JP2020038536A - Vehicle state management device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a vehicle state management device extending life of a rental vehicle.SOLUTION: A vehicle state management device 1 comprises: an information acquisition unit 131 acquiring running state information indicating a running state of a rental vehicle in association with vehicle identification information of the rental vehicle; an information creation unit 132 creating vehicle state information indicating a state of the rental vehicle on the basis of the running state information; and an information transmission unit 133 transmitting the vehicle state information indicating the state of the rental vehicle corresponding to the vehicle identification information to an external device used by a user associated with the vehicle identification information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle state management device that manages the state of a rental vehicle.

  2. Description of the Related Art There is known a system that determines whether or not re-rental is possible based on the traveling distance of a rental vehicle (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2005-222147 A

  The rental vehicle is returned to the company that rents the rental vehicle when the rental period ends. However, users of rental vehicles tend not to treat rental vehicles carefully or to perform insufficient maintenance because rental vehicles are not their property. If the rental vehicle is used in a bad manner, the life of the rental vehicle is shortened, and the rental vehicle cannot be rented again.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of these points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle state management device that can extend the life of a rental vehicle.

  The vehicle state management device of the present invention relates to an information acquisition unit that acquires traveling state information indicating a traveling state of the rental vehicle in association with vehicle identification information of the rental vehicle, and, based on the traveling state information, An information creating unit that creates vehicle state information indicating a state; and an external device used by a user associated with the vehicle identification information, the vehicle state information indicating a state of the rental vehicle corresponding to the vehicle identification information. And an information transmitting unit for transmitting the information.

  The rental vehicle further includes a storage unit configured to store part information relating to an expiration date of at least a part of the rental vehicle, wherein the information creating unit performs maintenance of the rental vehicle based on the traveling state information and the part information. The vehicle state information including maintenance information indicating the necessity of the vehicle may be created.

  The information acquiring unit acquires the traveling state information indicating the amount of vibration detected in the rental vehicle in association with a date and time and a place, and the information creating unit is configured to execute the operation based on the traveling state information indicating the amount of vibration. The vehicle state information including maintenance information indicating the necessity of maintenance of the rental vehicle may be created.

  The information creating unit creates the vehicle state information including maintenance information indicating the necessity of maintenance of the rental vehicle based on a load applied to the rental vehicle specified based on a position indicated by the traveling state information. You may.

  The information creating unit includes a maintenance plan based on the maintenance information corresponding to the plurality of rental vehicles used by the user, in which maintenance times of at least two of the rental vehicles among the plurality of rental vehicles do not overlap. The vehicle state information may be created.

  The information acquisition unit acquires destination information indicating a destination of the rental vehicle and the traveling state information indicating a position of the rental vehicle, and the information creation unit associates the position with a road state. Based on the topographic information, the destination, and the magnitude of the load on the rental vehicle calculated based on the vehicle position indicated by the traveling state information, create a route that the rental vehicle should travel, The information transmitting unit may transmit navigation information based on the route created by the information creating unit to the rental vehicle.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, there exists an effect that the life of a rental vehicle can be extended.

It is a figure for explaining an outline of a vehicle state management system. It is a figure showing the functional composition of a vehicle state management device. It is a figure showing an example of component information. It is a map of the neighborhood where a rental vehicle runs. It is a figure showing an example of road information showing the relation between the position of the road and the state of the road. It is a figure showing an example of an operation screen of a store terminal. It is a figure showing an example of vehicle state information which shows a maintenance plan.

[Overview of Vehicle Condition Management System S]
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an outline of the vehicle state management system S. The vehicle condition management system S includes a vehicle condition management device 1, a plurality of rental vehicles 2, a company terminal 3, and a store terminal 4. The vehicle state management device 1, the rental vehicle 2, the company terminal 3, and the store terminal 4 can each transmit and receive data via the network N. The network N includes, for example, the Internet or a mobile phone network.

  The vehicle state management device 1 is a device used to manage the state of the plurality of rental vehicles 2 and is, for example, a cloud server. The vehicle state management device 1 is a server managed by a company that provides a service for extending the life of the rental vehicle 2, for example. The vehicle state management device 1 provides information on the necessity of maintenance to the company terminal 3 or the shop terminal 4 as useful information for extending the life of the rental vehicle 2, or provides a desired traveling route to the rental vehicle 2. Or

  The rental vehicle 2 is a vehicle lent to another person by the owner, and is a bicycle, a motorcycle, a car, or the like. The “rental vehicle” in this specification includes a vehicle that has been made available under a lease contract. The rental vehicle 2 transmits to the vehicle state management device 1 position information based on a radio wave received from a satellite positioning system (for example, GPS: Global Positioning System).

  The company terminal 3 is an electronic device used by an organization (for example, a company or a public business organization) that rents the rental vehicle 2, and is, for example, a computer. The company terminal 3 transmits and receives data to and from the vehicle state management device 1 via the network N. The company terminal 3 receives information indicating the state of the plurality of rental vehicles 2 lent to the shop terminal 4 from the vehicle state management device 1, and outputs the state of the rental vehicle 2 in response to a user operation. The company terminal 3 displays the status of the rental vehicle 2 on the display or prints information indicating whether maintenance of each of the plurality of rental vehicles 2 is necessary, when maintenance is required, or how the rental vehicle 2 is used, for example. Is output.

  The store terminal 4 is an electronic device used by an organization (for example, a home delivery company or a food delivery company) renting the rental vehicle 2 and using it, for example, a computer. The store terminal 4 transmits and receives data to and from the vehicle state management device 1 via the network N. The store terminal 4 receives information indicating the states of the plurality of rental vehicles 2 being used from the vehicle state management device 1, and outputs the states of the rental vehicles 2 in response to a user operation. The store terminal 4 displays or prints information indicating, for example, the position of each of the plurality of rental vehicles 2, the necessity of maintenance, the time when maintenance work is required, or how to use the rental vehicles 2 on a display.

  Hereinafter, an outline of the operation of the vehicle state management system S will be described with reference to FIG. The plurality of rental vehicles 2 periodically transmit traveling state information indicating the state of the traveling rental vehicle 2 to the vehicle state management device 1 ((1) in FIG. 1). The traveling state information includes, for example, position information including a latitude / longitude or an address indicating the position of the rental vehicle 2, and vehicle information including at least one of a traveling speed, a traveling acceleration, an inclination amount, and a vibration amount of the rental vehicle 2. Including.

  The vehicle state management device 1 creates vehicle state information indicating the state of the rental vehicle 2 based on the traveling state information received from the rental vehicle 2 ((2) in FIG. 1). The vehicle state information includes at least one of the position information received from the rental vehicle 2 and the maintenance information indicating the time when maintenance is required based on the position information and the vehicle information received from the rental vehicle 2.

  The vehicle state management device 1 transmits the created vehicle state information to at least one of the company terminal 3 and the shop terminal 4 ((3) in FIG. 1). The company terminal 3 and the shop terminal 4 output the received vehicle state information. The staff of the company terminal 3 checks the vehicle state information output from the company terminal 3 and pays attention to the store terminal 4 when recognizing the rental vehicle 2 which is not used properly or the rental vehicle 2 requiring maintenance. Can be aroused. The staff of the store terminal 4 checks the vehicle state information output from the store terminal 4 and, when recognizing the rental vehicle 2 that is not used properly or the rental vehicle 2 that requires maintenance, the driver of the rental vehicle 2 , And maintenance of the rental vehicle 2 can be performed.

[Functional configuration of vehicle state management device 1]
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the vehicle state management device 1. The vehicle state management device 1 includes a communication unit 11, a storage unit 12, and a control unit 13. The control unit 13 includes an information acquisition unit 131, an information creation unit 132, and an information transmission unit 133.

  The communication unit 11 is a communication interface for transmitting and receiving data to and from the network N, and includes, for example, a LAN (Local Area Network) controller. The communication unit 11 notifies the information acquisition unit 131 of the data received via the network N, and transmits the data input from the information transmission unit 133 to the rental vehicle 2, the company terminal 3, or the store terminal 4 via the network N. Or send.

  The storage unit 12 includes a storage medium such as a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), and a hard disk. The storage unit 12 stores a program executed by the control unit 13. The storage unit 12 stores the traveling state information received from the rental vehicles 2 and the vehicle state information created by the information creating unit 132 in association with the rental vehicle 2.

  The storage unit 12 also functions as a work memory of the control unit 13, and stores information necessary for the information creation unit 132 to create vehicle state information. The storage unit 12 stores, for example, component information relating to the expiration date of at least a part of the rental vehicle 2 used by the information creating unit 132 to create the maintenance information. Although details will be described later, the component information is information that is created for each component included in the rental vehicle 2 and that indicates the relationship between the usage status of the rental vehicle 2 and the life of the component.

  The control unit 13 is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The control unit 13 functions as an information acquisition unit 131, an information creation unit 132, and an information transmission unit 133 by executing a program stored in the storage unit 12.

  The information acquisition unit 131 acquires various information from the rental vehicle 2, the company terminal 3, and the store terminal 4. The information acquisition unit 131 acquires traveling state information indicating the traveling state of the rental vehicle 2 in association with the vehicle identification information of the rental vehicle 2. The information acquisition unit 131 acquires, from the rental vehicle 2, traveling state information indicating the amount of vibration detected in the rental vehicle 2, for example, in association with a date and a place. The vibration amount includes the vibration amplitude and the vibration frequency.

  The information acquisition unit 131 may acquire destination information indicating a destination of the rental vehicle 2 and traveling state information indicating a position of the rental vehicle 2. The information acquisition unit 131 may acquire the destination information from the shop terminal 4 or the rental vehicle 2.

  The information creating unit 132 creates vehicle state information indicating the state of the rental vehicle 2 based on the traveling state information. The information creating unit 132 creates vehicle state information including maintenance information indicating the necessity of maintenance of the rental vehicle 2 based on the traveling state information and the component information stored in the storage unit 12, for example.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the component information. In the component information shown in FIG. 3, a component ID for identifying a component is associated with a distance that the rental vehicle 2 can travel before the component needs to be replaced. The information creating unit 132 calculates, based on the traveling state information, an accumulated traveling distance after replacing a specific part in the rental vehicle 2, and determines a relationship between the calculated accumulated traveling distance and a possible traveling distance indicated by the part information. The necessity of maintenance (for example, replacement of parts) is determined based on the information. The information creating unit 132 estimates the time at which parts need to be replaced based on the relationship between the history of the increase in the cumulative mileage and the mileage indicated by the parts information, and creates maintenance information including the estimated time. You may.

  The component information may include various factors that affect the life of the component in addition to the travelable distance. For example, in the case of a component that deteriorates due to vibration, the component information may be associated with a component ID and a cumulative amount of vibration that is allowed until the component needs to be replaced. In this case, the information creating unit 132 creates vehicle state information including maintenance information indicating the necessity of maintenance of the rental vehicle 2 based on the traveling state information indicating the vibration amount.

  In the component information, the component ID may be associated with the cumulative amount of load that is allowed to be applied to the rental vehicle 2 before the component needs to be replaced. The load applied to the rental vehicle 2 is specified, for example, according to the slope of the road on which the vehicle is traveling or the road surface condition. The load increases as the slope becomes steeper and the road surface has more irregularities.

  In this case, the information creating unit 132 creates vehicle state information including maintenance information indicating the necessity of maintenance of the rental vehicle 2 based on the load applied to the rental vehicle 2 specified based on the position indicated by the traveling state information. I do. The information creating unit 132 refers to, for example, road information indicating the relationship between the position of the road and the state of the road, and specifies the cumulative amount of the load applied to the rental vehicle 2 at the position where the rental vehicle 2 has traveled. The information creating unit 132 creates maintenance information indicating that maintenance is necessary when the cumulative amount of the load is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold.

  4 and 5 are diagrams for explaining road information. FIG. 4 is a map of the vicinity where the rental vehicle 2 runs. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of road information indicating the relationship between the position of the road and the state of the road. FIG. 5 shows a road surface state and an altitude as road states at the positions a to i shown in FIG. In the examples shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the altitude at the position b is higher than the other positions. Further, it is said that the road surface condition of the road passing through the position i is bad.

  In such an example, the information creating unit 132 determines that the load applied to the rental vehicle 2 when the rental vehicle 2 reaches the destination on the route of the position a → the position b → the position c → the position d including the sloped land, It is estimated that the load applied to the rental vehicle 2 when the rental vehicle 2 reaches the destination along the route from the position a → the position h → the position g → the position f → the position e → the position d is larger than the load applied to the rental vehicle 2. Similarly, the information creation unit 132 calculates the load applied to the rental vehicle 2 when the rental vehicle 2 reaches the destination on the route of the position a → the position h → the position i → the position d that passes through the position i where the road surface condition is poor. Is estimated to be larger than the load applied to the rental vehicle 2 when the rental vehicle 2 reaches the destination on the route from the position a → the position h → the position g → the position f → the position e → the position d.

  The information creating unit 132 is based on the component information indicating the relationship between the load applied to the rental vehicle 2 and the life of the component, and the load estimated on the basis of the road surface condition and the altitude of the route along which the rental vehicle 2 has traveled. To estimate when parts need to be replaced. The information creating unit 132 creates maintenance information based on the estimated time.

  The information transmitting unit 133 provides a vehicle indicating the state of the rental vehicle 2 corresponding to the vehicle identification information to a company terminal 3 or a store terminal 4 which is an external device used by a user associated with the vehicle identification information of the rental vehicle 2. Send status information. The information transmitting unit 133 is, for example, web application software for vehicle management (hereinafter, referred to as a web application) that can be accessed by a user using the company terminal 3 or the store terminal 4 in response to a request from the company terminal 3 or the store terminal 4. Is provided to the company terminal 3 or the shop terminal 4.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation screen of the shop terminal 4. When the user activates the Web application, the information transmission unit 133 causes the company terminal 3 or the shop terminal 4 to display a screen for selecting a matter that the user wants to check about the rental vehicle 2, for example. In the example illustrated in FIG. 6A, the information transmission unit 133 includes a selection image for confirming the position of the rental vehicle 2, a selection image for confirming the deterioration state of the rental vehicle 2, and the rental vehicle 2. Display a selection image for confirming the maintenance time of.

  Subsequently, the information transmitting unit 133 causes the company terminal 3 or the shop terminal 4 to display a screen for selecting the rental vehicle 2 to be checked. The information transmitting unit 133 displays, for example, a selection image including information for specifying a plurality of rental vehicles 2 associated with user identification information for identifying a user who uses the store terminal 4. In the example illustrated in FIG. 6B, it is assumed that the store using the store terminal 4 has vehicles A, B, C, D, E, and F.

  For example, the user of the store terminal 4 wants to confirm the position of the vehicle A, which is the rental vehicle 2 that has been delivered, and selects “vehicle position” on the screen of FIG. When “vehicle A” is selected on the screen of ()), the information transmitting unit 133 transmits a map image indicating the position of the vehicle A to the shop terminal 4 as shown in FIG. By doing so, the user of the shop terminal 4 can easily confirm the position of the rental vehicle 2.

  When the user selects “deterioration state of vehicle”, information transmitting section 133 transmits information indicating the state of each component of rental vehicle 2 to store terminal 4. When the user selects “vehicle maintenance time”, the information transmitting unit 133 transmits information indicating the time when the rental vehicle 2 should be maintained to the shop terminal 4. The information transmitting unit 133 may transmit, to the store terminal 4, information indicating a time to be replaced in association with the parts of the rental vehicle 2.

[Provision of maintenance plan]
The vehicle state management device 1 creates a maintenance plan so as not to hinder the operation of the store using the store terminal 4 using the plurality of rental vehicles 2, and provides the created maintenance plan to the store terminal 4. Is also good. Therefore, based on the maintenance information corresponding to the plurality of rental vehicles 2 used by the user, the information creating unit 132 includes a maintenance plan in which the maintenance time of at least two rental vehicles 2 of the plurality of rental vehicles 2 does not overlap. Vehicle state information may be created.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of vehicle state information indicating a maintenance plan. In the example shown in FIG. 7, the maintenance time of each of the vehicles A to E used by the store is indicated by oblique lines. The information creation unit 132 sets the maintenance time of one of the rental vehicles 2 to a time earlier than the maintenance time, for example, when at least some of the rental vehicles 2 require maintenance at the same time. Thus, the maintenance times of the rental vehicles 2 do not overlap. By creating such a maintenance plan by the information creating unit 132, it is possible to motivate a store that uses a plurality of rental vehicles 2 to perform maintenance, and thus it is possible to extend the life of the rental vehicle 2. .

[Send Navigation Information]
In order to extend the life of the rental vehicle 2, it is desirable that the vehicle be driven so that the load applied to the rental vehicle 2 is reduced. Therefore, the vehicle state management device 1 may navigate the traveling route for the rental vehicle 2.

  In order to provide the rental vehicle 2 with navigation information, the information creating unit 132 creates a route that the rental vehicle 2 should travel based on the destination and the vehicle position indicated by the traveling state information. The information transmitting unit 133 transmits navigation information based on the route created by the information creating unit 132 to the rental vehicle 2. The information transmitting unit 133 checks, for example, the current position of the rental vehicle 2 and, when the intersection approaches, any of right turn, left turn, or straight ahead so as to travel along the route created by the information creating unit 132. The navigation information indicating the direction of is transmitted. The rental vehicle 2 guides the driver to a route by displaying information corresponding to the received navigation information or outputting the information by voice.

  The information creation unit 132 determines a route based on, for example, topographical information in which a position and a road state are associated with each other, a destination, and a magnitude of a load on the rental vehicle 2 calculated based on the vehicle position. . Specifically, the information creating unit 132 calculates the load amount when each of a plurality of routes is traveled with reference to information indicating the state of the road at each position as shown in FIG. 5, for example. The navigation information for making the rental vehicle 2 travel the route having the smallest load amount is created. Since the information creating unit 132 is configured as described above, the load applied to the rental vehicle 2 can be reduced, so that the life of the rental vehicle 2 can be extended.

  The information creating unit 132 acquires information indicating the time at which the rental vehicle 2 should arrive at the destination from the rental vehicle 2 or the shop terminal 4, the time from the current time to the time indicated by the acquired information, the current position and the destination. A route may be selected based on the distance to the ground and the load of each route. The information creation unit 132 estimates an estimated arrival time when each of the plurality of routes is used, and determines a route by giving priority to the load when there is a sufficient margin before the time when the vehicle should arrive at the destination. If there is not enough time to arrive at the destination, the information creating unit 132 determines the route by giving priority to the distance to the destination over the load. By configuring the information creating unit 132 in this manner, the load applied to the rental vehicle 2 can be reduced as much as possible, and the rental vehicle 2 can arrive at the destination by the time when it should arrive at the destination. Become.

[Effects of Vehicle Condition Management Device 1]
As described above, the vehicle state management device 1 includes the information creating unit 132 that creates the vehicle state information indicating the state of the rental vehicle 2 based on the running state information indicating the running state of the rental vehicle 2, and the vehicle identification information. And an information transmission unit 133 that transmits vehicle state information indicating the state of the rental vehicle 2 corresponding to the vehicle identification information to an external device such as a company terminal 3 or a store terminal 4 used by a user associated with the vehicle. . Since the vehicle state management device 1 has such a configuration, the manager of the rental vehicle 2 can easily grasp the status of the rental vehicle 2, and thus the maintenance can be easily performed in a planned manner. As a result, the life of the rental vehicle 2 is prolonged.

  The information creating unit 132 creates vehicle state information including maintenance information indicating the necessity of maintenance of the rental vehicle 2 based on the load applied to the rental vehicle 2 specified based on the position indicated by the traveling state information. With the information creating unit 132 configured as described above, even when the rental vehicle 2 does not have a sensor for monitoring the state of the parts, the information creating unit 132 determines whether the vehicle is in a deteriorated state. Corresponding maintenance information can be created.

  Further, the information creating unit 132 determines a route based on topographical information in which the position and the state of the road are associated with each other, the destination, and the magnitude of the load on the rental vehicle calculated based on the vehicle position. The information transmitting unit 133 transmits navigation information for the rental vehicle 2 to travel along the determined route to the rental vehicle 2. With such a configuration, the load applied to the rental vehicle 2 is reduced, so that the life of the rental vehicle 2 can be further extended.

  As described above, the present invention has been described using the embodiment, but the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiment, and various modifications and changes are possible within the scope of the gist. is there. For example, the specific embodiment of the dispersion / integration of the apparatus is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and all or a part of the apparatus may be functionally or physically dispersed / integrated in an arbitrary unit. Can be. Further, new embodiments that are generated by arbitrary combinations of the plurality of embodiments are also included in the embodiments of the present invention. The effect of the new embodiment caused by the combination has the effect of the original embodiment.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 vehicle state management device 2 rental vehicle 3 company terminal 4 store terminal 11 communication unit 12 storage unit 13 control unit 131 information acquisition unit 132 information creation unit 133 information transmission unit

Claims (6)

An information acquisition unit that acquires traveling state information indicating a traveling state of the rental vehicle in association with the vehicle identification information of the rental vehicle;
An information creating unit that creates vehicle state information indicating a state of the rental vehicle based on the traveling state information;
An information transmitting unit that transmits the vehicle state information indicating the state of the rental vehicle corresponding to the vehicle identification information, to an external device used by a user associated with the vehicle identification information,
A vehicle state management device having: A storage unit for storing component information regarding an expiration date of at least a part of the rental vehicle,
The information creating unit creates the vehicle state information including maintenance information indicating the necessity of maintenance of the rental vehicle based on the traveling state information and the component information,
The vehicle state management device according to claim 1. The information acquisition unit acquires the traveling state information indicating the amount of vibration detected in the rental vehicle in association with a date and a place,
The information creating unit creates the vehicle state information including maintenance information indicating the necessity of maintenance of the rental vehicle based on the traveling state information indicating the vibration amount,
The vehicle state management device according to claim 1. The information creating unit creates the vehicle state information including maintenance information indicating the necessity of maintenance of the rental vehicle based on a load applied to the rental vehicle specified based on a position indicated by the traveling state information. ,
The vehicle state management device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The information creation unit includes a maintenance plan in which maintenance times of at least two of the rental vehicles among the plurality of rental vehicles do not overlap based on the maintenance information corresponding to the plurality of rental vehicles used by the user. Creating the vehicle state information;
The vehicle state management device according to claim 2. The information acquisition unit acquires destination information indicating a destination of the rental vehicle, and the traveling state information indicating a position of the rental vehicle,
The information creating unit is based on topographic information in which a position and a road state are associated with each other, the destination, and a magnitude of a load on the rental vehicle calculated based on a vehicle position indicated by the traveling state information. To create a route for the rental vehicle to travel,
The information transmitting unit transmits navigation information based on the route created by the information creating unit to the rental vehicle,
The vehicle state management device according to claim 1.

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