JP2020016668A - Information processing system, information processing program, information processing device, and information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a navigation system, a terminal device, a navigation server, a navigation device, a navigation method, and a program which can present an optimum route to relieve an illegally parked vehicle.SOLUTION: In the system according to the invention, a rental cycle that meets a predetermined condition is detected as an illegally parked vehicle on the basis of use information on the rental cycle. The rental cycle detected as an illegally parked vehicle is registered as a virtual station. A candidate route that meets a route retrieval condition including at least traveling means which includes the rental cycle, and a departure place and a destination place and that includes a route from the departure place to the destination place in which the rental cycle is used is retrieved by using network data to define a traffic network, and position information and number information on stations and virtual stations to generate route guide information. At least a part of the generated route guide information is output through an output section.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing program, an information processing device, and an information processing method.

  Hitherto, a rental cycle management system has been developed.

  For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a vehicle rental management that manages position information of scattered rental cycles that are freely abandoned and provides guide information to a vehicle that is most accessible to a user who wants to rent a vehicle. An apparatus is disclosed.

  Patent Literature 2 discloses a bicycle rental system that manages vehicles such as bicycles, motor-equipped bicycles, and motorcycles provided with a two-dimensional barcode by a mobile phone with a GPS function that can use a barcode reader and map information. . Patent Literature 2 discloses reducing the number of bicycles left in a city.

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  However, the related art (Patent Documents 1 and 2 and the like) has a problem that an optimal route for rescuing abandoned vehicles cannot be presented.

  For example, in the vehicle rental management device described in Patent Document 1, although the local position of the vehicle can be grasped from the position detection means mounted on the vehicle, and whether each vehicle is rented or vacant, it can be grasped. There was a problem in that rescue of abandoned vehicles was not considered. That is, the vehicle rental management device described in Patent Literature 1 does not include, for example, specific means for detecting a vehicle under predetermined conditions as an abandoned vehicle, and thus cannot actually detect an abandoned vehicle. Had a point.

  Also, in the bicycle rental system described in Patent Document 2, mention is made of reducing the number of bicycles abandoned in the city by creating a bicycle rental base in a vacant space in the city, thereby creating a base throughout the city. However, there is a problem that no specific means for realizing this is provided. That is, since the rental cycle system described in Patent Document 2 does not include specific means such as, for example, grasping an abandoned vehicle and presenting a route to the abandoned vehicle, it is difficult to actually reduce the number of abandoned vehicles. Had the problem that

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a navigation system, a terminal device, a navigation server, a navigation device, a navigation method, and a program capable of presenting an optimal route for rescuing an abandoned vehicle. Aim.

  In order to achieve such an object, the navigation system of the present invention communicably connects a navigation server having at least a control unit and a storage unit, and a terminal device having at least a control unit and an output unit. In the navigation system, the storage unit includes at least network data storage means for storing network data defining a traffic network, position information of a station for stopping a rental cycle, and information on the number of the rental cycles stopped at the station. Station information storage means for storing station information; and use information storage means for storing use information of the rental cycle, wherein the control unit of the navigation server stores the use information stored in the use information storage means. Based on the specified conditions Abandoned vehicle detecting means for detecting the rental cycle as abandoned vehicle; virtual station registration means for registering the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle by the abandoned vehicle detection means as a virtual station in the station information storage means; and the terminal device. A route search condition receiving means for receiving a route search condition including at least a starting means and a destination including a moving means including the above-mentioned rental cycle, and a route search condition received by the route search condition receiving means. A candidate route including a route using the rental cycle from the departure point to the destination, the network data stored in the network data storage means, and the station stored in the station information storage means; Virtual station Route guidance information generating means for searching using the position information and the number information to generate route guidance information; and route guidance for transmitting the route guidance information generated by the route guidance information generation means to the terminal device. Information transmission means, wherein the control unit of the terminal device receives the route guidance information transmitted from the navigation server, the route search condition transmission means transmitting the route search condition to the navigation server. Route guidance information receiving means; and route guidance information output means for outputting at least a part of the route guidance information received by the route guidance information receiving means via the output unit. .

  Further, in the navigation system according to the present invention, in the navigation system described above, the use information further includes rental period information indicating a rental period of the rental cycle, and the abandoned vehicle detection unit includes the rental information included in the use information. If the rental cycle is not returned to the station within the rental period indicated by the rental period information, the rental cycle is detected as the abandoned vehicle.

  Further, in the navigation system according to the present invention, in the navigation system described above, the use information further includes usable area information indicating an available area of the rental cycle, and the abandoned vehicle detection unit includes the usable information in the use information. If the rental cycle does not exist in the available area indicated by the available area information, the rental cycle is detected as the abandoned vehicle.

  Further, in the navigation system according to the present invention, in the navigation system described above, the use information further includes position information indicating a current position of the rental cycle, and the abandoned vehicle detection unit is further included in the use information. If the current position of the rental cycle indicated by the position information does not change for a predetermined time or more, the rental cycle is detected as the abandoned vehicle.

  Further, in the navigation system according to the present invention, in the navigation system described above, the virtual station registration unit includes the position information of the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle by the abandoned vehicle detection unit, and the number of the rental cycle. By storing virtual station information including information in the station information storage means, the rental cycle is registered as the virtual station.

  Further, in the navigation system according to the present invention, in the navigation system described above, the station information storage means stores the rental cycle detected by the abandoned vehicle detection means as the abandoned vehicle when the rental cycle is returned to the station. And deleting the virtual station information corresponding to.

  Further, in the navigation system according to the present invention, in the navigation system described above, the station information storage means corresponds to the rental cycle when the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle by the abandoned vehicle detection means is used. The virtual station information is deleted.

  Further, in the navigation system according to the present invention, in the navigation system described above, the station information storage means includes the position information of the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle by the abandoned vehicle detection means and the current position of the rental cycle. If the information is different, the virtual station information corresponding to the rental cycle is deleted.

  Further, in the navigation system according to the present invention, in the navigation system described above, the route guidance information generating unit stores the candidate route in the network data stored in the network data storage unit, and in the station information storage unit. Candidate route searching means for searching using the stored location information of the station and the virtual station, and station extraction for extracting the station and the virtual station included in the candidate route searched by the candidate route searching means Means, number information obtaining means for obtaining the number information corresponding to the stations and the virtual stations extracted by the station extracting means from the station information storage means, and the candidate searched by the candidate route searching means. Road, and, based on the number information acquired by said number information acquiring means, and further comprising a, a route generating means for generating the route guidance information.

  Further, in the navigation system according to the present invention, in the navigation system described above, the station information and the virtual station information further include basic usage fee information of the rental cycle, and the route guidance information generating unit includes the station information storage. Means for obtaining the basic usage fee information from the means, generating the changed usage fee information in which the basic usage fee information is changed based on the number information and the basic usage fee information, and including the changed usage fee information. Generating route guidance information.

  Further, in the navigation system according to the present invention, in the navigation system described above, when the route guidance information generation means uses the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle by the abandoned vehicle detection means, the basic usage fee information Is changed to be free, and the changed usage fee information is generated.

  Further, the navigation system of the present invention is the navigation system described above, wherein the navigation system is further mounted on the rental cycle, communicably connected to a vehicle-mounted device that includes at least a position acquisition unit and a control unit, The control unit of the in-vehicle device includes: a position information obtaining unit that obtains the position information of the rental cycle using the position obtaining unit; and the position information obtained by the position information obtaining unit is transmitted to the navigation server. Position information transmitting means, wherein the control unit of the navigation server receives the position information transmitted from the in-vehicle device, and the position received by the position information receiving means. Position information storage means for storing information in the use information storage means. And it features.

  Further, in the navigation system according to the present invention, in the navigation system described above, the navigation system is further communicably connected to a station device provided with at least a control unit, which is installed in the station. The control unit monitors the number of the rent-a-cycles stopped at the station and generates vehicle number information, and vehicle number information for transmitting the number information generated by the vehicle monitoring unit to the navigation server. Transmitting means, the control unit of the navigation server, the number information receiving means for receiving the number information transmitted from the station device, the number information received by the number information receiving means, Number information stored in station information storage means Storage means, and further comprising a.

  Further, the navigation system of the present invention includes a network data storage unit for storing network data defining a traffic network, station information including at least position information of a station that stops a rental cycle and information on the number of the rental cycles that are stopped at the station. Station information storage means for storing the use information of the rental cycle, and use information storage means for storing the use information of the rental cycle, based on the use information stored in the use information storage means, the rental cycle that meets a predetermined condition as a parked vehicle Abandoned vehicle detection means for detecting; a virtual station registration means for registering the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle by the abandoned vehicle detection means as a virtual station in the station information storage means; A candidate route including a route using the rental cycle from the departure point to the destination, which satisfies a route search condition including at least the moving means, the departure point, and the destination, is stored in the network data storage means. Route guidance information generating means for searching using network data and the position information and the number information of the stations and the virtual stations stored in the station information storage means to generate route guidance information; Route guidance information output means for outputting, via an output unit, at least a part of the route guidance information generated by the guidance information generation means.

  Further, the terminal device of the present invention is a terminal device having at least a control unit and an output unit communicably connected to a navigation server, wherein the control unit includes a moving means including a rental cycle, a departure place, and a destination. Route search condition transmitting means for transmitting a route search condition including at least the ground to the navigation server, route guide information receiving means for receiving route guide information transmitted from the navigation server, and the route guide information receiving means Route guidance information output means for outputting at least a part of the received route guidance information via the output unit, wherein the route guidance information is based on the rental cycle usage information in the navigation server. The rental cycle that meets the predetermined conditions is detected as a parked vehicle and detected as the parked vehicle. Registering the rental cycle as a virtual station, a candidate route including a route using the rental cycle from the departure point to the destination satisfying the route search condition, network data defining a transportation network, and the rental cycle. The information is generated by searching using the position information of the station to be stopped and the virtual station and the information of the number of the rental cycles stopped at the station and the virtual station.

  Further, a navigation server according to the present invention is a navigation server communicably connected to a terminal device, the navigation server including at least a control unit and a storage unit, wherein the storage unit stores network data defining a traffic network. Network data storage means, station information storage means for storing station information including at least information on the position of a station that stops the rental cycle and information on the number of the rental cycles stopped at the station, and usage information for storing usage information on the rental cycle Storage means, wherein the control unit detects a rented cycle that meets a predetermined condition as a parked vehicle based on the usage information stored in the usage information storage means, Detected by the detection means as the abandoned vehicle A virtual station registration unit for registering the rental cycle as a virtual station in the station information storage unit; and a route search condition transmitted from the terminal device, the transportation unit including the rental cycle, and at least a departure point and a destination. A route search condition receiving unit, and a candidate route that satisfies the route search condition received by the route search condition receiving unit and includes a route that uses the rental cycle from the departure point to the destination; Generating route guidance information by searching using the network data stored in the location information and the location information and the number information of the stations and the virtual stations stored in the station information storage means. Means and the above route guidance information generation The route guidance information generated by the step, characterized by comprising: a route guidance information transmitting means for transmitting to said terminal device.

  The navigation server according to the present invention is a navigation server including at least a control unit and a storage unit communicably connected to a terminal device including at least an output unit, wherein the storage unit defines a traffic network. Network data storage means for storing network data to be stored, station information storage means for storing station information including at least information on the position of a station stopping the rental cycle and information on the number of the rental cycles stopped at the station, and use of the rental cycle A use information storage means for storing information, wherein the control unit detects the rental cycle that meets a predetermined condition as a parked vehicle based on the use information stored in the use information storage means. Means and an abandoned vehicle detection means. Virtual station registration means for registering the rental cycle detected as an abandoned vehicle as a virtual station in the station information storage means, and moving means including the rental cycle transmitted from the terminal device, and a departure place and a destination. A route search condition receiving means for receiving a route search condition, and a candidate route that satisfies the route search condition received by the route search condition receiving means and includes a route using the rental cycle from the departure point to the destination. Searching using the network data stored in the network data storage means, and the position information and the number information of the stations and the virtual stations stored in the station information storage means to obtain route guidance information. Route guidance information generating means to be generated A route guidance screen generating means for generating a route guidance screen based on at least a part of the route guidance information generated by the route guidance information generating means, and the route guidance screen generated by the route guidance screen generating means And output control means for transmitting at least a part of the route guidance screen via the output unit to the terminal device.

  A navigation device according to the present invention is a navigation device including at least a storage unit, a control unit, and an output unit, wherein the storage unit includes a network data storage unit that stores network data defining a traffic network, and a rental cycle. Station information storage means for storing station information including at least station information including the position information of the station that stops and the number of the rental cycle stopped at the station, and usage information storage means for storing the rental cycle usage information, The control unit is configured to detect the rent-a-cycle that meets a predetermined condition as a parked vehicle based on the use information stored in the use information storage unit as a parked vehicle. The detected bicycle cycle is a virtual scan. Virtual station registration means for registering in the station information storage means as an option, route search condition setting means for setting a route search condition including at least a moving means including the rental cycle, and a departure place and a destination, and the route search condition setting A candidate route including a route using the rental cycle from the departure point to the destination, which satisfies the route search condition set by the means, the network data stored in the network data storage means, and the station A route guidance information generating unit that searches using the position information and the number information of the stations and the virtual stations stored in the information storage unit to generate route guidance information, and is generated by the route guidance information generating unit. At least part of the route guidance information And route guidance information output means for outputting via a serial output unit, characterized by comprising a.

  Further, the navigation method of the present invention is a navigation executed in a navigation system in which a navigation server having at least a control unit and a storage unit and a terminal device having at least a control unit and an output unit are communicably connected. The method, wherein the storage unit includes a network data storage unit that stores network data defining a traffic network, and a station that includes at least position information of a station that stops a rental cycle and information on the number of the rental cycles that are stopped at the station. Station information storage means for storing information; and use information storage means for storing use information of the rental cycle, wherein the use information stored in the use information storage means is executed by the control unit of the navigation server. Based on information A parked vehicle detection step of detecting the rental cycle that meets a predetermined condition as a parked vehicle, and the rental cycle detected as the parked vehicle in the parked vehicle detection step, which is executed by the control unit of the navigation server. A virtual station registration step of registering in the station information storage means as a virtual station; and a route search condition including at least a moving means including a rental cycle, a departure place, and a destination executed by the control unit of the terminal device. A route search condition transmitting step for transmitting to the navigation server, and a route search condition receiving for receiving the route search condition transmitted from the terminal device in the route search condition transmitting step, which is executed in the control unit of the navigation server. Steps A candidate route that satisfies the route search condition received in the route search condition receiving step, which is executed by the control unit of the navigation server, and that includes a route using the rental cycle from the departure point to the destination. Is searched using the network data stored in the network data storage means, and the position information and the number information of the stations and the virtual stations stored in the station information storage means, to obtain route guidance information. A route guidance information generating step of generating the route guidance information, and a route guidance information transmission step of transmitting the route guidance information generated in the route guidance information generation step to the terminal device, which is executed in the control unit of the navigation server. Executed in the control unit of the terminal device A route guidance information receiving means for receiving the route guidance information transmitted from the navigation server in the route guidance information transmitting step; and a route guidance information receiving step executed by the control unit of the terminal device. Outputting at least a part of the received route guidance information via the output unit.

  Further, the navigation method of the present invention is a navigation method executed in a navigation system, wherein the navigation system includes a network data storage unit that stores network data defining a traffic network, and position information of a station that stops a rental cycle. Station information storage means for storing station information including at least information on the number of rental cycles stopped at the station; usage information storage means for storing usage information of the rental cycle; abandoned vehicle detection means; virtual station registration means And a route guidance information generating unit; and a route guidance information output unit, wherein the abandoned vehicle detection unit performs the rental cycle that matches a predetermined condition based on the usage information stored in the usage information storage unit. Release An abandoned vehicle detection step of detecting the vehicle as a vehicle; and a virtual station registration step of registering the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle in the abandoned vehicle detection step in the station information storage unit as a virtual station. A candidate route including a route using the rental cycle from the departure point to the destination, wherein the route guidance information generating means satisfies a route search condition including at least the traveling means including the rental cycle and the departure place and the destination. Is searched using the network data stored in the network data storage means, and the position information and the number information of the stations and the virtual stations stored in the station information storage means to obtain route guidance information. Generate A route guidance information generation step, wherein the route guidance information output means outputs at least a part of the route guidance information generated in the route guidance information generation step via an output unit, It is characterized by including.

  Further, the navigation method of the present invention is a navigation method executed in a terminal device having at least a control unit and an output unit communicably connected to a navigation server, wherein the rental cycle executed in the control unit is provided. A route search condition transmitting step for transmitting to the navigation server a route search condition including at least a moving means including a departure place and a destination, and a route guide information receiving step for receiving route guide information transmitted from the navigation server A route guidance information output step of outputting, via the output unit, at least a part of the route guidance information received in the route guidance information receiving step, wherein the route guidance information includes the navigation server At a predetermined condition based on the rental cycle usage information. The matching rental cycle is detected as an abandoned vehicle, the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle is registered as a virtual station, and a route using the rental cycle from the departure point to the destination satisfying the route search condition is included. A candidate route is generated by searching using network data defining a traffic network, position information of the station stopping the rental cycle and the virtual station, and information on the number of the rental cycles stopped at the station and the virtual station. Information that has been provided.

  Further, the navigation method of the present invention is a navigation method executed in a navigation server that is communicably connected to a terminal device and includes at least a control unit and a storage unit, wherein the storage unit defines a traffic network. Network data storage means for storing network data to be stored, station information storage means for storing station information including at least information on the position of a station stopping the rental cycle and information on the number of the rental cycles stopped at the station, and use of the rental cycle Use information storage means for storing information, wherein the control unit executes the control unit and detects the rental cycle that meets a predetermined condition as an abandoned vehicle based on the use information stored in the use information storage means. Abandoned vehicle detection step A virtual station registration step of registering the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle in the abandoned vehicle detection step as a virtual station in the station information storage means; and moving means including the rental cycle transmitted from the terminal device. A route search condition receiving step of receiving a route search condition including at least a place and a destination; and the rental cycle from the departure point to the destination, satisfying the route search condition received in the route search condition receiving step. A candidate route including a route using the network data stored in the network data storage means, and the position information and the number information of the stations and the virtual stations stored in the station information storage means. Exploring, And the route guidance information generating step of generating road-guidance information, characterized in that the route guidance information generated by the route guidance information generating step including the route guidance information transmitting step of transmitting to the terminal device.

  Further, the navigation method of the present invention is a navigation method executed in a navigation server having at least a control unit and a storage unit communicably connected to a terminal device having at least an output unit, wherein the storage unit A network data storage unit for storing network data defining a traffic network; and a station information storage unit for storing station information including at least position information of a station that stops a rental cycle and information on the number of the rental cycles stopped at the station. And use information storage means for storing use information of the rental cycle, wherein the rental cycle which is executed by the control unit and which meets a predetermined condition based on the use information stored in the use information storage means Is detected as an abandoned vehicle An abandoned vehicle detection step; a virtual station registration step of registering the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle in the abandoned vehicle detection step as a virtual station in the station information storage means; and the rental cycle transmitted from the terminal device. A route search condition receiving step of receiving a route search condition including at least a moving means including a departure place and a destination, and the route search condition received in the route search condition reception step, A candidate route including a route using the rental cycle to the destination; the network data stored in the network data storage unit; and the position information of the station and the virtual station stored in the station information storage unit. And the above table Generating a route guidance information by searching using the information; and generating a route guidance screen based on at least a part of the route guidance information generated in the route guidance information generating step. A route guidance screen generation step, and output control for transmitting the route guidance screen generated in the route guidance screen generation step to the terminal device and outputting at least a part of the route guidance screen via the output unit And step.

  Further, the navigation method of the present invention is a navigation method executed in a navigation device having at least a storage unit, a control unit, and an output unit, wherein the storage unit stores network data defining a traffic network. Data storage means, station information storage means for storing station information including at least information on the position of a station for stopping the rental cycle and information on the number of the rental cycles stopped at the station, and usage information storage for storing usage information for the rental cycle Means for detecting a rented cycle that meets a predetermined condition as a parked vehicle based on the use information stored in the use information storage means, which is executed by the control unit; and Abandoned vehicle detection step A virtual station registration step of registering the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle as a virtual station in the station information storage means, and setting a route search condition including at least a moving means including the rental cycle, a departure place and a destination. Storing, in the network data storage, a route search condition setting step and a candidate route that satisfies the route search condition set in the route search condition setting step and includes a route using the rental cycle from the departure point to the destination; Route guidance information for generating route guidance information by searching using the network data stored in the means, and the position information and the number information of the station and the virtual station stored in the station information storage means. Generation step and above At least a part of the route guidance information generated by the road-guidance information generating step, characterized in that it comprises a, and the route guidance information output step of outputting through the output unit.

  Further, the program of the present invention is a program for causing a terminal device having at least a control unit and an output unit, which is communicably connected to a navigation server, to execute the terminal device. A route search condition transmitting step of transmitting a route search condition including at least a departure place and a destination to the navigation server; a route guide information receiving step of receiving route guide information transmitted from the navigation server; Outputting at least a part of the route guidance information received in the guidance information receiving step, via the output unit, to the route guidance information. Based on the rental cycle usage information, The vehicle is detected as an abandoned vehicle, the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle is registered as a virtual station, and a candidate route including a route using the rental cycle from the departure point to the destination satisfying the route search condition is determined. , Network data that defines the transportation network, and information generated by searching using the position information of the station that stops the rental cycle and the virtual station, and the number information of the rental cycle that is stopped at the station and the virtual station. It is characterized by being.

  Further, a program of the present invention is a program for causing a navigation server, which is communicably connected to a terminal device and has at least a control unit and a storage unit, to execute, the storage unit defines a traffic network. Network data storage means for storing network data; station information storage means for storing station information including at least information on the position of a station that stops the rental cycle and information on the number of the rental cycles stopped at the station; and usage information on the rental cycle And a use information storage unit for storing a rental vehicle cycle that matches a predetermined condition as a parked vehicle based on the use information stored in the use information storage unit. And the abandoned vehicle detection step A virtual station registration step of registering the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle as a virtual station in the station information storage means, and a moving means including the rental cycle, a departure place, and a destination transmitted from the terminal device. A route search condition receiving step of receiving at least a route search condition including at least a route using the rental cycle from the departure point to the destination satisfying the route search condition received in the route search condition receiving step; A candidate route is searched using the network data stored in the network data storage means, and the position information and the number information of the stations and the virtual stations stored in the station information storage means, and Route for generating guidance information And an inner information generating step, and wherein the route guidance information generated by the route guidance information generating step be executed and a route guidance information transmitting step of transmitting to the terminal device.

  Further, the program of the present invention is a program that is communicably connected to a terminal device having at least an output unit, and is executed by a navigation server having at least a control unit and a storage unit. Network data storage means for storing network data defining a transportation network; station information storage means for storing station information including at least information on the position of a station that stops the rental cycle and information on the number of the rental cycles stopped at the station. And use information storage means for storing use information of the rental cycle, wherein the control unit determines the rental cycle that meets a predetermined condition as a parked vehicle based on the use information stored in the use information storage means. An abandoned vehicle detection step to detect; A virtual station registration step of registering the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle in the abandoned vehicle detection step as a virtual station in the station information storage means; and moving means including the rental cycle transmitted from the terminal device. A route search condition receiving step of receiving a route search condition including at least a place and a destination; and the rental cycle from the departure point to the destination, satisfying the route search condition received in the route search condition receiving step. A candidate route including a route using the network data stored in the network data storage means, and the position information and the number information of the stations and the virtual stations stored in the station information storage means. Search and go through A route guidance information generating step for generating guidance information; a route guidance screen generating step for generating a route guidance screen based on at least a part of the route guidance information generated in the route guidance information generating step; Transmitting the route guidance screen generated in the guidance screen generation step to the terminal device, and causing the terminal device to output at least a part of the route guidance screen via the output unit. And

  Further, a program of the present invention is a program for causing a navigation device including at least a storage unit, a control unit, and an output unit to execute, and the storage unit stores network data defining a traffic network. Storage means, station information storage means for storing station information including at least information on the position of a station for stopping the rental cycle and information on the number of the rental cycles stopped at the station, and usage information storage means for storing the usage information of the rental cycle Wherein the control unit detects the rented cycle that meets a predetermined condition as a parked vehicle based on the use information stored in the use information storage means, and the parked vehicle detection step Detected as abandoned vehicle A virtual station registration step of registering the obtained rental cycle as a virtual station in the station information storage means; and a route search condition setting step of setting a route search condition including at least a moving means including the rental cycle, and a departure place and a destination. A candidate route, which satisfies the route search condition set in the route search condition setting step and includes a route using the rental cycle from the departure point to the destination, stored in the network data storage means; A route guidance information generating step of searching using the network data and the position information and the number information of the station and the virtual station stored in the station information storage means to generate route guidance information; To guide information generation step At least a portion of the generated the route guidance information, characterized in that to execute a route guidance information output step of outputting through the output unit.

  According to the present invention, in the navigation server, the network data that defines the traffic network is stored in the storage unit, and the station information that includes at least the position information of the station that stops the rental cycle and the information on the number of rental cycles that are stopped at the station is stored. Unit, and stores the rental cycle usage information in the storage unit, detects a rental cycle that meets a predetermined condition as a parked vehicle based on the usage information stored in the storage unit, and determines the rental cycle detected as a parked vehicle as a virtual station. As a mobile unit including a rental cycle transmitted from a terminal device and route search conditions including at least a departure place and a destination, and receiving from the departure place to the destination satisfying the received route search conditions. Candidate routes including routes that use rental cycles Using the network data stored in the storage unit and the position information and the number information of the stations and virtual stations stored in the storage unit, a search is performed to generate route guidance information, and the generated route guidance information is transmitted to the terminal device. The terminal device transmits the route search condition to the navigation server, receives the route guidance information transmitted from the navigation server, and outputs at least a part of the received route guidance information via the output unit. The effect of presenting an optimal route for relieving the problem can be exhibited. Furthermore, according to the present invention, the user can be presented with a candidate route from the departure point to the destination using the rental cycle in consideration of the number of rental cycles of each station. This has the effect of being able to be dispersed.

  Further, according to the present invention, the use information further includes rental period information indicating a rental period of the rental cycle. In the detection of the abandoned vehicle, the rental cycle is set to the station within the rental period indicated by the rental period information included in the use information. If the rental cycle is not returned to the station, the rental cycle is detected as an abandoned vehicle, so that the rental cycle not returned to the station within the rental period can be accurately detected as an abandoned vehicle.

  According to the present invention, the use information further includes available area information indicating an available area of the rental cycle, and in the detection of the abandoned vehicle, the available information indicates the available area indicated by the available area information included in the use information. If there is no rental cycle, the rental cycle is detected as an abandoned vehicle, so that there is an effect that a rental cycle that deviates from the available area can be accurately detected as an abandoned vehicle.

  Further, according to the present invention, the use information further includes position information indicating the current position of the rental cycle. In the detection of the abandoned vehicle, the current position of the rental cycle indicated by the position information included in the use information further exceeds the predetermined time. If not changed, the rental cycle is detected as an abandoned vehicle, so that the rental cycle that does not move for a predetermined time or more can be accurately detected as an abandoned vehicle.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the registration of the virtual station, the position information of the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle and the virtual station information including the information on the number of the rental cycle are stored in the storage unit, so that the rental cycle can be virtualized. Since the vehicle is registered as a station, the position where the abandoned vehicle is stopped can be considered as a virtual station when searching for a route using the rental cycle. As a result, a route using the abandoned vehicle can be presented.

  Further, according to the present invention, the storage unit deletes the virtual station information corresponding to the rental cycle when the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle is returned to the station, so that when the abandoned vehicle is returned to the station. Since there is no point in registering the abandoned vehicle as a virtual station, there is an effect that the corresponding virtual station information can be surely deleted. Thus, the present invention has an effect that, when a user searches for a route using a rental cycle including abandoned vehicles, a situation in which the abandoned vehicles are searched by a plurality of users can be prevented. .

  According to the present invention, when the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle is used, the storage unit deletes the virtual station information corresponding to the rental cycle, so that the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle is used. In this case, since it becomes meaningless to register the abandoned vehicle as a virtual station, there is an effect that the corresponding virtual station information can be surely deleted. As a result, the present invention has an effect that when a user searches for a route using a rental cycle including abandoned vehicles, it is possible to prevent a situation where a plurality of users search for abandoned vehicles.

  Further, according to the present invention, when the storage unit detects the abandoned vehicle and the position information of the rental cycle is different from the current position information of the rental cycle, the storage unit deletes the virtual station information corresponding to the rental cycle. If the rental cycle detected as an abandoned vehicle is moved improperly, there is no point in registering the abandoned vehicle as a virtual station. The virtual station information to be deleted can be reliably deleted. Accordingly, the present invention has an effect that when a user searches for a route using a rental cycle including abandoned vehicles, the virtual station where the abandoned vehicles exist can be reliably presented.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the generation of the route guidance information, the candidate route is searched for using the network data stored in the storage unit and the position information of the station and the virtual station stored in the storage unit. The station and the virtual station included in the candidate route are extracted, the number information corresponding to the extracted station and the virtual station is obtained from the storage unit, and the route guidance information is obtained based on the searched candidate route and the obtained number information. Since the candidate route is generated, an optimum candidate route from the departure place to the destination is searched once, and the candidate route can be processed in consideration of the number of rental cycles of each station and each virtual station. As a result, the present invention has an effect that it is possible to provide a route that uses the rental cycle as an optimal route from the departure point to the destination, instead of providing a route that prioritizes only optimization of the rental cycle distribution.

  Further, according to the present invention, the station information and the virtual station information further include basic usage fee information of a rental cycle, and in generating route guidance information, obtain basic usage fee information from a storage unit, Based on the fee information, the post-change usage fee information in which the basic usage fee information is changed is generated, and the route guidance information including the post-change usage fee information is generated. There is an effect that a rental cycle route that can be used with the changed usage fee can be presented. As a result, the present invention has an effect that the user can be encouraged to cooperate with the relief of the abandoned vehicle and the dispersion of the deviation of the rental cycle between the stations.

  Further, according to the present invention, in generating the route guidance information, when using the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle, the basic usage fee information is changed to be free, and the changed usage fee information is generated. In addition, there is an effect that the user who has performed the route search can be presented with the abandoned vehicle use route where the usage fee of the rental cycle corresponding to the abandoned vehicle is free. Thus, the present invention has an effect that the user can be further encouraged to cooperate with the relief of the abandoned vehicle.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the vehicle-mounted device mounted on the rental cycle, the position information of the rental cycle is acquired using the position acquisition unit, the position information is transmitted to the navigation server, and the position information is transmitted from the vehicle-mounted device in the navigation server. Since the position information is received and the received position information is stored in the storage unit, the navigation server periodically or in real time receives the latest position information of the rental cycle transmitted from the in-vehicle device mounted on the rental cycle. This has the effect of being able to be updated.

  According to the invention, in the station device installed in the station, the number of rental bicycles stopped at the station is monitored to generate the number information, and the generated number information is transmitted to the navigation server. Since the number information transmitted from the station device is received and the received number information is stored in the storage unit, the navigation server transmits the latest information on the rental cycle stopped at the station transmitted from the station device installed at the station. The number of pieces of information can be received and updated in a regular or real-time manner.

  In the above, the effects have been described by taking the navigation system of the present invention as an example. However, the same effects can be obtained in a navigation server, a terminal device, a navigation device, a navigation method, and a program.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the navigation system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of the station information database according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the data structure of the usage information database according to the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of the navigation system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a candidate route between a station and a virtual station according to the present embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an output screen of the route guidance information according to the present embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating another example of the output screen of the route guidance information according to the present embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the management screen of the abandoned vehicle in the present embodiment. FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the navigation server according to the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of the navigation server according to the second embodiment. FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a navigation device according to the third embodiment. FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of the navigation device according to the third embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a navigation system, a terminal device, a navigation server, a navigation device, a navigation method, and a program according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The present invention is not limited by the embodiment.

  Hereinafter, regarding the configuration and processing of the present invention, the first embodiment (navigation system), the second embodiment (navigation server (server-driven type)), and the third embodiment (navigation device (stand-alone type)) The details will be described in order.

[First Embodiment]
First, a first embodiment (navigation system) of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. However, the first embodiment described below exemplifies a navigation system for embodying the technical idea of the present invention, and is not intended to specify the present invention in this navigation system. The present invention is equally applicable to other embodiments of the navigation system included in the claims. For example, the form of function distribution on the server side and the terminal side in the navigation system exemplified in the first embodiment is not limited to the following, and functionally or physically in arbitrary units as long as similar effects and functions can be achieved. Can be configured to be distributed and integrated.

[Configuration of navigation system]
First, an example of the configuration of the navigation system according to the first embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the navigation system according to the first embodiment, and conceptually illustrates only a part related to the present invention in the configuration. In the present embodiment, a navigation system that provides communication-type information will be described as a specific example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to a stand-alone type navigation system.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the navigation system according to the first embodiment includes a navigation server 200 capable of performing a route search, a terminal device 100 equipped with a route guidance application and a transfer guidance application, and a rental cycle. A station device 600 installed at the station where the vehicle stops and monitors the number of vehicles and the like, and an in-vehicle device 700 that transmits position information and the like of the vehicles mounted on the rental cycle are communicably connected. Here, as shown in FIG. 1, the communication includes, for example, remote communication such as wired / wireless communication via a network 300. Each part of the navigation system is communicably connected via an arbitrary communication path.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, in the navigation system according to the first embodiment, the navigation server 200 schematically includes at least a control unit 202 and a storage unit 206. In addition, the terminal device 100 includes at least a position acquisition unit 112, an output unit (the display unit 114 and the audio output unit 118), an input unit 116, the control unit 102, and the storage unit 106. Further, the station device 600 includes at least a control unit 602 and a storage unit 606. Further, the in-vehicle device 700 includes at least a position acquisition unit 712, a control unit 702, and a storage unit 706.

[Configuration of Navigation Server 200]
Here, in FIG. 1, the navigation server 200 detects a rental cycle that meets a predetermined condition as a parked vehicle based on the usage information stored in the storage unit 206, and stores the rental cycle detected as the parked vehicle as a virtual station as a virtual station. In step 206, the mobile terminal receives a route including the rental cycle transmitted from the terminal device 100 and the route search condition including at least the departure place and the destination, and the rental cycle from the departure place to the destination satisfying the received route search condition. A route guidance information is generated by searching for a candidate route including a route utilizing the location information and the number information of the stations and virtual stations stored in the storage unit 206 and the network data stored in the storage unit 206, Functions such as transmitting the generated route guidance information to the terminal device 100 A.

  The navigation server 200 is communicably connected to the terminal device 100, the station device 600, and the on-vehicle device 700 via the network 300 via the communication control interface unit 204, and the control unit 202 and the storage unit 206 And The control unit 202 is a control unit that performs various processes. The communication control interface unit 204 is an interface connected to a communication device (not shown) such as an antenna or a router connected to a communication line or a telephone line, and controls communication between the navigation server 200 and the network 300. It has a function to perform. That is, the communication control interface unit 204 has a function of communicating data with the terminal device 100, the station device 600, the in-vehicle device 700, and the like via a communication line.

  In FIG. 1, a storage unit 206 is a fixed disk device such as a hard disk drive (HDD) and a storage unit such as a solid state drive (SSD), and stores various databases and tables (a network database 206a, a station information database 206b, Information database 206c, map database 206d, guidance database 206e, route guidance information database 206f, etc.) are stored.

  Among these constituent elements of the storage unit 206, the network database 206a is a network data storage unit that stores network data that defines a transportation network. Here, the network data stored in the network database 206a may include road network data, route network data, and in-facility network data. These network data are stored in the network database 206a in advance, and the control unit 202 of the navigation server 200 periodically downloads the latest data from an external device or the like via the network 300 and stores the latest data in the network database 206a. Network data may be updated.

  Here, the road network data stored in the network database 206a is network data that defines a road network. For example, node data of a node that is a node on a road network expression such as an intersection and a road section between nodes Is network data represented by a combination of the link with the link data. Here, the node data includes information such as a node number (for example, a node ID and the like), a node name, position coordinates such as latitude and longitude, a node type, the number of links to be connected, a connection node number, and an intersection name. May be included. The link data includes a link number (for example, a link ID), a start node ID, an end node ID, a type of a road, a line number of a national road, a prefectural road, a city road, and the like, route information that is used repeatedly, and a government in which a link exists. Area attribute information, link length (e.g., distance, etc.), road service status, traffic regulation section during abnormal weather, vehicle weight restriction, vehicle height restriction, width, road width classification, lane information (e.g., number of lanes, dedicated traffic) Information such as zonal, route bus, etc., priority lane, vehicle lane, and vehicle lane information on traffic lane according to direction of travel, etc.), information on attributes within links such as speed limit, elevated, tunnels and bridges, and names May be included. The road network data may include usage fee data and the like. Here, the usage fee data may be information representing a fuel fee consumed when traveling by car or motorcycle, a toll on a toll road such as a national highway or a motorway, and the like. Further, the road network data may store position information such as latitude and longitude information of facilities and the like existing on a route when traveling by car, motorcycle, bicycle, or on foot.

  The road network data may include road traffic information. Here, the road traffic information may include traffic congestion information such as a traffic congestion point, a traffic congestion distance, and a transit time between two points on the road (that is, travel time, etc.). The road traffic information may include traffic obstacle information, traffic regulation information, and the like. Here, the traffic regulation information is data defining various traffic regulations, for example, traffic regulation during abnormal weather such as precipitation regulation, snow / freezing regulation, supersonic regulation, wind speed regulation, visibility regulation, etc., and height. Regulations on vehicle traffic such as regulations and weight regulations, road construction and work, construction time regulations related to road construction, traffic zone regulations that regulate traffic zones that can pass depending on time of day and vehicle type, and vehicle traffic due to damage to roads, etc. The information may include information such as prohibition of entry of general vehicles by a stop or a community zone provided for ensuring traffic safety, and entry of general vehicles by a connection to private land. The road traffic information is stored in the network database 206a in advance, and the control unit 202 of the navigation server 200 periodically (for example, every five minutes) updates the latest data via the network 300 to an external system (for example, VICS (registered trademark) (Vehicle Information and Communication System), ATIS (Advanced Traffic Information Service), Japan Road Traffic Information Center (JARTIC), etc., and download road traffic information stored in network database 206a. May be.

  The route network network data stored in the network database 206a is network data that defines a route network of each transportation (for example, public transportation) such as a railway, an airplane, a bus, and a ship. Node data of nodes that are nodes on the route network representation (for example, stations, stops, stops, stops, airports, ports, and terminals that are transportation stops) and railway lines that connect the nodes , Airline routes, sea routes, and bus routes. Here, the railroad is a transportation system that travels by being guided by a fixed guideway (rails, guide rails and the like) installed on the route and transports passengers and freight, and is, for example, a train, a tram. , A ropeway, a monorail, a cable car, a linear motor car, or the like. The node data includes a node number (for example, a node ID, etc.), a node name (for example, a station name, a stop name, a stop name, a stop name, an airport name, a port name, which is the name of a transportation stop point, etc.). And the name of the terminal), and information such as position coordinates such as latitude, longitude and altitude. The link data includes a link number (for example, a link ID), a start node ID, an end node ID, a type, a link length (for example, distance), attributes within a link such as an overpass, a tunnel and a bridge, and a name. (For example, a line name).

  Further, the route network data may include timetable data of transportation. Here, the timetable data is information representing a timetable of each transportation such as a railway, an airplane, a bus, and a ship. In addition, the timetable data further includes destination information of transportation (for example, last destination information) and a type of transportation (for example, limited express, express, semi-express, rapid, rapid express, commuting limited express, commuting express, commuting). (Expression, section express, section semi-express, section rapid, stop at each station, ordinary, etc.). In addition, the timetable data further includes the departure and arrival times (for example, scheduled departure, transit, and arrival times, etc.) of transportation at nodes on the route (that is, transportation stops), names of transportation routes, Alternatively, the information may include attribute information such as a name of a node on the route of the transportation (that is, a stop point of the transportation). In addition, the timetable data includes attribute information (for example, type and destination information, etc.) of the transportation facility associated with each section (for example, one or more links) connecting nodes on the route of the transportation facility. You may go out.

  In addition, the route network data may include transportation fee data. Here, the usage fee data may be, for example, information indicating a usage fee or the like generated when using each transportation system such as a railway, an airplane, a bus, and a ship. Further, the route network data may include the boarding position data. Here, the boarding position data is, for example, a boarding position of a transportation system in which a plurality of vehicles such as a train, a tram, a monorail, a cable car, and a linear motor car are connected (for example, a vehicle near a ticket gate, convenient for transfer). , A vehicle with a low congestion rate, a vehicle exclusively for women, etc.). Further, the route network data may include operation information of each transportation means such as railroad operation information, airline operation information, ship operation information, and bus operation information. The operation information of each of these transportation means is stored in the network database 206a in advance, and the control unit 202 of the navigation server 200 periodically downloads the latest data from an external system or the like via the network 300 and downloads the network database 206a May be updated.

  The in-facility network data stored in the network database 206a is network data that defines a route network in the facility. Here, the in-facility network data stored in the network database 206a includes, for example, entrances and exits of stores, companies, offices, and toilets in buildings, entrances and exits of elevators and escalators, entrances and exits of stairs, and boarding of airplanes and the like. Mouth, the boarding position of the train on the platform of the station, the node data of the nodes that connect the passages, such as the ticket gates of the station, etc. , And network data expressed in combination with link data of a link such as an elevator.

  Here, the node data includes a node number (for example, a node ID and the like), a node name (an entrance and exit name, and the like), position coordinates such as latitude and longitude altitude, and a node type (for example, an entrance, an entrance and a passage). , The number of links to be connected, and the number of connection nodes, etc. may be included. The link data includes a link number (for example, a link ID, etc.), a start node ID, an end node ID, a link length, a width, and a link type (for example, a path connecting nodes, a stair, a slope, an escalator, an elevator, And moving sidewalks) and barrier-free information. Here, the facility may be an indoor building such as a station, an office building, a hotel, a department store, a supermarket, a museum, a museum, a school, an aquarium, an underground passage, a multistory parking lot, an underground parking lot, and an underground shopping mall. . The facility may be an outdoor building such as a bus terminal, a park, an amusement park, a campsite, a communication passage, an outdoor parking lot, and a zoo.

  The station information database 206b is station information storage means for storing station information including at least position information of a station that stops the rental cycle and information on the number of rental cycles stopped at the station. Here, the station information database 206b may store, as a virtual station, the rental cycle detected by the control unit 202 as an abandoned vehicle. Specifically, the station information database 206b may store the position information of the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle by the control unit 202 and the virtual station information including the number information of the rental cycle. In the present embodiment, the station information and the virtual station information stored in the station information database 206b are based on the rental cycle from the departure place to the destination by the control unit 202 (that is, the rental cycle detected by the control unit 202 as the abandoned vehicle). Is used together with the network data stored in the network database 206a when searching for a route that uses (including)

  Further, in the present embodiment, when the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle by the control unit 202 is returned to the station, the station information database 206b deletes the virtual station information corresponding to the rental cycle. When a rental cycle detected as an abandoned vehicle is used, the station information database 206b deletes virtual station information corresponding to the rental cycle. Further, when the position information of the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle by the control unit 202 is different from the current position information of the rental cycle, the station information database 206b may delete the virtual station information corresponding to the rental cycle. Good. That is, station information such as when the abandoned vehicle is rescued (for example, when the abandoned vehicle is returned to the station or when the abandoned vehicle is used), or when the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle is incorrectly moved. Since there is no point in storing the abandoned vehicle corresponding to the database 206b as a virtual station, the corresponding virtual station information is deleted from the station information database 206b. Accordingly, in the present embodiment, when a user searches for a route using a rental cycle including abandoned vehicles, it is possible to prevent a situation in which abandoned vehicles are searched for by a plurality of users. The virtual station where the abandoned vehicle exists can be presented.

  Here, an example of the data structure of the station information database 206b will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the station information database 206b includes station information on a real station and virtual station information on a virtual station.

  Here, in the present embodiment, the virtual station is virtually defined as a station in order to search the position where the rental cycle detected as a parked vehicle is stopped by the control unit 202 as a search target similarly to a real station. It was done.

  First, the station information relating to a real station will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the station information stored in the station information database 206b includes the station IDs (stations A, B, C, and the like in FIG. 2) of the actual stations. The position information and the number information indicating the number of vehicles of the currently available rental cycle parked at each station (in FIG. 2, "10" for station A, "15" for station B, "18" for station C Dock etc.), dock number information indicating the total number of parking docks which are bicycle parking devices provided with a lock opening / closing function for physically fixing the rental cycle installed at each station (in FIG. 15 stations, 17 stations for station B, 18 stations for station C Etc.), and includes the unladen number information (Fig. 2 showing an empty car number, if the station A "five", if station B "two" and the station C "cots" and the like) and the like.

  Here, the station ID included in the station information is unique identification information assigned to each station, and may be, for example, character data indicating a station name or numerical data indicating a station identification number. The position information included in the station information is coordinate data indicating the position of each station by latitude and longitude. Also, the number information included in the station information is obtained by the control unit 602 of the station device 600 described later installed in each station and transmitted to the navigation server 200. Is numerical data indicating The dock number information included in the station information is numerical data indicating the total number of docks corresponding to the maximum number of stops that can be stopped at the station. The number of empty vehicles included in the station information is numerical data indicating the number of empty vehicles corresponding to the number of vehicles that can be stopped at the current station.

  In the present embodiment, for example, when the lock of the parking dock, which is a bicycle parking device having a lock opening / closing function for physically fixing (docking) the rental cycle, is closed, the number information of the station device 600 is included in the number information. The control unit 602 may count as a stopped bicycle cycle. In addition, the number information is, for example, when the position of the rental cycle acquired by the position acquisition unit 712 provided in the in-vehicle device 700 mounted on the rental cycle described later matches the position of the station device 600 or is within a predetermined range. Alternatively, numerical data counted by the control unit 602 of the station device 600 as a stopped bicycle cycle may be used. Further, the number information may be numerical data counted as a stopped rental cycle by the control unit 602 of the station device 600 when the position of the rental cycle is included in the area of the station. Further, the number information may be numerical data indicating the number of rental cycles stopped at the station, which is input by the administrator of the station or the like via the input unit of the station device 600. In the present embodiment, the empty vehicle number information may be counted as an empty vehicle number by the control unit 602 of the station device 600 when, for example, the bicycle parking device is unlocked. Alternatively, it may be numerical data calculated by subtracting the number of empty vehicles indicated by the number of empty vehicles from the total number of docks indicated by the number of docks information.

  Although not shown, the station information stored in the station information database 206b may further include basic usage charge information of a rental cycle. The basic usage fee information is numerical information indicating a usage fee of a rental cycle predetermined by a rental cycle company or the like, and is determined according to, for example, the number of times of use, a unit of time, a half day, a day, a week, and a month. May be done. Further, the station information stored in the station information database 206b may further include at least one of information on the number of available users of the rental cycle, type information (rental type information), and reservation information. Here, the available number of people information is, for example, numerical data indicating one-seater, two-seater, three-seater, four-seater, five-seater, or the like. The type information is, for example, a city car, a cross bike, a mountain bike, a road racer, a BMX bike, a folding bike, a small car, a mini cycle, an electric assisted bicycle, a child bicycle, a bicycle for two children, a tricycle, and a four-wheeled bicycle. This is data indicating the type of a wheeled bicycle, a recumbent, a three-wheeled recumbent, a hand bike, a bicycle with a trailer, a bicycle with a sidecar, and the like. The reservation information is data indicating the presence or absence of a rental cycle reservation. For example, in the present embodiment, if there is a reservation with reference to the reservation information, the station information database 206b may change the number information and the number of empty vehicles according to the number of reserved rental cycles.

  Further, the station information database 206b includes required time information indicating the required time between stations (for example, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, etc.) calculated in advance using the network data stored in the network database 206a. May be stored (held). In this case, the station information database 206b may store the required time information between the stations for all combinations of stations, and may store the station information only for combinations of stations within a predetermined area (such as an administrative boundary) or within a predetermined distance. The information on the required time between them may be stored. Further, the required time information stored in the station information database 206b may further take into consideration the moving cost such as the direction and the gradient. Specifically, the station information database 206b stores, for example, the travel cost as information on the required time between the station A and the station B because the direction and the gradient are different between the case of going from the station A to B and the case of going from B to A. (For example, “10 minutes” when traveling from station A to B, “15 minutes” when traveling from station B to A, etc.). Further, the station information database 206b indicates that, for example, since a bicycle is highly affected by the weather, different required time information (for example, from the station A) which further considers the weather (for example, sunny, strong wind, rain, etc.) as a moving cost. When heading to B, "10 minutes" may be stored for sunny, "15 minutes" for strong wind, "20 minutes" for rain, etc.). In the present embodiment, the required time may be calculated each time the route search process is performed by the control unit 202.

  The station information is stored in the station information database 206b in advance, and the control unit 202 of the navigation server 200 transmits the latest data periodically or in real time via the network 300 to an external device (for example, a later-described station device 600 or the like). ) May be updated to update the station information stored in the station information database 206b.

  Subsequently, virtual station information regarding the virtual station will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the virtual station information stored in the station information database 206b is used to search for a rental cycle detected as an abandoned vehicle when the control unit 202 searches for a route using a rental cycle. It contains information similar to station information. For example, the virtual station information includes position information and number information (in FIG. 2, “1” in the case of the virtual station X1, “virtual station X1”, “virtual station X2” in FIG. 2) In the case of the station X2, “1” and the like, the number of docks (in FIG. 2, “1” in the case of the virtual station X1, “1” in the case of the virtual station X2, etc.), and the number of empty vehicles (in FIG. 2) , "0" for the virtual station X1, "0" for the virtual station X2, etc.). In addition, in the present embodiment, the virtual station information may further include basic usage fee information, available number of people information, type information, required time information, and the like, similarly to the station information.

  Here, the station ID included in the virtual station information is unique identification information assigned to each virtual station (that is, a rental cycle detected as an abandoned vehicle by the control unit 202). The position information included in the virtual station information is coordinate data indicating the position of the rental cycle detected by the control unit 202 as an abandoned vehicle by latitude and longitude. Further, the number information included in the virtual station information is numerical data indicating the number of rental cycles stopped at the position where the control unit 202 detects the abandoned vehicle. The dock number information included in the virtual station information is numerical data that always indicates the same number as the number information included in the virtual station. This is a control for excluding the virtual station from the search target as the arriving station because the virtual station is not a real station but an abandoned vehicle. Therefore, the empty vehicle number information included in the virtual station information is always numerical data indicating “0” indicating a full state. As described above, in the present embodiment, the station information database 206b controls the data so that the number information of the virtual station information and the number of docks information are always the same, and the number of empty vehicles is always “0”. Accordingly, in the present embodiment, when the control unit 202 performs a route search, for example, if the number information and the number of docks information are “one”, only one vehicle can be selected. , Always be searched as a departure station. Similarly, when the control unit 202 performs the route search, the empty station information is “0” and there is no empty space, so that the virtual station is always excluded from the search target as the arrival station.

  Further, the station information database 206b may store attribute information indicating whether the station is a real station or a virtual station. In this case, when performing a route search, the control unit 202 can search the virtual station as the departure station by referring to the attribute information in the station information database 206b. That is, when the control unit 202 performs the route search, the virtual station is excluded from the search target as the arrival side station.

  The virtual station information is registered when the abandoned vehicle is detected by the control unit 202 described later, and is updated by being deleted after the abandoned vehicle is rescued by the station information database 206b.

  The usage information database 206c is a usage information storage unit that stores usage information of the rental cycle. Here, the usage information may further include rental period information indicating a rental period of the rental cycle. Further, the usage information may further include available area information indicating an available area of the rental cycle. Further, the usage information may further include position information indicating the current position of the rental cycle. In addition, the usage information database 206c may include a user ID, a vehicle ID, rental information, and the like. In the present embodiment, the usage information stored in the usage information database 206c is used when the control unit 202 detects a rental cycle that meets a predetermined condition as an abandoned vehicle.

  Here, an example of the data structure of the usage information database 206c will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the usage information stored in the usage information database 206c is a vehicle ID of each rental cycle associated with a user ID (“001”, “002”, “003”, etc. in FIG. 3). (In FIG. 3, “C008”, “C195”, “C327”), rental information of each rental cycle (in FIG. 3, “in use” for vehicle ID “C008”, “in use” for vehicle ID “C195”) , The vehicle ID “C327”, “overdue”, etc.), the rental period information of each rental cycle (in FIG. 3, the vehicle ID “C008”, “February 1 to 2”, the vehicle ID “C195”) In the case of "February 1 to 7", in the case of the vehicle ID "C327", "February 1 12:00 to 18:00", etc., the available area information of each rental cycle (the vehicle in FIG. 3) D case of "C008", "X district", when the vehicle ID "C195", "Y district", when the vehicle ID "C327", "Z area", etc.), and includes location information of each bicycle rental.

  Here, the user ID included in the usage information is unique identification information assigned to each user, and is, for example, character data indicating the name of the user or numerical data indicating the identification number of the user. Is also good. The vehicle ID included in the usage information is unique identification information assigned to each rental cycle, and may be, for example, character data indicating the name of the vehicle or numerical data indicating the identification number of the vehicle. The rental period information included in the usage information is numerical data such as date and time indicating a rental period of each rental cycle (for example, a period in units of hours, half days, days, weeks, or months). Further, the available area information included in the usage information is coordinate data indicating the available area predetermined in each rental cycle by latitude and longitude. The position information included in the usage information is acquired by a control unit 702 of the in-vehicle device 700 described later mounted on each rental cycle and transmitted to the navigation server 200. The coordinates indicating the current position of each rental cycle in latitude and longitude. Data. Although not shown, the usage information database 206c further stores basic usage fee information of rental cycles, available number of people information, type information (rental type information), and reservation information, similarly to the station information database 206b described above. At least one of them may be included.

  The usage information is stored in the usage information database 206c in advance, and the control unit 202 of the navigation server 200 periodically or in real time updates the latest data via the network 300 to an external device (for example, a terminal device 100 or The usage information downloaded from the in-vehicle device 700) and stored in the usage information database 206c may be updated.

  The map database 206d is a map data storage unit that stores map data of a map. Here, in the present invention, the map data stored in the map database 206d is, for example, map data meshed according to a reduced scale (for example, first to third-order regional mesh data of JIS standard, 100 m mesh data, and the like). ) May be outdoor map data. The map database 206d may store outdoor map data such as road maps and route maps of the whole country and each region. The map database 206d further stores, for example, indoor map data such as a floor guide map for a building having height information (for example, an indoor rental cycle station, a multistory parking lot, a station, a department store, a school, etc.). Is also good.

  The map data stored in the map database 206d is a feature displayed on the map (for example, a building such as a building, a house, a station, a bicycle rental station, a road, a track, a bridge, a tunnel, a contour line, a coastline, or a lakeshore). Shape data on the shape of water lines such as lines, seas, rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps, places such as parks and outdoor facilities, administrative boundaries, administrative districts, and blocks), and notes displayed on the map ( For example, place names, addresses, telephone numbers, names of facilities such as shops, parks, stations, and bicycle rental stations, names including nicknames of famous places, historic sites, rivers, lakes, bays, mountains, forests, etc., names of roads, bridges, tunnels, etc. , Route names, point information, word-of-mouth information, etc., and symbols displayed on the map (for example, map symbols for mountains, historic sites, temples and shrines, schools, hospitals, factories, graveyards, etc., gasoline stamps) , Convenience stores, supermarkets, restaurants, banks, post offices, etc., signs on roads, toll road entrances, toll gates, signs for service areas, parking areas and interchanges, bicycle rental stations, parking lots, stations, hotels , An art symbol and a facility symbol of a museum, and a word-of-mouth symbol etc.).

  The indoor map data stored in the map database 206d may include premises route data on an indoor route in a premises such as a facility. Here, the premises route data may be data based at least on travel route data on premises such as a station or a bicycle rental station, and on map data (facility guide map) including the travel route. For example, the premises route data may be image data in which a travel route is drawn on a facility guide map. Further, for example, the local route data may further include message data that describes the moving route. Here, the moving route based on the moving route data may be an optimal route (for example, the shortest route or a barrier-free route) connecting a ticket gate or the like when changing a plurality of transportation means in the facility.

  Further, the outdoor map data and the indoor map data may be image data for drawing a map in a raster format, a vector format, or the like. The outdoor map data and the indoor map data are stored in the map database 206d in advance, and the control unit 202 of the navigation server 200 periodically updates the latest data via the network 300 to an external device (for example, provides map data). Outdoor map data and indoor map data downloaded from a map providing server or the like and stored in the map database 206d.

  The guidance database 206e is guidance data storage means for storing guidance data output at the guidance target point. Here, the guidance target point may be set at an arbitrary position on the candidate route composed of nodes and links. For example, the guidance target point may be set on a node that is a node corresponding to a branch point such as an intersection, or may be set on a link indicating a road section or the like between nodes. Further, the guidance data stored in the guidance database 206e may include at least one of character data, voice data, and display data. These pieces of guidance data are stored in the guidance database 206e in advance, and the control unit 202 of the navigation server 200 periodically downloads the latest data from an external device or the like via the network 300 and stores the latest data in the guidance database 206e. The guidance data may be updated.

  Here, the character data in the guidance data stored in the guidance database 206e indicates that the current position is close to the target and the traveling direction, which is associated with the traveling direction at the guidance target point (for example, the branch point). The textual data that makes up the message (eg, "Soon around the bicycle rental station", "Soon around the destination", "Turn left at the next intersection", "Turn right at the next intersection", "Go straight Please do, "and character data such as the name of an intersection or a bicycle rental station, and are used, for example, when the control unit 102 of the terminal device 100 executes route guidance by character guidance. The voice data of the guidance data stored in the guidance database 206e includes a message indicating that the current position associated with the traveling direction at the guidance target point (for example, the branch point) is approaching the target and a message indicating the traveling direction. Speech data (for example, "turn left at the next intersection") converted from text data to be composed by a text-to-speech (TTS) system or the like, or the current position approaches a rental cycle station or a destination The voice data corresponding to the case “soon to be near the rental cycle station”, “soon to be around the destination”, the name of the intersection or the name of the rental cycle station). This is used when performing route guidance by. The display data of the guidance data stored in the guidance database 206e is a turn which is an arrow navigation that displays guidance such as right / left turn on the screen, which is associated with a traveling direction or the like at a guidance target point (a branch point or the like). Bi-turn (TBT) (e.g., icons such as left-turn arrow, right-turn arrow, straight-ahead arrow, etc.), road signs (e.g., intersection names, road closures, vehicle entry prohibition, one-way signs, etc.) and direction signs (e.g., Signboard displaying "A direction" with a leftward arrow, signboard displaying "B direction" with a rightward arrow, and the like). For example, the control unit 102 of the terminal device 100 executes route guidance by display guidance. Used when

  The route guidance information database 206f is a route guidance information storage unit that stores route guidance information. Here, the route guidance information stored in the route guidance information database 206f may be route guidance information generated by the control unit 202 and including at least candidate route (guide route) data described later. Further, the route guidance information may include map data of a map including a candidate route stored in the map database 206d. Further, the route guidance information may include guidance data stored in the guidance database 206e and output at the guidance target point included in the candidate route.

  The storage unit 206 may further store facility information (POI information) of the facility (POI). Here, the facility information stored in the storage unit 206 is information including a plurality of items indicating attributes of the facility. Here, the attributes include, for example, the name, genre and type of facility (facility category), address, telephone number, URL, business hours, merchandise, average price (for example, average usage fee, etc.), reputation, ranking, and rapid rise. , Accessibility, recommendation score, photo data, coupon information, word-of-mouth (for example, word-of-mouth evaluation and user comments, etc.), usage conditions, availability, facility scale, latitude and longitude altitude indicating facility coordinate position (facility location information) , The location of the point where the facility is located (urban area, suburb, port area, station area, etc.), use restrictions, facility ID, reference rate such as access frequency or access frequency to the facility information, and update of the facility information Date and time may be used. Here, the recommendation score may be a value whose degree of recommendation is automatically calculated from user information and history information.

  Here, the POI is an abbreviation of point of interest, for example, a specific point or facility perceived by a person as a convenient place or a place of interest, such as a store, a company, an office, or a public facility. , Entertainment facilities, and outdoor facilities. Here, the store is, for example, a restaurant, a grocery store, a liquor store, a tobacco store, a department store, a shopping center, a supermarket, a convenience store, a gas station, a financial institution, a post office, a multistory parking lot, a rental cycle station, and a hotel or It may be an accommodation facility such as an inn. The public facilities may be, for example, government offices, police stations, police boxes, fire stations, stations, medical institutions, museums, museums, schools, and the like. The entertainment facility may be, for example, a movie theater, a theater, an amusement park, a pachinko parlor, a casino, a racetrack, or the like. The outdoor facility may be a bus terminal, a park, an amusement park, a campsite, a connecting passage, an outdoor parking lot, an outdoor rental cycle station, a zoo, or the like. The storage unit 206 may store an icon (facility icon) corresponding to the facility. The facility information is stored in the storage unit 206 in advance, and the control unit 202 of the navigation server 200 periodically updates the latest data via the network 300 to an external device (for example, a facility information providing server that provides facility information). And the like, and the facility information stored in the storage unit 206 downloaded from the storage unit 206 may be updated.

  The control unit 202 includes a control program such as an OS (Operating System), a program that defines various processing procedures, and an internal memory for storing required data. Then, the control unit 202 performs information processing for executing various processes by using these programs and the like. The control unit 202 is functionally conceptually abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a, virtual station registration unit 202b, route search condition receiving unit 202c, route guidance information generation unit 202d, candidate route search unit 202e, station extraction unit 202f, and acquisition of number information. A unit 202g, a route generation unit 202h, a route guidance information transmission unit 202i, a number information reception unit 202j, a number information storage unit 202k, a position information reception unit 202m, and a position information storage unit 202n.

  Of these, the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a is an abandoned vehicle detection unit that detects a rental cycle that meets a predetermined condition as an abandoned vehicle based on the usage information stored in the usage information database 206c. Here, if the rental cycle is not returned to the station within the rental period indicated by the rental period information included in the usage information, the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a may detect the rental bicycle as an abandoned vehicle. In addition, when there is no rental cycle in the available area indicated by the available area information included in the usage information, the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a may detect the rental cycle as an abandoned vehicle. If the current position of the rental cycle indicated by the position information included in the usage information does not change for a predetermined time or more, the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a may detect the rental cycle as an abandoned vehicle. As described above, in the present embodiment, the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a certifies the abandoned vehicle to create virtual station information by the virtual station registration unit 202b described below.

  Further, the virtual station registration unit 202b is a virtual station registration unit that registers the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle by the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a as a virtual station in the station information database 206b. Here, the virtual station registration unit 202b stores, in the station information database 206b, the position information of the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle by the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a, and the virtual station information including the information on the number of the rental cycle, in the station information database 206b. The rental cycle is registered as a virtual station. As described above, in the present embodiment, the virtual station registration unit 202b refers to the rental cycle usage information stored in the usage information database 206c by the above-described abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a, and sets the rental cycle that has been identified as the abandoned vehicle to the virtual vehicle. Register as a station.

  The route search condition receiving unit 202c is a route search condition receiving unit that receives, from the terminal device 100, a route search condition including at least a moving unit including a rental cycle and a departure place and a destination. Here, the moving means may further include, for example, at least one of a walk, a car, a railroad, an airplane, a bus, a ship, and the like. The departure place may be the current position of the user of the terminal device 100 (user). Further, the route search condition may further include a departure time or an arrival time. Here, the departure time may be the current time. Further, the route search condition may further include a transit point and the like. The route search condition may further include a transit time. The route search condition may be input by a user of the terminal device 100 via the input unit 116 of the terminal device 100.

  The route guidance information generation unit 202d stores, in the network database 206a, a candidate route that satisfies the route search condition received by the route search condition receiving unit 202c and that includes a route using a rental cycle from the departure point to the destination. Route guidance information generating means for generating route guidance information by searching using the network data and the position information and the number information of the stations and virtual stations stored in the station information database 206b.

  Here, the route guidance information generation unit 202d further includes a candidate route search unit 202e, a station extraction unit 202f, a number information acquisition unit 202g, and a route generation unit 202h.

  Among these, the candidate route search unit 202e stores, in the network database 206a, the candidate route including the route using the rental cycle from the departure point to the destination, which satisfies the route search condition received by the route search condition receiving unit 202c. This is a candidate route searching means for searching using the network data and the position information of the station and the virtual station stored in the station information database 206b.

  Here, the candidate route search unit 202e may search for a candidate route including a route using a rental cycle from the current position to the destination based on the current position information of the terminal device 100 transmitted from the terminal device 100. Further, when the route search condition further includes the departure time or the arrival time, the candidate route search unit 202e uses the rental cycle from the departure place to the destination that satisfies the route search condition further including the departure time or the arrival time. A candidate route including a route may be searched. Here, the departure time may be the current time. Further, when the route search condition further includes a stopover, the candidate route search unit 202e may search for a candidate route passing through the stopover. Further, when the route search condition further includes a stopover and a transit time, the candidate route search unit 202e determines from the departure place and the destination A candidate route that is a route that has passed through a transit point to may be searched.

  The station extracting unit 202f is a station extracting unit that extracts a station and a virtual station included in the candidate route searched by the candidate route searching unit 202e. In the present embodiment, the station extracting unit 202f extracts at least the station on the boarding side of the rental cycle and the station on the getting off side of the rental cycle among the stations and the virtual stations included in the candidate route searched by the candidate route searching unit 202e. . However, as described above in the description of the station information database 206b, since the virtual station is not a real station but is actually an abandoned vehicle, in this embodiment, the station extracting unit 202f extracts the virtual station as the riding side of the rental cycle. In this case, it is assumed that there is no case where it is extracted as the exit side of the rental cycle.

  The number information acquiring unit 202g is a number information acquiring unit that acquires the number information corresponding to the stations and the virtual stations extracted by the station extracting unit 202f from the station information database 206b. Here, the number information obtaining unit 202g may obtain the number information corresponding to the stations extracted by the station extracting unit 202f by directly inquiring the storage unit 606 of the station device 600 via the network 300.

  The route generation unit 202h is a route generation unit that generates route guidance information based on the candidate route searched by the candidate route search unit 202e and the number information acquired by the number information acquisition unit 202g. Here, the route generation unit 202h acquires basic usage fee information from the station information database 206b, and generates changed usage fee information obtained by changing the basic usage fee information based on the number information and the basic usage fee information, Route guidance information including the post-change usage fee information may be generated. In addition, when using the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle by the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a, the route generation unit 202h changes the basic usage fee information to free and generates the changed usage fee information. Good.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the route generation unit 202h is configured to transmit the basic usage fee information when the number information at the station on the boarding side of the rental cycle is equal to or more than a predetermined number and the number information at the station on the getting off side of the rental cycle is less than the predetermined number. May be changed to be discounted or free, and the changed usage fee information may be generated. Further, the route generation unit 202h may select a route using a rental cycle from the candidate routes based on the number information and generate the route guidance information. In addition, if the number information of the stations on the boarding side of the rental cycle is less than a predetermined number or the number information of the stations at the station getting off the rental cycle is equal to or more than the predetermined number, the route generation unit 202h uses the rental cycle from the candidate route. May be removed to generate route guidance information. The route generation unit 202h generates notification information indicating that a route using a rental cycle among the candidate routes is not recommended based on the number information, and generates route guidance information including the generated notification information. You may. In addition, the route generation unit 202h may generate the notification information when the number information at the station on the boarding side of the rental cycle is less than a predetermined number, or when the number information at the station on the getting off side of the rental cycle is equal to or more than the predetermined number. In addition, the route generation unit 202h acquires at least one of the available number of people information, type information, and reservation information from the station information database 206b, and obtains the available number of people information, type information, and reservation information. Route guidance information may be generated further based on at least one. In the present embodiment, the route generation unit 202h determines that the number of empty vehicles is a predetermined number based on the information on the number of vehicles that are stopped at the station and the information on the number of empty vehicles that can be stopped at the station. By determining whether or not the number is less than or equal to or less than the predetermined number, it may be determined whether or not there are many vacancies or vehicles.

  Here, the route generating unit 202h further obtains the boarding time of the transportation, destination information of the transportation, the type of the transportation, the name of the transportation, the names of the getting on and off points such as railway stations and bus stops, Exit information, transportation boarding position information, first train, walking route, weather information, number of transit transfers, time required for candidate routes, and / or rate data when using candidate routes May be generated. Further, the route generation unit 202h may further generate route guidance information including map data of a map including a candidate route, stored in the map database 206d. Further, the route generation unit 202h may further generate route guidance information including premises route data and timetable data. Further, the route generation unit 202h may further generate route guidance information including guidance data (display guidance data, voice guidance data, and the like) output on the candidate route and stored in the guidance database 206e.

  The route guidance information transmission unit 202i is a route guidance information transmission unit that transmits the route guidance information generated by the route generation unit 202h to the terminal device 100.

  The number information receiving unit 202j is a number information receiving unit that receives number information transmitted from a station device 600 described later.

  The number information storage unit 202k is a number information storage unit that stores the number information received by the number information reception unit 202j in the station information database 206b.

  The position information receiving unit 202m is a position information receiving unit that receives position information transmitted from an in-vehicle device 700 described later.

  The position information storage unit 202n is a position information storage unit that stores the position information received by the position information reception unit 202m in the usage information database 206c.

[Configuration of Terminal Device 100]
In FIG. 1, the terminal device 100 transmits the route search condition to the navigation server 200, receives the route guidance information transmitted from the navigation server 200, and outputs at least a part of the received route guidance information to the output unit. It has a function of outputting via a PC.

  Here, the terminal device 100 includes, for example, an information processing device such as a desktop or notebook personal computer that is generally commercially available, a mobile terminal device such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, a PHS, and a PDA, and a traveling route guide. Navigation terminal, etc. Here, the terminal device 100 may include an Internet browser or the like, or may include a route guidance application, a transfer guidance application, an information search application, or the like. In addition, the terminal device 100 includes a position acquisition unit 112 having a GPS function, an IMES function, and the like so that the current position can be acquired in real time. In addition, the terminal device 100 includes an output unit including at least a display unit 114 and an audio output unit 118. Although not shown, the terminal device 100 may include a photographing unit such as a camera that can photograph a still image and a moving image.

  Here, the display unit 114 is a display unit (for example, a display and a monitor including a liquid crystal or an organic EL or the like) that displays a display screen of an application or the like, current position information, route guidance information, and the like. The sound output unit 118 is a sound output unit (for example, a speaker or the like) that outputs sound data as sound. In addition, the terminal device 100 includes an input unit 116 (for example, a key input unit, a touch panel, a keyboard, a microphone, and the like) for inputting and operating route search conditions. Further, the input / output control interface unit 108 controls the position acquisition unit 112, the display unit 114, the input unit 116, the audio output unit 118, the imaging unit (not shown), and the like.

  Here, the position acquisition unit 112 may be a position acquisition unit that receives a position information signal transmitted from the position transmission device 500, for example. Here, position transmitting device 500 may be a GPS device that transmits a position information signal (GPS signal). Further, the position transmitting device 500 may be an IMES device that realizes IMES (Indoor Message System) technology that enables indoor positioning using a position information signal having characteristics similar to a GPS signal (GPS satellite signal). . The IMES technology is a system invented from the framework of the quasi-zenith satellite, which is a positioning satellite system. Further, the position acquisition unit 112 may receive another satellite signal (for example, a Galileo satellite signal or the like).

  Further, position transmitting device 500 may be a GPS repeater that transmits a GPS signal received outdoors, indoors. In addition, the position transmission device 500 may be a floor or underground structure (for example, an underground rental cycle station, a subway station, an underground shopping mall, an underground communication passage, an underground parking lot, or the like) in a building (for example, an indoor rental cycle station or a multi-story parking lot). ) May be a small transmitting device arbitrarily installed in each place. In addition, self-position information (position ID etc.) according to the installation location is allocated to this small transmitting device. Then, when the terminal device 100 enters the communicable range, the terminal device 100 receives the self-position information transmitted from the small transmitting device as a position information signal. The communication method at this time may be, for example, various short-distance wireless methods such as an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag system or Bluetooth (registered trademark), or an infrared communication method. Further, position transmitting device 500 may be a wireless LAN access point. In the present embodiment, the position acquisition unit 112 may receive a wireless LAN signal or the like and acquire the identification information of the access point. Then, the control unit 102 may specify the position of the access point from the identification information unique to the access point acquired by the position acquisition unit 112 and acquire the position information. In the present embodiment, the control unit 102 may calculate position information including latitude, longitude, and height information from the position information signal acquired by the position acquisition unit 112. Here, the position information may indicate a relative position from a reference position, in addition to the absolute position specified by the latitude and longitude.

  In addition, the position acquisition unit 112 may provide, for example, azimuth information such as the traveling direction of the terminal device 100 detected by the azimuth sensor, distance information detected by the distance sensor, and the user of the terminal device 100 based on the map data. Position information indicating the current position may be acquired. Here, as the direction sensor, a geomagnetic sensor that detects an absolute running direction of the terminal device 100, an optical gyro that detects a relative running direction of the terminal device 100, or the like may be used. The azimuth sensor may be an electronic compass or the like that can acquire information on the azimuth and the inclination by combining a geomagnetic sensor and an acceleration sensor.

  The communication control interface 104 is an interface connected to a communication device (not shown) such as an antenna or a router connected to a communication line, a telephone line, or the like, and performs communication between the terminal device 100 and the network 300. It has a function to control. That is, the communication control interface unit 104 has a function of communicating data with the navigation server 200 and the like via a communication line. The network 300 has a function of interconnecting the terminal device 100 and the navigation server 200 with an external device or an external system such as an external map providing server. For example, the Internet, a telephone line network (a mobile terminal line network) And a general telephone line network), an intranet, or a power line communication (PLC).

  The storage unit 106 includes a large-capacity storage unit (for example, an HD and an SSD) and / or a small-capacity high-speed memory (for example, a cache memory) configured using an SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) or the like. And may store various databases, files and tables (such as the route guidance information file 106a). Here, the storage unit 106 may temporarily store various files and the like.

  The route guidance information file 106a is a route guidance information storage unit that stores route guidance information. Here, the route guidance information may be stored in advance in the route guidance information file 106a, or may be received from the navigation server 200 and stored in the route guidance information file 106a.

  Further, the control unit 102 has an internal memory for storing a control program such as an OS, a program defining various processing procedures and the like, and required data. Then, the control unit 102 performs information processing for executing various processes by using these programs and the like. The control unit 102 conceptually includes a current position information acquisition unit 102a, a route search condition transmission unit 102b, a route guidance information reception unit 102c, and a route guidance information output unit 102d.

  Among them, the current position information acquisition unit 102a is a current position information acquisition unit that acquires the current position information of the user of the terminal device 100. Here, the current position information acquisition unit 102a may acquire the current position information of the user of the terminal device 100 at predetermined time intervals (predetermined periods) (for example, every second or every three minutes). Further, the current position information acquisition unit 102a may acquire the position information calculated from the position information signal received from the position transmission device 500 by the position acquisition unit 112 as the current position information of the user of the terminal device 100. Further, the current position information acquiring unit 102a may further acquire, as current position information of the user of the terminal device 100, direction information such as the traveling direction of the terminal device 100 detected by the direction sensor or the like of the position acquiring unit 112. Good.

  In addition, the current position information acquisition unit 102a may acquire position information such as position coordinates of the current position input by the user via the input unit 116 as the current position information of the user of the terminal device 100. Here, the current position based on the current position information input by the user via the input unit 116 may be a position where the user actually exists, or a virtual current position arbitrarily selected by the user. (As an example, an arbitrary point such as a station or airport in Osaka selected by a user in Tokyo). For example, the current position information acquisition unit 102a allows the user to specify on the display screen of the map data displayed on the display unit 114 via the input unit 116 (for example, a designation operation on the touch panel display unit 114). The obtained coordinates may be acquired as the current position information of the user of the terminal device 100. Further, the current position information acquisition unit 102a further outputs the azimuth information specified by the user on the display screen of the map data displayed on the display unit 114 via the input unit 116 to the current position of the user of the terminal device 100. It may be obtained as information.

  The route search condition transmitting unit 102b is a route search condition transmitting unit that transmits, to the navigation server 200, a route search condition including at least a travel unit including a rental cycle and a departure place and a destination. Here, the moving means may further include, for example, at least one of a walk, a car, a railroad, an airplane, a bus, a ship, and the like. Further, the departure place may be the current position of the user of the terminal device 100 based on the current position information acquired by the current position information acquisition unit 102a. Further, the route search condition may further include a departure time or an arrival time. Here, the departure time may be the current time. Further, the route search condition may further include a transit point and the like. The route search condition may further include a transit time. The route search condition may be input by a user of the terminal device 100 via the input unit 116 of the terminal device 100.

  The route guidance information receiving unit 102c is a route guidance information receiving unit that receives the route guidance information transmitted from the navigation server 200. Here, the route guidance information receiving unit 102c may further store the received route guidance information in the route guidance information file 106a. When the existing route guidance information is stored in the route guidance information file 106a, the route guidance information receiving unit 102c stores the newly set route guidance information over the existing route guidance information. Is also good.

  The route guidance information output unit 102d is a route guidance information output unit that outputs at least a part of the route guidance information received by the route guidance information receiving unit 102c via the output unit. In the present embodiment, the route guidance information output unit 102d may output basic usage fee information and / or post-change usage fee information of the rental cycle. Further, the route guidance information output unit 102d may sort and output the candidate routes in the order of the cost of the basic usage fee information of the rental cycle and / or the changed usage fee information. The route guidance information output unit 102d may output route guidance information obtained by removing a route using a rental cycle from the candidate routes. The route guidance information output unit 102d may output notification information indicating that a route using a rental cycle among the candidate routes is not recommended. In addition, the route guidance information output unit 102d may output available number of people information, type information, and / or reservation information.

  The route guidance information output unit 102d outputs the current position information acquired by the current position information acquisition unit 102a and at least a part of the route guidance information received by the route guidance information reception unit 102c via the output unit. The output may be performed to execute route guidance. In addition, the route guidance information output unit 102d displays, for example, superimposed candidate route data included in the route guidance information and current position information of the user of the terminal device 100 on map data included in the route guidance information. A screen may be displayed on the display unit 114.

  The route guidance information output unit 102d may cause the display unit 114 to display a display screen based on the route guidance information. For example, the route guidance information output unit 102d includes the candidate route data, transportation getting on / off time, transportation destination information, transportation route type, transportation route name, railway station and bus included in the route guidance information. The name of the boarding point such as a stop, the exit information of the station, the boarding position information of transportation, the fact that it is the first departure, the fact that it is a walking route, the weather information, the number of transfers of transportation, the required time of the candidate route, the candidate route The display unit 114 may display a display screen based on display guidance data such as TBT included in the fee data, premises route data, timetable data, map data, and / or guidance data when used. Further, the route guidance information output unit 102d may output the route guidance information via the voice output unit 118. For example, the route guidance information output unit 102d may output, via the voice output unit 118, voice guidance data associated with a traveling direction or the like at a branch point on a candidate route included in the route guidance information.

[Station device 600]
In FIG. 1, the station device 600 has functions such as monitoring the number of rental cycles stopped at the station, generating number information, and transmitting the generated number information to the navigation server.

  Here, the station device 600 is an information processing device installed in a station that stops the rental cycle, and includes at least the control unit 602 and the storage unit 606. The station device 600 includes a communication control interface unit 604, and is communicably connected to the navigation server 200, the terminal device 100, the in-vehicle device 700, and the like via the network 300. Further, the station device 600 may be communicably connected to another station device installed in another station.

  In the present embodiment, the station device 600 is configured as, for example, a device integrated with each bicycle parking device provided at a predetermined position in the station and having a lock opening / closing function for physically fixing the rental cycle. It may be. The station device 600 may be configured as a single device, and may be communicably connected to a plurality of bicycle parking devices in the station. Further, the station device 600 does not need to be integrated or communicably connected to the above-described bicycle parking device, and may be, for example, an information processing terminal operated by a station manager or the like. Further, although not shown, the station device 600 may include an input unit, a display unit, and an audio output unit.

  Here, in FIG. 1, the number information file 606 a in the storage unit 606 is a number information storage unit that stores the number information acquired by the control unit 602. Further, the storage unit 606 may store position information of a station, position information of a bicycle parking device arranged at a predetermined position in the station, and the like.

  In FIG. 1, a vehicle monitoring unit 602a of the control unit 602 is a vehicle monitoring unit that monitors the number of rental cycles stopped at a station and generates number information.

  Here, the vehicle monitoring unit 602a may generate the number information by, for example, counting the number of bicycle parking devices in a state in which a lock for physically fixing the rental cycle is closed. Further, the vehicle monitoring unit 602a stores the rental cycle position information acquired by the position acquisition unit 712 of the vehicle-mounted device 700 mounted on the rental cycle described below, and the position information of the station device 600 stored in the storage unit 606. The number information may be generated by determining whether or not the number is equal to or within a predetermined range, and counting the number of rental cycles corresponding to the condition. In addition, the vehicle monitoring unit 602a determines whether the position information of the rental cycle is included in the area of the station indicated by the position information of the station stored in the storage unit 606, and counts the number of rental cycles corresponding to the condition. Thus, the number information may be generated. Further, the vehicle monitoring unit 602a may generate, as the number information, the number of rental cycles stopped at the station, which is input by the station manager or the like via the input unit.

  The vehicle monitoring unit 602a stores the generated number information in the number information file 606a. When the existing number information is stored in the number information file 606a, the vehicle monitoring unit 602a overwrites the newly generated number information on the existing number information and stores the new number information. Update.

  The number information transmitting unit 602b is a number information transmitting unit that transmits the number information generated by the vehicle monitoring unit 602a to the navigation server 200. Here, when the control unit 202 of the navigation server 200 receives the request for the number information, the number information transmitting unit 602b transmits the latest number information stored in the number information file 606a to the navigation server 200. Good.

[In-vehicle device 700]
Also, in FIG. 1, an in-vehicle device 700 is an information processing device mounted on a rental cycle, and has a function of transmitting vehicle position information and the like. The in-vehicle device 700 includes at least the control unit 702 and the storage unit 706. The in-vehicle device 700 includes a communication control interface unit 704, and is communicably connected to the navigation server 200, the terminal device 100, the station device 600, and the like via the network 300. The in-vehicle device 700 includes an input / output control interface unit 708, and is connected to the position acquisition unit 712 via the input / output control interface unit 708. Although not shown, the in-vehicle device 700 may further include an input unit and an output unit (display unit and audio output unit).

  In this embodiment, although not shown, the rental cycle may include a fixing device for physically fixing (docking) the bicycle parking device of the station and the rental cycle. Here, the fixed device and the vehicle-mounted device 700 may be configured as an integrated device, or the fixed device and the vehicle-mounted device 700 may be communicably connected. For example, when the fixed device of the rental cycle and the bicycle parking device of the station are physically fixed, the in-vehicle device 700 transmits docking information indicating that the rental cycle is stopped at the station to the navigation server 200 or the like. You may. Further, the above-described navigation server 200 may update the number information stored in the station information database 206b by counting the docking information received from the vehicle-mounted device 700 mounted on the rental cycle.

  Further, the rental cycle may include an automatic lock for locking the rental cycle. Here, the automatic lock and the in-vehicle device 700 may be configured as an integrated device, or the automatic lock and the in-vehicle device 700 may be communicably connected. For example, the in-vehicle device 700 may perform control so that the lock of the automatic lock is released when the authentication information such as a password for authenticating the user matches the authentication information stored in the in-vehicle device 700 in advance. Here, the authentication information may be transmitted directly from the navigation server 200 to the in-vehicle device 700, or may be transmitted from the navigation server 200 to the terminal device 100 of the user who uses the rental cycle. For example, the user may input authentication information to the in-vehicle device 700 via short-range communication or the like by bringing the terminal device 100 closer to a predetermined distance of the in-vehicle device 700. In addition, the user may input the authentication information displayed on the display unit of the terminal device 100 via the input unit of the vehicle-mounted device 700.

  Here, in FIG. 1, the storage unit 706 stores in advance authentication information such as a password used when unlocking the automatic lock provided in the rental cycle. Here, the authentication information stored in the storage unit 706 may be rewritten to another authentication information by the navigation server 200 or the like via the network 300 periodically or after the user uses the rental cycle.

  In FIG. 1, a position information acquisition unit 702a of the control unit 702 is a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information of a rental cycle. Here, the position information acquisition unit 702a may acquire the position information of the rental cycle at predetermined time intervals (predetermined cycles) (for example, every second or every three minutes). The position information acquisition unit 702a may acquire the position information calculated from the position information signal received from the position transmission device 500 by the position acquisition unit 712 as the position information of the rental cycle. Further, the position information acquisition unit 702a may further acquire direction information such as the traveling direction of the rental cycle detected by the direction sensor or the like of the position acquisition unit 712 as the position information of the rental cycle.

  The position information transmitting unit 702b is a position information transmitting unit that transmits the rental cycle position information acquired by the position information acquiring unit 702a to the navigation server 200, the terminal device 100, the station device 600, and the like via the network 300.

  The movement information acquisition unit 702c is movement information acquisition means for acquiring movement information indicating whether a user of the rental cycle is riding. Here, when the automatic lock is unlocked, the movement information acquisition unit 702c may determine that the vehicle is on board (in use) and acquire the movement information. Further, the movement information acquisition unit 702c may determine that the vehicle is on board based on the position information of the rental cycle acquired by the position information acquisition unit 702a and acquire the information as movement information. Further, the movement information acquisition unit 702c may transmit the movement information to the navigation server 200.

  This concludes the description of an example of the configuration of the navigation system according to the first embodiment.

[Processing of navigation system]
Next, an example of the processing of the navigation system according to the first embodiment configured as described above will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing of the navigation system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a candidate route between a station and a virtual station according to the present embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an output screen of the route guidance information according to the present embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating another example of the output screen of the route guidance information according to the present embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a management screen for abandoned vehicles according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 4, first, the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a of the navigation server 200 detects a rental cycle that meets a predetermined condition as an abandoned vehicle based on the usage information stored in the usage information database 206c (step SA-). 1).

  Here, in step SA-1, the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a determines that the rental period indicated by the rental period information included in the usage information (for example, in the case of the vehicle ID “C327” in FIG. 0:00 to 18:00 ”), if the rental cycle has not been returned to the station, the rental cycle may be detected as an abandoned vehicle. That is, the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a recognizes the abandoned vehicle if the rental cycle has not been returned to the station even after the rental period has elapsed. Here, in the present embodiment, for example, the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a determines whether or not the bicycle parking device of the station and the fixing device of the rental cycle are physically fixed (docking state), It may be determined whether or not the rental cycle has been returned to the station by determining whether or not the position information of the vehicle is within the station. As described above, the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a may determine the abandoned vehicle based on the time.

  Also, in step SA-1, the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a determines that the available area indicated by the available area information included in the usage information (for example, in FIG. 3 described above, in the case of the vehicle ID “C195”, “Y district”). If there is no rental cycle, the rental cycle may be detected as an abandoned vehicle. That is, the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a recognizes the abandoned vehicle when the rental cycle is located in a place outside the usable area defined in the rental cycle. As described above, the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a may perform recognition of the abandoned vehicle based on the space.

  In step SA-1, the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a further determines that the current cycle position of the rental cycle indicated by the position information included in the usage information does not change for a predetermined period of time (eg, one day or more). It may be detected as an abandoned vehicle. That is, the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a recognizes the vehicle as an abandoned vehicle if the vehicle deviates from the available area defined in the rental cycle and the rental cycle is positioned for a predetermined time or more. As described above, the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a may determine the abandoned vehicle based on both the time and the space.

  Then, the virtual station registration unit 202b of the navigation server 200 stores the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle by the process of the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a in step SA-1 as the virtual station (for example, “virtual station X1” in FIG. 2 described above). Is registered in the station information database 206b (step SA-2).

  Here, in step SA-2, the virtual station registration unit 202b determines the position information of the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle by the process of the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a in step SA-1 (for example, the vehicle ID in FIG. In the case of “C195”, “35.7..., 139.50...”), And the number information of the rental cycle (for example, in FIG. 2 described above, having the same position information as the vehicle ID “C195”) Virtual station information including “one” in the case of “virtual station X1” (for example, in FIG. 2 described above, station ID “virtual station X1”, position information “35.7..., 139.50. The virtual station information including the number information “1”, the dock number information “1”, and the empty number information “0”) Deployment information by storing in the database 206 b, and registers the bicycle rental as a virtual station.

  In the present embodiment, the processing of the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a in step SA-1 and the processing of the virtual station registration unit 202b in step SA-2 store the latest virtual station information in the station information database 206b. For this purpose, the search may be performed at predetermined time intervals, or may be performed when a route search condition is received from the terminal device 100.

  Then, the route search condition transmitting unit 102b of the terminal device 100 transmits, to the navigation server 200, the route search condition including at least the moving means including the rental cycle, the departure place, and the destination (Step SA-3). Here, the moving means may further include, for example, at least one of a walk, a car, a railroad, an airplane, a bus, a ship, and the like. Further, the departure place may be the current position of the user of the terminal device 100 based on the current position information acquired by the current position information acquisition unit 102a. Further, the route search condition may further include a departure time or an arrival time. Here, the departure time may be the current time. Further, the route search condition may further include a transit point and the like. The route search condition may further include a transit time. The route search condition may be input by a user of the terminal device 100 via the input unit 116 of the terminal device 100.

  Then, the route search condition receiving unit 202c of the navigation server 200 determines at least the moving means including the rental cycle, the departure place, and the destination transmitted from the terminal device 100 by the processing of the route search condition transmitting unit 102b in step SA-3. The received route search condition is received (step SA-4).

  Then, the route guidance information generation unit 202d of the navigation server 200 determines a route using the rental cycle from the departure point to the destination, which satisfies the route search condition received by the process of the route search condition reception unit 202c in step SA-4. A candidate route is searched for using the network data stored in the network database 206a and the position information and the number information of the stations and virtual stations stored in the station information database 206b to generate route guidance information (step). SA-5 to SA-8).

  Hereinafter, the route guidance information generating unit 202d (that is, the candidate route) executed in steps SA-5 to SA-8 will be described with reference to FIG. The processing of the search unit 202e, the station extraction unit 202f, the number information acquisition unit 202g, and the route generation unit 202h) will be described.

  More specifically, the candidate route search unit 202e of the navigation server 200 determines that the departure place (for example, FIG. 5A) satisfies the route search condition received by the process of the route search condition receiving unit 202c in step SA-4. A route (for example, a virtual station X1 shown in FIG. 5 (2) to a station A shown in FIG. 5 (3)) using a rental cycle from a departure point shown to a destination (for example, a destination shown in FIG. 5 (4)). The candidate route including the route to the station is stored in the network data stored in the network database 206a and the station (for example, the station A shown in FIG. 5C or the station B in FIG. 5) stored in the station information database 206b. , Station C, etc.) and a virtual station (for example, a virtual station shown in FIG. Searching using the position information of the emission X1) (see FIG. 2 described above) (Step SA-5).

  Here, in step SA-5, the candidate route searching unit 202e determines from the current position based on the current position information of the terminal device 100 transmitted from the terminal device 100 by the process of the route searching condition transmitting unit 102b in step SA-3. A search may be made for a candidate route including a route using a rental cycle to the destination. Further, when the route search condition further includes the departure time or the arrival time, the candidate route search unit 202e uses the rental cycle from the departure place to the destination that satisfies the route search condition further including the departure time or the arrival time. A candidate route including a route may be searched. Here, the departure time may be the current time. Further, when the route search condition further includes a stopover, the candidate route search unit 202e may search for a candidate route passing through the stopover. Further, when the route search condition further includes a stopover and a transit time, the candidate route search unit 202e determines from the departure place and the destination A candidate route that is a route that has passed through a transit point to may be searched.

  Then, the station extracting unit 202f of the navigation server 200 virtualizes the stations (station A, station B, and station C in FIG. 5) included in the candidate route searched by the process of the candidate route searching unit 202e in step SA-5. A station (the virtual station X1 in FIG. 5) is extracted (step SA-6). Specifically, in the example of FIG. 5, the station extracting unit 202f determines at least the station on the boarding side of the rental cycle among the stations and the virtual stations included in the candidate route searched by the process of the candidate route searching unit 202e (FIG. , A virtual station X1, a station C, etc.) and a station (station A, station B, etc. in FIG. 5) on the disembarkation side of the rental cycle are extracted.

  Then, the number information acquiring unit 202g of the navigation server 200 determines the stations (stations A, B, and C in FIG. 5) extracted by the processing of the station extracting unit 202f in step SA-6 and the virtual stations (in FIG. 5). , The number information corresponding to the virtual station X1 (in FIG. 2, “10” for the station A, “15” for the station B, “18” for the station C, and “18” for the virtual station X1. "One" or the like from the station information database 206b (step SA-7). Further, in the present embodiment, the number information acquisition unit 202g further performs the dock number information (in the above-described FIG. 2, “15” for station A, “17” for station B, and “18” for station C. And “1” in the case of the virtual station X1). Further, the number information acquisition unit 202g further performs the empty vehicle number information (in FIG. 2, “5” for station A, “2” for station B, “0” for station C, In the case of X1, “0” or the like) may be acquired.

  Although not shown, in step SA-7, the number information acquisition unit 202g sends the stations (stations A, B, and C in FIG. 5) extracted by the processing of the station extraction unit 202f in step SA-6. The corresponding number information may be obtained by directly inquiring of the storage unit 606 of the station device 600 via the network 300. In the present embodiment, the number information transmitting unit 602b of the station device 600 transmits the latest number information generated by the vehicle monitoring unit 602a to the navigation server 200 periodically or when there is a request for station information. May be. Further, the number information storage unit 202k of the navigation server 200 may store the number information received by the number information receiving unit 202j in the station information database 206b. Thereby, in step SA-7, the number information acquisition unit 202g can acquire the latest number information from the station information database 206b.

  Then, the route generation unit 202h of the navigation server 200 determines the candidate route searched by the process of the candidate route search unit 202e in step SA-5 (for example, in FIG. 5, (1) departure point → (2) virtual station X1 → (3) Station A → (4) Candidate route to the destination), and the number information obtained by the processing of the number information obtaining unit 202g in step SA-7 (for example, in the case of station A in FIG. Route guidance information is generated based on “10 units”, “15 units” for station B, “18 units” for station C, “1 unit” for virtual station X1) (step SA-8). .

  Here, in step SA-8, the route generating unit 202h acquires basic usage fee information (for example, 200 yen) from the station information database 206b, and based on the number information and the basic usage fee information, obtains the basic usage fee information. May be generated to change the usage fee information (for example, 100 yen or 0 yen), and route guidance information including the changed usage fee information may be generated. The route generation unit 202h uses the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle by the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a in step SA-1 (for example, in FIG. 5, the rental cycle stopped at the virtual station X1). The basic usage fee information may be changed to be free (that is, 0 yen), and the changed usage fee information may be generated.

  As described above, in step SA-8, the route generation unit 202h determines the candidate route using the rental cycle corresponding to the abandoned vehicle registered in the station information database 206b as a virtual station (for example, in FIG. 5, (1) departure point (2) Virtual station X1 → (3) Station A → (4) Candidate route to destination).

  Then, the route guidance information transmission unit 202i of the navigation server 200 transmits the route guidance information generated by the processing of the route generation unit 202h in step SA-8 to the terminal device 100 (step SA-9).

  Then, the route guidance information receiving unit 102c of the terminal device 100 receives the route guidance information transmitted from the navigation server 200 by the processing of the route guidance information transmitting unit 202i in step SA-9 (step SA-10). Here, in step SA-10, the route guidance information receiving unit 102c may further store the received route guidance information in the route guidance information file 106a. When the existing route guidance information is stored in the route guidance information file 106a, the route guidance information receiving unit 102c stores the newly set route guidance information over the existing route guidance information. Is also good.

  Then, the route guidance information output unit 102d of the terminal device 100 outputs, via the output unit, at least a part of the route guidance information received by the processing of the route guidance information receiving unit 102c in Step SA-10 (Step SA-10). -11).

  Here, with reference to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, the process of the route guidance information output unit 102d in step SA-11 will be described more specifically, taking an output screen of the route guidance information as an example.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in step SA-11, the route guidance information output unit 102d outputs a virtual station (see FIG. , Route guidance information including a candidate route passing through the station X1). As an example, as shown in FIG. 6, the route guidance information output unit 102d outputs (1) a departure place → (2) a station X1 (that is, a stop position of a rental cycle detected as an abandoned vehicle) → (3) a station A → (4) Route guidance information including a fourth candidate route to the destination may be output. Here, as shown in FIG. 6, the route guidance information output unit 102d may further output a message such as "This route uses abandoned vehicles. Points will be redeemed."

Although not shown, in step SA-11, the route guidance information output unit 102d
Basic rental fee information (for example, “100 yen” from station C to station A) and / or post-change usage fee information (for example, “0 yen” from virtual station X1 to station A) of the rental cycle may be output. In addition, the route guidance information output unit 102d sorts the basic usage fee information and / or the changed usage fee information of the rental cycle by cost (for example, the third candidate route “0 yen”, the first candidate route “0 yen”, the second The candidate routes may be sorted and output in the order of the candidate routes “300 yen”). Further, the route guidance information output unit 102d may output route guidance information obtained by removing a route using a rental cycle (for example, a route using a station B that is almost full) from the candidate routes. In addition, the route guidance information output unit 102d provides notification information indicating that the route using the rental cycle among the candidate routes is not recommended (for example, “station B is currently full and recommends using another route”). May be output. Further, the route guidance information output unit 102d may output available number of people information (for example, for one person or two people), type information (for example, city car, electric assisted bicycle, etc.), and / or reservation information (for example, reservation Yes, no reservation) may be output. In this manner, in the present embodiment, it is possible to appropriately distribute resources by moving the user and rescue the abandoned vehicle without providing a route that is extremely inconvenient.

  In step SA-11, the route guidance information output unit 102d outputs the current position information acquired by the processing of the current position information acquisition unit 102a in step SA-3 and the route guidance information reception unit 102c in step SA-10. And outputting at least a part of the route guidance information received by the processing through the output unit to execute the route guidance. In addition, the route guidance information output unit 102d displays, for example, superimposed candidate route data included in the route guidance information and current position information of the user of the terminal device 100 on map data included in the route guidance information. A screen may be displayed on the display unit 114.

  In step SA-11, the route guidance information output unit 102d may cause the display unit 114 to display a display screen based on the route guidance information. For example, the route guidance information output unit 102d includes the candidate route data, transportation getting on / off time, transportation destination information, transportation route type, transportation route name, railway station and bus included in the route guidance information. The name of the boarding point such as a stop, the exit information of the station, the boarding position information of transportation, the fact that it is the first departure, the fact that it is a walking route, the weather information, the number of transfers of transportation, the required time of the candidate route, the candidate route The display unit 114 may display a display screen based on display guidance data such as TBT included in the fee data, premises route data, timetable data, map data, and / or guidance data when used. Further, the route guidance information output unit 102d may output the route guidance information via the voice output unit 118. For example, the route guidance information output unit 102d may output, via the voice output unit 118, voice guidance data associated with a traveling direction or the like at a branch point on a candidate route included in the route guidance information.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle by the processing of the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a is returned to the station, the station information database 206b of the navigation server 200 stores the virtual station information corresponding to the rental cycle. delete. Further, when the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle by the processing of the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a is used, the station information database 206b deletes the virtual station information corresponding to the rental cycle. When the position information of the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle by the processing of the abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a is different from the current position information of the rental cycle, the station information database 206b deletes the virtual station information corresponding to the rental cycle. .

  For example, the station information database 206b may delete the virtual station information corresponding to the rental cycle of the abandoned vehicle when a user other than the abandoned vehicle logs in or makes an application for use. Specifically, the station information database 206b refers to the usage information database 206c, and deletes the corresponding virtual station when another user other than the final user logs in to the vehicle. Is also good. Here, the log-in state refers to a state in which the use of the route to rescue the abandoned vehicle is determined. For example, when the terminal device 100 or the like performs authentication processing with the in-vehicle device 700 mounted on a vehicle, a state in which authentication with the vehicle has been completed may be a login state.

  The station information database 206b may delete the virtual station information corresponding to the rental cycle of the abandoned vehicle when the navigation including the abandoned vehicle is performed. For example, when route guidance information including a message such as “Do you want to start guidance for the fourth candidate route?” As shown in FIG. 7, the user may select the "Yes" button in FIG. 7, and the station information database 206b may detect the start of navigation of the route including the abandoned vehicle and delete the corresponding virtual station.

  Further, the station information database 206b may delete the virtual station information corresponding to the rental cycle of the abandoned vehicle when the manager collects the abandoned vehicle. For example, when the management screen as shown in FIG. 8 is output to the terminal device 100 or the like possessed by the rental cycle manager, the manager may ask, "Do you want to collect the abandoned vehicle C385?" In FIG. In response to the message, “Y (Yes)” may be selected, and the station information database 206b may detect that the abandoned vehicle has been collected by the administrator and delete the corresponding virtual station.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, when the abandoned vehicle is rescued (for example, when the abandoned vehicle is returned to the station or when the abandoned vehicle is used), the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle is incorrectly operated. In this case, the abandoned vehicle corresponding to the station information database 206b has no meaning to be stored as a virtual station, so the corresponding virtual station information is deleted from the station information database 206b. Accordingly, in the present embodiment, the station information database 206b prevents a situation where a plurality of users search for abandoned vehicles when a user searches for a route using a rental cycle including abandoned vehicles. In addition, it is possible to reliably present the virtual station where the abandoned vehicle exists.

  This concludes the description of an example of the processing of the navigation system according to the first embodiment.

[Second embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment (navigation server 200 (server-driven type)) of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the navigation server 200 according to the second embodiment, and conceptually illustrates only a portion related to the present invention in the configuration.

  In the second embodiment, the navigation server 200 generates data to be output to the output unit (the display unit 114 and the audio output unit 118) of the terminal device 100, and transmits these data to the terminal device 100. Thus, the output unit of the terminal device 100 functions. As described above, the second embodiment is different from the other embodiments in that the navigation server 200 performs the process led by the server.

[Configuration of Navigation Server 200 (Server Initiative)]
First, an example of the configuration of the navigation server 200 (server-driven type) according to the second embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the navigation server 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a position acquisition unit 112, an output unit (display unit 114 and audio output unit 118), an input unit 116, a control unit 102, and a storage unit 106. Can communicate with the terminal device 100 including at least the control unit 602 and the storage unit 606, and the in-vehicle device 700 including at least the position acquisition unit 712, the control unit 702, and the storage unit 706. It is connected to the. Here, the navigation server 200 includes at least a control unit 202 and a storage unit 206. Although not shown, the terminal device 100 may include a photographing unit such as a camera that can photograph a still image and a moving image. The communication includes, for example, remote communication such as wired / wireless communication via the network 300. In addition, each unit of the navigation server 200 and the terminal device 100 is communicably connected via an arbitrary communication path.

  In FIG. 9, navigation server 200 stores network data defining a transportation network in storage unit 206, and stores station information including at least position information of a station that stops a rental cycle and information on the number of rental cycles stopped at the station. The storage unit 206 has a function of storing the rental cycle usage information in the storage unit 206. Further, the navigation server 200 detects a rental cycle that meets a predetermined condition as a parked vehicle based on the usage information stored in the storage unit 206, and registers the rental cycle detected as a parked vehicle in the storage unit 206 as a virtual station. A route using a rental cycle from a departure point to a destination that satisfies the received route search conditions, receiving a route search condition including at least a departure point and a departure point and a transportation means including a rental cycle transmitted from the terminal device 100. Is searched using the network data stored in the storage unit 206 and the position information and the number information of the stations and virtual stations stored in the storage unit 206 to generate route guidance information. A route guidance screen based on at least part of the route guidance information And, the generated route guidance screen by transmitting to the terminal device 100 has a function such as to output at least part of the route guidance screen through the output unit.

  The functions of the communication control interface unit 204 and the storage unit 206 (the network database 206a, the station information database 206b, the use information database 206c, the map database 206d, the guidance database 206e, the route guidance information database 206f, etc.) in the navigation server 200, the terminal device 100, the functions of the display unit 114, the input unit 116, and the audio output unit 118, the functions of the control unit 602 and the storage unit 606 in the station device 600, and the position acquisition unit 712 in the on-vehicle device 700. , The control unit 702, and the function of the storage unit 706 are the same as those of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  In FIG. 9, the control unit 202 has a control program such as an OS, a program defining various processing procedures, and an internal memory for storing required data. Then, the control unit 202 performs information processing for executing various processes by using these programs and the like. The control unit 202 is functionally conceptually abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a, virtual station registration unit 202b, route search condition receiving unit 202c, route guidance information generation unit 202d, candidate route search unit 202e, station extraction unit 202f, and acquisition of number information. Unit 202g, route generation unit 202h, number information reception unit 202j, number information storage unit 202k, position information reception unit 202m, position information storage unit 202n, route guidance screen generation unit 202p, output control unit 202q, and current position information acquisition The unit 202r is provided.

  The abandoned vehicle detection unit 202a, the virtual station registration unit 202b, the route search condition reception unit 202c, the route guidance information generation unit 202d, the candidate route search unit 202e, the station extraction unit 202f, the number information acquisition unit 202g, the route generation unit 202h, The functions of the number information receiving unit 202j, the number information storing unit 202k, the position information receiving unit 202m, and the position information storing unit 202n are the same as those in the first embodiment, and thus the description is omitted.

  Among them, the route guidance screen generation unit 202p is a route guidance screen generation unit that generates a route guidance screen based on at least a part of the route guidance information generated by the route guidance information generation unit 202d. Here, the route guidance screen generation unit 202p may generate, for example, a route guidance screen including the changed usage fee information included in the route guidance information. Further, the route guidance screen generation unit 202p may generate a route guidance screen based on the route guidance information obtained by removing the route using the rental cycle from the candidate routes. Further, the route guidance screen generation unit 202p may generate a route guidance screen including the notification information included in the route guidance information. In addition, the route guidance screen generation unit 202p may generate a route guidance screen based on route guidance information including at least one of available number of people information, type information, and reservation information included in the route guidance information.

  Further, the route guidance screen generation unit 202p performs the route guidance screen generation based on the current position information acquired by the current position information acquisition unit 202r and at least a part of the route guidance information generated by the route guidance information generation unit 202d. May be generated. Here, the route guidance screen generation unit 202p, for example, superimposes the candidate route data included in the route guidance information and the current position information of the user of the terminal device 100 on the map data included in the route guidance information. A route guidance screen may be generated.

  In addition, the route guidance screen generation unit 202p may include, for example, candidate route data, transportation getting on and off times, transportation destination information, transportation route type, transportation route name, railway station included in the route guidance information. And the name of the boarding point such as a bus stop, the exit information of the station, the boarding position information of the transportation, the fact that it is the first departure, the fact that it is a walking route, the weather information, the number of transfers of the transportation, the required time of the candidate route, the candidate A route guidance screen based on display guidance data such as TBT included in fee data, premises route data, timetable data, map data, and / or guidance data when a route is used may be generated. Alternatively, the route guidance screen generation unit 202p may generate a route guidance screen in which voice guidance data is embedded so that the route guidance information is output via the voice output unit 118. For example, the route guidance screen generation unit 202p outputs the voice guidance data so as to output, via the voice output unit 118, the voice guidance data associated with the traveling direction or the like at the branch point on the candidate route included in the route guidance information. A route guidance screen in which data is embedded may be generated.

  The output control unit 202q is an output control unit that transmits the route guidance screen generated by the route guidance screen generation unit 202p to the terminal device 100 and outputs at least a part of the route guidance screen via the output unit. is there. Here, the output control unit 202q, for example, uses the candidate route data included in the route guidance information and the use of the terminal device 100 on the map data included in the route guidance information generated by the route guidance screen generation unit 202p. The route guidance screen on which the current position information of the person is superimposed may be transmitted to the terminal device 100, and at least a part of the route guidance screen may be output via the output unit to execute the route guidance.

  The output control unit 202q may also include, for example, candidate route data, transportation getting on and off times, transportation destination information, transportation type, and route type included in the route guidance information generated by the route guidance screen generation unit 202p. Names of transportation routes, names of getting on and off points such as train stations and bus stops, station exit information, transportation boarding location information, the first train, walking route, weather information, transfer of transportation The route guidance screen based on the number of times, the required time of the candidate route, the fee data when using the candidate route, the local route data, the timetable data, the map data, and / or the display guidance data such as TBT included in the guidance data. Alternatively, the route guidance may be transmitted to the terminal device 100 to output at least a part of the route guidance screen via the output unit to execute the route guidance. Further, the output control unit 202q transmits, to the terminal device 100, the route guidance screen in which the voice guidance data is embedded so as to output the route guidance information via the voice output unit 118, which is generated by the route guidance screen generation unit 202p. Then, at least a part of the route guidance screen may be output via the output unit to execute the route guidance. For example, the output control unit 202q outputs the voice guidance data generated by the route guidance screen generation unit 202p and associated with the traveling direction or the like at a branch point or the like on the candidate route included in the route guidance information to the voice output unit 118. A route guidance screen in which the voice guidance data is embedded is transmitted to the terminal device 100 so that at least a part of the route guidance screen is output via the output unit, and the route guidance is executed. Is also good.

  The current position information acquisition unit 202r is a current position information acquisition unit that acquires the current position information of the user of the terminal device 100. Here, the current position information acquisition unit 202r receives the position information signal received from the position transmission device 500 by the position acquisition unit 112 of the terminal device 100 from the terminal device 100, and transmits the position information calculated from the position information signal to the terminal. The information may be acquired as the current position information of the user of the device 100. Further, the current position information acquiring unit 202r receives position information such as position coordinates of the current position input by the user via the input unit 116 of the terminal device 100, and transmits the position information to the user of the terminal device 100. May be obtained as current position information.

  This concludes the description of an example of the configuration of the navigation server 200 according to the second embodiment.

[Processing of navigation server 200 (server-driven type)]
Next, an example of the processing of the navigation server 200 according to the second embodiment configured as described above will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the basic processing of the navigation server 200 according to the second embodiment.

  Note that, in FIG. 10, the processing from step SB-1 to step SB-8 is the same as the processing in step SA-1 and step SA-8 in FIG. 4 of the first embodiment described above. Omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 10, after performing the processing from step SB-1 to step SB-8, the route guidance screen generation unit 202p of the navigation server 200 performs the processing of the route guidance information generation unit 202d in step SB-8. Based on at least a part of the generated route guidance information, a route guidance screen (for example, the output screen of the route guidance information shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 described above) is generated (step SB-9).

  Here, in step SB-9, the route guidance screen generation unit 202p, for example, includes the route guidance screen including the changed usage fee information (for example, “0 yen” from the virtual station X1 to the station A) included in the route guidance information. May be generated. Further, the route guidance screen generation unit 202p may generate a route guidance screen based on the route guidance information obtained by removing the route using the rental cycle (for example, the route using the station B that is almost full) from the candidate routes. Good. The route guidance screen generation unit 202p also includes a route including report information included in the route guide information (for example, text data that reports that "station B is currently full and recommends another route"). A guidance screen may be generated. In addition, the route guidance screen generation unit 202p includes the available number of people information (for example, for one person or two people), the type information (for example, a city car, an electric assisted bicycle, etc.), and the reservation information included in the route guidance information. A route guidance screen may be generated based on route guidance information including at least one of (for example, with reservation and without reservation).

  Further, in step SB-9, the route guidance screen generation unit 202p outputs the current position information acquired by the processing of the current position information acquisition unit 202r, and the route guidance information generation unit 202d in steps SB-5 to SB-8. A route guidance screen may be generated based on at least a part of the route guidance information generated by the processing. Here, the route guidance screen generation unit 202p, for example, superimposes the candidate route data included in the route guidance information and the current position information of the user of the terminal device 100 on the map data included in the route guidance information. A route guidance screen may be generated.

  Further, in step SB-9, the route guidance screen generation unit 202p, for example, includes the candidate route data, the getting on / off time of the transportation, the destination information of the transportation, the line type of the transportation, the transportation type included in the route guidance information. Route name, names of getting on and off points such as railway stations and bus stops, station exit information, transportation boarding position information, first train, walking route, weather information, number of transfers, candidates A route guidance screen is generated based on the required time of the route, fee data when using a candidate route, premises route data, timetable data, map data, and / or display guidance data such as TBT included in the guidance data. Is also good. Alternatively, the route guidance screen generation unit 202p may generate a route guidance screen in which voice guidance data is embedded so that the route guidance information is output via the voice output unit 118. For example, the route guidance screen generation unit 202p outputs the voice guidance data so as to output, via the voice output unit 118, the voice guidance data associated with the traveling direction or the like at the branch point on the candidate route included in the route guidance information. A route guidance screen in which data is embedded may be generated.

  Then, the output control unit 202q of the navigation server 200 displays the route guidance screen (for example, the output screen shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 described above) generated by the processing of the route guidance screen generation unit 202p in step SB-9. The information is transmitted to the device 100 (step SB-10), and at least a part of the route guidance screen is output via the output unit (step SB-11).

  Here, in step SB-10 and step SB-11, the output control unit 202q outputs, for example, the map data included in the route guidance information generated by the process of the route guidance screen generation unit 202p in step SB-9. The terminal device 100 transmits to the terminal device 100 a route guidance screen on which the candidate route data included in the route guidance information and the current position information of the user of the terminal device 100 are superimposed, and outputs at least a part of the route guidance screen. The route guidance may be executed by outputting the information through a unit.

  In step SB-10 and step SB-11, the output control unit 202q outputs, for example, candidate route data included in the route guidance information generated by the process of the route guidance screen generation unit 202p in step SB-9, Transportation boarding time, transportation destination information, transportation line type, transportation line name, names of getting on and off points such as railway stations and bus stops, station exit information, transportation boarding position information, The first train, walking route, weather information, number of transit transfers, time required for candidate routes, fare data when using candidate routes, campus route data, timetable data, map data, and / or A route guidance screen based on display guidance data such as TBT included in the guidance data is transmitted to the terminal device 100, and at least the route guidance screen is displayed. Parts by output via the output unit may be executed route guidance. Further, the output control unit 202q transmits, to the terminal device 100, the route guidance screen in which the voice guidance data is embedded so as to output the route guidance information via the voice output unit 118, which is generated by the route guidance screen generation unit 202p. Then, at least a part of the route guidance screen may be output via the output unit to execute the route guidance. For example, the output control unit 202q outputs the voice guidance data generated by the route guidance screen generation unit 202p and associated with the traveling direction or the like at a branch point or the like on the candidate route included in the route guidance information to the voice output unit 118. A route guidance screen in which the voice guidance data is embedded is transmitted to the terminal device 100 so that at least a part of the route guidance screen is output via the output unit, and the route guidance is executed. Is also good.

  This concludes the description of an example of the processing of the navigation server 200 according to the second embodiment.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, a third embodiment (navigation device 400 (stand-alone type)) of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the navigation device 400 according to the third embodiment, and conceptually illustrates only a portion related to the present invention in the configuration.

  In the third embodiment, the navigation device 400 integrates the functions of the terminal device 100 and the navigation server 200 described in the other embodiments into the navigation device 400, and stores network data defining a traffic network in the storage unit. The storage unit 406 stores station information including at least the position information of the station that stops the rental cycle and the information on the number of rental cycles stopped at the station, and stores the rental cycle usage information in the storage unit 406. Has functions. Further, the navigation device 400 detects a rental cycle that meets a predetermined condition as a parked vehicle based on the usage information stored in the storage unit 406, and registers the rental cycle detected as a parked vehicle in the storage unit 406 as a virtual station, A route search condition including at least a moving means including a rental cycle, a departure point, and a destination is set, and a candidate route including a route using a rental cycle from the departure point to the destination satisfying the set route search condition is stored in the storage unit. A search is performed using the network data stored in the storage unit 406 and the position information and the number information of the stations and virtual stations stored in the storage unit 406 to generate route guidance information, and at least one of the generated route guidance information is generated. It has a function of outputting a unit via an output unit. As described above, the third embodiment is different from the other embodiments in that the navigation device 400 is configured as a stand-alone type and performs processing independently.

[Configuration of Navigation Device 400 (Stand-Alone Type)]
First, an example of a configuration of a navigation device 400 (stand-alone type) according to the third embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 11, a navigation device 400 according to the third embodiment of the present invention includes a position acquisition unit 412, an output unit (display unit 414 and audio output unit 418), an input unit 416, a control unit 402, and a storage unit 406. At least. The navigation device 400 is communicably connected to an in-vehicle device 700 that includes at least a position acquisition unit 712, a control unit 702, and a storage unit 706. Although not shown, the navigation device 400 may include a photographing unit such as a camera that can photograph a still image and a moving image. The communication includes, for example, remote communication such as wired / wireless communication via the network 300. Further, these units of the navigation device 400 may be communicably connected via an arbitrary communication path. The navigation device 400 may be, for example, various navigation terminals such as a PND (Portable Navigation Device), various information processing devices such as a notebook personal computer, or a mobile terminal device such as a mobile phone, PHS, or PDA. .

  11, a communication control interface unit 404, an input / output control interface unit 408, a position acquisition unit 412, a display unit 414, an input unit 416, and an audio output unit 418 in the navigation device 400, and a control unit in the station device 600. Each function of the storage unit 602 and the storage unit 606, and each function of the position acquisition unit 712, the control unit 702, and the storage unit 706 in the in-vehicle device 700 are the same as those in the first embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted. In addition, each unit of the storage unit 406 (the network database 406a, the station information database 406b, the use information database 406c, the map database 406d, the guidance database 406e, the route guidance information database 406f, and the like) is also described in other embodiments. Except for being provided in the navigation device 400 instead of the terminal device 100 and the navigation server 200, the respective functions are the same as those in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  Further, as for each unit of the control unit 402 (the current position information acquisition unit 402a to the position information storage unit 402p, etc.), the navigation device 400 of the present embodiment is of a stand-alone type, and the control unit 402 is described above in other embodiments. Each function is basically the same as that of the first embodiment except that each transmission / reception unit for the navigation server 200 is not provided.

  In FIG. 11, the control unit 402 has a control program such as an OS, a program that defines various processing procedures and the like, and an internal memory for storing required data. The control unit 402 performs information processing for executing various processes by using these programs and the like. The control unit 402 conceptually includes a current position information acquisition unit 402a, an abandoned vehicle detection unit 402b, a virtual station registration unit 402c, a route search condition setting unit 402d, a route guidance information generation unit 402e, a candidate route search unit 402f, and a station. It includes an extraction unit 402g, a number information acquisition unit 402h, a route generation unit 402i, a route guidance information output unit 402j, a number information reception unit 402k, a number information storage unit 402m, a position information reception unit 402n, and a position information storage unit 402p. The abandoned vehicle detection unit 402b, the virtual station registration unit 402c, the station extraction unit 402g, the number information acquisition unit 402h, the route generation unit 402i, the number information reception unit 402k, the number information storage unit 402m, the position information reception unit 402n, The function of the position information storage unit 402p is the same as in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will not be repeated.

  Among them, the current position information acquisition unit 402a is a current position information acquisition unit that acquires the current position information of the user of the navigation device 400. Here, the current position information acquisition unit 402a may acquire the current position information of the user of the navigation device 400 at every predetermined time (predetermined period) (for example, every one second or every three minutes). Further, the current position information acquisition unit 402a may acquire the position information calculated from the position information signal received from the position transmission device 500 by the position acquisition unit 412 as the current position information of the user of the navigation device 400. Further, the current position information acquisition unit 402a may further acquire the direction information such as the traveling direction of the navigation device 400 detected by the direction sensor or the like of the position acquisition unit 412 as the current position information of the user of the navigation device 400. Good.

  The route search condition setting unit 402d is a route search condition setting unit that sets a route search condition including at least a moving unit including a rental cycle, and a departure place and a destination. Here, the moving means may further include, for example, at least one of a walk, a car, a railroad, an airplane, a bus, a ship, and the like. Further, the departure place may be the current position of the user of the navigation device 400 based on the current position information acquired by the current position information acquisition unit 402a. Further, the route search condition may further include a departure time or an arrival time. Here, the departure time may be the current time. Further, the route search condition may further include a transit point and the like. The route search condition may further include a transit time. The route search condition may be input by a user of the navigation device 400 via the input unit 416 of the navigation device 400.

  The route guidance information generation unit 402e stores, in the network database 406a, a candidate route that satisfies the route search condition set by the route search condition setting unit 402d and that includes a route that uses a rental cycle from the departure point to the destination. A route guidance information generating unit that searches using the data and the position information and the number information of the stations and virtual stations stored in the station information database 406b to generate the route guidance information. Here, the route guidance information generation unit 402e further includes a candidate route search unit 402f, a station extraction unit 402g, a number information acquisition unit 402h, and a route generation unit 402i.

  In addition, the candidate route search unit 402f stores, in the network database 406a, a candidate route that satisfies the route search condition set by the route search condition setting unit 402d and that includes a route that uses a rental cycle from the departure point to the destination. This is a candidate route searching means for searching using the network data and the position information of the station and the virtual station stored in the station information database 406b.

  Here, the candidate route search unit 402f searches for a candidate route including a route using a rental cycle from the current position to the destination based on the current position information of the navigation device 400 acquired by the current position information acquisition unit 402a. Good. When the route search condition further includes the departure time or the arrival time, the candidate route search unit 402f uses the rental cycle from the departure place to the destination that satisfies the route search condition further including the departure time or the arrival time. A candidate route including a route may be searched. Here, the departure time may be the current time. Further, when the route search condition further includes a stopover, the candidate route search unit 402f may search for a candidate route passing through the stopover. When the route search condition further includes a stopover and a transit time, the candidate route search unit 402f determines that the route from the departure location that satisfies the route search condition that includes the departure place, the destination, the transit point, and the transit time A candidate route that is a route that has passed through a transit point to may be searched.

  The route guidance information output unit 402j outputs, via an output unit, at least a part of the current position information acquired by the current position information acquisition unit 402a and the route guidance information generated by the route guidance information generation unit 402e. The output may be performed to execute route guidance. In addition, the route guidance information output unit 402j displays, for example, the candidate route data included in the route guidance information and the current position information of the user of the navigation device 400 superimposed on the map data included in the route guidance information. A screen may be displayed on the display unit 414.

  The route guidance information output unit 402j may cause the display unit 414 to display a display screen based on the route guidance information. For example, the route guidance information output unit 402j includes the candidate route data, the getting on / off time of the transportation, the destination information of the transportation, the route type of the transportation, the route name of the transportation, the railway station and the bus included in the route guidance information. The name of the boarding point such as a stop, the exit information of the station, the boarding position information of the transportation, the fact that it is the first departure, the fact that it is a walking route, the weather information, the number of transfers of the transportation, the required time of the candidate route, the candidate route The display unit 414 may display a display screen based on charge data, premises route data, timetable data, map data, and / or display guidance data such as TBT included in the guidance data when used. Further, the route guidance information output unit 402j may output the route guidance information via the voice output unit 418. For example, the route guidance information output unit 402j may output, via the voice output unit 418, voice guidance data associated with a traveling direction or the like at a branch point or the like on a candidate route included in the route guidance information.

  This concludes the description of an example of the configuration of the navigation device 400 according to the third embodiment.

[Processing of navigation device 400 (stand-alone type)]
Next, an example of the processing of the navigation device 400 according to the third embodiment configured as described above will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the basic processing of the navigation device 400 according to the third embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 12, first, the abandoned vehicle detection unit 402b detects a rental cycle that meets a predetermined condition as an abandoned vehicle based on the usage information stored in the usage information database 406c (step SC-1).

  Here, in step SC-1, the abandoned vehicle detection unit 402b determines the rental period indicated by the rental period information included in the usage information (for example, in the case of the vehicle ID “C327” in FIG. 0:00 to 18:00 ”), if the rental cycle has not been returned to the station, the rental cycle may be detected as an abandoned vehicle. In addition, the abandoned vehicle detection unit 402b determines that there is no rental cycle in the available area indicated by the available area information included in the usage information (for example, in FIG. 3, in the case of the vehicle ID “C195”, “Y area”). In this case, the rental cycle may be detected as an abandoned vehicle. If the current position of the rental cycle indicated by the position information included in the usage information does not change for a predetermined time or more (for example, one day or more), the abandoned vehicle detection unit 402b further detects the rental cycle as an abandoned vehicle. Is also good.

  Then, the virtual station registration unit 402c sets the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle by the process of the abandoned vehicle detection unit 402b in step SC-1 as a virtual station (for example, “virtual station X1” in FIG. 2 described above) as a station information database. 406b (step SC-2).

  Here, in step SC-2, the virtual station registration unit 402c determines the position information (for example, the vehicle ID in FIG. In the case of “C195”, “35.7..., 139.50...”), And the number information of the rental cycle (for example, in FIG. By storing the virtual station information including “1” for the “virtual station X1” in the station information database 406b, the rental cycle is registered as a virtual station.

  In the present embodiment, the processing of the abandoned vehicle detection unit 402b in step SC-1 and the processing of the virtual station registration unit 402c in step SC-2 store the latest virtual station information in the station information database 406b. For this purpose, the search may be performed at predetermined time intervals, or may be performed when a route search condition is set.

  Then, the route search condition setting unit 402d sets a route search condition including at least the moving means including the rental cycle, the departure place, and the destination (step SC-3). Here, the moving means may further include, for example, at least one of a walk, a car, a railroad, an airplane, a bus, a ship, and the like. Further, the departure place may be the current position of the user of the navigation device 400 based on the current position information obtained by the processing of the current position information obtaining unit 402a. Further, the route search condition may further include a departure time or an arrival time. Here, the departure time may be the current time. Further, the route search condition may further include a transit point and the like. The route search condition may further include a transit time. The route search condition may be input by a user of the navigation device 400 via the input unit 416 of the navigation device 400.

  Then, the route guidance information generation unit 402e selects a candidate route that satisfies the route search condition received by the process of the route search condition setting unit 402d in step SC-3 and that includes the route using the rental cycle from the departure point to the destination. The search is performed using the network data stored in the network database 406a and the position information and the number information of the stations and virtual stations stored in the station information database 406b to generate the route guidance information (steps SC-4 to SC-4). SC-7).

  Specifically, the candidate route search unit 402f determines the departure place (for example, the departure point shown in FIG. 5A described above) that satisfies the route search condition set by the process of the route search condition setting unit 402d in step SC-3. (For example, a virtual station X1 shown in FIG. 5 (2) to a station A shown in FIG. 5 (3)) using a rental cycle from a destination to a destination (for example, the destination shown in FIG. 5 (4)). The candidate route including the route up to and including the network data stored in the network database 406a and the station stored in the station information database 406b (for example, the station A shown in FIG. Station B, station C, etc.) and a virtual station (for example, the virtual station shown in FIG. Searching using the position information of 1) (see FIG. 2 described above) (Step SC-4).

  Here, in step SC-4, the candidate route searching unit 402f determines a route using a rental cycle from the current position to the destination based on the current position information of the navigation device 400 obtained by the processing of the current position information obtaining unit 402a. You may search for a candidate route that includes it. When the route search condition further includes the departure time or the arrival time, the candidate route search unit 402f uses the rental cycle from the departure place to the destination that satisfies the route search condition further including the departure time or the arrival time. A candidate route including a route may be searched. Here, the departure time may be the current time. Further, when the route search condition further includes a stopover, the candidate route search unit 402f may search for a candidate route passing through the stopover. When the route search condition further includes a stopover and a transit time, the candidate route search unit 402f determines that the route from the departure location that satisfies the route search condition that includes the departure place, the destination, the transit point, and the transit time A candidate route that is a route that has passed through a transit point to may be searched.

  Then, the station extracting unit 402g determines the stations (station A, station B, and station C in FIG. 5) included in the candidate route searched by the process of the candidate route searching unit 402f in step SC-4 and the virtual station ( In FIG. 5 described above, the virtual station X1) is extracted (step SC-5). Specifically, in the example of FIG. 5 described above, the station extracting unit 402g determines at least the station (on the boarding side of the rental cycle) of the stations and the virtual stations included in the candidate route searched by the process of the candidate route searching unit 402f. In FIG. 5 described above, a virtual station X1, a station C, etc.) and a station on the exit side of the rental cycle (station A, station B, etc. in FIG. 5) are extracted.

  Then, the number information acquiring unit 402h determines the stations (stations A, B, and C in FIG. 5 described above) and the virtual stations (in FIG. 5 described above) extracted by the processing of the station extracting unit 402g in step SC-5. , The number information corresponding to the virtual station X1 (in FIG. 2, “10” for the station A, “15” for the station B, “18” for the station C, and “18” for the virtual station X1. “One” etc.) from the station information database 406b (step SC-6). Further, in the present embodiment, the number information acquisition unit 402h further outputs the dock number information (“15 units” for the station A, “17 units” for the station B, and “18” for the station C in FIG. 2 described above). And “1” in the case of the virtual station X1). Further, the number information acquisition unit 402h further performs the empty vehicle number information (in FIG. 2, “5” for station A, “2” for station B, “0” for station C, In the case of X1, “0” or the like) may be acquired.

  Although not shown, in step SC-6, the number information acquisition unit 402h transmits the stations extracted by the processing of the station extraction unit 402g in step SC-5 (station A, station B, station C in FIG. 5 described above). ) May be obtained by directly inquiring of the storage unit 606 of the station device 600 via the network 300. Further, in the present embodiment, the control unit 602 of the station device 600 may transmit the latest number information generated by the control unit 602 to the navigation device 400 periodically or when there is a request for station information. Good. Further, the number information storage unit 402m may store the number information received by the number information receiving unit 402k in the station information database 406b. Thereby, in step SC-4, the number information acquisition unit 402h can acquire the latest number information from the station information database 406b.

  Then, the route generation unit 402i determines the candidate route (for example, in FIG. 5 described above, (1) departure point → (2) virtual station X1 → (3 ) Station A → (4) Candidate route to destination) and the number information obtained by the processing of the number information obtaining unit 402h in step SC-6 (for example, in the case of station A in FIG. The route guidance information is generated on the basis of “station”, “15” for station B, “18” for station C, “1” for virtual station X1 (step SC-7).

  Here, in step SC-7, the route generation unit 402i acquires the basic usage fee information (for example, 200 yen) from the station information database 406b, and based on the number information and the basic usage fee information, obtains the basic usage fee information. May be generated to change the usage fee information (for example, 100 yen or 0 yen), and route guidance information including the changed usage fee information may be generated. In addition, the route generation unit 402i uses a rental cycle (for example, the rental cycle stopped at the virtual station X1 in FIG. 5 described above) detected as a parked vehicle by the process of the parked vehicle detection unit 402b in step SC-1. May change the basic usage fee information to be free (that is, 0 yen) and generate the changed usage fee information.

  As described above, in step SC-7, the route generation unit 402i uses the rental route corresponding to the abandoned vehicle registered as a virtual station in the station information database 406b (for example, (1) in FIG. 5 described above). Route guidance information including the departure place → (2) virtual station X1 → (3) station A → (4) candidate route to the destination) is generated. That is, in the present embodiment, the route generation unit 402i can generate route guidance information including a route for rescuing an abandoned vehicle for a user, an administrator, and the like.

  Then, the route guidance information output unit 402j outputs at least a part of the route guidance information generated by the processing of the route generation unit 402i in step SC-7 via the output unit (step SC-8).

  Here, in step SC-8, the route guidance information output unit 402j outputs the virtual station corresponding to the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle by the process of the abandoned vehicle detection unit 402b in step SC-1 (in FIG. Route guidance information including a candidate route passing through X1) may be output. As an example, as shown in FIG. 6 described above, the route guidance information output unit 402j outputs (1) a departure place → (2) a station X1 (that is, a stop position of a rental cycle detected as an abandoned vehicle) → (3) a station A → (4) Route guidance information including a fourth candidate route to the destination may be output. Here, as shown in FIG. 6 described above, the route guidance information output unit 402j may further output a message such as "This route uses an abandoned vehicle. Points will be redeemed." .

  In step SC-8, the route guidance information output unit 402j outputs basic rental fee information of the rental cycle (for example, “100 yen” from station C to station A) and / or usage fee information after change (for example, virtual station X1). "0 yen") to station A may be output. In addition, the route guidance information output unit 402j may order the cost of the basic usage fee information and / or the changed usage fee information of the rental cycle (for example, the third candidate route “0 yen”, the first candidate route “0 yen”, the second The candidate routes may be sorted and output in the order of the candidate route “300 yen”). Further, the route guidance information output unit 402j may output route guidance information obtained by removing a route using a rental cycle (for example, a route using a station B that is almost full) from the candidate routes. In addition, the route guidance information output unit 402j provides notification information indicating that a route that uses a rental cycle among the candidate routes is not recommended (for example, “Station B is currently full and recommends using another route. , Etc.). Further, the route guidance information output unit 402j may output available number of people information (for example, for one person or two people), type information (for example, city car, electric assisted bicycle, etc.), and / or reservation information (for example, reservation Yes, no reservation) may be output. In this manner, in the present embodiment, it is possible to appropriately distribute resources by moving the user and rescue the abandoned vehicle without providing a route that is extremely inconvenient.

  In step SC-8, the route guidance information output unit 402j outputs the current position information obtained by the processing of the current position information obtaining unit 402a and the route generated by the processing of the route generating unit 402i in step SC-7. Route guidance may be executed by outputting at least a part of the guidance information via the output unit. In addition, the route guidance information output unit 402j displays, for example, the candidate route data included in the route guidance information and the current position information of the user of the navigation device 400 superimposed on the map data included in the route guidance information. A screen may be displayed on the display unit 414.

  In step SC-8, the route guidance information output unit 402j may cause the display unit 414 to display a display screen based on the route guidance information. For example, the route guidance information output unit 402j includes the candidate route data, the getting on / off time of the transportation, the destination information of the transportation, the route type of the transportation, the route name of the transportation, the railway station and the bus included in the route guidance information. The name of the boarding point such as a stop, the exit information of the station, the boarding position information of the transportation, the fact that it is the first departure, the fact that it is a walking route, the weather information, the number of transfers of the transportation, the required time of the candidate route, the candidate route The display unit 414 may display a display screen based on charge data, premises route data, timetable data, map data, and / or display guidance data such as TBT included in the guidance data when used. Further, the route guidance information output unit 402j may output the route guidance information via the voice output unit 418. For example, the route guidance information output unit 402j may output, via the voice output unit 418, voice guidance data associated with a traveling direction or the like at a branch point or the like on a candidate route included in the route guidance information.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when a rental cycle detected as an abandoned vehicle by the processing of the abandoned vehicle detection unit 402b is returned to the station, the station information database 406b deletes the virtual station information corresponding to the rental cycle. Further, when the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle by the processing of the abandoned vehicle detection unit 402b is used, the station information database 406b deletes the virtual station information corresponding to the rental cycle. When the position information of the rental cycle detected as the abandoned vehicle by the process of the abandoned vehicle detection unit 402b is different from the current position information of the rental cycle, the station information database 406b deletes the virtual station information corresponding to the rental cycle. .

  This concludes the description of an example of the processing of the navigation device 400 according to the third embodiment.

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Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention may be implemented in various different embodiments within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims, in addition to the above-described embodiments. What can be done.

  Further, among the processes described in the embodiment, all or a part of the processes described as being performed automatically can be manually performed, or the processes described as being performed manually can be performed. All or part can be performed automatically by a known method.

  In addition, the processing procedures, control procedures, specific names, information including parameters such as registration data and search conditions of each processing, screen examples, and database configurations shown in the above-mentioned documents and drawings are not described unless otherwise specified. Can be changed arbitrarily.

  Further, with respect to the terminal device 100, the navigation server 200, the navigation device 400, the station device 600, and the in-vehicle device 700, each illustrated component is functionally conceptual, and is necessarily physically configured as illustrated. You don't need to.

  For example, the processing functions provided in each of the terminal device 100, the navigation server 200, the navigation device 400, the station device 600, and the in-vehicle device 700, in particular, the control unit 102, the control unit 202, the control unit 402, the control unit 602, and All or an arbitrary part of each processing function performed by the control unit 702 can be realized by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a program interpreted and executed by the CPU. It is also possible to realize as hardware based on. Note that the program is recorded on a recording medium described later, and is mechanically read by the terminal device 100, the navigation server 200, the navigation device 400, the station device 600, and the vehicle-mounted device 700 as needed. That is, the storage unit 106, the storage unit 206, the storage unit 406, the storage unit 606, and the storage unit 706 such as a ROM or an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) cooperate as an OS to give an instruction to the CPU and perform various processing. Is recorded. The computer program is executed by being loaded into the RAM, and forms a control unit in cooperation with the CPU.

  This computer program may be stored in the terminal device 100, the navigation server 200, the navigation device 400, the station device 600, and the application program server connected to the in-vehicle device 700 via an arbitrary network 300. Frequently, it is also possible to download all or part of the program as needed.

  Further, the program according to the present invention may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium, or may be configured as a program product. Here, the “recording medium” refers to a memory card, USB memory, SD card, flexible disk, magneto-optical disk, ROM, EPROM, EEPROM (registered trademark), CD-ROM, MO, DVD, and Blu-ray (Registered trademark) Discretionary and other arbitrary “portable physical media”.

  The “program” is a data processing method described in an arbitrary language or description method, and may be in any format such as a source code or a binary code. Note that the “program” is not necessarily limited to a single program, but achieves its function in cooperation with a program that is distributed as a plurality of modules or libraries or a separate program represented by an OS. Including things. Note that a known configuration or procedure can be used for a specific configuration for reading a recording medium in each apparatus described in the embodiment, a reading procedure, an installation procedure after reading, and the like.

  The storage unit 106, the storage unit 206, the storage unit 406, the storage unit 606, and various databases stored in the storage unit 706 (route guidance information file 106a, network database 206a, station information database 206b, usage information database 206c, Map database 206d, guidance database 206e, route guidance information database 206f, network database 406a, station information database 406b, usage information database 406c, map database 406d, guidance database 406e, route guidance information database 406f, number information file 606a, etc.) Are memory devices such as RAM and ROM, fixed disk devices such as hard disks, flexible disks, optical disks, etc. A storage unit, various programs used for various processes and Web site provision, tables, databases, and stores the Web page files, and the like.

  In addition, the navigation server 200 may be configured as an information processing device such as a known personal computer or a workstation, or may be configured by connecting an arbitrary peripheral device to the information processing device. Further, the navigation server 200 may be realized by implementing software (including programs, data, and the like) for realizing the method of the present invention in the information processing device.

  Further, the specific form of the distribution / integration of the apparatus is not limited to the illustrated one, and all or a part of the apparatus may be functionally or physically arbitrarily determined according to various additions or the like, or according to a functional load. It can be distributed and integrated. That is, the above-described embodiments may be arbitrarily combined and implemented, or the embodiments may be selectively implemented.

  As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a navigation system, a terminal device, a navigation server, a navigation device, a navigation method, and a program capable of presenting an optimal route for rescuing an abandoned vehicle. It is extremely useful in various fields such as information devices for assisting navigation and information processing.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 terminal device 102 control unit 102a current position information obtaining unit 102b route search condition transmitting unit 102c route guidance information receiving unit 102d route guidance information output unit 104 communication control interface unit 106 storage unit 106a route guidance information file 108 input / output control interface unit 112 Position acquisition unit 114 Display unit 116 Input unit 118 Voice output unit 200 Navigation server 202 Control unit 202a Abandoned vehicle detection unit 202b Virtual station registration unit 202c Route search condition receiving unit 202d Route guidance information generation unit 202e Candidate route search unit 202f Station extraction unit 202g Number information acquisition unit 202h Route generation unit 202i Route guidance information transmission unit 202j Number information reception unit 202k Number information storage unit 202m Location information reception unit 202n Location information Storage unit 202p Route guidance screen generation unit 202q Output control unit 202r Current position information acquisition unit 204 Communication control interface unit 206 Storage unit 206a Network database 206b Station information database 206c Usage information database 206d Map database 206e Guidance database 206f Route guidance information database 300 Network 400 Navigation device 402 Control unit 402a Current position information acquisition unit 402b Abandoned vehicle detection unit 402c Virtual station registration unit 402d Route search condition setting unit 402e Route guidance information generation unit 402f Candidate route search unit 402g Station extraction unit 402h Number information acquisition unit 402i Route Generating unit 402j Route guidance information output unit 402k Number information receiving unit 402m Number information Storage section 402n position information receiving section 402p position information storage section 404 communication control interface section 406 storage section 406a network database 406b station information database 406c usage information database 406d map database 406e guidance database 406f route guidance information database 408 input / output control interface section 412 location Acquisition unit 414 Display unit 416 Input unit 418 Audio output unit 500 Position transmission device 600 Station device 602 Control unit 602a Vehicle monitoring unit 602b Number information transmission unit 604 Communication control interface unit 606 Storage unit 606a Number information file 700 In-vehicle device 702 Control unit 702a Position information acquisition unit 702b Position information transmission unit 702c Movement information acquisition unit 704 Communication control in Over the face portion 706 storage unit 708 input-output control interface unit 712 position acquisition unit

Claims (12)

Abandoned vehicle detection means for detecting a rented vehicle that meets predetermined conditions as abandoned vehicle,
Registration means for registering the position information of the abandoned vehicle in a storage unit;
Deleting means for deleting the position information of the abandoned vehicle from the storage unit when the abandoned vehicle is rescued;
An information processing system comprising: The information processing system according to claim 1,
The abandoned vehicle detection means,
If the rented vehicle is not returned to the station during the rental period, if there is no rented vehicle in the available area, or if the position of the rented vehicle does not change for a predetermined time or more, the rented vehicle is left as the abandoned vehicle. An information processing system, characterized in that the information is detected as the information. The information processing system according to claim 1,
The above-mentioned deletion means,
When the abandoned vehicle is returned to a station or when the abandoned vehicle is used, the position information of the abandoned vehicle is deleted from the storage unit. The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
When the abandoned vehicle is rescued, a usage fee changing means for changing a usage fee of the abandoned vehicle,
An information processing system, further comprising: The information processing system according to claim 4,
The above usage fee change means,
An information processing system, wherein when the abandoned vehicle is rescued, the usage fee of the abandoned vehicle is made free. The information processing system according to claim 1,
When the abandoned vehicle is returned to the station, a usage fee changing unit that changes the usage fee of the abandoned vehicle based on the information on the number of stopped vehicles at the station,
An information processing system, further comprising: Computer
Abandoned vehicle detection means for detecting a rented vehicle that meets predetermined conditions as abandoned vehicle,
Registration means for registering the position information of the abandoned vehicle in the storage unit,
Deleting means for deleting the position information of the abandoned vehicle from the storage unit when the abandoned vehicle is rescued;
An information processing program characterized by functioning as a computer. An information processing system configured by a plurality of computers communicably connected,
Abandoned vehicle detection means for detecting a rented vehicle that meets predetermined conditions as abandoned vehicle,
Registration means for registering the position information of the abandoned vehicle in a storage unit;
Deleting means for deleting the position information of the abandoned vehicle from the storage unit when the abandoned vehicle is rescued;
Information processing program to function as   An information processing program for causing the information processing system according to claim 1 to function by a plurality of computers communicably connected.   An information processing program for causing a computer to operate the information processing system according to claim 1. Abandoned vehicle detection means for detecting a rented vehicle that meets predetermined conditions as abandoned vehicle,
Registration means for registering the position information of the abandoned vehicle in a storage unit;
Deleting means for deleting the position information of the abandoned vehicle from the storage unit when the abandoned vehicle is rescued;
An information processing apparatus comprising: Abandoned vehicle detecting means for detecting a rented vehicle that meets predetermined conditions as abandoned vehicle,
Registering means for registering the position information of the abandoned vehicle in a storage unit;
Deleting means for, when the abandoned vehicle is rescued, deleting position information of the abandoned vehicle from the storage unit;
An information processing method comprising: