JP2003109193A - System and method for managing vehicles - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and a method for managing vehicles, in which a large number of vehicles can be managed at a low cost. SOLUTION: The vehicle managing system for executing the centralized management of vehicles of a plurality of member groups, is characterized in that it is provided with a receiving part 11 for receiving vehicle information transmitted from the vehicles of the respective member groups, vehicle information distributing part 12 for distributing the received vehicle information for every member group, storage part 13 for storing the distributed vehicle information for every member group, data processing part 14 for performing data processing for every member group on the basis of the stored vehicle information, and transmitting part 16 for transmitting the vehicle information distributed for every member group by the vehicle information distributing part 12 to the respective member groups at first intervals and transmitting the data processed by the data processing part 14 to the respective member groups at second intervals longer than the first intervals.

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 and a vehicle management method for centrally managing vehicles owned by a plurality of member organizations that provide vehicle services.

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional vehicle management system, for example, there is a taxi management system. This conventional management system is a system for managing the current position of each taxi at the sales office by communicating with the sales office of the taxi company by using a radio installed in each taxi. In addition, since GPS (position detection device) has become cheaper, if each taxi is equipped with GPS, the operation of each taxi can be managed in real time by the sales office without having to communicate with each other. It is also possible.

[0002]

However, since the conventional management system manages the current position of each taxi by wireless communication between the sales office and the taxi, the position of the taxi that constantly operates can be accurately managed in the sales office. It was difficult to figure out. If each taxi is equipped with GPS and sends the current location to the sales office in real time, the above problem will be solved, but it will be costly to build a computer system for processing the positional information of each taxi at the sales office. It was a problem because it took too much time.

An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle management system and a vehicle management method which can solve such problems and manage many vehicles at a low cost.

[0004]

A vehicle management system according to the present invention is a vehicle management system for centrally managing vehicles owned by a plurality of member organizations that provide vehicle services.
The receiving unit that receives the vehicle information transmitted from the vehicle of each member group, the vehicle information distribution unit that distributes the vehicle information received by the receiving unit to each member group, and the vehicle information that the vehicle information distribution unit distributes A storage unit that stores the data for each member group, a data processing unit that performs data processing for each member group based on the vehicle information stored in the storage unit, and vehicle information for each member group that is distributed by the vehicle information distribution unit. And a transmission unit that transmits data processed by the data processing unit to each member group at a second interval that is longer than the first interval.

Here, the vehicle information has the current position information obtained by the position detecting device mounted on each vehicle, and the data processing section records the movement route of each vehicle based on the current position information. It is characterized by creating a calligraphy.

Further, the vehicle information includes current position information obtained by a position detection device mounted on each vehicle and work content information input by the driver of each vehicle. It is characterized in that a work report in which the traveling history and work contents of each vehicle are recorded is created based on the work contents information.

Further, the transmitting unit is characterized by transmitting the data processed by the data processing unit in a time zone different from the time zone in which the vehicle information is transmitted.

[0008] In addition, a vehicle information browse permission table storing information on whether or not each member group can browse the vehicle information of another member group, and when accessing the storage unit from the terminal of each member group. And a vehicle information browsing restriction unit that permits browsing only for vehicle information that can be browsed based on the vehicle information browsing availability table.

The vehicle management method of the present invention is a vehicle management method for centrally managing vehicles owned by a plurality of member organizations that provide vehicle services, and receives vehicle information transmitted from vehicles of each member organization. , The received vehicle information is sent to each member group at the first interval, data processing is performed for each member group based on the received vehicle information, and the processed data is sent to each member group from the first interval. Long second
It is characterized by transmitting at intervals.

Here, the vehicle information includes current position information obtained by a position detection device mounted on each vehicle and work content information input by a driver of each vehicle, and the data processing includes current position information and It is characterized in that it is a process of creating a work report in which the traveling history of each vehicle and the work content are recorded based on the work content information.

Further, when collecting vehicle information from the terminals of each member organization, it is possible to browse the vehicle information of the own vehicle owned by each member organization and the vehicle information of the vehicle owned by the member organization that has obtained permission in advance. It is characterized by doing.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Preferred embodiments of a vehicle management system and a vehicle management method according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a vehicle management system. From the figure, 1 is a plurality of vehicles owned by member organization A, 2 is a plurality of vehicles owned by member organization B, 3 is a plurality of vehicles owned by member organization C, 4 is owned by each member organization A relay board that relays the radio waves transmitted from the vehicles that are connected to each other is a central management center that centrally manages the vehicles 1 to 3 owned by a plurality of member organizations, 11
Is a transmission / reception unit (reception unit) that receives vehicle information transmitted from the vehicles 1 to 3 of each member group, and 12 is a vehicle information distribution unit that distributes the vehicle information received by the transmission / reception unit 11 to each member group.

Further, 13 is a vehicle information database (storage unit) for storing the vehicle information distributed by the vehicle information distribution unit 12 for each member group, and 14 is for each member group based on the vehicle information stored in the storage unit 13. A data processing unit that performs data processing, a processing data storage unit 15 that stores the data processed by the data processing unit 14, and a vehicle information distribution unit 12
The vehicle information for each member group distributed in step 1 is transmitted to each member group at the first interval, and the processed data storage unit 15
Is a router (transmission unit) that transmits the data stored in (1) to each member organization at a second interval longer than the first interval.

Further, reference numeral 17 denotes a vehicle information browsing permission / inhibition table in which information on whether each member organization can browse vehicle information of other member organizations is stored for each member organization, and 18 is based on the vehicle information browsing permission / inhibition table 17. A vehicle information browsing restriction unit that permits browsing only for browsable vehicle information, 19 superimposes the vehicle information stored in the vehicle information database 13 on an electronic map stored in a map storage unit (not shown). A display image creation unit 20 creates a vehicle position display image, and a display unit 20 displays the vehicle position display image created by the display image creation unit 19.

Further, 30 is a terminal device of the member organization A, 31
Is a terminal device of the member organization B, and 32 is a terminal device of the member organization C. Then, the router 16 and the terminal devices 30 to 3
2 is connected to the Internet 33 via a modem device (not shown), a provider web server, and the like.
Further, 34 is an information providing device which is connected to the router 16 and provides various information such as road traffic information (congestion, construction, etc.), weather information, event information and the like. In addition, member group A
C are examples of a plurality of groups, and are not limited to three groups and may be two groups or four or more groups. Further, it is assumed that the member organizations A to C are, for example, transportation companies, taxi companies, moving companies, and other groups that provide vehicle services.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
The operation of the vehicle management system according to this embodiment will be described. Each of the vehicles 1 to 3 owned by each member group has a GPS unit for detecting the current position, a wireless device for transmitting vehicle information, and the current position detected by the GPS unit superimposed on an electronic map for monitoring. It has a car navigation system to display. The vehicle information includes vehicle position information detected by the GPS unit, vehicle dynamics information (work content information) indicating current work content such as actual vehicle and forwarding.
First, the vehicle position information is wirelessly transmitted from each of the vehicles 1 to 3 at preset intervals, and the vehicle position information is received by the transmitting / receiving unit 11 via the relay board 4 (step 10).
0). In addition, when the driver of each vehicle 1 to 3 presses the dynamic button, the vehicle dynamic information is immediately wirelessly transmitted from each of the vehicles 1 to 3, and the vehicle dynamic information is also transmitted to the transmission / reception unit 11 via the relay board 4. Be received.

The vehicle information received by the transmitter / receiver 11 is given to the vehicle information distributor 12. At this stage, since the vehicle information transmitted from the vehicles 1 to 3 of a plurality of member groups are mixed, the vehicle information distribution unit 12 refers to the header information of the vehicle information and distributes the vehicle information to each member group. (Step 101). The vehicle information distributed by the vehicle information distribution unit 12 is stored in the vehicle information database 13 for each member group (step 102) and transmitted to the router 16 at the first interval. The vehicle information transmitted to the router 16 is transmitted at a first interval to the terminal devices 30 to 32 of a predetermined member organization (step 103).

The vehicle information for each member organization stored in the vehicle information database 13 is given to the display image creating section 19, which stores the vehicle information in a map storage section (not shown). A vehicle position display image is created by superimposing it on the created electronic map (step 104). Then, the vehicle position display image created by the display image creating unit 19 is displayed on the display unit 20 (step 105).

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a vehicle position display image displayed on the display unit 20. As shown in FIG. 3A, boxes 40 to 42 are displayed at the positions where the respective vehicles are traveling on the electronic map, and the vehicle numbers are written in the boxes 40 to 42. In this example, a four-digit vehicle number is used in which the upper two digits are the member organization code and the lower two digits are the vehicle code for each member organization. The vehicles displayed may be vehicles of all member organizations or only vehicles of a specific group. It is also possible to display only vehicles that meet the conditions such as 10-t vehicles and vans on the electronic map. An arrow indicating the traveling direction extends from the boxes 40 to 42, and the movement of each vehicle can be grasped at a glance. Further, the frames of the boxes 40 to 42 are colored to show the work contents of the actual vehicle and forwarding, so that the work status of each vehicle can be grasped at a glance.

If the user wants to know information about a particular vehicle, he or she can click the boxes 40 to 42 indicating this vehicle (the vehicle number may be entered from the keyboard) as shown in FIG. 3 (b). In addition, the vehicle information window 43 can be displayed by being superimposed on the electronic map. In the vehicle information window 43, the vehicle number and status (actual vehicle,
Various information such as forwarding, etc., traveling direction, driver, affiliation, remarks, etc. are displayed.

Further, when various information such as road traffic information (congestion, construction, etc.), weather information, event information and the like is transmitted from the information providing device 34, these various information are input to the router 16. Then, the input various information is given to the display image creating unit 19, and the display image creating unit 19 creates a vehicle position display image to which these various information are added, and displays it on the display unit 20. In addition, the predetermined terminal device 3
When there is a request for information provision from 0 to 32, the centralized management center 10 provides the input various information to the predetermined terminal devices 30 to 32 via the router 16. As a result, the predetermined terminal devices 30 to 32 can refer to information closely related to the area. Furthermore, predetermined vehicles 1-3
When there is a request for more information, the central management center 10
Then, various input information is automatically transmitted as messages (character information) to the predetermined vehicles 1 to 3 via the transmission / reception unit 11. As a result, in the predetermined vehicles 1 to 3, information closely related to the area can be displayed on the car navigation monitor,
For example, the travel route to the destination can be changed based on the traffic jam information.

Next, the vehicle information stored in the vehicle information database 13 is given to the data processing unit 14, and the data processing unit 14 processes the vehicle information to create the data desired by each member organization (step 106). ). For example, when the creation of the work report for each of the vehicles 1 to 3 is requested, the travel route of the day is specified based on the history of the vehicle position information included in the vehicle information. Further, the work content on the travel route is specified based on the history of the vehicle dynamics information included in the vehicle information, and the work content for one day is created as a report. In this way, the work report is automatically created, so that the driver of each vehicle does not have to manually create the work report.
Further, when the driver interrupts the work and takes a break, the actual situation cannot be understood by the handwritten work report.
If the work report is automatically created in 4, the work status of one day can be clearly understood, and the work interruption can be reduced.

The data created by the data processing unit 14 is not limited to the work report, and may be, for example, a work record or basic salary data for the drivers of the vehicles 1 to 3. .

The data processed by the data processing unit 14 is
Stored in the processed data storage unit 15 (step 10).
7). Then, in the router 16, the processing data storage unit 1
The processing data is read from 5 and the second sufficiently longer than the first interval at which the vehicle information is transmitted from the vehicle information distribution unit 12.
The processed data is transmitted to the terminal devices 30 to 32 of a predetermined member group at intervals of (step 108). As described in step 103, the vehicle information is transmitted from the router 16 at the first interval. Therefore, the vehicle information and the processed data are transmitted from the router 16 at different time intervals.

Here, the terminal devices 30 to 32 of each member organization.
The reason why two types of data are transmitted at different time intervals is as follows. First, the vehicle information is data for displaying the vehicle position display image as shown in FIG. 3 on the displays of the terminal devices 30 to 32 of each member organization. Since the vehicle information is data that changes every moment as the vehicle travels and the work progresses, it is necessary to update the data in real time or at a short timing such as every 5 minutes. Therefore, the vehicle information is transmitted from the router 16 at the relatively short first interval. On the other hand, the processed data may be transmitted over a long period of time, such as a work report summarizing the contents of work for one day or a work report that is aggregated every month. Therefore, the processed data is transmitted from the router 16 at the second interval, which is longer than the first interval.

Since two types of data having different properties are transmitted to the terminal devices 30 to 32 of each member group in this way, each terminal device 30 to 32 must perform processing according to the characteristics of these data. You can That is, by processing the vehicle information transmitted at short intervals, the vehicle position display image regarding the vehicle owned by the own organization can be displayed on the display in real time or every 5 minutes, for example. Further, by processing the processed data transmitted at long intervals, it is possible to print out the work report of the driver of the own organization, for example, all at once on the weekend.

When the operator operating each of the terminal devices 30 to 32 gives an instruction to each vehicle based on the vehicle position display image displayed on the display, each terminal device 30 is used.
~ 32 is performed by voice using the radio equipment provided.
Conventionally, since the operator has instructed all the vehicles by radio without knowing the current position of each vehicle, it is not always possible to instruct the optimal vehicle. However, in the present embodiment, based on the vehicle position display image,
Since an instruction can be directly issued to the vehicle traveling at the optimum position, an appropriate work instruction can be given to each vehicle 1 to 3 from each terminal device 30 to 32.

In addition, the vehicle information and the processing data are stored in the router 1.
The communication load can be reduced by changing the time period for transmitting data from No. 6. For example, if the vehicle information is transmitted in the business hours from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm and the processed data is transmitted collectively at 3:00 am when the communication load is low, the load on the Internet 33 can be reduced. You can

Further, the terminal devices 30 to 32 of each member organization.
When an operator who operates a message sends an arbitrary message to each of the vehicles 1 to 3 owned by the own organization, the message is transmitted by the following route. First, the message sent from each of the terminal devices 30 to 32 reaches the centralized management center 10 via the Internet 33, and this message is transmitted.
From the transmitting / receiving unit 11 of the desired vehicle 1 through the relay board 4
Sent to 3. By passing through this route, the message can be surely transmitted to the vehicles 1 to 3 of the own organization.

Further, an operator who operates the terminal devices 30 to 32 of each member organization makes each vehicle 1 to 3 owned by the own organization.
When destination information such as delivery destination is sent to
Destination point information is sent to the desired vehicles 1 to 3 through the above-mentioned route (via the centralized management center 10). By automatically setting the destination of the car navigation system based on the destination information, the optimum driving route to the destination can be displayed on the car navigation monitor of each vehicle without manual setting by the driver.

Next, the operation of accessing the vehicle information database 13 of the centralized management center 10 from the terminal devices 30 to 32 of each member organization and collecting necessary data will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Although the vehicle information can be automatically delivered from the router 16 by the above-described processing (the processing of the flowchart of FIG. 2), the terminal devices 30 to 32 of each member group can be delivered.
May directly access the vehicle information database 13 to collect necessary data. In this process, first, the terminal devices 30 to 32 of any of the member organizations are operated to access the vehicle information browsing restriction unit 18 via the Internet 33 and the router 16 (step 110). In the vehicle information browsing restriction unit 18, the vehicle information browsing permission table 1
7, the vehicle information that can be browsed by the accessed member organization is specified (step 111).

Then, the vehicle information browsing restriction unit 18 sets a mode in which the browsing of only the specified vehicle information is permitted (step 112), and the terminal devices 30 to 32 are set in this mode.
Makes the vehicle information database 13 accessible.
By this setting, the terminal devices 30 to 32 of each member organization
Can display the current position of each accessible vehicle together with an electronic map. Further, it becomes possible to browse the movement list (work status list) of the own group vehicle and the travel history of the own group vehicle from the terminal devices 30 to 32. Furthermore, it becomes possible to set conditions such as a 10-t vehicle and a van, and extract information about the corresponding vehicle from the vehicle information database 13.

In the vehicle information browsing permission / prohibition table 17, a list of vehicles permitted to access is registered for each member organization. For example, when the access permission information is registered for the member organization B for all the vehicles of the member organization B and the cars 1 and 3 of the member organization C, the member organization B determines that all the vehicles of the member organization B and the members You can browse the vehicle information of car 1 and car 3 of group C. In addition, when the access permission information for the vehicles of all the member groups is registered with the member group C, the member group C determines that the member groups A to C are registered.
You can browse the vehicle information of all vehicles.

As described above, since each member organization A to C can also view the information about the vehicles other than the own organization, it is possible to request the work of the vehicles of the other organization to the vehicles of other organizations, which is efficient. It is possible to arrange various works. For example, when an urgent delivery work has occurred but the vehicle of the own organization is not empty, the vehicles of the other organization to which access is permitted are displayed on the terminal devices 30 to 32 so that the other organization closest to the delivery source is displayed. You can search for an empty vehicle and request that vehicle to work. As a result, the number of cases in which a job request is refused due to the absence of an empty vehicle is reduced, and the reliability of work is significantly improved.

As described in detail above, since a single centralized management center 10 centrally manages the vehicles of a plurality of member organizations, each member organization builds a data management system and arranges a dedicated operator. You don't have to. Each member group needs to prepare the Internet 3
Terminal device 3 connectable to the central control center 10 via
It is only 0-32 and map software for map display, and it is possible to construct a system with an extremely low budget. Further, since the centralized management center 10 transmits two types of data having different properties, such as vehicle information and processed data, to the terminal devices 30 to 32 of each member group, the terminal devices 30 to 32 of each member group add the data. High-value data can be used.

[0037]

Since the vehicle management system and the vehicle management method according to the present invention can centrally manage the vehicles of a plurality of member organizations, the system construction for data management by each member organization and the placement of a dedicated operator are performed. This eliminates the need for capital investment and greatly reduces the initial cost. In addition, the characteristics of the vehicle information distributed by the vehicle information distribution unit and the data processed by the data processing unit are different.
Since we are sending various types of data to each member organization,
Each member organization can use data with high added value.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle management system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of the vehicle management system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of a vehicle position display image.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of the vehicle management system according to the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 2, 3 ... Vehicle, 4 ... Relay tower, 10 ... Central management center, 11 ... Transmitting / receiving unit, 12 ... Vehicle information distribution unit, 13 ... Vehicle information database (storage unit), 14 ... Data processing unit,
15 ... Process data storage unit, 16 ... Router (transmission unit),
17 ... Vehicle information browsing permission / inhibition table, 18 ... Vehicle information browsing restriction unit, 19 ... Display image creation unit, 20 ... Display unit, 30,
31, 32 ... Terminal device, 33 ... Internet, 34 ...
Information providing device, 40, 41, 42 ... Box, 43 ... Vehicle information window.

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle management system for centrally managing vehicles owned by a plurality of member organizations that provide vehicle services, the receiving section receiving vehicle information transmitted from vehicles of each member group, and the receiving section. Based on the vehicle information stored in the storage unit, a vehicle information distribution unit that distributes the vehicle information received by each member group, a storage unit that stores the vehicle information distributed by the vehicle information distribution unit for each member group, A data processing unit that performs data processing for each member group, and transmits the vehicle information for each member group distributed by the vehicle information distribution unit to each member group at a first interval, and the data processing unit A vehicle management system comprising: a transmission unit that transmits the processed data to each member organization at a second interval that is longer than the first interval. 2. The vehicle information has current position information obtained by a position detection device mounted on each vehicle, and the data processing unit, based on the current position information,
The vehicle management system according to claim 1, wherein a work report that records a travel route of each vehicle is created. 3. The vehicle information includes current position information obtained by a position detection device mounted on each vehicle, and work content information input by a driver of each vehicle. The vehicle management system according to claim 1, wherein a work report in which the travel history and work content of each vehicle are recorded is created based on the position information and the work content information. 4. The transmission unit transmits the data processed by the data processing unit in a time zone different from a time zone in which the vehicle information is transmitted. The vehicle management system according to one item. 5. A vehicle information view permission / prohibition table storing information on whether or not each member group can view vehicle information of other member groups for each member group, and accessing the storage unit from the terminal of each member group. When
The vehicle information browsing restriction unit that permits browsing only for vehicle information that can be browsed based on the vehicle information browsing availability table, according to any one of claims 1 to 4. Vehicle management system. 6. A vehicle management method for centrally managing vehicles owned by a plurality of member organizations that provide vehicle services, wherein vehicle information transmitted from vehicles of each member organization is received,
The received vehicle information is transmitted for each member group at the first interval, data processing is performed for each member group based on the received vehicle information, and the processed data is sent to each member group from the first interval. A vehicle management method characterized by transmitting at a long second interval. 7. The vehicle information includes current position information obtained by a position detection device mounted on each vehicle and work content information input by a driver of each vehicle, and the data processing is performed at the current position. 7. The vehicle management method according to claim 6, which is a process of creating a work report in which the travel history and work contents of each vehicle are recorded based on the information and the work content information. 8. When collecting the vehicle information from the terminal of each member organization, the vehicle information of the own vehicle owned by each member organization and the vehicle information of the vehicle owned by the member organization who has obtained permission in advance can be browsed. The vehicle management method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein: