JP2011113445A - Car arrangement system for business car - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a car arrangement system for business cars with a low cost for delivering car arrangement requests without having a facility such as a car arrangement communication device as well as efficiently implementing car arrangement for the business cars by means of directly connecting a user with the business cars. <P>SOLUTION: In the car arrangement system for the business cars for connecting a portable terminal 3 owned by the user and car-mounted terminals 4 owned by the business cars managed by a car arrangement server 1 via a car arrangement site delivered on a network 2 by the server 1, the portable terminal 3 transmits GPS position information and car arrangement request information to the server 1 via the Internet 2; the server 1 informs the car-mounted terminals 4 of the GPS position information and the car arrangement request information; the car-mounted terminals 4 inform the server 1 of acceptances when accepting the car arrangement; and the server 1 specifies the business car which is firstly informed of the acceptance as a car arrangement acceptance car among the business cars and informs the predetermined business car that it has already accepted the car arrangement. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a distribution system for business vehicles such as taxis and hire. More specifically, the present invention can efficiently carry out business vehicle allocation by directly connecting a mobile phone for a user and a terminal for a commercial vehicle via a network, and a communication device conventionally used by taxi companies for vehicle allocation. The present invention relates to a technology that can provide a low-priced distribution system for commercial vehicles without the need for such facilities.

Conventionally, as a dispatch system in which a taxi company dispatches a car in response to a customer's call, a voice call / response method or AVM (Automatic
Vehicle Monitoring) method is known. When the dispatch center receives a call request for dispatch from the user, the dispatch system using the voice call / response system informs all taxis of the customer's call location using a commercial radio, and the taxi driver close to this call location This is a system that responds to the dispatch center using the business radio of the car, and the dispatch center selects the taxi that is closest to the user based on the response contents, and issues a dispatch command to the selected taxi using the commercial radio. is there.

In addition, the AVM system dispatch system automatically receives the signal including the position information of the sign pole provided along the road by the receiver provided in each taxi, so that the vehicle-mounted business radio automatically Operates and sends the position information to the dispatch center, and the dispatch center registers the operation or standby position of each taxi for each dispatch area based on these position information, and receives a dispatch request from the user. A dispatch vehicle is determined based on the registered contents.

In recent years, with the development of GPS (Global Positioning System), communication technology, etc. in addition to the technology for dispatching commercial vehicles, users can tell their location by using GPS etc. There have been proposed various distribution systems for business vehicles that can call business vehicles (for example, taxis).

For example, in Japanese Patent No. 2920614 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-321882), a common telephone number is set nationwide, and the telephone number from the orderer is transferred to the taxi company close to the orderer, and at the same time the location information of the orderer A vehicle dispatching method is disclosed, which has a function of sending and dropping a taxi fee by charging a mobile phone call fee.

Further, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-307281, when receiving a dispatch request content from a user's portable information terminal device, a driver of a taxi company that matches the dispatch request content is selected, and a taxi on which the driver boardes is selected. A technique for transferring the contents of a vehicle allocation request to a mounted car terminal device is disclosed.

Furthermore, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-331562, in response to a vehicle allocation request from a PHS (Personal Handyphone System) terminal, a vehicle allocation request is sent to the reception terminal at the vehicle allocation center closest to the user based on the location information of the PHS. The technology to do is disclosed.

Japanese Patent No. 2920614 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-321882) JP 2001-307281 A JP 2001-331562 A

However, the conventional dispatch system is inefficient because human work is involved in part of the dispatch procedure such as selecting a taxi to be dispatched and contacting the selected taxi.

In addition, the conventional dispatch system is a technology that assumes the provision of a dispatch center for ordering and receiving orders for taxis belonging to each taxi company or group, and the provision of dispatch communication equipment. Needed. For this reason, there arises a problem that a vehicle allocation request cannot be distributed even if a personal taxi or the like that does not have a vehicle allocation center or vehicle allocation communication facility is near the user.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and business vehicle allocation is efficiently carried out by directly connecting a user and a business vehicle, and the vehicle is allocated even without having a facility such as a vehicle allocation communication device. The purpose is to provide an inexpensive distribution system for commercial vehicles that can distribute requests.

In order to solve the above-described problems, in the present invention,
A business vehicle that delivers a vehicle to the user by connecting a mobile terminal owned by the user of the business vehicle and an in-vehicle terminal of the business vehicle managed by the vehicle management server via a vehicle allocation site distributed on the network by the vehicle allocation management server Vehicle allocation system,
The mobile terminal has a network connection function and a GPS radio wave reception function, and transmits the received GPS position information and dispatch request information to the dispatch management server via a dispatch site on the network,
The dispatch management server notifies the in-vehicle terminal of the GPS position information and the dispatch request information,
The in-vehicle terminal has a network connection function and a GPS radio wave reception function, and when receiving a dispatch, notifies the dispatch management server of the acceptance,
The vehicle allocation management server is a vehicle allocation system for business vehicles that identifies a business vehicle that has been notified of the first assignment among the business vehicles as a vehicle assignment vehicle and notifies the business vehicle that the vehicle has been assigned. .

According to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently carry out business vehicle allocation and to provide an inexpensive business vehicle allocation system. In particular, the configuration is such that the business vehicle that is first notified of the assignment is identified as the dispatching vehicle, so that the driver's decision-making authority is left to the driver side rather than the dispatching center side, thereby drawing out the driver's aggressiveness. As a result, it is possible to shorten the decision time of the dispatched vehicle from request to order.

In the present invention, the vehicle allocation management server specifies an area for searching for a desired business vehicle from the GPS position information, and notifies the business vehicle in the area of the vehicle allocation request information. It is good.

According to the present invention, by designating an area, it is possible to more efficiently implement business vehicle allocation and provide an inexpensive vehicle allocation system.

Furthermore, in the present invention, the business vehicle terminal that has notified the acceptance has means for notifying the dispatch management server of a signal for canceling the acceptance,
If there is a signal for canceling the acceptance, the vehicle allocation management server may be a business vehicle allocation system that notifies the business vehicle of the allocation request information again.

According to the present invention, it is possible to cope with a case where the driver of a taxi who has received a request for dispatching has to get on another user.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY According to the present invention, a business vehicle allocation is efficiently implemented by directly connecting a user and a business vehicle, and a low-cost vehicle allocation for a commercial vehicle that can distribute a vehicle allocation request without having a facility such as a vehicle allocation communication device. Can provide a system.

It is a block diagram of the dispatch system for business vehicles of this invention. It is a flowchart of the process of a dispatch management server. It is a flowchart of an area specific process. It is a flowchart of a process of a user terminal. It is a flowchart of a process of a vehicle-mounted terminal. It is explanatory drawing of a user terminal. It is explanatory drawing of a vehicle-mounted terminal. It is explanatory drawing of a vehicle-mounted terminal. It is explanatory drawing of a vehicle-mounted terminal.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a business vehicle allocation system according to the present invention.

The business vehicle allocation system includes a vehicle allocation management server 1, a user's mobile phone (user terminal) 3, a taxi-mounted terminal 4, and the like that are connected to each other via a network 2.

Here, the network 2 is the Internet or a dedicated line. However, since the in-vehicle terminal 4 is normally a wireless communication terminal, the network 2 is a wireless communication line between the dispatch management server 1 and the in-vehicle terminal 4. Preferably there is.

[User terminal 3]
The user terminal 3 is an information terminal carried by the user, and includes an Internet connection function 3a and a GPS radio wave reception function 3b for specifying the current position using radio waves from the GPS satellite 5. For example, as information devices that are generally carried by users, mobile phones, PHS, personal computers with communication functions, pocket computers, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), wristwatches, etc. can be raised. Absent.

Next, processing of the user terminal 3 will be described based on the processing flowchart of FIG. 4 and FIG. 6.

The user terminal 3 displays, on the liquid crystal screen 31, a vehicle allocation site distributed by the vehicle allocation management server 1 via the network 2 by a user operation (step 301). On the liquid crystal screen 31, a “Send” button 32 for sending the dispatch request information, and an area 33 in which a building, an address, and the like serving as a mark for a meeting place with the user can be input in characters are displayed.

When the user inputs the mark of the meeting place (for example, Manseibashi) in the area 33 and presses the “Send” button 32, the user terminal 3 transmits the vehicle allocation request information to the vehicle allocation management server 1 (step 302, 303).

The user terminal 3 waits for information indicating whether or not the vehicle allocation decision is possible (step 304), and if the vehicle allocation is determined and “response taxi information (vehicle allocation information)” is notified from the vehicle allocation management server 1 (step 304: Yes), The allocation information such as the driver's name is displayed on the liquid crystal screen 31 (step 305), and the processing ends when the taxi arrives and the user ends the user terminal 3 (step 310).

On the other hand, the vehicle allocation management server 1 measures the time from the reception of the vehicle allocation request information to the vehicle allocation information notification. When a predetermined time (for example, 5 minutes) elapses, the vehicle allocation management server 1 receives an apology (for example, “ The taxi does not respond. Please wait for a while. ”)” Is notified, and the user terminal 3 displays the notified “apology” (steps 306 and 307). Further, the vehicle allocation management server 1 indicates that the response from the vehicle allocation management server 1 to “switch to another vehicle allocation means” (for example, “the taxi response is Since there is not, I am calling to a nearby taxi company by radio. I'm sorry. ")" Is notified, and the user terminal 3 displays the notified "switching to another dispatch method" (steps 308, 309) ).

[Vehicle allocation management server]
Next, the configuration of the vehicle allocation management server will be described.

The vehicle allocation management server 1 stores taxi information (driver name, vehicle type, affiliation, etc.) registered as general members. In addition, the vehicle allocation management server 1 has a vehicle allocation site Web distribution function 1a, a user terminal location specifying function 1b, a registered taxi location specifying function 1c, a taxi company specifying function 1d, and an area as means for processing data necessary for taxi allocation. A designation function 1e, a request information notification function 1f, an order processing function 1g, a cancellation processing function 1h, and a timer function 1i are provided.

Next, each function will be described based on the processing flowchart of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 7, the vehicle allocation management server 1 distributes a “cab NaviCall screen”, which is a general customer list screen, to a taxi (in-vehicle terminal 4) registered as a general member (step 101). The vehicle allocation management server 1 distributes a vehicle allocation site to be distributed via the network 2 by using the vehicle allocation site Web distribution function 1a.

The vehicle allocation management server 1 always monitors whether or not the request information transmitted from the user terminal 3 has been received (step 102).

When the vehicle allocation management server 1 receives the request information (step 102: Yes), it records customer meeting place information (for example, “Manseibashi”) and specifies the position of the user from the GPS position information ( Steps 103 and 104: User terminal position specifying function 1b).

Then, the vehicle allocation management server 1 specifies an area for confirming the location of the business car of the general member by the area designation function 1e (step 105).

Next, the area specifying process will be described based on the process flowchart of FIG. That is, the vehicle allocation management server 1 designates a range within a radius of 5 km, for example, centering on the user's GPS position information (step 201). The vehicle allocation management server 1 measures the time from reception of the vehicle allocation request information to reception of the “pick-up” signal from the response taxi. When a predetermined time (for example, 3 minutes) has elapsed, the area is further expanded, For example, a range within a radius of 10 km is designated centering on the user's GPS position information (step 203). This area designation distance is not limited to a radius of 5 km or a radius of 10 km, but is set to a distance that the responding taxi can reach the meeting place with the user usually within 5 minutes and at most within 10 minutes.

The vehicle allocation management server 1 confirms the location of the general member's business vehicle in the area based on the taxi's GPS position information (registered taxi location specifying function 1c), and uses the confirmed general member's business vehicle for use. The vehicle driver is notified that there has been a vehicle allocation request (step 106: request information notification function 1f).

The vehicle allocation management server 1 constantly monitors whether or not a “pick-up” button signal indicating a response from the business vehicle has been received (step 107). If there is a reception (step 107: Yes), the ordering process is performed. Perform (step 108).

In order processing, the dispatch management server 1 notifies the responding taxi of the customer information (for example, the name of the customer), and the responsible vehicle is picking up the business car of the general member in the area excluding the responding taxi. Notify that. The vehicle allocation management server 1 notifies the user terminal 3 of “response taxi information” such as the driver name (step 109).

The vehicle allocation management server 1 constantly monitors whether or not a “cancel” button signal indicating that the pick-up cannot be picked up for some reason from the response taxi (step 110). : Yes), the process returns to step 106 to notify the general member's business vehicle that the user has requested a vehicle dispatch. On the other hand, when there is no reception (step 110: No), it progresses to step 111.

The vehicle allocation management server 1 constantly monitors whether or not a “complete” button signal indicating that the vehicle allocation operation has been completed by joining the user from the response taxi has been received (step 111). In step 111: No), the “cancel” button signal in step 110 is monitored. On the other hand, if there is a reception (step 111: Yes), in step 112, the business vehicle of the general member in the area is notified that the dispatching work has been completed.

The vehicle allocation management server 1 uses the taxi company designation function 1d to count the time from receipt of the vehicle allocation request information to the vehicle allocation information notification. When a predetermined time (for example, 5 minutes) has elapsed, the mobile phone 3 "Apology (for example," There is no taxi response. Please wait for a while. ")". Further, the vehicle allocation management server 1 informs the user mobile phone 3 that “switching to another vehicle allocation means to deal with (for example,“ the taxi response is Because there is not, I am calling to a nearby taxi company by radio. I ’m sorry. ”)”.
And the dispatch management server 1 repeats the process from step 101 in the process of step 113, unless starting is stopped.

[In-vehicle terminal 4]
The in-vehicle terminal 4 is an information terminal mounted on a general member's business vehicle. That is, any communication function 4a capable of communicating information with the vehicle allocation management server 1 can be used. The in-vehicle terminal 4 has a cache Navi screen display function 4f.

The in-vehicle terminal 4 preferably has a function of specifying the current position by itself, and as this function, for example, a function 4b of specifying the current position using the radio wave of the GPS satellite 5 can be exemplified.

Next, the processing of the in-vehicle terminal 4 will be described based on the processing flowchart of FIG. 5 and FIGS. 7 to 9.

The in-vehicle terminal 4 displays a “cash NaviCall screen” which is a general customer list screen distributed by the vehicle allocation management server 1 on the liquid crystal screen 41 (step 401). As shown in FIG. 7, a “Cak Navi” screen is normally displayed on the liquid crystal screen 41. On the “Cak Navi” screen, a menu column 42 and “Reread” for updating to the latest screen are displayed. Then, in the menu column 42, by pressing and selecting “Cak NaviCall” with a finger, a “Cak NaviCall screen” shown in the liquid crystal screen 41 of FIG. 8 is displayed.

The in-vehicle terminal 4 always monitors the vehicle allocation management server 1 for the notification of vehicle allocation request information (step 402).

And the vehicle-mounted terminal 4 displays request information on the liquid crystal screen 41, when request information notification is received (step 402: Yes). For example, “Near Manseibashi incomplete” is displayed on the liquid crystal screen 41 of FIG. The display on the liquid crystal screen 41 is configured so that the driver can select a response taxi by pressing the column when the response taxi is undecided. When the driver presses the “Near Manseibashi” field 44, the liquid crystal screen 41 of FIG. 9A is displayed. In this way, the vehicle allocation system for business vehicles according to the present invention has the right to determine the allocation vehicle for request information on the driver side registered as a general member, and the driver vehicle that responds earlier becomes the allocation vehicle, As a result, it is possible to reduce the determination time of the dispatched vehicle from request to order.

The liquid crystal screen 41 in FIG. 9A is provided with a “pick-up” button 4c. When the driver presses the “pick-up” button 4c, a “pick-up” button ON signal is transmitted to the dispatch management server 1. (Steps 404 and 405).

When the “pick-up” button ON signal is transmitted to the vehicle allocation management server 1, the customer information (for example, customer name) is notified from the vehicle allocation management server 1, and the in-vehicle terminal 4 is shown in FIG. As shown, the customer information is displayed on the liquid crystal screen 41 (step 406).

A “cancel” button 4d and a “complete” button 4e are provided on the liquid crystal screen 41 of FIG. The “cancel” button 4d is a button for notifying the vehicle allocation management server 1 by pressing when the driver of the responding taxi cannot pick up and drop off for some reason (steps 407 and 411). In this case (step 407: Yes), a “cancel” button ON signal is transmitted to the vehicle allocation management server 1 (step 411), and the processing returns to step 403. On the other hand, when there is no reception (step 407: No), it progresses to step 408.

The “complete” button 4e is a button for notifying the vehicle allocation management server 1 when the driver of the responding taxi joins the user and completes the vehicle allocation work (steps 408 and 409). In this case (step 408: Yes), a “complete” button ON signal is transmitted to the vehicle allocation management server 1 (step 409), and the process proceeds to step 410. On the other hand, when there is no reception (step 408: No), the processing returns to step 406.

The in-vehicle terminal 4 ends the process when the driver ends the in-vehicle terminal 4 (step 410).

The user terminal 3 preferably has a function of specifying the current position by itself. As this function, in addition to the function of specifying the current position by using the radio wave of the GPS satellite 5, a plurality of points, for example, 3 A function of specifying the position from the radio wave transmitted and received between the point antenna and the PHS can be exemplified.

Note that the function for specifying the current position is that the user terminal 3 itself is used by other devices from the radio waves used or emitted by the user terminal 3 even if the position cannot be specified. Needless to say, it is sufficient if the position of the person terminal 3 can be specified. If the user terminal 3 does not have a function of specifying the current position, when sending a vehicle dispatch request from the user terminal 3 by e-mail, the address of the current position is entered in the text, or the request web You may comprise so that the address of a present position may be entered in the dispatch site which is a page, and a dispatch request may be transmitted.

In addition, the vehicle location information and the response taxi location information are sent to a car navigation system equipped with a Bluetooth interface, and the vehicle allocation management server 1 can deliver information that draws a road guide to the user in a solid line. Are also included in the present invention.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used in a vehicle distribution system for business vehicles in which a user's mobile phone (user terminal) and a business vehicle terminal (vehicle terminal) are directly connected via a network.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle allocation management server 2 Network 3 User terminal 4 Car-mounted terminal 5 GPS satellite

Claims (3)

A business vehicle that delivers a vehicle to the user by connecting a mobile terminal owned by the user of the business vehicle and an in-vehicle terminal of the business vehicle managed by the vehicle management server via a vehicle allocation site distributed on the network by the vehicle allocation management server Vehicle allocation system,
The mobile terminal has a network connection function and a GPS radio wave reception function, and transmits the received GPS position information and dispatch request information to the dispatch management server via a dispatch site on the network,
The dispatch management server notifies the in-vehicle terminal of the GPS position information and the dispatch request information,
The in-vehicle terminal has a network connection function and a GPS radio wave reception function, and when receiving a dispatch, notifies the dispatch management server of the acceptance,
The vehicle allocation management server identifies a business vehicle that is first notified of acceptance among the business vehicles as a vehicle allocation-accepted vehicle, and notifies the business vehicle that the vehicle allocation has been completed. Vehicle dispatch system. 2. The business according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle allocation management server specifies an area for searching for a desired business vehicle from the GPS position information, and notifies the business vehicle in the area of the vehicle allocation request information. Vehicle dispatch system. The business vehicle terminal that has notified the acceptance has means for notifying the dispatch management server of a signal for canceling the acceptance,
3. The vehicle allocation system for business vehicles according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the vehicle allocation management server notifies the business vehicle of the vehicle allocation request information again if there is a signal for canceling the acceptance.