JP2001291192A - Information processor and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform radio communication with a driver before getting-on a vehicle. SOLUTION: A user information transmission processing part 34 transmits information of a user, which is set in a user information setting part 32, to an on-vehicle unit by radio wave. A riding-together candidate reception processing part 39 receives information of the driver, which is transmitted from the on-vehicle unit by radio wave. A riding-together candidate display processing part 41 outputs received information of the driver to an LCD 46 and displays it. A riding-together request receiving part 35 selects the vehicle which requests riding-together based on a command from an input part 31. A riding-together request transmission processing part 36 transmits riding- together request data to the selected vehicle.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and a recording medium, and more particularly, to wireless communication between a vehicle-mounted apparatus mounted on a vehicle and a small terminal carried by a user before getting on the vehicle. Accordingly, the present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and a recording medium capable of preventing useless stopping and erroneous riding.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, when riding or sharing a taxi, the user performs an operation such as raising his / her hand to stop the taxi that is to be boarded. Then, we negotiate with the driver about the destination, etc., and if the negotiation is established, we can get on the taxi

[0003]

However, these series of operations have the following problems. (1) The user and the taxi driver who want to get on are unaware of each other, and are worried about each other. (2) After the driver finds a user who wants to ride (raises his hand) on the road and then stops the vehicle, there is a risk of sudden stoppage. (3) Negotiations may not be established between the driver and the user due to reasons such as different destinations, resulting in unnecessary stopping.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and performs wireless communication between an in-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle and a small terminal device carried by a user in advance, thereby making it possible to carry out wireless communication in advance. This is to make it possible to grasp the information of the other party.

[0005]

A first information processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a setting means for setting vehicle information; and a first receiving means for receiving first information transmitted from another device. Transmitting means for transmitting the vehicle information set by the setting means to another device based on the first information received by the first receiving means; and second information transmitted from the other device. And second receiving means for receiving

The first information processing apparatus is, for example, the in-vehicle apparatus 2 shown in FIG. 1, and the other apparatus is, for example, the small terminal apparatus 4 shown in FIG.

The setting means is, for example, the driver information setting unit 12 shown in FIG. 2, and sets vehicle information (name, age, gender, scheduled destination, vehicle characteristics, plate number, etc.).

The first receiving means is, for example, the user information receiving processing unit 20 shown in FIG. 2, and the first information (name, age, gender, desired destination, desired vehicle type) transmitted from another device. , Current location, etc.).

The transmission means is, for example, the driver information transmission processing unit 15 shown in FIG. 2, and when the conditions are met, such as the desired destination and the desired vehicle type of the user received by the first reception means, the setting means is used. The information of the driver (vehicle information) set by is transmitted to another device.

The second receiving means is, for example, the sharing request reception processing unit 23 shown in FIG. 2, and receives the sharing request data transmitted from another device.

In the first information processing apparatus of the present invention,
Vehicle information is transmitted to another device based on the first information transmitted from another device, and second information transmitted from the other device is received.

According to the first information processing apparatus of the present invention, vehicle information is transmitted to another apparatus based on the first information transmitted from another apparatus, and transmitted from the other apparatus. Since the second information is received, the attribute information of the user can be grasped in advance.

[0013] The first information processing apparatus of the present invention includes a display control means for controlling display of the first or second information;
And determining means for determining whether the first information received by the receiving means is receivable.

The display control means is, for example, the LCD 2 shown in FIG.
6 to display user information and carpool ID. The determination unit is, for example, the display candidate selection unit 21 in FIG. 2, and determines whether the information (such as the current position) of the user received by the first reception unit can be accepted as a sharing candidate. I do.

When the display control means is provided, the attribute information of the user can be displayed. When the judgment means is provided,
A user whose conditions do not match the driver information such as the current position of the vehicle and the scheduled destination can be excluded from the shared car.

The vehicle information in the first information processing apparatus of the present invention includes a scheduled destination, a feature of the vehicle, or a current position of the vehicle, and the first information includes a desired destination, a desired vehicle type, or a current position of the user. , And the second information may include a sharing request, a user characteristic, or a user ID.

[0017] The second information processing apparatus of the present invention comprises: setting means for setting first information; first transmitting means for transmitting the first information set by the setting means to another apparatus; A first receiving unit for receiving a plurality of vehicle information transmitted from another device, and a second receiving unit for transmitting second information to another device based on the vehicle information received by the first receiving unit. 2 transmission means.

The second information processing device is, for example, the small terminal device 4 in FIG. 1, and the other device is, for example, the in-vehicle device 2 in FIG.

The setting means is, for example, the user information setting section 32 shown in FIG. 3, and sets the first information (name, age, gender, characteristics, desired destination, desired vehicle type, current position, etc.).

The first transmission means is, for example, the user information transmission processing unit 34 shown in FIG. 3, and transmits the user attribute information set by the setting means.

The first receiving means is, for example, the sharing candidate reception processing unit 39 shown in FIG. 3, and the vehicle information (name, age, gender, characteristics, scheduled destination, vehicle characteristics) transmitted from another device. , Current location, etc.).

The second transmitting means is, for example, the carpool request transmission processing unit 36 shown in FIG. 3, and based on the vehicle information received by the first receiving means, the second information (carpool request data or , Send-off data).

In the second information processing apparatus of the present invention,
The first information is transmitted to another device, a plurality of vehicle information transmitted from the other device is received, and the second information is transmitted to the other device based on the received vehicle information.

According to the second information processing device of the present invention, the first information is transmitted to another device, the plurality of vehicle information transmitted from the other device is received, and the received vehicle information is Since the second information is transmitted to another device based on the information, the attribute information of the driver can be grasped in advance.

According to the second information processing apparatus of the present invention, the distance to another apparatus is calculated based on the vehicle information received by the first receiving means and the first information set by the setting means. Distance calculating means may be further provided.

The distance calculating means is, for example, the vehicle distance calculating unit 40 shown in FIG. 3, and is based on the current position of the vehicle received by the first receiving means and the current position of the user set by the setting means. Then, the distance from the user to the car is calculated.

When the distance calculating means is provided, the distance from the user to the car can be calculated.

[0028] The second information processing apparatus of the present invention may further include display control means for controlling display of vehicle information.

The display control means is, for example, the LCD 4 shown in FIG.
6 to display vehicle information transmitted from another device.

When the display control means is provided, vehicle information transmitted from another device can be displayed.

[0031] The second information processing apparatus of the present invention is further provided with a selecting means for selecting desired vehicle information from a plurality of vehicle information whose display is controlled by the display control means. Can be.

The selecting means is, for example, the sharing request receiving unit 35 shown in FIG. 3, and selects vehicle information desired by the user from a plurality of pieces of vehicle information that can be shared.

When the selection means is provided, the user can select desired vehicle information from a plurality of vehicle information that can be shared.

[0034] The second transmitting means may transmit the second information to another device corresponding to the vehicle information selected by the selecting means.

The vehicle information in the second information processing apparatus of the present invention includes a planned destination, a feature of the vehicle, or a current position of the vehicle, and the first information includes a desired destination, a desired vehicle type, or a current position of the user. , And the second information may include a sharing request, a user characteristic, or a user ID.

The program recorded on the recording medium of the present invention includes a setting step for setting first information and a first information for transmitting the first information set by the processing of the setting step to another device. A transmitting step, a receiving step of receiving a plurality of vehicle information transmitted from another apparatus, and a second step of transmitting second information to another apparatus based on the vehicle information received by the processing of the receiving step. 2 transmitting steps.

The setting step is, for example, steps S22 to S25 in FIG. 9, and the first transmitting step is
For example, step S26 in FIG. 9, the receiving step is, for example, step S27 in FIG. 9, and the second transmitting step is, for example, steps S31 and S32 in FIG.

In the program recorded on the recording medium of the present invention, the first information is transmitted to another device, and a plurality of vehicle information transmitted from the other device is received.
The second information is transmitted to another device based on the received vehicle information.

According to the program recorded on the recording medium of the present invention, the first information is transmitted to another device, the plurality of vehicle information transmitted from the other device is received, and the received vehicle information is transmitted. Since the second information is transmitted to another device based on the information, the attribute information of the driver can be grasped in advance.

[0040]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a riding system to which the present invention is applied.
In this riding system, the antenna 2 of the vehicle-mounted device 2
A and a radio signal are transmitted and received between the antenna 1A of the in-vehicle device base station 1 and a radio signal is transmitted and received between the antenna 4A of the small terminal device 4 and the antenna 3A of the small terminal device base station 3. Radio signals are transmitted and received between the antenna 1A of the device base station 1 and the antenna 3A of the small terminal device base station 3.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the vehicle-mounted device 2. The input unit 11 includes buttons, switches, and the like. When the input unit 11 is operated by a user (driver), a command corresponding to the operation is input to the driver information setting unit 12 or the sharing possible reception unit 14. The driver information setting unit 12 sets driver information (name, age, gender, scheduled destination, vehicle characteristics, plate number, etc.) based on a command from the input unit 11, and sets a driver information database 13.
After that, the information is supplied to the driver information transmission processing unit 15.

[0042] Based on a command from the input unit 11, the carpoolable reception unit 14 supplies carpoolable reception data to the driver information transmission processing unit 15. Driver information transmission processing unit 1
5 reads out the driver data stored in the driver information database 13 and, together with the ride-possible reception data supplied from the ride-possible reception unit 14, performs modulation processing and D / A.
It performs predetermined signal processing such as (Analog to Digital) conversion and supplies the data to the data transmission unit 18.

Carpool ID (Identifier) transmission processing section 16
Performs predetermined signal processing such as modulation processing and D / A conversion together with the vehicle characteristic data stored in the driver information database 13 and a carpool ID issued by the carpool ID issuing unit 24, which will be described later. The data is supplied to the data transmission unit 18. The vehicle position transmission processing unit 17 detects the current position of the vehicle (vehicle) by using a position detection system (GPS: Global Positioning System) or the like, and performs modulation processing, D / A conversion, and the like on the vehicle position data. And supplies the data to the data transmission unit 18.

The data transmission section 18 amplifies the transmission data (driver data, carpool ID, vehicle position data, etc.) supplied from the driver information transmission processing section 15 to the vehicle position transmission processing section 17, and operates the antenna 2A. It transmits to the in-vehicle device base station 1 via radio.

The data receiving section 19 supplies the received data (user data, sharing request data, etc.) received by the antenna 2A to the user information receiving processing section 20 or the sharing request receiving processing section 23. User information reception processing unit 20
Performs predetermined signal processing such as demodulation processing and A / D conversion on the reception data (user data) supplied from the data reception unit 19, and supplies the data to the display candidate selection unit 21. The display candidate selection unit 21 selects whether or not to display the user data supplied from the user information reception processing unit 20 as a carpool candidate based on the driver data stored in the driver information database 13. I do. The user information display processing unit 22 performs D / A conversion on the user data of the sharing candidate selected by the display candidate selecting unit 21 and performs LCD (Liquid Crystal D) processing.
isplay) 26 for output and display.

The carpool request receiving processor 23 receives the data (carpool request data) supplied from the data receiver 19.
, Is subjected to predetermined signal processing such as demodulation processing and A / D conversion, and is supplied to the piggyback ID issuing unit 24. The carpool ID issuing unit 24 issues a carpool ID based on the carpool request data supplied from the carpool request reception processing unit 23, and
It is supplied to the display processing unit 25 and the carpool ID transmission processing unit 16, respectively. The carpool ID display processing unit 25 performs D / A conversion on the carpool ID supplied from the carpool ID issuing unit 24 and
Output and display.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the small terminal device 4. The input unit 31 is composed of buttons, switches, and the like. When operated by a user (joint applicant), a command corresponding to the operation is input to the user information setting unit 32 or the share request request receiving unit 35. The user information setting unit 32 sets user information (name, age, gender, characteristics, desired destination, desired vehicle type, current position, etc.) based on a command from the input unit 31, and a user information database 33. After that, the information is supplied to the user information transmission processing unit 34 and the sharing request transmission processing unit 36, respectively.

The user information transmission processing section 34 performs predetermined signal processing such as modulation processing and D / A conversion on the user data supplied from the user information setting section 32, and sends the data to the data transmission section 37. Supply. The sharing request receiving unit 35 receives the sharing request data based on a command from the input unit 31.
This is supplied to the sharing request transmission processing unit 36.

The carpool request transmission processing section 36 performs predetermined signal processing such as modulation processing and D / A conversion on the carpool request data supplied from the carpool reception section 35 and transmits the data to the data transmission section 37. The data transmission unit 37 amplifies the transmission data supplied from the user information transmission processing unit 34 or the sharing request transmission processing unit 36, and wirelessly transmits the transmission data to the small terminal device base station 3 via the antenna 4A.

The data receiving section 38 receives data (driver data, vehicle position data,
Carpool ID, etc.), the carpool candidate reception processing unit 39, the car position reception processing unit 42, or the carpool ID reception processing unit 44
To supply. The sharing candidate reception processing unit 39 performs predetermined signal processing such as demodulation processing and A / D conversion on the reception data (driver data) supplied from the data reception unit 38 and supplies the data to the vehicle distance calculation unit 40. I do. The vehicle position reception processing section 42 performs predetermined signal processing such as demodulation processing and A / D conversion on the reception data (vehicle position data) supplied from the data reception section 38, and performs a vehicle distance calculation section 40.
To supply.

The vehicle distance calculation unit 40 calculates the distance from the user to the vehicle based on the current position data of the user stored in the user information database 33 and the vehicle position data supplied from the vehicle reception processing unit 42. It is calculated and supplied to the carpooling candidate display processing unit 41 together with the carpooling candidate data supplied from the carpooling candidate reception processing unit 39. The vehicle distance calculation unit 40 also includes a vehicle position reception processing unit 42
The supplied vehicle position data is supplied to the vehicle position display processing unit 43.

The joining candidate display processing unit 41 performs A / D conversion of the distance data from the user to the vehicle and the joining candidate vehicle data supplied from the vehicle distance calculating unit 40, and performs an LCD 46.
Output and display. The vehicle position display processing unit 43 converts the vehicle position data supplied from the vehicle distance calculation unit 40
A / D conversion is performed and output and displayed on the LCD 46.

The piggyback ID reception processing section 44 receives the received data (piggyback ID) supplied from the data receiving section 38,
It performs predetermined signal processing such as demodulation processing and A / D conversion, and supplies it to the piggyback ID display processing unit 45. Carpool ID display processing unit 4
5 is the carpool ID supplied from the carpool ID reception processing unit 44
The data is D / A converted and output and displayed on the LCD 46.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
A series of operations performed by the in-vehicle device 2 will be described.

In step S1, the user (driver)
Turns on the main power supply of the vehicle-mounted device 2 and causes the LCD 26 to display a driver information setting screen as shown in FIG. In step S <b> 2, the driver information setting unit 12 sets the attribute information by inputting the attribute information of the driver by the user using the input unit 11, and stores the attribute information in the driver information database 13. Thereby, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, the data of "Hanako Yamada"
Data of “24” is set (input) in the age input area 52 and data of “female” is set in the gender input area 53.

In step S 3, the driver information setting section 12 sets the planned destination by inputting the planned destination by the user using the input section 11, and stores it in the driver information database 13. This allows, for example,
As shown in FIG. 5, data of “Odaiba” is set in the scheduled destination input area 54.

In step S 4, the driver information setting unit 12 sets the characteristics of the vehicle when the user inputs the characteristics of the vehicle using the input unit 11, and stores the characteristics in the driver information database 13. Thereby, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, the data of "green dump" is set in the vehicle characteristic input area 55, and the data of "I 12-34" is set in the plate number input area 56, respectively. .

As described above, when the processing of steps S2 to S4 is completed, that is, when the setting of the driver information is completed, the registration button 57 is pressed by the user, and the setting is completed. When the user wants to modify the setting information, the user can press the cancel button 58 to return to the processing of steps S2 to S4.

In step S5, the data receiving section 19
Determines whether the user data transmitted from the in-vehicle apparatus base station 1 has been received by the antenna 2A,
If it is determined that the user data has not been received, the process waits until it is determined that the user data has been received. When it is determined in step S5 that the user data wirelessly transmitted from the in-vehicle apparatus base station 1 is received by the antenna 2A, the process proceeds to step S6.

In step S6, the user information reception processing section 20 applies a predetermined signal such as demodulation processing and A / D conversion to the user data transmitted wirelessly via the antenna 2A and the data reception section 19. Processing is performed and supplied to the display candidate selection unit 21. The display candidate selection unit 21 enters the user data supplied from the user information reception processing unit 20 based on the scheduled destination and the characteristics of the vehicle set in the processes of steps S3 and S4 (entry candidate).
It is determined whether or not to display (select) as, that is, whether or not it is possible to share from the desired destination or the desired vehicle of the user. If it is determined that the user data is not displayed as an entry, the process returns to step S5. The above processing is repeated.

If it is determined in step S6 that the user data is to be displayed as an entry, the process proceeds to step S7, where the user information display processing unit 22 converts the user data selected by the display candidate selection unit 21 into D. / A conversion, L
Output and display on CD26. Thereby, for example, FIG.
The user information display screen shown in FIG.

In the case of the example shown in FIG. 6, the user (candidate carpool)
Is the data of "Ichiro Suzuki", the data of "38" for the age, the data of "male" for the gender, the data of the Metropolitan Police Agency for the desired destination, the data of "None" for the desired vehicle, and the data of "None" In front of Jiyugaoka A department store "is displayed.

Further, using a position detection system or the like,
As shown in FIG. 7, it is also possible to display the current position of the vehicle-mounted device 2 (vehicle) and the current position of the shared user together with the surrounding map. Thereby, the driver of the vehicle can find the shortest route to the shared rider.

In step S 8, the sharing-possible reception unit 14 determines whether or not the sharing-possible reception information has been input by the user using the input unit 11, that is, whether the sharing-possible button 61 (FIG. 6 or FIG. It is determined whether or not the button has been pressed, and if it is determined that the sharing-possible reception information has not been input (the sharing impossible button 62
Is determined to have been pressed), the process returns to step S5,
The above processing is repeated.

If it is determined in step S8 that the sharing-possible reception information has been input (if it is determined that the sharing-possible button 61 has been pressed), the process proceeds to step S8.
9, the driver information transmission processing unit 15 proceeds to step S2.
And performing predetermined signal processing such as modulation processing and D / A conversion on the driver data (vehicle data) set in the processing in step S3 and the carpoolable data determined in the processing in step S8, respectively. Data transmission unit 1
8 and the radio transmission to the in-vehicle apparatus base station 1 via the antenna 2A.

In step S10, the data receiving unit 1
Reference numeral 9 denotes an antenna 2 for transmitting data (user data and sharing request data) wirelessly transmitted from the in-vehicle apparatus base station 1.
It is determined whether or not the data has been received at A. If it is determined that the data has not been received yet, the process waits until it is determined that the data has been received. If it is determined in step S5 that the data wirelessly transmitted from the in-vehicle device base station 1 is received by the antenna 2A, the process proceeds to step S5.
Proceed to 11.

In step S11, the data receiving unit 1
9 determines whether or not the data received in step S10 is a drop-off reception (data notifying that the vehicle will not be shared), and if it is determined that the reception is a drop-off reception,
Returning to step S5, the above-described processing is repeated. In step S11, when it is determined that the reception is not the drop-off reception, that is, it is the sharing request data (data notifying that the vehicle is to be shared), the process proceeds to step S12.

In step S12, the sharing request reception processing section 23 performs demodulation processing and A / D conversion on data (use data and sharing request data) wirelessly transmitted via the antenna 2A and the data receiving section 19. After that, the signal is supplied to the carpool ID issuing unit 24. The carpool ID issuing unit 24 is provided with a carpool request reception processing unit 23.
Carpool ID based on the carpool request data supplied by
Is assigned to the carpool ID display processing unit 25 and the carpool ID transmission processing unit 16.

In step S13, the carpool ID display processing section 25 transmits the carpool ID supplied from the carpool ID issuing section 24.
The ID and the user data are respectively D / A converted and output and displayed on the LCD 26. As a result, for example, as shown in FIG.

In the example of FIG. 8, the name of the carpool user is "Ichiro Suzuki", the age is "38", the gender is "male", the feature is "Wakazukuri", and the desired destination is Data of the Metropolitan Police Department, data of "None" for the desired vehicle type, data of "before A department store in Jiyugaoka" at the current position, and data of "5523" for the reservation ID (carpool ID) are displayed respectively. .

In step S14, the carpool ID transmission processing section 16 modulates the vehicle characteristic data set in step S4 and the carpool ID assigned in step S12, respectively, with a modulation process and a D / A conversion. And performs predetermined signal processing such as the above, and wirelessly transmits to the in-vehicle apparatus base station 1 via the data transmitting unit 18 and the antenna 2A.

In step S15, the vehicle-mounted device 1
It is determined whether or not the sharing is completed. If it is determined that the sharing is not completed, a sharing user is searched for until it is determined that the sharing is completed. Then, in step S15, when it is determined that the sharing is completed, the process ends.

In the above description, it has been described that the driver's attribute information is input and set by himself. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a card for proving the driver's attribute (identity) is a dedicated card. By reading with a reading device, it is possible to set attribute information. Also, input area 5
In 4, it is also possible to set a plurality of frequently used scheduled destinations in advance, and to select from them.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
A series of operations performed by the small terminal device 4 will be described.

In step S 21, the user (joint applicant) turns on the main power of the small terminal device 4 and
A user information setting screen as shown in FIG. In step S22, the user information setting unit 32
When the user inputs attribute information of the user using the input unit 31, the attribute information is set and stored in the user information database 33. Thus, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, data of "Ichiro Suzuki" is entered in the name input area 71, data of "38" is entered in the age input area 72, and data of "male" is entered in the gender input area 73. Are set (input), respectively.

In step S23, the user information setting unit 32 sets the characteristics of the user by inputting the characteristics of the user using the input unit 11, and stores the characteristics in the user information database 33. I do. As a result, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, the data of “make young” is set in the user characteristic input area 74.

In step S 24, the user information setting section 32 sets the desired destination by inputting the desired destination by the user using the input section 31, and stores the desired destination in the user information database 33. As a result, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, the data of the Metropolitan Police Department is set in the desired destination input area 75.

In step S25, the user information setting unit 32 sets the desired vehicle type by inputting the desired vehicle type by the user using the input unit 31, and stores the desired vehicle type in the user information database 33. As a result, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, data of "particularly none" is set in the desired vehicle type input area 76. In addition, using a position detection system or the like, the small terminal device 4 (user)
Is detected, and the current position input area 77
The data of "before A department store in Jiyugaoka" is set.

As described above, steps S22 to S25
Is completed, that is, when the setting of the user information is completed, the user presses the registration button 78,
The setting is completed. When you want to modify the setting information,
When the cancel button 79 is pressed by the user, the process can return to steps S22 to S25.

In step S26, the user information transmission processing section 34 performs predetermined signal processing such as modulation processing and D / A conversion on the user data set in the processing in steps S22 to S25, Radio transmission is performed to the small terminal apparatus base station 3 via the transmission section 37 and the antenna 4A.

In step S27, the data receiving unit 3
8 determines whether or not the vehicle data wirelessly transmitted from the small terminal device base station 3 has been received by the antenna 4A. If it is determined that the vehicle data has not been received yet, the vehicle data is received. Wait until it is determined that Then, in step S27, the vehicle data wirelessly transmitted from the small terminal device base station 3 is transmitted to the antenna 4
If it is determined in A that it has been received, the process proceeds to step S28.

In step S 28, the vehicle position reception processing section 42 performs predetermined signal processing such as demodulation processing and A / D conversion on the vehicle position data supplied from the data reception section 38, and the vehicle distance calculation section 40. The vehicle distance calculation unit 40 calculates the current position data of the user set in the process of step S25 and the vehicle reception processing unit 42
The distance from the user to the vehicle is calculated based on the supplied vehicle position data.

At step S29, the sharing candidate display processing unit 41 calculates the distance data from the user to the vehicle calculated at step S28 and the data at step S27.
The A / D conversion is performed on the vehicle data received in the processing described above, and the data is output and displayed on the LCD 46. Thereby, for example, a joining candidate vehicle information display screen as shown in FIG.
Displayed on LCD 46.

In the example of FIG. 11, in the entry of candidate number 1, the driver name is “Jiro Tanaka (39) male”, the planned destination is “Shimbashi”, the car is located at “Tokyo University”, and the car is Is displayed as vehicle data having a distance of “1.5 km”. In the entry of candidate number 2, a vehicle having a driver name of “Saburo Yamamoto (58) male”, a scheduled destination of “Nakano”, a car location of “Setagaya Station”, and a distance of 2.0 km from the car is included. The data is displayed. In the entry of candidate number 3, the driver name is "Hanako Yamada (24) Female", the scheduled destination is "Odaiba", the position of the car is "Denen Chofu", and the distance to the car is "3.0km". Is displayed.

The priority order setting area 94 can be selected from the order of nearness, the order of younger drivers, the order of vacant roads, and the like.
When selected by the user, it is displayed in the order of priority (in this case, the closest order is selected). When the next candidate button 92 has a plurality of car sharing candidate vehicles and cannot be displayed on one screen, the user presses the next candidate button 92 to display car sharing candidate vehicle data of candidate number 4 or later. Is done.

Returning to FIG. 9, in step S30,
The sharing request receiving unit 35 uses the input unit 31 by the user to display the joining candidate vehicles (in this case, three candidate vehicles of candidate numbers 1 to 3) displayed in the process of step S29.
Are selected, a candidate vehicle (in this case, candidate number 3) to request a sharing is selected, and a sharing request button 91 (FIG. 1)
When 1) is pressed, a vehicle to be requested for sharing is selected. When the user wants to change the selected candidate vehicle, the user can press the cancel button 93 to select the candidate vehicle again.

In step S 31, the sharing request transmission processing unit 36 transmits the sharing request data, the characteristics of the user, and the user ID to be transmitted to the vehicle selected in step S 30. It performs predetermined signal processing such as modulation processing and D / A conversion processing, and transmits the signal to the small terminal device 3 via the data transmission unit 37 and the antenna 4A.

In step S 32, the sharing request transmission processing section 36 performs a predetermined signal processing for sending off data to be transmitted to the vehicle (in this case, candidate vehicles 1 and 2) not selected in the processing in step S 30. Then, the data is transmitted to the small terminal device 3 via the data transmission unit 37 and the antenna 4A.

In step S33, the data receiving unit 3
8 determines whether or not the data (vehicle detailed data) transmitted from the small terminal device base station 3 has been received by the antenna 4A. If it is determined that the data has not been received yet, the data is received. Wait until it is determined that the operation has been performed. Then, in step S33, when it is determined that the data transmitted from the small terminal device base station 3 has been received by the antenna 4A, the process proceeds to step S34.

In step S34, the carpool ID reception processing section 44 performs predetermined signal processing such as demodulation processing and A / D conversion on the vehicle detailed data supplied from the data reception section 39, and performs carpool ID display processing. To the unit 45. The carpool ID display processing unit 45 performs D / A conversion on the vehicle detailed data supplied from the carpool ID reception processing unit 44, and outputs the data to the LCD 46.
Display. Thereby, for example, a shared vehicle information display screen as shown in FIG.

In the example of FIG. 12, the driver name of the shared vehicle is "Hanako Yamada (24) Female", the scheduled destination is "Odaiba",
The location of the car is "Den Chofu" and the distance to the car is "3.0k
m '', the car features green, and the plate number
12-34 "and vehicle details data of" 5523 "for the carpool ID are displayed.

Further, using a position detection system or the like,
As shown in FIG. 13, it is also possible to display the current position of the small terminal device 4 (user) and the current position of the vehicle together with the surrounding map. Thereby, the shared user can confirm from which direction the vehicle arrives.

In the above description, the vehicle distance calculating section 40 is provided in the small terminal device 4. However, it can be provided in the vehicle-mounted device 2.

Next, with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 14 and 15, a description will be given of a process until a rider (user) completes a ride with a vehicle.

In step S41, the driver information setting section 12 of the vehicle-mounted device 2 sets the attribute information by inputting the driver attribute information by the user using the input section 11, and sets the driver information database. 13 (FIG. 5).

In step S 101, the user information setting unit 32 of the small terminal device 4 inputs attribute information including a desired destination, a desired vehicle type, and characteristics of the user using the input unit 31. The attribute information is set and stored in the user information database 33 (FIG. 1).
0). In step S102, the user information setting unit 3
2 assigns a user ID based on the attribute information input in the processing of step S101. In step S103, the user information transmission processing unit 34 determines in step S10
The attribute information and the user ID of the user set in the processes of steps 1 and 102 are wirelessly transmitted to the small terminal device base station 3 via the data transmitting unit 37 and the antenna 4A.

In step S81, the antenna 3A of the small terminal device base station 3 receives the user attribute information data wirelessly transmitted from the small terminal device 4. In step S82, the small terminal apparatus base station 3 performs predetermined signal processing on the user attribute information and the user ID received in the processing in step S81, and performs the antenna 3A
Wirelessly transmitted to the in-vehicle device base station 1 via.

In step S61, the antenna 1A of the in-vehicle apparatus base station 1 receives the user attribute information and the user ID wirelessly transmitted from the small terminal apparatus base station 3. In step S62, the in-vehicle device base station 1
Predetermined signal processing is performed on the attribute information and the user ID of the user received in the process of step S61, and wirelessly transmitted to the in-vehicle device 2 via the antenna 1A.

In step S42, the antenna 2A of the vehicle-mounted device 2 receives the user attribute information and the user ID transmitted from the vehicle-mounted device base station 1. Step S
In 43, the display candidate selection unit 21 determines in step S41
Whether the attribute information data of the user received in the process of step S42 is displayed as an entry (join-up candidate) based on the driver attribute information (scheduled destination, current position, etc.) set in the process of That is, it is determined whether or not sharing is possible from the user's desired destination or current position. If it is determined that the attribute information data of the user is not displayed as an entry, the process returns to step S42 and the above-described processing is repeated. .

If it is determined in step S43 that the attribute information data of the user is to be displayed as an entry,
Proceeding to step S44, the user information display processing unit 22
D / A conversion of user attribute information data, output to LCD 26,
It is displayed (FIG. 6). And the carpoolable reception unit 14
Determines whether or not the user has input the sharing possible reception information using the input unit 11, that is, determines whether or not the user has pressed (selected) the sharing possible button 61 (FIG. 6). When it is determined that the reception information has not been input (when it is determined that the user has pressed the sharing impossible button 62), the process returns to step S42, and the above-described processing is repeated.

In step S44, when it is determined that the sharing possible reception information is input (the sharing possible button 6
If it is determined that No. 1 has been selected), the process proceeds to step S45, in which the driver information transmission processing unit 15 transmits the driver attribute information set in the processing of step S41 to the data transmission unit 1
8 and the radio transmission to the in-vehicle apparatus base station 1 via the antenna 2A.

In step S63, the antenna 1A of the vehicle-mounted device base station 1 receives the driver's attribute information wirelessly transmitted from the vehicle-mounted device 2. In step S64, the in-vehicle device base station 1 wirelessly transmits the driver attribute information received in step S63 to the small terminal device base station 3 via the antenna 1A.

In step S83, the antenna 3A of the small terminal device base station 3 receives the driver attribute information wirelessly transmitted from the vehicle-mounted device base station 1. Step S
At 84, the small terminal apparatus base station 3 proceeds to step S8.
The attribute information of the driver received in the process of
A is wirelessly transmitted to the small terminal device 4 via A.

In step S104, the antenna 4A of the small terminal device 4 receives the driver attribute information transmitted from the small terminal device base station 3. Step S10
In 5, the vehicle distance calculation unit 40 determines in step S10
1. The current position of the user set in the process 1 and the step S
The distance from the user to the vehicle is calculated based on the attribute information of the driver received in the process of 104.

In step S106, the sharing candidate display processing unit 41 determines the distance data from the user to the vehicle calculated in step S105,
A / D conversion is performed on the vehicle data (attribute information of the driver) received in the process of step 104, and output and displayed on the LCD 46 (FIG. 1).
1). Then, the sharing request receiving unit 35 selects a sharing vehicle by selecting a vehicle for which sharing is requested from the plurality of candidate sharing vehicles by the user (in this case, the vehicle of candidate number 3).

In step S107, the sharing request transmission processing unit 36 transmits the sharing request data, the user's characteristics, and the user ID to be transmitted to the vehicle selected in step S106, using the small terminal device. Radio transmission is performed to the base station 3.

In step S85, the antenna 3A of the small terminal device base station 3 receives the sharing request data, user characteristics, and user ID wirelessly transmitted from the small terminal device 4. In step S86, the small terminal device base station 3 receives the carpool request data, the characteristics of the user, and the user ID received in the process of step S85.
To the in-vehicle apparatus base station 1 via the antenna 3A.

In step S65, the antenna 1A of the in-vehicle apparatus base station 1 receives the sharing request data, the characteristics of the user, and the user ID wirelessly transmitted from the small terminal apparatus base station 3. In step S66, the in-vehicle device base station 1 receives the information received in the process of step S65.
Carpool request data, user characteristics, and user ID,
The wireless transmission is performed to the in-vehicle device 2 via the antenna 1A.

In step S46, the antenna 2A of the vehicle-mounted device 2 is transmitted from the vehicle-mounted device base station 1,
It receives the sharing request data, the characteristics of the user, and the user ID. In step S47, the sharing ID issuing unit 24
Assigns a carpool ID based on the carpool request data received in the process of step S47. Step S48
In, the user (driver) of the in-vehicle device 2 determines a method of visiting the user (for example, a destination, a reservation ID, a name, or a password). The carpool ID transmission processing unit 16 transmits the vehicle characteristic data set in the process of step S41, the carpool ID assigned in the process of step S47, and the visitation method determined by the user, to the data transmitting unit 18 and the antenna 2A. Wirelessly transmitted to the in-vehicle device base station 1 via.

In step S67, the antenna 1A of the in-vehicle apparatus base station 1 receives the vehicle characteristics, the carpool ID, and the meeting method, which are wirelessly transmitted from the in-vehicle apparatus 2. In step S68, the in-vehicle apparatus base station 1 receives the characteristics of the vehicle and the carpool received in the processing of step S67.
The ID and the meeting method are wirelessly transmitted to the small terminal device base station 3 via the antenna 1A.

In step S87, the antenna 3A of the small terminal apparatus base station 3 receives the characteristics of the vehicle, the carpool ID, and the meeting method, which are wirelessly transmitted from the onboard apparatus base station 1. In step S88, the small terminal device base station 3 transmits the vehicle characteristics, the carpool ID, and the meeting method received in the process of step S87 to the antenna 3A.
Wirelessly transmitted to the small terminal device 4 via the.

In step S108, the antenna 4A of the small terminal device 4 receives the characteristics of the vehicle, the carpool ID, and the meeting method transmitted from the small terminal device base station 3. As a result, a vehicle information display screen as shown in FIG. In step S109, the user information transmission processing unit 34 determines the method of meeting with the driver of the vehicle determined by the user of the small terminal device 4 (the sharing user) by using the data transmission unit 37 and the antenna 4A.
Wirelessly transmitted to the small terminal base station 3 via.

In step S89, the antenna 3A of the small terminal device base station 3 receives the user's visitation method wirelessly transmitted from the small terminal device 4. Step S
At 90, the small terminal device base station 3 proceeds to step S8.
The visitor method of the user received in the processing of step 9
A is wirelessly transmitted to the in-vehicle device base station 1 via A.

In step S69, the antenna 1A of the in-vehicle apparatus base station 1 receives the user's visitation method wirelessly transmitted from the small terminal apparatus base station 3. In step S70, the in-vehicle device base station 1 determines in step S69
The visitor method of the user received in the processing of the
Wirelessly transmitted to the in-vehicle device 2 via the.

In step S49, the antenna 2A of the vehicle-mounted device 2 receives the user's visiting method transmitted from the vehicle-mounted device base station 1. Then, the driver causes the vehicle to travel toward a place where the carpool applicant is waiting. In step S50, the user (driver) of the in-vehicle device 2 determines (confirms) whether or not the other party is a user based on the visitation method received in the process of step S49.
However, if it is determined that the other party is not a carpool user, by the visit method, until the other party is determined to be a carpool user, search for a carpool user, and when it is determined that the other party is a carpool user, The process ends.

In step S110, the user (user) of the small terminal device 4 determines (confirms) whether or not the other party is a driver of a shared vehicle according to the visitation method received in the processing of step S108. If it is determined that the other party is not the driver of the shared vehicle, the visit method waits at the place until the other party is determined to be the driver of the vehicle, and the other party is determined to be the driver of the vehicle. Then, the processing is terminated.

That is, step S50, step S1
In the process of 10, the driver and the user confirm the other party according to the meeting method determined by each other, and when the other party is confirmed, the sharing is completed.

As described above, between the driver and the user,
By exchanging information with each other, it is possible to efficiently share a car.

Further, in the above description, the driver manually selects whether or not the vehicle can be shared, based on the user information transmitted from the user. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Instead, it is also possible to select automatically.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration in which it is automatically selected whether or not carpooling is possible. Note that, in FIG. 16, the portions corresponding to those in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted as appropriate. In this example, a carpool determination section 101 is provided instead of the display candidate selection section 21, and the carpool possibility receiving section 14 is not required. The other configuration is the same as the example shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 16, the carpool determination section 101 provided in place of the display candidate selection section 21 displays the user data supplied from the user information reception processing section 20 as a carpool candidate. It determines whether or not it is, and supplies the determination result to the driver information transmission processing unit 15. Thereby, it is automatically determined whether or not the vehicle can be shared, and the determination result is transmitted to the user.

The process until the rider wishes to complete the ride on the vehicle equipped with the vehicle-mounted device 2 as shown in FIG. 16 has been basically described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 14 and 15. Since this is the same as the processing, the description is omitted. However, instead of the processing of step S43 and step S44, a sharing determination processing is performed. Therefore, the selection process (step S44) for determining whether or not the vehicle can be shared by the user becomes unnecessary, and the driver's attribute information confirmation screen for the driver to confirm the attribute information of the shared user is not displayed.
This is displayed on the LCD 26 (FIG. 17).

In the above description, the user operates the small terminal 4
However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the small terminal device 4 can be installed at a taxi stand.

In the above description, an example of meeting by destination, reservation ID, name, or password has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Is also good. (1) Talk using a transceiver function of a mobile phone device or the like, transmit or reproduce a predetermined melody from the user side (small terminal device 4) to the in-vehicle device 2, change the volume as approaching the other party. , Or a method of meeting using sound, such as expressing the pitch of the sound. (2) The headlight of the vehicle blinks at the ON / OFF intervals specified by the user, the color of the headlight is changed, and the light amount of the lamp provided in the device increases as the vehicle approaches the opponent. Visiting method using light, such as letting it go. (3) A meeting method using images, such as transmitting images (marks) near each other. (4) Distance between vehicle and user, plate number of vehicle, etc.
A meeting method using letters. (5) A meeting method using a map, such as displaying mutual positional information on the LCDs 26 and 46.

As described above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. (1) The user and the driver who want to get on the vehicle can understand the other person's image and are safe from each other. (2) The driver can easily find the user based on the position, the person image, and the like of the user who wants to ride. (3) Since the negotiation of the destination and the like has been established between the driver and the user in advance, it is not necessary to stop uselessly.

The series of processes described above can be executed by hardware, but can also be executed by software. When a series of processing is executed by software, a program constituting the software can execute various functions by installing a computer built into dedicated hardware or installing various programs. It is installed from a recording medium into a possible general-purpose personal computer or the like.

This recording medium is separate from the computer.
A magnetic disk (including a floppy disk) on which the program is recorded, an optical disk (CD-ROM (Compact Disk-Read) distributed to provide the program to users.
It is not only composed of package media consisting of magneto-optical disks (including MD (Mini-Disk)), semiconductor memory, etc., including Only Memory), DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), but also pre-installed in the computer. And a hard disk or the like provided with the program for recording the program.

In this specification, the step of describing a program recorded on a recording medium may be performed not only in chronological order but also in chronological order according to the described order. This also includes processing executed in parallel or individually.

In this specification, the system is
It represents the entire device composed of a plurality of devices.

[0130]

According to the first information processing apparatus of the present invention,
The vehicle information is transmitted to another device based on the attribute information of the user transmitted from the other device, and the sharing request information transmitted from the other device is received. Information can be grasped in advance.

According to the second information processing apparatus and the program recorded on the recording medium of the present invention, the attribute information of the user is transmitted to another apparatus, and a plurality of vehicle information transmitted from the other apparatus is transmitted. Is received and the sharing request information is transmitted to another device based on the received vehicle information, so that the attribute information of the driver can be grasped in advance.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a riding system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the vehicle-mounted device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the small terminal device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the vehicle-mounted device.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a driving vehicle information setting screen.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a user information display screen.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating another example of a user information display screen.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a carpool user information screen.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the small terminal device.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a user information setting screen.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a joining candidate vehicle information display screen.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a vehicle information display screen.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a vehicle information display screen of another example.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a process until the user completes the sharing.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a continuation of FIG. 14;

FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of another example of the vehicle-mounted device.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an attribute information confirmation screen of a shared user.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 In-vehicle device base station 2 In-vehicle device 3 Small terminal device base station 4 Small terminal device 12 Driver information setting unit 13 Driver information database 14 Carpool possible reception unit 15 Driver information transmission processing unit 16 Carpool ID transmission processing unit 17 Position transmission processing unit 20 User information reception processing unit 21 Display candidate selection unit 22 User information display processing unit 23 Carpool request reception processing unit 24 Carpool ID issuing unit 25 Carpool ID display processing unit 26 LCD 32 User information setting unit 33 Use Car information database 34 user information transmission processing unit 35 carpool request reception unit 36 carpool request transmission processing unit 39 carpool candidate reception processing unit 40 car distance calculation unit 41 carpool candidate display processing unit 42 vehicle position reception processing unit 43 vehicle position display processing unit 44 Carpool ID reception processing unit 45 Carpool ID display processing unit 46 LCD

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Claims (10)

[Claims] An information processing device that wirelessly communicates with another device; a setting unit that sets vehicle information; a first receiving unit that receives first information transmitted from the other device; A transmitting unit that transmits the vehicle information set by the setting unit to the another device based on the first information received by the first receiving unit; and a transmitting unit that transmits the vehicle information from the other device. An information processing apparatus, comprising: second receiving means for receiving second information. 2. A display control unit for controlling display of the first or second information, and a determination for determining whether or not the first information received by the first receiving unit is acceptable. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: means. 3. The vehicle information includes a scheduled destination, a feature of the vehicle, or a current position of the vehicle. The first information includes a desired destination, a desired vehicle type, or a current position of a user. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information includes a carpool request, a user characteristic, or a user ID. 4. An information processing apparatus that wirelessly communicates with another device, wherein: a setting unit for setting first information; and a setting unit configured to transmit the first information set by the setting unit to the another device. A first transmitting unit, a first receiving unit that receives a plurality of vehicle information transmitted from the other device, and the other device based on the vehicle information received by the first receiving unit. And a second transmission unit for transmitting second information. 5. A distance calculating means for calculating a distance from the other device based on the vehicle information received by the first receiving means and the first information set by the setting means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising: 6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a display control unit that controls display of the vehicle information. 7. The apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a selection unit that selects desired one of the plurality of vehicle information, the display of which is controlled by the display control unit. Information processing device. 8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the second transmitting unit transmits the second information to another device corresponding to the vehicle information selected by the selecting unit. Information processing device. 9. The vehicle information includes a scheduled destination, a feature of the vehicle, or a current position of the vehicle; the first information includes a desired destination, a desired vehicle type, or a current position of a user; The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the information includes a sharing request, a user characteristic, or a user ID. 10. A program for controlling an information processing device that wirelessly communicates with another device, comprising: a setting step of setting first information; and the first information set by the processing of the setting step, A first transmitting step of transmitting to the device, a receiving step of receiving a plurality of pieces of vehicle information transmitted from the other device, and the other based on the vehicle information received by the processing of the receiving step. A second transmission step of transmitting the second information to the apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the computer readable program is recorded.