JP2002140796A - System for asking taxi to come, management server and method for asking taxi to come - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for asking a taxi to come by which the taxi can go to pick up a requester though the requester does not grasp the present position of him/herself. SOLUTION: The system is provided with a requester terminal 10 held by the requester of the taxi, an on-vehicle terminal 30 mounted on the taxi and a management server 20 connected to the terminal 10 and the terminal 30 through a communication network 40. The terminal 10 transmits taxi request information including the positional information of the taxi requester detected by a position detecting means to the server 20. The server 20 registers the taxi request information and transmits the taxi request information to the terminal 30 in accordance with a request from the terminal 30. The terminal 30 displays the position of the taxi requester based on the positional information of the taxi requester included in the taxi request information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a taxi calling system and a taxi calling method that enable a user to call a taxi from any place.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Taxi is a valuable means of transportation in places away from the city center because various transportation systems have not been developed, but taxis are hard to pick up in such places compared to the city center. Things. On the other hand, taxis often struggle to find passengers when running in so-called "sinks".

As a system satisfying both needs, there is, for example, a taxi reservation system described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 4-332225. In this system, a client calls a taxi company to explain their current location, the taxi company informs the taxi closest to that position of the client's location, and calls the taxi to that client. It is configured to face.

[0004]

However, in such a system, it is difficult to accurately inform the current position of the client when the client is on a strange land. In addition, since the client calls the taxi company directly, it is limited to a specific taxi company, and it is not possible to pick up taxis or private taxis of other companies even if they are near the client There is a problem.

[0005] In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a taxi call system that can call a taxi reliably even when a client does not know his / her current position. .

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a taxi call system for providing a taxi driver with positional information of a taxi driver, which taxi driver has. Client terminal (1
0), an in-vehicle terminal (30) mounted in a taxi, a management server (20) connected to the client terminal (10) and the in-vehicle terminal (30) via a communication network (40).
The requester terminal (10) includes means for transmitting taxi request information including the position information of the taxi requester detected by the position detecting means to the management server (20) via the communication network (40). , Management server (20)
Means for receiving the taxi request information transmitted from the client terminal (10), means for registering the taxi request information, and transmitting the taxi request information to the vehicle terminal (30) in response to a request from the vehicle terminal (30). Means for receiving the taxi request information transmitted from the management server (20); and a means for receiving the taxi requester's position information included in the taxi request information. It is characterized by having means for displaying the position.

[0007] Thus, even if the taxi requester does not accurately know his or her position in an unknown land or the like, the taxi can only be accessed by accessing the management server (20) using the requester terminal (10). You can call in. The taxi driver can accurately grasp the position of the passenger and can reliably secure the passenger. In addition, by using the communication network (40) that anyone can participate in, any taxi near the taxi requester can come to pick up without being limited to the taxi company. Furthermore, since anyone can participate in the network, it is easy to use even for privately owned taxi drivers.

[0008] In addition, by including identification information (for example, a telephone number of a mobile phone) that can identify the requester in the taxi request information, the requester can be confirmed when the taxi driver arrives at the requester. .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a management server used in a taxi call system for providing a taxi driver with position information of a taxi client, wherein the management server is provided with a communication network (40) from a client terminal (10). ), Means for receiving taxi request information including the position information of the taxi requester, means for registering taxi request information, and, in response to a request from the onboard terminal (30), the taxi request information (30) transmitting means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a management system in which a client terminal (10) of a taxi client and a vehicle-mounted terminal (30) mounted on a taxi are connected via a communication network (40). A taxi calling method performed by the server (20), the step of receiving taxi request information including the position information of the taxi requester from the requester terminal (10), the step of registering the taxi request information, and the in-vehicle terminal (30) And transmitting taxi request information to the in-vehicle terminal (30) in response to a request from the vehicle.

The reference numerals in parentheses of the above-mentioned means indicate the correspondence with the concrete means described in the embodiments described later.

[0012]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 shows a network configuration of a taxi call system according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the taxi calling system includes a client terminal 10 possessed by a taxi requester, a management server 20 provided in a management center that provides a taxi calling service, and an in-vehicle terminal 30 provided in the taxi. Have. These are connected by a communication network 40. In addition,
As the communication network 40, for example, an open network such as the Internet can be used.

The client terminal 10 is an information terminal having a network connection function and a position detecting function for detecting a current position, such as a mobile phone, a PHS, and a PDA (portable terminal).
Etc. can be used. In the present embodiment, a mobile phone having an Internet connection function and a GPS position detection function is used as the client terminal 10. The client terminal 10 has a function of transmitting taxi request information for calling a taxi to a management server 20 described later. The taxi request information includes requester position information indicating the current position of the requester detected by GPS. Further, the taxi request information may include requester identification information (for example, a telephone number of a mobile phone) that can specify the requester.

The management server 20 provides a homepage (web page) for providing a taxi calling service on the Internet. As the management server 20,
For example, a computer such as a personal computer or a workstation can be used. The management server 20 includes a storage medium (storage means) such as a hard disk. The storage medium stores a program for executing a taxi calling method described later.

The management server 20 receives taxi request information from a taxi requester and registers (stores) it in a storage medium.
Then, in response to an information provision request from the in-vehicle terminal 30 described below,
The taxi request information is transmitted to the in-vehicle terminal 30.

In the management server 20, advertisement information from an arbitrary advertisement company is registered in advance. The advertisement information is transmitted to the client terminal 10 that has registered the taxi request information in the management server 20. The advertisement information is mainly composed of audio, but can also be composed of characters and images. The content of the advertisement information can be variously set depending on, for example, the region. A management center that provides a taxi call service collects advertising fees from an advertising company.

As the on-vehicle terminal 30, an information terminal having a network connection function is used. In the present embodiment, a navigation device having an Internet connection function is used as the in-vehicle terminal 30 in addition to a map display function using a display device and a position detection function using GPS or the like. The taxi driver registers in advance in the management server 20 of the management center in order to use the taxi calling service, and the management server 20 gives the registered in-vehicle terminal 30 a connection right.

FIG. 2 shows an example of screen display on the display device 31 of the navigation device 30. As shown in FIG. 2, the navigation device 30 downloads the taxi request information from the management server 20, and displays the requester position 33 on the screen based on the requester position information included in the taxi request information together with the own vehicle position 32. it can.

Next, a taxi calling method according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Each step shown in FIG. 3 constitutes means for realizing each function of the present invention.

First, a taxi requester makes a request for a mobile phone 10.
To access the homepage that provides a taxi calling service and make a taxi request (step S
10). Taxi request information for requesting a taxi is transmitted from the mobile phone 10 to the management server 20 (step S11). The taxi request information includes requester position information and requester identification information (phone number).

The management server 20 receives and registers the taxi request information sent from the client terminal 10 (step S12). At this time, the management server can register taxi request information from a plurality of requesters. The management server 20 transmits various types of advertisement information including voice and the like to the mobile phone 10 (step S13). Thereby, various advertisement information can be provided to the taxi requester using the time allotted for the taxi.

On the other hand, the taxi driver accesses the homepage providing the taxi call-in service using the navigation device 30 when the passenger is dropped off (step S14), and registers the registered taxi request information in the navigation device 30. Is instructed to download (step S15). At this time, the taxi request information to be downloaded may be configured to limit the area range.

In response to the requester information request from the navigation device 30, taxi request information is transmitted from the management server 20 to the navigation device 30 (step S1).
6). The navigation device 30 receives the taxi request information and displays the own vehicle position 32 and the requester position 33 on the display device 31 as shown in FIG. 2 (step S).
17). As a result, the taxi driver can accurately know the position of the client. Based on the client's position information, the taxi driver goes to the client to pick up the client (step S18). When a plurality of taxi request information is registered, for example, the requester closest to the user can be selected.

When the taxi arrives at the client,
The client turns off the mobile phone 10 and disconnects the network (step S19). The management server 20 deletes the registered taxi request information (step S2).
0). At this time, the transmission of the advertisement information also stops. Since the taxi request information includes the telephone number (client identification information), even if the taxi requester is disconnected for some reason, the taxi driver can confirm the requester by telephone number.

As described above, according to the taxi call service of the present embodiment, even if the client does not accurately grasp his or her own position in a strange land or the like, the client terminal 10
By simply accessing the management server 20, a taxi can be called.

Since the taxi driver can accurately grasp the position of the passenger, the passenger can be reliably secured without so-called "sinking". In addition, since the network is open to anyone, the taxi company is not limited, and any taxi near the taxi requester can come to pick you up. Furthermore, since anyone can participate in the network, it is easy to use even for privately owned taxi drivers.

In addition, by transmitting the advertisement information from the management center 20 to the client terminal 10 using the waiting time of the taxi, the management center collects the advertisement fee from the advertisement company. A free taxi call service can be provided in your hand.

(Other Embodiments) In the above embodiment, the taxi driver is arranged to pick up the client based on the client location information displayed on the vehicle-mounted terminal 30. You may comprise so that the requester who picks up may be reserved. In this case, the taxi driver
After the requester position is displayed on the screen in step S17, the reservation information is transmitted to the management server 20 by the navigation device 30.

When receiving the reservation information from the driver, the management server 20 informs the client terminal 10 that the taxi to be picked up has been decided. The reservation information from the in-vehicle terminal 30 may include the position information of the taxi detected by GPS. The management server 20 may be configured to predict the arrival time of the taxi from the taxi position information and transmit the estimated arrival time of the taxi to the client terminal 10.

In the above embodiment, the management center that provides the taxi calling service collects the advertisement fee from the advertising company, but may be configured to collect the service usage fee from the taxi client or the taxi driver. Good.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a network configuration of a taxi call system of the embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a taxi calling method of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a screen display example of the vehicle-mounted terminal of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10: Client terminal, 20: Management server, 30: In-vehicle terminal, 40: Communication network.

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A taxi call system for providing a taxi driver with positional information of a taxi client, comprising: a client terminal (10) of the taxi client; a vehicle-mounted terminal (30) mounted on the taxi; The client terminal (1
0) and a management server (20) connected to the in-vehicle terminal (30) via a communication network (40), wherein the requester terminal (10) is a requester comprising the current position of the taxi requester. Position detecting means for detecting position information; and means for transmitting taxi request information for requesting a taxi including the requester position information to the management server (20) via the communication network (40). The management server (20) includes a unit that receives taxi request information transmitted from the client terminal (10), a unit that registers the taxi request information, and a unit that receives the taxi request information.
Means for transmitting the taxi request information to the in-vehicle terminal (30) in response to a request from the in-vehicle terminal (30), wherein the in-vehicle terminal (30) receives the taxi request information transmitted from the management server (20). And a means for displaying a current position of the taxi requester based on the requester position information included in the taxi request information. 2. A management server used in a taxi call system for providing a taxi driver with positional information of a taxi client, said communication server comprising a communication network (40) from said client terminal (10).
Means for receiving the taxi request information including the position information of the taxi requester transmitted through the system; means for registering the taxi request information; and the taxi request information in response to a request from the on-board terminal (30). Transmitting means to the in-vehicle terminal (30). 3. A taxi calling method performed by a management server (20) connected to a client terminal (10) of a taxi client and a vehicle-mounted terminal (30) mounted on a taxi via a communication network (40). Receiving taxi request information including the position information of the taxi requester from the requester terminal (10), registering the taxi request information, and responding to a request from the in-vehicle terminal (30). Transmitting the taxi request information to the in-vehicle terminal (30).