JP2019219781A - Business vehicle operation system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a business vehicle operation system capable of allowing a user to selectively allocate a desired business vehicle between a manned operation vehicle and an unmanned operation vehicle in consideration of a merit and a demerit in each one of an operation system for allocating the manned operation vehicle and an operation system for allocating the unmanned operation vehicle.SOLUTION: A business vehicle operation system includes a server 1 that can communicate with an unmanned operation vehicle 2 and a manned operation vehicle 3 respectively in order to allow a user to selectively allocate a desired business vehicle between the manned operation vehicle and the unmanned operation vehicle, so as to give a command to allocate one of the vehicles to the user. The server 1 includes: user information acquisition means 111 for acquiring information of a user from a user terminal unit 4; vehicle operation information acquisition means 112 for acquiring information of a business vehicle; candidate vehicle extraction means 131 for extracting information of multiple candidate vehicles that can be allocated; and vehicle selection notification means 132 for presenting information of candidate vehicles to a user and urging the user to select a desired allocation vehicle. Then, a vehicle determined to be allocated is allocated.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an unmanned driving vehicle having an automatic driving function of automatically running unmanned, and a business vehicle operation system for selecting and allocating any one of manned driving vehicles driven by a person.

  Conventional commercial vehicle operation systems include an operation system for distributing manned driving vehicles by a dedicated driver such as a taxi, and an operation system for disposing unmanned driving vehicles using an automatic driving function as proposed in Patent Document 1. Are known.

JP-A-2006-91411

  However, in an operation system for distributing manned driving vehicles, it is necessary to arrange drivers, and thus there is a problem that it is difficult to secure human resources due to increased costs due to labor costs and shortage of labor. In addition, the operation system that distributes unmanned vehicles can reduce labor costs and eliminate labor shortages by eliminating the need for drivers, but since there is no dedicated driver, assistance in loading / unloading luggage and getting on / off vehicles. There is a problem that services cannot be provided.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is that an operation system for distributing manned driving vehicles, and an operation system for distributing unmanned driving vehicles, in consideration of the merits and demerits of each of the operation systems, the user is either a manned driving vehicle or an unmanned driving vehicle. An object of the present invention is to provide a commercial vehicle operation system that enables a desired commercial vehicle to be selected and dispatched.

  The present invention relates to a commercial vehicle operation system for distributing either a manned driving vehicle or an unmanned driving vehicle to a user, and acquires user information and information on a distributable business vehicle, and provides the user with a plurality of candidate vehicles. The above-mentioned problem is solved by presenting the information of the candidate vehicle and allowing the user to select a vehicle that meets his or her desire based on the presented information of the candidate vehicle.

  According to the present invention, in a commercial vehicle operation system that can use either a manned driving vehicle or an unmanned driving vehicle, it becomes possible for the user to select a vehicle that suits the user's wish. This has the effect of increasing the degree of satisfaction with the vehicle being performed.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a commercial vehicle operation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control procedure of the commercial vehicle operation system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a presentation screen to a user terminal at the time of selecting a business vehicle to which dispatch is desired. It is a presentation screen to a preceding user terminal at the time of giving a joint ride consultation notice.

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

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a commercial vehicle operation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The sales vehicle operation system according to the present embodiment includes a server 1, an unmanned driving vehicle 2 for use by a user, a manned driving vehicle 3, a user terminal 4 owned by the user, and a preceding user. And a preceding user terminal 5 possessed by the user. The unmanned driving vehicle 2 is a commercial vehicle that runs automatically without a driver, and the manned driving vehicle 3 is a commercial vehicle that is driven by a dedicated driver. The commercial vehicle according to the present embodiment means a vehicle used when providing a transportation service to another person. In the example illustrated in FIG. 1, one unmanned driving vehicle 2, one manned driving vehicle 3, one user terminal 4, and one preceding user terminal 5 are shown. Since there are a plurality of driving vehicles 2 and a plurality of manned driving vehicles 3 and a plurality of users and preceding users, respectively, the user terminal 4 and the preceding user terminal 5 are also the respective users and the preceding users. There are a plurality corresponding to the number of people. Also, for convenience of explanation, the user and the preceding user may be described as different persons, and the user terminal 4 and the preceding user terminal 5 may be described as different things. The preceding user is a person who is currently using the business vehicle or a person who has reserved the business vehicle, while trying to use the vehicle. Therefore, when the user makes a reservation or uses the business vehicle, the user becomes a precedent user, and when the precedent user finishes using the business vehicle, the user returns to the user.

  The server 1 is an information processing apparatus including a communication unit 11, an information management unit 12, and a commercial vehicle management unit 13. The server 1 is composed of a computer having hardware and software, a ROM (Read Only Memory) storing a program, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) executing the program stored in the ROM, and an accessible storage. And a RAM (Random Access Memory) functioning as a device. In addition, as an operation circuit, instead of or together with a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an MPU (Micro Processing Unit), a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), etc. Can be used. The communication unit 11, the information management unit 12, and the commercial vehicle management unit 13 implement the functions described below by software established in the ROM.

  The communication means 11 performs bidirectional information communication with the unmanned driving vehicle 2, the manned driving vehicle 3, the user terminal 4, and the preceding user terminal 5 via a predetermined wireless electric communication network such as the Internet. Do. The communication unit 11 includes a user information acquisition unit 111, a vehicle operation information acquisition unit 112, and a carpooling consultation result reception unit 113.

  The server 1 uses the user information acquisition unit 111 to acquire information about the user. The information about the user includes the current position information of the user, the desired boarding position information, the destination information, the number of passengers, and the information on the user himself, such as name, age, gender, available languages, telephone numbers, etc. Contact information, credit card used for payment of fees, etc., required registration information necessary for using the system, user's own external characteristics for user authentication and identification of user, and user ID information described later I do. Further, the information on the user himself / herself may include information on the passenger.

  The server 1 uses the vehicle operation information obtaining unit 112 to obtain information on the vehicle operation of the system. The information on vehicle operation is information on the current position of each commercial vehicle and information on the current vehicle use status. Further, the vehicle operation information acquisition unit 112 includes a fuel remaining amount information acquisition unit 1121, a driver information acquisition unit 1122, and a preceding user information acquisition unit 1123. The server 1 obtains the current fuel / charge amount information remaining in each vehicle from each commercial vehicle by the fuel remaining amount information obtaining means 1121, and obtains driver information when the commercial vehicle is the manned driving vehicle 3. The means 1122 obtains the gender, driving history, available language, age information, etc. of the exclusive driver from the vehicle operation information database 122DB, which will be described later. As information on the user, age, gender, usable language information, and the like are acquired from a user information database 123DB described later.

  The information management means 12 stores map information, information on a user who has authority to use the commercial vehicle operation system, and information on a plurality of unmanned driving vehicles 2 and a plurality of manned driving vehicles 3 managed by a server. As will be described later, each commercial vehicle is provided with an in-vehicle control device, so the unmanned driving vehicle 2 and the manned driving vehicle 3 transmitted from the in-vehicle control device each have the current position and the getting on / off position of the user. It is stored based on a map information database 121DB managed by the map information management means 121. In addition, use request information indicating when, where, and what kind of vehicle the user wants to use, information about each commercial vehicle under management, and information about the driver of each manned driving vehicle 3 are stored in the vehicle operation information management unit 122. And stored in the vehicle operation information database 122DB. Further, the user information management means 123 uses the user's age, gender, available language information, authentication information of the user terminal 4 possessed by the user, and user identification information as information about the user. The identification information, image information (for example, a face image) representing the external characteristics of the user, and the like are stored, and stored in the user information database 123DB as a user information history.

  The sales vehicle management means 13 manages the sales vehicles that the user who accesses the server 1 via the user terminal 4 desires to dispatch, extracts and notifies each user of a candidate vehicle, and The output of the dispatch command and, if the user wishes to share a vehicle, the coordinating management of the sharing is performed. The sales vehicle management means includes a candidate vehicle extraction means 131, a vehicle selection notification means 132, a vehicle allocation / route determination means 133, a vehicle allocation instruction output means 134, a carpooling consultation notification means 135, an estimated boarding position arrival time calculation means 136, and a destination arrival. An expected time calculation unit 137 and a usage fee calculation unit 138 are provided.

  The server 1 selects and manages a plurality of vehicles that match the user's desire as candidate vehicles by the candidate vehicle extracting means 131. As an example of a method for selecting a candidate vehicle, the candidate vehicle is selected in consideration of the current positions of the unmanned driving vehicle 2 and the manned driving vehicle 3. In addition, when the user selects a sales vehicle that has a preceding user and wants to share the vehicle, that is, if he / she wants to share the vehicle, the vehicle is suitable for sharing the vehicle in consideration of the current position of the candidate vehicle and the number of passengers. Select a sales vehicle. Furthermore, by adding a function of further inputting personal information of the user such as gender and age as input information sent from each user terminal 4 to the server 1, it is possible to share with the user based on the attribute of the person. It is possible to search and select a suitable preceding user and a business vehicle that can be shared.

  The server 1 notifies the user terminal 4 of the vehicle selection notifying unit 132 prompting the user terminal 4 to select which of the plurality of candidate vehicles extracted by the candidate vehicle extracting unit 131 is to be dispatched. The information calculated by the boarding position expected arrival time calculating means 136, destination arrival expected time calculating means 137, and usage fee calculating means 138, which will be described later, for each business vehicle may be added to the notification content.

  The server 1 assigns a route from the current position of the vehicle, for which the user has decided to assign the vehicle, to the user's boarding position, and a route from the user's boarding position to the user's destination by the vehicle assignment / route determining means 133. decide. When calculating the vehicle allocation route and the transfer route to the destination, the current position of the user may be used as the base point.

  The server 1 notifies the dispatch vehicle decision information and the dispatch / transfer route information determined by the above-described dispatch / route determining means 133 to the target commercial vehicle and the user terminal 4 by the dispatch command output unit 134, and A command to execute dispatch is output to the commercial vehicle.

  When the user wishes to share a car, the sharing use consultation notification means 135 allows the server 1 to use the business vehicle desired by the user already in the vehicle or to reserve the board before the user and to use the vehicle in advance. The advance user terminal 5 of the user is consulted as to whether or not to accept the sharing, and is calculated by the advanced user destination arrival expected time recalculation means 1351 and the advanced user charge recalculation means 1352. The usage fee of the preceding user and the estimated time of arrival at the destination in the case of sharing are notified to the preceding user terminal 5 of the preceding user.

  The server 1 uses the estimated boarding position arrival time calculation means 136 and the estimated destination arrival time calculation means 137 to arrive at the boarding position desired by the user and the destination of the user from the current position of the business vehicle selected for dispatch. Calculate the time it takes. For the calculation, the arrival time at each point may be calculated.

  The server 1 uses the usage fee calculation means 138 to calculate the usage fee required when the user gets on the vehicle from the desired riding position to the destination. When the user has selected the shared vehicle, the number of routes during the ride with the preceding user is equally divided by the number of persons and calculated. A system administrator may freely set the method of equally dividing the charge at the time of carpooling, such as dividing the number into equal groups in the group to be used instead of the number of persons or reducing the proportion of children. Alternatively, the result of the adjustment between the users may be notified to the server 1 and reflected in the calculation of the usage fee.

  The unmanned driving vehicle 2 includes an automatic driving control unit 24 that automatically and unmannedly travels along the route notified from the server 1. The commercial vehicle operation system according to the present embodiment assumes that a plurality of various commercial vehicles having different vehicle types and performances are operated in a mixed manner. Specifically, an electric vehicle that runs on the power of an in-vehicle battery (a secondary battery or a fuel cell) or an internal combustion engine for power generation, an automobile that runs on an internal combustion engine that uses gasoline, light oil, or hydrogen as a fuel, a hybrid vehicle of these vehicles, Vehicles having a transmission, vehicles having a manual transmission, small vehicles, medium vehicles, large vehicles, and vehicle types such as minivans and sedans. Further, vehicles having different performances such that a user can switch between automatic driving and manual driving may be included. It is assumed that information on the vehicle type and performance as described above is registered in the vehicle operation information database 122DB of the server 1 in advance.

  The unmanned driving vehicle 2 is equipped with an in-vehicle control device having various control functions corresponding to the commercial vehicle operation system of the present embodiment. The in-vehicle control device includes a communication unit 21, a position detection unit 22, a use state determination unit 23, an automatic operation control unit 24, a person search unit 25, a user authentication unit 26, and an operation switching unit 27.

  The unmanned driving vehicle 2 performs bidirectional information communication with the server 1 by the communication means 21 via a predetermined wireless telecommunication network such as the Internet.

  The unmanned driving vehicle 2 detects the current position of the self-vehicle by the position detection unit 22 using a satellite positioning such as a GPS or an autonomous positioning function using a vehicle speed sensor, a gyro sensor, and an acceleration sensor. The detected current position information is transmitted to the server 1 and used for grasping the position of the unmanned vehicle 2. The information on the measured current position is also used for automatic driving of the own vehicle.

  The unmanned driving vehicle 2 uses the usage status determination unit 23 to determine whether or not the preceding user is riding in the target vehicle and whether or not there is a reservation for use by the preceding user. Specifically, based on a seating sensor that detects whether a person is sitting in the occupant seat, a seatbelt sensor that detects whether a seatbelt is worn, or a detection result obtained by a camera or the like provided in the vehicle. It is determined whether the preceding user is using the own vehicle or not, and the vehicle operation information is received from the server 1 by communication to determine whether there is a future use reservation.

  The unmanned driving vehicle 2 automatically performs all driving operations such as acceleration, deceleration, and steering by the automatic driving control unit 24, and travels the own vehicle along a route to a predetermined destination. Specifically, the vehicle is caused to travel along the route to the destination while comparing the current position of the vehicle with the map information. In addition, the unmanned driving vehicle 2 grasps various surrounding conditions such as vehicles, people, and other traffic, signals, signs, signs, road shapes, obstacles, and the like by using sensors such as radars and cameras mounted on the vehicle. Determine the acceleration, deceleration and steering operations required for safe driving. Then, various actuators related to the acceleration / deceleration operation and the steering operation of the unmanned driving vehicle 2 are controlled according to the determined operation.

  When the unmanned driving vehicle 2 arrives near the riding position of the user, the person searching means 25 searches for the user based on the user's external characteristics in the user information registered in the server 1. For example, the user is searched for and specified by using the camera outside the vehicle, based on the degree of coincidence between the face, clothes, and appearance characteristics of the person around the vehicle and the registered user information. If a user to be identified can be found, a voice message is output to a user in the vicinity of the vehicle using a speaker or a message is displayed using an electric light indicator to alert the user to the vehicle. Prompt and stop at a position where the user can get on. Alternatively, the use of the vehicle is promoted by notifying the user terminal 4 that the own vehicle has arrived at the boarding position from the communication unit 21 via the server 1 via the wireless electric communication network.

  In the unmanned driving vehicle 2, the user authentication unit 26 determines whether the person specified by the person search unit 25 is a correct user, and determines whether or not the user can board. For example, by notifying the user ID assigned to each user from the user terminal 4 carried by the user to the unmanned driving vehicle 2 via the communication means of the server 1, the person specified by the person search means 25 can be identified. Authenticates whether the user has made a reservation. Then, when the user is authenticated, the vehicle door is unlocked so that the user can get on.

  The unmanned driving vehicle 2 switches between a mode in which the user automatically drives to the destination and a mode in which the user drives the vehicle by the driving switching means 27. Thus, after the user gets on the unmanned driving vehicle, the user can select whether to travel to the destination by automatic driving or to manually drive the user.

  The manned driving vehicle 3 is a vehicle in which an exclusive driver drives the vehicle, and in the unmanned driving vehicle 2, a vehicle without a function relating to automatic driving or a vehicle having a function relating to automatic driving does not actually use the vehicle. It is a vehicle. Since the communication means 31, the position detection means 32, and the use state determination means 33 are the same as those of the unmanned driving vehicle 2, the description of each means is used for the manned driving vehicle of the present embodiment. In addition, regarding the user search and the user authentication in the manned driving vehicle 3, it is assumed that the dedicated driver finds and authenticates a specific user based on the situation around the own vehicle and the user information.

  The user terminal 4 is an information communication terminal such as a smartphone, a PDA, and a portable PC carried by a user who uses the unmanned driving vehicle 2 or the manned driving vehicle 3 of the commercial vehicle operation system. The user terminal 4 includes a communication unit 41, a position detection unit 42, an information input unit 43, and an information display unit 44.

  The communication unit 41 performs bidirectional information communication with the server 1 via a predetermined wireless telecommunications network such as the Internet. The position detecting means 42 measures the current position of the own terminal using, for example, satellite positioning such as GPS. The measured current position information is transmitted to the server 1 and is used in the server 1 to grasp the position of the user having the user terminal 4.

  The information input means 43 is a user interface for a user to input information to the user terminal 4. The user uses the information input means 43 to use the unmanned driving vehicle 2 or the manned driving vehicle 3. The information input to the server 1 is communicated by the communication means 41. The information display means 44 displays, for example, vehicle information relating to a commercial vehicle that can be used on a display device such as a liquid crystal display, and user information such as a user's personal use history and registration information of the commercial vehicle operation system.

  The precedence user terminal 5 is an information communication terminal carried by a precedence user who is on board the unmanned driving vehicle 2 or the manned driving vehicle 3 of the commercial vehicle operation system or has already reserved a ride and will be boarding in the future. is there. As described above, the preceding user terminal 5 is different from the user terminal 4 only in the thing carried by the user or the thing carried by the preceding user, and similar to the user terminal 4, It has a communication unit 41, a position detection unit 42, an information input unit 43, and an information display unit 44. The vehicle-joining consultation notification received from the user terminal 4 is received via the communication means 11 of the server 1, and a response to the vehicle-sharing consultation is accepted or rejected.

  Next, a processing procedure executed by each unit included in the server 1 will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG. Note that the flowchart of FIG. 2 is repeatedly calculated at fixed time intervals, for example, 10 [ms] per sampling.

  In step S100, the access of the use request is accepted from each user terminal 4 of FIG. The use request to be transmitted from the user terminal 4 includes, in addition to the identification information of the user and the position information of the user, the desired boarding position information which the user inputs by operating the user terminal 4, and the destination. Information, the number of passengers, and candidate vehicle conditions. Here, the server 1 determines which user the user is by comparing the identification information of the user whose use is registered in advance with the identification information received from the user terminal 4. When there is no use request from the user, in step S200, an instruction for forwarding or station standby is transmitted to the unmanned driving vehicle 2 or the manned driving vehicle 3 in FIG.

  If a use request access from a certain user terminal 4 is received in step S100, the process proceeds to step S101, and the server 1 acquires user information from the user terminal 4. The user information acquired here includes position information of the user, desired boarding position information, destination information, information on the number of passengers, and candidate vehicle conditions. The position information of the user is information indicating the current position of the user, and is detected and transmitted by the position detecting means 42. The desired boarding position information is information indicating desired contents of a boarding place. The desired boarding position information may be information indicating a specific point or information indicating a range such as around the current position of the user. The destination information is information indicating a destination where the user gets on the unmanned driving vehicle 2 or the manned driving vehicle 3 and moves. The candidate vehicle condition is a condition that requests that a vehicle that satisfies the user's wish is selected as a candidate vehicle in advance.For example, the restriction on the time when the commercial vehicle is desired to arrive at the desired boarding position and the gender of the driver are given to women. Conditions such as limiting. These desired boarding position information, destination information, boarding person information, and candidate vehicle conditions are input and transmitted by the user operating the user terminal 4 himself.

  In step S102, the server 1 acquires vehicle operation information from each of the unmanned driving vehicles 2 and each of the manned driving vehicles 3. The vehicle operation information acquired here includes position information on each commercial vehicle, current and future operation plans of each commercial vehicle, vehicle type information, preceding user information, and fuel / power storage state information. . The vehicle position information is information indicating the current position of each unmanned driving vehicle 2 or each manned driving vehicle 3. The vehicle type information is vehicle type information such as a minivan type and a sedan type, and specific vehicle type information. The advanced user information is information indicating whether or not the advanced user is riding in each of the unmanned driving vehicles 2 or each of the manned driving vehicles 3 and, if so, the number of users. The fuel / power storage state information is information indicating the remaining fuel amount of each unmanned driving vehicle 2 or each manned driving vehicle 3 or the remaining storage amount of a storage battery, and the cruising distance of each unmanned driving vehicle 2 or each manned driving vehicle 3. It is used for grasping. Furthermore, in the case of the manned driving vehicle 3, driver gender information, driving history information, language information to which the driver can cope, and the like are obtained as driver information of each vehicle.

  In step S103, candidate vehicles to be presented to the user are extracted based on the user information obtained in step S101 and the vehicle operation information obtained in step S102. Specifically, a vehicle whose expected arrival time from each current position of the unmanned automatically driven unmanned driving vehicle 2 to the boarding position desired by the user is short, and each current position of the manned driving vehicle 3 driven by a dedicated driver, A vehicle with a short arrival time to the boarding position desired by the user is calculated with priority. The priority indicators are vehicle type and specific vehicle type information such as minivan type and sedan type, or the order in which the number of occupants is larger than the number of people who want to ride, the order in which the usage fee is low, and the order in which the driver's driving history is long And so on. In addition, as a plurality of candidate vehicles that can be dispatched, fuel or power storage that can travel from the current position of the candidate vehicle to the user's destination via the user's boarding position and the shortest route is secured. It is desirable to extract from the vehicles that are present.

  In step S104 and step S105, the estimated traveling time from the current location of the extracted plurality of candidate vehicles to the ride position desired by the user, and the arrival at the destination via the ride position desired by the user. Is calculated for each candidate vehicle. In the processing of steps S104 and S105, each expected arrival time may be calculated based on the current time instead of the running time.

  In step S106, the user uses each of the plurality of extracted candidate vehicles, and calculates a usage fee when the user gets on the vehicle from the desired boarding position to the destination.

  In step S107, the result extracted and calculated in steps S103 to S106 is notified to the user terminal 4. FIG. 3 shows an example of a screen for notifying the user terminal 4. FIG. 3 shows vehicle information, travel time to a ride position desired by the user, travel time to the destination via the ride position desired by the user, and destination via the ride position designated by the user. This is an example in which a usage fee when the candidate vehicle is used, driver information when the candidate vehicle is a manned driving vehicle, and the number of preceding users who are currently using the candidate vehicle or have previously reserved use are notified. By presenting the detailed information, it becomes possible for the user to select a business vehicle more suited to personal preference. When there are a large number of candidate vehicles and the screen cannot be displayed on one screen, the screen of the user terminal 4 is scrolled to display all the candidate vehicles.

  Note that the information calculated and displayed in each of the steps S103 to S107 may be some items instead of all items as shown in FIG. Above all, by notifying at least information of being an unmanned driving vehicle and information of being a manned driving vehicle, the user can select either an unmanned driving vehicle or a manned driving vehicle according to taste or use. You can choose.

  The user notifies the server 1 of the vehicle to be dispatched to the server 1 by pressing the dispatching selection button of the desired vehicle from the plurality of candidate vehicles presented in step S107 using the user terminal. FIG. 3 is a specific example when the user has selected the vehicle A to be dispatched, and shows that the user can select the vehicle A by changing the background color of the dispatching selection button of the selected vehicle.

  In step S108, it is determined whether or not the user has selected a desired vehicle from among the candidate vehicles notified in step S107, and whether or not the selected desired vehicle is a vehicle with or without a preceding user. When the user selects a commercial vehicle having no preceding user, the server 1 determines a vehicle to be allocated, a boarding position desired by the user, and a route to a destination in step S112 described later. When the user selects a sales vehicle in which the preceding user is located, the server 1 proceeds to step S109 described below. If there is no vehicle desired by the user among the vehicle candidates notified in step S107, the process from step S103 is repeated by changing the candidate vehicle extraction condition. For example, if the reason that the user did not determine the vehicle in step S107 is that the condition of the time required for the commercial vehicle to arrive at the desired boarding position of the user is too early, etc. Is calculated, the condition is changed to include a vehicle having a longer travel time to the desired boarding position, and the candidate vehicle is enlarged and extracted again.

  In step S109, when a vehicle to be dispatched is selected and detoured to the boarding position desired by the user to be boarded or to the destination of the user to be boarded, It calculates how long the user's arrival time at the destination is delayed and how much the fare is reduced by sharing. If there is a preceding user in the vehicle selected by the user in step S108, that is, if the user selects a dispatched vehicle that he / she wishes to share, the next time, in step S110 described below, Inquiry about whether to accept the request for sharing. It is conceivable that the preceding user may not want to share the car in the first place, or the ride may be accepted but the car sharing may delay the arrival time at the destination, thereby causing a problem. Therefore, the destination arrival time and usage fee of the preceding user in the case of sharing with the user are recalculated, and the information is presented to the preceding user at the time of notification of the sharing ride, so that it is easier to determine whether or not sharing is possible. Prompt. The delay of the arrival time is calculated according to the detour route, and the discount fee is calculated, for example, by stipulating that the route while sharing the vehicle is equally divided among the passengers.

  In step S110, the user is added to the precedent user terminal 5 of each precedent user who is currently boarding or previously reserved for boarding the vehicle that the user has selected to dispatch, together with the result calculated in step S109, together with the user. A ride-sharing notification is sent as to whether or not the ride is allowed. FIG. 4 is an example of a screen for notifying each preceding user terminal 5. A notice will be given before and after the change in the scheduled arrival time of the destination of the preceding user, before and after the change in the usage fee of the preceding user, and also on the discounted fare due to sharing, and a notification will be given to select whether to accept or reject the sharing. are doing.

  In step S111, it is determined whether all preceding users of the vehicle selected by the user have accepted or rejected the sharing. When all the preceding users have accepted the sharing, the server 1 determines the dispatched vehicle and the route at which the determined dispatched vehicle travels to the user's desired riding position and destination in step S112 described below. . If any one of the preceding users refuses to share the vehicle, the process from step S103 is repeated with the extraction condition of the candidate vehicle changed. In this case, the extraction conditions may be broadened, or the vehicle extracted last time may be re-selected and notified again, excluding only the rejected vehicle.

  In step S112, the server 1 determines the business vehicle selected by the user as a dispatched vehicle, and transfers the determined vehicle from the current position of the vehicle to the destination of the user via the scheduled riding position of the user. Determine the route.

  In step S113, the server 1 transmits the vehicle allocation determination information indicating that the vehicle has been selected as the vehicle to be allocated to the unmanned driving vehicle 2 or the manned driving vehicle 3 corresponding to the vehicle to be allocated, and the route information determined in step S112. It outputs a dispatch command to the boarding position desired by the user. In the case where the dispatched vehicle is the unmanned driving vehicle 2, after receiving the notification, the automatic driving is started toward the scheduled boarding location. In the case where the dispatched vehicle is a manned driving vehicle 3 with an exclusive driver, after receiving the notification, the driver starts traveling of the own vehicle toward the scheduled boarding location by inputting route information to the on-vehicle navigation device or the like.

  In step S114, the server 1 transmits to the user terminal 4 vehicle allocation determination information for notifying information on the determined vehicle allocation, and current position information of the determined vehicle allocation.

  In step S115, it is determined whether or not the dispatched vehicle has arrived at the boarding position desired by the user based on the vehicle position information. If the vehicle has not arrived at the boarding position, the process returns to step S114, and the current position information of the dispatched vehicle is sequentially transmitted to the user terminal 4, thereby notifying the user that the dispatched vehicle is approaching without fail. When the vehicle arrives near the boarding position, a user is searched in step S116.

  In step S116, when the dispatched vehicle is the manned driving vehicle 3 with the exclusive driver, the exclusive driver visually searches for the user based on the identification information on the user received in step S100. On the other hand, when the vehicle to be dispatched is the unmanned driving vehicle 2, based on the identification information on the user received in step S100, the external characteristics of the user from the surrounding environment detected by sensors such as radars and cameras. Search for a person that matches. Step S115 is repeated until the search for the user is completed, and if the user is recognized, a voice message is output to a user near the own vehicle by a speaker, or the message is displayed by an electronic display, or By notifying that the vehicle has arrived at the boarding position from the communication means 21 to the user terminal 4 via the wireless telecommunication network via the server 1, the user is urged to pay attention to the vehicle, Stop at a position where the user can get on.

  In step S117, it is authenticated whether or not the retrieved person is the user who has requested the dispatch. Specifically, the user ID assigned to each user is notified from the user terminal 4 of the user to the driver of the unmanned driving vehicle 2 or the dedicated driver of the manned driving vehicle 3 via the communication unit 11 of the server 1. Then, the user ID assigned to the specified user is collated. If the user ID is verified by the collation of the user ID, the unlocking control of the vehicle door of the unmanned driving vehicle 2 or the manned driving vehicle 3 is performed so that the user can get on. If the authentication is inconsistent, the process returns to step S116 to search again for a valid user in the vicinity. Alternatively, a request for collation of the user ID may be issued again to the previously specified person.

  In the processing of steps S116 and S117, the user may simply make a reservation for dispatch, and the person actually boarding may be another person, such as a friend or family member of the user. In that case, when the user makes a use request, the server 1 notifies the server 1 of the user's information including the appearance characteristics of the person actually boarding and the user ID assigned to the person actually boarding, and registers it. It is assumed that a person who actually gets on the vehicle can be searched and authenticated. Alternatively, by transmitting the user ID information of the user who has made the use request to the terminal owned by the person who actually gets on the vehicle, the authentication work can be temporarily performed so that the actual user can get on the vehicle. You may.

  In step S118, the server 1 confirms that the user has boarded, and outputs a start command to the vehicle. For example, when the dispatched vehicle is the manned driving vehicle 3, the driver confirms the boarding of the user, transmits a user boarding completion notification to the server 1, and starts to the destination. When the dispatched vehicle is the unmanned driving vehicle 2, the user notifies the server 1 that the boarding is completed by operating the user terminal 4, or a seating sensor provided at each seat that the user has boarded. The vehicle is checked by detecting the vehicle, and a command is issued to start the target commercial vehicle.

  In step S119, the server 1 determines whether the dispatched vehicle has arrived at the destination of the user based on the vehicle position information. When arriving at the destination, the server 1 outputs a command to the commercial vehicle to stop the vehicle at a position where the user can get off, and urges the user to get off.

  In step S120, the server 1 confirms that the user has got off. For example, when the dispatched vehicle is the manned driving vehicle 3, the driver confirms that the user has exited, and transmits a user exit completion notification to the server 1. When the dispatched vehicle is the unmanned driving vehicle 2, the user notifies the server 1 that the disembarkation is completed by operating the user terminal 4, or a seating sensor provided in each seat that the user got on the vehicle. For example, it is detected that the user gets off the vehicle, the server 1 is notified, and the process proceeds to step S200. When the server 1 has confirmed that the user has got off the vehicle, the server 1 notifies the user of the final usage fee.

  In step S200, the server 1 instructs to forward the surrounding roads or wait at a predetermined parking lot or a station exclusively managed by the system until there is a next use request.

  In another embodiment, the server may be a system in which a user issues a vehicle allocation instruction based on a vehicle allocation request from a user and a request for manned or unmanned vehicles. In the present embodiment, the server obtains the current position information and the use status of each commercial vehicle and the current position information of the user, and extracts candidate vehicles to be distributed, presents the candidate vehicles to the user terminal, and prompts for selection. Either one may be used.

  As described above, the commercial vehicle operation system according to the present embodiment has the following advantages.

  The commercial vehicle operation system according to the present embodiment acquires user information and information on a plurality of commercial vehicles, and presents information on a plurality of candidate vehicles that can be distributed to the user. By allowing the user to select at least one of an unmanned driving vehicle and a manned driving vehicle by himself / herself based on the information of the vehicle, satisfaction with the vehicle distributed from the system can be increased. This has the effect.

  Further, the commercial vehicle operation system according to the present embodiment includes, as information for determining vehicle selection, time required to arrive at a user's boarding position, time required to arrive at a user's destination, and usage fee information. By presenting driver information (or all or some of these items) to the user for manned driving vehicles, the user can select a vehicle that better suits his or her personal preferences. This makes it possible to further increase the degree of satisfaction with vehicles distributed from the system.

  Further, the sales vehicle operation system according to the present embodiment, if there is a preceding user who is on board or has reserved a boarding for each candidate vehicle as information for determining the selection of the vehicle, reserves information on the leading user from now on. By presenting to the user, the choice of the candidate vehicle that can be selected can be proposed including the shared vehicle, and the user can receive a proposal of a cheaper price than using the system alone by the user. This has the effect.

  Further, the vehicle operating system for business of the present embodiment accepts or rejects a shared ride for a preceding user when a vehicle having a preceding user who is on board or has a reserved ride is selected as a shared vehicle. By giving such a notification, it is possible to confirm the intention of the preceding user so that the preceding user does not suffer disadvantage such as being unable to arrive at the destination within the desired time.

  Further, the business vehicle operating system according to the present embodiment includes, as information for judging whether to accept or reject a joint ride consultation notification to the preceding user, the preceding user who changes later than originally planned due to sharing. The time required to arrive at the destination by presenting to each preceding user the time required to arrive at the destination and the usage fee of the preceding user, which will be lower than originally planned due to sharing, to the preceding user It is possible to judge whether or not it is possible to arrive within the facility, and to receive a proposal for a cheaper fee than using the system alone.

  Further, when the business vehicle operating system according to the present embodiment arrives at the boarding position of the user, the user is searched for and specified from the appearance characteristics of the user, and is assigned to the boarding position of the specified user. Therefore, regardless of unmanned driving vehicles or manned driving vehicles, it is possible to identify the user in a short time, shorten the time required for boarding, and to identify the user from the external characteristics of the user This has the effect of preventing a person from getting on by mistake.

  Further, the commercial vehicle operation system according to the present embodiment can move as a plurality of candidate vehicles that can be distributed from the current position of the candidate vehicle to the user's destination via the user's boarding position and the shortest route. Since fuel is extracted from vehicles that have available fuel or storage batteries, there is no need to perform refueling operations due to running out of fuel during dispatch and transport the user to the destination within the scheduled time. This has the effect that it can be performed.

  In the present specification, a description will be given of an example of a commercial vehicle operation system including the server 1, the unmanned driving vehicle 2, the manned driving vehicle 3, the user terminal 4, and the preceding user terminal 5 according to the present invention. The present invention is not limited to this.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Server 11 ... Communication means 111 ... User information acquisition means 112 ... Vehicle operation information acquisition means 1121 ... Fuel remaining amount information acquisition means 1122 ... Driver information acquisition means 1123 ... Precedent user information acquisition means 113 ... Receipt of a joint ride perception result Means 12 ... Information management means 121 ... Map information management means 121DB ... Map information database 122 ... Vehicle operation information management means 122DB ... Vehicle operation information database 123 ... User information management means 123DB ... User information database 13 ... Sales vehicle management means 131 ... candidate vehicle extracting means 132 ... vehicle selection notifying means 133 ... distribution / route determining means 134 ... distribution command output means 135 ... sharing perception notification means
1351 ... Advance user destination arrival expected time recalculation means 1352 ... Advance user usage charge recalculation means 136 ... Ride location arrival expected time calculation means 137 ... Destination arrival expected time calculation means 138 ... Usage charge calculation means 2 ... Unmanned Driving vehicle 21 Communication means 22 Position detection means 23 Usage state determination means 24 Automatic driving control means 25 Person search means 26 User authentication means 27 Driving switching means 3 Manned driving vehicle 31 Communication means 32 Position detecting means 33 ... Usage state determining means 4 ... User terminal 41 ... Communication means 42 ... Position detecting means 43 ... Information input means 44 ... Information display means 5 ... Prior user terminal

Claims (12)

It is possible to communicate between an unmanned driving vehicle that automatically drives unmanned with an automatic driving function and a manned driving vehicle that is driven by a person, and any of the unmanned driving vehicle or the manned driving vehicle In a commercial vehicle operation system including a server for selecting and distributing vehicles,
The server comprises:
User information acquisition means for acquiring information on the boarding position of the user from a terminal possessed by the user,
Vehicle operation information acquisition means for acquiring vehicle operation information on the current position and the current usage status of each of the unmanned driving vehicle and the manned driving vehicle,
Candidate vehicle extraction means for extracting a plurality of candidate vehicles that can be dispatched based on the information of the riding position of the user and the vehicle operation information,
The terminal, vehicle operation information of the extracted plurality of candidate vehicles and vehicle selection notification means for presenting whether the candidate vehicles are manned driving vehicles or unmanned driving vehicles,
A commercial vehicle operation system, wherein the selected vehicle is driven to the riding position of the user. An estimated boarding position arrival time calculating means for calculating an estimated boarding position arrival time when the plurality of distributable candidate vehicles extracted by the candidate vehicle extracting means move from their respective current positions to the boarding position of the user. Prepare,
The commercial vehicle operation system according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle selection notifying unit notifies the vehicle operation information of the plurality of candidate vehicles together with the estimated time of arrival at the boarding position. The user information obtaining means further obtains information on a destination of the user from a terminal possessed by the user,
The server comprises:
Further comprising a destination arrival expected time calculating means for calculating a destination arrival expected time when moving to a destination of the user from a current position of each of the plurality of candidate vehicles via the ride position of the user,
The commercial vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the vehicle selection notifying unit notifies the estimated destination arrival time together with the vehicle operation information of the plurality of candidate vehicles and the estimated boarding position arrival time. Operational system. Further comprising usage fee calculation means for calculating a usage fee when the user travels to a destination of the user via the boarding position of the user using each of the plurality of candidate vehicles,
4. The vehicle selection notifying unit notifies the vehicle operation information of the plurality of candidate vehicles, the estimated time of arrival at the boarding position and the estimated time of arrival at the destination together with the usage fee. Business vehicle operation system. The vehicle operation information obtaining means, in the case of a manned driving vehicle, further includes driver information obtaining means for obtaining driver sex, driving history, available language and other driver information about the driver,
The vehicle selection notifying means notifies the driver information together with the vehicle operation information of the plurality of candidate vehicles, the estimated time of arrival at the boarding position, the estimated time of arrival at the destination, and the usage fee. The commercial vehicle operation system according to claim 4. The vehicle operation information acquisition means, when there is a preceding user currently boarding or boarding reservation for each of the plurality of candidate vehicles, the number of preceding users, gender and other preceding user information regarding the preceding user. Further comprising a preceding user information acquiring means for acquiring;
The vehicle selection notifying unit, together with the vehicle operation information of the plurality of candidate vehicles, the estimated time of arrival at the boarding position, the estimated time of arrival at the destination, and the usage fee, notifies the preceding user information together. The commercial vehicle operation system according to claim 4. If there is a preceding user who is already on board or has reserved a boarding for the vehicle selected to be distributed by the user, from among the plurality of candidate vehicles presented by the vehicle selection notifying means,
For the terminal of the preceding user, a carpooling consultation notification means for notifying a carpooling consultation of accepting or rejecting the carpooling with the user,
Further comprising a piggybacking consultation result receiving means for receiving a result of acceptance or rejection of the piggybacking consultation transmitted from the terminal of the preceding user,
When the sharing ride consultation result receiving means receives the notification of acceptance of the joint ride consultation from the terminal of the preceding user, the preceding user passes the vehicle on board or reserved for boarding via the boarding position of the user. 7. The business vehicle operation system according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle is driven to a destination of the user and a destination of the preceding user. The carpooling notification means,
In the case where the user desires to share a vehicle, the preceding user destination arrival time recalculating means for recalculating an estimated time of arrival at each destination of each of the preceding users via the boarding position of the user is further provided. Prepare,
8. A method according to claim 7, wherein the destination arrival estimated time of the advanced user after the change calculated by the advanced user destination arrival time recalculating means is presented to each terminal of the advanced user. A commercial vehicle operation system according to item 1. The carpooling notification means,
In the case where the user wishes to share a car, the apparatus further includes a preceding user use charge recalculating means for recalculating the use charge of the preceding user reduced by the sharing,
Along with the estimated destination arrival time after the change of the preceding user, the reduced usage fee of the preceding user calculated by the preceding user usage fee recalculating means is applied to each terminal of the preceding user. The commercial vehicle operation system according to claim 8, wherein the system is presented. The unmanned driving vehicle further includes a person search unit that searches for and specifies the user from the external characteristics of the user,
The user information obtaining means obtains the external characteristics of the user together with the riding position of the user,
The server comprises:
To the vehicle selected by the user, transmitting the appearance characteristics of the user along with the riding position of the user,
The business vehicle operation system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the vehicle is allocated to a boarding position of the user specified by the person search unit. The vehicle operation information acquisition means, in addition to the current position and usage status of the unmanned driving vehicle and the manned driving vehicle, includes a fuel remaining information acquisition means for acquiring fuel remaining or power storage remaining information,
The plurality of distributable candidate vehicles extracted by the candidate vehicle extracting means move from the current position of the candidate vehicle to the destination of the user via the boarding position of the user and the shortest route. The commercial vehicle operation system according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the vehicle is extracted from a vehicle in which a fuel or a storage battery capable of performing the operation is stored. An unmanned driving vehicle that automatically runs unattended with an automatic driving function, and can be communicated between a manned driving vehicle that is driven by a person, and any one of the unmanned driving vehicle or the manned driving vehicle In a commercial vehicle operation system equipped with a server to select and dispatch vehicles,
The server comprises:
User information acquisition means for acquiring user information including a vehicle allocation request and a manned / unmanned request from the terminal possessed by the user,
A vehicle operating system for business use, wherein one of an unmanned driving vehicle and a manned driving vehicle according to a request of the user is dispatched to the user based on the user information.

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