JP2022055668A - Vehicle management apparatus and vehicle management method - Google Patents

Abstract

To enable easy determination of whether a secondhand car is to be sold or lent.SOLUTION: A vehicle management apparatus includes: a purchase price acquisition unit 311 that acquires a purchase price of a secondhand car purchased by a dealer of a vehicle; a sales price setting unit 312 that sets a first sales price at a current time point of the secondhand car; a sales price calculation unit 313 that calculates a second sales price at a predetermined time point of the secondhand car when the secondhand car is lent from the current time point to a future predetermined time point; a lending price calculation unit 314 that calculates a lending price when lending the secondhand car from the current time point to the predetermined time point based on the first sales price set by the sales price setting unit 312 and the second sales price set by the sales price calculation unit 313; and a price information output unit 316 that outputs information including the lending price calculated by the lending price calculation unit 314.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to a vehicle management device and a vehicle management method for managing used vehicles that can be sold or rented.

As a device of this type, a device that enables a used vehicle traded in by an automobile dealer to be put up for auction at an automobile auction by a simple user interface operation is conventionally known (see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-94643

By the way, when a used vehicle is put up for auction, the profit may be lower than when the used vehicle is sold or rented at a store. Under such circumstances, it is preferable to sell or rent a used vehicle at the store, but it is difficult to determine whether the used vehicle should be sold or rented at the store.

The vehicle management device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a price acquisition unit that acquires a purchase price of a used vehicle purchased by a vehicle dealer, and a price setting unit that sets a current first selling price of the used vehicle. , The selling price calculation unit that calculates the second selling price of the used vehicle at the specified time when the used vehicle is rented from the present time to the predetermined time in the future, the first selling price set by the price setting unit, and the selling price calculation Based on the second selling price calculated by the department, information including the rental price calculation department that calculates the rental price when renting a used vehicle from the present time to a predetermined time, and the rental price calculated by the rental price calculation department It is equipped with an output unit for output.

A vehicle management method according to another aspect of the present invention includes a step of acquiring a purchase price of a used vehicle purchased by a vehicle dealer, a step of setting a current first selling price of the used vehicle, and a used vehicle. Based on the step of calculating the second selling price of the used vehicle at the predetermined time when renting from the present time to the predetermined time in the future, the set first selling price, and the calculated second selling price. It includes executing a step of calculating a rental price when renting a used vehicle from 1 to a predetermined time point and a step of outputting information including the calculated rental price by a computer.

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily determine whether to sell or rent a used vehicle.

The figure which shows the schematic structure of the vehicle management system provided with the vehicle management apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which shows the main part structure of the vehicle management system which includes the vehicle management apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows an example of the relationship between the rental period of a used vehicle and the selling price after rental. A diagram to explain the relationship between the current selling price, the selling price after lending, and the profit amount from lending. The flowchart which shows an example of the rental price calculation process executed by a server device. The figure which shows an example of the expected selling price curve after adjustment.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6. The vehicle management device according to the embodiment of the present invention constitutes a part of a vehicle management system that manages a vehicle traded in by a vehicle dealer such as an automobile dealer.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a vehicle management system including a vehicle management device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle management system 100 according to the present embodiment includes a first handler terminal 10 owned by the first handler 1, a second handler terminal 20 owned by the second handler 2, and a vehicle management. The server device 30 owned by the business entity 3 that provides the service is provided. The vehicle management device according to this embodiment is mainly composed of a server device 30. The vehicle management system 100 further includes an auction operator terminal 40 owned by an auction operator 4 that operates and manages an automobile auction. A car auction includes a vehicle auction between vehicle dealers and a vehicle auction between a vehicle dealer and an individual.

The first dealer 1 and the second dealer 2 are vehicle dealers, for example, vehicle dealers. The first dealer 1 and the second dealer 2 provide a vehicle rental service as well as a vehicle sale. Vehicle rental services include car leasing, car sharing, and car rental services. Car leasing is a service that allows a user to rent a vehicle for a long period of time, such as one year or multiple years, by paying a usage fee for each predetermined period such as monthly. On the other hand, car sharing and rental car services are services in which vehicles are rented to users on an hourly or daily basis. In car sharing, an unmanned vehicle is rented using a pre-registered IC card or the like, and when the vehicle is returned, the user is charged according to the usage time and usage distance (mileage) of the vehicle. The rental car service differs from car sharing in that the vehicle is rented face-to-face with the clerk.

Business entity 3 is an automobile manufacturer that manufactures and sells automobiles, an affiliated company that sells and manages used vehicles of vehicles manufactured by automobile manufacturers, and stock vehicles owned by the first dealer 1 and the second dealer 2. Provides a vehicle management service that manages sales and rentals of automobiles. The vehicle management service according to the present embodiment can be applied to any of car leasing, car sharing, car rental service, etc., but an example of application to car leasing will be described below.

The first handler 1 owns a plurality of vehicles including the vehicle 1a as inventory vehicles. The vehicle 1a is a used vehicle purchased by the first dealer 1 and owned by the first dealer 1. Similarly, the second dealer 2 owns a plurality of vehicles including used vehicles as inventory vehicles.

Note that, for convenience, FIG. 1 illustrates two dealer terminals, a first dealer terminal 10 of the first dealer 1 and a second dealer terminal 20 of the second dealer 2, but the vehicle management system. There may be any number of dealer terminals included in the vehicle management system. For example, the vehicle management system may include a dealer terminal owned by a dealer other than the first dealer 1 and the second dealer 2. Further, in FIG. 1, for convenience, one auction operator terminal 40 is illustrated, but any number of auction operator terminals may be included in the vehicle management system. For example, the vehicle management system may include an auction operator terminal owned by an auction operator other than the auction operator 4.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a vehicle management system 100 including a vehicle management device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the first dealer terminal 10, the second dealer terminal 20, the server device 30, and the auction operator terminal 40 are connected to a communication network 5 such as a wireless communication network, an Internet network, and a telephone communication line. Will be done. The first dealer terminal 10, the second dealer terminal 20, the server device 30, and the auction operator terminal 40 can communicate with each other via the communication network 5.

The first handler terminal 10 is composed of a wireless communication terminal represented by a personal computer, a tablet terminal, or the like, which is operated by an employee, a customer, or the like of the first handler 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the first dealer terminal 10 includes a computer having a calculation unit 11 such as a CPU, a storage unit 12 such as a ROM and RAM, and other peripheral circuits (not shown) such as an I / O interface. Consists of including. The first handler terminal 10 further includes an input / output unit 13 and a communication unit 14.

The input / output unit 13 is a general term for devices that input / output various commands and various information, and includes a keyboard, a mouse, a monitor, a touch panel, and the like. The communication unit 14 is configured to enable wireless communication with the server device 30 and the like via the communication network 5.

The calculation unit 11 functions as the information transmission unit 111 and the information display unit 112 by executing the program stored in the storage unit 12.

The information transmission unit 111 issues a registration command for the vehicle 1a to the server device 30 via the communication unit 14 in response to a registration operation for the vehicle 1a performed by an employee of the first handling company 1 via the input / output unit 13. Send. At this time, the information transmission unit 111 transmits the vehicle information of the vehicle 1a input in the registration operation together with the registration command of the vehicle 1a. The registration operation of the vehicle 1a is performed when the vehicle 1a is purchased by the first dealer 1, and by this registration operation, the vehicle 1a is registered in the business entity 3 that provides the vehicle management service. Specifically, the vehicle ID of the vehicle 1a is issued, and the vehicle information of the vehicle 1a is registered in the database of the server device 30 (vehicle database 321 described later) together with the vehicle ID.

The vehicle information includes the purchase price, the selling price, and the characteristic information of the vehicle 1a. The selling price is the current selling price of the vehicle 1a sold at the store of the first dealer 1. If the vehicle 1a has not yet been sold at the store of the first dealer 1, the vehicle information of the vehicle 1a does not include the selling price. The characteristic information includes information such as vehicle type, model year, displacement, engine type, mileage, vehicle body color, presence / absence of maintenance history, and sales status of vehicle 1a. The sales status is information indicating whether the vehicle 1a is being sold over the counter, being rented, being sold over the counter, being sold at an auction, or being sold over the counter after being rented. The characteristic information may include image data or the like showing images of the inside and outside of the vehicle.

When the price information described later is received from the server device 30 via the communication unit 14, the information display unit 112 displays the price information on the touch panel or the like of the input / output unit 13.

The storage unit 12 has a volatile or non-volatile memory (not shown). The storage unit 12 stores various programs executed by the calculation unit 11, various data, and the like.

The second handling company terminal 20 is composed of a wireless communication terminal represented by a personal computer, a tablet terminal, or the like operated by an employee, a customer, or the like of the second handling company 2. Since the configuration of the second handler terminal 20 is the same as the configuration of the first handler terminal 10, illustration and description will be omitted.

The auction operator terminal 40 is composed of a communication terminal represented by a personal computer or the like operated by an employee of the auction operator 4 who operates and manages an automobile auction. As shown in FIG. 2, the auction operator terminal 40 includes a computer having a calculation unit 41 such as a CPU, a storage unit 42 such as a ROM and RAM, and other peripheral circuits (not shown) such as an I / O interface. Consists of. The auction operator terminal 40 further has an input / output unit 43 and a communication unit 44.

The input / output unit 43 is a general term for devices that input / output various commands and various information, and includes a keyboard, a mouse, a monitor, a touch panel, and the like. The communication unit 44 is configured to enable wireless communication with the server device 30 and the like via the communication network 5.

The storage unit 42 has an auction information database (auction information D / B) 421 as a functional configuration carried by the memory. The auction information D / B421 stores the vehicle information and the winning bid of the vehicle that has been sold in the past in the car auction operated by the auction company 4.

The arithmetic unit 41 functions as an information receiving unit 411 and an information transmitting unit 412 by executing the program stored in the storage unit 42.

The information receiving unit 411 receives the winning bid transmission command from the server device 30 via the communication unit 44. The winning bid transmission command is a command for requesting information on the auction winning bid (hereinafter, simply referred to as the winning bid) of a vehicle having specified characteristics (vehicle type, model year, etc.). When the winning bid price transmission command is received by the information receiving unit 411, the information transmitting unit 412 has a characteristic that matches or substantially matches the characteristic indicated by the characteristic information accompanying the winning bid price transmission command from the auction information D / B421. Get the winning bid for the vehicle. The information transmission unit 412 transmits information including the acquired successful bid price (hereinafter, referred to as successful bid price information) to the server device 30. The vehicles having substantially the same characteristics are, for example, vehicles having the same vehicle type, model year, and displacement.

The server device 30 includes a computer having a calculation unit 31 such as a CPU, a storage unit 32 such as a ROM and RAM, and other peripheral circuits (not shown) such as an I / O interface. The server device 30 further includes an input / output unit 33 and a communication unit 34.

The input / output unit 33 includes, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a monitor, a touch panel, and the like. The communication unit 34 is configured to be capable of wireless communication with the first dealer terminal 10, the second dealer terminal 20, and the auction operator terminal 40 via the communication network 5.

The storage unit 32 has a vehicle database (vehicle D / B) 321 and a rental history database (rental history D / B) 322 as functional configurations of the memory.

The vehicle D / B321 stores the vehicle information of the vehicle registered in the business entity 3. The vehicle D / B321 identifies the vehicle information of the vehicle registered in the business entity 3 as the vehicle ID for identifying the vehicle and the dealer who purchased the vehicle, that is, the dealer who registered the vehicle in the business entity 3. Stored together with the dealer ID.

The rental history D / B322 stores the rental history information of the vehicle registered in the business entity 3 together with the vehicle ID. The rental history information includes the rental period and the rental price when the vehicle is rented, and information about the user who rented the vehicle (hereinafter referred to as user information). The user information includes a user ID that identifies the user and information indicating the reliability of the user determined from the degree of dirt inside and outside the vehicle when the rented vehicle is returned (hereinafter referred to as reliability information). .. Here, the reliability of the user is an index indicating that the user has good manners in using the rented vehicle, such as being a user who does not pollute the rented vehicle. The user ID is issued by the server device 30 (calculation unit 31) when the vehicle is rented to the user, and is stored in the rental history information (user information) of the corresponding vehicle.

By executing the program stored in the storage unit 32, the calculation unit 31 executes the purchase price acquisition unit 311, the selling price setting unit 312, the selling price calculation unit 313, the lending price calculation unit 314, and the winning price. It functions as a calculation unit 315 and a price information output unit 316.

The purchase price acquisition unit 311 acquires the purchase price of the vehicle 1a purchased by the first dealer 1. More specifically, when the purchase price acquisition unit 311 receives the registration command of the vehicle 1a from the first dealer terminal 10 via the communication unit 34, the vehicle included in the vehicle information of the vehicle 1a accompanying the registration command. Acquire the purchase price of 1a. The vehicle information of the vehicle 1a accompanying the registration command is stored in the vehicle D / B321.

The selling price setting unit 312 sets the current selling price of the vehicle 1a. When the vehicle information accompanying the registration command of the vehicle 1a includes the sales price, the selling price setting unit 312 sets the selling price as the current selling price of the vehicle 1a.

On the other hand, when the vehicle information accompanying the registration command of the vehicle 1a does not include the selling price, the selling price setting unit 312 has the same or substantially the same characteristics as the vehicle 1a, and the selling status is "over-the-counter sales" or. The vehicle information of the vehicle that is "sold over the counter" is acquired from the vehicle D / B321. Further, the selling price setting unit 312 sets the current selling price of the vehicle 1a based on the selling price included in the acquired vehicle information. For example, the selling price setting unit 312 sets the average value of the acquired selling prices of each vehicle as the current selling price of the vehicle 1a. When the selling price setting unit 312 sets the current selling price of the vehicle 1a, the selling price setting unit 312 stores the selling price in the vehicle D / B 321. In the following, the current selling price set by the selling price setting unit 312 may be referred to as a pre-rental selling price.

The selling price calculation unit 313 calculates the selling price of the vehicle 1a after renting, that is, the selling price of the vehicle 1a at a predetermined time when the vehicle 1a is rented from the present time to a predetermined time in the future (for example, one year later). The sales price calculation unit 313 stores the calculated sales price after lending in the vehicle D / B 321.

Here, the calculation of the selling price will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the relationship between the rental period of the vehicle 1a and the selling price after rental. Since the post-rental selling price of the rented vehicle 1a decreases as the lending period becomes longer, the expected selling price of the rented vehicle 1a at a predetermined time in the future has the characteristic P1 shown in FIG. It is represented by the expected selling price curve).

Therefore, the selling price calculation unit 313 first derives the expected selling price curve of the vehicle 1a by referring to the vehicle D / B321 and the rental history D / B322. More specifically, the selling price calculation unit 313 extracts from the vehicle D / B 321 a vehicle whose characteristics match or substantially match with the vehicle 1a and whose sales status is "sold over the counter after rental". Further, the selling price calculation unit 313 acquires the vehicle ID and the selling price (sales price before lending and selling price after lending) of the extracted vehicle from the vehicle D / B 321. Further, the selling price calculation unit 313 acquires the rental history information corresponding to the acquired vehicle ID from the rental history D / B322. The selling price calculation unit 313 derives the expected selling price curve of the vehicle 1a based on the selling price acquired from the vehicle D / B321 and the lending period included in the lending history information acquired from the lending history D / B322. The least squares method may be used, machine learning may be used, or other methods may be used for deriving the expected selling price curve.

The selling price calculation unit 313 calculates the selling price (sales price after lending) at a predetermined time point when the vehicle 1a is rented from the present time to a predetermined time point in the future based on the expected selling price curve of the derived vehicle 1a.

The rental price calculation unit 314 calculates the rental price of the vehicle 1a based on the post-rental sales price calculated by the sales price calculation unit 313 and the sales price set by the sales price setting unit 312. The rental price is a price per predetermined period (for example, one month) when the vehicle 1a is rented from the present time to a predetermined time. Hereinafter, the profit amount calculated based on the loan price and the loan period is referred to as the loan profit amount.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the relationship between the current sales price, the post-lending sales price, and the loan profit amount. In FIG. 4, PP represents the purchase price of the vehicle 1a, CP represents the current selling price of the vehicle 1a, RP represents the rental price of the vehicle 1a, and AP represents the rental price of the vehicle 1a after being rented and returned. Represents the post-rental selling price of vehicle 1a.

As described above, the post-rental sales price AP of the vehicle 1a is lower than the current sales price CP of the vehicle 1a. Therefore, when selling the vehicle 1a after renting, in order to obtain more profit than when selling the vehicle 1a without renting it (selling the vehicle 1a at the present time), the selling price AP after renting and the rented profit amount ( It is necessary to calculate the lending price RP so that the sum (AP + (RP × n)) with RP × n) is larger than the current selling price CP. Therefore, the rental price calculation unit 314 of the vehicle 1a so that the sum of the post-rental sales price calculated by the sales price calculation unit 313 and the loan profit amount exceeds the sales price set by the sales price setting unit 312. Calculate the loan price.

The winning bid calculation unit 315 transmits a winning bid transmission command together with the characteristic information of the vehicle 1a to the auction operator terminal 40 via the communication unit 34. The winning bid calculation unit 315 receives the winning bid information of the vehicle whose characteristics match or substantially match with the vehicle 1a, which is transmitted from the auction operator terminal 40 in response to the winning bid transmission command. The winning bid calculation unit 315 calculates the current expected winning bid of the vehicle 1a based on the received winning bid information. For example, when the received winning bid information includes the winning bids of a plurality of vehicles, the average value of the winning bids of each vehicle is calculated as the current expected winning bid of the vehicle 1a. The winning bid calculation unit 315 stores the calculated expected winning bid of the vehicle 1a in the vehicle D / B321.

The price information output unit 316 includes the current selling price of the vehicle 1a set by the selling price setting unit 312, the expected winning price calculated by the winning price calculation unit 315, and the lending price calculated by the lending price calculation unit 314. Information including the above (hereinafter referred to as price information) is output to the first dealer terminal 10 of the first dealer 1 via the communication unit 34.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the rental price calculation process executed by the server device 30. The process shown in FIG. 5 is started, for example, when the server device 30 receives the registration command of the vehicle 1a transmitted from the first dealer terminal 10.

As shown in FIG. 5, first, in step S11, the vehicle information accompanying the registration command of the vehicle 1a is acquired. In step S12, the current expected winning bid for the vehicle 1a is calculated. Specifically, a successful bid price transmission command is transmitted to the auction operator terminal 40, and the successful bid price of the vehicle whose characteristics match or substantially match the characteristics of the vehicle 1a, which is transmitted from the auction operator terminal 40 in response to the successful bid price transmission command. Receive information. Then, based on the received successful bid price information, the expected successful bid price of the vehicle 1a at the present time is calculated.

In step S13, the current selling price of the vehicle 1a is set. More specifically, when the vehicle information of the vehicle 1a acquired in step S11 includes the selling price, the selling price is set as the current selling price. On the other hand, when the vehicle information acquired in step S11 does not include the selling price, as described above, the vehicle D / B321 is referred to, and the vehicle 1a is matched or substantially matched with the vehicle 1a, and the sales status is "storefront". The current selling price of the vehicle 1a is set based on the selling price of the vehicle that is "on sale" or "sold over the counter".

Next, in step S14, the post-rental selling price of the vehicle 1a is calculated. More specifically, the expected selling price curve of the vehicle 1a is derived with reference to the vehicle D / B321 and the rental history D / B322, and the post-rental sales price of the vehicle 1a is calculated based on the derived expected selling price curve. ..

In step S15, the rental price of the vehicle 1a is calculated. At that time, the lending price is calculated so that the sum of the post-lending selling price calculated in step S14 and the lending profit amount exceeds the selling price set in step S13.

In step S16, the price information including the selling price set in step S13, the lending price calculated in step S15, and the expected winning bid price calculated in step S12 is the transmission source of the registration command of the vehicle 1a. It is output to the first dealer terminal 10 of the first dealer 1.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) The server device 30 is a sale in which the purchase price acquisition unit 311 for acquiring the purchase price of the vehicle 1a purchased by the first dealer 1 and the current selling price of the vehicle 1a are set as the first selling price. The price setting unit 312, the selling price calculation unit 313 that calculates the selling price of the vehicle 1a at a predetermined time point when the vehicle 1a is rented from the present time to a predetermined time point in the future as the post-rental selling price (second selling price), and sales. The rental price for calculating the rental price when the vehicle 1a is rented from the present time to a predetermined time based on the first selling price set by the price setting unit 312 and the second selling price calculated by the selling price calculation unit 313. It includes a calculation unit 314 and a price information output unit 316 that outputs information including a loan price calculated by the loan price calculation unit 314.

With this configuration, the vehicle dealer can appropriately set the rental price when the used vehicle is rented without being sold over the counter when the used vehicle is purchased. Therefore, the vehicle dealer can easily determine whether to sell or rent the purchased used vehicle.

(2) The lending price calculation unit 314 is the sum of the post-lending sales price calculated by the selling price calculation unit 313 and the lending profit amount calculated based on the lending price and the period from the present time to a predetermined time in the future. , At least the lending price is calculated so as to be higher than the first selling price set by the selling price setting unit 312. As a result, when the used vehicle is rented out without being sold over the counter, more profit can be obtained than when the used vehicle is sold.

(3) The vehicle management device of the present embodiment can also be used as a vehicle management method. In the vehicle management method, a step (S11) of acquiring the purchase price of the vehicle 1a purchased by the vehicle dealer, a step of setting the first selling price of the vehicle 1a at the present time (S13), and the vehicle 1a at the present time. The step (S14) of calculating the selling price of the vehicle 1a at a predetermined time point when rented to a predetermined time point in the future as the post-rental selling price (second selling price), and the set first selling price and the calculated first. 2 A computer performs a step of calculating the rental price when renting the vehicle 1a from the present time to a predetermined time based on the selling price (S15) and a step of outputting information including the calculated rental price (S16). Including performing (Fig. 5).

The above embodiment can be transformed into various forms. Hereinafter, a modified example will be described. In the above embodiment, the vehicle management device is configured by the server device 30, but the vehicle management device may be configured by including the server device 30 and other devices. For example, the server device 30 and a part of the auction operator terminal 40 (auction information D / B421 and the like) may be included in the configuration.

Further, in the above embodiment, the selling price setting unit 312 is based on the selling price included in the vehicle information accompanying the registration command of the vehicle 1a or the selling price included in the vehicle information acquired from the vehicle D / B321. The current selling price of vehicle 1a has been set. However, even if the selling price setting unit 312 sets the expected winning price of the vehicle 1a calculated by the winning price calculation unit 315 at the current automobile auction as the current selling price of the vehicle 1a, that is, the first selling price. good. That is, in step S13, the current expected winning bid of the vehicle 1a calculated in step S12 may be set as the current selling price of the vehicle 1a. Since the winning bid in a car auction is usually lower than the selling price in the store, it is desirable to avoid listing in the car auction as much as possible. According to this configuration, it is possible to easily determine whether to sell or rent a used vehicle at an auto auction. For example, if a used vehicle sold at a store is not sold for a long period of time, it can be easily determined whether the used vehicle should be rented or put up for auction. Information for designating whether or not to set the expected winning bid price of the vehicle 1a at the current automobile auction as the first selling price may be input by the registration operation of the vehicle 1a. Then, the information transmission unit 111 may transmit the information accompanying the registration command, and the selling price setting unit 312 may set the current selling price of the vehicle 1a according to the information accompanying the registration command.

Further, in the above embodiment, the winning bid calculation unit 315 acquires the winning bid of the vehicle having the characteristics that match or substantially match the characteristics of the vehicle 1a from the auction information D / B421 of the auction operator terminal 40. However, the winning bid calculation unit 315 acquires the vehicle information of the vehicle whose characteristics match or substantially match with the vehicle 1a from the vehicle D / B321 and whose sales status is "sold at auction", and the acquired vehicle information is used. You may obtain the included selling price, that is, the winning bid. Then, the winning bid calculation unit 315 is based on the winning bid obtained from the vehicle D / B 321 or based on the winning bid obtained from the vehicle D / B 321 and the winning bid information received from the auction operator terminal 40. The expected winning bid at the present time may be calculated.

Further, in the above embodiment, the winning bid calculation unit 315 calculates the current expected winning bid of the vehicle 1a based on the winning bid information received from the auction operator terminal 40. However, the information receiving unit 411 of the auction operator terminal 40 may be configured to transmit information including the expected winning bid price of the used vehicle having the characteristics specified by the winning bid price transmission command. In that case, the winning bid calculation unit 315 acquires the expected winning bid price included in the information, and the selling price setting unit 312 sets the estimated winning bid price of the used vehicle acquired by the winning bid price calculation unit 315 at the present time of the used vehicle. It may be set as the selling price in.

Further, in the above embodiment, the rental price calculation process shown in FIG. 5 is started in response to the registration command of the vehicle 1a from the first dealer terminal 10. However, the server device may start the lending price calculation process shown in FIG. 5 in response to the lending price calculation command from the first handling company terminal 10. As with the registration command, the lending price calculation command is sent to the server device 30 via the communication unit 14 in response to a predetermined operation performed by the employees of the first handling company 1 via the input / output unit 13. Will be sent to. Further, the command for calculating the rental price is accompanied by vehicle information of the used vehicle purchased by the first dealer terminal 10. With this configuration, the employees of the vehicle handling company can acquire the price information of the used vehicle at any time. Therefore, for example, when the used vehicle sold at the store is not sold for a long period of time, the used vehicle is used. It is easy to decide whether to continue selling or renting a vehicle.

Further, in the above embodiment, the sales price calculation unit 313 determines the post-rental sales price of the vehicle 1a, that is, the post-rental sales price when the vehicle 1a is rented from the present time to a predetermined time in the future (1 year in the above embodiment). Calculated. However, an employee of the first dealer 1 may be able to specify a predetermined time in the future when the rental of the used vehicle will end. For example, in response to a predetermined operation performed by an employee of the first handling company 1 via the input / output unit 13, a registration command, a rental price calculation command, used vehicle information, and a used vehicle rental period are used. May be accompanied by information indicating. In that case, the selling price calculation unit 313 calculates the selling price at the time when the lending period indicated by the information expires. With such a configuration, not only the rental price of the used vehicle but also the rental period can be appropriately set.

Further, in the above embodiment, the selling price calculation unit 313 calculates the post-rental selling price of the vehicle 1a based on the expected selling price curve having the characteristic P1. However, the selling price calculation unit 313 corrects the expected selling price curve according to the reliability of the user who rents the vehicle 1a, and calculates the post-rental selling price of the vehicle 1a based on the corrected expected selling price curve. May be good.

Specifically, the selling price calculation unit 313 determines whether or not the user ID of the user requesting the rental of the vehicle 1a is stored in the rental history D / B322, that is, the user has previously rented the vehicle. Determine if you are a user. When the user ID is stored in the lending history D / B322, the selling price calculation unit 313 acquires the reliability information corresponding to the user ID from the lending history D / B322. Then, the selling price calculation unit 313 corrects the expected selling price curve based on the reliability of the user indicated by the user information (reliability information). For example, it is assumed that the higher the user's reliability, the better the condition of the vehicle 1a at the time of return, and the higher the post-rental selling price can be set. Therefore, the selling price calculation unit 313 corrects the expected selling price curve by multiplying the characteristic P1 by a correction coefficient corresponding to the reliability of the user represented by the reliability information. The correction coefficient is set to 1.0 when the user's reliability is medium, and is set to a larger value as the user's reliability increases. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the corrected expected selling price curve. The characteristic P2 shown in FIG. 6 is an example of the characteristic of the corrected expected selling price when the user's reliability is higher than the medium level. On the other hand, the characteristic P3 is an example of the characteristic of the expected selling price after correction when the reliability of the user is lower than the medium level. If the reliability information of the user who rents the vehicle 1a is not stored in the rental history D / B322, the selling price calculation unit 313 sets the reliability of the user to a medium or slightly lower value. Then, the expected selling price curve may be corrected. The selling price calculation unit 313 calculates the post-rental selling price of the vehicle 1a based on the corrected expected selling price curve. As a result, the selling price after lending can be calculated more accurately.

Further, in the above embodiment, when the selling price calculation unit 313 derives the expected selling price curve of the vehicle 1a, the vehicle having the same or substantially the same characteristics as the vehicle 1a is extracted from the vehicle D / B321. However, when the vehicle D / B 321 does not store information on a vehicle whose characteristics match or substantially match those of the vehicle 1a, the selling price calculation unit 313 matches the characteristics of the vehicle to be extracted with the vehicle 1a. The degree may be set lower. For example, instead of a vehicle having the same vehicle type, year, and displacement as the vehicle 1a, vehicles having the same vehicle type and year as the vehicle 1a are extracted from the vehicle D / B321, and the information of those vehicles is obtained from the vehicle D /. It may be obtained from B321. Similarly, when the selling price setting unit 312 or the winning bid calculation unit 315 acquires information on a vehicle whose characteristics match or substantially match those of the vehicle 1a from the database, the degree of matching of the characteristics of the vehicle to be extracted with the vehicle 1a May be set lower. The price information output unit 316 may include the information indicating the degree of agreement set by the selling price calculation unit 313 or the like in the price information and output the information.

Further, in the above embodiment, the purchase price acquisition unit 311 acquires the purchase price of the vehicle 1a purchased by the first dealer 1 from the vehicle D / B321 as the price acquisition unit. Any configuration of the price acquisition unit may be used as long as the purchase price of the above is acquired.

Further, in the above embodiment, the selling price setting unit 312 refers to the vehicle information accompanying the registration command of the vehicle 1a or the vehicle information stored in the vehicle D / B 321 as the price setting unit at the present time of the vehicle 1a. Although the selling price has been set, any configuration of the pricing unit may be used as long as the current selling price of the used vehicle is set.

Further, in the above embodiment, the price information output unit 316 outputs the price information as the output unit, but if at least the information of the loan price calculated by the loan price calculation unit 314 is output, it is output. The composition of the part may be anything.

The above description is merely an example, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and modifications as long as the features of the present invention are not impaired. It is also possible to arbitrarily combine one or a plurality of the above embodiments and the modified examples, and it is also possible to combine the modified examples.

1a vehicle, 10 first dealer terminal, 20 second dealer terminal, 30 server device, 31 calculation unit, 311 purchase price acquisition unit, 312 sales price setting unit, 313 sales price calculation unit, 314 rental price calculation unit, 315 Successful price calculation unit, 316 Price information output unit, 40 Auction operator terminal

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The price acquisition department that acquires the purchase price of used vehicles purchased by vehicle dealers,
The pricing unit that sets the current first selling price of the used vehicle,
A sales price calculation unit that calculates a second selling price of the used vehicle at the predetermined time point when the used vehicle is rented from the present time to a predetermined time point in the future.
Based on the first selling price set by the price setting unit and the second selling price calculated by the selling price calculation unit, the rental price when renting the used vehicle from the present time to the predetermined time is calculated. Lending price calculation department and
A vehicle management device including an output unit that outputs information including a rental price calculated by the rental price calculation unit. In the vehicle management device according to claim 1,
In the lending price calculation unit, the sum of the second selling price calculated by the selling price calculation unit and the lending profit amount calculated based on the lending price and the period from the present time to a predetermined time in the future is at least. A vehicle management device, characterized in that the rental price is calculated so as to exceed the first selling price set by the price setting unit. In the vehicle management device according to claim 1 or 2.
A database that stores the winning bids of used vehicles that were sold in the past at a vehicle auction,
Based on the winning bid of the used vehicle stored in the database, the winning bid calculation unit that predicts and calculates the winning bid of the used vehicle purchased by the dealer of the vehicle at the auction of the vehicle at the present time. Further prepare,
The price setting unit is a vehicle management device characterized in that the winning bid price calculated by the winning bid price calculation unit is set as the first selling price. Steps to get the purchase price of used vehicles purchased by the vehicle dealer,
The step of setting the current first selling price of the used vehicle and
A step of calculating the second selling price of the used vehicle at the predetermined time when the used vehicle is rented from the present time to a predetermined time in the future, and
A step of calculating the rental price when renting the used vehicle from the present time to the predetermined time point based on the set first selling price and the calculated second selling price.
A vehicle management method comprising executing a step of outputting information including the calculated rental price by a computer.

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