JP2021066295A - Vehicle seat layout adjustment system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a vehicle seat layout adjustment system which achieves improvement of use comfort of a user and improvement of transportation efficiency of a vehicle.SOLUTION: In a vehicle seat layout adjustment system 100, a seat layout is derived based on the number of users and cargo information contained in reservation information transmitted by a user terminal 102 by a server 104 and the seat layout of a vehicle 10 is changed so as to match the derived seat layout.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a vehicle seat layout adjustment system.

Patent Document 1 proposes a seat adjusting device that identifies an occupant seated on a vehicle seat by an in-house camera or the like and adjusts the distance between seats or the like according to the relationship between a plurality of occupants. In this way, it has been proposed to change the distance between seats, the orientation of seats, and the like according to the relationship between a plurality of occupants.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2019-098829 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2006-117081

However, the above prior art does not describe the luggage of the occupants.

Further, Patent Document 2 states that when an occupant gets on a vehicle, the size and mass of the luggage can be read by reading the information written on the IC tag of the luggage possessed by the occupant, and the luggage can be loaded including this luggage. It has been proposed to automatically change the seat layout of the vehicle so as to do so.

However, when the occupant gets in the vehicle, the luggage information is acquired and the seat layout of the vehicle is changed based on the information. Therefore, the occupant cannot get in the vehicle and waits outside the vehicle while the seat layout is changed. There is an inconvenience. In addition, there is an inconvenience that it is not possible to handle luggage without an IC tag.

An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle seat layout adjustment system in which user comfort is improved and vehicle transportation efficiency is improved.

The vehicle seat layout adjustment system according to claim 1 includes a reservation information acquisition means for acquiring in advance the number of users of vehicles in each group and luggage information of each baggage to be brought into the vehicle, and the reservation information acquisition means acquired by the reservation information acquisition means. The seat layout deriving means for deriving the seat layout of the vehicle based on the number of users of each group and the luggage information of the luggage and the seat layout of the vehicle match the seat layout derived by the seat layout deriving means. A seat layout adjusting means for adjusting the seat of the vehicle is provided.

In the vehicle seat layout adjustment system, the reservation information acquisition means acquires the number of users of each group (including the case of one person) and the luggage information of each luggage brought into the vehicle by the group. The seat layout derivation means derives the seat layout in consideration of the number of users of each group and the baggage information of the baggage to be brought into the vehicle, for example, the number and size of the baggage. The seat layout adjusting means changes the seat layout in the vehicle interior so as to match the seat layout derived by the seat layout deriving means.

That is, this vehicle seat layout adjustment system automatically changes the seat layout of the vehicle to an appropriate seat layout before the user gets on the vehicle with the luggage based on the reservation information (number of users, luggage information) of each group. Change to. Therefore, the user's comfort is improved. In addition, since the seat layout is adjusted based on the number of users and luggage information, the transportation efficiency by vehicle is improved.

According to the present invention, the comfort of use by the user is improved, and the transportation efficiency by the vehicle is improved.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows the whole of the vehicle seat layout adjustment system which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware configuration of the server of the vehicle seat layout adjustment system which concerns on embodiment. It is the vehicle which concerns on embodiment, and is the side view of the vehicle interior. It is a top view of the vehicle interior which shows the standard seat layout of the vehicle which concerns on embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the seat slide mechanism of the vehicle which concerns on embodiment. It is a top view which shows the seat slide mechanism of the vehicle which concerns on embodiment. It is sectional drawing of the main part which shows the seat slide mechanism of the vehicle which concerns on other example of an embodiment. (A) is a side view showing a seatable state of the seat according to the embodiment, and (B) is a side view showing a stored state of the seat according to the embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware composition of the vehicle control device of the vehicle of the vehicle seat layout adjustment system which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of the vehicle control device which concerns on embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the seat layout determination control of the vehicle which concerns on embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the seat layout determination control of the vehicle which concerns on embodiment. It is a top view of the vehicle interior which shows the baggage small seat layout of the vehicle which concerns on embodiment. It is a top view of the vehicle interior which shows the baggage large seat layout of the vehicle which concerns on embodiment. It is a top view of the vehicle interior which shows the separate seat layout of the vehicle which concerns on embodiment. It is a top view of the vehicle interior which shows an example of the proposed seat layout for a pair of 2 people of the vehicle which concerns on embodiment. It is a top view of the vehicle interior which shows an example of the proposed seat layout for a pair of 2 people of the vehicle which concerns on embodiment. It is a top view of the vehicle interior which shows an example of the proposed seat layout for a pair of 2 people of the vehicle which concerns on embodiment. It is a top view of the vehicle interior which shows an example of the proposed seat layout for a pair of 2 people of the vehicle which concerns on embodiment. It is a top view of the vehicle interior which shows an example of the proposed seat layout for a pair of 2 people of the vehicle which concerns on embodiment. It is a top view of the vehicle interior which shows an example of the proposed seat layout for 3 people, 1 person, 1 person 3 groups of the vehicle which concerns on embodiment. It is a top view of the vehicle interior which shows an example of the proposed seat layout for 2 people, 1 person, 1 person, 1 person 4 groups of the vehicle which concerns on embodiment. It is a top view of the vehicle interior which shows an example of the proposed seat layout for 4 people, 2 people, 2 groups of the vehicle which concerns on embodiment. It is a top view of the vehicle interior which shows an example of the proposed seat layout for 4 people, 1 person, 1 person 3 groups of the vehicle which concerns on embodiment. It is a vehicle which concerns on other example of an embodiment, and is the side view which shows the vehicle interior. It is a top view which shows the seat layout and the seatable state of a wheelchair user when a wheelchair user gets on the vehicle which concerns on another example in Embodiment. It is a perspective view explaining the relationship between a handrail and a wheelchair user in the vehicle which concerns on another example of embodiment. It is a top view which shows the seat layout of a wheelchair user before boarding, and the seating possible state of the user in the vehicle which concerns on a reference example.

[Embodiment]
The vehicle seat layout adjustment system according to the embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. In each figure, the arrow FR indicates the front of the vehicle, the arrow UP indicates the upper part of the vehicle, and the arrow RH indicates the right side in the vehicle width direction. Further, the right side in the vehicle width direction may be referred to as "right side", the left side in the vehicle width direction may be referred to as "left side", the front of the vehicle may be referred to as "front", and the rear of the vehicle may be referred to as "rear".

(Constitution)
As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle seat layout adjustment system 100 is configured by connecting a user terminal 102 of a user, a server 104, and a vehicle 10 by a network 106.

(User terminal)
The user terminal 102 is connected to the server 104 via the network 106 by activating the reservation application, and can make a reservation for the vehicle 10.

The user is required to enter the boarding place, destination, number of reserved people, baggage information, etc. on the user terminal 102. For baggage information, it is required to enter the size (size) of each baggage together with the number of baggage. The dimensions may be entered individually, but in order to reduce the complexity of reservation, a method of selecting from large, medium, and small may be used.

(server)
As shown in FIG. 2, the server 104 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 200, a memory 202 such as a ROM (Read Only Memory) and a RAM (Random Access Memory), an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), and an SSD (Solid State Drive). It includes a non-volatile storage unit 204 such as, and a communication I / F (Inter Face) 206. The CPU 200, the memory 202, the storage unit 204, and the communication I / F 206 are connected to each other so as to be able to communicate with each other via the bus 208. The sheet layout confirmation program 210 is stored in the storage unit 204. In the server 104, the sheet layout confirmation program 210 is read from the storage unit 204 and expanded in the memory 202, and the sheet layout confirmation program 210 expanded in the memory 202 is executed by the CPU 200 to control the sheet layout confirmation described later. I do. The server 104 corresponds to the reservation information acquisition means and corresponds to the sheet layout derivation means.

The server 104 receives the reservation information (number of users and baggage information) transmitted from the user terminal 102 and the desired sheet layout (selection) information described later, and the desired sheet layout information received in association with the user and the reservation information. The usage history DB 212 in which the information is registered is generated and stored in the storage unit 204.

The user name, the number of users, and the desired sheet layout are stored in the usage history DB 212, which is referred to when the server 104 recommends the sheet layout to the user at the time of the next reservation.

(vehicle)
The vehicle 10 of the present embodiment is an electric vehicle that enables fully automatic driving. As shown in FIG. 3, the appearance of the vehicle 10 is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape surrounded by a roof 20B, a front wall portion 20C, a side wall portion 20D, and a rear wall portion 20E, and a front wheel 24A which is a steering wheel is in front of the vehicle. Is provided, and a rear wheel 24B is provided at the rear of the vehicle.

Further, the vehicle 10 is provided with a floor panel 21, and the vehicle interior 20 is composed of the floor panel 21, the roof 20B, the front wall portion 20C, the side wall portion 20D, and the rear wall portion 20E.

The floor panel 21 is low, with a low floor portion 21A provided in the central portion in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and a front high floor portion 21B provided above the front wheels 24A in front of the low floor portion 21A and higher than the low floor portion 21A. It is divided into a rear high floor portion 21C provided above the rear wheel 24B behind the vehicle portion 21A and higher than the low floor portion 21A. In the present embodiment, the front raised floor portion 21B and the rear raised floor portion 21C have substantially the same height, but may have different heights.

The low floor portion 21A is located below the axles of the front wheels 24A and the rear wheels 24B. The passenger compartment 20 is formed at a height at which the user can ride in the standing posture on the low floor portion 21A. Here, the "user" is a dummy of an adult standard (average) body shape, for example, AM50 type (50th percentile of an American adult male) of the International Unified Side Impact Dummy (World SID). ) Dummy can be taken as an example. That is, the vehicle interior 20 of the present embodiment has a height at which a clearance is generated between the head and the roof 20B in a state where the AM50 type dummy stands up on the low floor portion 21A. The example of the user is not limited to the AM50 type dummy, but may be another collision dummy or a statistically obtained standard body type model.

Further, the side wall portion 20D on the right side of the vehicle is provided with an entrance / exit 25 on which an adult user can walk and get on / off. The entrance / exit 25 is closed by a slide door 26 that is slidably fixed to the front of the vehicle. The sliding door 26 is configured to be openable and closable by driving a door actuator 318, which will be described later.

Further, as shown in FIG. 26, the entrance / exit 25 is provided with a slope 27 extending diagonally downward from the low floor portion 21A toward the sidewalk (or roadway). As shown in FIG. 3, the slope 27 is housed in the side storage portion 28 below the floor panel 21 (low floor portion 21A) when the vehicle 10 is traveling. Further, when the slope 27 is used by a wheelchair user or the like, as shown in FIG. 26, the slope 27 is projected from the side storage portion 28 toward the vehicle side by the drive of the slope actuator 316 described later, and the wheelchair or the stroller or the like is pushed. It is configured so that it can be guided into the passenger compartment.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the passenger compartment 20 is provided with seats 50, 52, 54A to 54F, which are a plurality of seats on which the user can sit.

The seat 50 is a seat fixed to the front raised floor portion 21B and facing the rear of the vehicle. In addition, it extends in the width direction of the vehicle and has a length of three people. That is, it is a fixed seat for three people. Further, the seat 50 has a seat cushion 56, a seat back 58, and a leg portion 60, and is fixed to the front raised floor portion 21B by the leg portion 60.

The seat 52 is a seat fixed to the rear raised floor portion 21C and facing the front of the vehicle. In addition, it extends in the width direction of the vehicle and has a length of four people. That is, it is a fixed seat for four people. Further, the seat 50 has a seat cushion 62, a seat back 64, and a leg portion 66, and is fixed to the rear raised floor portion 21C by the leg portion 66.

The seats 54A to 54C are arranged on the front side of the vehicle on the low floor portion 21A toward the rear side of the vehicle, and are designed for one person. Further, the seats 54A to 54C are individually movable in the vehicle width direction and the vehicle front-rear direction. In FIG. 4, the sheets 54A to 54C are in contact with each other.

The seats 54D to 54F are arranged on the rear side of the vehicle on the low floor portion 21A toward the front side of the vehicle, and are designed for one person. Further, the seats 54D to 54F are individually movable in the vehicle width direction and the vehicle front-rear direction. In FIG. 4, the seats 54D and 54E are in contact with each other on the left side in the vehicle width direction, and the seats 54F are in an independent state on the right side in the vehicle width direction.

The seats 54A to 54F have seat cushions 68A to 68F, seat backs 70A to 70F, and legs 72A to 72F, respectively (the legs are shown only in the legs 72A and 72D in FIG. 3). The legs 72A to 72F are guided by rails 76 provided on the low floor portion 21A, which will be described later, and the seats 54A to 54F are movable in the vehicle width direction and the vehicle front-rear direction.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the seat 54D has rails 76 and 76 (front-rear rails 76A and 76B) having rollers 74D which are rotatable in the vertical direction at the lower ends of the four legs 72D. It is inserted into the holes 78 and 78 of the above.

As shown in FIG. 6, the rail 76 intersects the front-rear direction rails 76A and 76B extending in the vehicle front-rear direction and the pair of vehicle width direction rails 76C and 76D extending in the vehicle width direction in the low floor portion 21A. (In FIG. 5, rails 76C and 76D in the vehicle width direction are not shown). It should be noted that the direction in which the roller 74D advances at the intersection of the front-rear direction rails 76A and 76B and the vehicle width direction rails 76C and 76D can be switched by a switching device (not shown).

Further, the roller 74D provided at the lower end of the leg portion 72D is configured to roll in the hole portion 78 of the rail 76 by being rotationally driven by the seat slide actuator 312D. Therefore, when the roller 74D rolls in the vehicle width direction rails 76C and 76D by driving the seat slide actuator 312D, the seat 54D moves in the vehicle width direction and rolls in the front-rear direction rails 76A and 76B. , The seat 54D is configured to be moved in the front-rear direction of the vehicle.

In the present embodiment, the vehicle width direction rails 76C and 76D and the front-rear direction rails 76A and 76B intersect, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, sliders 80C and 80D slidable along the vehicle width rails 76C and 76D support the front-rear rails 76A and 76B and slide along the front-rear rails 76A and 76B. The 82A and 82B may each support a pair of legs 72D.

Further, the seats 54A to 54F are driven between the seatable state (see FIG. 8A) and the stored state (see FIG. 8B) by driving the seat storage actuators 314A to 314F (see FIG. 9). It is said that it can be switched.

For example, as schematically shown in FIGS. 8 (A) and 8 (B), the seat cushion 68D of the seat 54D, which was in a seatable state (see FIG. 8 (A)), is moved after the seat by driving the seat storage actuator 314D. It rotates around the rotation axis on the end side and is flipped up to the seat back 70D side, and the leg 72D on the front side of the seat is housed in a recess (not shown) of the seat cushion 68D (see FIG. 8B). is there.

Further, the vehicle 10 includes a vehicle control device 300 as shown in FIG. The vehicle control device 300 corresponds to the "seat layout adjusting means".

The vehicle control device 300 includes a CPU 302, a memory 304 such as a ROM (Read Only Memory) and a RAM (Random Access Memory), a communication I / F (Inter Face) 306, and an input / output I / F (Inter Face) 308. .. The CPU 302, the memory 304, the communication I / F 306, and the input / output I / F 308 are connected to each other so as to be able to communicate with each other via the bus 310.

The input / output I / F 308 is configured to be able to transmit and receive the seat slide actuators 312A to 312F, the seat storage actuators 314A to 314F, the slope actuator 316, and the door actuator 318.

The seat slide actuators 312A to 312F individually move the seats 54A to 54F in the vehicle width direction or the vehicle front-rear direction by a predetermined amount when a drive signal is input from the vehicle control device 300.

The seat accommodating actuators 314A to 314F switch the seats 54A to 54F into a seatable state or a retractable state, respectively, by inputting a drive signal from the vehicle control device 300.

When a drive signal is input from the vehicle control device 300, the slope actuator 316 projects the slope 27 from the underfloor side storage portion 28 of the low floor portion 21A to the outside, and installs the slope 27 from the low floor portion 21A to the road surface. It is to be stored in the side storage unit 28.

The door actuator 318 opens and closes the slide door 26 with respect to the entrance / exit 25 of the vehicle 10 by inputting a drive signal from the vehicle control device 300.

Explaining the vehicle control device 300 with a functional block diagram, as shown in FIG. 10, a confirmation sheet layout information acquisition unit 320 for acquiring confirmation sheet layout information to be described later transmitted from the server 104, a current seat layout and a confirmation sheet. It has a seat layout change procedure determination unit 322 that determines a seat layout change procedure based on layout information, and a seat layout change control unit 324 that drives each actuator based on the determined seat layout change procedure.

(Action)
In the vehicle seat layout adjustment system 100, a case where a boarding reservation is made from the user terminal 102 and the seat layout of the vehicle 10 is changed will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 11 and 12.

When the user makes a reservation for the shared vehicle in which the vehicle 10 is operated, the user activates the reservation application of the user terminal 102, and the boarding place, destination, scheduled boarding time, number of users, luggage, etc. Enter the number of items, the size of each package, etc. The size of each baggage may be "large", "medium", "small", etc., or may be vertical, horizontal, or depth dimensions. In this embodiment, it is selected from "Large", "Medium", and "Small".

This reservation information is transmitted from the user terminal 102 to the server 104 via the network 106.

When the reservation information is received in the server 104 (YES in FIG. 11, step S100 (hereinafter, “FIG. 11,” is omitted)), the CPU 200 starts the sheet layout confirmation program 210.

The CPU 200 detects whether or not there is other reservation information in the same time zone on the same route (step S102).

When there is no other reservation information in the same time zone on the same route (NO in step S102), the CPU 200 determines that the only passengers in the vehicle 10 are the users, and based only on the reservation information of the users. To derive the sheet layout (step S104).

The sheet layout is derived as follows. First, based on the number of users, the number of "large" luggage, and the number of "medium" luggage, the required number of seats and the floor area required to install the luggage are derived, and the number of seats and luggage are derived. Various seat layouts are derived while securing the installation area. In the case of "small" luggage, it is highly likely that it will be placed on the user's lap, etc., and even if it is placed on the floor, the occupied area will be small and there will be no problem. Is excluded from consideration for derivation of. However, it may be considered.

Basically, four basic seat layouts are set according to the amount of luggage, etc., and a variation is added to each to propose a seat layout. The basic seat layout is the standard seat layout (see Fig. 4), which is the initial seat layout, the small luggage seat layout with a small amount of luggage installed on the floor (see Fig. 13), and the amount of luggage installed on the floor. This is a separate seat layout (see FIG. 15) in which the seats are separated in consideration of a large number of luggage large seat layouts (see FIG. 14), long-term movement, and the like.

In the luggage small seat layout, as shown in FIG. 13, the seats 54A to 54C facing the vehicle rear of the low floor portion 21A are stored, and the area of the floor surface on which luggage can be placed is compared with the standard seat layout. It is an increase.

In the large luggage seat layout, as shown in FIG. 14, by setting all the seats 54A to 54F of the low floor portion 21A in the stored state, the area of the floor surface on which the luggage can be placed is compared with the small luggage seat layout. It is a further increase.

As shown in FIG. 15, the separate seat layout separates the seats 54D and 54E, which are adjacent (contacted) by the low floor portion 21A in the standard seat layout, in the vehicle width direction. The sheets 54A to 54C may be separated from each other.

For example, if there are only two users in a set and there are two pieces of luggage in the "middle", it is derived as follows.

First, if the required number of seats is two and the number of "medium" luggage is two, it can be arranged without specially securing a space for luggage installation. Therefore, it can be determined that any type of basic sheet layout is applicable.

Next, since the two users are in a group, the seating positions are close to each other. In addition, each person's luggage should be close to the seating position of the user.

Further, the user preferably sits facing the front of the vehicle.

When the sheet layout is derived under such conditions, the following sheet layout is derived. That is, as shown in FIG. 16, the users P1 and P2 are seated side by side on the seats 54D and 54E in the standard seat layout, and their luggage B1 and B2 are seated on the low floor portion 21A between the seats 54E and 54F. A sheet layout is derived in which the sheets are placed side by side.

Further, as shown in FIG. 17, the users P1 and P2 are seated side by side on the seats 54D and 54E in the small luggage layout, and the luggages B1 and B2 are placed on the rear side of the stored seats 54A and 54B. The sheet layout to be placed is derived.

Further, as shown in FIG. 18, the users P1 and P2 are seated side by side on the left side of the vehicle of the seat 52 in the large luggage seat layout, and in front of the vehicle of the seats 54D and 54E stored in the low floor portion 21A. A seat layout for placing the luggage B1 and B2 side by side is derived.

Further, as shown in FIG. 19, the seat layout is changed to a separate type in which the seat 54D and the seat 54E are separated from each other in the small luggage seat layout, and the users P1 and P2 are seated on the seats 54D and 54E, and each seat 54D is seated. , A seat layout on which luggage B1 and B2 are placed is derived on the right side of 54E.

Further, as shown in FIG. 20, as a variation of the large luggage seat layout, a seat layout in which the seats 54A and 54D are changed to a seatable state is derived from the large luggage seat layout. In this case, the users P1 and P2 are seated facing each other, and the luggages B1 and B2 are placed in front of and behind the stored seats 54B and 54E adjacent to the seats 54A and 54D.

The various sheet layouts derived in this way are collectively used as the proposed sheet layout information (step S106).

Next, the CPU 200 refers to the usage history DB 212 and refers to whether or not there is a desired seat layout selected when the same number of users have boarded in the past (step S108).

For example, if a separate type seat layout (see FIG. 19) is selected in the small luggage seat layout (YES in step S108) when a group of two passengers board the vehicle, the CPU 200 will use the same seat in the proposed seat layout information. The layout is set as the recommended sheet layout (step S110).

The CPU 200 does not add the recommended sheet layout information to the proposed sheet layout information when the usage history DB 212 does not have a history of the same number of users riding in the past (NO in step S108).

The proposal sheet layout information created in this way is transmitted from the server 104 to the user terminal 102 (step S112).

When the user terminal 102 receives the proposed sheet layout information, a selectable sheet layout is displayed on the monitor of the user terminal 102, and one of them can be selected. If there is a recommended sheet layout, a description such as "recommendation" is displayed on the recommended sheet layout to indicate that it is the recommended sheet layout.

When the user selects a desired proposed sheet layout (hereinafter referred to as "desired sheet layout") on the user terminal 102, the desired sheet layout information is created on the user terminal 102 and transmitted to the server 104.

When the server 104 receives the desired sheet layout information from the user terminal 102 (YES in FIG. 12, step S114 (hereinafter, “FIG. 12,” is omitted)), the CPU 200 sets the desired sheet layout as the finalized sheet layout. , The finalized sheet layout information is created (step S116). The CPU 200 transmits the confirmed sheet layout information from the server 104 to the user terminal 102 (step S118) and also transmits the confirmed sheet layout information to the vehicle 10 scheduled to be boarded (step S120) to end the process.

On the other hand, in step S102, if there is other reservation information, the CPU 200 determines whether or not the user can ride on the vehicle based on the total number of users including the other reservation information and the reservation information of this user and the luggage information. (Step S122).

If the user cannot ride with another user (NO in step S122), he / she will board another vehicle alone, and the seat layout will be derived as described above (steps S104 to S120). ..

When it is determined that the passenger can ride with another user (YES in step S122), the seat layout used by a plurality of sets of users (groups) is derived (step S124). In this case, since there are a plurality of sets of users and luggage, the following conditions are added. That is, the seat layout is derived so that a plurality of sets of users are seated at positions separated from each other.

For example, in the case of three groups of three people, one person, and one person, when each baggage is "small" or "pear", as shown in FIG. 21, only the seat 54F is stored from the standard seat layout. The sheet layout is derived. In this seat layout, a set of three users P1 to P3 are seated on the seats 54A and the seats 54D and 54E of the low floor portion 21A, and one on the left end and the right end of the seat 52 of the rear high floor portion 21C in the vehicle width direction, respectively. One user in the group, P4 and P5, is seated.

In addition, when there are four groups of two users, one person, one person, and one person, and there are three "medium" luggage and one "large" luggage, as shown in FIG. 22, the luggage From the large seat layout, a seat layout in which only the seats 54A and 54C are changed from the stored state to the seatable state is derived. In this seat layout, a pair of users P1 and P2 are seated side by side on the left end side of the seat 52 of the rear raised floor 21C, and the front of the vehicle of the seats 54D and 54E in which their luggage B1 is stored. Is placed in. In addition, one set of users P3 is seated on the right end side of the seat 52, and his luggage B3 is arranged in front of the vehicle on the seat 54F in the stored state. Further, a set of one user P4 is seated on the seat 54A in the seatable state, and the luggage B4 is placed on the rear side of the vehicle in the seat 54B in the stowed state. In addition, one set of users P5 sits on the seat 54C that can be seated, and the luggage B5 is placed on the right side thereof.

Further, when there are two groups of four users, five "medium" luggage and one "large" luggage, as shown in FIG. 23, the standard seat layout is changed to the seat 54C. A seat layout in which only the 54th floor is changed from the seatable state to the stowed state is derived. In this seat layout, a group of four users P1 and P2 are seated on the rear facing seats 54A and 54B of the low floor portion 21A, and the users P3 and P4 are seated on the front facing seats 54D and 54E. Further, the luggages B1 and B2 of the users P1 and P2 are placed side by side in the vehicle front-rear direction on the right side of the stored seat 54C with the longitudinal direction facing the front-rear direction. The luggage B3 and B4 of the users P3 and P4 are arranged side by side in the vehicle front-rear direction on the right side of the seat 54E and on the front side of the stored seat 54F with the longitudinal direction facing the vehicle width direction. Further, a pair of users P5 and P6 are seated side by side on the left end side of the seat 52 of the rear high floor portion 21C, and their luggage B5 is placed on the floor surface in front of the seat cushion 62 on the right end side of the seat 52. At the same time, the "large" luggage B6 is placed on the seat cushion 62 on the right end side of the seat 52.

Furthermore, when there are three groups of four users, one person, and one person, and there are two "large" luggage, only seats 54C and 54F can be seated from the standard seat layout as shown in FIG. 24. The seat layout changed from the state to the stored state is derived. In this seat layout, a group of four users P1 and P2 are seated on the rear facing seats 54A and 54B of the low floor portion 21A, and the users P3 and P4 are seated on the front facing seats 54D and 54E. Further, the luggages B1 and B3 of the users P1 and P3 are placed side by side in the front-rear direction of the vehicle with the longitudinal direction facing the vehicle width direction on the front side of the seat 54F in the stored state. Further, each user P5 and P6 are seated at the left end and the right end of the seat 52 of the rear raised floor portion 21C, respectively.

In the above, the proposed sheet layouts for various combinations of users have been described one by one. However, as in the case of the above two-person pair, a plurality of sheet layouts are derived for each case, and the proposed sheet layout information. (Step S126).

If there are a plurality of sets of users, the proposal sheet layout information is immediately transmitted to the user terminals 102 of each set without checking the usage history (step S128).

When each user terminal 102 receives the proposed sheet layout information, the proposed sheet layout is displayed on the monitor of each user terminal 102 and can be selected. When the user selects the proposed sheet layout on the user terminal 102, the selected proposed sheet layout is transmitted from the user terminal 102 to the server 104 as desired sheet layout information.

The CPU 200 waits until the desired sheet layout information is received by the server 104 from all the user terminals 102 (NO in step S130). When the desired sheet layout information is received from all the user terminals 102 (YES in step S130), it is determined whether or not all the desired sheet layouts match (step S132).

When all the desired sheet layouts match (YES in step S132), the CPU 200 creates the finalized sheet layout information with the matched desired sheet layout as the finalized sheet layout (step S134). The CPU 200 transmits the confirmed sheet layout information from the server 104 to each user terminal 102 (step S118) and also transmits the confirmation sheet layout information to the vehicle 10 (step S120) to end the process.

If all the desired sheet layouts do not match in step S132 (NO in step S132), one of the plurality of selected desired sheet layouts is selected, and the confirmed sheet layout is used to confirm the desired sheet layout. Layout information is created (step S136). For example, the desired sheet layout transmitted to the server 104 at the earliest may be the finalized sheet layout, or the desired sheet layout selected by a larger number of users may be the finalized sheet layout.

The CPU 200 transmits the confirmed sheet layout information to each terminal of the user (step S118) and also transmits the confirmation sheet layout information to the vehicle 10 (step S120) to end the process.

When the user terminal 102 receives the confirmed seat layout information from the server 104, the confirmed seat layout (including the seating position and the luggage installation position) of the vehicle 10 can be confirmed on the monitor of the user terminal 102.

As shown in FIG. 9, when the vehicle control device 300 receives the confirmed seat layout information from the server 104 via the communication I / F 306, the vehicle 10 acquires the confirmed seat layout information by the CPU 302 and matches the current seat layout. Detect the difference.

For example, when the current seat layout of the vehicle 10 is the standard seat layout (see FIG. 4) and the desired seat layout is the seat layout shown in FIG. 19, the CPU 302 creates a seat layout changing procedure. For example, first, the seats 54A to 54C of the standard seat layout are changed from the seatable state to the stowed state, and then the seat 54E is moved to the right side in the vehicle width direction and separated from the seat 54D by a predetermined distance. create.

Subsequently, the CPU 302 first causes the vehicle control device 300 to output a drive signal to the seat storage actuators 314A to 314C according to the created seat layout changing procedure. As a result, the seat storage actuators 314A to 314C are driven, the seat cushions 68A to 68C of the seats 54A to 54C are flipped up toward the seat backs 70A to 70C, and one of the legs 72A to 72C is accommodated on the back surface of the seat cushion. (Refer to Fig. 8). That is, the sheets 54A to 54C are in the stored state.

Next, the CPU 302 causes the vehicle control device 300 to output a drive signal to the seat slide actuator 312E. As a result, the rollers 74E provided at the ends of the legs 72E of the seat 54E are rotated in the rails 76C and 76D in the vehicle width direction, and the seat 54E is moved to the right side in the vehicle width direction. As a result, the seat 54E is separated from the predetermined distance seat 54D (see FIG. 19).

In this way, the layout change to match the seat layout of the vehicle 10 with the finalized seat layout is performed before the departure of the vehicle 10 or during the traveling until the first user is boarded.

(effect)
In this way, in the vehicle seat layout adjustment system 100, since the seat layout is determined based on the number of users and the luggage information (number, size, etc.), the number of luggage, the size of the luggage, etc. of the user can be determined. Regardless, the user can sit in an appropriate position and place luggage, which is excellent in usability.

In particular, in the vehicle 10, since the seat layout is changed to the fixed seat layout before the first user gets on the vehicle, the user does not have to wait for the ride to change the seat layout, which is excellent in usability. ..

Further, in the vehicle seat layout adjustment system 100, the server 104 derives a plurality of proposed seat layouts from the reservation information, presents them to the user terminal 102, and allows the user to select the desired seat layout. There is. Therefore, the possibility of getting on the vehicle 10 with the seat layout desired by the user is increased, and the usability is further improved.

Further, since the seat layout change of the vehicle 10 is automatically performed by the vehicle control device 300, no personnel for changing the seat layout is required. In addition, since the seat layout can be changed while the vehicle is running, it is not necessary to change the seat layout while the vehicle is stopped, and the transportation efficiency is excellent.

Further, since an efficient seat layout including luggage can be derived even when a plurality of sets of users are on board, it is possible to efficiently carry a plurality of sets of users on one vehicle 10 and improve transportation efficiency. In addition to being excellent, the operating cost of a plurality of vehicles 10 can be reduced.

Since these seat layout changes are made before the first user gets on the vehicle 10, the user can get on without waiting for the seat layout change, which is excellent in convenience.

If the boarding distance (time) of the user is long, a seat layout that separates the user seats in the group may be recommended. For example, as shown in FIG. 19, by separating the seats 54D and 54E, it is possible to secure a space in which the body can move freely while enjoying conversation and reduce fatigue caused by riding for a long time. ..

(Other example 1)
As shown in FIG. 25, the vehicle 10A is provided with a front air conditioning unit 400 below the front raised floor portion 21B and a rear air conditioning unit 402 on the rear side of the roof 20B.

The front air-conditioning unit 400 has a plurality of first ducts 404 that can be individually blown from behind the seat 50 to each seat of the seat 50, and individually blows out from behind the seats 54A to 54C by passing by the side of each seat. A plurality of possible second ducts 406 are connected.

The rear air conditioning unit 402 includes a plurality of third ducts 408 that blow air conditioning air from above each seat 54D to 54F, and a plurality of fourth ducts 410 that can blow air conditioning air from above to each seat of the seat 52. Is connected.

On the other hand, the usage history DB 212 of the server 104 stores a history of adjusting the air conditioning from the initial setting when the user uses (boards). For example, if a user has a history of lowering the initial set temperature of air conditioning, which was set to 22 ° C when boarding in the same month, by 2 ° C, the temperature will be 20 ° C for the user's seating position. Adjust the front air conditioning unit 400 and the rear air conditioning unit 402. If there is no usage history, the default temperature is 22 ° C.

In this way, the user's air conditioning adjustment history is added to the usage history, and air conditioning is possible for each seat by the front air conditioning unit 400, the rear air conditioning unit 402, and a plurality of first ducts 404 to 4th duct 410, respectively.

Therefore, by referring to the usage history DB 212 of the server 104 at the time of making a reservation for the user, it is possible to set the temperature of the air conditioning for each seat according to the preference of the user. For example, in the seat layout as shown in FIG. 22, the set temperature is 22 ° C. for the users P1 and P2 seated on the left end side of the seat 52, and 20 ° C. for the user P3 seated on the right end side of the seat 52. The temperature can be adjusted to 20 ° C. for the user P4 seated on the seat 54A and 24 ° C. for the user P5 seated on the seat 54C. That is, it is more comfortable to use.

(Other example 2)
As shown in FIGS. 26 and 27, the vehicle 10B has a handrail 502 housed in the pillar 500, and the handrail 502 is stored by the handrail actuator 504 (see FIG. 9) (see FIG. 27, two-dot chain line). It is possible to switch between the usage state (see FIG. 27, solid line) that is rotated by 90 ° and protrudes into the passenger compartment 20.

On the other hand, in the user terminal 102, it is possible to declare that the user is a wheelchair user when the reservation application is started and a reservation is made.

When the reservation information transmitted from the user terminal 102 to the server 104 includes that the user is in a wheelchair, the server 104 is arranged so that the handrail 502 can be used by the wheelchair user. In addition, it is configured to derive the sheet layout as the highest priority condition.

Therefore, if the reservation information transmitted from the user terminal 102 to the server 104 includes information including the wheelchair user, the wheelchair user can use the handrail 502 when deriving the proposed sheet layout. As described above, the large luggage seat layout enables the wheelchair user to be located in front of the vehicle on the seats 54D and 54E.

Further, when the vehicle 10B stops at the riding position of the wheelchair user, the slope actuator 316 is driven to project the slope 27 from the side storage portion 28 toward the vehicle side, and the wheelchair can be guided from the road surface to the low floor portion 21A. At the same time, a drive signal is transmitted to the door actuator 318 to extend the opening time of the slide door 26.

Further, when it is confirmed by the vehicle interior camera or the like that the wheelchair user P5 is located in front of the vehicles of the seats 54D and 54E in the stored state of the low floor portion 21A in the vehicle interior of the vehicle 10, the vehicle control device 300 is the handrail actuator 504. The drive signal is output to. As a result, the handrail actuator 504 switches the handrail 502 from the stored state to the used state, and arranges the handrail 502 in front of the wheelchair user P5 (see FIGS. 26 and 27).

As described above, in the vehicle seat layout adjustment system 100B, the wheelchair user P5 is placed at a predetermined position (handrail 502) in the vehicle interior when the server 104 derives the desired seat layout by including the presence / absence of wheelchair use in the reservation information. The wheelchair user P5 can reliably position the handrail 502 in an available position by considering that it can be located in an available position.

In addition, based on the reservation information of the wheelchair user, the slope 27 is automatically installed at the boarding place of the wheelchair user, and the opening time of the sliding door 26 is extended, so that the wheelchair user P5 can feel at ease. You can get on the vehicle 10.

Further, in the vehicle 10B, after the wheelchair user P5 is positioned together with the wheelchair 506 at a predetermined position, the handrail 502 is automatically set to the used position by outputting a drive signal to the handrail actuator 504, and is in front of the wheelchair user P5. Will be located. That is, it is not necessary for the wheelchair user P5 or the like to manually pull it out, and the convenience is improved.

(Other example 3)
As in the case of wheelchairs, it is possible to include the use of strollers and child seats in the reservation information. In the case of a stroller, by proposing a seat layout that takes into consideration the stroller installation position as in the case of a wheelchair, the user using the stroller can get on the vehicle 10 with peace of mind.

In addition, when there is a child seat user, the child seat user can get on the vehicle 10 with peace of mind by adopting a seat layout in which a seat in which a child seat can be installed and an adjacent seat are preferentially assigned to the group of the user. be able to. That is, the usability is improved.

[Reference example]
In the embodiment, the seat layout is changed to match the confirmed seat layout by the time the first user gets on the vehicle based on the reservation information, but even after the user has seated the vehicle 10, the seat layout is changed. For example, a wheelchair user can be allowed to board.

In this case, when the reservation information is received from the wheelchair user, it is conceivable to let the wheelchair user get on the vehicle 10 traveling in the vicinity of the wheelchair user when the wheelchair user can get on the vehicle 10.

For example, when two people, one person, and one person, three groups of four people, are already in the vehicle 10B, that is, as shown in FIG. 28, the users P1 and P2 are seated facing the seats 54A and 54D. Even when the user P3 is seated on the seat 54F and the user P4 is seated on the left end of the seat 52, the server 104 (CPU200) causes the wheelchair user P5 to move the seats of the users P1 to P3. Judge that it is possible to board.

At this time, when the vehicle 10B receives the information on the wheelchair user boarding from the server 104, the vehicle 10B broadcasts an announcement requesting the seat movement accompanying the wheelchair user boarding. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 26, the user P1 and P2 are seated side by side at the left end of the seat 50, and the announcement is played so that the user P3 is seated at the right end of the seat 52. In the vehicle control device 300, after confirming the movement of the users P1 to P3 with an in-vehicle camera (not shown), a drive signal is output to the seat storage actuators 314A, 314D, and 314F, and the seats 54A, 54D, and 54F are in a seatable state. Change to the stored state. That is, the seat layout of the vehicle 10 is changed to a large luggage seat layout.

After changing to this state, when the vehicle 10 arrives at the boarding place of the wheelchair user P5, the vehicle control device 300 outputs a drive signal to the slope actuator 316, so that the slope 27 connects the road surface and the low floor portion 21A. Wheelchair user P5 can get on with wheelchair 506.

Further, since all the seats 54A to 54F of the low floor portion 21A are in the stored state, the wheelchair user P5 can change the position and direction of the low floor portion 21A together with the wheelchair 506, so that the handrail 502 is provided. It becomes easy to be located in front of the seats 54D and 54E, and the handrail 502 can be used.

These can be similarly applied to the case where a stroller user or a child seat user gets on the vehicle 10 on the way.

[Other]

In the above-described embodiment, the vehicle 10 is a fully autonomous vehicle without a driver's seat, but may be an autonomous vehicle having a driver's seat. That is, in each embodiment, automatic operation is usually performed, and manual operation can be enabled at the time of avoiding danger or at an arbitrary timing.

In the present embodiment, the user selects the desired sheet layout for the proposed sheet layout, but the server 104 unilaterally determines the sheet layout without letting the user select the sheet layout. Is also good.

In this case, it is not necessary to wait for the user to select the seat layout, and the seat layout can be changed quickly.

Further, in the present embodiment, when there are a plurality of sets of users, the server 104 does not determine the recommended sheet layout by referring to the usage history DB 212, but it may be referred to. In this case, for example, if the proposed seat layout includes the seat layout selected when a set of users board the vehicle with the same number of people, it is conceivable to use it as the recommended seat layout.

Further, in the present embodiment, the seats 50 and 52 are fixed seats for three and four seats, respectively, but like the seats 54A to 54F, each seat is configured to be movable in the vehicle width direction and the vehicle front-rear direction. You may.

Further, in the present embodiment, only the example in which the seats 54A to 54F move in the vehicle width direction is shown, but the seats 54A to 54F may be moved in the vehicle front-rear direction.

10 Vehicle 100 Vehicle seat layout adjustment system 104 Server (reservation information acquisition means, seat layout derivation means)
300 Vehicle control device (seat layout adjustment means)

Claims (1)

Reservation information acquisition means for acquiring in advance the number of vehicle users of each group and the baggage information of each baggage to be brought into the vehicle, and
A seat layout deriving means for deriving the seat layout of the vehicle based on the number of users of each group and the luggage information of each luggage acquired by the reservation information acquisition means.
A seat layout adjusting means for adjusting the seat of the vehicle so that the seat layout of the vehicle matches the seat layout derived by the seat layout deriving means.
Vehicle seat layout adjustment system equipped with.

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