JP2023013478A - Information processing device and information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information processing device and an information processing system that make it possible to share riding during traveling.SOLUTION: In a car sharing system for sharing a vehicle among a plurality of users, a server includes registration means for registering reservation information that includes the indication of ridesharable intent when reservation from a user, and communication means for notifying, on the basis of position information of a share car that a user is aboard, to other users around the share car that there is a share car available to share a ride. The other users wishing to share a ride declare ridesharing from a request screen. The server notifies the user to the effect that there exist other users who wish to share a ride. When the user acknowledges ridesharing, the server notifies other users that ridesharing has been acknowledged and keeps waiting on the spot.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device and an information processing system, and more particularly to a car sharing system in which a plurality of users share a vehicle.

In recent years, a rental car system in which a user pays a fee to rent a vehicle for a certain period of time, or a car sharing system in which a plurality of pre-registered members jointly use a plurality of vehicles have become widespread.

For example, in the car sharing system of Patent Literature 1, a round-trip type reservation and a one-way type reservation are accepted, and users who satisfy the conditions of use can ride together. Further, in the car sharing system of Patent Literature 2, it is proposed to a plurality of users who are candidates for carpooling that they ride together in the same vehicle and travel to a predetermined destination.

JP 2019-164453 A JP 2019-185334 A

In the conventional car sharing system, after matching the usage conditions before using the shared car, multiple users shared a ride. For this reason, even if you see a shared car in the city, it was not possible to do a carpool matching on the way. In addition, there is also the aspect that the rate of carpooling cannot be improved simply by matching usage conditions in advance.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing device and an information processing system that enable shared riding while driving.

The information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes registration means for registering reservation information including an intention to share a ride when a user makes a reservation, and based on the position information of the shared car that the user who has indicated the intention to ride together rides. and a first notification means for notifying other users in the vicinity of the shared car that there is a shared car available for riding.

In one aspect, the information processing apparatus further comprises a second device for notifying the user of the presence of the ride-sharing request when receiving a ride-sharing request from the other user in response to the notification of the first notification means. Including means of notification. In one aspect, the ride-sharing request further includes current location information of the other user. In one aspect, the information processing apparatus further includes third notification means for notifying the other user of approval of a ride-sharing request when the user receives approval of a ride-sharing request in response to the notification of the second notification means. include. In one aspect, the ride-sharing authorization includes a message to the other user to wait at the current location. In one aspect, the reservation information further includes a ride-sharing section or a ride-sharing destination, and the first notification means notifies the ride-sharing section or the destination. In one aspect, the reservation information further includes the number of people who can ride together, and the first notification means notifies the number of people who can ride together.

An information processing system according to the present invention includes the information processing apparatus described above and a plurality of information terminals possessed by a plurality of users, wherein the plurality of information terminals can communicate with the information processing apparatus. The information terminal possessed by the user displays a road map including a route to the ridesharing position of the other user.

According to the present invention, the user who has expressed his/her intention to share a ride at the time of reservation is notified of the availability of a shared car to other users in the vicinity of the shared car. can also be carpooled.

It is a figure explaining the car-sharing service based on the Example of this invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure which shows the whole structure of the car-sharing system based on the Example of this invention. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of each part of a car sharing system according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. It is a display example of a reservation application screen in the car sharing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the joint-ride matching function based on the Example of this invention. It is a flow explaining operation|movement of the joint-ride matching function based on the Example of this invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of searching for a user who wishes to share a ride according to the embodiment; FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of notification to a user who wishes to ride together according to the present embodiment; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of notification to a user who rides together according to the embodiment; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of notification to a user who rides together according to the embodiment; It is a display example of the route guidance screen displayed on the terminal of the user who shares the ride according to the present embodiment.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail. The information processing device according to the present invention relates to an electronic device such as a server or a computer for implementing a car sharing system.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a usage example of a car sharing service according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the car sharing service, a plurality of users U1, U2, U3, U4, U5, and U6 (hereinafter collectively referred to as users U) share use of a vehicle M. A shared vehicle M is called a shared car. The user U can use the shared car M by accessing the site of the company that provides the car sharing service via a line such as the Internet and performing user registration there. A user who has completed user registration is provided with authentication information such as an authentication card for locking the share car M, a password for logging into the server, and a user ID.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a car sharing system for realizing a car sharing service. The car sharing system 100 includes smartphones 200_1 to 200_6 (collectively referred to as smartphones 200) possessed by a plurality of users U1 to U6 (collectively referred to as users U), reservation management of a shared car M, and carpooling. and a server 300 that provides information and the like.

An application for using the car sharing service (hereinafter referred to as a share application) is installed in the smartphone 200, and the user U can input reservations and access the server 300 via the share application. .

The server 300 has a function of authenticating the user U, a function of managing the reservation of the share car M, and a function of providing the user U with ride-sharing information and the like. The server 300 can also have a function of giving points to the user U according to the number of times the share car M is used. Such points can be used, for example, for a discount on charges when using the share car M. In this example, the smartphone 200 is exemplified as a user terminal that accesses the server 300, but this is just an example, and may be a notebook PC, tablet PC, or other information terminal equipped with communication functions. may

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the smartphone 200 and the server 300 of the car sharing system of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the smartphone 200 includes basic components such as an input unit 210 for inputting instructions from the user, a display unit 220, a storage unit 230, a communication unit 240, a position detection unit 250, a control unit 260, and the like. Note that although not shown here, the smartphone 200 can have functions such as an imaging camera that captures an image, a microphone that inputs sound, and a speaker that outputs sound.

The input unit 210 includes, for example, touch panel input and voice input, and this input is provided to the control unit 260 . The display unit 220 displays information using a liquid crystal panel, an organic EL panel, or the like. The storage unit 230 stores data, application software, and the like. As described above, the storage unit 230 stores a sharing application, or a navigation application having a function of searching for a route to a destination and displaying the searched route on a road map. The communication unit 240 is capable of wired or wireless data communication using WiFi, LAN, infrared communication, telephone line, etc. Here, data communication is performed with the server 300 via a network NW such as the Internet. .

Position detection unit 250 detects the current position of smartphone 200 . Although the position detection method is not particularly limited, for example, the current position may be obtained from absolute position detection by GPS positioning or from a position information distribution site via an external network.

Control unit 260 controls each unit of smartphone 200 . The control unit 260 includes, for example, a microcontroller or a microprocessor, and executes programs stored in ROM/RAM and various applications stored in the storage unit 230 (eg, share application, navigation application, etc.).

When the user U uses the car sharing service, the user U selects the share application icon via the input unit 210, and the control unit 260 activates the share application. When the share application is started, the control unit 260 causes the display unit 220 to display an application screen, receives input from the user U through the application screen, or displays information obtained from the server 300 on the application screen.

User U first performs user registration when using the car sharing service. After user registration, the user U is provided with authentication information such as a login ID and password. Further, identification information (for example, device ID, phone number, email address, etc.) of the smartphone 200 possessed by the user U may be associated with the authentication information. After starting the share application, the user U enters authentication information from the application screen, and the server 300 performs user authentication, thereby allowing the user U to access the server 300 and use the car sharing service. can be done.

In the car sharing service, since the shared car M is shared by a plurality of users U, it is necessary to make a reservation in advance for the date and time of use and the time of use. After starting the share application, control unit 260 causes display unit 220 to display a reservation application screen to enable reservation of the shared car. FIG. 4 shows an example of the reservation application screen. The reservation application screen, as shown in FIG. In this embodiment, it further includes an input of a declaration of intention indicating whether or not it is possible to share a ride, and if it is possible, further includes a possible destination or a section where a shared ride is possible, and the number of people who can be shared. When the user input to the reservation application screen is completed, the control unit 260 transmits the reservation information input to the reservation application screen to the server 300 . When the reservation of the shared car is approved by the server 300, the fact is transmitted to the smartphone 200, and the control unit 260 causes the display unit 220 to display that the reservation has been approved.

While the user U is riding in the share car, the control unit 260 transmits the current position of the smartphone 200 detected by the position detection unit 250, that is, the current position of the share car, to the server 300 at any time. In addition, in the smartphone 200 of the user who does not ride in the shared car or who has not made a reservation for the shared car, the control unit 260 detects the current position detected by the position detection unit 250 while the share application is running. The position is transmitted to the server 300 at any time.

The server 300 includes a communication section 310 , a storage section 320 and a control section 330 . The communication unit 310 enables two-way data communication with the smartphone 200 of the user U via the network NW. Storage unit 320 stores user information 322 on users who have registered for the car sharing service as data on car sharing, and reservation information 324 on shared cars input by user U (reservation information reserved from the reservation application screen shown in FIG. 4). ), point information 326 acquired by the user U by using the shared car, and the like.

Control unit 330 includes software and hardware for controlling car sharing system 100 . In this embodiment, the control unit 330 is equipped with a carpooling matching function for matching a user who wishes to carpool with a user who approves the carpooling, as one of the functions of the car sharing system.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the ride matching function. The ride-sharing matching function 400 includes a user location information acquisition unit 410, a share car location information acquisition unit 420, a ride-sharing user search unit 430, and a ride-sharing notification unit 440 as a basic configuration.

The user location information acquisition unit 410 acquires each location information from the smartphone 200 of the user U running the share application. Smartphone 200 may transmit current location information to server 300 at regular time intervals, or may transmit location information in response to a request from user location information acquisition unit 410 .

The share car position information acquisition unit 420 acquires the position information of the share car M currently running. This location information may be transmitted to the smart phone 200 of the user U who is riding in the share car M, or when the in-vehicle device installed in the share car M and the smart phone 200 of the user U are linked. may be transmitted from the in-vehicle device (in this case, the position information may be detected by the in-vehicle device).

A ride-sharing user search unit 430 searches for a user U who wishes to ride together in a shared car while the user U who has indicated his or her intention to ride together at the time of reservation is traveling in the shared car. Specifically, using the location information of user U (smartphone 200) acquired by user location information acquisition unit 410 and the location information of share car M acquired by share car location information acquisition unit 420, the share car Search for a user U who exists within a certain distance range from M's current position.

The ride-sharing notification unit 440 notifies the user U searched by the ride-sharing user search unit 430 that there is a shared car available nearby. In addition, when the ridesharing notification unit 440 receives a request for sharing a ride from the user U in response to this notification, the ridesharing notification unit 440 receives necessary information between the user U of the share car M and the user U who wishes to ride together. Send and receive.

Next, the operation of the joint matching function 400 of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flow of FIG. Here, a user who has reserved the share car M and expressed his/her willingness to share the car is defined as a user U1, and a user who wishes to share the share car M is defined as a user U2.

User U1 starts a share application on his/her own smartphone 200 and inputs necessary reservation information from a reservation application screen as shown in FIG. Here, the user U1 checks that it is possible to express a desire to share a ride, enters "Station A" to "Facility B" as a destination or section where a ride can be shared, the capacity is "6 people", and the user U1 can share a ride. Input that the number of people is "2 people" (S10). When the reservation is completed, smartphone 200 transmits the reservation information to server 300, and server 300 registers the reservation of user U1 (S12), allowing user U1 to use the shared car.

When the user U1 gets into the share car M and starts using it (S14), the current location information of the user U1, that is, the share car M is transmitted to the server 300 at regular intervals. The share car position information acquisition unit 420 of the server 300 acquires the position information of the share car M transmitted from the user U1. On the other hand, location information from smartphones 200 possessed by other users, including user U2, is transmitted to server 300 at regular time intervals, and user location information acquisition unit 410 acquires location information of other users, including user U2. do.

The sharing user search unit 430 of the server 300 searches for users who are candidates for sharing the share car M based on the location information of the share car M (S16). FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a search example by the ride-sharing user search unit 430. As shown in FIG. The ride-sharing user search unit 430 searches for other users who are within a certain distance from the current position of the share car M in which the user U1 rides. The example in the figure shows a state in which users U2, U3, and U4 have been searched. It should be noted that the search range is not necessarily a circle, and the direction of travel of the share car M or the destination entered in the reservation information may be taken into consideration. For example, centering on the current position of the share car M, searching for other users within a certain angle range with respect to the direction of travel of the share car M, You may search for other users within range.

When other users U2, U3, and U4 are searched by the ride-sharing user search unit 430, the ride-sharing notification unit 440 notifies the users U2, U3, and U4 that there is a shared car M available nearby. . Based on the reservation information, this notification can include information such as the direction of movement of the shared car, the number of people who can share a ride, the type of car, and the current location of the shared car.

In response to the notification from the ride-sharing notification unit 440, the share application of the smartphones 200 of the users U2, U3, and U4 displays the push notification 500 as shown in FIG. 8A on the display unit 210 (S18). The push notification 500 includes, for example, a message that a share car heading to facility B is nearby. The push notification 500 may also include information such as the number of people who can share a ride, the type of vehicle, and the like. Along with the push notification 500, the share application may output the message of the push notification 500 by voice. Users U2, U3, and U4 press push notification 500 if they wish to ride together. Here, it is assumed that the user U2 presses the push notification 500. FIG. This pressing is not limited to a touch operation, and may be a voice instruction.

When the user U2 presses the push notification 500, the share application causes the display unit 210 to display a ride-sharing request screen 510 as shown in FIG. 9 (S20). The ride-sharing request screen 510 includes an input button 520 for "I want to ride" for declaring a ride-sharing. Furthermore, the ride-sharing request screen 510 can include a road map 530 representing the positional relationship between the share car M and the user U2. Road map 530 may be generated by server 300 and transmitted to smartphone 200, or if a navigation application is installed in smartphone 200, road map 530 may be generated by the navigation application. good too. In the latter case, the location information of share car M is acquired from server 300 .

When user U2 presses “I want to ride” input button 520, smartphone 200 transmits to server 300 a declaration of wanting to ride and current location information of user U2. When the ride-sharing notification unit 440 receives the user U2's declaration of wanting to ride and its location information, it recognizes that there is a user U2 who wishes to ride together (S22), and asks the user U1 who is riding in the shared car M to ride together. The presence of user U2 who wishes to

In response to the notification from the ride-sharing notification unit 440, the share application of the smartphone 200 of the user U1 displays a push notification 540 as shown in FIG. 10A on the display unit 210 (S24). This push notification includes, for example, a message that user U2 who wishes to ride together exists. When the user U1 presses the push notification 540 or instructs the press by voice input, the share application displays a ride-sharing approval screen 550 as shown in FIG. 10B on the display unit 210 (S26). The ride-sharing approval screen 550 includes an "OK" input button 560 for approving the ride-sharing. Further, the ridesharing approval screen 550 can include a road map 570 representing the positional relationship between the share car M and the user U2. Road map 570 may be generated by server 300 and transmitted to smartphone 200, or if a navigation application is installed in smartphone 200, road map 570 may be generated by the navigation application. good too.

When user U1 presses “OK” input button 560 or instructs “OK” by voice input, smartphone 200 transmits to server 300 that user U1 has approved the sharing. When the ride-sharing notification unit 440 receives the ride-sharing approval from the user U1, it recognizes that the user U1 has approved the ride-sharing (S28), and transmits the approval of the ride-sharing to the user U2 who wishes to ride together. In response to this transmission, the share application of smartphone 200 of user U2 displays push notification 580 as shown in FIG. 8B on display unit 210 (S30). This push notification 580 displays a message that the ride has been approved and that you will wait there.

After approving the ridesharing, the display unit 210 of the smartphone 200 of the user U1 displays a route R from the current position of the share car M to the ridesharing point of the user U2 who wishes to ride together, as shown in FIG. A guidance screen 590 is displayed. When the smartphone 200 is equipped with a navigation application, the route guidance screen 590 searched by the navigation application is displayed on the display unit 210, or the server 300 searches for the route R and displays the route guidance screen on the smartphone. 200.

As described above, according to this embodiment, when reserving a shared car, the user indicates whether or not it is possible to share a ride. By searching and notifying that there is a shared car that can be shared, users who wish to share a ride can share a ride. By making it possible to share a ride during use, it is possible to reduce the user's travel burden and improve the convenience of the service. Furthermore, by improving the carpool rate, even with a small number of shared cars, the convenience for users will increase, and the operator will be able to operate the car sharing service at low cost.

In the above embodiment, an example was shown in which the user U2 wishes to share a ride. However, if the number of seats available for sharing is less than the available seats, a plurality of users can share a ride. For example, when users U2 and U2 declare their desire to ride together, user U1 is notified that there are multiple users U2 and U3 who desire to ride together. For example, users U2 and U3 are notified of approval and to wait there. Then, the smartphone 200 of the user U1 displays a route guidance screen to the shared ride position of the users U2 and U3. When the vacant seats that can be shared are filled by users who wish to share a ride, the ride-sharing search unit 430 stops performing the ride-sharing search thereafter.

Although preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, the present invention is not limited to specific embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made within the scope of the gist of the invention described in the claims. It is possible.

100: Car sharing system 200: Smartphone 300: Server 400: Riding matching function 500: Push notification 510: Riding request screen 520: Input button 530: Road map 540: Push notification 550: Riding approval screen 560: Input button 570: Road map 580: Push notification 590: Route guidance screen

Claims (8)

a registration means for registering reservation information including a declaration of intention to ride together when a user makes a reservation;
a first notification means for notifying other users in the vicinity of the shared car that there is a shared car that can be shared based on the location information of the shared car that the user who has expressed his/her willingness to ride together rides;
Information processing device having The information processing apparatus further includes second notification means for notifying the user of the fact that a ride-sharing request has been received from the other user in response to the notification of the first notification means. , The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said ride-sharing request further includes current location information of said other user. The information processing apparatus further comprises third notification means for notifying said other user of approval of a ride-sharing request when said user receives approval of a ride-sharing request in response to said notification of said second notification means. 3. The information processing device according to 2. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said ride-sharing approval includes a message telling said other user to wait at the current location. The reservation information further includes a ride-sharing section or a ride-sharing destination,
2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first notification means notifies said ride-sharing possible section or a destination where ride-sharing is possible. The reservation information further includes the number of people who can share a ride,
2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first notification means notifies said number of people who can ride together. an information processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 7;
a plurality of information terminals possessed by a plurality of users, wherein the plurality of information terminals are capable of communicating with the information processing device;
An information processing system in which a road map including a route to a ridesharing position of the other user is displayed on the information terminal possessed by the user.

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