JP2022007162A - Management server for parking lot sharing system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a management server for a parking lot sharing system that allows a lender to rent a parking lot with little time and effort even when a high-precision GPS is not mounted in a vehicle.SOLUTION: A parking lot sharing system 10 includes: a communication apparatus 18 that communicates with a lender portable device 50L held by a lender, the communication apparatus 18 intermittently and repeatedly acquiring status of a lender connection, which is a short-range communication connection between a lender communication device 54L mounted in a lender vehicle 52L owned by the lender and a lender portable device 50L, and a lender position Pl, which is a position of the lender portable device 50L; a storage apparatus 16 that at least stores a parking lot position Pp, which is a position of a lender parking lot 60 owned by the lender; and a processor 14 that determines presence or absence of the lender vehicle 52L in the lender parking lot, based on a transition of a combination of the status of the lender connection and a positional relationship between the lender position Pl and the parking lot position Pp.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

This specification discloses a management server of a parking lot sharing system that manages the rental and leasing of a parking lot.

In recent years, a parking lot sharing system has been proposed in which a parking lot is rented out to those who need it only when the parking lot owned by the owner is not used. In such a parking lot sharing system, a management server is provided, and the management server manages whether or not the parking lot can be rented.

Here, in order to manage whether or not the parking lot can be rented, the lender needs to send the date and time when the parking lot can be rented to the management server at any time. In addition, in order to secure more opportunities to rent a parking lot and, by extension, to secure profits, the lender should notify the management server that it is possible to rent a parking lot whenever he / she goes out in his / her own vehicle. Is desirable. However, it was troublesome for the lender to manually operate the notification that the loan was possible. In addition, unless the lender manually operates the parking lot, if the management server is not notified that the lending is possible, if the lender forgets the operation, the parking lot will not be rented, and the opportunity to secure profits will be lost.

Therefore, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for automatically determining whether or not a parking lot can be rented. Patent Document 1 discloses a system in which a space used as a monthly parking lot functions as a temporary hourly parking lot. In this system, if the monthly vehicle position detecting means (for example, high-precision GPS) that detects the position of the monthly vehicle detects that the monthly vehicle is outside the monthly parking lot, the hourly rental is possible. Send time-rentable data to that effect. According to such technology, the owner of the vehicle can notify the management server that the parking lot can be rented without any operation every time he / she gets in the car and leaves the parking lot.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-310227

However, in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to mount a high-precision GPS on the vehicle in order to detect the position of the vehicle, and the vehicles that can use the service disclosed in Patent Document 1 are limited.

Therefore, this specification discloses a management server of a parking lot sharing system that allows a lender to rent a parking lot with little effort even if the vehicle is not equipped with a high-precision GPS.

The parking lot sharing system disclosed in the present specification is a communication device that communicates with a lender's portable device held by the lender, and is a communication device between the lender's communication device mounted on the lender's vehicle owned by the lender and the lender's portable device. A communication device that intermittently and repeatedly acquires the status of the creditor connection, which is a short-distance communication connection, and the position of the creditor, which is the position of the creditor's mobile device, and at least the parking lot, which is the position of the creditor's parking lot owned by the lender. A processor that determines the presence or absence of the creditor vehicle in the creditor parking lot based on the transition of the combination of the storage device that stores the position, the status of the creditor connection, and the positional relationship between the creditor position and the parking lot position. It is characterized by having and.

With such a configuration, even if the lender's vehicle is not equipped with a high-precision GPS, the management server can automatically determine the presence or absence of the lender's vehicle in the lender's parking lot, and the parking lot can be rented. The trouble of the lender when notifying the management server can be greatly reduced. In addition, "ownership" in this specification includes not only the case of having the ownership right but also the case of having the right to use the property right to another person. Therefore, the lender's parking lot owned by the lender includes not only the parking lot that the lender owns, but also the parking lot that the lender rents from another person, for example, the monthly parking lot and the lender has the exclusive use right. Condominium parking lots, etc. are also included.

In this case, the processor is in a state where the lender connection is established and the lender position is separated from the lender parking lot, and then until the lender connection is established and the lender position is in the lender parking lot. , It may be determined that there is no creditor vehicle in the creditor parking lot. Further, in the processor, after the lender connection is established and the lender position is located in the lender parking lot, the lender connection is established and the lender position is located away from the lender parking lot. It may be determined that there is a lender vehicle in the lender parking lot until is detected.

Here, when the distance between the lender position and the lender parking lot is less than a predetermined reference distance in a state where the lender connection is established, the processor indicates the status of the lender connection by the communication device. And the interval between acquisitions of lender positions may be smaller than the interval between acquisitions in other situations.

With such a configuration, it is possible to more reliably grasp that the lender's vehicle has returned to the lender's parking lot, and it is possible to more accurately determine the presence or absence of the lender's vehicle in the lender's parking lot.

Further, the storage device further stores the return time of the lender vehicle to the lender parking lot, and the processor is stationed at the lender based on the travel time from the lender position to the lender parking lot. The return time of the parking lot may be estimated and the return time in the storage device may be updated.

With such a configuration, it is possible to further reduce the trouble of setting conditions for renting the lender's parking lot.

In this case, the processor acquires the movement route and the movement speed of the lender based on the change in the position of the lender, and the movement means of the lender and the movement section moved by each movement means based on the movement route and the movement speed. May be estimated, and the travel time from the lender position to the lender parking lot may be estimated based on the estimated transportation means, the moving section, and the lender position.

With such a configuration, the management server can grasp the behavior of the lender to some extent even after the lender gets off the lender's vehicle, and can estimate the return time more accurately.

Further, the communication device further communicates with the borrower's portable device held by the borrower to acquire a borrowing request including the destination of the borrower and the desired borrowing time range of the lender's parking lot, and the processor obtains a borrowing request. , The lender's parking lot that matches the borrowing request may be guided to the borrower via the communication device and the borrower's portable device.

In this case, after receiving the borrowing request of the lender parking lot from the borrower portable device, the communication device intermittently and repeatedly acquires the borrower position, which is the position of the borrower portable device, and the processor causes the borrower vehicle. Even if the timing of starting charging to the borrower is determined based on the elapsed time from the scheduled warehousing time to the lender parking lot and the comparison result between the borrower position and the position of the lender parking lot. good.

With such a configuration, it is possible to reduce the labor of the borrower when the borrower rents the parking lot of the lender.

Further, after receiving the borrowing request of the lender parking lot from the borrower's portable device, the communication device is a short-range wireless connection between the borrower's communication device mounted on the borrower's vehicle and the borrower's portable device. And the borrower position, which is the position of the borrower portable device, are intermittently and repeatedly acquired, and the processor changes the borrower position to the position of the lessor parking lot while the borrower connection is established. , The timing at which the borrower connection is canceled may be determined as the timing at which the borrower is charged.

With such a configuration, it is possible to reduce the labor of the borrower when the borrower rents the parking lot of the lender. Further, with the above configuration, it is possible to effectively prevent the borrower's vehicle from being erroneously started to be charged when the borrower's vehicle approaches the lender's parking lot but does not enter the parking lot.

According to the management server of the parking lot sharing system disclosed in the present specification, the lender can rent a parking lot with less effort even if the vehicle is not equipped with a high-precision GPS.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the parking lot sharing system. It is an image diagram which shows the principle of grasping the state of a lender parking lot. It is a figure which shows an example of the transition of the combination of the state of the lender connection and the positional relationship between the lender position and the parking lot position. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of a management server. It is a figure which shows an example of a lender list. It is a figure which shows an example of a borrower list. It is a figure which shows an example of a parking lot list. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of management of a vehicle presence / absence flag. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of management of a lending possibility flag. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process to the lender of the management server after the lending of the lender parking lot is started. It is a flowchart which shows the process flow of the management server for the borrower who rents a parking lot. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the parking lot determination process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of billing start processing. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of charge termination processing. It is a figure which shows the other configuration of the parking lot sharing system. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the charge start processing in the parking lot sharing system of FIG.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the parking lot sharing system 10 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a parking lot sharing system 10. This parking lot sharing system 10 is a system for renting a lender parking lot 60 owned by a lender to another applicant (hereinafter referred to as "borrower") during a period when the lender is not using it. The management server 12 of the parking lot sharing system 10 communicates with the lender portable device 50L held by the lender and the borrower portable device 50B held by the borrower, and manages the rental of the lender parking lot 60.

Specifically, the lender and the borrower are registered as users in the management server 12 in advance, and the management server 12 can communicate with the portable devices 50L and 50B held by each. At the time of this registration, the management server 12 also stores the location of the lender parking lot 60, the desired lending unit price, and the like. When the lender parking lot 60 can be rented, the management server 12 registers the lender parking lot 60 as a candidate for a rentable parking lot.

On the other hand, when the borrower wishes to rent a parking lot, he / she sends a borrowing request including a desired place and rental time to the management server 12 through the borrower portable device 50B held by the borrower. Upon receiving this borrowing request, the management server 12 guides the lender parking lot 60 matching the request to the borrower via the borrower portable device 50B. If the lessee rents the guided lessor parking lot 60 and parks the lessee vehicle 52B in the lessor parking lot 60, the management server 12 charges the lessee according to the parking time and the obtained profit is used by the lessor. Distribute to. As a result, the lender can earn profits from the lender parking lot 60, and the borrower can increase the number of available parking lots, so that the degree of freedom in choosing a parking lot is improved.

By the way, as is clear from the explanation so far, in order for the lender to rent out the lender parking lot 60, whether or not the lender parking lot 60 can be used (that is, whether or not the lender vehicle 52L is stopped in the lender parking lot 60). ) Needs to be set in the management server 12. Conventionally, such a setting has been made by the lender manually operating the lender portable device 50L. However, it is troublesome for the lender to manually operate the lender's portable device 50L every time the lender goes out on the lender's vehicle 52L. In addition, if the setting by manual operation is required, the lender may forget to perform the operation for the setting, and may lose the opportunity to lend, and eventually the opportunity to secure profits.

Therefore, in the present specification, the lender vehicle 52L is equipped with the lender communication device 54L capable of short-range communication with the lender portable device 50L, whereby the state of the lender parking lot 60 can be changed without the need for the lender to manually operate. , The management server 12 can grasp it. Before explaining the specific configuration of the management server 12, the principle of grasping the state of the lender parking lot 60 will be described with reference to FIG.

As described above, the creditor vehicle 52L is equipped with the creditor communication device 54L. Further, as a general rule, the lender holds and acts on the lender's portable device 50L. Here, the lender portable device 50L is a portable information communication terminal, for example, a smartphone. The lender portable device 50L is equipped with a position sensor for acquiring the position, for example, a GPS sensor. Further, a sharing application provided by the parking lot sharing system 10 is installed in the lender's portable device 50L in advance. By activating this sharing application, intermittent transmission / reception of lender information, which will be described later, is automatically executed.

The lender communication device 54L is a communication device mounted on the lender vehicle 52L. The lender communication device 54L is capable of short-range wireless communication, for example, communication by Bluetooth (registered trademark), and is registered in pair with the lender portable device 50L in advance. The lender communication device 54L may be supplied with electric power and may intermittently and repeatedly transmit a specified signal, and does not need to have a complicated function. Further, the lender communication device 54L does not need to be incorporated in the vehicle in advance, and it is desirable that the lender communication device 54L has a size and a configuration that can be brought into the vehicle at the required timing. Further, the electric power supply to the lender communication device 54L may be performed from the battery of the vehicle or may be performed from the battery independent of the vehicle. However, even after the lender communication device 54L is taken out of the vehicle, if the lender communication device 54L and the lender portable device 50L communicate with each other, the state of the lender parking lot 60, which will be described later, cannot be accurately managed. Therefore, it is desirable that the lender communication device 54L can be connected to a special type of power terminal (for example, a cigar socket or the like) provided in the vehicle, and is supplied with power only from the battery of the vehicle.

Here, since the lender portable device 50L and the lender communication device 54L communicate with each other according to the short-range wireless communication standard, when they are separated from each other by a certain amount or more (for example, several meters or more), the communication connection between them is disconnected. Hereinafter, the connection between the lender communication device 54L and the lender portable device 50L by short-range wireless communication is referred to as “lender connection”.

During the period in which the sharing application is activated, the lender portable device 50L intermittently and repeatedly transmits the lender information including the state of the lender connection and the position of the lender portable device 50L to the management server 12. The interval for intermittently transmitting the lender information is several tens of seconds to several minutes. Here, in this example, the lender's portable device 50L is regarded as being held by the lender, and the position of the lender's portable device 50L is regarded as the position of the lender. Therefore, in the following, the position of the lender portable device 50L is referred to as "lender position Pl". Further, since the lender connection is performed by short-range wireless communication, of course, when the lender connection is established, the lender communication device 54L, and by extension, the lender is located in the vicinity of the lender vehicle 52L. I can say. Therefore, when the creditor connection is established, the position of the creditor communication device 54L can be regarded as the position of the creditor vehicle 52L. In other words, if the status of the lender connection and the lender position Pl are acquired, the position of the lender vehicle 52L can be estimated to some extent even if the lender vehicle 52L is not equipped with a high-precision GPS. Then, the state of the lender parking lot 60 can be grasped by this.

For example, as shown in the upper part of FIG. 2, it is assumed that the lender position Pl is at the parking lot position Pp in a state where the lender connection is established. In this case, the lender vehicle 52L is located in the lender parking lot 60, and it can be determined that the lender parking lot 60 is in a “closed state” where it cannot be rented to another person. On the other hand, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 2, when the lender position Pl is separated from the parking lot position Pp by more than the allowable distance Da in the state where the lender connection is established, the lender vehicle 52L is the lender parking lot 60. It can be determined that the lender parking lot 60 is in a state where it can be rented to another person.

In the following, if necessary, the fact that the lender position Pl is at the parking lot position Pp is described as "Pl = Pp", and the lender position Pl exceeds the allowable distance Da from the parking lot position Pp and is separated from the parking lot position Pp. This is expressed as "Pl ≠ Pp". Further, "the lender position Pl is in the parking lot position Pp" is not only when the lender position Pl completely matches the parking lot position Pp, but also when the lender position Pl is a specified allowable distance from the parking lot position Pp. It also includes being located in Da.

Here, when the lender connection is canceled, the lender portable device 50L is separated from the vehicle. In this case, the position of the lender vehicle 52L cannot be determined from the lender position Pl. However, the state of the lender parking lot 60 can be grasped by observing the transition of the combination of the state of the lender connection and the positional relationship between the lender position Pl and the parking lot position Pp described above.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the transition of the combination of the state of the lender connection and the positional relationship between the lender position Pl and the parking lot position Pp. In FIG. 3, "PC" indicates that the lender connection is established and Pl = Pp, "OC" indicates that the lender connection is established and Pl ≠ Pp, and "N" indicates that the lender. Each indicates that the connection has been disconnected.

In the example of FIG. 3, during the period from time t1 to time t2, the lender boarded the lender vehicle 52L at the lender parking lot 60 and performed the warehousing work. Therefore, during this period, the lender connection is established and Pl = Pp (PC). After that, during the period from time t2 to time t3, the lender travels toward the destination on the lender vehicle 52L. Therefore, during this period, the lender connection is established and Pl ≠ Pp (OC). After that, at time t3, the lender gets off the lender vehicle 52L and performs shopping, sightseeing, and the like. At this time, since the lender portable device 50L is separated from the lender communication device 54L, the lender connection is canceled (N). Then, at time t4, if the lender gets into the lender vehicle 52L again and travels toward the lender parking lot 60, the lender connection is established and Pl ≠ Pp (OC). As a result of the running, the lender arrives at the lender parking lot 60 at time t5 and performs the warehousing work. During this warehousing operation, the lender connection is established and Pl = Pp (PC). Then, at time t6, when the warehousing work is completed, the lender gets off the lender's car and walks away from the lender's parking lot 60. Therefore, after the time t6, the lender connection is canceled (N).

As is clear from FIG. 3, if the lender connection is established and Pl ≠ Pp (OC) is detected, then until the lender connection is established and Pl = Pp (PC) is detected again. No matter how the lender connection and the lender position Pl change, it can be determined that the lender vehicle 52L is not parked in the lender parking lot 60 and the lender parking lot 60 is in an open state. On the other hand, if the lender connection is established and Pl = Pp (PC) is detected, then until the lender connection is established and Pl ≠ Pp (OC) is detected, the lender connection and the lender position Pl remain. Regardless of how it changes, it can be determined that the lender vehicle 52L is parked in the lender parking lot 60 and the lender parking lot 60 is in a closed state.

The management server 12 of the present specification determines the presence / absence of the lender vehicle 52L in the lender parking lot 60 based on the transition of the combination of the lender connection state and the positional relationship between the lender position Pl and the parking lot position Pp. .. As a result, the lender can rent out the lender parking lot 60 more easily and reliably without having to manually set that the creditor can be rented.

As is clear from the above explanation, in order to accurately grasp the state of the lender parking lot 60, the management server 12 is connected to the lender and during the period when Pl = Pp, and is connected to the lender and Pl ≠ It is necessary to acquire one or more lender information from the lender portable device 50L during the period of Pp. Of these, the period of connection with the lender and Pl ≠ Pp is relatively long, so it is not difficult to obtain the lender information more than once during this period. On the other hand, the period for connecting to the lender and Pl = Pp is limited to the period until the lender gets in the vehicle, leaves the parking lot, and leaves the lender parking lot 60 beyond the allowable distance Da. Even during the period of such a lender connection and Pl = Pp, the allowable distance Da or the repetition interval of the lender information transmission may be adjusted in order to surely acquire the lender information.

For example, the simplest method is to set the repetition interval of the lender information transmission to be sufficiently shorter than the delivery work time, for example, several tens of seconds. However, if the transmission interval is made excessively short, power consumption and communication volume will increase, which is not desirable. Therefore, while the transmission interval is suppressed to a value considering the amount of communication and power consumption, for example, about 1 minute to 10 minutes, the lender vehicle 52L can leave and travel the allowable distance Da during one cycle of the transmission interval. It may be adjusted to be larger than the distance. However, if the allowable distance Da is excessively increased, it may be erroneously determined that the lender vehicle 52L has been warehousing even though it has not been warehousing. Therefore, as another form, if the lender position Pl is located within the specified distance Db of the lender parking lot 60 in the state of the lender connection and Pl ≠ Pp, the transmission interval of the lender information is temporarily reduced (for example, 10 seconds or more). (1 minute or less), and at other timings, the transmission interval may be set to a value considering the communication amount and power consumption (for example, 1 minute or more and 10 minutes or less). As a matter of course, in this case, the specified distance Db is larger than the allowable distance Da for regarding Pl = Pp. Further, in this case, the allowable distance Da is set to a sufficiently small value (for example, less than 100 meters). With such a configuration, it is possible to reliably detect the warehousing of the lender vehicle 52L, while suppressing an increase in communication volume and power consumption.

By the way, when renting out the lender parking lot 60, the management server 12 grasps the available time, that is, the return time Tr when the lender vehicle 52L returns to the lender parking lot 60, in addition to the availability of the lender parking lot 60. You need to be. Conventionally, such a return time Tr is also set in the management server 12 by the lender by manually operating the lender's portable device 50L or the like. However, such a setting was still troublesome. Therefore, the management server 12 of the present specification calculates the return time Tr based on the lender position Pl periodically transmitted from the lender portable device 50L.

Specifically, the management server 12 calculates the travel time from the lender position Pl to the parking lot position Pp, and treats this travel time as the time required for returning to the warehouse. Dedicated software may be incorporated in the management server 12 for calculating the travel time, but a map service or a navigation service that is open to the public may be used. By using a service that is open to the public, it is not necessary to newly develop software that performs complicated calculations, and the development burden of the parking lot sharing system 10 can be reduced. In any case, the burden on the lender can be further reduced by automatically calculating the return time Tr based on the lender position Pl.

Next, the configuration of the management server 12 of the parking lot sharing system 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 4. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the management server 12. The management server 12 is physically a computer having a processor 14, a storage device 16, and a communication device 18, as shown in FIG. This "computer" also includes a microcontroller that incorporates a computer system into an integrated circuit. Further, the management server 12 may be composed of a plurality of physically separated computers.

The processor 14 refers to a processor in a broad sense, and refers to a general-purpose processor (for example, CPU: Central Processing Unit, etc.) or a dedicated processor (for example, GPU: Graphics Processing Unit, ASIC: Application Special Integrated Circuit, FPGA: Filter). It includes Arrays, programmable logic devices, etc.). Further, the operation of the processor 14 described below may be performed not only by one processor but also by a plurality of processors existing at physically separated positions in cooperation with each other. Similarly, the storage device 16 does not have to be one physical element, and may be composed of a plurality of storage devices 16 that are physically separated from each other. Further, the storage device 16 may include at least one of a semiconductor memory (for example, RAM, ROM, solid state drive, etc.) and a magnetic disk (for example, a hard disk drive, etc.).

The communication device 18 wirelessly communicates with the lender portable device 50L and the borrower portable device 50B. Through this communication, the communication device 18 intermittently and repeatedly acquires the lender information including the lender connection status and the lender position Pl from the lender portable device 50L. Further, the communication device 18 sends and receives necessary information to and from the lender portable device 50L as needed according to the instruction of the processor 14. Further, the communication device 18 acquires a borrowing request including the conditions of the parking lot that the borrower wants to borrow by communicating with the borrower portable device 50B. Further, after receiving the borrowing request, the communication device 18 intermittently acquires the borrower information including the position information of the borrower portable device 50B (hereinafter referred to as “borrower position Pb”) from the borrower portable device 50B. Further, the communication device 18 sends and receives necessary information to and from the lender portable device 50L as needed according to the instruction of the processor 14. Further, the communication device 18 can be connected to the Internet, and can access a map service, a navigation service, a payment service, etc. that are open to the public on the Internet.

Such a management server 12 functionally has a configuration as shown in FIG. The lender communication unit 20 and the borrower communication unit 22 communicate with the lender portable device 50L and the borrower portable device 50B, respectively. Various information obtained by communication is sent to the loan management unit 28.

The return time calculation unit 24 returns the return time for the lender vehicle 52L to return to the lender parking lot 60 based on the lender position Pl that is periodically transmitted and the parking lot position Pp of the lender parking lot 60 that has been registered in advance. Calculate Tr. Here, the calculated return time Tr may be the remaining time from the present time to the return, or may be the time when the return is expected. Further, the return time Tr may be the expected travel time itself from the lender position Pl to the parking lot position Pp, or may be a value obtained by adding a slight margin to the expected travel time. Further, in calculating the return time Tr, a navigation service 122 or a map service 120 that is open to the public may be used.

Further, the return time calculation unit 24 may estimate the lender's moving means and the moving section moved by the moving means, and may use the estimated moving means and the moving section to calculate the expected moving time. .. That is, it can be inferred that the lender is moving on the lender vehicle 52L during the period when the lender connection is established. On the other hand, when the lender connection is canceled, various means of transportation for the lender, such as walking, train, and airplane, can be considered. The type of such transportation means and the movement section in the transportation means can be predicted to some extent from the movement speed and the movement route of the lender position Pl. For example, from the movement speed of the lender position Pl, it can be determined whether the lender is moving on foot or by a moving body such as a train or a bus. Also, if the lender's position Pl is moving on the same route as the train line and at a speed sufficiently faster than walking after the lender's connection is disconnected near the train station, the lender can use the lender's vehicle to reach the station. , It can be predicted that the train is moving from the station. Also, if the lender position Pl is moving at high speed after the lender connection is disconnected near the airport, the lender predicts that the lender vehicle will be 52L to the airport and then will be traveling by plane. can. Then, by using the moving means and the moving section estimated in this way for the calculation of the returning time Tr, a more accurate returning time Tr can be obtained.

Further, as a general rule, the lender position Pl is intermittently and repeatedly transmitted to the management server 12, but when the power of the lender portable device 50L is cut off or when the start of the sharing application is stopped, the lender position Pl is transmitted to the management server 12. Alternatively, when a communication failure occurs, the transmission of the lender position Pl is interrupted. In this case, the return time calculation unit 24 also interrupts the calculation of the return time Tr.

When the borrower's portable device 50B applies for the borrowing of a specific lender's parking lot 60, the parking lot information unit 26 guides the route to the lender's parking lot 60 through the lender's portable device 50L. For this route guidance, a publicly available navigation service 122 or a map service 120 may be used.

The lending management unit 28 manages the lending status of the lender parking lot 60. In this management, in addition to the information acquired by the lender communication unit 20 and the borrower communication unit 22, the return time Tr calculated by the return time calculation unit 24, the lender list 34, the parking lot list 36, and the borrower list 38 Use the information recorded in. Prior to the explanation of the loan management unit 28, these lists 34, 36, and 38 will be described.

The lender list 34 is a list in which pre-registered lender information is recorded, and at least the lender identification information, the lender connection status, and the lender position Pl are recorded. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the lender list 34. In this example, the lender list 34 records the lender ID, parking lot ID, portable device information, lender connection status, lender position Pl, and payment reward. The portable device information is identification information and a communication address of the lender portable device 50L held by the lender. The lender connection status and the lender position Pl are intermittently and repeatedly updated by the lender management unit 28 based on the lender information sent from the lender communication unit 20. The payment fee is a fee paid to the lender by renting the lender parking lot 60. This reward may be money, or virtual currency or points that can be exchanged for various goods and services. This payment fee is also appropriately updated by the loan management unit 28 according to the loan status of the lender parking lot 60 and the settlement status by the charge management unit 30.

The borrower list 38 is a list in which information on the pre-registered borrower is recorded, and at least the identification information of the borrower and the borrower position Pb are recorded. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the borrower list 38. In this example, the borrower list 38 records the borrower ID, the portable device information, the borrower position Pb, and the billing fee. The portable device information is identification information and a communication address of the borrower portable device 50B held by the borrower. The borrower position Pb is intermittently and repeatedly updated by the loan management unit 28 based on the borrower position Pb acquired by the borrower communication unit 22. The billing fee is a fee charged to the borrower by renting the lender parking lot 60. This billing fee is also appropriately updated by the loan management unit 28 according to the loan status of the lender parking lot 60 and the settlement status by the charge management unit 30.

The parking lot list 36 is a list that stores information about the lender parking lot 60, and at least the identification information of the lender parking lot 60 and the parking lot position Pp are recorded. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the parking lot list 36. In this example, the parking lot list 36 records a parking lot ID, a lender ID, a parking lot position Pp, a parking lot unit price, a vehicle presence / absence flag Fa, a lending availability flag Fb, a return time Tr, and lending information. The parking lot unit price is a unit price when renting the lender parking lot 60, and is a value set in advance by the lender. The parking lot unit price may be an invariant value regardless of time or day of the week, or may be a variable value that fluctuates according to conditions such as time and day of the week. In addition, the parking lot unit price can be changed by the lender as necessary.

The vehicle presence / absence flag Fa is a flag indicating the presence / absence of the lender vehicle 52L in the lender parking lot 60. When the lender vehicle 52L is parked in the lender parking lot 60, Fa = 0, and when there is no lender vehicle 52L from the lender parking lot 60 and the lender parking lot 60 is vacant, Fa = 1. Will be. The lending availability flag Fb is a flag indicating whether or not the lender parking lot 60 can be rented to another person. If the lending is not possible, Fb = 0, and if the lending is possible, Fb = 1. Here, when Fa = 0, Fb = 0 is always present, but when Fa = 1, Fb = 1 is not always the case. For example, as will be described in detail later, when the lender goes out on the lender vehicle 52L, but for some reason notifies the management server 12 that he / she does not want to rent the parking lot during that time, Fa = 1 and Fb. = 0.

As described above, the return time Tr is the time when the lender vehicle 52L returns to the lender parking lot 60. The return time Tr is calculated by the return time calculation unit 24 and updated by the loan management unit 28 each time the lender information is received. If the lender parking lot 60 cannot be rented, "Null" is recorded in this return time Tr.

The rental information is information regarding reservation or rental of the lender parking lot 60. In the example of FIG. 7, the lending information includes the borrower ID, the scheduled warehousing time Ti, the scheduled warehousing time To, and the billing start time Ts. The borrower ID is identification information of the borrower who reserved or rented the lender parking lot 60. This borrower ID is updated by the loan management unit 28 according to the lease status of the lender parking lot 60. When the lender parking lot 60 is neither reserved nor rented, "Null" is recorded in the lender ID of the parking lot list 36.

Scheduled warehousing time Ti is the time when the borrower vehicle 52B is scheduled to warehousing in the lender parking lot 60. This scheduled warehousing time Ti is updated by the loan management unit 28 when the lender parking lot 60 is reserved. The scheduled warehousing time Ti is recorded as "Null" before the parking lot is reserved and after the borrower vehicle 52B is warehousing.

Scheduled delivery time To is the time when the borrower vehicle 52B is scheduled to leave the lender parking lot 60. The borrower declares this scheduled delivery time To. That is, the borrowing request sent from the borrower portable device 50B to the management server 12 includes the desired borrowing time. The loan management unit 28 updates the scheduled delivery time To of the parking lot list 36 based on the borrowing time included in the borrowing request. It should be noted that this scheduled delivery time To is recorded as "Null" before the parking lot is reserved and after the borrower vehicle 52B is delivered. Billing start time Ts is the time when billing is started for the borrower. The billing start time Ts is, in principle, the time when the borrower vehicle 52B enters the lender parking lot 60. The loan management unit 28 determines the timing of warehousing of the borrower vehicle 52B based on the information sent from the borrower communication unit 22, and records the charge start time Ts of the parking lot list 36. The determination of the warehousing timing (that is, the billing start timing) will be described later. The billing start time Ts is recorded as "Null" before and after the borrower vehicle 52B enters and exits.

The loan management unit 28 manages the above-mentioned lists 34, 36, and 38 based on the information sent from the lender and the borrower, and makes various inquiries to the lender and the borrower as necessary. As a result, the lease status of the lender parking lot 60 is managed. In addition to the above-mentioned items, at least one of the above-mentioned lender list 34, parking lot list 36, and borrower list 38 may include rating information of a user (that is, a lender or a borrower) based on a usage history. The parking lot sharing system 10 may give preferential treatment to the user according to this rating information.

The movement log analysis unit 32 collects and analyzes the movement history of the lender vehicle 52L based on the lender information (lender connection status and lender position Pl) that is periodically transmitted. The analysis result here may be transmitted to the return time calculation unit 24 and used for the calculation of the return time Tr. The billing management unit 30 uses an external payment service 124 to perform payment processing for the lender and the borrower.

Next, the lease management unit 28 of the lender parking lot 60 by the management server 12 will be described. First, the flow of management of the vehicle presence / absence flag Fa by the management server 12 will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, the vehicle presence / absence flag Fa is a flag indicating the presence / absence of the lender vehicle 52L in the lender parking lot 60. In order to manage the vehicle presence / absence flag Fa, the management server 12 confirms the state of the lender connection repeatedly sent from the lender portable device 50L (S10). As a result of the confirmation, when the lender connection is canceled (No in S10), the vehicle presence / absence flag Fa is not changed and the current value is maintained. On the other hand, when the lender connection is established (Yes in S10), the management server 12 subsequently confirms whether or not the lender position Pl is the parking lot position Pp (S12). When Pl = Pp (Yes in S12), it can be determined that the lender vehicle 52L is in the lender parking lot 60. Therefore, in this case, the management server 12 updates the vehicle presence / absence flag Fa in the parking lot list 36 to Fa = 0 (S14). On the other hand, when Pl ≠ Pp (No in S12), it can be determined that the lender vehicle 52L is not in the lender parking lot 60, so that the management server 12 updates the vehicle presence / absence flag Fa in the parking lot list 36 to Fa = 1. (S16).

Next, the flow of management of the lending availability flag Fb will be described with reference to FIG. The lending availability flag Fb is a flag indicating whether or not the lender parking lot 60 can be rented. In order to manage the lending availability flag Fb, the management server 12 monitors the transition of the vehicle presence / absence flag Fa. Specifically, the management server 12 confirms whether or not the vehicle presence / absence flag Fa has changed from 0 to 1 (S20). That is, it is confirmed whether or not the value before the update of the vehicle presence / absence flag Fa in the parking lot list 36 is 0 and the value after the update is 1. As a result of the confirmation, when the vehicle presence / absence flag Fa is switched from 0 to 1 (Yes in S20), the management server 12 inquires the lender about whether or not the lender parking lot 60 can be rented through the lender portable device 50L (Yes). S22). Then, when the lender permits the lending (Yes in S28), the management server 12 updates the lending availability flag Fb in the parking lot list 36 to Fb = 1, and lends the car via the lender's portable device 50L. Notify the lender that it has started (S30). Further, even if there is no reply to the inquiry for a certain period of time (No in S24, Yes in S26), the inquiry is similarly updated to Fb = 1 to notify the start of lending. On the other hand, when the lending is not permitted by the lender (No in S28), the management server 12 updates the lending availability flag Fb in the parking lot list 36 to Fb = 0, and lends out via the lender's portable device 50L. Notify the lender that it did not start (S32).

On the other hand, when the vehicle presence / absence flag Fa has not been switched from 0 to 1 (No in S20), the management server 12 subsequently confirms whether or not the vehicle presence / absence flag Fa has been switched from 1 to 0 (S34). .. As a result of the confirmation, when the switching of the vehicle presence / absence flag Fa has not occurred (No in S34), the management server 12 waits until the change of the vehicle presence / absence flag Fa occurs. On the other hand, when the vehicle presence / absence flag Fa is switched from 1 to 0 (Yes in S34), the management server 12 updates the lending availability flag Fb of the parking lot list 36 to Fb = 0 and sets the lender portable device 50L. The lender is notified that the lending has been completed (S36).

When the lending availability flag Fb is switched to Fb = 1, the management server 12 starts lending the lender parking lot 60. In this case, the flow of processing for the lender of the management server 12 will be described with reference to FIG. When Fb = 1, the management server 12 calculates the return time Tr based on the lender position Pl that is intermittently and repeatedly transmitted from the lender portable device 50L, and records it in the parking lot list 36 (S42, S44). Further, the management server 12 confirms whether or not the lender parking lot 60 is currently rented out to another person (S46). Whether or not the lender parking lot 60 is rented out to another person can be determined by whether or not the scheduled delivery time To of the borrower vehicle 52B is recorded in the parking lot list 36. If it is not rented out to another person (No in S46), the processes of S42 to S50 are repeated until the lender vehicle 52L returns.

On the other hand, when the lender parking lot 60 is rented out to another person (Yes in S46), the management server 12 subsequently sets the scheduled delivery time To of the borrower vehicle 52B to the return time Tr of the lender vehicle 52L. Check whether it is before (S48). When the scheduled delivery time To is before the return time Tr and it can be determined that the borrower vehicle 52B is out before the lender returns to the lender parking lot 60 (Yes in S48), the management server 12 is the lender. The processing of S42 to S50 is repeated until the vehicle 52L returns to the warehouse (Yes in S50). That is, the lender's return time Tr fluctuates due to schedule changes, traffic congestion conditions, etc., and the borrower's scheduled delivery time To fluctuates due to the borrower's schedule change. Therefore, the management server 12 repeatedly confirms the return time Tr, the scheduled delivery time To, and the like until the lender returns to the lender parking lot 60. Then, when the lender vehicle 52L returns to the warehouse, that is, when the lending availability flag Fb is switched from 1 to 0, the management server 12 informs the lender of the lender parking lot 60 via the lender portable device 50L. Report the income and expenditure for the loan (S52).

On the other hand, in S48, when the scheduled delivery time To of the borrower vehicle 52B is later than the return time Tr of the lender vehicle 52L (No in S48), the management server 12 informs the lender via the lender portable device 50L. Then, inquire whether the return time Tr can be extended after the scheduled delivery time To (S54). As a result of the inquiry, if the return time Tr cannot be extended, the process proceeds to S64. On the other hand, when the return time Tr can be extended (Yes in S56), the management server 12 updates the return time Tr in the parking lot list 36 to the time after the extension. After that, the return time Tr is not corrected based on the lender position Pl. After that, it is confirmed whether or not the lender parking lot 60 is being rented, and if it is not rented (No in S60), the process proceeds to S68. When the lender parking lot 60 is being rented (Yes in S60), the scheduled delivery time To and the return time Tr are compared until the borrower vehicle 52B leaves the warehouse (until S60 becomes No) (S62). .. As a result of the comparison, when the scheduled delivery time To is after the return time Tr (No in S62), the management server 12 returns to S54 and asks the lender again whether or not the return time Tr can be extended (No). S54).

If the lender cannot extend the return time Tr in S56, the management server 12 requests the lender to evacuate to the evacuation parking lot. The evacuation parking lot is a parking lot for parking the lender vehicle 52L in place of the lender parking lot 60, and is a parking lot located in the vicinity of the lender parking lot 60. After that, the management server 12 confirms whether or not the borrower vehicle 52B has left the lender parking lot 60 (S66). Since the lender vehicle 52L can return to the lender parking lot 60 when the goods are out (Yes in S66), the management server 12 notifies the lender to that effect via the lender portable device 50L (S68). Then, when the lender vehicle 52L returns (Yes in S70), the management server 12 reports the income and expenditure for the lending of the lender parking lot 60 to the lender via the lender portable device 50L (S52).

On the other hand, if the delivery of the borrower vehicle 52B cannot be confirmed in S66, the management server 12 confirms whether or not the lender vehicle 52L is about to return (S80). In this confirmation, the difference between the current time and the return time Tr may be compared with the specified reference time, or the distance between the lender position Pl and the parking lot position Pp may be compared with the specified reference distance. good. In any case, if there is time or distance to return (No in S80) instead of just before returning, the management server 12 returns to S66 and whether or not the borrower vehicle 52B is out. Continue to confirm. On the other hand, if the borrower vehicle 52B is not delivered and the lender vehicle 52L is about to return (Yes in S80), the management server 12 tells the lender a route to the evacuation parking lot via the lender portable device 50L. Guidance is started (S82). Then, if the parking of the lender vehicle 52L in the evacuation parking lot can be confirmed (Yes in S84), the management server 12 periodically confirms whether or not the borrower vehicle 52B has been delivered (S85). Then, if the borrower vehicle 52B leaves the warehouse (Yes in S85), the balance report for the rental of the lender parking lot 60 is made to the lender (S52). Parking in the evacuation parking lot can be confirmed by monitoring the transition of the combination of the positional relationship between the lender position Pl and the parking lot position Pp and the status of the lender connection. For example, if the lender connection is established and the lender position Pl becomes the evacuation parking lot, and then the lender connection is canceled and the lender position Pl is separated from the evacuation parking lot, it may be determined that the parking lot is parked in the evacuation parking lot. Further, in the lending availability flag Fb, even if the borrower vehicle 52B leaves the lender parking lot 60 after the lender vehicle 52L parks in the evacuation parking lot, the lender vehicle 52L returns to the lender parking lot 60. Until then, Fb = 0 (cannot be rented) may be maintained.

In addition, when the lender extends the return time Tr and evacuates to the evacuation parking lot, the lender may pay an extra reward as compared with the case where these processes are not performed. In particular, in the case of evacuation to the evacuation parking lot, the lender needs to move the lender vehicle 52L from the evacuation parking lot to the lender parking lot 60 after a certain period of time, which imposes a heavy burden on the lender. In addition, an extra parking fee for the evacuation parking lot will be incurred. Therefore, when evacuating to the evacuation parking lot, the premium ratio of the reward may be higher than when the return time Tr is extended.

Next, the flow of processing of the management server 12 for the borrower who rents the lender parking lot 60 will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 to 14. As shown in FIG. 11, the management server 12 waits until it receives a borrowing request from the borrower (until it becomes Yes in S90). The borrowing request is sent to the management server 12 via the borrower's portable device 50B, and the destination that the borrower wants to go with the borrower vehicle 52B, the time range that the borrower wants to rent a parking lot, and the items that are prioritized when selecting a parking lot. Includes. The priority item is selected from the parking fee and the distance between the destination and the parking lot. Upon receiving the borrowing request (Yes in S90), the management server 12 executes a parking lot determination process for determining the parking lot in response to the borrowing request (S92). If the parking lot can be determined, the management server 12 subsequently confirms whether or not the borrower vehicle 52B has entered the lender parking lot, and if the parking lot has arrived, the management server 12 executes a charge start process (S94). .. After the billing is started, the management server 12 confirms whether or not the borrower vehicle 52B has left the parking lot of the lender, and executes the billing termination process of ending the billing if the borrower vehicle 52B has left the parking lot (S96). ).

Next, the detailed flow of the processing of S92, S94, and S96 will be described. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a detailed flow of the parking lot determination process (S92). Upon receiving the borrowing request, the management server 12 extracts the lender parking lot 60 that can be rented and within a certain range from the destination from the parking lot list 36. Here, whether or not "rental is possible" is determined based on the lending availability flag Fb, the return time Tr, and the lending information recorded in the parking lot list 36. Specifically, in order to be able to lend, it is necessary that the lending availability flag Fb is Fb = 1 and the lender parking lot 60 is vacant within the time range in which the borrower wishes to borrow. Therefore, if the loan is scheduled to be lent to another borrower within the time range desired to be borrowed, or if the return time Tr is included in the time range desired to be borrowed, it is determined that the loan cannot be made. To.

If a plurality of lender parking lots 60 can be extracted, the management server 12 subsequently sorts the extracted lender parking lots 60 according to the items prioritized by the borrower (S104, S106). That is, when the borrower gives priority to the distance (Yes in S102), the extracted lender parking lot 60 is sorted in the order closest to the destination (S104). On the other hand, when the borrower gives priority to the charge (No in S102), the extracted lender parking lot 60 is sorted in ascending order of charge.

Subsequently, the management server 12 initially sets the parameter i for the processing loop to i = 1, and then reads the information of the i-th lender parking lot 60 among the sorted lender parking lots 60 (S112). Then, the read information of the lender parking lot 60 is notified to the borrower via the borrower portable device 50B, and a proposal is made (S114). In this case, the information notified to the borrower includes at least the location and fee of the lender parking lot 60. Further, the information notified to the borrower may include an image and size of the lender parking lot 60, a return time Tr of the lender parking lot 60, and the like. By providing the image and the size of the lender parking lot 60, the borrower can determine the ease of parking in the lender parking lot 60 and the like. Further, by providing the return time Tr of the lender parking lot 60, the borrower can determine whether or not the borrowing time can be easily extended depending on the situation.

The borrower notifies the management server 12 via the borrower portable device 50B whether or not to rent the proposed lender parking lot 60. When the borrower approves the borrowing (Yes in S115), the management server 12 updates the borrower ID, the scheduled warehousing time Ti, and the scheduled warehousing time To in the parking lot list 36 of the lender parking lot 60. Here, since the borrowing request includes the desired borrowing time range, the scheduled warehousing time Ti and the scheduled warehousing time To are set based on the desired borrowing time range.

On the other hand, if the lender does not approve the proposed borrowing of the lender parking lot 60 (No in S115), the management server 12 increments the parameter i and repeats the processes of S110 to S115. Here, when the parameter i exceeds the total number of parking lots Imax extracted in S100 (Yes in S110), the management server 12 notifies that there is no parking lot that matches the borrower's wishes (S118). End the process. In this case, the management server 12 ends all the processing as it is without proceeding to the billing start processing (S94).

Next, the detailed flow of the billing start process (S94) will be described with reference to FIG. If the lender parking lot 60 to be rented to the borrower is determined, the management server 12 starts the billing start process. Specifically, the management server 12 starts route guidance to the lender parking lot 60 to the borrower so that the borrower vehicle 52B can enter the lender parking lot 60 near the scheduled warehousing time Ti (S122). .. For this route guidance, a map service 120 and a navigation service 122 that are open to the public are used.

Here, after the parking lot is determined, the borrower information including the borrower position Pb is intermittently transmitted from the borrower portable device 50B. The management server 12 compares the borrower position Pb with the position of the lender parking lot 60 (parking lot position Pp) (S124). As a result of the comparison, if the borrower position Pb reaches within the allowable distance Da of the parking lot position Pp, that is, if Pb = Pp (Yes in S124), the borrower vehicle 52B has entered the lender parking lot 60. to decide. In this case, the management server 12 records the time when Pb = Pp is recorded in the parking lot list 36 as the billing start time Ts.

On the other hand, when the borrower vehicle 52B is located outside the allowable range of the parking lot position Pp, that is, when Pb ≠ Pp (No in S124), the management server 12 is the management server 12 and the borrower portable device 50B. Check the communication status with (S128). If communication with the borrower portable device 50B can be performed normally (Yes in S128), the process returns to S124. On the other hand, if communication with the borrower portable device 50B cannot be performed normally (No in S128), it can be determined that problems such as a communication failure, power off of the borrower portable device 50B, start / stop of the sharing application, etc. have occurred. .. In this case, it is not possible to confirm the presence or absence of warehousing based on the borrower position Pb. Therefore, when communication with the borrower portable device 50B is not possible, the management server 12 confirms the elapsed time from the scheduled warehousing time Ti (S130). As a result of the confirmation, when the predetermined allowable time M has elapsed from the scheduled warehousing time Ti (Yes in S130), the management server 12 considers that the borrower vehicle 52B has warehousing in the lender parking lot 60, and in the parking lot list 36. The billing start time Ts is updated (S126). The value of the allowable time M is not particularly limited, but generally, a value of 10 minutes or more and less than 1 hour, for example, a value of 30 minutes or the like is set. On the other hand, when the elapsed time from the scheduled warehousing time Ti is less than the allowable time M (No in S130), the management server 12 returns to S124 and repeats the same process.

By determining whether or not the goods have been received based on the borrower position Pb and the elapsed time from the scheduled storage time Ti in this way, billing is automatically started even if the borrower does not perform any special operation. As a result, the burden on the borrower can be reduced. Although not shown in FIG. 13, when billing is started, the billing start time Ts may be notified to the borrower via the borrower portable device 50B. Further, the borrower may be able to cancel the borrowing of the lender parking lot 60 on the management server 12 by operating the borrower portable device 50B before warehousing.

Next, the flow of the billing end process will be described with reference to FIG. The management server 12 confirms whether or not it is immediately before the scheduled delivery time To (S132). Here, "immediately before the scheduled delivery time To" means that the time is reached back from the scheduled delivery time To recorded in the parking lot list 36 by the specified confirmation time L. The confirmation time L is a time during which it is possible to sufficiently negotiate whether or not to issue the goods, which will be described later, and to negotiate a delay in returning the goods. For example, a value of 30 minutes or more and less than 1 hour is set.

Immediately before the scheduled delivery time To (Yes in S132), the management server 12 confirms with the borrower whether or not the delivery up to the scheduled delivery time To is possible via the borrower portable device 50B (S134). The borrower returns to the management server 12 whether or not to issue the goods via the borrower portable device 50B. When it is possible to leave the parking lot within the time (Yes in S136), the management server 12 actually confirms whether or not the borrower vehicle 52B has left the parking lot 60 (S138). There are various possible methods for determining delivery, but for example, the borrower may make a self-report. That is, when the goods are delivered, the management server 12 may be notified via the borrower's portable device 50B that the borrower has left the goods. Further, as another form, when the borrower position Pb reaches the parking lot position Pp and then separates from the parking lot position Pp again, it may be determined that the goods have been delivered.

When the borrower vehicle 52B leaves the lender parking lot 60 (Yes in S138), the management server 12 determines that the charge has been completed (S140). Then, the billing amount up to that time is calculated and recorded in the borrower list 38. Further, the information regarding the rental of the lender parking lot 60 (that is, the scheduled delivery time To, the billing start time Ts, etc.) is deleted from the parking lot list 36. After that, the balance report is transmitted to the borrower portable device 50B (S142).

On the other hand, in S136, when the borrower replies that the goods cannot be delivered within the scheduled delivery time To, the management server 12 confirms the desired extension time with the borrower (S146). Further, in S136, even if it is replied that it is possible to issue goods within the scheduled delivery time To, but the delivery cannot be confirmed even after the scheduled delivery time To has passed (No in S144), the management server 12 also informs the borrower. Then, confirm the desired extension time (S146).

Upon receiving an inquiry about the extension time, the borrower transmits the desired extension time to the management server 12 via the borrower portable device 50B. The management server 12 changes the scheduled delivery time To in the parking lot list 36 to the time after the extension based on the transmitted desired extension time (S148). Subsequently, the management server 12 compares the scheduled delivery time To after the extension with the return time Tr of the lender vehicle 52L (S150). As a result of the comparison, if the scheduled delivery time To is before the return time Tr (Yes in S150), the management server 12 notifies the borrower that the extension is possible, and then returns to S132.

On the other hand, if the scheduled delivery time To is later than the return time Tr (No in S150), the management server 12 requests the lender to extend the return time Tr (S154, S54 to FIG. 10). S84) is performed. During this time, the management server 12 notifies the borrower of the contents of the reply from the lender, the occurrence of a surcharge, and the like, as necessary. After that, it returns to S132. Finally, when the borrower vehicle 52B leaves the lessor parking lot 60 and the income and expenditure report is transmitted to the borrower portable device 50B (S142), all the processing is completed.

As is clear from the above explanation, in this example, the management server 12 intermittently and repeatedly acquires the lender connection status and the lender position Pl, and the lender connection status and the lender position Pl and the parking lot. The presence or absence of the lender vehicle 52L in the lender parking lot 60 is determined based on the transition of the combination of the positional relationship with the position Pp. This eliminates the need for the lender to manually operate the lender portable device 50L to set whether or not to lend the lender parking lot 60. As a result, it is possible to reduce the labor of the lender in renting the lender parking lot 60, and it is possible to effectively prevent the loss of opportunity for lending. Further, in this example, the return time Tr is automatically set based on the lender position Pl. As a result, the labor of the lender can be further reduced.

Here, it is partially proposed to use the position information of the GPS mounted on the vehicle in order to automatically set the rental of the lender parking lot 60. In this example, unlike the conventional technique, it is not necessary to provide the vehicle with a high-precision GPS, and the lender parking lot 60 can be rented with relatively inexpensive and simple preparation. Further, in this example, the position information of the lender portable device 50L is acquired. Therefore, unlike the technology using GPS mounted on the vehicle, the behavior of the lender can be grasped even after the lender gets off the vehicle, and the return time Tr of the lender can be estimated more accurately.

The configuration described so far is an example, and the management server 12 determines the lender parking lot 60 based on the transition of the combination of the lender connection status and the positional relationship between the lender position Pl and the parking lot position Pp. If it is determined whether or not the lender vehicle 52L is present in the above, other configurations may be changed. For example, in the above description, the return time Tr is automatically estimated based on the lender position Pl, but the return time Tr is always set by the lender or if the lender desires. You may do it.

Further, in the above description, the management server 12 receives only the position of the borrower portable device 50B, that is, the borrower position Pb as the borrower information, but the borrower who communicates with the borrower vehicle 52B in a short distance from the borrower vehicle 52B. A communication device 54B may be provided, and the status of the connection between the borrower communication device 54B and the borrower portable device 50B (hereinafter referred to as “borrower connection”) may also be received as a part of the borrower information. FIG. 15 is an image diagram showing the configuration of the parking lot sharing system 10 in this case. As shown in FIG. 15, the borrower communication device 54B may also be mounted on the borrower vehicle 52B. In this case, the borrower communication device 54B can communicate with the borrower portable device 50B by short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) like the lender communication device 54L, and is paired with the borrower portable device 50B in advance. It is registered. The configuration of the borrower communication device 54B is not particularly limited, but in order to prevent the borrower communication device 54B from being taken out of the vehicle, the borrower communication device 54B is provided with a special type of power terminal (for example, a cigar) provided in the vehicle. It is desirable that it can be connected to a socket, etc.) and that it receives power only from the vehicle battery.

In the case of the configuration of FIG. 15, the management server 12 may use the borrower connection status in determining the start and end of billing to the borrower. For example, in the management server 12, if the borrower position Pb is located within the allowable distance Da of the lender parking lot 60 (that is, if Pb = Pp) in the state where the borrower connection is established, the borrower vehicle 52B is in the lender parking lot. It may be determined that the warehousing has arrived at 60, and then the borrower has disembarked from the borrower vehicle 52B when the borrower connection is canceled. Then, the timing of getting off the vehicle, that is, the timing when the borrower connection is canceled may be acquired as the billing start time Ts. With such a configuration, it is possible to prevent the borrower from accidentally starting billing when the borrower travels in the vicinity of the lender parking lot 60 but does not park in the lender parking lot 60.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of billing start processing in this case. In this case, the management server 12 first starts route guidance to the lender parking lot 60 to the borrower via the borrower portable device 50B (S160). Then, in that state, the management server 12 confirms whether or not the borrower connection is established and Pb = Pp (S162). As a result of the confirmation, if the borrower connection is established and Pb = Pp (Yes in S162), then the management server 12 confirms whether or not the borrower connection has been canceled (S164). If the borrower connection is disconnected (Yes in S164), the borrower records the time as the billing start time Ts in the parking lot list 36 (S172).

On the other hand, if No in S162 or S164, the management server 12 confirms the communication status between the management server 12 and the borrower portable device 50B (S166, S170). As a result of the confirmation, if the communication is normally performed, the process returns to S162 or S164. On the other hand, if communication cannot be performed normally, it is determined whether or not to start billing based on the elapsed time from the scheduled warehousing time Ti (S168, S171). Further, when the borrower communication device 54B is provided in the borrower vehicle 52B, the timing when the borrower connection is established and Pb ≠ Pp after the start of billing is the timing of leaving the borrower vehicle 52B from the lessor parking lot 60 (that is, billing). It may be acquired as the end timing). By mounting the borrower communication device 54B on the borrower vehicle 52B in this way, it is possible to more accurately grasp the timing of the start and end of billing.

10 Parking Lot Sharing System, 12 Management Server, 14 Processor, 16 Storage Device, 18 Communication Device, 20 Lender Communication Department, 22 Creditor Communication Department, 24 Return Time Calculation Department, 26 Parking Information Department, 28 Rental Management Department, 30 Billing Management Department, 32 Mobile Log Analysis Department, 34 Lender List, 36 Parking List, 38 Borrower List, 50B Borrower Portable Machine, 50L Lender Portable Machine, 52B Borrower Vehicle, 52L Lender Vehicle, 54B Borrower Communication Device, 54L Lender Communication Aircraft, 60 creditor parking lots, 120 map services, 122 navigation services, 124 payment services.

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The status of the lender connection, which is a short-range communication connection between the lender communication device mounted on the lender's vehicle owned by the lender and the lender's mobile device, which is a communication device that communicates with the lender's mobile device held by the lender, and the lender. A communication device that intermittently and repeatedly acquires the position of the lender, which is the position of the portable device, and
At least, a storage device that stores the parking lot position, which is the position of the lender parking lot owned by the lender, and
A processor that determines the presence or absence of the lender vehicle in the lender parking lot based on the transition of the combination of the lender connection status and the positional relationship between the lender position and the parking lot position.
A management server for a parking lot sharing system characterized by being equipped with.

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