JP2002169865A - Car arrangement system and accident prevention support system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a car arrangement system and an accident prevention support system which improve the safety of vehicles and prevent the occurrence of an accident. SOLUTION: When a vehicle is arranged for a driver (customer 200) who has made reservation for the vehicle to use it, the precedence of car arrangement is determined on the basis of traveling distances of individual vehicles, and information related to accidents is collected, and drivers each having the same attribute such as aptitude and a career as that of drivers concerned with accidents are extracted, and accident conditions are reported to extracted drivers and education for safety or the like is given to them.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention manages information relating to a vehicle dispatching system for dispatching a plurality of vehicles (including a reservation for the purpose of dispatching) and a plurality of drivers for driving the vehicles.
The present invention relates to an accident prevention support system that supports accident prevention.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is a vehicle distribution system in which a vehicle renting entity such as a rental company or a leasing company that owns a plurality of vehicles rents out vehicles to customers. As an operation form of such a vehicle allocation system, there are a form in which a contract for renting a plurality of vehicles to a corporate customer for a long period of time and a form in which a vehicle is lent to an individual customer who has a member contract for a short period of time. There are various forms.

Further, at the stage of actually allocating a vehicle, if a plurality of vehicles are lent to a corporate customer for a long period of time, a vehicle to be used is selected at the discretion of an employee belonging to the corporate customer. , The vehicle lending business side operates in various forms such as selecting an appropriate vehicle based on conditions desired by the customer.

[0004] In addition, the corporate customer contracts with one vehicle lending entity, and does not use only the vehicle lending entity's vehicle, but also contracts with a plurality of vehicle lending entity, and There are various forms, such as a form using a vehicle of a rental entity and a form using a vehicle owned by the company.

[0005] Recently, terminal devices such as personal computers and mobile phones are connected to a central device using a WWW server computer managed by various business entities such as a vehicle rental business entity via a communication network such as the Internet. Systems for making reservations for vehicle allocation are also beginning to spread.

[0006]

However, when a vehicle to be used is selected from a plurality of vehicles, for example, vehicles are allocated from a vehicle which is stored in a position where it can be easily taken in and out. There is a tendency that the vehicles used are biased, and only specific vehicles are used in a complicated manner.

This tendency is remarkable particularly when a plurality of vehicles are lent to a corporate customer for a long period of time. For example, one of the employees who use the vehicles complicatedly keeps the key of a specific vehicle. The vehicle used is biased.

[0008] When the vehicle used is biased,
Unevenness tends to occur in the degree of wear of each part of the vehicle,
For example, it is necessary to replace tires, oils, brakes, and other consumables only for a specific vehicle other than during regular replacement, resulting in safety, cost, and environmental problems. .

[0009] Then, there is a problem that the vehicle cannot be used in a planned manner, and if the vehicle is used on a predetermined inspection date, the inspection cannot be performed. This also poses a problem in terms of safety.

[0010] With respect to safety, in the conventional dispatching system, the vehicle lending business entity provides little assistance to customers for accident prevention except for matters related to the vehicle itself such as maintenance and inspection. It is.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and determines the order of allocating vehicles (including reservations for allocating vehicles) based on the use, type, and travel distance of each vehicle. As a result, it is possible to reduce the uneven use of the vehicle, suppress safety, cost, and environmental problems, and determine the order of vehicle allocation in consideration of specific days such as inspection days. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a vehicle dispatching system that can also be used.

In addition, attributes such as aptitude and career of the driver who drives the vehicle among the customers are recorded, and for example, when an accident occurs, the cause of the accident is included in the attributes of the driver involved in the accident. Identify the factor that has become inconsistent, extract the driver associated with the attribute containing the factor, and inform the extracted driver of information such as the situation of the accident and advice for preventing accidents. It is an object of the present invention to provide an accident prevention support system that can give warnings or cautions and contribute to preventing the recurrence of similar accidents.

[0013]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicle dispatching system for distributing a plurality of vehicles, wherein a vehicle database for recording a traveling distance for each use and type of each vehicle, and a recorded application. Means for deciding the order in which the vehicles are to be dispatched based on the travel distance for each type.

In the dispatching system according to the first aspect of the present invention, the order of distributing the vehicles is determined based on the traveling distance of each vehicle according to the use and the type of the vehicle. In addition, it is possible to reduce the unevenness in the usage state of the vehicle, thereby reducing the frequency of replacing consumables such as tires, oil, and brakes only for a specific vehicle, for example, other than during regular replacement. This can prevent problems in terms of cost and environmental accounting, and can improve safety by reducing wear of parts in a specific vehicle. Furthermore, when deciding the order of dispatch, by taking into account a specific date such as an inspection date, it is possible to suppress omission of inspection of the vehicle,
It is possible to improve safety and maintenance efficiency.

[0015] The accident prevention support system according to the second invention comprises:
In an accident prevention support system that manages information on a plurality of drivers who drive a vehicle and supports accident prevention, driver information indicating a driver is an attribute that indicates a driver attribute and includes a plurality of factors. A driver database to record in association with the information, means for receiving accident information including accident driver information indicating the driver involved in the vehicle accident, and using the accident driver information included in the accident information as a search key, Means for extracting attribute information of the driver from the driver database;
Among the factors included in the attribute information, there are provided means for specifying a factor that caused an accident, and means for extracting driver information from a driver database using the attribute information including the factor as a search key. It is characterized by the following.

In the accident prevention support system according to the second invention, attribute information such as aptitude and career of the driver is recorded, and the risk factor and the attribute information included in the attribute information of the driver involved in the accident match. By extracting driver information, the driver who is considered likely to have a similar accident is warned or alerted to the driver by providing information such as the situation of the accident and alerting the driver. It can contribute to preventing recurrence.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings showing the embodiments. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the concept of a vehicle allocation system and an accident prevention support system of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a central device used in the system of the present invention using a WWW server computer.
0 is connected to a communication network NW such as the Internet, and is managed by a vehicle lending business entity 100 such as a rental company and a leasing company.

The vehicle lending business entity 100 owns a plurality of vehicles, and has a contract with a customer 200 such as a corporate customer or an individual customer to lend a vehicle. The customer 200 manages an installed or portable terminal device 20, that is, a personal computer, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), and a terminal device 20 such as a mobile phone.
It communicates with the central device 10 via the communication network NW.

The central unit 10 has a CP for controlling the entire apparatus.
U11, a recording means 12 such as a hard disk for recording information such as programs and data read from a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a RAM 13 for temporarily storing information,
Input means 14 such as a mouse and a keyboard, output means 15 such as a monitor and a printer, and a communication network NW
Is provided with a communication means 16 for connecting to.

A part of the recording area of the recording means 12 includes a vehicle database 10 for recording various vehicle information on the vehicle.
a, which is used as various databases such as a driver database 10b for recording various driver information relating to the driver of the customer 200 and an operation database 10c for recording the use status and the reservation status, and accesses various databases as necessary. Then, information recording / reading processing is performed. Instead of using a part of the recording area of the recording unit 12 as various databases, another device including the recording unit may be connected to the central device 10 and used as various databases. Further, the recording means 12 includes an HTML (Hyper
Text Markup Language), XML (eXtensible Markup L)
anguage), WML (Wireless Markup Language), and C
-Related to vehicles such as vehicle lending, which are described in a page description language such as HTML (Compact HTML) and can be browsed on a stationary or portable terminal device 20 such as a personal computer, a PDA, and a mobile phone. A vehicle information web page providing various information is recorded.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing the recorded contents of the vehicle database 10a provided in the central device 10 used in the system of the present invention. Vehicle database 10a
The various vehicle information associated with the vehicle ID that specifies the vehicle, registration number, registration date, vehicle shape, vehicle basic items such as mission classification, vehicle use, vehicle type, lending destination and It is recorded as a record having data on items such as a customer ID indicating the corporate customer 200, a mileage, an inspection / maintenance schedule, an inspection / maintenance item indicating an inspection / maintenance result, and insurance items indicating various insurance premiums and special contracts.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing the recorded contents of the driver database 10b provided in the central device 10 used in the system of the present invention. Driver database 1
In 0b, various driver information associated with the driver ID specifying the driver includes driver basic items such as name, age, and gender, a customer ID indicating the corporate customer 200, and aptitude and career. It is recorded as a record having data in each item such as attribute information indicating the attribute.

The aptitude is information indicating the results obtained by conducting various tests such as writing, practical skills, a simulation simulator, and a device inspection on each driver in advance, and an emergency response inspection and a signal confirmation inspection. Speed of reaction based on reflexive motion tests, maintenance of mental tension based on uneven response tests such as emergency response tests and continuous emergency response tests, frustrated reactions and wrong reactions such as signal confirmation tests and accelerator reaction tests Each value or level is shown for various factors such as the certainty of the operation based on the inspection of the above and the skill of the situation processing based on the inspection of the operation speed such as the steering operation inspection. The career includes not only information such as license history and age, but also information such as years of service and department to which the company belongs.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing the recorded contents of the operation database 10c provided in the central device 10 used in the system of the present invention. Operation database 10c
, Information associated with the vehicle ID is recorded as a record having data in various items such as a use status and a reservation status such as a scheduled use start date and time and a scheduled end date and time.

[0025] Not only information on the use of the vehicle,
Specific days such as inspection dates are also recorded, and on these specific days, the use of the vehicle is prohibited, thereby making it possible to suppress the occurrence of defects such as omissions of the vehicle.

The terminal device 20 includes a CPU 21 and a recording unit 2
2, a RAM 23, an input unit 24, an output unit 25, and a communication unit 26, and the recording unit 22 includes HTML and X
Various application programs such as a browsing software program (hereinafter referred to as a browser) for browsing a web page described in a page description language such as ML are recorded. When the terminal device 20 is a portable device such as a PDA and a mobile phone, a function of browsing a web page recorded in a page description language for a portable device such as WML and C-HTML is a function equivalent to a browser. It is provided as.

When a browser is started, a URL (Uniform) for specifying a vehicle information web page recorded in the central device 10 is displayed at a predetermined location displayed on the output unit 25.
By entering formResource Locator), the central device 1
The vehicle information web page recorded at 0 can be accessed.

Next, the vehicle allocation reservation processing of the central unit 10 and the terminal unit 20 used in the system of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The customer 200 (representing a person in charge in the case of a corporate customer 200) who reserves a dispatch operates the terminal device 20, activates a browser, and activates the terminal device 2.
0 is connected to the communication network NW, and the vehicle information web page of the central device 10 is accessed. The terminal device 20 outputs the vehicle information web page received from the central device 10.

The customer 200 enters vehicle information including the use and type of the desired vehicle, reservation date and time information indicating the date and time of the reservation, and driver ID indicating the driver in predetermined columns of the output vehicle information web page. Enter reservation information.

The terminal device 20 receives the input of the reservation information (S 101), and transmits the received reservation information to the central device 10.
(S102).

The central unit 10 receives the reservation information (S
103) A record indicating a vehicle that can be used at the date and time indicated by the reservation date and time information included in the received reservation information with reference to the operation database 10c and that matches the vehicle information including the use and type of the vehicle. Are extracted from the vehicle database 10a (S104), and the extracted records are sorted in ascending order using the mileage as a sort key, that is, the records are rearranged in order from the shortest record to the longest record (S105). The priority of allocating the vehicle is determined (S106).

Then, vehicle reservation processing such as updating of the operation database 10c is performed based on the determined priority (S1).
07), vehicle information relating to the reserved vehicle is transmitted to the terminal device 2
0 (S108).

The terminal device 20 receives the vehicle information (S
109), and outputs the received vehicle information (S110).
Thus, the vehicle allocation reservation processing is completed.

When the use of the vehicle has been completed, the driver is notified of abnormalities such as abnormal noise and exhaust gas abnormalities,
0 may be recorded so as to be useful for vehicle management.

Next, the accident prevention support processing of the central unit 10 and the terminal unit 20 used in the system of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When a person in charge of operating the central device 10 receives a notification about the accident of the customer 200, the driver who indicates the accident situation such as the details of the accident, the time and the weather, and the accident driver involved in the accident The accident information including the ID is input to the central device 10.

The central device 10 receives the input of the accident information (S201), uses the driver ID of the accident driver included in the received accident information as a search key, and uses the driver database 10b as a risk factor to identify the driver as a risk factor. The attribute information is extracted (S202), and among the factors included as suitability in the extracted attribute information, the factor that caused or caused the accident is identified as a risk factor (S203), and the attribute information including the identified factor is identified. The driver database 10 is used as a search key.
b, driver information relating to the driver having the same or similar attribute information is extracted (S204), and a warning or caution, advice, and acceptance are received to the terminal device 20 of the driver indicated by the extracted driver information. UR indicating the accident status or information indicating the accident status included in the accident information, or a web page where the information can be browsed
L is transmitted (S205).

For example, in the daytime of a weekday, in a rainy day, a vehicle turning left and right decelerates at an intersection with a traffic light, and an accident occurs when the vehicle changes lane to the right lane and comes into contact with a straight ahead vehicle following the right lane. In this case, the driver's attribute information is related to accidents such as “Irritation reaction-1: Selfishness, oversight” and “Balance-Right 1: There are many mistakes when handling to the right”. Specified as a factor.

The terminal device 20 receives a warning or caution, advice, and information indicating an accident situation or an accident situation, or a URL for browsing the information (S206), and outputs the received information such as the accident situation. (S207).

By transmitting the accident situation to the driver having the same or similar attribute as the driver involved in the accident in this way, it is possible to confirm the accident that the driver who has received the accident situation is likely to cause himself. Can help prevent accidents.

Further, when the accident situation is not limited to the driver, for example, when the customer 200 is a corporate customer, a list of extracted driver information, warnings or cautions, advice, and accidents are sent to the manager responsible for safe driving management. By communicating information such as a URL for browsing the situation or the accident situation and performing specialized safety education, efficient safety education can be performed in a short time.

By making such accident information into a database, it is possible to analyze the accident using statistical processing and to provide the analysis result to the customer 200, and to rent another vehicle for the accident situation. It is also possible to receive accident information from the business entity 100 and increase the reliability of statistical processing.

Further, the statistical processing includes not only accident information but also
For example, by performing the operation on the operation database 10c, it can be applied to various functions such as annual cost calculation and a vehicle management ledger.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to develop a vehicle lending business with high safety by optimizing the dispatch and notifying of the accident.
By recording information such as a history of no accidents in b, it is possible to recommend safer driving, for example, by giving an award to a driver who drives safely.

In the above-described embodiment, the form in which the attribute information is extracted from the driver information relating to the accident driver involved in the accident has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, attribute information or factors of the accident driver such as 1 and balance-right 1 may be directly input to the central device 10.

In the above-described embodiment, the mode in which the central unit 10 is managed by the vehicle lending business entity has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the information providing business entity that provides information on vehicles, or other information providing business entity. A form managed by a corporation or an individual may be used.

In the above-described embodiment, the form in which information relating to vehicles rented by one vehicle lending business entity 100 is managed is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of vehicle lending business entities 100, The vehicle rented by 100,..., And the vehicle owned by the customer 200 and its employees may be collectively managed.

[0047]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the order in which vehicles are dispatched is determined based on the traveling distance of each vehicle, so that vehicles with shorter traveling distances are preferentially dispatched, for example. It is possible to reduce the bias in the use situation, and it is possible to prevent the number of parts replacement for a specific vehicle from becoming complicated, for example, other than at the time of periodic replacement. Thus, the present invention has excellent effects such as suppressing the occurrence of the problem described above, and reducing the wear of parts in a specific vehicle, thereby improving safety.

Further, when determining the order of vehicle allocation, by taking into account a specific date such as an inspection date, it is possible to suppress omission of vehicle inspection and to improve safety. It works.

According to the present invention, the attribute information such as the suitability and the career of the driver is recorded, and the driver information whose attribute information is similar or similar to the driver involved in the accident is extracted. It is possible to communicate information about the situation of the accident to the driver who is likely to cause an accident and give attention and advice to the driver, thereby contributing to preventing similar accidents from recurring. It has excellent effects.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the concept of a vehicle allocation system and an accident prevention support system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing recorded contents of a vehicle database provided in a central device used in the system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing recorded contents of a driver database provided in a central device used in the system of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing recorded contents of an operation database provided in a central device used in the system of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a vehicle allocation reservation process of a central device and a terminal device used in the system of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an accident prevention support process of a central device and a terminal device used in the system of the present invention.

[Description of Signs] 10 Central device 20 Terminal device 100 Vehicle lending business entity 200 Customer NW communication network

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle dispatching system for distributing a plurality of vehicles, comprising: a vehicle database for recording a mileage for each use and type of each vehicle; and a mileage for each use and type recorded.
Means for deciding the order in which vehicles are to be dispatched. 2. An accident prevention support system for managing information on a plurality of drivers who drive a vehicle and supporting accident prevention, wherein the driver information indicating the driver indicates the attributes of the driver. A driver database that records in association with attribute information including a factor of the following, a means for receiving accident information including accident driver information indicating a driver involved in a vehicle accident, and a method of storing accident driver information included in the accident information. Means for extracting attribute information of the driver from the driver database as a search key; means for identifying a factor that caused an accident among the factors included in the attribute information; and an attribute including the factor. Means for extracting driver information from a driver database using the information as a search key.