JP2002304690A - Shared vehicle utilization system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shared vehicle utilization system capable of reducing vehicle reallocation work without reducing a vehicle operation rate in a vehicle rental system mixing 'reserved riding' and 'direct riding'. SOLUTION: When a user A3 accesses a control room 1 from a portable terminal 4, a reservation registeration means 101 in the control room 1 allows the user A3 to input a reservation condition. The means 101 calculates the number of parked vehicles in each port based on the inputted reservation condition, and when a port where vehicles more than the vehicles being parked at present can't be parked is generated, a reservation deciding means 102 suspends the reservation of a vehicle using the port as an arrival port. The suspended reservation is waited as a waiting reservation by a reservation waiting setting means 103, and when there is a space for parking the shared vehicle 2 in the port, a waiting reservation allocation means 104 executes vehicle allocation based on the waiting reservation and transmits a reservation completion message to the user A3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle management system that is shared by a plurality of users, and more particularly to a vehicle sharing system that is optimal for reducing the work of allocating vehicles.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various proposals have conventionally been made in a vehicle shared use system for a plurality of users to efficiently use the vehicle and to ensure smooth transportation. Among such proposals, for example, Japanese Patent No. 289010
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 8 proposes an unmanned vehicle lending (rental) system that can handle both reservation and non-reservation. Also,
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-338935 proposes a vehicle lending system in which a mobile communication device can make a reservation for use, and which can be used as a key for using the vehicle reserved by the mobile communication device. In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-44801, a communication center is provided for each of a plurality of vehicles, and the management center manages the vehicles based on information transmitted through the communication units. A technology related to a vehicle lending system that jointly uses vehicles based on the technology has been proposed. In addition, the publication further discloses a multi-port vehicle lending system in which the above-described vehicle is prepared in a parking area called a port, a number of the ports are provided, and a user can freely move between the ports. Has also been proposed. In the vehicle lending system based on the shared use of vehicles as described above, a general lending method called "reserved ride" in which a user reserves a specific vehicle parked at a port by previously making a reservation at a management center, The user goes directly to the port without making a reservation at all, and uses the vehicle by one of the rental methods called “straight ride” using the vehicle parked at the port.

[0003]

The above-described prior art multiport system is a highly convenient system that allows a user to return a vehicle to a port near a destination. There is a problem that the vehicles existing around the restaurant temporarily concentrate the vehicles and the vehicles are unevenly distributed, so that the vehicles cannot be returned or parked at the ports. Also,
When vehicles are unevenly distributed, it is necessary for staff to redistribute vehicles between ports to smooth the number of vehicles parked at each port. In particular, a system that enables “straight-on” is capable of going to a nearby port and renting a vehicle without a reservation, thereby improving the convenience for the user and increasing the frequency of use of the vehicle. There was a problem that the uneven distribution was intensified, the number of staff and the amount of work were increased, and the cost of operating the system was increased.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and in a vehicle lending system in which "reserved riding" and "direct riding" coexist, the vehicle relocation work can be performed without lowering the operating rate of the vehicle. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle sharing system that reduces the number of vehicles.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention described in claim 1 is directed to a vehicle parked in a parking area called a port (for example, the shared vehicle 2 in the embodiment).
In a vehicle shared use system in which a control room (e.g., the control room 1 of the embodiment) provided with a management device for managing a vehicle and rents a vehicle to a user, the management device includes a departure port from a user terminal and an arrival port. A vehicle is rented and assigned based on the reservation information including the port information, and the reservation registration unit (for example, the reservation registration unit 101 of the embodiment) that calculates the planned number of parked vehicles for each port is calculated. When the planned number of parked vehicles at the port becomes equal to the number of parkable vehicles given to the port, reservation determination means for suspending the lending and reservation of the vehicle arriving at the port (for example, in the embodiment) Reservation determining means 102). With the above configuration, the reservation registration unit predicts the planned number of parked vehicles at each port from the reservation information before the actual use of the vehicle, and the reservation determination unit
Since it operates so as to find a reservation that will be set beyond the number of vehicles that can be parked and do not make this reservation,
When the vehicle is actually used, it is possible to prevent troubles such as a situation where the vehicle overflows the arrival port and the vehicle cannot be parked.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle shared use system according to the first aspect, when the reservation of the vehicle is interrupted by the reservation judging means, the user waits for the reservation through the terminal of the user. It is characterized in that a reservation waiting setting means (for example, the reservation waiting setting means 103 of the embodiment) for recording whether or not to perform the reservation waiting time when the user desires the reservation waiting is provided. I do. According to the above configuration, the reservation waiting setting means records the reservation information which has not been set in the order in which the reservations are generated and waits for the reservation, so that the reservation determining means is actually set to exceed the number of parkable vehicles. When a reservation to be made is found and an operation is performed so as not to make this reservation, it is possible to eliminate any dissatisfaction of the user who has requested the reservation.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the vehicle shared use system according to the second aspect, wherein the destination port is a port where the number of scheduled parking vehicles interrupted by the reservation determining means is equal to the number of parkable vehicles. Reservation allocating means (for example, the reservation queuing allocating means of the embodiment) for canceling the reservation of vehicle use and vehicle use, and for preferentially allocating vehicles to the reservation queuing information of the user recorded by the reservation queuing setting means 104) is provided. With the above configuration, it is possible to promptly determine whether or not the vehicle in the direction in which the vehicle is suspended can be used, allocate the vehicle to the user waiting for the reservation as soon as the reservation becomes available, and execute the reservation. In addition, it is possible to improve the convenience of the user even a little.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the vehicle shared use system according to the third aspect, the reservation waiting allocating means, when the allocation of the vehicle is successful, gives the user who wishes to wait for the reservation the vehicle. It is characterized by including notification means (for example, step S35 of the embodiment) for notifying that is assigned. With the above configuration, it is possible to promptly notify a user waiting for a reservation of the success of the reservation, thereby improving the convenience of the user.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a control room 1 is parked in a parking area called a port, and is provided with a management device that manages shared use of vehicles, such as reservation and allocation of shared vehicles 2 that are used jointly by users, billing of usage fees, and the like. It is a management center equipped. The shared vehicle 2 is information that specifies a vehicle such as a departure / arrival port, a date, a time, and a vehicle ID when a user A3 registered as a member in the control room 1 makes a reservation from the mobile terminal 4 to the control room 1. Is designated as "reserved ride" and the smart card 6 possessed by the user B5 registered as a member in the control room 1 uses a vacant vehicle directly to use "free ride".
It is used by two methods of the method called. The communication network 7 is a communication network for connecting the mobile terminal 4 possessed by the user A3 and the control room 1 and the common vehicle 2 and the control room 1 and is, for example, a WAP (Wireless Application Pro).
Tocol), information is transmitted and received by wireless communication, and wired communication via the Internet or a public line network.

It is assumed that one or more shared vehicles 2 are managed under the control room 1. There may be any number of users A3 and B5. The mobile terminal 4 is a terminal having a connection function to a computer network such as the Internet or a public line network, and is connected to a mobile phone or a PHS (Personal Handyphone System) by wireless communication.
stem) and mobile terminals, but also terminals connected by wired communication.
Further, the above-mentioned terminals using wired or wireless communication include terminals having a simple computer network connection function.

The control room 1 includes a control unit 11, a member master 12, a charge table 13, a vehicle master 14, a port master 15, a lending history 16, a reservation master 17, an input / output unit 18, , A network 19. The control unit 11 executes a vehicle management control program in a computer system including a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and manages the entire operation of the control room 1. The control unit 11 also includes a reservation registration unit 101 that manages reservation allocation of the shared vehicle 2 in particular, a reservation determination unit 102 that determines interruption of the reservation registration process, and a reservation wait that manages a reservation that has not been set as a reservation wait. It includes a setting means 103 and a reservation waiting allocating means 104 for making a reservation of a user waiting for a reservation when the reservation is resumed and notifying the user. The details of the operation of the control unit 11 will be described later. The member master 12 is a database that records registration data of each user registered as a member, and (1) user ID for each member, (2)
The address, (3) usage right information, and the like are recorded.

The fee table 13 is a database that records a fee system for use of the shared vehicle 2, and records (1) a basic fee, (2) an extension fee, (3) a surcharge / discount fee, and the like. The vehicle master 14 is a database that records the status of each shared vehicle in order to manage the shared vehicle 2. For example, the vehicle master 14 includes (1) a vehicle number for each shared vehicle,
(2) Vehicle type and equipment (3) Parking position (parking port),
(4) The state and the like are recorded.

The port master 15 is a database that records the status of the ports in order to manage the shared vehicles 2. For example, (1) the number of vehicles parked in the parking lot, (2) the number of actual vehicles, 3) Parked vehicle numbers and the like are recorded. The lending history 16 is a database that records the usage history of the shared vehicle 2. For example, as individual information for each user, (1) user ID, (2) vehicle number (lent), (3) lending Time, (4) return time, (5) embarking place, (6) return place, (7) mileage, (8) consumed fuel, and the like are recorded. The reservation master 17 is a database in which reservation information is recorded in order to manage the vehicle reservation by the user A3 in "reservation riding", and is associated with the user ID of the user A3 (1) departure port,
(2) Arrival port, (3) Vehicle ID and other information, and a reservation waiting table for recording information when the user A3 waits for a reservation. The reservation status table shown in FIG.

The input / output means 18 controls the control room 1 to transmit and receive information relating to the lending reservation of the vehicle with the portable terminal 4 and the control room 1 transmits information relating to the lending and returning of the shared vehicle 2 and the vehicle, ie, , For transmitting and receiving vehicle management data. Note that transmission and reception of vehicle management data between the control room 1 and the shared vehicle 2 are directly performed by wireless communication. The network 19 is located in the control room 1,
The above-mentioned control unit 11, member master 12, and charge table 13
, A vehicle master 14, a port master 15, a lending history 16, a reservation master 17, and an input / output means 18, and a LAN (Local Area N) for transmitting and receiving data.
etwork).

Next, the shared vehicle 2 used in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the shared vehicle 2. In FIG. 2, the shared vehicle 2 includes a communication antenna 21, a communication device 22, a card antenna 23, a card reader 24, and a control unit 2.
5, a door lock mechanism 26, and a main power control mechanism 27
A monitor display unit 28, an operation unit 29, a key switch 30, a return button 31, a storage device 32, a vehicle speed pulse detector 33, an A / D converter 34, a fuel gauge 35,
It comprises a tag antenna 36 and an ID tag reader 37. The shared vehicle 2 is located in a parking area called a port.
It is parked in a parking space for one vehicle called a lot, and performs wireless communication with the control room 1 via a communication device 22 connected to a communication antenna 21 to exchange various data.

The shared vehicle 2 includes a user A3 or a user B5, for example, a smart card 6 of a contactless read / write system.
Over the card antenna 23 provided in the shared vehicle 2, a signal read by the card reader 24 is notified to the control unit 25 that manages the operation of the shared vehicle 2. The control unit 25 communicates with the communication device 22 via the communication antenna 21
The control room 1 communicates with the control room 1 by wireless communication, and the user holds the smart card 6 and transmits to the control room 1 that the use of the shared vehicle 2 has been requested, and requests permission to rent the vehicle.

The storage device 32 has a ROM (Read Onl
y Memory) and a random access memory (RAM). The ID number of the vehicle assigned to each shared vehicle 2 is stored in advance, and the user ID input by the user is input.
A D number and a PIN (Personal Identification Number) are temporarily stored. The control unit 25 transmits the vehicle ID number stored in the storage device 32, the user ID number input by the user, and the like to the control room 1, and the user is permitted to rent the shared vehicle 2. The door lock mechanism 26 unlocks the door key according to the instruction of the control room 1 requested to rent a vehicle, and when the control unit 25 confirms that the PINs match, the main power supply control mechanism 27 activates the ignition. The circuit can be used.

When renting the shared vehicle 2, the user A3 or B5 inputs necessary items from the operation unit 29 to the control unit 25 according to the instruction displayed on the monitor display unit 28, and presses the key switch 30. The ignition of the shared vehicle 2 is turned on to start using the shared vehicle 2. Also,
When returning the shared vehicle 2 to the port, the user presses the return button 31 at the port to perform a return process. In addition,
The smart card 6 is an ID terminal on which an IC including a processor capable of reading and writing the recorded ID number and making a simple decision only in the card is mounted. In the present embodiment, the ID number is The ID terminal used to notify the shared vehicle 2 of the non-contact or contact read / write method is not limited to the non-contact or contact read / write method as long as the reading device of the shared vehicle 2 is compatible, in addition to the contactless or contact read / write type IC card. Any device such as a card or a mobile phone with a built-in IC chip can be used as long as the recorded ID number can be read and written.

While the shared vehicle 2 is traveling, a vehicle speed pulse signal indicating the traveling state of the shared vehicle 2 is notified from the vehicle speed pulse detector 33 to the control unit 25.
5 is connected to a fuel gauge 35 via an A / D converter 34, whereby the control unit 25 confirms the fuel consumption. The operation when the user rents the shared vehicle 2 will be described later in detail.

The tag antenna 36 and the ID tag reader 37 are devices for the shared vehicle 2 parked at the port to identify a lot in the port. The tag will be described with reference to FIG. 3. As shown in FIG.
0 is provided with a plurality of lots 51 for parking the shared vehicle 2, and each lot 51 has a port 50.
And an ID tag 52 which is a device for transmitting an ID number individually assigned to each lot 51.

The ID tag 52 is connected to the tag antenna 36 by an electromagnetic coupling method, an electromagnetic induction method, a microwave method,
A unique ID number is exchanged for each port 50 or lot 51 by any of an electrostatic coupling method, an optical transmission method, or the like, and the shared vehicle 2 transmits a signal received by the tag antenna 36 to the ID.
By reading with the tag reader 37, the position of the port or lot where the user has parked is grasped. As shown in FIG. 3, two ID tags 52 are arranged diagonally to the lot 51 and correspond to the front stop and the rear stop of the shared vehicle 2, and the tag antenna 36 is closer to the ID tag 52. At the front corner or the rear corner (the front left corner in FIG. 3). The mechanism for grasping the position of the port or lot where the shared vehicle 2 is parked is not limited to the ID tag 52, but may be a transceiver used for an ETC (automatic toll collection system) or a GPS (Global Positio).
ning System).

Next, a vehicle lending operation of the vehicle shared use system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG.
It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the whole process of a vehicle joint use system. First, when the user A3 wants to make a reservation for the shared vehicle 2, the user A3 accesses the control room 1 from the portable terminal 4 via the communication network 7 such as the Internet, and performs a procedure of a reservation process (step S1). When the right to use the vehicle 2 is secured, the user actually goes to the parked port of the shared vehicle 2 and presents his / her user ID by holding the smart card 6 over the card antenna 23 of the corresponding shared vehicle 2. When the user B5 uses the shared vehicle 2 without making a reservation, the reservation process (step S1) is not performed in the control room 1, and the user B5 goes directly to the parked port of the shared vehicle 2, The user ID is presented by holding the smart card 6 over the card antenna 23 of the shared vehicle 2 that the user actually wants to use.

The shared vehicle 2 presented with the user ID performs a vehicle lending determination process with the control room 1 to determine whether or not the user can enter (access) the vehicle (step S2). Here, the vehicle lending determination process is a process of confirming the user ID given to the user, and is a process of checking the control unit 25 of the shared vehicle 2.
When the user A3 or the user B5 accesses the shared vehicle 2 with the smart card 6, the card reader 2
4, the user ID recorded on the smart card 6 is read, and via the communication device 22 and the communication antenna 21,
Contact Control Room 1. On the other hand, the control unit 11 of the control room 1
Then, when an inquiry about the user ID comes from the shared vehicle 2, the member list of the member master 12 is searched by the received user ID, and if the inquired user ID is a regular user and does not double-rent, the control room 1 control unit 11
Transmits a lending permit and a PIN to the shared vehicle 2 via the input / output unit 18.

When the user is permitted to enter the vehicle by the vehicle lending determination process, the user inputs the PIN assigned to him / her from the operation unit 29 of the shared vehicle 2, and the shared vehicle 2 performs the vehicle usage determination process. (Step S3). Here, the vehicle use determination process is a process of confirming the PIN given to the user. When the user A3 or the user B5 inputs the PIN from the operation unit 29, the control unit 25 of the shared vehicle 2 It is determined whether the input PIN matches the PIN previously assigned to the user A3 or the user B5 and transmitted from the control room 1. As a result of the determination, if the PINs match, the control unit 25 of the shared vehicle 2 outputs an engine start permission signal to the main power supply control mechanism 27, so that the user starts the engine of the shared vehicle 2 with the key switch 30. Start using it.

When the user who has been permitted to use the shared vehicle 2 by the vehicle use determination process terminates the use of the shared vehicle 2, the vehicle returns to the port of the shared vehicle 2 (step S4). When the control room 1 obtains the return information for charging, the operation of the vehicle shared use system of the present embodiment ends. Note that the return information refers to information necessary for calculating a usage fee of the shared vehicle 2 such as a return time, a traveling distance, and a return fuel.

Next, the details of the above-described reservation processing will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. First, the user A3 uses the mobile terminal 4 and controls the control room 1 via the communication network 7.
In the control room 1, in the control room 1, the reservation registration unit 101 included in the control unit 11
3 for user authentication, and determines whether or not the result is normal (step S11). If the result of the user authentication is normal in step S11 (step S11)
11 (YES at 11), the reservation registration unit 101 causes the user A3 to input reservation conditions via the mobile terminal 4 (step S).
12). Here, the reservation condition is information for specifying the shared vehicle 2 to be rented, such as a departure port, an arrival port, a use date, a use time, a desired vehicle type, equipment, and a vehicle ID.

Next, the reservation registration means 101 determines whether or not a reservation for vehicle use in the direction from the requested departure port to the arrival port has been received (step S1).
3). In step S13, when the reservation registration of the vehicle use in the direction from the requested departure port to the arrival port is received (YES in step S13), it is determined whether or not a vehicle can be prepared at the departure port (step S1).
4). If a vehicle can be prepared at the departure port in step S14 (YES in step S14), it is determined whether the sum of the number of departures, arrivals, and remaining stock at the arrival port is smaller than the total number of parking lots (step S15). .

In step S15, if the sum of the number of departures, arrivals, and remaining inventory at the arrival port is smaller than the total number of parking lots (YES in step S15), the request to use the shared vehicle 2 is round tripped (departure port, It is determined whether or not the arrival port is the same (step S).
16). In step S16, when the use request of the shared vehicle 2 is not a round trip (step S16
NO), the number of arrivals at the arrival port in the reservation status table recorded in the reservation master 17 is incremented by one (step S1).
7) Next, similarly, the departure number of the departure port is increased by one (step S18). Then, the reservation registration means 101
Records the above-mentioned reservation conditions as reservation contents in the reservation table of the reservation master 17 (step S19).
The user A3 is notified of the reservation OK message via the command and the reservation processing operation is terminated (step S20).

On the other hand, when any of the following conditions is satisfied, the reservation judging means 102 included in the control section 11 stops accepting the reservation for the vehicle use in the corresponding direction requested by the user A3 (step S21). Then, the user A3 is notified of the reservation NG message via the portable terminal 4 (step S22). (1) When vehicles cannot be prepared at the departure port (NO in step S14) (2) When the sum of the number of departures, arrivals, and remaining stock at the arrival port is larger than the total number of parking lots (N in step S15)
O) In addition, if "the sum of the number of departures and arrivals at the arrival port and the number of remaining stocks is larger than the total number of parking lots", the lending of vehicles by direct riding with the port as the arrival port is also stopped.

Next, upon notifying the user A3 of the reservation NG message via the portable terminal 4, the reservation waiting setting means 103 included in the control unit 11 causes the user A3 to wait for the reservation via the portable terminal 4. It is confirmed whether or not to do so (step S23). If the user A3 wishes to wait for a reservation in step S23 (YES in step S23),
The input reservation conditions are recorded as reservation waiting information in the reservation waiting table of the reservation master 17 in the order of occurrence of the reservation,
The reservation processing operation ends (step S24). On the other hand, if the user A3 does not wish to wait for a reservation in step S23 (NO in step S23), the reservation processing operation ends without doing anything.

If the result of the user authentication is abnormal in step 11 (NO in step S11), or a reservation for vehicle use in the direction from the departure port to the arrival port requested in step S13 is accepted. If not (NO in step S13), the user A3 is notified of a reservation NG message via the portable terminal 4 (step S25).

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the management of the number of vehicles for each port and the availability of a reservation in the vehicle sharing system according to the present embodiment by the above-described reservation processing operation. FIG. 7A shows the contents of the reservation just input. For example, in a vehicle sharing system having ports A, B, C,... Having 15 parking lots, (1) A to A: 1 (2) A to B: 6 (3) B to B: 3 units (4) C to C: 1 unit (5) C to B: 6 units are reserved.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 7B, the current vehicle inventory numbers are as follows: (1) A port: 7 units (2) B port: 3 units (3) C port: 7 units Then, the “total number of vehicles = the number of vehicles in stock + the number of reserved arrivals−the number of reserved departures” of each port after the reserved vehicle has been used are as follows: (1) A port: 1 (2) B port: 15 vehicles (3) C port: 1 vehicle, and it can be seen that the lot for parking the shared vehicle 2 is full at the B port, so that the shared vehicle 2 cannot be parked any more.

Therefore, "A to to" shown in FIG.
Reservation for vehicle use with a departure port other than the B port and a B port as the arrival port, such as "B" or "C to B", is interrupted. Further, the reservation of the interrupted use direction can be made, for example, by using the shared vehicle 2 by the “straight ride” of the user B5,
When the lot for parking the shared vehicle 2 at the port has a margin due to the shared vehicle 2 being moved to a maintenance shop for vehicle maintenance, the operation is restarted.

Next, resumption of the suspended reservation (release of the suspension) and the reservation waiting for allocating the vehicle preferentially executed to the user A3 recorded in the reservation waiting table in the above-mentioned step S24. The assignment operation will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the reservation waiting assignment operation. First, the reservation waiting assignment operation is performed by the reservation waiting assignment unit 104 included in the control unit 11.
However, for example, periodically search the reservation status table of the reservation master 17 for a port in which the lot that parks the shared vehicle 2 has room (step S31), and find that there is a port in which the lot that parks the shared vehicle 2 has room. (Step S3
(1) (YES), the vehicle use in the direction of the corresponding port as the arrival port and the reservation of the vehicle use are restarted (step S32). Next, the information of the user A3 is obtained from the reservation waiting assignment table of the reservation master 17 (step S3).
3), execute the reservation process described in FIGS. 6 and 7 (step S34).

In step S34, when the vehicle is allocated to the user A3 waiting for the reservation, a reservation completion message is transmitted to the user A3, and the reservation waiting allocation operation ends (step S35). On the other hand, in step S31, when there is no available port in the lot for parking the shared vehicle 2 (NO in step S31), nothing is performed and the reservation waiting assignment operation ends. Note that the reservation waiting assignment operation is not periodically executed unless the recording capacity of the reservation waiting table becomes full or the desired use date arrives in the reservation waiting while the reservation waiting assignment operation is not performed. May be. Further, if the desired use date has arrived while the reservation is waiting even though the reservation waiting assignment operation has been performed, a reservation NG message is transmitted to the user A3, and the reservation waiting data is discarded. .

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a system using both a conventional "reserved ride" and a convenient "straight ride" for a user, an empty lot of each port is managed. When the vacant lot runs out, the reservation of the vehicle is temporarily suspended, so that there is no effect of the vehicle overflowing at the port, and an effect that a vehicle sharing system that does not require the staff to redistribute the vehicle can be constructed. Even if the reservation is not allowed, the user who wants to make a reservation can wait for the reservation in the order in which he / she wants the reservation, and immediately notifies the user when the reservation is available. There is an effect that a vehicle shared use system can be constructed that does not impair performance or cause user dissatisfaction.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a shared vehicle used in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a port for parking a shared vehicle used in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an overall operation of the vehicle shared use system of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a reservation processing operation of the vehicle shared use system of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a reservation processing operation of the vehicle shared use system of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of vehicle number management for each port and availability of reservation in the vehicle shared use system according to the embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a vehicle return processing operation of the vehicle shared use system of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 control room 2 shared vehicle 3 user A 4 mobile terminal 5 user B 6 smart card 7 communication network 11 control unit 13 charge table 16 lending history 17 reservation master 101 reservation registration means 102 reservation judgment means 103 reservation waiting setting means 104 reservation Wait assignment means S35 Notification means

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Mamoru Kokubu 1-10-1, Shinsayama, Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture Inside Honda Engineering Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yuji Uehara 1-10-1, Shinsayama, Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture Honda Engineering F term (reference) 5H180 AA20 BB05 BB12 BB15 EE10 KK06

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle shared use system for providing a control room provided with a management device for managing vehicles parked in a parking area called a port, and renting the vehicle to a user, wherein the management device includes the user A reservation registration unit for allocating the vehicle based on reservation information including information on a departure port and an arrival port from a terminal, and calculating a planned number of parked vehicles for each port; and When the planned number of parked vehicles at the port becomes equal to the number of parkable vehicles given to the port, lending of vehicles arriving at the port and reservation determination means for suspending reservations Vehicle sharing system characterized by the following. 2. When the reservation judging means suspends the vehicle use reservation, the user is made to select whether or not to wait for the reservation through the terminal of the user, and the user desires to wait for the reservation. 2. The vehicle shared use system according to claim 1, further comprising: a reservation waiting setting unit that records reservation waiting information of the user. 3. Use of a vehicle having an arrival point at a port where the number of scheduled parking vehicles and the number of parkable vehicles interrupted by the reservation determination means are equal to each other, and cancellation of reservation of vehicle use;
3. The vehicle shared use system according to claim 2, further comprising a reservation waiting allocating unit for allocating the vehicle preferentially to the reservation waiting information of the user recorded by the reservation waiting setting unit. 4. The reservation queuing allocating means includes a notifying means for notifying the user who has requested a reservation queuing that the vehicle has been allocated when the allocation of the vehicle is successful. The vehicle shared use system according to claim 3, wherein: