JP2004020532A - Meeting place searching system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a meeting place searching system for permitting a plurality of cars to park and searching a parking space. <P>SOLUTION: The meeting place searching system has a plurality of cars 10a-10e capable of acquiring their own positional information of the cars and exchanging positional information with the other cars in the group, and a server 20 in which vacancies in parking spaces of a plurality of restaurants 30a-30c are registered. Each of the cars 10a-10c parking-requiring parking spaces among the cars 10a-10e individually acquires his own positional information and transmits the positional information thus acquired to the car 10a requiring the parking space. Further, the number (three) of the parking-space-requiring cars 10a-10c and the positional information of the respective cars 10a-10c are transmitted to the server 20 from the parking-space-requiring car 10a, and then the server 20 refers to the vacancies of the parking spaces on the basis of the number of the cars and their positional information to find the parking spaces sufficient to park the number of cars in the vicinity of the cars 10a-10c and transmits the result to the car 10a. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a meeting place search system, and more particularly, to a meeting place search system that can park a car shared by people in a group.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, when a group trip is performed by a car with a minute ride, each car may be separated from each other on the way, stop the car on the way, and meet.
[0003]
Here, for example, JP-A-2000-242898, JP-A-2000-331284, JP-A-2001-28098, JP-A-8-202995, JP-A-8-304088, JP-A-9-257498, and JP-A-10-108 JP-A-62184, JP-A-10-62192, JP-A-10-145510, and JP-A-10-206181 disclose a method of exchanging positional information between vehicles.
[0004]
For this reason, even when the vehicles are separated from each other on the way, it is possible to wait based on the mutually acquired position information.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, with the conventional technology, it is difficult to determine an actual meeting place in places where there is no intuition such as a travel destination. Especially, even if you decide a meeting place with a mobile phone etc. while looking at the map, if there are similar facilities around you, it may cause confusion or think that different places are meeting places, and meet at the meeting place May not be possible.
[0006]
Further, there are cases where only some of the plurality of cars are desired to be stopped for a break, meal, or the like, but it may be difficult to secure a parking space for stopping each of the cars.
[0007]
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to search for a parking space in which a plurality of cars can be parked in consideration of these circumstances.
[0008]
Another object of the present invention is to make it possible to search for a meeting place of people riding a plurality of cars.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention obtains the position information of the own vehicle and exchanges the position information with another vehicle which is set as a group. A meeting place search system comprising a server device for registering the vacancy status, wherein each of the plurality of vehicles desired to be parked obtains position information of its own vehicle, and obtains the position information of its own vehicle. Transmitting the acquired position information to any of the parking desired vehicles, and transmitting the number of the parking desired vehicles and the position information of the respective parking desired vehicles to the server device from any of the parking desired vehicles; By referring to the vacancy status of each parking space based on the number of vehicles and the location information, a parking space in the vicinity of each of the vehicles desired to be parked and capable of securing the transmitted number of vehicles is determined, and at least the source To reply to the car desired car.
[0010]
Also, the car navigation device of the present invention is mounted on each of the plurality of vehicles of the above-mentioned meeting place search system, and an acquisition unit for acquiring position information of the own vehicle, and a parking lot returned from the server device side A monitor for displaying the position of the space and at least the position of the own vehicle is provided.
[0011]
Furthermore, the present invention is the server device of the meeting place search system, wherein the server device refers to the vacancy status of the registered parking space based on various information transmitted from any of the parking desired vehicles. A search unit is provided for finding a parking space that satisfies various information conditions.
[0012]
Still further, the present invention causes a computer provided in a plurality of vehicles capable of exchanging the position information with another vehicle that has acquired the position information of the own vehicle and set as a group with another vehicle to execute the following procedure, A program that causes a computer provided in a server device for registering the availability of a plurality of parking spaces to execute the following procedure. The computer of the plurality of vehicles includes: A procedure for acquiring the location information and transmitting the acquired location information to any of the parking desired vehicles; and a step of transmitting the obtained parking location information from any of the parking desired vehicles to the server device and the number of the parking desired vehicles and the respective parking desired vehicles. And transmitting the location information to the computer of the server device, based on the number and the location information transmitted by the program of the plurality of cars, And indexing the parking space number fraction transmitted said in the vicinity of each parking desired vehicle can be secured by reference to the availability of the car space comprising the steps of returning to at least the sender of the parking desired vehicle.
[0013]
In addition, the present invention provides a method of acquiring position information of a vehicle and exchanging the position information with another vehicle which has been set as a group, and waiting for a person riding the plurality of vehicles. And a server device for registering a vacancy status of a place where a vehicle is available, wherein the location information of the own vehicle is provided for each specific vehicle on which a person who wants to meet is out of the plurality of vehicles. And transmits the acquired position information to any of the specific vehicles, and the number of persons who want to meet in the specific vehicle from any of the specific vehicles to the server device and the position of each of the specific vehicles Information, and the server device refers to the vacant state of the place where the waiting can be performed based on the number of people and the position information, thereby securing the number of transmitted people near each of the specific vehicles. And indexing Kill parking space to reply to at least the source of the specific vehicle.
[0014]
In other words, according to the present invention, for example, in each facility, profits due to an increase in the number of visitors are expected, in the server device, profits due to registration fees from each facility are expected, and in the vehicle side, the position of the own vehicle is adjusted. There is an advantage that meeting and facility reservation can be performed.
[0015]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0016]
[Description of configuration]
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a meeting place search system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0017]
FIG. 1 shows a plurality of vehicles 10a to 10e capable of acquiring position information of the own vehicle and exchanging position information with another vehicle set as a group, and the positions of the own vehicle in the vehicles 10a to 10e. The figure shows a GPS satellite 40 for acquiring information, a plurality of restaurants 30a to 30c with parking spaces, and a server device 20 for registering the availability of parking spaces in the plurality of restaurants 30a to 30c.
[0018]
In the present embodiment, each of the parking desired vehicles (for example, the vehicles 10a to 10c in this case) that desires to park among the plurality of vehicles 10a to 10e obtains the position information of the own vehicle and selects one of the parking desired vehicles 10a to 10c. (For example, the car 10a in this case) transmits the acquired position information to the server device 20 from the car 10a at least the number of parking desired cars (here, three) and the position information of each of the parking desired cars 10a to 10c. And by referring to the vacancy status of each parking space based on the number of vehicles and the position information transmitted by the server device 20, a parking space near each desired vehicle and capable of securing the number of transmitted vehicles can be secured. The index is determined and a reply is sent to at least the sender's desired car 10a.
[0019]
Although FIG. 1 exemplifies restaurants such as restaurants 30a to 30c, it includes facilities having parking spaces such as recreational facilities such as pachinko parlors and rest facilities such as drive-ins.
[0020]
Further, the vacancy status of each parking space and the number of people that can be currently accommodated in the restaurants 30a to 30c are registered in the server device 20 as a pair, together with the number and position information transmitted from the parking request vehicle 10a to the server device 20. The number of people riding in each parking request vehicle may be transmitted, and the server device 20 may take into account the number of people to determine a restaurant.
[0021]
Further, as will be described later, a reservation may be made for a restaurant that can be entered from the parking request vehicle 10a through the server device 20.
[0022]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic internal configuration of the car navigation device mounted on the vehicles 10a to 10e in FIG.
[0023]
FIG. 2 shows an acquisition unit 11 that transmits and receives radio waves to and from the GPS satellite 40 to acquire position information of the own vehicle, and a position of a parking space returned from the server device 20 side and at least a position of the own vehicle. The displayed information is exchanged with the monitor 12 and the position information of the own vehicle acquired by the acquisition means 11, and the number of the desired vehicles 10 a to 10 c and the position information of the respective desired vehicles 10 a to 10 c are boarded to the server device 20. 1 shows a communication unit 13 that transmits various information including the number of people, and a reservation unit 14 that makes a reservation for a restaurant that can be entered through the server device 20.
[0024]
It is to be noted that a reservation may be made by telephone or the like to a restaurant that can enter without using the reservation unit 14, or exchange of location information with a mobile phone or the like may be performed instead of exchange of location information of the own vehicle in the communication unit 13. You may make it.
[0025]
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic internal configuration of the server device 20 of FIG.
[0026]
FIG. 3 shows a memory 21 for registering the availability of parking spaces sent from the restaurants 30a to 30c, and various types of information by referring to the memory 21 based on various types of information transmitted from the parking request vehicle 10a. Search means 22 for finding a parking space that satisfies the above condition, and various information transmitted from the parking request vehicle 10a and the availability of the parking space transmitted from the restaurants 30a to 30c are received or the search means 22 searches for the information. A communication unit 23 for returning the parking space to at least the parking requesting vehicle 10a of the transmission source, and a registration unit 24 for registering the availability of the parking space sent from the restaurants 30a to 30c received by the communication unit 23 in the memory 21. Is shown.
[0027]
In addition, various information related to the drive, such as the presence or absence of a toilet, the presence of a vending machine such as juice, the presence of a stand for souvenirs, etc., and whether or not it is possible to park in the parking space For this purpose, vehicle type information such as large size and RV is included.
[0028]
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a schematic registration state of the restaurants 21a to 30c in the memory 21 in FIG.
[0029]
FIG. 4 shows a state in which the addresses, telephone numbers, available parking spaces, accommodating capacity, and whether or not there is a vehicle type restriction can be registered for the restaurants 30a to 30c. In this case, the restaurant 30a has 5 empty parking spaces, capacity of 15 people, and no restrictions on the type of vehicles. The restaurant 30b has 10 available parking spaces, 20 people, and no restrictions on the types of vehicles. The restaurant 30c has 12 available parking spaces. The figure shows a case in which there is a vehicle type restriction that only a vehicle type capable of accommodating 30 people and an ordinary passenger car or less can be parked.
[0030]
[Description of operation]
Next, the operation of the meeting place search system of FIG. 1 will be described.
[0031]
FIG. 5 is a time chart showing the operation of the meeting place search system of FIG.
[0032]
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a screen displayed on the monitor 12.
[0033]
First, in the plurality of vehicles 10a to 10e, the acquisition unit 11 periodically transmits and receives radio waves to and from the GPS satellites 40 during driving, and acquires position information of the own vehicle (step S1).
[0034]
Specifically, radio waves are transmitted and received between at least three abnormal GPS satellites, and the position information of the own vehicle is acquired based on the strength of each radio wave.
[0035]
The acquired position information of the own vehicle is displayed on the monitor 12 together with a map around the position of the own vehicle.
[0036]
Further, instead of the GPS satellites 40, radio waves may be transmitted / received to / from the base station of the mobile phone to acquire the position information of the own vehicle.
[0037]
Thereafter, for example, when trying to eat a meal at a restaurant or the like, the communication unit 13 communicates with the plurality of cars 10a to 10e to specify a car desired to go to the restaurant (step S2).
[0038]
At this time, for example, a screen as shown in FIG. 6A is displayed on the car navigation device mounted on the car 10a.
[0039]
FIG. 6A is a schematic diagram in which, for example, information to be transmitted from a car navigation device mounted on the car 10a to a car navigation device mounted on the cars 10b to 10e to specify a car desired to be parked is input. Shows the screen. As shown in FIG. 6 (a), the desired facility can be selected from "restaurant facility", "entertainment facility", and "resting facility", and the transmission target vehicle for transmitting the data can be selected. I have. In this case, the user selects “restaurant” and selects to transmit the information input from this image to the car navigation device mounted on each of the cars 10b to 10d.
[0040]
Here, the car navigation devices mounted on the vehicles 10a to 10e are assigned to the respective car navigation devices prior to driving of the vehicle, such as when riding, so that various kinds of information can be exchanged with each other. Information required for communication (for example, telephone number) is registered.
[0041]
In the above example, data input according to the screen of FIG. 6A is transmitted from the car navigation device of the car 10a to the car navigation devices of the cars 10b to 10e, and as described later, The navigation device displays data transmitted from the car navigation device of the car 10a.
[0042]
On the other hand, from the restaurants 30a to 30c, the availability of the parking space is tabulated periodically or when a customer enters or exits the store and transmitted to the server device 20 (step S3).
[0043]
In order to count the vacancy status of parking spaces when customers enter and leave a store, the POS system used for ordering and accounting is equipped with a transmission function, and whether or not parking is used when ordering customers and the number of vehicles used Is input, the information for updating the status of the vacant parking space is transmitted to the server device 20, and the information for updating the status of the vacant parking space is also transmitted to the server device 20 at the time of accounting. Just fine.
[0044]
In the server device 20, the communication unit 23 receives the availability of the parking space sent from the restaurants 30a to 30c, and the received availability is registered in the memory 21 by the registration unit 24 (step S4).
[0045]
FIG. 6B is a diagram showing a schematic display screen of the car navigation device of each of the cars 10b to 10e that has received the data input according to the screen of FIG.
[0046]
As shown in FIG. 6 (b), for the data indicating that a meeting is desired at the "restaurant", one of "OK", "desiring another facility", and "not meeting" is selected and the vehicle 10a is selected. You can reply.
[0047]
By the way, here, the vehicles to be parked are the vehicles 10a to 10c, so that "OK" is selected on the vehicles 10b and 10c side, and the vehicle 10d and 10e side "desire another facility".
[0048]
On the side of the vehicles 10a to 10c, which are parking desired vehicles, the communication unit 13 exchanges the acquired position information of the own vehicle. Specifically, here, the position information of the own vehicle may be transmitted from the car navigation devices mounted on the vehicles 10b and 10c to the car navigation device mounted on the vehicle 10a (step S5).
[0049]
At this time, for example, a screen as shown in FIG. 6C is created based on data returned from the car navigation device mounted on the vehicles 10b to 10e to the car navigation device mounted on the vehicle 10a.
[0050]
FIG. 6C shows a schematic screen based on information input and transmitted from the image shown in FIG. 6B. Here, a state is shown in which the cars 10b and 10c want to go to "restaurants", and "●" indicates a car that wants to go to "restaurants", and ""Or" Do not wait "is marked as" ○ ".
[0051]
In addition, about the car which transmitted "I want another facility", you may contact with a mobile telephone etc. and change to "●".
[0052]
Here, from the car navigation device mounted on the car 10b, 10c to the car navigation device mounted on the car 10a, not only the position information of the own vehicle but also the number of passengers in the own vehicle, the parking desired place, etc. May be transmitted, or these pieces of information may be mutually exchanged before departure or the like.
[0053]
Subsequently, in the car navigation device mounted on the car 10a, when a transmission button (not shown) is pressed, various kinds of information including the position information of the cars 10a to 10c are transmitted to the server device 20 by the communication unit 13 ( Step S6).
[0054]
For example, a "fat and drink" facility is transmitted as a desired facility, "3" vehicles are transmitted as a parking space, "7" passengers are transmitted, and "only ordinary passenger vehicles" are transmitted as a vehicle type.
[0055]
The “number of passengers” and “vehicle type” may be registered in the car 10a in advance, or acquired at the time of information transmission / reception with the cars 10b and 10c, and stored in the car navigation device of the car 10a.
[0056]
The server device 20 receives the various types of information transmitted from the vehicle 10a by the communication unit 23, and refers to the memory 21 based on the various types of information by the search unit 22 to specify a parking space that satisfies the conditions of the various types of information. It is determined (step S7).
[0057]
Specifically, there is a parking space for the cars 10a to 10c, for example, all the people who are riding the cars 10a to 10c can enter the store, and the restaurants located at substantially the same distance from the cars 10a to 10c are determined. However, for this purpose, first pick up places where there are three or more "vacant parking spaces" from the desired facilities "restaurant facilities". Then, a place where the “capacity” exceeds seven is picked up from among them. Thus, the restaurant is determined.
[0058]
As shown in FIG. 4, since the restaurants 30a to 30c satisfy all of these conditions, the restaurants located at substantially the same distance from the cars 10a to 10c are further specified based on the addresses and the like. Incidentally, the order of narrowing down until the restaurant is specified is not limited to these.
[0059]
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6C, the information that the vehicle type is “only ordinary passenger cars” is transmitted to the server device 20. Therefore, the restaurant is not determined in consideration of the vehicle type restriction. If it is not “only ordinary cars”, it is used when narrowing down restaurants.
[0060]
The location information of the determined restaurant is returned to the car navigation device mounted on the car 10a by the communication unit 23 (step S8).
[0061]
In the car navigation device mounted on the car 10a, the communication unit 13 receives the returned location information of the restaurant and transmits the information to the car navigation devices mounted on the cars 10b and 10c (step S9).
[0062]
On the side of the cars 10a to 10c, the position information of the restaurant is displayed on the monitor 12 (step S10).
[0063]
At this time, for example, a screen as shown in FIG. 6D and a screen as shown in FIG. 6E are selectively displayed on the monitors 12 of the cars 10a to 10e.
[0064]
FIG. 6D shows a schematic screen showing the positions of the parking vehicles 10a to 10c and the restaurant which are returned in response to the transmission of the information input from the image shown in FIG. 6A. ing. FIG. 6E shows a display screen of the monitor 12 of the car navigation device mounted on the car 10a (shown by ▲).
[0065]
Note that the server device 20 may transmit the restaurant location information to the cars 10a to 10c by broadcast. In this case, for example, when the information of the desired facility or the like is transmitted from the vehicle 10a to the server device 20, the addresses of the vehicles 10b and 10c may be transmitted together.
[0066]
If it is decided to eat at the restaurant with the car navigation device mounted on the cars 10a to 10c, the reservation is made from the car 10a or the like by the reservation unit 14 through the server device 20 (step S11). ).
[0067]
It should be noted that the parking space may be searched for not only at the meeting place on the way but also at the time of securing the parking space near the destination.
[0068]
Further, in the present embodiment, a case where a facility having a parking space is searched has been described as an example, but a facility without a parking space is searched for as a meeting place for people riding the cars 10a to 10e. Is also good. In this case, the step of determining whether or not the condition of the empty parking space is satisfied is not executed.
[0069]
In addition, the program for executing the part related to the car in the procedure shown in FIG. 5 is incorporated in the car navigation device mounted on each of the vehicles 10a to 10e, and the program for executing the part related to the server apparatus is incorporated in the server device 20. It may be.
[0070]
Further, each time the position of the own vehicle is detected by the car navigation device mounted on the vehicles 10a to 10e, the detection results are stored together with the detection time, and the traveling directions of the vehicles 10a to 10e are predicted based on the detection results and the like. Then, when searching for a parking space or the like, the prediction result may be transmitted to the server device 20 through the vehicle 10a or the like.
[0071]
In this way, it is possible to prevent the parking space or the like from being determined based on the past position of each of the parking desired vehicles because each of the parking desired vehicles is moving when the server device 20 searches for the parking space or the like. Becomes possible.
[0072]
In addition, in order to obtain the above-described effects, the travel route set by the car navigation device of each of the vehicles 10a to 10e is transmitted to the server device 20 before the server device 20 searches for a parking space or the like. It may be.
[0073]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to search for a parking space where a plurality of cars can be parked.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a meeting place search system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic internal configuration of a car navigation device mounted on the vehicles 10a to 10e of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic internal configuration of the server device 20 of FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a schematic registration state such as the availability of restaurants 30a to 30c in the memory 21 of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a time chart showing an operation of the meeting place search system of FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a screen displayed on a monitor 12.
[Explanation of symbols]
10a to 10e Car 11 Acquisition unit 12 Monitor 13 Communication unit 14 Reservation unit 20 Server device 21 Memory 22 Search unit 23 Communication unit 24 Registration unit 30a to 30c Restaurant 40 GPS satellite

Claims (10)

A plurality of vehicles capable of acquiring the position information of the own vehicle and exchanging the position information with another vehicle set as a group, and a server device for registering the availability of a plurality of parking spaces. A meeting place search system,
Of the plurality of vehicles, obtain the position information of the own vehicle in each of the parking desired vehicles that want to park, transmit the obtained position information to any of the parking desired vehicles,
Transmitting the number of the desired parking vehicles and the position information of each desired parking vehicle to the server device from any of the desired parking vehicles,
The server device refers to the availability of each of the parking spaces based on the number of vehicles and the location information to determine a parking space in the vicinity of each of the desired parking vehicles and capable of securing the transmitted number of vehicles and at least transmitting the parking space. A meeting place search system that responds to the original car you want to park. The meeting place search system according to claim 1, wherein the parking space is a parking space of a facility including a restaurant, an entertainment facility, and a rest facility. Further, the server device is registered with the vacancy status of each of the parking spaces and the number of people that can be currently accommodated in the facility as a pair,
Transmitting the number of persons in each parking desired vehicle together with the number and position information to the server device from any of the parking desired vehicles;
The server device refers to the availability of each facility based on the number, location information, and the number of people based on the number, the location information, and the number of transmitted vehicles. 3. The meeting place search system according to claim 2, wherein a facility capable of accommodating the number of persons determined is returned to at least the car that requested parking at the transmission source. The meeting place search system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a parking space is reserved from any one of the parking desired cars through the server device. The meeting place search system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of vehicles include a monitor that displays a position of a parking space returned from the server device side and at least a position of the own vehicle. A meeting place search system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which is mounted on each of the plurality of vehicles,
Acquisition means for acquiring position information of the own vehicle;
A car navigation device including a monitor that displays a position of a parking space returned from the server device side and at least a position of the own vehicle. 7. The car navigation device according to claim 6, further comprising a communication unit for exchanging information of a desired meeting place. The server device of the meeting place search system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a reference is made to a vacancy status of a registered parking space based on various information transmitted from any of the parking desired vehicles. A server device provided with search means for determining a parking space that satisfies the conditions of the various types of information. Acquires the location information of the vehicle and exchanges the location information with other vehicles that have been set as a group. A program that causes a computer provided in a server device to register the following to execute the following procedure:
A procedure of acquiring the position information of the own vehicle in each of the parking desired vehicles to be parked and transmitting the acquired position information to any of the parking desired vehicles to the computers of the plurality of vehicles,
Transmitting the number of the desired parking vehicles and the position information of each desired parking vehicle to the server device from any of the desired parking vehicles,
The computer of the server device is transmitted in the vicinity of each of the parking desired vehicles by referring to the availability of each of the parking spaces based on the number of vehicles and the position information transmitted by the program of the plurality of vehicles. A program that includes a procedure for determining a parking space that can be secured for the number of vehicles that have been reserved and returning the parking space to at least the transmission requesting car. A plurality of vehicles that can acquire their own location information and exchange their location information with other vehicles that have been set as a group, and a vacant place where people in the plurality of vehicles can meet A meeting place search system comprising a server device for registering a situation,
The position information of the own vehicle is acquired in each of the specific vehicles on which the person who wants to meet among the plurality of vehicles is riding, and the acquired position information is transmitted to any of the specific vehicles,
From any of the specific vehicles, the server device transmits the number of people who want to meet in the specific vehicle and the position information of each specific vehicle to the server device,
The server device determines a parking space in the vicinity of the specific vehicle and capable of securing the transmitted number of persons by referring to the vacant state of the place where the waiting is possible based on the number of persons and the position information. A meeting place search system that responds to at least the specific car that sent the message.

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