JP2023044890A - Matching system and matching method - Google Patents

Abstract

To match other appropriate users even when users are moving in areas distanced from each other.SOLUTION: An attribute information acquisition units 210-213 acquire attribute information of a user 11. A journey information acquisition unit 215 acquires information on a journey of the user 11. The attribute information and the information on the journey about the plurality of users 11 are stored in a database unit 32 for each user 11. A user extraction unit 31 extracts a combination of the users 11, from a group of the users 11 in which closeness of the attribute about the users 11, created by a group creation unit 31 on the basis of the attribute information for each user 11 of the database unit 32, is equal to or more than a determination threshold. A matching information providing unit 31 provides the information on the other users 11 of the extracted combination, to a terminal apparatus 20 of the user 11 of the extracted combination, as matching information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to matching systems and matching methods.

Self-driving vehicles allow users who cannot drive to ride alone. In self-driving vehicles, it is thought that there will be more opportunities for users to get into the vehicle alone. Opportunities for users to travel alone in vehicles may also increase in situations where social distancing is required. A vehicle without a passenger may increase the likelihood that a user will feel lonely in the vehicle compared to a vehicle with a passenger. In particular, in an automatic driving vehicle, there is an increased possibility that the user riding in the vehicle will have too much time because the user does not perform driving operations.

Providing users in vehicles with a means of communicating with users of other vehicles is considered useful in making the time spent by users meaningful while in vehicles. As a means of communication between vehicle users, Patent Literature 1 proposes a vehicle user matching method.

In the matching method of Patent Document 1, when it is determined that the second user's boarding vehicle, which is determined to be compatible with the first user, may approach the first user's boarding vehicle, Information of the second user is provided to the first user. The possibility that the vehicles boarded by both users approach each other is determined based on the planned movement position of the first user and the planned movement position of the second user.

JP 2020-95475 A

In the matching method of Patent Literature 1, matching is performed only when there is a possibility that users will approach each other. If the users are moving in separate areas, the chances of the users coming close to each other are greatly reduced. In the matching method of Patent Literature 1, for example, when the users are moving in areas separated from each other, there is a possibility that the user of the vehicle and the user of another vehicle cannot be appropriately matched.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to match other appropriate users even when users, including vehicle occupants, are moving in distant areas.

In order to achieve the above object, the matching system according to the first aspect of the present invention includes:
an attribute information acquisition unit that acquires attribute information indicating attributes of a user;
a terminal device having a journey information acquisition unit that acquires information on the user's journey;
a database unit in which the attribute information and the process information for the plurality of users are accumulated for each user;
a group creation unit that determines the similarity of the attributes of the users based on the attribute information for each user in the database unit, and creates a group of the users whose similarity is equal to or greater than a determination threshold;
a user extraction unit that extracts the combination of the users from the group based on the information of the journey in the database unit;
a server having a matching information providing unit that provides, as matching information, information of other users of the extracted combination to terminal devices of users of the combination extracted by the user extraction unit;
Prepare.

In order to achieve the above object, a matching method according to a second aspect of the present invention includes:
an attribute information obtaining step for obtaining attribute information indicating user attributes;
a journey information acquisition step of acquiring information on the user's journey;
A group creation step of determining the similarity of the attributes of the users based on the user-by-user attribute information accumulated in the database unit for a plurality of users, and creating a group of the users whose similarity is equal to or greater than a determination threshold. and,
a user extraction step of extracting a combination of the users from the group based on the information of the journey in the database;
a matching information providing step of providing, as matching information, information of other users of the extracted combination to terminal devices of users of the combination extracted in the user extraction step;
including.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, even when users are moving to the area which left|separated, other suitable users can be matched.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a matching system according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the matching system of FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a more detailed configuration of the process information acquisition unit of FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of data stored in the database of the server of FIG. 2 as information on the user's journey. 5A is a flow chart showing an example of a procedure for extracting users suitable for providing matching information performed by the control unit of the server in FIG. 2. FIG. 5B is a flow chart showing an example of a procedure for extracting users suitable for providing matching information performed by the control unit of the server in FIG. 2. FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a detailed procedure of the process of determining process information in FIG. 5B. 7 is a flow chart showing an example of a procedure of a matching method executed by the vehicle-mounted device and the server of FIG. 2. FIG.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The same reference numerals are given to the same or equivalent parts or components throughout each drawing.

The embodiments shown below are examples of apparatuses and the like for embodying the technical idea of the present invention. The technical idea of the present invention does not specify the material, shape, structure, arrangement, function, etc. of each component as follows.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a matching system according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the matching system of this embodiment can be configured by connecting a terminal device 20 of a vehicle 10 and a server 30 via a communication network 40 .

For example, the matching system can provide the user 11 of the vehicle 10 with the information of the user 11 riding another vehicle 10 as matching information according to the journey to the destination of the user 11 riding the vehicle 10. . In this embodiment, it is assumed that each user 11 rides in a different vehicle 10 .

The vehicle 10 may be an automatically operated vehicle in which part or all of the driving operation is automatically performed by computer control, or may be a non-automatically operated vehicle in which all driving operations are performed by a person riding in the vehicle 10 . In this embodiment, the vehicle 10 shall be able to select an automatic driving mode and a non-automatic driving mode.

The terminal device 20 collects attribute information indicating attributes of the user 11 riding in the vehicle 10 and transmits the attribute information to the server 30 via the communication network 40 . The terminal device 20 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and an internal storage device (not shown). The terminal device 20 receives the matching information regarding the user 11 of the other vehicle 10 determined by the server 30 from the server 30 via the communication network 40 . The terminal device 20 also functions as a man-machine interface for providing the matching information received from the server 30 to the user 11 of the vehicle 10 .

The terminal device 20 can be configured by, for example, an onboard device mounted on the vehicle 10 . Onboard equipment includes, for example, a car navigation system and a display audio system. The man-machine interface portion of the terminal device 20 that provides matching information to the user of the vehicle 10 may be configured by, for example, a mobile terminal brought into the vehicle 10 by the user 11 . Mobile terminals include, for example, smartphones and tablet terminals.

The server 30 can be configured by, for example, a general-purpose computer having a CPU and an internal storage device (not shown). The server 30 can communicate with the terminal device 20 of each vehicle 10 via the communication network 40 .

The communication network 40 can be configured to include, for example, a network that performs wireless communication with the terminal device 20 . Communication network 40 may include the Internet. The network used by the terminal device 20 and the network used by the server 30 may be the same network or different networks.

When the terminal device 20 is a vehicle-mounted device, the user 11 in the vehicle 10 can operate the vehicle-mounted device to input necessary information. The required information may include, for example, information needed by server 30 to match user 11 with users 11 of other vehicles 10 .

When the terminal device 20 is a mobile terminal, the user 11 in the vehicle 10 activates application software (hereinafter referred to as an "app") installed in the mobile terminal brought into the vehicle 10 to use the mobile terminal. You can operate and input necessary information. When the user 11 activates the application of the mobile terminal, which is the terminal device 20, the native application is installed in the mobile terminal of the user 11, and the arithmetic device in the mobile terminal performs arithmetic processing.

Also, instead of installing a native application in the mobile terminal, which is the terminal device 20, for example, PWA (Progressive Web Apps) technology can be used. When PWA technology is used, a website for mobile devices built on a cloud server on the Internet can be used like an application installed on the mobile terminal of the user 11 .

When PWA technology is used, for example, a mobile terminal can access a cloud server on the Internet, and necessary information can be input on the console screen of the cloud server displayed on the mobile terminal. The function of the cloud server may be provided to the server 30, or may be provided to another server (not shown) on the Internet that cooperates with the server 30. FIG.

In this embodiment, a case where the terminal device 20 is a vehicle-mounted device will be described. In the following, the matching system of the present embodiment will be described with reference numeral 20 attached to the vehicle-mounted device as the terminal device 20 .

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the vehicle-mounted device (terminal device) 20 and the server 30 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 2 , the vehicle-mounted device 20 of this embodiment has a control section 21 , a storage section 22 , a display section 23 and a communication section 24 .

It is assumed that the vehicle-mounted device 20 has a sound collecting function of acquiring voice information in the room of the vehicle 10 . A sound collection function can be realized using a microphone, for example. It is assumed that the vehicle-mounted device 20 has a function of photographing the interior of the vehicle 10 using a camera. The sound collecting function and the photographing function can be realized using, for example, a drive recorder (not shown) mounted on the vehicle 10 .

The control unit 21 includes a processor including a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and memory. The memory includes ROM (Read Only Memory) and RAM (Random Access Memory). The control unit 21 can function as a plurality of information processing circuits.

In this embodiment, an example in which a plurality of information processing circuits included in the control unit 21 are realized by software will be described. It is also possible to configure Also, a plurality of information processing circuits may be configured by individual hardware.

The control unit 21 includes, as a plurality of information processing circuits, a driving state acquisition unit 210, a rough level acquisition unit 211, a vehicle interior information acquisition unit 212, an irritation level acquisition unit 213, a navigation unit 214, and a journey information acquisition unit 215. ing. These units 210 to 215 can be virtually constructed on the hardware of the control unit 21 by the CPU executing programs stored in the memory.

The driving state acquisition unit 210 acquires information indicating whether the vehicle 10 is in the automatic driving mode or the non-automatic driving mode. The driving state acquisition unit 210 can acquire information as to whether the vehicle 10 is in an automatic driving mode or a non-automatic driving mode from, for example, an automatic driving ECU (Electronic Control Unit, hereinafter the same) mounted on the vehicle 10. can.

The running state acquisition unit 210 acquires information on the running state of the vehicle 10 when the vehicle 10 is in the non-automatic driving mode, and periodically analyzes the acquired information to determine whether the user 11 riding the vehicle 10 is driving. Determine the dangerous driving level of the operation. The running state acquisition unit 210 can acquire information on the running state of the vehicle 10 from, for example, an engine ECU (not shown) mounted on the vehicle 10 . The running state acquisition unit 210 can also directly acquire the running state of the vehicle 10 using sensors in the vehicle 10 connected to the vehicle-mounted device 20, for example.

The driving state acquisition unit 210 periodically stores the information on the driving mode of the vehicle 10 and the information on the determined dangerous driving level of the user 11 in the storage unit 22, and transmits the information to the storage unit 22 via the communication network 40 by the communication unit 24. It can be sent to the server 30 . The driving state acquisition unit 210 stores information on the determined dangerous driving level in the storage unit 22 when the driving mode of the vehicle 10 changes and when the determined dangerous driving level changes from the dangerous driving level in the storage unit 22. It may be overwritten and stored and transmitted to the server 30 .

The driving state acquisition unit 210 can determine the dangerous driving level by, for example, the number of sudden accelerations, sudden stops, sudden turns, overspeeding, etc. of the vehicle 10 within a certain period of time. The dangerous driving level can be represented, for example, by a five-level numerical value from 1 to 5, and the higher the numerical value, the stronger the degree of dangerous driving.

The rough level acquisition unit 211 acquires the voice information inside the vehicle using the sound collection function of the vehicle-mounted device 20 . The rough level acquisition unit 211 periodically analyzes the acquired voice information, recognizes the voice tone, volume, or content of the utterance of the user 11 in the vehicle, and determines the mood of the user 11 from the voice-recognized content. determines the rough level.

The irritable level acquisition unit 211 periodically stores the determined irritable level information in the storage unit 22 under the control of the control unit 21, and transmits the information to the server 30 via the communication network 40 by the communication unit 24. can be sent. A rude level acquisition unit 211 overwrites and stores information on the determined rude level in the storage unit 22 when the determined rude level changes from the rude level in the storage unit 22, and stores it in the server 30. - 特許庁You may send.

The rough level acquisition unit 211 determines the rough level, for example, the number of times the tone of voice or the content of the speech of the user 11 matches an angry pattern within a certain period of time, the number of times the speech volume exceeds the threshold, It can be done by the number of times the horn is sounded. The level of rudeness can be represented, for example, by a numerical value in five stages from 1 to 5, and the higher the numerical value, the stronger the rudeness.

The in-vehicle information acquisition unit 212 acquires information on the number of passengers in the vehicle 10 . Information on the number of passengers can be acquired by voice recognition or image analysis using, for example, the sound collecting function or the photographing function of the vehicle-mounted device 20 . The in-vehicle information acquisition unit 212 can also acquire information on the number of passengers in the vehicle 10 from the detection state of the seating sensor input to the vehicle-mounted device 20 from the ECU of the vehicle 10, for example.

The in-vehicle information acquisition unit 212 periodically stores the acquired information on the number of passengers in the storage unit 22 under the control of the control unit 21, and transmits the information from the communication unit 24 to the server 30 via the communication network 40. can. When the acquired information on the number of passengers changes from the information on the number of passengers in the storage unit 22, the in-vehicle information acquisition unit 212 may store the acquired information on the number of passengers in the storage unit 22 and transmit it to the server 30. .

The frustration level acquisition unit 213 uses the information on the running state of the vehicle 10 acquired by the running state acquisition unit 210, the biological information of the user 11, the in-vehicle voice information acquired by the irritable level acquisition unit 211, and the like. Periodically determine the frustration level of the user 11 who drives the. Since the specific determination method is not an essential part of the matching system of this embodiment, the explanation is omitted. As a method for determining the irritation level using information on the running state of the vehicle 10, biological information on the user 11, voice information in the vehicle, etc., the method described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2010-94439, for example, can be used.

The frustration level acquisition unit 213 causes the storage unit 22 to store information about the determined frustration level of the user 11 periodically under the control of the control unit 21, and transmits the information from the communication unit 24 to the server 30 via the communication network 40. can be made When the determined irritation level changes from the irritation level stored in the storage section 22 , the irritation level acquisition section 213 may store the determined irritation level information in the storage section 22 and transmit the information to the server 30 .

The navigation unit 214 determines the travel route of the vehicle 10 to the destination based on the information on the destination set by the user 11, the information on the current location of the vehicle 10 in which the user 11 has boarded, the information on the vehicle speed acquired from the vehicle 10, and the like. to decide. The navigation unit 214 calculates the remaining time to the destination. The remaining time to the destination can be, for example, the time required from the current location until the user 11 in the vehicle 10 arrives at the destination along the determined travel route. The navigation unit 214 can acquire the position information of the vehicle 10 from, for example, a GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) sensor (not shown).

The navigation unit 214 calculates the remaining time to the destination from the speed calculated from the vehicle speed information of the vehicle 10, the traffic information obtained from VICS (registered trademark: Vehicle Information and Communication System) (not shown), etc. at regular intervals. can be calculated. The constant cycle may be, for example, 1 minute or 10 seconds.

The navigation unit 214 may be provided in a portable terminal such as a smart phone or a tablet terminal brought into the vehicle 10 by the user 11 . The navigation unit 214 provided in the mobile terminal may be realized by a navigation application installed in the mobile terminal.

The journey information acquisition unit 215 can cause the communication unit 24 to periodically transmit information on the journey of the user 11 traveling in the vehicle 10 to the server 30 via the communication network 40 . The information on the journey of the user 11 includes information on the remaining time until the user 11 arrives at the destination of the user 11, information on the outward and return route, information on the departure point of the user 11, and information on the destination of the user 11. there is The journey information acquisition unit 215 can acquire information on the journey of the user 11 from the navigation unit 214 .

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a more detailed configuration of the process information acquisition unit 215. As shown in FIG. The journey information acquisition section 215 includes a departure point information acquisition section 216 , a destination information acquisition section 217 , a remaining time information acquisition section 218 , and an outward/return route determination section 219 .

The departure point information acquisition unit 216 acquires information on the departure point of the user 11 from the navigation unit 214 as information on the journey of the user 11 . The destination information acquisition unit 217 acquires information on the destination of the user 11 from the navigation unit 214 as information on the journey of the user 11 . The remaining time information acquisition unit 218 acquires information on the remaining time from the navigation unit 214 as information on the journey of the user 11 .

The outward/return trip determination unit 219 determines whether the current journey of the user 11 is the outward trip or the return trip, and generates outward/return trip information indicating the determination result as information on the journey of the user 11 . The outward/return route determination unit 219 acquires each information of the departure point, the destination, and the traveling route from the navigation unit 214 . When the departure point is the home of the user 11, the outward/return route determination unit 219 determines that the current journey is the outward route, and sets the outward/return route information as the outward route. When the destination is the home of the user 11, the outward/return route determination unit 219 determines that the current journey is the return route, and sets the outward/return route information as the return route.

Even if the starting point is a place other than the home of the user 11, if the starting point is, for example, an accommodation facility, the outward/return route determination unit 219 determines that the current route is the outward route, and determines that the current route is the outward route. Information may be used as an outbound route. Even if the destination is a place other than the home of the user 11, for example, if the destination is an accommodation facility or the like, the outbound/return route determination unit 219 determines that the current route is the return route, and Information may be used as a return route. The outbound/return route determination unit 219 acquires the current time from a clock device (clock IC: Integrated Circuit) (not shown). It may be determined that there is

The outbound/return route determination unit 219 may determine that the current journey of the user 11 is unknown in addition to the outbound and return routes. For example, if both the destination and the departure point are the home of the user 11, the forward/return route determination unit 219 determines that the current journey is unknown, and the forward/return route information is unknown. The outward/return trip determination unit 219 may calculate a numerical value indicating the possibility that the current trip is the outward trip and a numerical value indicating the possibility that the current trip is the return trip, and use the calculated numerical values as the outward/return trip information. The numerical value to be calculated may be, for example, a percentage indicating the probability that the current trip is the outward trip or the return trip.

For example, if the departure point of the journey is the home of the user 11, the outward/return trip determination unit 219 sets the outward/return trip information to indicate that the possibility of the journey being the outward journey is 100% and the possibility of the journey being the return journey is 0%. and For example, if both the destination and the departure point of the journey are the home of the user 11, the outbound/return trip determination unit 219 determines that the outbound/return trip information has a 50% possibility of being an outward trip and a 50% possibility of being a return trip. is 50%.

The itinerary information acquisition unit 215 obtains the departure point information acquisition unit 216, the destination information acquisition unit 217, the remaining time information acquisition unit 218, the departure point, the destination, and the remaining time, and the outbound/return route information are combined and transmitted to the server 30 as information on the journey of the user 11 . The journey information acquisition unit 215 periodically stores information on the journey of the user 11 in the storage unit 22 under the control of the control unit 21, and transmits the information from the communication unit 24 to the server 30 via the communication network 40. can. When the information on the journey of the user 11 changes from the information on the user 11 in the storage unit 22, the journey information acquisition unit 215 may store the information on the journey of the user 11 in the storage unit 22 and transmit the information to the server 30. .

When the vehicle 10 is used in the automatic driving mode, the automatic driving ECU of the vehicle 10 determines the travel route of the vehicle 10 to the destination based on the specified destination information, and drives the vehicle 10 to the destination. Drive in automatic driving mode. When the vehicle 10 is used in the automatic driving mode, the journey information acquisition unit 215 can acquire information on the journey of the user 11 from the automatic driving ECU.

When the vehicle 10 arrives at the destination, the journey information acquisition unit 215 can store information on the location and date and time of arrival in the storage unit 22 as the location and date and time that the user 11 has visited so far.

The driving state acquisition unit 210, the rough level acquisition unit 211, the in-vehicle information acquisition unit 212, and the frustration level acquisition unit 213 function as attribute information acquisition units that acquire attribute information indicating attributes of the user 11 riding in the vehicle 10. can do.

The storage unit 22 can be constructed using an internal storage device of the vehicle-mounted device 20 . The internal storage device can be composed of, for example, an SSD (Solid State Drive) or HDD (Hard Disk Drive).

The display unit 23 may be, for example, a touch panel type input device. When the display unit 23 is an input device, the user 11 can input information to be set for the on-vehicle device 20 by touching the display unit 23 . The communication unit 24 controls transmission and reception of data between the vehicle-mounted device 20 and the communication unit 33 of the server 30 via the communication network 40 .

The driving mode of the vehicle 10 stored in the storage unit 22, the dangerous driving level of the user 11, the rough-tempered level, the places visited so far and the dates and times are communicated from the communication unit 24 under the control of the control unit 21. It can be sent to the server 30 via the network 40 . The control unit 21 can cause the information in the storage unit 22 to be transmitted to the server 30, for example, when the vehicle 10 starts to operate. For example, when the information in the storage unit 22 is updated by overwrite storage, the control unit 21 can cause the information in the storage unit 22 to be transmitted to the server 30 .

The information transmitted from the storage unit 22 to the server 30 is used by the server 30 when the server 30 determines which vehicle 10 user 11 information is to be used as the matching information to be provided to the vehicle 10 user 11. can be done. The information transmitted from the in-vehicle information acquisition unit 212 and the frustration level acquisition unit 213 to the server 30 is also used when the server 30 determines which vehicle 10 user 11 information should be used as the matching information to be provided to the user 11 of the vehicle 10 . can be used at the server 30.

The control unit 21 can transmit each piece of information in the storage unit 22 to the server 30 together with the identification ID of the user 11 . The control unit 21 can transmit to the server 30 together with the identification ID of the user 11 weighting coefficient information indicating the importance of each piece of information to be transmitted to the server 30 .

The server 30 weights each piece of information transmitted to the server 30 by the control unit 21 according to a weighting coefficient, and can use the information when determining matching information to be provided to the user 11 of the vehicle 10 . The weighting factors can be set using, for example, a touch panel type input device constructed on the screen of the display unit 23 . The weighting factor for each piece of information to be sent to the server 30 can be, for example, a numerical value in the range of 1 to 5 with a larger value as the level of importance increases. can have a weighting factor of "1".

For example, when the operation of the vehicle 10 is stopped, the control unit 21 can transmit an operation stop notification to the server 30 .

The server 30 has a control section 31 , a database section 32 and a communication section 33 .

The control unit 31 includes a processor including a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and memory. The memory includes ROM (Read Only Memory) and RAM (Random Access Memory).

The database unit 32 can be constructed using an internal storage device of the server 30 . The internal storage device can be composed of, for example, an SSD (Solid State Drive) or HDD (Hard Disk Drive). Information transmitted from the vehicle-mounted device 20 of each vehicle 10 can be stored and accumulated in the database unit 32 as attribute information and journey information for each user 11 .

Among the information transmitted from the vehicle-mounted device 20, each information acquired by the driving state acquisition unit 210, the rough level acquisition unit 211, the in-vehicle information acquisition unit 212, and the frustration level acquisition unit 213 is stored in the database as attribute information of the user 11. It can be stored and accumulated in unit 32 . Each piece of information acquired by the journey information acquisition section 215 of the vehicle-mounted device 20 can be stored and accumulated in the database section 32 as information on the journey of the user 11 . FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of data stored in the database unit 32 as information on the journey of the user 11. As shown in FIG.

The database unit 32 can function as a database unit in which attribute information and process information for a plurality of users 11 are accumulated for each user 11 .

The communication unit 33 controls transmission and reception of data to and from the communication unit 24 of the vehicle-mounted device 20 mounted on each vehicle 10 via the communication network 40 .

The control unit 31 extracts users 11 of other vehicles 10 suitable for providing matching information to the user 11 of the vehicle 10 based on the information for each user 11 accumulated in the database unit 32 .

A procedure when the control unit 31 extracts the user 11 of another vehicle 10 suitable for the matching information to be provided to the user 11 of the vehicle 10 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 5A and 5B. For example, every time information for each user 11 in the database unit 32 is updated with information newly transmitted from the vehicle-mounted device 20, the control unit 31 can repeatedly execute the procedures of FIGS. 5A and 5B. . The control unit 31 may repeat the procedures of FIGS. 5A and 5B at regular intervals. The constant cycle may be, for example, 5 minutes or 1 hour.

The control unit 31 may include an interface for the user 11 to input, at any timing, setting information required to execute the procedures of the flowcharts of FIGS. 5A and 5B. For example, the user 11 uses a touch panel type input device constructed on the screen of the display unit 23 at the timing when the user 11 wants a conversation partner, etc., and the control unit 31 executes the procedure of the flowcharts of FIGS. 5A and 5B. You can enter the configuration information required to do this.

As shown in FIG. 5A, the control unit 31 extracts the user 11 who got into the vehicle 10 with one passenger from the attribute information of each user 11 in the database unit 32 (step S101). The number of passengers in the vehicle 10 in which the users 11 to be extracted may be changed to two or more. When the user 11 who got into the vehicle 10 with one passenger is not found in the extraction result (NO in step S102), the procedure for extracting the user 11 ends.

If the user 11 who has ridden the vehicle 10 with one passenger is found in the extraction result (YES in step S102), the control unit 31 determines the dangerous driving level from the attribute information for each user 11 in the database unit 32. The users 11 below the threshold are extracted (step S103). If no user 11 whose dangerous driving level is equal to or lower than the threshold value is found in the extraction result (NO in step S104), the procedure for extracting the user 11 ends.

If a user 11 whose dangerous driving level is equal to or less than the threshold is found in the extraction results (YES in step S104), the control unit 31 determines whether the rough level is equal to or less than the threshold from the attribute information for each user 11 in the database unit 32. user 11 is extracted (step S105). If no user 11 with a rough level equal to or lower than the threshold value is found in the extraction result (NO in step S106), the procedure for extracting the user 11 ends.

If a user 11 whose rough level is equal to or lower than the threshold is found in the extraction result (YES in step S106), the process proceeds to step S107. In step S107, the control unit 31 extracts the users 11 whose frustration level is equal to or lower than the threshold from the attribute information of each user 11 in the database unit 32, as shown in FIG. 5B. If no user 11 whose frustration level is equal to or lower than the threshold value is found in the extraction result (NO in step S108), the procedure for extracting the user 11 ends.

The procedure of steps S101 to S108 in FIGS. 5A and 5B uses the attribute information of the user 11 to determine the similarity of the attributes of the vehicle 10 that provides the matching information to the user 11, and the similarity is equal to or greater than the determination threshold. This is a procedure for creating a group of users 11 to become.

The thresholds used for the dangerous driving level, the rough level, and the frustration level correspond to judgment thresholds for judging the similarity of attributes between the users 11 . The thresholds used for each of the dangerous driving level, the rough level, and the frustration level can be set, for example, based on the weighting coefficients accumulated in the database unit 32 for the user 11 who provides the matching information.

For example, when the weighting factor for the dangerous driving level information is set to "3", the control unit 31 sets the threshold used in step S103 of FIG. 5A to "1", which is the same as the weighting factor for the other information. Change it to a value smaller than the threshold if it is.

The threshold used in step S103 is used when extracting users 11 whose dangerous driving level is equal to or lower than the threshold. For example, if the user 11 who provides the matching information has an attribute with a low dangerous driving level and a strong tendency to drive safely, the information on the dangerous driving level is emphasized when extracting the users 11 with similar attributes. It is conceivable to set the weighting factor of the dangerous driving level to a large value. By increasing the weighting coefficient of the dangerous driving level, users 11 whose dangerous driving level is equal to or less than the threshold in step S103 are less likely to appear, and users 11 whose attributes are similar in terms of safe driving are easily extracted. can be done.

Further, by decreasing the threshold value used in step S103, it is possible to extract in step S103 the user 11 who has a lower weighted risky driving level value and a stronger attribute of safe driving.

The procedure of step S101 to step S108 for creating a group of users 11 whose attribute similarity to the user 11 who provides matching information is equal to or higher than the determination threshold is based on the number of passengers, dangerous driving level, rough level, and frustration level. The procedure may be changed by omitting some of them. That is, one or more of the processes of steps S101, S103, S105, and S107 in FIGS. 5A and 5B may be skipped. Also, the order of steps S101, S103, S105, and S107 may be changed.

The control unit 31 of FIG. 2 determines the similarity of the attributes of the users 11 of different vehicles 10 based on the attribute information of each user 11 in the database unit 32, and the group of users 11 whose similarity is equal to or greater than the determination threshold. It can function as a group creation unit that creates

In step S108 of FIG. 5B, if the user 11 whose frustration level is equal to or lower than the threshold is found in the extraction result (YES), the control unit 31 performs the process of determining the journey information. In the journey information determination process, the control unit 31 uses the journey information of the database unit 32 from the group of users 11 created in the procedures of steps S101 to S108 in FIGS. 5A and 5B. Users who provide matching information 11 is extracted.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing an example of a detailed procedure of the process information determination process (step S109) in FIG. 5B. The control unit 31 executes the processes of steps S121 to S125 in FIG. 6 in the process of determining travel information (step S109).

In the outbound/return route comparison process (step S121), the control unit 31 obtains information on the journey accumulated in the database unit 32 for all the users 11 belonging to the group created in the procedure of steps S101 to S108 in FIGS. 5A and 5B. Outbound/return route information is compared among them. In the group table of users 11 shown in the explanatory diagram of FIG. 4, users 11 (users 11 whose user identification ID is "1100") who receive the matching information of other users 11 are displayed in the top column. It is Hereinafter, the user 11 whose user identification ID is "1100" may be referred to as one user 11 in some cases. In the outbound/return route comparison process, the control unit 31 compares the outbound/return route information of the user 11 displayed at the top of the table in FIG. do.

From the group of users 11 displayed in the table of FIG. 4, the control unit 31 extracts other users 11 whose outbound/return route information is similar to the user 11 whose user identification ID is "1100" at the top. In the example of FIG. 4, the control unit 31 controls three users 11 with user identification IDs "1101", "1102", and "1103" whose outbound and return route information is a return route as well as the user 11 who provides the matching information. to extract The control unit 31 can function as a user extracting unit that extracts a combination of users 11 whose outbound and return route information are similar from the group created by the group creating unit.

The control unit 31 performs a process of determining whether the outbound/return route information of the user 11 who receives the matching information is the outbound route or the inbound route (step S122). If the outbound/return route information is an outbound route (YES in step S122), the control unit 31 performs destination comparison processing (step S123). In the destination comparison process, the control unit 31 compares the destinations in the itinerary information accumulated in the database unit 32 for all the users 11 extracted in step S121, and displays the destinations at the top of the table in FIG. Other users 11 that are similar to the destination of the user 11 that has been selected are extracted.

If the forward/return route information is a return route (NO in step S122), the control unit 31 performs departure point comparison processing (step S124). In the departure point comparison process, the control unit 31 compares the departure points in the travel information accumulated in the database unit 32 for all the users 11 extracted in step S121, and displays them at the top of the table in FIG. Other users 11 that are similar to the departure place of the user 11 that has been obtained are extracted.

For example, if the departure place of the user 11 whose user identification ID is "1100" in FIG. , "1103" are extracted. Also, if there is a user 11 whose starting place is similar even if the starting place does not match, the user 11 may be included in the extraction. For example, amusement park A and amusement park B have a common genre of amusement park, and are closely related as starting points. Therefore, the control unit 31 can extract the user 11 whose user identification ID is "1101" as the user 11 whose starting place is similar.

The control unit 31 can function as a user extraction unit. The control unit 31 functioning as a user extracting unit extracts combinations of users 11 whose destinations are close to each other from the group created by the group creating unit when the outbound/return route information of one user 11 is an outbound route. The control unit 31 functioning as a user extracting unit extracts a combination of users 11 whose starting points are close to each other from the group created by the group creating unit when the outbound/return route information of one user 11 is a return route.

In the remaining time comparison process (step S125), the control unit 31 selects the users 11 who receive matching information from all the users 11 extracted in the destination comparison process or the departure place comparison process (steps S123 and S124) and the remaining time extracts the user 11 closest to . For example, if the remaining time of the user 11 whose user identification ID is "1100" in FIG. to extract The control unit 31 can function as a user extracting unit that extracts a combination of users 11 with the closest remaining time from the group created by the group creating unit.

The control unit 31 may partially omit the processing of steps S121 to S125 in FIG. 6, or may perform the processing in a different order. For example, the remaining time comparison processing (step S125) may be omitted, or the remaining time comparison processing (step S125) may be processed prior to the forward/return route comparison processing (step S121).

In the destination comparison process or the departure point comparison process (steps S123 and S124), if the user 11 whose destination or departure point is similar is not extracted, the control unit 31 selects the destination or departure point from the last predetermined period of time. A user 11 who visited during the period is extracted. If the corresponding user 11 is not extracted, the control unit 31 extracts the user 11 whose destination or starting point matches the destination of the user 11 who receives the matching information and who has frequently visited in the past. The control unit 31 extracts, from the extracted users 11, the user 11 who got into the vehicle 10 closest to the vehicle 10 of the user 11 whose remaining time until arrival at the destination provides the matching information.

The procedure of steps S109 and S110 of FIG. 5B including the processing of FIG. 6 is provided with the user 11 on the side of providing matching information from a group of users 11 whose attribute similarity between the users 11 is equal to or higher than the determination threshold. It is a procedure for extracting a combination with the user 11 on the side. A group of users 11 from which combinations of users 11 are extracted is a group created by the procedure of steps S101 to S108 in FIGS. 5A and 5B.

The control unit 31 functions as a user extraction unit that extracts a combination of users 11 from a group of users 11 whose attribute similarity between the users 11 is equal to or greater than a determination threshold, based on the journey information of the database unit 32. be able to.

When the user 11 is found in the process information determination process in step S109 of FIG. 5B (YES in step S110), the process proceeds to step S111. In step S111, the control unit 31 transmits the information of the user 11 extracted in step S110 as matching information to the vehicle-mounted device 20 of the vehicle 10 in which the user 11 to whom the matching information is provided is riding. If the user 11 is not found in the process of determining process information (NO in step S110), the procedure for extracting the user 11 ends.

The control unit 31 can function as a matching information providing unit that provides matching information. The matching information providing unit supplies the terminal device 20 of the vehicle 10 in which the user 11 who receives the matching information among the combinations extracted by the user extracting unit is on the terminal device 20 of the user 11 who provides the matching information among the extracted combinations. Information is provided as matching information.

The control unit 31 transmits, as matching information, information necessary for establishing communication with the vehicle-mounted device 20 of the vehicle 10 in which the user 11 is riding, extracted in step S110, to the user 11 to whom the matching information is provided. It transmits to the vehicle-mounted equipment 20 of the vehicle 10 which is connected.

The information transmitted by the control unit 31 may be information for connecting the vehicle-mounted devices 20 to each other via the communication network 40 and the server 30, and the vehicle-mounted devices 20 are directly connected to each other without the communication network 40 and the server 30. It may be information for (P2P connection). For example, the control unit 31 can acquire information necessary for establishing communication with the vehicle-mounted device 20 of each vehicle 10 from the database unit 32 .

The vehicle-mounted device 20 that has received the matching information from the server 30 may use the received information to automatically establish communication with the vehicle-mounted device 20 of the other vehicle 10 in which the user 11 of the matching partner is riding. Alternatively, when the information from the server 30 is received by the vehicle-mounted device 20, the user 11 who got on the vehicle 10 of the vehicle-mounted device 20 that received the information communicates with the vehicle-mounted device 20 of the other vehicle 10 in which the user 11 of the matching partner got on. You may decide whether to actually do When the user 11 decides whether or not to communicate, for example, the user 11 operates the vehicle-mounted device 20 to communicate with the vehicle-mounted device 20 of the other vehicle 10 in which the user 11 of the matching partner rides. can be made to start.

In the matching system of this embodiment having the configuration described above, the matching method shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7 can be executed. This matching method includes an attribute information acquisition step (step S21), a journey information acquisition step (step S23), a group creation step (step S25), a user extraction step (step S27), and a matching information provision step (step S29). contains.

In the attribute information acquisition step (step S21), the driving state acquisition unit 210, the rough level acquisition unit 211, the in-vehicle information acquisition unit 212, and the frustration level acquisition unit 213 of each vehicle-mounted device 20 acquire attributes of the user who got on the vehicle 10. Acquire attribute information indicating . In the journey information acquisition step (step S23), the journey information acquisition unit 215 of each vehicle-mounted device 20 acquires information on the journey of the user 11 riding in the vehicle 10 on which the vehicle-mounted device 20 is mounted. The journey information includes at least one of remaining time information, outbound/return route information, and departure point or destination information of the user 11 on the vehicle 10 .

In the group creation step (step S25), the control unit 31 of the server 30 approximates the attributes of the users 11 of different vehicles 10 based on the attribute information of each user 11 accumulated in the database unit 32 for the plurality of vehicles 10. determine gender. Furthermore, the control unit 31 creates a group of users 11 whose similarity is equal to or greater than the determination threshold.

In the user extraction step (step S27), the control unit 31 of the server 30 selects from the group of users 11 whose attribute similarity between the users 11 is equal to or greater than the determination threshold, based on the information on the journey accumulated in the database unit 32 , the combination of users 11 is extracted.

In the matching information provision step (step S29), the control unit 31 causes the vehicle-mounted device 20 of the vehicle 10 in which the user 11 who receives the matching information among the users 11 of the extracted combination to ride, to the other users 11 of the combination. Information is provided as matching information.

When the matching method of FIG. 7 is executed in the matching system of the present embodiment, the user 11 of each vehicle 10 communicates with the vehicle-mounted device 20 of the other vehicle 10 using the information provided from the server 30 to the vehicle-mounted device 20. can be established. Communication is established between the on-vehicle devices 20 of the vehicle 10 in which the user 11 whose attribute similarity is equal to or higher than the determination threshold and whose journey information is highly similar has boarded. The user 11 whose journey information is highly similar can be the user 11 of the vehicle 10 whose remaining time is the closest, or the user 11 of the vehicle 10 whose destination or departure point is common.

The control unit 31 extracts combinations of the users 11 based on the journey information, so that even when the users 11 of the vehicles 10 are moving to separate areas, the users 11 of the other vehicles 10 can be appropriately selected. can be matched.

The user 11 of each vehicle 10 can communicate with the user 11 riding in the vehicle 10 of the vehicle-mounted device 20 with which communication has been established. The user 11 of the vehicle 10 whose remaining time is closest to the user 11 can communicate with the user 11 without worrying about the remaining time of the user or the other party running out because the remaining time is close to each other. With the user 11 of the vehicle 10 having a common destination, it is possible to have smooth communication on the subject of the destination or the starting point.

The server 30 can appropriately match the user 11 of the vehicle 10 in the automatic driving mode with the user 11 of the other vehicle 10 who can communicate with the user 11 who can spend the traveling time in the vehicle 10 meaningfully.

For example, when the arrival time of the vehicle 10 at the destination is delayed due to traffic congestion and the remaining time increases, the data for each user 11 accumulated in the database unit 32 of the server 30 is updated. When the data in the database section 32 is updated, the control section 31 provides matching information to the vehicle-mounted device 20 of the vehicle 10 again.

When the process information in the database unit 32 is updated, the control unit 31 can function as a user extraction unit that re-extracts the combination of the users 11 whose remaining time of the updated process information is the closest.

The user 11 of the vehicle 10 whose arrival time at the destination is delayed is the user of the matching information provided again from the server 30 even if the remaining time passes before arrival and the communication with the user 11 of the matching information is finished. You can continue to communicate with 11.

In the above embodiment, an example in which the vehicle-mounted device 20 is the terminal device 20 of the vehicle 10 has been described. When a portable terminal such as a smart phone or a tablet terminal brought into the vehicle 10 by the user 11 is used as the terminal device 20 of the vehicle 10, an application installed in the portable terminal is used to realize a matching system and a matching method. can also

For example, information for accessing the portable terminal of the user 11 of another vehicle 10 whose similarity regarding attributes is equal to or higher than the determination threshold and whose information of the journey is highly similar is sent from the server 30 as matching information of the user 11. It can be provided on mobile devices. Access to the mobile terminal of the user 11 may be performed on an application installed in the mobile terminal.

For example, the user 11 can receive from the server 30 information for accessing the mobile terminal of the matching partner user 11 on a text chat application installed on the mobile terminal as matching information. The user 11 who received the matching information can start text chat by transmitting a text message to the mobile terminal of the matching partner user 11 using the matching information on a text chat application started on the mobile terminal.

For example, the user 11 can receive from the server 30 information for accessing the mobile terminal of the matching partner user 11 on a matching application installed on the mobile terminal as matching information. The user 11 who has received the matching information accesses the mobile terminal of the matching partner user using the matching information on the matching application activated on the mobile terminal, and can make an appointment, for example.

Moreover, the terminal device 20 may not necessarily be installed in the vehicle 10 or may not be brought into the vehicle 10 by the user 11 . The terminal device 20 may be installed at a location where information on the travel of the moving user 11 can be obtained, or may be brought in by the user 11 . For example, the terminal device 20 may be a mobile terminal or smart phone possessed by the user 11 who is walking or riding a bicycle.

10 vehicle 11 user 20 vehicle-mounted device (terminal device)
21 control unit 210 running state acquisition unit (attribute information acquisition unit)
211 Rough Level Acquisition Part (Attribute Information Acquisition Part)
212 in-vehicle information acquisition unit (attribute information acquisition unit)
213 Frustration level acquisition unit (attribute information acquisition unit)
214 navigation unit 215 journey information acquisition unit 30 server 31 control unit (group creation unit, user extraction unit, matching information provision unit)
32 database unit 40 communication network

Claims (5)

an attribute information acquisition unit that acquires attribute information indicating attributes of a user;
a terminal device having a journey information acquisition unit that acquires information on the user's journey;
a database unit in which the attribute information and the process information for the plurality of users are accumulated for each user;
a group creation unit that determines the similarity of the attributes of the users based on the attribute information for each user in the database unit, and creates a group of the users whose similarity is equal to or greater than a determination threshold;
a user extraction unit that extracts the combination of the users from the group based on the information of the journey in the database unit;
a server having a matching information providing unit that provides, as matching information, information of other users of the extracted combination to terminal devices of users of the combination extracted by the user extraction unit;
A matching system with The journey information acquisition unit has a remaining time information acquisition unit that acquires information on the remaining time until the user arrives at the user's destination as the information on the journey,
The matching system according to claim 1, wherein the user extraction unit extracts from the group a combination of the users with the closest remaining time acquired by the remaining time information acquisition unit. The journey information acquisition unit has a forward trip/return trip determination unit that judges outward trip/return trip information indicating whether the user's current trip is an outward trip or a return trip as the information of the trip,
3. The matching system according to claim 1, wherein the user extraction unit extracts, from the group, a combination of users whose outbound/return route information determined by the outbound/return route determination unit is similar. The itinerary information acquisition unit includes a departure point information acquisition unit that acquires information on the departure point of the user as information on the itinerary, and a destination information acquisition unit that acquires information on the destination of the user as information on the itinerary. and
When the outbound/return route information of one user determined by the outbound/return route determination unit is an outbound route, the user extraction unit combines the users whose destinations are similar to each other in the information acquired by the destination information acquisition unit. is extracted from the group, and when the outbound/return route information of one user determined by the outbound/return route determination unit is a return route, the information acquired by the departure point information acquisition unit is similar to the departure point of the user 4. The matching system of claim 3, wherein combinations are extracted from the population. an attribute information obtaining step for obtaining attribute information indicating user attributes;
a journey information acquisition step of acquiring information on the user's journey;
A group creation step of determining the similarity of the attributes of the users based on the user-by-user attribute information accumulated in the database unit for a plurality of users, and creating a group of the users whose similarity is equal to or greater than a determination threshold. and,
a user extraction step of extracting a combination of the users from the group based on the information of the journey in the database;
a matching information providing step of providing, as matching information, information of other users of the extracted combination to terminal devices of users of the combination extracted in the user extraction step;
Matching methods, including

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