JP2021197013A - Information processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

To reduce a burden of vehicle waiting time on a user.SOLUTION: A ride request acquisition unit 31 acquires a ride request specifying a riding spot from a communication terminal of a user. A prediction unit 33 predicts arrival time at which a vehicle ridden by the user arrives at the riding spot specified in the ride request. A retrieval result acquisition unit 34 acquires a retrieval result about a facility which is usable by the user within a geographical scope on the basis of the riding spot during a period until the predicted arrival time. A transmission unit 36 transmits facility information regarding a facility corresponding to the acquired retrieval result to the communication terminal of the user.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

The present invention relates to a technique for providing information to a user who is planning to get on a vehicle.

In Patent Document 1, a vehicle dispatch request is transmitted from an installation terminal located in a store or facility to a taxi dispatch device, and the taxi dispatch device searches for a taxi that can be dispatched and instructs the corresponding taxi to be dispatched to the store or facility. It is stated that it should be done. As a result, it is possible to allow the user to stay in the store or facility during the waiting time to promote sales and attract customers of the store or facility.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-341872

In the so-called on-demand transportation service, when the user designates a position different from his / her current position as the boarding point, the vehicle heads to the boarding point and the user himself / herself moves to the boarding point and meets the vehicle. Such a mechanism is considered. In such a mechanism, when the user arrives at the boarding point earlier than the vehicle, he / she must wait until the vehicle arrives.

It is an object of the present invention to guide the available facilities while the user waits for the arrival of the vehicle.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has a boarding request acquisition unit that acquires a boarding request for which a boarding point is specified from a user's communication terminal, and the boarding point for which the vehicle on which the user is boarding is designated in the boarding request. A guessing unit that estimates the arrival time to arrive at, and a search result acquisition that acquires search results for facilities that can be used by the user within a geographical range based on the boarding point in the estimated period up to the arrival time. Provided is an information processing apparatus including a unit and a transmission unit that transmits facility information about a facility corresponding to the acquired search result to the communication terminal of the user.

The transmitting unit may transmit the facility information when the estimated period until the arrival time is equal to or longer than the threshold value.

The transmitting unit may transmit the facility information regarding the facility available to the user within a geographical range corresponding to the period up to the arrival time with respect to the boarding point.

The transmitting unit may transmit the facility information regarding the facility having the attribute according to the estimated period until the arrival time.

The transmitter has a second period required for the user to move to the facility or a third period required for the user to move from the facility to the boarding point from the first period up to the estimated arrival time. The facility information regarding the facilities available to the user may be transmitted during the period obtained by subtracting at least one of them.

The transmission unit may transmit the facility information regarding the facility at a position corresponding to the positional relationship between the user and the boarding point.

The transmission unit may transmit the facility information including privilege information that can be used in the facility corresponding to the acquired search result until the arrival time.

The transmission unit may transmit the facility information including information on the ease of use of the facility by the user.

The transmitting unit may transmit the facility information including information on the distance or time when the user moves from the facility to the boarding point.

The transmission unit may transmit information about the user of the communication terminal to which the facility information is transmitted to the communication terminal of the facility corresponding to the facility information.

According to the present invention, it is possible for the user to guide the available facilities while waiting for the arrival of the vehicle.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of the structure of the vehicle management system 1 which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the hardware composition of a user terminal 10. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the hardware composition of an in-vehicle terminal 20. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the hardware composition of a server apparatus 30. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the functional structure of a server apparatus 30. It is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the server device 30. It is a figure which illustrates the facility information which the server apparatus 30 stores. It is a figure explaining an example of the search of facility information by a server apparatus 30. It is a figure which illustrates the facility information displayed on the user terminal 10. It is a figure which illustrates the facility information displayed on the user terminal 10.

[composition]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the vehicle management system 1 of the present embodiment. The vehicle management system 1 is a system for providing an on-demand type transportation service. The vehicle management system 1 functions as a plurality of user terminals 10 each functioning as communication terminals used by passengers getting on and off the vehicle (that is, users to be provided with transportation services), and as communication terminals used by the driver in the vehicle. A plurality of in-vehicle terminals 20 and a server device 30 functioning as an information processing device according to the present invention are provided. The network 2 connects the user terminal 10, the in-vehicle terminal 20, and the server device 30 so as to be able to communicate with each other. The network 2 is, for example, a LAN (Local Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), or a combination thereof, and includes a wired section or a wireless section. The network 2 is preferably, for example, a network compliant with, for example, a 5th generation mobile communication system, but is not necessarily limited to this.

In the vehicle management system 1, the user operates his / her own user terminal 10 to request boarding from an arbitrary boarding point selected from a plurality of boarding / alighting point groups prepared in advance to an arbitrary destination point. This boarding request is transmitted from the user terminal 10 to the server device 30 via the network 2. A plurality of vehicles each equipped with the in-vehicle terminal 20 are running or standing by in a distributed manner, and the server device 30 is a group of vehicles in the vicinity of the boarding point in the above boarding request or a vehicle scheduled to run in the vicinity of the boarding point. From the group, select a vehicle that matches the boarding request of the user. The server device 30 identifies a route from the current position of the vehicle to the destination point via the boarding point, and notifies the in-vehicle terminal 20 of the selected vehicle of information about the route. The driver of the vehicle equipped with the in-vehicle terminal 20 drives the vehicle according to the notified route. Further, the server device 30 notifies the user terminal 10 of the user of information regarding the vehicle to be boarded by the user, the arrival time at which the vehicle is scheduled to arrive at the boarding point and the destination point, and the like. The user moves on foot or the like by the arrival time of the vehicle notified to the notified boarding point, and gets on the vehicle at the boarding point.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the user terminal 10. The user terminal 10 is a computer such as a smart phone, a mobile phone, a tablet, a wearable terminal, or a personal computer. The user terminal 10 is physically configured as a computer device including a processor 1001, a memory 1002, a storage 1003, a communication device 1004, an input device 1005, an output device 1006, a bus connecting them, and the like. In the following description, the word "device" can be read as a circuit, a device, a unit, or the like. The hardware configuration of the user terminal 10 may be configured to include one or more of the devices shown in the figure, or may be configured not to include some of the devices.

For each function in the user terminal 10, the processor 1001 performs calculations by loading predetermined software (programs) on hardware such as the processor 1001 and the memory 1002, and controls communication by the communication device 1004, or the memory 1002. And by controlling at least one of reading and writing of data in the storage 1003.

Processor 1001 operates, for example, an operating system to control the entire computer. The processor 1001 may be configured by a central processing unit (CPU) including an interface with peripheral devices, a control device, an arithmetic unit, a register, and the like. Further, for example, a baseband signal processing unit, a call processing unit, and the like may be realized by the processor 1001.

The processor 1001 reads a program (program code), a software module, data, and the like from at least one of the storage 1003 and the communication device 1004 into the memory 1002, and executes various processes according to these. As the program, a program that causes a computer to execute at least a part of the operation described later is used. The functional block of the user terminal 10 may be realized by a control program stored in the memory 1002 and operating in the processor 1001. Various processes may be executed by one processor 1001, but may be executed simultaneously or sequentially by two or more processors 1001. Processor 1001 may be mounted by one or more chips. The program may be transmitted from the network 2 to the user terminal 10 via a telecommunication line.

The memory 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium, and is composed of at least one such as a ROM (Read Only Memory), an EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM), and a RAM (Random Access Memory). May be done. The memory 1002 may be referred to as a register, a cache, a main memory (main storage device), or the like. The memory 1002 can store a program (program code), a software module, or the like that can be executed to carry out the method according to the present embodiment.

The storage 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium, and is, for example, an optical disk such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc ROM), a hard disk drive, a flexible disk, an optical magnetic disk (for example, a compact disk, a digital versatile disk, a Blu-ray). It may consist of at least one (registered trademark) disk), smart card, flash memory (eg, card, stick, key drive), floppy (registered trademark) disk, magnetic strip, and the like. The storage 1003 may be referred to as an auxiliary storage device.

The communication device 1004 is hardware (transmission / reception device) for communicating between computers via at least one of a wired network and a wireless network, and is also referred to as, for example, a network device, a network controller, a network card, a communication module, or the like. The communication device 1004 includes, for example, a high frequency switch, a duplexer, a filter, a frequency synthesizer, and the like in order to realize at least one of FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) and Time Division Duplex (TDD). It may be composed of. For example, the transmission / reception antenna, the amplifier unit, the transmission / reception unit, the transmission line interface, and the like may be realized by the communication device 1004. The transmission / reception unit may be physically or logically separated from each other in the transmission unit and the reception unit.

The input device 1005 is an input device (for example, a key, a microphone, a switch, a button, a sensor, a GPS unit, etc.) that receives an input from the outside. The output device 1006 is an output device (for example, a display, a speaker, an LED lamp, etc.) that outputs to the outside. The input device 1005 and the output device 1006 may have an integrated configuration (for example, a touch screen).

Each device such as the processor 1001 and the memory 1002 is connected by a bus for communicating information. The bus may be configured by using a single bus, or may be configured by using a different bus for each device.

Further, the user terminal 10 includes hardware such as a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP: Digital Signal Processor), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), a PLD (Programmable Logic Device), and an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array). It may be configured, and some or all of each functional block may be realized by the hardware. For example, processor 1001 may be implemented using at least one of these hardware.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the in-vehicle terminal 20. The in-vehicle terminal 20 is a computer such as a car navigation device, a smart phone, a mobile phone, a tablet, a wearable terminal, or a personal computer. The in-vehicle terminal 20 may be a terminal integrated or fixed to the vehicle, or may be a terminal that the driver can carry and bring into the vehicle. The hardware configuration of the in-vehicle terminal 20 may be configured to include one or more of the devices shown in FIG. 3, or may be configured not to include some of the devices. Further, a plurality of devices having different housings may be connected by communication to form an in-vehicle terminal 20.

The in-vehicle terminal 20 is physically configured as a computer device including a processor 2001, a memory 2002, a storage 2003, a communication device 2004, an input device 2005, an output device 2006, a bus connecting them, and the like, similarly to the user terminal 10. ing. For each function in the in-vehicle terminal 20, by loading predetermined software (program) on the hardware such as the processor 2001 and the memory 2002, the processor 2001 performs an operation and controls the communication by the communication device 2004, or the memory 2002. And by controlling at least one of reading and writing of data in the storage 2003. The processor 2001, the memory 2002, the storage 2003, the communication device 2004, the input device 2005, the output device 2006, and the bus connecting them are the processor 1001, the memory 1002, the storage 1003, the communication device 1004, and the input device described for the user terminal 10. Since the hardware is the same as that of 1005, the output device 1006, and the bus connecting them, the description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of the server device 30. The hardware configuration of the server device 30 may be configured to include one or more of the devices shown in FIG. 4, or may be configured not to include some of the devices. Further, a plurality of devices having different housings may be connected for communication to form the server device 30.

The server device 30 is physically configured as a computer device including a processor 3001, a memory 3002, a storage 3003, a communication device 3004, a bus connecting them, and the like. For each function in the server device 30, the processor 3001 performs an operation by loading predetermined software (program) on the hardware such as the processor 3001 and the memory 3002, and controls the communication by the communication device 3004, or the memory 3002. And by controlling at least one of reading and writing of data in the storage 3003. The processor 3001, the memory 3002, the storage 3003, the communication device 3004, and the bus connecting them are the processor 1001, the memory 1002, the storage 1003, the communication device 1004, and the bus connecting them, and the hardware. Since the same is true for the above, the description thereof will be omitted. However, the communication device 3004 does not have to be the hardware for communicating according to the communication standard of wireless communication, and the hardware for communicating between computers via the network 2 according to the communication standard of arbitrary wired communication (the hardware for communicating between computers. It may be a transmission / reception device).

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the vehicle management system 1. As shown in FIG. 5, in the server device 30, the functions of the boarding request acquisition unit 31, the vehicle allocation management unit 32, the guessing unit 33, the search result acquisition unit 34, the facility information storage unit 35, and the transmission unit 36 are provided. It will be realized.

As described above, when the user operates his / her own user terminal 10 to request boarding from an arbitrary boarding point to an arbitrary destination point, this boarding request is transmitted from the user terminal 10 to the server device 30 via the network 2. Will be done. The user terminal 10 positions the position of its own terminal by a GPS unit, so-called base station positioning, or the like according to a user's operation or periodically. The boarding request includes position information indicating the position of the positioned user terminal 10. In the server device 30, the boarding request acquisition unit 31 acquires the boarding request from the user terminal 10 via the network 2.

In the server device 30, the vehicle allocation management unit 32 performs vehicle allocation processing related to vehicle allocation. More specifically, the vehicle allocation management unit 32 selects a vehicle that matches the user's boarding request from a group of vehicles that are in the vicinity of the boarding point in the above boarding request or a group of vehicles that are scheduled to travel in the vicinity of the boarding point. do. The vehicle allocation management unit 32 calculates a route from the current position of the selected vehicle to the destination point via the boarding point. This route is a concept including information such as which position and when the vehicle passes, and includes, for example, information regarding the time when the vehicle selected as the vehicle to be boarded by the user is scheduled to arrive at the boarding point.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the position where the user can get on and off the vehicle, that is, the position of the entry / exit point on the vehicle is predetermined. Therefore, the boarding point at which the user gets on the vehicle is designated from the predetermined boarding / alighting points, and the destination point at which the user gets off the vehicle is designated from the predetermined boarding / alighting points. Will be. The vehicle allocation information storage unit 321 of the vehicle allocation management unit 32 stores boarding / alighting point information regarding these plurality of boarding / alighting points. In this boarding / alighting point information, the position of the boarding / alighting point and its availability conditions (for example, information on the date and time that can be used as the boarding / alighting point, specifically, the day or time and each boarding / alighting point on that day or time can be used. Information on (information indicating whether or not there is) etc. is included. Further, the vehicle allocation information storage unit 321 stores map data and traffic data in all the traffic service areas. The map data includes information on the position of each road in all traffic service areas, the direction and number of lanes that can be traveled on each road, the signal on each road, and the like. The traffic data includes information on traffic jams, accidents, etc. on each road in all traffic service areas. In addition, the traffic data includes information on the traffic volume sensed by a predetermined sensing device in each area, and from a macro perspective of how the vehicle group on the road moves according to conditions such as the date and time. May include statistical information of. These map data and traffic data are used to identify the route of the vehicle and the time required for the vehicle to move along the route. In addition, the vehicle allocation information storage unit 321 describes the route of each vehicle, such as which vehicle passes which position and when, which user gets on from which boarding / alighting point, and at which boarding / alighting point. Memorize information about.

The guessing unit 33 estimates the arrival time at which the vehicle selected by the vehicle allocation management unit 32 as the vehicle to be boarded by the user arrives at the boarding point specified in the boarding request. Here, the guessing unit 33 estimates the arrival time by using the time when the vehicle is scheduled to arrive at the boarding point in the vehicle route calculated by the vehicle allocation management unit 32.

The search result acquisition unit 34 acquires search results for facilities available to the user in a certain geographical range based on the boarding point in the period up to the arrival time estimated by the estimation unit 33. The facilities referred to here include, for example, various commercial stores such as restaurants, retail stores, and game centers, various public facilities such as libraries and parks, and unmanned facilities such as vending machines. Information about such a facility is stored in the facility information storage unit 35. The search result acquisition unit 34 has the current time for searching the facility information group stored in the facility information storage unit 35, the arrival time estimated by the estimation unit 33, and the position of the boarding point specified in the boarding request. Etc. are searched as search conditions, and the search results are acquired by reading the facility information that matches these search conditions from the facility information storage unit 35.

In the server device 30, the transmission unit 36 transmits various information to the user terminal 10 or the in-vehicle terminal 20 via the network 2. The information transmitted from the transmission unit 36 to the user terminal 10 is, for example, information regarding a vehicle to be boarded by the user of the user terminal 10, an arrival time at which the vehicle arrives at a boarding point and a destination point, and the like. The information transmitted from the transmission unit 36 to the in-vehicle terminal 20 is, for example, information about a user who gets on the vehicle, information about a route from the current position of the vehicle to the destination point via the boarding point, and the like. .. In particular, in the present embodiment, the transmission unit 36 transmits the facility information regarding the facility corresponding to the search result acquired by the search result acquisition unit 34 to the user terminal 10. Based on the facility information presented on the user terminal 10, the user can know about the facilities that he / she can use until the arrival time when the vehicle arrives at the boarding point.

[motion]
Next, the operation of the server device 30 will be described. The procedure of each process shown in FIG. 6 is described in the program stored in the server device 30. In FIG. 6, first, the boarding request acquisition unit 31 acquires the boarding request transmitted from the user terminal 10 via the network 2 as described above (step S11). The boarding request includes the position information of the user terminal 10 and the information regarding the boarding point and the destination point designated by the user.

Next, the vehicle allocation management unit 32 starts the vehicle allocation process related to the vehicle allocation as described above in response to the boarding request acquired by the boarding request acquisition unit 31 (step S12). Specifically, the vehicle allocation management unit 32 selects a vehicle that matches the user's boarding request from a group of vehicles that are in the vicinity of the boarding point in the boarding request or a group of vehicles that are scheduled to travel in the vicinity of the boarding point. The route from the current position of the selected vehicle to the destination point via the boarding point is calculated. The transmission unit 36 transmits information and the like regarding the calculated route to the in-vehicle terminal 20. The driver of the vehicle drives the vehicle according to the route notified by the vehicle allocation management unit 32 and starts moving to the boarding point of the user. Further, the transmission unit 36 transmits to the user terminal 10 information about the vehicle to be boarded by the user of the user terminal 10, the arrival time at which the vehicle arrives at the boarding point and the destination point, and the like.

Next, the guessing unit 33 estimates the arrival time at which the vehicle selected by the vehicle allocation management unit 32 as the vehicle to be boarded by the user arrives at the boarding point designated in the boarding request (step S13).

Next, the estimation unit 33 determines whether or not the period from the current time to the arrival time is equal to or greater than the threshold value (step S14). This threshold is arbitrarily determined, but is, for example, 30 minutes.

If this period is greater than or equal to the threshold, the user must wait for a certain period of time before the vehicle arrives at the boarding point. Therefore, in this case (step S14; YES), the search result acquisition unit 34 has a certain geographical area based on the designated boarding point in the period from the current time to the arrival time estimated by the estimation unit 33. The stored contents of the facility information storage unit 35 are searched for the facilities that can be used by the user within the range, and the search results are acquired (step S15). Here, a certain geographical range based on the boarding point is, for example, a predetermined fixed range (for example, an area included inside a circle having a radius of 100 (m) centered on the boarding point). It may be a range that fluctuates according to the period from the current time to the arrival time (for example, when this period is T minutes, the radius centered on the boarding point is inside a circle of T × constant (m). It may be an area included).

Here, FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating the stored contents of the facility information storage unit 35. As shown in FIG. 7, the facility information storage unit 35 contains a facility identifier that identifies each facility, location information that indicates the location of the facility, available date and time information regarding the date and time when the facility can be used, and the facility. Attribute information (including, for example, the type of facility) of is stored in association with it. The search result acquisition unit 34 is a facility whose position is included in the above geographical range based on the boarding point in each facility information, and the period from the current time to the arrival time of the vehicle can be used. Search for facility information about facilities that are included during the day.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of this search. In FIG. 8, U is the user's current position, R is the boarding point, and F1, F2, F3, F4, and F5 correspond to the facility identifiers F001, F002, F003, F004, and F005 exemplified in FIG. 7, respectively. The location of the facility. Here, it is assumed that the current time is 14:15 and the arrival time of the vehicle is 14:40. In these facilities F1 to F5, among the facilities F1 to F4 within the above geographical range (within a circle having a predetermined radius shown by a broken line from the boarding point R) with respect to the boarding point R, the current times 14:15 to 14: Facility F2 (available date and time 9: 00-19: 00 in FIG. 7) and facility F3 (available date and time 0: 00-24: 00 in FIG. 7) available in 40 will be searched. The type of facility to be searched for in this search may be specified in advance by the user, may be specified by the user when making a boarding request, or may be an attribute of the user. The search result acquisition unit 34 may select according to the above.

The transmission unit 36 transmits the facility information regarding the facility according to the search result acquired by the search result acquisition unit 34 to the user terminal 10 (step S16). This facility information includes various information such as the location of the facility and business hours. The user can refer to the facility information presented by a method such as display on the user terminal 10 to know the facilities that can be used until the arrival time when the vehicle is scheduled to arrive at the boarding point.

Here, FIGS. 9 and 10 are diagrams illustrating facility information displayed on the user terminal 10. As shown in FIG. 9, the user terminal 10 displays the current position of the user, the boarding point, and the position of the facility corresponding to the searched facility information on the map. Further, the route for the user to move to the boarding point and the time and distance required for the movement on the route are displayed. Then, for example, when the icon indicated by "ka" corresponding to the cafe is selected, the facility information displayed on the user terminal 10 transitions to the content illustrated in FIG. FIG. 10 shows an example in which detailed facility information about a cafe selected by the user is displayed.

If it is determined in FIG. 6 that the period from the current time to the arrival time is less than the threshold value (step S14; NO), the facility information is not transmitted. This is because the user's waiting period at the boarding point is short, so that the burden on the user is considered to be small.

According to the embodiment described above, it is possible to reduce the burden when the user waits for the vehicle by providing the user with information about the facility near the boarding point where the user should wait until the vehicle arrives. It will be possible.

[Modification example]
The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above. The above-described embodiment may be modified as follows. Further, the following two or more modified examples may be combined and carried out.

[Modification 1]
The geographical range as a search condition when searching for facility information may differ depending on the period from the current time to the arrival time when the vehicle arrives at the boarding point. For example, when the period until the arrival time when the vehicle arrives at the boarding point is equal to or longer than the threshold value, the size of the geographical range may be increased as compared with the case where the period is less than the threshold value. This is because if the period until the arrival time when the vehicle arrives at the boarding point is equal to or longer than the threshold value, there is time to allow the vehicle to arrive at the boarding point, and the user can use a facility far from the boarding point. The arrival time at which the vehicle arrives at the boarding point can be estimated by the estimation unit 33 as described in the embodiment. In this case, the search result acquisition unit 34 acquires search results based on different geographical ranges according to the period from the current time to the arrival time when the vehicle arrives at the boarding point as described above, and the transmission unit 36 acquires the search results. Facility information about facilities available to the user in such a geographical range will be transmitted to the user terminal 10.

[Modification 2]
The above-mentioned geographical range may be different depending on each boarding point. For example, a boarding point that belongs to a densely populated area or a densely populated area such as an urban area may have a smaller geographical range than a boarding point that does not belong to a densely populated area or a densely populated area. This is because in a densely populated area or a densely populated area, it is considered that a sufficient amount of facility information can be provided to the user even if the geographical range is small. Information on whether or not the boarding point belongs to a densely populated area or a densely populated area may be stored in advance by the vehicle allocation information storage unit 321. In this case, the search result acquisition unit 34 acquires search results based on different geographical ranges depending on whether or not the boarding point belongs to a densely populated area or a densely populated area, and the transmission unit 36 obtains search results. Facility information about facilities available to the user in such a geographical range will be transmitted to the user terminal 10.

[Modification 3]
The search for facility information may be performed using the attributes of the facility as a search condition according to the period from the current time to the arrival time when the vehicle arrives at the boarding point. The attributes of the facility referred to here are, for example, the type, scale, purpose of use, and level of usage fee of the facility. For example, when the period until the arrival time is more than the threshold value, the facility suitable for a long stay (for example, a facility such as a cafe, a large-scale facility, or a usage fee is higher than when the period is less than the threshold value. Facilities, etc.) are searched. The attributes of the facility are stored by the facility information storage unit 35 as illustrated in FIG. 7. In this case, the transmission unit 36 will transmit the facility information regarding the facility having the attribute according to the period until the arrival time to the user terminal 10.

[Modification 4]
The search for facility information may be performed in consideration of the period required for the user to move from the current position to the facility. Specifically, the search result acquisition unit 34 provides facility information regarding the facility that can be used by the user in the period obtained by subtracting the second period required for the user to move to the facility from the first period until the estimated arrival time. To search for. For example, if the time when the user makes a boarding request is 14:15, the arrival time of the vehicle is 14:40, and the period required for the user to move to each facility is X minutes. Facility information about facilities available during the period from 14:15 + X minutes to 14:40 is searched. For example, if it takes 10 minutes for a user to move from the current position to a facility near the boarding point, and if the facility is available during the period from 14:25 to 14:40, the facility information about that facility is available. It will be presented to the user. The period required for the user to move to each facility is estimated by the guessing unit 33. In this modification, the transmitter 36 provides facility information about the facility available to the user during the period obtained by subtracting the second period required for the user to move to the facility from the first period until the estimated arrival time. It will be transmitted to the user terminal 10.

Further, the search for facility information may be performed in consideration of the period required for the user to move from the facility to the boarding point. Specifically, the search result acquisition unit 34 is a facility that can be used by the user during the period obtained by subtracting the third period required for the user to move from the facility to the boarding point from the first period until the estimated arrival time. Search for facility information about. For example, if the time when the user makes a boarding request is 14:15, the arrival time of the vehicle is 14:40, and the period required for the user to move from each facility to the boarding point is Y minutes. , Facility information about facilities available during the period from 14:15 to 14: 40-Y minutes is searched. For example, if it takes 5 minutes for a user to move from a facility near the boarding point to the boarding point, and if the facility is available during the period from 14:15 to 14:35, the facility information about the facility is available. It will be presented to the user. The period required for the user to move from each facility to the boarding point is estimated by the estimation unit 33. In this modification, the transmitter 36 provides facility information about the facility available to the user during the period obtained by subtracting the second period required for the user to move to the facility from the first period until the estimated arrival time. It will be transmitted to the user terminal 10.

Further, the above two modifications may be combined. That is, the search result acquisition unit 34 has a second period required for the user to move to the facility and a third period required for the user to move from the facility to the boarding point from the first period until the estimated arrival time. The facility information about the facility available to the user may be searched for in the period obtained by subtracting. For example, the time when the user makes a boarding request is 14:15, the arrival time of the vehicle is 14:40, and it takes 10 minutes for the user to move from the current position to a certain facility near the boarding point. Moreover, if it takes 5 minutes to move from the facility to the boarding point, and if the facility is available during the period from 14:25 to 14:35, the facility information about the facility is presented to the user. become. In this modification, the transmission unit 36 has a second period required for the user to move to the facility and a third period required for the user to move from the facility to the boarding point from the first period until the estimated arrival time. The facility information about the facility available to the user in the period obtained by subtracting the period of is transmitted to the user terminal 10.

Summarizing the above, in this modification 4, the transmission unit 36 moves from the first period until the estimated arrival time to the second period required for the user to move to the facility or from the facility to the boarding point. The facility information regarding the facilities available to the user may be transmitted in the period obtained by subtracting at least one of the third period required for the user.

[Modification 5]
The search for facility information may be performed in consideration of the route when the user moves from the current position to the boarding point. Specifically, the search result acquisition unit 34 calculates a route when the user moves from the current position to the boarding point, and searches for facility information of a facility within a certain geographical range around the route. Get the result. That is, the search result acquisition unit 34 acquires the search result using the facility at the position corresponding to the positional relationship between the user and the boarding point as the search condition. For example, the time when the user makes a boarding request is 14:00, the arrival time of the vehicle is 14:40, and it takes 10 minutes for the user to move to a facility near the route from the current position to the boarding point. If it takes 10 minutes to move from the facility to the boarding point, and if the facility is available during the period from 14:10 to 14:30, the facility information about the facility is available to the user. Presented at. In this case, the transmission unit 36 transmits the facility information regarding the facility at the position corresponding to the positional relationship between the user and the boarding point to the user terminal 10.

[Modification 6]
The transmission unit 36 may transmit information on benefits such as so-called coupons, which can be used in the facility corresponding to the search result until the arrival time, to the user terminal 10. In this case, the facility information storage unit 35 stores privilege information related to such benefits for each facility, and the search result acquisition unit 34 acquires search results including privilege information corresponding to each facility. Then, the transmission unit 36 transmits the facility information including the privilege information that can be used in the facility corresponding to the acquired search result until the arrival time to the user terminal 10.

[Modification 7]
The server device 30 may notify the facility of information regarding the possibility of the user using the facility and the time when the facility is expected to be used. In this case, as the communication terminal of the facility, a computer capable of communicating with the server device 30 via the network 2, such as a smart phone, a mobile phone, a tablet, a wearable terminal, or a personal computer, can be used. The transmission unit 36 generates information about the user of the user terminal 10 to which the facility information is transmitted (for example, the possibility of using the facility, the gender of the user, the number of people, the time when the facility may be used, etc.). Then, it may be transmitted to the communication terminal of the facility corresponding to the facility information. Of the information about the user, attributes such as the gender of the user may be stored in advance by the server device 30 in association with the user account. Further, the time that the user may use corresponds to a period obtained by subtracting the second period required for the user to move to the facility from the first period until the arrival time of the vehicle.

[Modification 8]
The transmission unit 36 may transmit facility information including information on the ease of use of the facility by the user. Ease of use refers to services or products such as the number of people using the facility (that is, the congestion / availability of the facility) and, in the case of vending machines, the inventory of products sold. It depends on the supply capacity. For example, when the degree of congestion of a facility is less than the threshold value, the ease of use is higher than when the degree of congestion is greater than or equal to the threshold value. Further, when the inventory of the products sold in the vending machine is equal to or more than the threshold value, the ease of use is higher than when the inventory is less than the threshold value. The facility information storage unit 35 stores the contents of such ease of use according to real-time notification from each facility via the network 2. Then, the search result acquisition unit 34 acquires the search result including such ease of use, and the transmission unit 36 transmits the facility information including the information regarding the ease of use to the user terminal 10. ..

[Modification 9]
The transmission unit 36 may transmit facility information including information on the distance or time the user travels from the facility corresponding to the acquired search result to the boarding point. For example, it is information such as "it takes 5 minutes on foot" or "400m away" from the facility to the boarding point. These pieces of information may be estimated by the server device 30 (guessing unit 33). As a result, the user waiting at the facility can know the distance or the required time from the facility to the boarding point.

[Modification 10]
Although the server device 30 is exemplified as an example of the information processing device according to the present invention, the present invention can be applied to any computer that realizes the functional block illustrated in FIG. Further, the server device 30 does not need to store the facility information, and may be stored by a device other than the server device. In this case, the server device may request a search from another device and acquire the search result.

[Other variants]
The block diagram used in the description of the above embodiment shows a block of functional units. These functional blocks (components) are realized by any combination of at least one of hardware and software. Further, the method of realizing each functional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functional block may be realized using one physically or logically coupled device, or two or more physically or logically separated devices can be directly or indirectly (eg, for example). , Wired, wireless, etc.) and may be realized using these plurality of devices. The functional block may be realized by combining the software with the one device or the plurality of devices.

Functions include judgment, decision, judgment, calculation, calculation, processing, derivation, investigation, search, confirmation, reception, transmission, output, access, solution, selection, selection, establishment, comparison, assumption, expectation, and assumption. Broadcasting, notifying, communicating, forwarding, configuring, reconfiguring, allocating, mapping, assigning, etc., but limited to these I can't. For example, a functional block (constituent unit) that makes transmission function is called a transmitting unit or a transmitter. In each case, as described above, the realization method is not particularly limited.

The notification of information is not limited to the embodiments / embodiments described in the present disclosure, and may be performed by other methods. For example, information notification includes physical layer signaling (eg, DCI (Downlink Control Information), UCI (Uplink Control Information)), higher layer signaling (eg, RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling, MAC (Medium Access Control) signaling, etc. It may be carried out by broadcast information (MIB (Master Information Block), SIB (System Information Block)), other signals, or a combination thereof. Further, the RRC signaling may be referred to as an RRC message, and may be, for example, an RRC Connection Setup message, an RRC Connection Reconfiguration message, or the like.

Each aspect / embodiment described in the present disclosure includes LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE-A (LTE-Advanced), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4G (4th generation mobile communication system), and 5G (5th generation mobile communication). system), FRA (Future Radio Access), NR (new Radio), W-CDMA (registered trademark), GSM (registered trademark), CDMA2000, UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)) )), LTE 802.16 (WiMAX®), IEEE 802.20, UWB (Ultra-WideBand), Bluetooth®, and other systems that utilize and extend based on these. It may be applied to at least one of the next generation systems. Further, a plurality of systems may be applied in combination (for example, a combination of at least one of LTE and LTE-A and 5G).

The order of the processing procedures, sequences, flowcharts, etc. of each aspect / embodiment described in the present disclosure may be changed as long as there is no contradiction. For example, the methods described in the present disclosure present elements of various steps using exemplary order, and are not limited to the particular order presented.

Information and the like can be output from the upper layer (or lower layer) to the lower layer (or upper layer). Input / output may be performed via a plurality of network nodes.

The input / output information and the like may be stored in a specific place (for example, a memory), or may be managed using a management table. Information to be input / output may be overwritten, updated, or added. The output information and the like may be deleted. The input information or the like may be transmitted to another device.

The determination may be made by a value represented by 1 bit (0 or 1), by a true / false value (Boolean: true or false), or by comparing numerical values (for example, a predetermined value). It may be done by comparison with the value).

Each aspect / embodiment described in the present disclosure may be used alone, in combination, or may be switched and used according to the execution. Further, the notification of predetermined information (for example, the notification of "being X") is not limited to the explicit one, but is performed implicitly (for example, the notification of the predetermined information is not performed). May be good.
Although the present disclosure has been described in detail above, it is clear to those skilled in the art that the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described in the present disclosure. The present disclosure may be implemented as amendments and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as determined by the description of the scope of claims. Therefore, the description of this disclosure is for purposes of illustration and does not have any limiting meaning to this disclosure.

Software, whether called software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or other names, is an instruction, instruction set, code, code segment, program code, program, subprogram, software module. , Applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executable files, execution threads, procedures, features, etc. should be broadly interpreted.
Further, software, instructions, information and the like may be transmitted and received via a transmission medium. For example, a website that uses at least one of wired technology (coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), etc.) and wireless technology (infrared, microwave, etc.). When transmitted from a server or other remote source, at least one of these wired and wireless technologies is included within the definition of transmission medium.

The information, signals, etc. described in the present disclosure may be represented using any of a variety of different techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, chips, etc. that may be referred to throughout the above description are voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or magnetic particles, light fields or photons, or any of these. It may be represented by a combination of.
The terms described in the present disclosure and the terms necessary for understanding the present disclosure may be replaced with terms having the same or similar meanings. For example, at least one of a channel and a symbol may be a signal (signaling). Also, the signal may be a message. Further, the component carrier (CC: Component Carrier) may be referred to as a carrier frequency, a cell, a frequency carrier, or the like.

The terms "system" and "network" used in this disclosure are used interchangeably.

Further, the information, parameters, etc. described in the present disclosure may be expressed using absolute values, relative values from predetermined values, or using other corresponding information. It may be represented. For example, the radio resource may be one indicated by an index.
The names used for the parameters mentioned above are not limited in any respect. Further, mathematical formulas and the like using these parameters may differ from those expressly disclosed in this disclosure. Since the various channels (eg, PUCCH, PDCCH, etc.) and information elements can be identified by any suitable name, the various names assigned to these various channels and information elements are in any respect limited names. is not it.

In the present disclosure, terms such as "mobile station (MS)", "user terminal", "user equipment (UE)", and "terminal" may be used interchangeably. ..
Mobile stations can be used by those skilled in the art as subscriber stations, mobile units, subscriber units, wireless units, remote units, mobile devices, wireless devices, wireless communication devices, remote devices, mobile subscriber stations, access terminals, mobile terminals, wireless. It may also be referred to as a terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, or some other suitable term.

The user terminal 10 or the vehicle-mounted terminal 20 may be referred to as a transmitting device, a receiving device, a communication device, or the like.

The terms "determining" and "determining" may include a wide variety of actions. "Judgment" and "decision" are, for example, judgment, calculation, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up, search, inquiry. It may include (eg, searching in a table, database or another data structure), ascertaining as "judgment" or "decision". Also, "judgment" and "decision" are receiving (for example, receiving information), transmitting (for example, transmitting information), input (input), output (output), and access. It may include (for example, accessing data in memory) to be regarded as "judgment" or "decision". In addition, "judgment" and "decision" are considered to be "judgment" and "decision" when the things such as solving, selecting, choosing, establishing, and comparing are regarded as "judgment" and "decision". Can include. That is, "judgment" and "decision" may include considering some action as "judgment" and "decision". Further, "judgment (decision)" may be read as "assuming", "expecting", "considering" and the like.

The terms "connected", "coupled", or any variation thereof, mean any direct or indirect connection or connection between two or more elements and each other. It can include the presence of one or more intermediate elements between two "connected" or "combined" elements. The connection or connection between the elements may be physical, logical, or a combination thereof. For example, "connection" may be read as "access". As used in the present disclosure, the two elements use at least one of one or more wires, cables and printed electrical connections, and as some non-limiting and non-comprehensive examples, the radio frequency domain. , Electromagnetic energy with wavelengths in the microwave and light (both visible and invisible) regions, etc., can be "connected" or "coupled" to each other to consider paths.

The phrase "based on" as used in this disclosure does not mean "based on" unless otherwise stated. In other words, the statement "based on" means both "based only" and "at least based on".

The "means" in the configuration of each of the above devices may be replaced with a "part", a "circuit", a "device" and the like.

When "include", "including" and variations thereof are used in the present disclosure, these terms are as inclusive as the term "comprising". Is intended. Moreover, the term "or" used in the present disclosure is intended not to be an exclusive OR.

In the present disclosure, if articles are added by translation, for example a, an and the in English, the disclosure may include the plural nouns following these articles.

In the present disclosure, the term "A and B are different" may mean "A and B are different from each other". The term may mean that "A and B are different from C". Terms such as "separate" and "combined" may be interpreted in the same way as "different".

1 ... Vehicle management system, 2 ... Network, 10 ... User terminal, 1001 ... Processor, 1002 ... Memory, 1003 ... Storage, 1004 ... Communication device, 1005 ... Input device, 1006 ... Output device, 20 ... In-vehicle terminal, 2001 ... Processor , 2002 ... memory, 2003 ... storage, 2004 ... communication device, 2005 ... input device, 2006 ... output device, 30 ... server device, 31 ... boarding request acquisition unit, 32 ... vehicle allocation management unit, 321 ... vehicle allocation information storage unit, 33 ... Guessing unit, 34 ... Search result acquisition unit, 35 ... Facility information storage unit, 36 ... Transmitting unit, 3001 ... Processor, 3002 ... Memory, 3003 ... Storage, 3004 ... Communication device.

Claims (10)

A boarding request acquisition unit that acquires a boarding request that specifies a boarding point from the user's communication terminal,
A guessing unit that estimates the arrival time at which the vehicle on which the user rides arrives at the boarding point specified in the boarding request, and
A search result acquisition unit that acquires search results for facilities available to the user within a geographical range based on the boarding point in the estimated period up to the arrival time.
An information processing device including a transmission unit that transmits facility information about a facility corresponding to the acquired search result to the communication terminal of the user. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the transmission unit transmits the facility information when the estimated period until the arrival time is equal to or longer than a threshold value. The first or second aspect of claim 1 or 2, wherein the transmitting unit transmits the facility information regarding the facility available to the user within a geographical range corresponding to the period until the arrival time with respect to the boarding point. Information processing device. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the transmission unit transmits the facility information regarding a facility having an attribute corresponding to the estimated period until the arrival time. The transmitter has a second period required for the user to move to the facility or a third period required for the user to move from the facility to the boarding point from the first period up to the estimated arrival time. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the facility information regarding the facility available to the user is transmitted during the period obtained by subtracting at least one of them. The information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the transmission unit transmits the facility information regarding a facility located at a position corresponding to a positional relationship between the user and the boarding point. .. One of claims 1 to 6, wherein the transmitting unit transmits the facility information including privilege information that can be used in the facility corresponding to the acquired search result until the arrival time. The information processing device described in the section. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the transmission unit transmits the facility information including information on the ease of use of the facility by the user. The one according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the transmitting unit transmits the facility information including information on a distance or time when the user moves from the facility to the boarding point. Information processing device. One of claims 1 to 9, wherein the transmitting unit transmits information about a user of the communication terminal to which the facility information is transmitted to the communication terminal of the facility corresponding to the facility information. The information processing device described in.

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