JP2024009466A - Driving school management server and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information and communication technology that contributes to reducing accident occurrence probability by increasing practice opportunities equivalent to practical training while reducing a financial burden when obtaining a driver license.

SOLUTION: A driving school management server includes: a trainee DB that stores attribute data or the like on trainees; data provision permission transmission means that proposes permission proposal to provide the attribute data or the like to a predetermined non-life insurance company to a communication terminal on the trainees; data provision permission intention reception means that receives, when a trainee who has received the permission proposal transmits permission data that indicates the intention of the trainee to consent, the permission data; and trainee data provision means that provides data of the trainee on the received permission data to the non-life insurance company.

SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

COPYRIGHT: (C)2024,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to technology that contributes to economical and rational operation of driving schools.

In order to obtain a driver's license, a person must pass a national exam for both practical and academic driving. To help you pass the exam, there are driving schools (driving schools) where you can learn practical skills and academic subjects. Driving schools are private, for-profit organizations that are operated using fees paid by the driving school's participants.

In recent years, many driving schools have become difficult to manage. One of the reasons is that the total number of young people who are expected to become new students (enrollees) is decreasing due to changes in the social structure of the declining birthrate and aging population.
In addition, mobile phones (smartphones) and their maintenance costs are a high priority for young people, and ongoing expenses have become mandatory for everyone. The financial situation of these young people is hindering their motivation to obtain a driver's license, and as a result, the number of students attending driving schools is decreasing.
Furthermore, the financial burden before and after enrolling in a driving school is not limited to young people. For most people considering obtaining a driver's license, there is a need to reduce the financial burden.

By the way, accidents are a part of driving a car, and in addition to compulsory automobile liability insurance being mandatory for car owners (drivers), there is also a high rate of participation in voluntary insurance.
However, with voluntary insurance, premiums vary depending on the accident rate. Therefore, insurance premiums are low for generations with low accident rates, and high premiums for generations with high accident rates.

Figure 1 summarizes the aforementioned problems among three companies: driving schools, young people, and non-life insurance companies (abbreviated as ``non-life insurance companies'').
In other words, driving schools want young people to obtain a driving license, and young people feel that the cost of training to obtain a license is expensive. Additionally, non-life insurance companies feel that the accident rate among young people is high, and that young people find voluntary car insurance to be expensive.

When searching for prior patents that may be related to the present application on the patent information platform, the following patent documents were extracted and verified.

Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for realizing a vehicle driving characteristic diagnosis that reflects the characteristics of each driver driving the vehicle.

Patent Document 2 discloses a technology that facilitates the introduction of telematics insurance infrastructure and enables highly accurate driving improvement proposals to insurance policyholders.

Patent Document 3 discloses a technology that, when a user practices with a driving simulation training device, not only allows the user to practice with practice content suitable for the user, but also automatically certifies the user appropriately on behalf of the driving school, without letting the practice results go to waste. Disclosed.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2015-184968 Patent No. 6600536 Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2005-181997

Figure 2 examines the problems young people face after enrolling in driving school.
First, as a premise, the content of training at a driving school will be briefly explained below. The driving school provides theoretical training and practical training to those who have enrolled in the driving school (abbreviated as "instructors") (2a). Academic training consists of taking a predetermined number of lectures in classrooms. In addition, practical training is to be completed for a predetermined period at a driving range and on public roads. This practical training is divided into more detailed stages, such as crank driving, starting on a hill, passing through a railroad crossing, and parallel parking. Trainees will become proficient in driving a car in accordance with this practical training curriculum.

Trainees may feel that they have insufficient practice at some stages of practical training and wish to become more proficient (2b). For example, you may think that you have mastered starting on a hill, but you have not had enough practice in parallel parking, and you may want to repeat the lesson to become more proficient.
However, since driving schools provide practical training to trainees according to a predetermined curriculum, it is not possible to provide such additional training free of charge according to the trainee's wishes (2c. ). Here, there is a latent need to increase opportunities for practical training for trainees.

For non-life insurance companies, even if an instructor graduates from a driving school and is actually issued a driver's license, the accident rate caused by drivers who have recently obtained their license is high. Therefore, if we increase opportunities for practical training for trainees and make them more proficient in driving, we can expect a reduction in the accident rate for drivers who have just acquired their license. As a result, it should be possible to lower insurance premiums (2d). Here, there is a latent need to increase opportunities for practical training for trainees.

Now, in car sharing businesses that provide car sharing services, drivers who do not own their own cars often register as members and use them, and young people who cannot afford to buy their own cars are less likely to use them. do not have. On the other hand, the problem is that profitability declines when vehicles provided through car sharing become temporarily unusable due to an accident. In other words, if the accident rate when young people use car sharing is reduced, it is expected that the profit margin of the business will improve. In other words, there is a latent need here as well to increase opportunities for practical training for trainees.

We have repeatedly considered information and communication technology to solve the problems mentioned above.
The problem to be solved by the present invention is an information and communication technology that contributes to reducing the probability of accidents by increasing practice opportunities equivalent to practical training while reducing the financial burden when obtaining a driver's license. Our goal is to provide the following.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a first invention related to a management server that manages data related to instructors at a driving school, and a computer program that controls a communication terminal related to an instructor that communicates with the management server according to the first invention. and a third invention relating to a computer program for controlling the management server according to the first invention.

(First invention)
The first invention relates to a driving school management server (the driving school's communication terminal in FIG. 3) that manages data regarding instructors at a driving school.
That is, a trainee database that stores attribute data etc. regarding trainees;
data provision permission transmitting means for asking a communication terminal of the trainee for permission to provide the attribute data etc. stored in the trainee database to a third party (for example, a predetermined non-life insurance company); ,
data provision permission intention receiving means for receiving permission data when the communication terminal of the trainee who has received the permission inquiry from the data provision permission transmission means transmits permission data that is an expression of intention to give permission;
Trainee data providing means for providing the trainee's data related to the permission data received by the data provision permission intention receiving means to the third party;
(See Figure 3).

(Glossary)
"Attribute data" is data regarding the attributes of an instructor, which is required when the instructor enrolls in a driving school. Data regarding the attributes of the trainee includes, for example, name, address, contact information (mainly mobile information terminal phone number and email address), age, and other data to identify or contact the individual trainee. . Furthermore, it includes various data referenced when the driving school provides training, such as whether or not the user has other types of licenses, and whether the driver has a manual/automatic limited license for regular cars.

(effect)
The driving school's instructor database stores attribute data and the like regarding the instructor.
The driving school asks the communication terminal of the trainee for permission to provide the attribute data stored in the trainee database to a third party (for example, a predetermined non-life insurance company).
The trainee transmits permission data, which is an expression of intention to permit the provision of attribute data, to the driving school via his or her own communication terminal. The permission data is received by a communication terminal related to the driving school. The communication terminal related to the driving school provides the data of the instructor related to the permission data received by the data provision permission intention receiving means to the communication terminal related to the third party.

Driving schools can provide attribute data, etc. to third parties with the permission of the instructor, and in return, they may receive direct benefits (e.g. monetary consideration) or indirect benefits (e.g. enrollment). (increase in people).
As a third party, it is possible to obtain attribute data, etc. (contact information as a prospective customer, etc.) related to the trainee, and use that attribute data, etc. to provide new services (additional training, etc.) to the trainee. can be provided.
In return for providing attribute data, etc., the trainee can obtain direct benefits (for example, monetary compensation) or indirect benefits (for example, to improve driving skills through additional training or reduce insurance premiums).

(Variation 1 of the first invention)
The first invention is more preferably formed as follows.
That is, a driving school management database that accumulates training content data regarding driving school training content, training locations, and training hours;
Free time data transmitting means for extracting free time data related to the trainee who has transmitted the permission data using the driving school management database and the trainer database and providing the extracted free time data to the third party;
(See FIG. 4).

(effect)
A driving school management database of a communication terminal related to a driving school stores training content data regarding training content, training location, and training time.
The communication terminal related to the driving school refers to the driving school management database and the instructor database, extracts the free time data related to the instructor who sent the permission data, and sends it to the communication terminal related to the third party. provide.

As a third party, by understanding the instructor's free time and the situation of the training center, it is possible to provide more detailed services to the instructor.

(Second invention)
The second invention relates to a computer program executed on a communication terminal of a trainee taking lessons at a driving school.
That is, an admission data transmission procedure for transmitting attribute data including the name and contact information necessary for identifying the instructor;
a data provision consent receiving procedure for receiving a consent inquiry regarding whether or not to permit provision of the attribute data transmitted in the admission data transmission procedure to a third party;
a data provision consent intention transmission procedure for transmitting consent data to the effect that provision to a third party is permitted in response to the consent request received in the data provision consent reception procedure;
a monetary substitute data receiving procedure for receiving monetary substitute data transmitted from a communication terminal related to a third party provided based on the consent data transmitted in the data provision consent intention transmitting procedure;
This is a computer program that is executed on a communication terminal of a trainee (see FIG. 3).

(Glossary)
"Money substitute data" is electronic data guaranteed to be substituted for money, such as electronic money and electronic coupons. It may also be transfer proof data for the transfer destination.

Although the computer program according to the second invention can be provided as an application program to be executed on a communication terminal, it does not have to be downloaded to the communication terminal and executed as an application program. For example, if it is provided as a program executed on the web, there is no need to download it to a communication terminal.

(Variation 1 of the second invention)
The second invention can also be formed as follows.
That is, an additional training data receiving procedure for receiving additional training data transmitted from a communication terminal related to a third party provided based on the consent data transmitted in the data provision consent intention transmission procedure;
a training application data transmission procedure for transmitting training application data to the communication terminal of the third party in response to the additional training data received in the additional training data reception procedure;
This is a computer program that is executed on a communication terminal of a trainee (see FIG. 4).

(Glossary)
"Additional training data" refers to information such as availability information at the driving school's driving school and the training schedule of the instructor, such as times when additional driving lessons can be taken in addition to the regular curriculum provided by the driving school. This is data for announcing.

(Variation 2 of the second invention)
The second invention can also be formed as follows.
That is, a driving simulator receiving procedure for receiving a driving simulator application program that can execute a car driving simulation on an output screen of a communication terminal;
a driving simulator execution procedure for executing the driving simulator application program received in the driving simulator reception procedure;
a driving operation data transmission procedure for transmitting the operation data by the trainer when the driving simulator execution procedure is executed to a predetermined communication terminal (for example, a communication terminal related to a non-life insurance company);
This is a computer program that is executed on a communication terminal of a trainee (see FIG. 11).

(Third invention)
The third invention relates to the invention of a computer program that controls a driving school management server (the communication terminal of the driving school in FIG. 3) that manages data regarding instructors at the driving school.
The computer program is
a trainee data accumulation procedure for storing attribute data etc. regarding the trainee in a trainee database;
a data provision consent transmission procedure for asking a communication terminal of a trainee for permission to provide the attribute data, etc. stored in the trainee database to a third party (for example, a predetermined non-life insurance company); ,
a data provision consent intention reception procedure for receiving consent data when the communication terminal of the trainee who has received the consent consultation according to the data provision consent transmission procedure transmits consent data as an expression of intention to consent;
a trainee data providing procedure for providing the trainee data related to the consent data received in the data provision consent intention receiving procedure to the third party;
This is a computer program that causes the driving school management server to execute the following.

(Variation 1 of the third invention)
The third invention can also be formed as follows.
That is, a training content data storage procedure for storing training content data regarding driving school training content, training location, and training time in a driving school management database;
a free time data transmission procedure for extracting free time data related to the trainee who has transmitted the permission data using the driving school management database and the trainee database and providing the free time data to the third party;
This is a computer program that is executed by the driving school management server.

The computer programs according to the second and third inventions can also be provided by being stored in a recording medium. Here, a "recording medium" is a medium that can carry a program that cannot occupy space by itself. Examples include flexible disks, hard disks, DVD-Rs, and flash memories.
It is also possible to transmit the program according to the present invention from a computer (or communication terminal) storing it to another computer (including a server) or communication terminal via a communication line.

According to the first invention, there is provided a management server that contributes to reducing the probability of an accident occurring by increasing practice opportunities equivalent to practical training while reducing the financial burden when obtaining a driver's license. be able to.
According to the second invention, a control program for a communication terminal contributes to reducing the probability of an accident occurring by increasing practice opportunities equivalent to practical training while reducing the financial burden when acquiring a driver's license. can be provided.
According to the third invention, a control server for a management server that contributes to reducing the probability of an accident occurring by increasing practice opportunities equivalent to practical training while reducing the financial burden when obtaining a driver's license. A computer program can be provided.

This diagram summarizes the problems between driving schools, young people, and non-life insurance companies. This diagram examines the problems faced when young people enroll in a driving school. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the flow of data exchanged between a driving school, an instructor, and a non-life insurance company, and a configuration for exchanging data. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a sequence for providing additional training for a system that provides additional training to trainees. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the operational status of a driving school stored in a driving school management database. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of free time data. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a sequence for providing additional training. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a case where a vehicle provided by a car sharing company is used as additional training. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating another example of using a vehicle provided by a car sharing company as additional training. It is a figure which shows an example of the score displayed on the communication terminal which an instructor has. It is a figure which shows the example implemented using a communication terminal as additional training. It is a conceptual diagram showing the profits of a driving school, an instructor, a non-life insurance company, and a car sharing business.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3 to 12. The invention is not limited to the embodiments, but rather forms for interpreting the invention. Note that in the figure, the database is abbreviated as "DB".

(Figure 3)
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the flow of data exchanged between a driving school, an instructor, and a non-life insurance company, and the configuration for exchanging data, as a system for reducing the burden of young people acquiring licenses.

FIG. 3 shows the relationship between an instructor (communication terminal related to) who has entered a driving school, the driving school (communication terminal related), and a non-life insurance company (communication terminal related).
The communication terminal related to the trainee includes an admission data transmitting means, a data provision permission receiving means, a data provision permission intention transmitting means, and a monetary alternative data receiving means, each of which functions.

The communication terminal related to the driving school is equipped with an admission data receiving means, an instructor database, a data provision permission sending means, a data provision permission intention receiving means, an instructor data providing means, and a report data receiving means, each of which has a function. do.
A communication terminal related to a non-life insurance company is equipped with a trainee data receiving means, a potential customer database, and a money substitute data transmitting means, each of which functions.

When an instructor enrolls in a driving school, the instructor uses his own communication terminal to transmit his own attribute data as admission data to the driving school. Communication terminals for trainees include, but are not limited to, smartphones, personal computers, tablet terminals, etc. owned by trainees. The communication terminal has a function of accepting input of enrollment data through operation by a driving instructor, and transmitting the data to a communication terminal related to a driving school by a method such as via a communication line. This function serves as a means of transmitting admission data.

Attribute data is data regarding the attributes of an instructor, which is required when the instructor enrolls in a driving school. Data regarding the attributes of the trainee includes, for example, name, contact information such as address, and age. Furthermore, it includes data necessary for the driving school to determine the training content to be provided to the trainee, such as whether or not the driver has other types of licenses, and whether the driver has a manual/automatic license for regular cars.

The enrollment data transmitted from the communication terminal related to the instructor is received by the communication terminal at the driving school. The communication terminal at the driving school functions as a means for receiving enrollment data. When the admission data receiving means receives the admission data, this admission data is stored in the trainee database.

A communication terminal related to a driving school searches the enrollment data stored in this instructor database. Then, trainees who meet certain conditions are extracted. Certain conditions here include those who feel (or are expected to) feel a financial burden when obtaining a license, and those who wish to become more proficient in practical training. Alternatively, people below a certain age may be extracted.

The above-mentioned "certain conditions" are just one example, and various other conditions may be applied when extracting trainees. No particular conditions are set for extracting trainees, and all currently enrolled trainees may be targeted, or past enrolled trainees may be included. Note that the search for enrollment data and the extraction of instructors are performed by a person enrolled at the driving school operating a communication terminal.

The communication terminal related to the driving school functions as a data provision permission transmitting means to transmit data provision permission to the communication terminal related to the thus extracted trainee. "Permission to provide data" is a consultation to obtain the instructor's permission for the driving school to provide the instructor's enrollment data or a portion of the enrollment data to the non-life insurance company.

In response to the data provision permission sent to their communication terminal, the instructor decides whether or not to give permission for the driving school to provide the enrollment data or part of the enrollment data about him/her to the non-life insurance company. do.
If permission is granted, the intention to consent to data provision is transmitted to the communication terminal at the driving school. Here, the intention to consent to data provision is expressed by displaying a question such as "Are you sure you want to provide data to the non-life insurance company?" on the screen (not shown) of a communication terminal owned by the trainee. This is indicated by the instructor selecting the "YES" option. If the trainee does not wish to provide his/her data to the non-life insurance company, he/she can select the "NO" option in response to the previous question.

The answer from the instructor is transmitted to the communication terminal at the driving school by the communication terminal data relating to the instructor functioning as a provision consent intention transmitting means. The instructor's response is received by the communication terminal at the driving school functioning as a means for receiving data provision permission intention.

In this embodiment, it is assumed that whether the instructor's answer is "YES" or "NO", it is transmitted to the communication terminal associated with the driving school. However, if the instructor selects the option "NO" to the question, the answer may not be sent to the communication terminal associated with the driving school.

If you receive a ``YES'' response from the instructor, this indicates that the driving school intends to provide data to the non-life insurance company with permission for the driving school to provide the enrollment data (or part of the enrollment data) regarding the instructor. That's what the driving school decides.

The communication terminal at the driving school transmits the enrollment data (or part of the enrollment data) regarding the relevant instructor as instructor data to the communication terminal associated with the non-life insurance company. Enrollment data must include information that can identify the trainee, such as the trainee's name, address, and age. On the other hand, although attributes required for management reasons at driving schools are included, there is no need to provide data regarding such attributes to non-life insurance companies.

A communication terminal at the driving school functions as a free time data transmitting means, and the trainee data is transmitted via a communication line.

A communication terminal related to a non-life insurance company functions as a trainee data receiving means, and upon receiving trainee data, stores this trainee data in a prospective customer database.
Money substitute data is transmitted from a communication terminal related to a non-life insurance company to a communication terminal related to an instructor stored in a prospective customer database. Further, the communication terminal related to the non-life insurance company functions as a monetary substitute data transmitting means, and transmits report data regarding the instructor who has transmitted the monetary substitute data to the communication terminal of the driving school.

The communication terminal of the trainee functions as a money substitute data receiving means and receives the money substitute data transmitted from the non-life insurance company. Further, the monetary substitute data transmitted from the non-life insurance company is received as report data by a communication terminal associated with the driving school, which functions as a report data receiving means.

The monetary substitute data is generally provided in the form of electronic data such as electronic money or electronic coupons, but may also be payment proof data for the recipient. Once the trainee has indicated his/her intention to provide data, the enrollment data regarding the trainee will be passed to the non-life insurance company. This enrollment data allows non-life insurance companies to approach trainees by approaching them for additional training (see Figure 4).

It is believed that if instructors receive additional training and become proficient in driving a car, the number of accidents caused by novice drivers will decrease. Therefore, non-life insurance companies have the advantage of giving incentives to trainees who have given permission to provide data. On the other hand, by receiving the monetary substitute data, the trainee can allocate it to part of the price paid to the driving school. If this scheme is widely publicized, it is expected that it will motivate those who do not yet have a driver's license to obtain one.

Driving schools refer to report data (monetary substitute data) received from non-life insurance companies and use it to announce schemes that will substantially reduce training fees, for example by revising admission guidelines. I can do it.

(Figure 4)
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a sequence for providing additional training for a system that provides additional training to trainees. The following describes the sequence of determining free time from the operating status of a driving school, presenting the free time to the learner, and receiving an application for additional training from the learner.

The communication terminal related to the trainee functions as a means for receiving additional training data and a means for transmitting training application data (in order to function, it is desirable that the driving school side provides a dedicated application program in advance).
Here, "additional training data" refers to the time available for additional driving lessons in addition to the regular curriculum provided by the driving school, based on information on availability at the driving school's driving school and the training schedule of the instructor. This is data for announcing obi etc.

A communication terminal related to a driving school functions as data storage means such as a driving school management database and a trainee database, as well as free time data transmitting means and report data receiving means.

A communication terminal related to a non-life insurance company functions as data storage means such as an instructor management database, a prospective customer database, and an additional trainee database, as well as additional training data transmission means, training application data reception means, and free time data reception means.

In a communication terminal related to a driving school, the operational status of the driving school is input into the driving school management database. The "operating status of the driving school" stores training content data regarding the driving school's training content, training location, and training time. For example, the content of what kind of training the training vehicle will be used for, the operating/non-operating status of the training vehicle, the status of the operating training vehicle being used for in-school training or on-road training, and the status of the non-operating training vehicle. This includes the number of training vehicles that can be provided for additional training, which will be described later. This operating status is input in accordance with the timetable of the driving school.

(Figure 5)
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the operating status of a driving range stored in the driving range management database. The data structure and data content of the driving school management database can be created in various other ways.

It shows how each of the training vehicles owned by the driving school is used according to the training time period. For example, training vehicle 1 is used for on-road training for an hour from 9:00 a.m. but not inside the driving range, for an hour from 10:00 a.m. it is used for training inside the school, and for an hour from 11:00 a.m. it is used for training inside the school. It is recorded that it is not being used and is stopped at the facility.

As shown in FIG. 4, it is necessary for the driving school to at least understand whether each training vehicle is in operation or not in operation and to provide free time data to the non-life insurance company. However, in this embodiment, information on on-road training and in-school training is also input and recorded. By doing so, it can be determined that if there are many training vehicles participating in on-road training, the school is empty, and conversely, if there are few training vehicles participating in on-road training, the school is crowded.

As a driving school, by referring to the driving school management database, it is possible to grasp how many driving training vehicles are out of service at any given time. Then, by also referring to the trainee database, it is possible to create a list of trainees who have no training scheduled for the relevant time period. The instructor has previously sent an expression of intent to the driving school as to whether or not the list may be provided to the non-life insurance company. Therefore, the driving school will only include in the list provided to the non-life insurance company those driving instructors who have responded in advance that they may provide their data to the non-life insurance company (intention to consent to data provision).

From the communication terminal at the driving school, the number of inactive training vehicles obtained from the driving school management database and the list of students who have not scheduled lessons obtained from the instructor database are used as free time data for non-life insurance. Send to company communication terminal.
In addition, rather than creating all the number of non-operating training vehicles as "vacant time data", we estimate the degree of congestion in the driving range from the number of vehicles appearing in on-road training and the number of vehicles used for in-school training, as described above. A time period in which the degree of congestion is less than a predetermined level may be used as "vacant time data".

(Figure 6)
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of free time data. For each day of the week and each training time period, the number of non-operating training vehicles and information on trainees who have not made reservations for training at that time are summarized. The format of free time data as shown in FIG. 6 is just an example, and may be created for each trainee, for example.

As shown in FIG. 4, the communication terminal associated with the non-life insurance company receives free time data transmitted from the communication terminal of the driving school. The non-life insurance company refers to the received free time data and the instructor management database to determine how many instructors can be arranged for each free time. Then, depending on the number of instructors that can be arranged, it is determined how many of the trainees the additional training guidance will be sent to.

For example, in FIG. 6, it is assumed that three training vehicles are found to be out of service at 9 o'clock on Monday, and when the instructor management database is referred to, it is found that two instructors can be arranged for that time.
Then, since the non-life insurance company can provide additional training to two trainees, it sends information on additional training to at least two trainees. Considering the possibility that there may be some trainees who do not wish to receive additional training at the relevant time, here we will send additional training information to three trainees (for example, trainees A, D, and F). It will be decided.

A message such as ``I am free from 10:00 to 11:00 on Monday'' is created on the communication terminal of the non-life insurance company. Then, the contact information of trainees A, D, and F is obtained by referring to the prospective customer database, and this message is sent as additional training data to the communication terminals associated with trainees A, D, and F (see Figure 4). .

An instructor is a person who, in addition to the regular curriculum at a driving school, provides advice on driving techniques to trainees who wish to become more familiar with driving operations that interest them. This instructor is registered as a person who is proficient in driving and operating a car. An instructor at a driving school may register and work as an instructor during his or her own free time or vacation.

For trainees who have given permission to provide their own data to the non-life insurance company, additional training data will be sent to their communication terminals from the non-life insurance company. Trainees who receive this additional training data decide whether or not to take additional training during their free time, taking into consideration their own schedule and the content they would like to master, such as starting on a hill, parking in a garage, and parallel parking. Decide while doing so.

If the trainee wishes to receive additional training, he/she applies for training in response to the additional training data. This training application data includes information that is written in the additional training data, for example, that the user would like to receive additional training from "10:00 to 11:00 on Monday." This training application data may be prepared in advance in a format that can include items that the user wants to master, such as parking in a garage and parallel parking.

The trainee uses his/her own communication terminal to transmit this training application data to the non-life insurance company's communication terminal. The training application data received by the communication terminal of the non-life insurance company is stored in the additional training person database.

(Figure 7)
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a sequence for providing additional training for a system that provides additional training to the trainee following FIG. 4 .
The following describes how non-life insurance companies and driving schools prepare when they receive an application for additional training from an instructor.

The non-life insurance company refers to the additional instructor database (see Figure 4), refers to the time period included in the training application data, and searches the instructor management database (see Figure 4) for instructors who can be arranged for that time period. See and decide. Then, on the day of the additional training, an instructor will be dispatched to the time slot desired by the trainee.

The driving school rents out the driving range and, if necessary, the driving vehicle to the dispatched instructor and the trainees who learn from the instructor. The reason why we say "as necessary" is because it is also possible for instructors to drive and bring their own vehicles for instructing students. In addition. A training vehicle that is lent out "as needed" is a vehicle that is not in operation during that time period.

Additional training hours include times when the driving school is not operating the driving school as a school, such as early mornings and evenings, as well as times when the driving school is not crowded.
During that time, the learner and the instructor go to a driving school and drive a vehicle (a vehicle provided by the instructor or a vehicle arranged by the driving school) as additional training. In this way, the trainee drives the vehicle while accompanied by the instructor, and becomes proficient in driving.

It is desirable that the above-mentioned additional training be provided without any financial burden on the trainee (free of charge by the non-life insurance company). Funds for the free provision will be allocated to the reduction in the financial burden associated with a reduction in the accident rate for beginners who have just obtained their driver's license.

In addition, if the insurance company confirms that the trainee has completed the additional training, the non-life insurance company may send monetary substitute data (eg, points with monetary value) to the trainee. This money substitute data is transmitted from the non-life insurance company's communication terminal to the trainee's communication terminal (see FIG. 3).

As a driving school, it is expected that the accident rate of its graduates will decrease. In addition, when a non-operating training vehicle is provided for additional training, the operating rate of the training vehicle can be increased.

(Figure 8)
FIG. 8 shows a case where a vehicle provided by a car sharing company is used as the vehicle used for additional training.
The non-life insurance company that receives the training application data determines an instructor who can be dispatched, and notifies the car share operator of the instructor's desired date and time. Then, the instructor and the trainee go to the designated location and conduct additional training using cars provided by the car-sharing operator for car-sharing (hereinafter referred to as the car-sharing operator used for additional training). (abbreviated as ``shared training vehicle'').

The shared training vehicle is equipped with various sensors and sensor data transmitting means capable of transmitting sensor data acquired by the sensors.
A communication terminal related to a car sharing company includes a sensor data receiving means, a sensor data database, a sensor data processing means, and a processed data transmitting means.
A communication terminal related to a non-life insurance company is equipped with a processed data receiving means and an operating database.

Shared training vehicles are vehicles that car-sharing companies have deployed at various locations, and are no longer being rented out for car-sharing purposes. Shared training vehicles are equipped with various sensors to collect driving data in order to improve services in the car sharing business. Examples of sensors include GPS (Global Positioning System) for detecting the position of the vehicle, acceleration detection sensors for sudden acceleration and sudden braking, gyro sensors for detecting vertical movement of the vehicle, and engine rotation speed. These include an engine speed sensor, a gear position sensor that detects the speed of the transmission, and a steering angle sensor that detects steering wheel operations. The present invention is not limited to these, and may further include sensors necessary for the car sharing business and further sensors necessary for additional training according to this embodiment.

These sensor data are transmitted to the communication terminal of the car share operator by a data transmitting means provided in the share training vehicle. Sensor data received by a car sharing operator's communication terminal is stored in a sensor data database.

The sensor data processing means in the communication terminal of the car sharing operator processes the sensor data stored in the sensor data database, and processes the sensor data stored in the sensor data database to the trainees (only those who wish to take the additional training are called "trainers"). It is used for analysis and evaluation of the driving content of
Here, processing of sensor data is performed to analyze and evaluate the content of the additional training that the trainee has taken, and to quantify or score the driving content of the trainee. The sensor data acquired by various sensors includes acceleration, engine rotation speed, steering rotation angle, vehicle position, etc., and these sensor data are used to guide the trainee's proficiency level in driving operations.

Below, we will explain how to score the degree of proficiency as an example.
If sudden acceleration is detected by the acceleration sensor or engine rotation sensor, it is determined that the driver is not proficient in operating the accelerator, and points will be deducted depending on the degree of acceleration.
If a sudden steering operation is detected by the steering angle sensor, it is determined that the driver is not proficient in handling the steering wheel, and points are deducted depending on the degree of proficiency.
If the gyro sensor or position detection sensor detects that the vehicle has lowered when starting on a hill, it is determined that the vehicle is not proficient in starting on a hill, and points are deducted depending on the degree of the problem.

On the other hand, points are added if smooth acceleration/deceleration or smooth steering operation is detected.
Of course, if the instructor determines that it was appropriate to apply the brakes suddenly depending on the situation, the car-sharing operator can calculate the score as desired, such as not subtracting the score. Converting the proficiency level into points is an example of processing sensor data, and processing of sensor data is not limited to scoring.

The processed data thus processed is transmitted from the communication terminal of the car sharing company to the communication terminal of the non-life insurance company, and the processed data is received by the processed data receiving means in the communication terminal of the non-life insurance company.
The non-life insurance company's communication terminal stores the received processed data in an operational database. This driving database stores processed sensor data for each practitioner who has received additional training. That is, if the same practitioner takes additional training multiple times, the processed sensor data for the multiple times are stored in chronological order.

The non-life insurance company can learn about the driving skills of the trainee by referring to this driving database. It is also possible to reflect this result in the calculation of monetary alternative data. In addition, when a trainee graduates from a driving school and actually purchases a car, if they purchase their own car insurance, they can refer to this driving database and adjust the insurance premium according to the trainee's driving skills. It will also be possible to propose discounts, etc.

(Figure 9)
FIG. 9 shows details of the case where a training vehicle provided by a car sharing company is used as additional training. That is, this indicates that the content of the additional training using the shared training vehicle is received as sensor data by a communication terminal related to the car sharing company, and analysis and evaluation are performed based on the sensor data.

The shared training vehicle is equipped with various sensors and sensor data transmitting means for transmitting sensor data acquired by the sensors as an on-vehicle device.
A communication terminal related to a car sharing operator includes a sensor data receiving means for receiving sensor data transmitted from a shared training vehicle, a sensor data database for storing the received sensor data, and a sensor data processing means for processing the stored sensor data. , a scoring processing means for converting the processed sensor data into points, an attribute data inputting means for inputting attribute data related to the practitioner who received the additional training, and an attribute data inputting means for inputting the attribute data of the practitioner and the score data converted by the scoring processing means. It is equipped with a practitioner database that is stored for each practitioner, and means for transmitting points to a communication terminal related to the practitioner.

The communication terminal related to the trainee receives score data transmitted by the communication terminal related to the car-sharing operator. That is, it functions as a score receiving means.
Note that the score data processed by the score processing means is processed to make it easier to understand when provided to the practitioner. The processing will be described later using FIG.

Preferably, the trainee attribute data input means electronically obtains the attribute data necessary for the trainee database from a driving school, a non-life insurance company, or the like. However, if it is not available electronically, a person in charge at the car sharing company will enter it manually and store it in the trainee database.

Although not shown in FIG. 9, since the point data is data that is easy for non-life insurance companies to understand, it can be used instead of the processed data shown in FIG. The data may be received by the data receiving means.

(Figure 10)
FIG. 10 shows an example of scores displayed on a communication terminal owned by a trainee.
That is, scores for four items: slow driving, parking in a garage, parallel parking, and starting on a slope are shown in the form of a radar chart. Also displayed on the display screen is a message that advises practitioners, ``Next time, try parallel parking a little harder!'' As a practitioner, you can refer to radar charts and messages to understand which items you have mastered and which items you have not mastered.

(Figure 11)
In Figure 11, for additional training that an instructor (practitioner) takes, he or she uses a communication terminal (or mobile game console) owned by the instructor, rather than a driving school's training vehicle or a car sharing operator's shared training vehicle. An example will be shown below.

The communication terminal of the car share operator is equipped with an application database storing a driving simulator application program (abbreviated as "driving simulator application" in the figure) and driving simulator transmission means.
The communication terminal related to the trainee includes a simulator application receiving means for receiving the driving simulator application from the communication terminal of the car sharing operator, a simulator application execution means for executing the received driving simulator application, and a simulator application execution means for executing the received driving simulator application. It functions as a driving operation data transmitting means for transmitting driving operation data.
A communication terminal related to a non-life insurance company includes a driving operation data receiving means for receiving driving operation data transmitted from a communication terminal relating to a trainee, and a simulator driving operation database storing the received driving operation data.

The driving simulator application program may be downloaded and used by a trainee who wishes to do so, but it is preferable that the trainee be forced to download it. This is because it can be expected to contribute to improving driving skills by making use of the free time between attending a driving school.

Although the driving simulator application program is illustrated as being provided by a car sharing company, it may also be provided by a non-life insurance company.

The trainee starts a driving simulator application (hereinafter referred to as the "app") on his or her own information terminal and practices operating a car using this application. Multiple types of apps may be prepared depending on the content of the lesson and the proficiency level of the trainee, or the app may be one that allows the user to initially select multiple proficiency levels.

As a result of the simulator application execution means executing the application, an operation screen is displayed on the display screen of the communication terminal. This operation screen displays a main screen and operation buttons. On the main screen, you can switch between multiple viewpoints, such as the view from the driver's seat like in a normal driving simulator, or the view from above or from the side of the car. The operation button accepts an operation for moving the car displayed on the main screen, and may be a button displayed on the liquid crystal screen.

In FIG. 11, the main screen shows the driver's own vehicle and other vehicles viewed from above, and the practitioner uses the operation buttons to practice parallel parking.

Although the app does not allow trainees to drive a real car, they can gain experience in operating a car. The app also has unique effects, such as being able to experience a simulated perspective from above and from the side, which cannot be experienced in actual training, and being able to understand the objective behavior of a car.
This kind of experience is considered useful when the trainee actually gets into and drives a car. In addition, the driver can easily practice in his or her free time without actually going to a driving school, which is considered to be effective in learning how to drive.

The general outline is the same when implementing additional training using a portable game machine. When using a portable game machine, it is possible to use the operation buttons that the portable game machine has as a physical presence, so it is superior in terms of operability and responsiveness.

When a practitioner practices driving a car using an application, the driving operation data transmission means transmits the operation details to a communication terminal associated with a non-life insurance company. The driving operation data received by the communication terminal of the non-life insurance company is stored for each practitioner in a driving operation record database.

The usage of driving operation data is the same as the processed data received from car sharing companies. That is, the non-life insurance company can refer to this driving operation database to know the driving skills of the trainee. This result can be reflected in the calculation of monetary alternative data. If you subscribe to your own car insurance, you can refer to this driving operation database and suggest discounts on insurance premiums depending on your driving skills.

(Figure 12)
In Figure 12,
It explains how the instructor, the driving school, the insurance company, and the car-sharing operator each benefit from providing additional training to the instructor.

First, for a driving instructor, by transmitting permission to provide data to a non-life insurance company when enrolling in a driving school, he or she can receive data in lieu of money. This can reduce the financial burden of enrolling in a driving school. You can also receive monetary substitute data by taking additional training. This reduces the financial burden of taking additional training, and essentially reduces the cost of obtaining a driver's license.

Additionally, by taking additional lessons, you will become more proficient in driving a car. As a result, even if you actually obtain a driver's license, you can drive a car on general roads with peace of mind. Furthermore, since the non-life insurance company knows the results of the additional training, if you sign a contract with the non-life insurance company when purchasing a car, you can expect to receive a reduction in insurance premiums.

For driving schools, this is expected to have the effect of increasing the number of young people enrolling at driving schools, or increasing the number of instructors taking additional lessons, as the financial burden on drivers will be reduced. I can do it.
In addition, as trainees take additional lessons to become proficient in driving a car, graduates can be expected to drive more safely.
Furthermore, if teachers at their own school register as instructors during their free time, it will become possible to use teachers more efficiently.

For the non-life insurance company, by receiving permission from the trainee to provide data, the insurance company can treat the trainee as a prospective customer.
In addition, by providing financial substitute data to trainees who have received permission to provide data or who have received additional training, the trainees (practitioners) can enroll in our company's insurance services in the future. It is expected that the possibility of doing so will increase.
Furthermore, since the trainees have taken additional training and are sufficiently proficient in driving a car, such trainees can be offered discounts on insurance premiums, etc. However, it is expected that the likelihood that instructors will subscribe to the company's insurance service will increase.

For car-sharing businesses, it is hoped that this will increase the license acquisition rate among young people and others who have been hesitant to obtain a driver's license for financial reasons. Therefore, it is expected that the number of prospective customers will increase in the future.
Since sensor data is acquired when the driver takes additional training, it is possible to accumulate data on how novice drivers drive.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used in driving schools, property and casualty insurance, car sharing business, rental car business, data communication equipment manufacturing industry, data management industry in data communication, application software development industry, and the like.

Claims (7)

A driving school management server that manages data regarding instructors at a driving school,
an instructor database that stores attribute data, etc. regarding the instructor;
data provision permission transmitting means for asking a communication terminal of the trainee for permission to provide the attribute data etc. stored in the trainee database to a third party;
data provision permission intention receiving means for receiving permission data when the communication terminal of the trainee who has received the permission inquiry from the data provision permission transmission means transmits permission data that is an indication of intention to give permission;
Trainee data providing means for providing trainee data related to the permission data received by the data provision permission intention receiving means to the third party;
A driving school management server equipped with a driving school management database that accumulates training content data regarding driving school training content, training locations, and training hours;
Free time data transmitting means for extracting free time data related to the trainee who has transmitted the permission data using the driving school management database and the trainer database and providing the extracted free time data to the third party;
The driving school management server according to claim 1, comprising: A computer program executed on a communication terminal of an instructor receiving training at a driving school,
an enrollment data transmission procedure for transmitting attribute data including the name and contact information necessary for identifying the instructor;
a data provision consent receiving procedure for receiving a consent inquiry regarding whether or not to permit provision of the attribute data transmitted in the admission data transmission procedure to a third party;
a data provision consent intention transmission procedure for transmitting consent data to the effect that provision to a third party is permitted in response to the consent request received in the data provision consent reception procedure;
a monetary substitute data receiving procedure for receiving monetary substitute data transmitted from a communication terminal related to a third party provided based on the consent data transmitted in the data provision consent intention transmitting procedure;
A computer program that is executed on a communication terminal of a trainee. an additional training data receiving procedure for receiving additional training data transmitted from a communication terminal related to a third party provided based on the consent data transmitted in the data provision consent intention transmission procedure;
a training application data transmission procedure for transmitting training application data to the communication terminal of the third party in response to the additional training data received in the additional training data reception procedure;
4. The computer program according to claim 3, wherein the computer program is executed on a communication terminal of a trainee. a driving simulator receiving procedure for receiving a driving simulator application program capable of executing a car driving simulation on an output screen of a communication terminal;
a driving simulator execution procedure for executing the driving simulator application program received in the driving simulator reception procedure;
a driving operation data transmission procedure for transmitting the operation data by the trainer when the driving simulator execution procedure is executed to a predetermined communication terminal (for example, a communication terminal related to a non-life insurance company);
5. The computer program according to claim 3, wherein the computer program is executed on a communication terminal of a trainee. A computer program that controls a driving school management server that manages data regarding instructors at a driving school,
a trainee data accumulation procedure for storing attribute data etc. regarding the trainee in a trainee database;
a data provision consent sending procedure of asking a communication terminal of the trainee for permission to provide the attribute data etc. stored in the trainee database to a third party;
a data provision consent intention reception procedure for receiving consent data when the communication terminal of the trainee who has received the consent consultation according to the data provision consent transmission procedure transmits consent data as an expression of intention to consent;
a trainee data providing procedure for providing the trainee data related to the consent data received in the data provision consent intention receiving procedure to the third party;
A computer program that causes a driving school management server to execute the following. a training content data accumulation procedure for accumulating training content data regarding driving school training content, training location, and training time in a driving school management database;
a free time data transmission procedure for extracting free time data related to the trainee who has transmitted the permission data using the driving school management database and the trainee database and providing the free time data to the third party;
7. The computer program according to claim 6, wherein the computer program is caused to be executed by a driving school management server.

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