identification of the starting site and for the identification of the arrival site .
- the distance increment may be adjustable by the user or by a central site managing the automated vehicle rental facility, for the identification of the departure site and / or for the identification of the site. arrival.
- the method according to the invention makes it possible to identify the starting site, respectively the arrival site, by consuming less time and less resources compared to a situation in which all the sites are considered.
- the storage step may include:
- a user identification data in association with identification data of an available location on the arrival site.
- the data or data may be stored at the site of departure, respectively of the arrival site, or at a central site remote from said starting site and / or said arrival site.
- data relating to at least one preference, and in particular to at least one preferred value of at least one parameter may be stored at the departure site and / or the arrival site and / or the site central.
- the data or data may be stored on a device of the user executing the reservation process.
- the method according to the invention may further comprise a step of calculating a duration / distance of the vehicle journey between the departure site and the arrival site.
- the determination of this travel time may, in addition to the distance separating said sites, take into account traffic data on said path provided by a remote device.
- the method according to the invention may furthermore comprise:
- the method according to the invention may further comprise a step of displaying, in a display window on a display screen of a user device, display data of at least one path and / or of at least one duration and / or at least one relative distance (s) to a path between:
- the method according to the invention may further comprise a display in a display window on a geographical map, of:
- the method according to the invention may comprise a simultaneous display in two display windows on a geographical map, in particular on two display windows arranged one below the other, of:
- a portable device in particular of the Smartphone, tablet or phablette type, or
- FIGURE 1 is a schematic representation of a vehicle rental installation implementing the method according to the invention
- FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic representation in the form of a diagram of an exemplary reservation method according to the invention.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic representation of a display screen of a user device implementing the method of FIG. 2. It is understood that the embodiments which will be described hereinafter are in no way imitative. It will be possible to imagine variants of the invention comprising only a selection of characteristics described hereinafter isolated from the other features described, if this selection of features is sufficient to confer a technical advantage or to differentiate the invention compared to the state of the prior art. This selection comprises at least one feature that is preferably functional without structural details, or with only a portion of the structural details if this portion alone is sufficient to provide a technical advantage or to differentiate the invention from the state of the art. the prior art.
- FIGU RE 1 is a schematic representation of an automated car rental facility in which the invention can be implemented.
- the installation 100 shown in FIG. 1 comprises a central site 102 connected to several sites - or stations - 104i-104 n , rental dice, through a wireless communication network 106, for example G PRS, or a wired network, for example of the DSL or LAN type.
- a wireless communication network 106 for example G PRS, or a wired network, for example of the DSL or LAN type.
- each site 104 is relinked to the central site 102 through the two networks of terminals, allowing a continuous connection even if one of the networks is failing.
- Each of the rental sites 104 includes a rental terminal 110 for the rental of a vehicle and a plurality of charging terminals 112-116, each charging station being provided for charging a vehicle equipped with an electric battery to a parking space. , namely, parking spaces 118-122.
- Some rental sites 104 also include a subscription terminal 108 for registering a new subscriber.
- Each parking location of a rental site 104 includes a presence detector module 124-128, namely weighing means, a camera and / or an infrared sensor and / or an electrical connection detector with a vehicle and / or a radar, connected to the rental terminal 110 of the rental site 104.
- the central site 102 can be connected directly to each of the terminals of a rental site 104 through the network 106 or only to the subscription terminal and / or to the rental terminal and / or charging terminals 112-116. .
- At least two terminals of a rental site are connected to each other through a wired connection (not shown).
- the central site 102 includes a central management server 132, a synthesis module 134 and a communication module 136, called central.
- the central site 102 further comprises a database 138 in which are recorded:
- the identifier of the user to whom is reserved the location to deposit a vehicle at the end of the rental, possibly the state (reserved / occupied / free) for each parking space 118-122,
- the central site 102 is in communication with electric vehicles 140i-140 m being leased, through the central communication module 136 and a communication box 142i-142 m , said vehicle, arranged in each of the vehicles, through a network of wireless communication 144, for example GPRS, which may be the same as the communication network 106.
- a network of wireless communication 144 for example GPRS, which may be the same as the communication network 106.
- the central site 102 exchanges data with each of the vehicles 140.
- Each vehicle communication box 142 is in connection with a user interface (not shown), for example an interface of a vehicle geolocation device, which may include a touch screen, to display the data on a map and to take account the data entries made by the user of the vehicle 140.
- a user interface for example an interface of a vehicle geolocation device, which may include a touch screen, to display the data on a map and to take account the data entries made by the user of the vehicle 140.
- Each rental station 104 includes a database 146 in which is recorded the reserved state or not of each parking location 118-122 of the rental site 104. This database 146 also stores the availability status of each location parking, namely occupied or free.
- a user 148 is able to interact with the installation 100, in particular with the remote site 102, and even more particularly with the server 132, via an application executed for example on a portable user device 150 of the Smartphone type. .
- the user may interact with the installation 100 via a fixed computer or any fixed or mobile device that can connect to a given communication network.
- a user 148 is able to interact with the installation 100, in particular with the remote site 102, and even more particularly with the server 132, via:
- each vehicle 140 and / or
- the method according to the invention and in particular the embodiments described below can be implemented as well. well at a rental site, in a vehicle or through the device 150.
- each site are associated with at least two status data:
- condition data indicating the availability or not of a site for renting a vehicle: the site is available if there is at least one vehicle available for rent, and not available otherwise;
- a status data called location, indicating the availability or not of a site for the removal of a vehicle at the end of the lease: the site is available if there is at least one parking space available for remove the vehicle and not available otherwise.
- the state data taken into account to determine the availability or not of a site is the vehicle state data
- the state data taken into account to determine the availability or not of a site is the location status data
- Each state data may be binary data, for example 1 for available and 0 for unavailable.
- each state data item may be multi-value data, and in particular the number of vehicles available for the vehicle state data, and the number of locations available for the location status data.
- FIGURE 2 is a schematic representation in the form of a diagram of an example of a method according to the invention.
- the method 200 shown in FIG. 2 comprises a step 202, prior to the reservation of a path, and allowing a user to memorizing data relating to at least one position, called arrival. During this step, the user can enter one or more arrival positions:
- a portable user device such as a smartphone
- a portable user device such as a smartphone
- pointing through a touch screen of said device or by moving a pointer on said screen by validating the position data provided by a module of a portable user device, such as a smartphone, when the arrival position that the user wishes to store corresponds to a current position of the user.
- Step 202 can be repeated as many times as necessary to enter as many arrival positions as the user wishes to memorize.
- an arrival position is selected for the reservation of a new path.
- the arrival position can be selected in different ways during step 204:
- the selection of the arrival position is performed by touch selection on a touch display screen of a control button associated with said arrival position.
- a starting position is determined automatically.
- the starting position may correspond to the current position of the user.
- the step of determining the starting position comprises a reading of geographical location data provided by a GPS module of a user device worn by the user, such as a smartphone.
- the starting position can be determined automatically according to the arrival position previously selected in step 204.
- the method 200 further comprises a step 208 that automatically identifies a starting site according to the starting position, and for each of the sites of the installation:
- Step 208 carries out the identification of the starting site by consulting the sites of the installation by iteration based on a distance criterion with respect to the starting position.
- the vehicle availability data relating to a first group of sites located at a distance less than or equal to AD1 relative to the starting position are loaded. Starting from the site closest to the starting position, the availability of each site in the first group is tested. The first site identified as available is selected as the starting site and step 208 stops. If the first group has no available site, the vehicle availability data relating to a second group of sites located at a distance between AD1 and 2AD1 relative to the starting position are loaded and then tested, and so on. ..
- the method 200 also comprises a step 210 that automatically identifies an arrival site according to the arrival position, and for each of the sites of the installation:
- a location status data item associated with said site and indicating for said site the availability or not in said site of an available parking space for depositing a vehicle at the end of the rental.
- Step 210 realizes the identification of the arrival site by consulting the sites of the installation by iteration based on a distance criterion with respect to the arrival position.
- Location availability data for a first group of sites at a distance of less than or equal to AD2 relative to the arrival position are loaded. Starting from the site closest to the arrival position, the availability of each site in the first group is tested. The first site identified as available is selected as the arrival site and step 210 stops. If the first group has no available sites, the location availability data for a second group of sites at a distance between AD2 and 2AD2 relative to the arrival position are loaded and then tested, and so after ...
- AD1 AD2.
- step 210 of automated identification of an arrival site is performed after step 208 of automated identification of a starting site.
- this step 210 may be performed before step 208, and even before step 206 of automated determination of the starting position.
- the method 200 also includes a step 212 of booking the departure and arrival sites. To do this, an identification data of the user is stored:
- the identification data may be stored in a database located at said site, or at a remote site connected to said site through a communication network.
- the method 200 may further include an optional step 214, performed just prior to the reservation step 212, and requesting confirmation from the user prior to the reservation.
- An optional step 216 performed after step 210, can display, on a display screen, the geographical locations of the departure and arrival sites, as well as the geographical location of the starting position and the location. geographical position of arrival, by example in two display windows one above the other.
- the method 200 may comprise an optional step 218, performed after during or at the same time as the optional step 216, and performing a calculation and a display:
- a distance and / or a journey time in particular carried out on foot, between the starting position and the starting site;
- a distance and / or a journey time in particular carried out on foot, between the arrival site and the arrival position;
- the steps 206-210 (and optionally the steps 212, 216 and 218) are triggered automatically from the end of the step 204 of selecting the arrival position without intervention on the part of the user.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic representation of the display screen, in particular the touch screen, of a portable user device used to implement the method 200 of FIG. 2, such as a smartphone or a computer and more generally any device that can connect to a given network.
- a portable user device used to implement the method 200 of FIG. 2, such as a smartphone or a computer and more generally any device that can connect to a given network.
- FIG. 3 is, more particularly, a representation of the display screen of the apparatus obtained after step 214, just before the completion of the reservation step 212, in the method 200 of FIG. 2.
- the display screen 300 includes two display windows, respectively 302 and 304.
- the display window 302 is disposed above the display window 304.
- the display window 302 includes a display area 306 displaying on a map the starting position 308 and the location of the departure site 310.
- the location of the departure site 310 is indicated by a symbol further comprising a value, ie in the example the number "1", indicating the number of vehicles available at the starting site.
- the display window 302 includes, below the display area 306, a display area 312 displaying the distance 314 between the starting position 308 and the starting site 310, the name 316 of the starting site 310, and the remaining reservation time 318 of the booked vehicle at the departure site 310.
- the display window 304 includes a display area 320 displaying on a map the arrival position 322 and the location of the arrival site 324.
- the location of the arrival site 324 is indicated by a symbol comprising in addition, a value, namely in the example the number "1", indicating the number of parking locations available at the arrival site 324.
- the display window 304 includes, below the display area 320, a display area 326 displaying the distance 328 separating the arrival site 324 from the arrival position 322, the name 330 from the arrival site 324, and the remaining reservation time 332 from the location of Reserved parking at the arrival site 324.
- the display window 304 further includes a display area 334 positioned between the display area 320 and the display area 312.
- This display area 334 includes a set of several select buttons 336i-336 3 that to be scrolled sideways.
- Each selection button 336 is associated with an arrival position, previously memorized by the user, and makes it possible to select an arrival position, for example during step 204 of the method 200.
- a button 338 provides access to one or more lists with other arrival positions.
- the display screen 300 includes a reservation confirmation button 340.
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