JP4458453B2 - Carpooling intermediary management device and program thereof - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention rides on a rental vehicle via a communication network. Carpooling intermediary management apparatus for mediating candidate partners and program thereof About.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, as a method for arranging taxi allocation, the taxi management center acquires information on whether the vehicle is on board / empty from its fare meter for each taxi, and from the position measurement system (GPS) provided in the in-vehicle terminal. There is known a vehicle arrangement system that obtains the current position and searches for an empty taxi located in the vicinity of the user based on such information to arrange a vehicle arrangement.
When using a taxi carpool or shared bus (rental vehicle) in Toroko, each user requests a taxi management center from a mobile phone etc., and dispatches a taxi or a shared bus to the carpool. A system that can be arranged is also considered. Such a carpool arrangement system is expected as an alternative means by abolishing route buses in depopulated areas, for example, in addition to measures against environmental problems.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, when using a shared taxi or shared bus, the fare is much cheaper for the user than when using a taxi alone, but depending on where the passenger rides or gets off, There are cases where the distance and time are extremely longer than when using a taxi. Also, traveling with a stranger for a long time in a small space like a shared taxi or a shared bus may be uncomfortable depending on the passenger.
For this reason, there is a tendency to avoid carpool taxis and shared buses unless the fare is very cheap or urgently needed, and the carpooling concept that is expected as an alternative to route buses also depends on how it is operated , Become unrealistic.
[0004]
An object of the first invention is to realize a carpool as desired by a user only by applying for a desired carpooling condition when using carpooling of a rental vehicle.
The subject of 2nd invention makes it possible to implement | achieve the carpooling as a user desires by making the user himself / herself judge directly the superiority or inferiority in the case of carpooling when using carpooling of a rental vehicle That is.
The subject of 3rd invention is enabling it to implement | achieve the carpool as a user desires by making the user himself / herself confirm the carpool partner directly when using the carpool of the rental vehicle. .
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention provides a vehicle sharing system that introduces a partner to ride a rented vehicle through a communication network. Management device And for each user, Received from user terminal at least, Boarding time, Boarding information storage means for storing and managing boarding information including boarding place and destination; Based on the boarding information received from the carpooling applicant, search the boarding information storage means, search for candidate partner information that is close to the boarding time and boarding information of the boarding place, and further according to the boarding information of the destination Candidate opponents who can travel in almost the same direction information A selection means for selecting this Candidate partner selected by selection means The distance and time when the car is shared based on the ride information of the information and the ride information of the carpooling applicant For the calculation means to calculate, the carpool applicant and the candidate partner selected by the selection means While transmitting the distance and time calculated by the calculation means, Sharing consent from the carpooling applicant and the candidate selected by the selection means Transmitting means to transmit boarding information of boarding area when received It is characterized by comprising.
[0019]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the carpooling mediation system in this embodiment.
This carpooling intermediary system provides an introductory service for introducing a partner to ride on a renting vehicle (taxi) via a communication network (Internet, mobile communication network), and is a wide area communication system that anyone can easily use. And, by introducing contracts with taxi companies across the country, such referral services are being developed nationwide.
[0020]
On the side of the company that provides this carpooling brokerage service, a brokerage management server 1 is provided, and this brokerage management server 1 includes a plurality of taxi companies A, B... Via the communication network (Internet) 2. Are connected to the taxi company terminal 3 installed in the vehicle, and the in-vehicle terminal 4 of each taxi belonging to each taxi company and the user terminal 5 of the customer using the taxi are connected to the network (Internet, mobile Communication network 2). Note that the intermediary management server 1 centrally manages each taxi belonging to the contracted taxi company.
[0021]
The mediation management server 1 accepts a carpool request from the user terminal 5 via the communication network 2 and accepts and manages the carpool desired condition. Then, the intermediary management server 1 selects a user who can share a vehicle whose traveling direction is substantially the same (within an allowable range) as a candidate for a vehicle sharing partner, and determines whether or not the user's desired vehicle sharing condition is met. , If the desired conditions are met, after notifying each user by e-mail of information on the deviation of the driving route expected at the time of carpooling, information on the charges borne by each person, information on users, When consent is obtained from each user, it is determined that the car sharing has been established. In other words, after selecting a carpool partner based on the carpooling request condition that has been applied in advance by each user, various guidance information is presented to obtain the consent of each user, and carpooling is established when an agreement is obtained I try to let them.
A user database 11, a taxi management database 12, a carpool management database 13, a map database 14 and the like are provided on the mediation management server 1 side.
[0022]
When a taxi company makes a subscription contract with this carpooling brokerage service provider, the taxi company terminal 3 accesses the brokerage management server 1 via the network 2 and performs matters necessary for subscription registration, for example, “ In addition to “taxi company name”, “address”, “contact information (phone number, e-mail address)”, “account number of financial institution”, etc., “taxi ownership number” is entered to register as a member. .
At that time, the mediation management server 1 generates and issues “taxi IDs” for the number of taxi owned and transmits it to the taxi company terminal 3. The taxi company assigns this “taxi ID” to each taxi and sets it in the in-vehicle terminal 4.
[0023]
The in-vehicle terminal 4 has a position measurement system (GPS function) that uses a low-medium orbiting satellite, and obtains the current position and transmits it to the mediation management server 1 at regular intervals in the case of an empty vehicle.
The user terminal 5 is a mobile phone terminal, a mobile wireless communication device, or the like, and inputs “desired boarding time”, “boarding place”, “destination”, “passenger number” at the time of boarding request, "Condition" is entered. In this embodiment, such information is performed by key operation, but may be input by voice.
[0024]
In this embodiment, for example, digitization (packetization) is performed between the mediation management server 1 and the taxi company terminal 3, the in-vehicle terminal 4, and the user terminal 5 by the HTTP protocol using the TCP / IP communication protocol. Data is transmitted / received, and data processing is performed in cooperation with each other while recognizing necessary processing contents from data including encoded control information. The vehicle allocation management server 1 has various server functions such as a database server function, a mail function, and a Web server function, and the taxi company terminal 3, the in-vehicle terminal 4, and the user terminal 5 have a Web browser function. .
[0025]
FIG. 2A is a diagram conceptually showing the contents of the user database 11.
The user database 11 stores and manages information on member users who have signed a membership contract with the carpooling brokerage service provider. Each user record includes “user ID”, “password”, “name”, Each item includes “address”, “phone number”, “mail address”, “sex”, “age”, and the like. “User ID” is user identification information issued at the time of member registration on the mediation management server 1 side. The “name”, “sex”, and “age” are information that is also referred to when determining whether or not the car is a carpool partner.
[0026]
FIG. 2B is a diagram conceptually showing the contents of the taxi management database 12.
This taxi management database 12 is for centrally managing information on each taxi belonging to a taxi company that has a contractual relationship. Each taxi record includes a “taxi ID”, “current location (longitude and latitude) ) ”And“ empty vehicle flag ”. “Taxi ID” is taxi-specific identification information assigned in advance at the time of contract, and “current position” is information indicating the current position of the taxi obtained by the position measurement system (GPS). The “empty vehicle flag” is a flag indicating that the vehicle is empty.
[0027]
FIG. 3 is a diagram conceptually showing the contents of the carpool management database 13.
The carpool management database 13 stores and manages the request contents for each user (member user) when a carpool request is received from the user terminal 5, and each request record includes "user ID", "hope boarding" It has items such as “time”, “boarding place”, “destination (disembarking place)”, “number of passengers”, “carpooling conditions”, and the like.
The “desired boarding time” is not a very precise time, but is a desired time that allows an error of about 10 minutes, for example, about 12:10 to 20 minutes. “Boarding place” and “Destination” indicate the boarding range where the user gets on, and the mediation management server 1 accesses the map database 14 and the map file group 15 based on the “boarding place” and “destination”. The optimum driving route is obtained.
In this embodiment, “sex” and “age” of the carpooling partner are arbitrarily designated as “carpooling desired conditions”.
[0028]
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing basic components of the mediation management server 1.
The CPU 101 is a central processing unit that controls the overall operation of the mediation management server 1 in accordance with the operating system and various application software in the storage device 102. The storage device 102 stores the above-described user database 11, taxi management database 12, carpool management database 13, map database 14 and the like in addition to the operating system and various application software, and is configured by magnetic, optical, semiconductor memory, and the like. The recording medium 103 and its drive system.
The recording medium 103 is a fixed medium such as a hard disk or a portable medium such as a detachable CD-ROM, floppy disk, RAM card, or magnetic card. Further, the program and data in the recording medium 103 are loaded into a RAM (for example, static RAM) 104 under the control of the CPU 101 as necessary, and the data in the RAM 104 is saved in the recording medium 103. Further, the recording medium may be provided on the external device side, and the CPU 101 can directly access and use the program / data in the recording medium via the transmission control unit 105.
[0029]
Further, the CPU 101 can capture a part or all of the data stored in the recording medium 3 from the other device side via the transmission control unit 105, and can newly register or add to the recording medium 103. Further, the program / data may be stored and managed on the external device side, and the CPU 101 can directly access and use the program / data on the external device side via the transmission control unit 105.
On the other hand, a transmission control unit 105, an input unit 106, and a display unit 107, which are input / output peripheral devices, are connected to the CPU 101 via a bus line, and the CPU 101 controls their operations according to an input / output program.
[0030]
Next, the operation algorithm of the mediation management server 1 in this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, 10 and 11. Here, each function described in these flowcharts is stored in the recording medium 103 in the form of a readable program code, and the CPU 101 sequentially executes operations according to the program code. Further, the CPU 101 can sequentially execute the operation according to the above-described program code transmitted via the transmission medium. That is, in addition to the recording medium, an operation specific to this embodiment can be executed using a program / data supplied externally via a transmission medium.
[0031]
FIG. 5 to FIG. 7 are flowcharts showing operations on the mediation management server 1 side that are started to be executed in response to a sharing request from the user terminal 5 when each user joins and shares at the sharing location. .
FIG. 9 conceptually shows the travel route from when the users meet at the carpool to synchronize the taxi and arrive at the destination. This example shows a case in which the destinations of the users A and B are different. In the course of traveling, the user B gets off a little and then returns to the original route and travels to the user A's destination. Shows the case.
[0032]
First, the mediation management server 1 transmits an input page screen for prompting input of “user ID” and “password” to the requesting user terminal 5, and “user ID” transmitted in response thereto, User authentication is performed by referring to the user database 11 based on the “password” (step A1).
As a result, if it is not a regular user (step A2), this flow is completed and the carpooling request is rejected. If it is a regular user (step A2), it is requested that information on the ride request should be transmitted. (Step A3). In this case, the mediation management server 1 is configured to transmit an input page for requesting boarding. This entry page has input items for "desired boarding time", "boarding location", "destination", "passengers", and "hope sharing conditions", and the user fills in the required items. Then, the content of this input page is transmitted to the mediation management server 1.
[0033]
Upon receiving “desired boarding time”, “boarding place”, “destination”, “passenger number of passengers”, and “hope sharing conditions” (step A4), the intermediary management server 1 uses the data as data for one record. New registration is performed in the management database 13 (step A5). Based on this received information, the carpool management database 13 is referenced to search for a carpool partner user whose “desired boarding time” and “boarding place” are close and match the “carpooling desired conditions” (steps A6 and A7). .
That is, the carpool management database 13 is searched based on “desired boarding time” and “boarding place”. For example, a carpool partner having a difference of “desired boarding time” of about 10 minutes and a “boarding place” of about 500 m is selected. Select and acquire the “user ID” (step A 6), refer to the user database 11 based on this “user ID”, and match “sex” and “age” as “carpooling desired conditions”. A partner is selected (step A7).
[0034]
As a result, when there is a corresponding partner user (step A8), the “destination” of the partner user is further acquired from the carpool management database 13, and the “destination” of each partner user and the current carpool application are obtained. A partner user whose taxi travel direction is substantially the same is selected based on the “destination” of the person (step A9). That is, a process for narrowing down the users whose travel directions are substantially the same from among the other users whose “desired boarding time” and “boarding place” are close and the “carpooling desired conditions” are matched. In this case, the travel directions are substantially the same, considering the entire travel route, the time-dependent “deviation” and the distance “deviation” of the travel route affected by the carpool are within a preset allowable range ( For example, the determination is made based on whether it is within 20%.
[0035]
If there is a partner user whose travel direction is substantially the same (step A10), the partner user is extracted as a carpool candidate (step A11). If there are many extraction candidates (step A12), An optimum partner is further selected from among them (step A13). That is, a user who has the closest “desired boarding time” and “boarding place” or a user whose traveling direction is closest is selected as a carpool partner.
Further, based on the “passenger number” of the current carpooling applicant and the “passenger number” of the other user, it is determined whether or not it is possible to board a taxi (step A14). Another partner user is selected (step A15). In this case, if there is no other partner user (step A16), search reference enlargement processing is performed (step A17).
[0036]
This step A17 is a process for expanding the search criteria for carpooling, and when it is determined that there is no corresponding in any of steps A8, A10, A16, the search criteria for "desired boarding time" and "boarding place" And the search criteria for "travel direction" are relaxed. That is, when the allowable range of “desired boarding time” is about 10 minutes, the allowable range of “boarding place” is about 500 m, and the time and distance allowable range of the travel route is within 20%. The standard is relaxed by one rank, for example, 15 minutes, 700 m, and 30%.
The search criteria for “desired boarding time”, “boarding place”, and “traveling direction” are relaxed corresponding to steps A8, A10, and A16, but “desired boarding time”, “boarding place”, Which of the “traveling directions” is to be relaxed and in what order are arbitrary.
[0037]
After enlarging the search criteria in this way, the same search process as in steps A7 to A15 described above is resumed (step A18). As a result of this re-searching process, the presence or absence of the corresponding partner user is checked (step A19). When transmitting to the original user terminal 5 (step A20) and receiving a carpool rejection response from the user terminal 5 accordingly (step A21), the registration information in the carpool management database 13 corresponding to the user is stored. Delete (step A22).
[0038]
On the other hand, when a carpooling partner is selected in the search process described above, the process moves to step A17 in FIG. 6, and the user database 11 is accessed based on the current carpooling applicant and the user information is read. Then, the carpooling candidate condition of the selected candidate user is compared with the user information of the carpooling applicant of this time, and it is determined for the carpooling candidate user whether the carpooling applicant of this time matches the desired condition (step A18). .
Here, when they do not match (step A19), it is assumed that the carpooling is not established, but when they match, for each user of the carpooling, the optimum travel route (for example, the shortest route) according to the destination ) Is determined by referring to the map database 14 (step A20), and the travel distance and travel prediction time are calculated according to the travel route obtained for each user (step A21). Note that it is not necessary to strictly determine the travel distance and the predicted travel time, and approximate values may be used.
[0039]
The travel distance and travel prediction time for each user calculated in this way are compared, and the proportion of the increase in distance / time due to carpooling is calculated (step A22). In other words, for the shortest distance / time, for example, the ratio of the increment indicating how far the distance / time becomes due to carpooling, such as an increase of 10% in distance and an increase of 11% in time, etc. calculate.
Based on the travel distance determined for each user according to the travel route, the estimated travel time, the rate of increase in distance / time due to carpooling, and the number of users to be shared (excluding accompanying passengers) The rate of reduction of the fee borne by the person is calculated (step A23). In this case, the rate of reduction of the fee reduced by carpooling indicates how much the fee will be reduced when carpooling compared to the fee when carpooling is not carried out. For example, 42% It is a ratio.
[0040]
And after reading "name" of each carpool user from the user database 11 (step A24), the guidance mail transmitted to each user is produced for every user (step A25). In this case, a guide mail including the “distance / time increase ratio”, “charge reduction ratio”, and “partner name” calculated as described above is created for each user. After the guidance mail created in this way is transmitted to the user terminal 5 addressed to each carpooling user (step A26), it waits for a response from the user.
Each user terminal 5 that has received this guidance mail displays “distance / time increase ratio”, “fee reduction ratio”, and “name of the other party” on the terminal screen. Determines the superiority or inferiority accompanying the carpooling, decides whether to agree to the carpooling, and responds to that effect to the mediation management server 1.
[0041]
When the intermediary management server 1 receives the response content from each carpooling user (step A27), the intermediary management server 1 proceeds to step A28 in FIG. 7 to determine whether or not an agreement has been obtained from each carpooling user, and the agreement of each user is obtained. If not, it is determined that the carpooling is not established, but if the agreement of each user is obtained, a transmission request for the meeting place (boarding place) is sent to each user of the carpooling together with an agreement notification to the user terminal 5 (Step A29).
And if the meeting place is received from any user, it will be transmitted with respect to another carpool partner (step A30). Such an operation is repeated until a meeting place is determined (steps A29 to A31).
[0042]
When the meeting place is determined in this way, a transmission request for the current feature is sent to each carpool user (step A32). In other words, it requests the transmission of feature information indicating “physical features”, “current clothes, belongings” etc. that can easily determine the meeting partner, and the feature information is sent in response to this request. If it is received, it is received (step A33), and the feature information is transmitted to the other party together with the determined meeting place (step A34).
After mediating the meeting place and feature information in this way, the taxi management database 12 is referred to search for an empty taxi near the meeting place, and necessary information is transmitted to the in-vehicle terminal 4 of the taxi. Thus, arrangement for vehicle allocation by carpooling is performed (step A35). In this case, the necessary items are a boarding place, a destination, and a boarding time for each carpool user.
[0043]
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an update process of the carpool management database 13 that the mediation management server 1 starts executing at regular time intervals.
The intermediary management server 1 selects data for one record from the first record in the carpool management database 13 (step B1), extracts the “desired boarding time”, compares it with the current system date and time, Determine (step B2). For example, it is determined whether it is “10 minutes” before the “desired boarding time”, and if it is not just before the boarding time, the process proceeds to step B8. “Not applicable” is displayed (step B3).
[0044]
Here, when a response from the user is received (step B4), it is determined whether the response is a carpooling rejection response (step B5). If the response is a rejection response, the user's record (riding request information) is deleted from the carpooling management database 13. (Step B6). When the application for extending the boarding time is received, a process of extending the “desired boarding time” in the carpool management database 13 of the user is performed (step B7).
And it is discriminate | determined whether the process for all the records in the carpool management database 13 was complete | finished (step B8), returns to step B1 until the process for all the records is complete | finished, and repeats the above-mentioned operation | movement hereafter.
[0045]
FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 are flowcharts showing operations on the mediation management server 1 side that are started in response to a carpool request from the user terminal 5 in the case of picking up and sharing a caring partner while traveling.
FIG. 12 conceptually shows a travel route until a destination is picked up in the middle of travel, synergizes with a taxi, and arrives at the destination. In this example, the user A departs from the boarding place (the first boarding place), and in the course of traveling, the user B rides a little on the way, then returns to the original route, and the user A is set for the purpose. A case where the vehicle travels to the destination of the user B after getting off at the ground is shown.
[0046]
First, the mediation management server 1 performs processing corresponding to steps A1 to A6 of FIG. 5 described above (steps C1 to C3). In other words, the mediation management server 1 performs user authentication processing for the carpooling applicant (step C1), and if it is a legitimate user, the “desired boarding time”, “boarding place”, “destination”, “number of passengers” ”,“ Receiving carpooling conditions ”and registering them in the carpooling management database 13 (step C2), and searching process for searching for other users matching the carpooling conditions“ sex ”and“ age ”. (Step C3).
As a result, if there is no other user that matches the carpooling desired condition (step C4), “not applicable” is performed (step C13). If there is another user that matches the condition, the process proceeds to the next step C5. The travel direction is calculated based on the “boarding place” and “destination” received from the carpooling applicant.
[0047]
Then, paying attention to one of the other users that matches the carpooling desired condition, a record corresponding to the user of interest is acquired from the carpool management database 13 (step C6). Next, the travel direction is calculated based on the “boarding place” and the “destination” in the record of interest (step C7), and the “desired boarding time” is used as a starting point from the “boarding place” to the “destination”. The required time (running time) zone required until the time is calculated (step C8). For example, if the “desired boarding time” of the focused user is 2:00 pm and the required estimated time required from “boarding location” to “destination” is 45 minutes, the travel time zone of the focused user is From 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm
[0048]
Next, it is checked whether the traveling direction of the current applicant and the traveling direction of the target user are substantially the same, and the “desired boarding time” of the present applicant falls within the traveling time zone of the target user (step C9). ). In this case, whether or not the traveling directions are substantially the same is determined based on, for example, whether the temporal and distance “deviation” of the traveling route is within an allowable range (within 20%). Here, the time and distance “deviation” of the travel route is within an allowable range, and the travel time zone of the user of interest is 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm. If the "desired boarding time" is 2:20 pm, it is determined that the car can be shared (step C10).
[0049]
If carpooling is possible, the user of interest is extracted as a carpooling candidate (step C11). Then, it is determined whether there is another partner user who matches the desired carpooling condition (step C12), the process returns to step C6 until the processing for the user who matches the condition is completed, and the above-described operation is repeated.
Accordingly, when there are a large number of users extracted as carpooling candidates among the users that meet the desired carpooling conditions (step C16 in FIG. 11), the travel direction of the current applicant is one of the travel directions of the carpooling candidates. A carpool candidate that is closest in number is selected (step C17).
[0050]
Further, based on the “passenger number” of the current carpooling applicant and the “passenger number” of the other user, it is determined whether or not it is possible to ride in one taxi (step C18). Another partner user is selected (step C18). In this case, if there is no other partner user (step C20), “not applicable” notification is performed (step C13 in FIG. 10).
When there is a corresponding partner user (step C20), a check process is performed to check whether the user condition of the carpooling candidate is met (step C21). This check process is a process corresponding to steps A17 and A18 of FIG. 6 and checks whether the selected carpooling candidate user's carpooling desired condition matches the user information of the current carpooling applicant.
[0051]
Here, when they do not match (step C22), it is assumed that the carpooling is not established, but when they match, the ratio of the increase in distance / time and the rate of reduction are calculated and the names of the cars sharing are read out. Processing is performed (step C23). This process is a process corresponding to steps 20 to A24 in FIG. 6, and calculates the rate of increase in distance / time due to carpooling, the rate of reduction of the charge borne by each person, and the "name" of each carpool user "Is read out.
Create a guide mail for each user, including this "distance / time increase rate", "fee reduction rate", and "name of the other party", send it to each carpooling user, and then respond from that user The process waits (step C24).
[0052]
When the intermediary management server 1 receives the response content from each carpooling user (step C24), it determines whether or not an agreement has been obtained from each carpooling user (step C25). Although sharing is not established, if an agreement is obtained from each user, an agreement notification is sent to each sharing user (step C26), an empty taxi is searched, and necessary information is transmitted to the taxi. Then, arrangements for vehicle allocation by carpooling are performed (step C27). In this case, an empty taxi located near the boarding place of the user who gets on first among the users sharing the car is searched.
[0053]
As described above, in this embodiment, the mediation management server 1 refers to the carpool management database 13 when taxi sharing is applied, and determines whether the user's desired carpooling conditions are met. When it meets the conditions of “only for women” and “only for the same age”, it is determined that the carpooling has been established, so simply apply for the carpooling desired conditions and the carpooling as desired by the user Can be realized. Therefore, for example, it is possible to share between women of any age, caring between women of the same age, and men of the same age regardless of gender. This makes it possible to promote taxi sharing.
[0054]
When the brokerage management server 1 accepts the carpool application, it refers to the carpool management database 13 and selects a candidate partner that can be shared with the traveling direction being substantially the same, and the current applicant and the selected candidate partner. When the car rides together, information on the expected deviation of the driving route and information on the charges to be paid by each person are calculated and notified to each user of the car sharing. In this case, since it is determined that the carpooling has been established, it is possible for the user to directly judge the superiority or inferiority when the carpooling is carried out, and the carpooling as desired by the user can be realized. It becomes.
In this case, as information on the expected deviation of the travel route, for example, guidance indicating that the route is a 10% increase in distance, guidance indicating that the trip is an increase of 10 minutes in time, For example, a 40% reduction can be provided as information related to the fee borne by the person, so that superiority or inferiority in the case of sharing can be determined immediately.
[0055]
When the brokerage management server 1 accepts the carpool application, it refers to the carpool management database 13 and selects a candidate partner that can be shared with the traveling direction being substantially the same, and the current applicant and the selected candidate partner. On the other hand, after mutual guidance on information about the user, if the consent of carpooling is obtained from each user, it is determined that the carpooling has been established, so that the user can directly confirm the carpooling partner. It is possible to realize a carpool as desired by the user. In this case, since the name is guided as information about the user, it is possible to refuse to ride with a person who dislikes.
[0056]
In addition, when the carpool is established, as the information required for the carpooling partners to join each other, the carpooling location is guided, and the passenger's clothes and features are guided. It is possible to easily confirm the other party and to join smoothly.
Furthermore, when carpooling is established, the taxi arrangement is made for the taxi and the boarding location and destination are guided for each carpooling user. For example, an empty car taxi near the carpooling location can be placed there. Even when the train is sent immediately, or when the user gets on or off the train while traveling, the driver can be surely notified of the place where each user gets on and off.
[0057]
In addition, when each user who wishes to share the car joins the carpooling location and shares the carpool, each user who joins the carpooling location shares the carpooling time because the user who is near the boarding desired time and boarding place is the carpooling partner. An appropriate user can be used as a carpool partner. Also, if each user who wishes to share a car is in a different location, the user who is likely to pass by taxi near the boarding location and near the desired boarding time is used as a carpool partner. It is not limited to the case of joining the place and sharing, but it is also possible to carry out the sharing that can be shared from the middle of traveling.
[0058]
In the above-described embodiment, when each user who wishes to share the car joins the carpooling place and carries out the carpooling, the intermediary management server 1 stores the meeting place and the feature information (physical characteristics, clothes, etc.) of each user. In order to mediate the delivery, the mediation management server 1 sends connection information for connecting the user terminals (mobile phones) 5 to each other so that the users can talk directly over the telephone. May be.
FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an operation in place of FIG. 7 described above when each user joins the carpooling place and rides together.
[0059]
That is, when the agreement of each user is obtained (step D1), the mediation management server 1 accesses the user database 11 to acquire the “phone number” of each user, and sends it to the user terminal 5 of each user. After notifying the agreement (step D2), connection information (telephone number) for connecting the user terminals 5 to each other is transmitted to each other (step D3). As a result, terminals can be connected to each other (call connection), so that it is possible to determine the carpool location while talking on the phone, and to inform the other party of physical characteristics, clothes, and the like.
Here, when a sharing location is transmitted from any user to the intermediary management server 1, it is received (step D4), and arrangements for sharing a ride are made to a taxi near the sharing location. Perform (Step D5).
In this way, users can talk directly with each other about the place of sharing, characteristics, etc., so it is possible to carry out the sharing together smoothly.
[0060]
Further, in the above-described embodiment, “sex” and “age” are exemplified as the ride request conditions, but the ride request conditions are arbitrary.
For example, “Exceeding a 10% increase in distance even in a detour”, “Limiting an increase in 10 minutes in a detour”, “Excluding specific persons (such as those who dislike the neighborhood)”, “ "Limited to people from the same school or company", "Limited to when the price is cheaper than 20%", "Limited to boarding before 7:45 am (at work)", etc. You may do it.
[0061]
Here, in the case where the desired conditions for carpooling are “within 10% increase in distance even when making a detour”, “within 10 minutes increase in time even with detour”, etc., the above-described FIG. The processing corresponding to steps A20 to A22 may be executed in step A6 in FIG. Further, in the case where the desired condition for carpooling is “only when the charge is cheaper by 20% or more” or the like, the process of step A23 in FIG.
Similarly, in cases such as “excluding specific persons (such as those who dislike neighbors)”, “limited to people of the same school or company”, etc., refer to the user information to determine whether or not the specific person is specified. What is necessary is just to perform the process to discriminate | determine and what is necessary is just to discriminate | determine whether the present system date corresponds to desired time in the case of "limited to boarding before 7:45 am (at the time of work)".
[0062]
In the above-described embodiment, “name” is guided as information about the user, but other information regarding the user is “sex”, “age”, “weight”, “town name as address”. If the “number of accompanying persons”, “information about accompanying persons”, etc. are acquired and guided to the other user, it is possible to further search for a caring partner that suits his / her preference.
In addition, when the user terminal 5 requests to share a taxi, the user terminal 5 obtains the current position (boarding point) via the terrestrial / satellite mobile communication network when making a request for dispatch to the intermediary management server 1. It may be transmitted to the mediation management server 1. Furthermore, the user terminal 5 is not limited to a mobile phone, but may be a desktop or notebook personal computer installed at home.
[0063]
In the embodiment described above, the arrangement for sharing a car is arranged for the nearest taxi, but the arrangement for arranging the car may be arranged for a taxi company. In addition, the introduction service provider of the carpool partner may be a taxi company.
In addition, as information on the charges borne by each person, the share of charges may be increased for users with many accompanying persons (passengers), and as information on the charges borne by each person, the burden ratio Instead, an actual predicted fee may be calculated and guided. Furthermore, the rental vehicle is not limited to a taxi, but may be a shared bus, a hire, or the like.
[0064]
On the other hand, a recording medium (for example, a CD-ROM, a floppy disk, a RAM card, etc.) on which a program code for executing each of the above-described units is recorded may be provided to the computer.
That is, a recording medium having a computer-readable program code, and for each user who uses the renting vehicle, a function for storing and managing the carpooling desired conditions, and the usership between the users with reference to the carpooling desired conditions A computer that records a program that realizes the function to determine whether the carpooling desired condition is met and the function to determine that the carpooling condition is met when it is determined that the carpooling desired condition is met. A simple recording medium may be provided.
[0065]
In addition, a recording medium having a computer-readable program code, the function of storing at least boarding information including a boarding place and a destination for each user, and the boarding when a carpool application is accepted A function of selecting a candidate partner that can be shared with each other with reference to the information and a traveling direction that is substantially the same, and an expected travel route when the current applicant and the candidate partner selected by the selection means A function to calculate at least one of the information about the difference between the information and the fee to be borne by each person, and the function to guide the calculated information to the current carpooling applicant and the selected candidate partner And a function to determine that the carpooling has been established when the carpooling applicant and the candidate partner selected by the selection means obtain consent for carpooling. It may be a computer that records the order of the program to provide a recording medium readable.
[0066]
Furthermore, a recording medium having a computer readable program code, and a function for storing and managing boarding information including at least a boarding place and a destination for each user, and when the carpool application is accepted, the boarding A function for selecting a candidate partner that can be shared with each other by referring to the information, and for the current carpooling applicant and the candidate partner selected by the selecting means, information about the user is mutually guided. Can be read by a computer recording a program for realizing a function to determine that the carpooling has been established when a carpooling consent is obtained from the current carpooling applicant and the selected candidate partner. A recording medium may be provided.
[0067]
【The invention's effect】
The present invention can know the distance and time that change due to carpooling, and can determine whether to agree to carpooling based on this.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a carpooling brokerage system.
2A is a diagram conceptually showing the contents of a user database 11, and FIG. 2B is a diagram conceptually showing the contents of a taxi management database 12. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram conceptually showing the contents of a carpool management database 13;
4 is a block diagram showing basic components of the mediation management server 1. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation on the mediation management server 1 side which is started to be executed in response to a sharing request from the user terminal 5 when each user joins and shares at the sharing location.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the operation on the mediation management server 1 side, following FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation on the mediation management server 1 side, following FIGS. 5 and 6;
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an update process of the carpool management database 13 that the mediation management server 1 starts executing at regular intervals.
FIG. 9 is a diagram conceptually showing a travel route from when each user joins a carpool to synchronize a taxi and arrive at a destination.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation on the mediation management server 1 side which is started to be executed in response to a carpool request from the user terminal 5 in the case of picking up a partner while driving and sharing a car.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating the operation on the mediation management server 1 side, following FIG. 10;
FIG. 12 is a diagram conceptually showing a travel route until a partner is picked up in the middle of travel, synergizes with a taxi, and arrives at a destination.
FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining a modified application example of the first embodiment and showing an operation in place of FIG. 7 when each user joins the carpooling place and rides on the vehicle.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Mediation management server
2 network
3 Taxi company terminal
4 In-vehicle terminals
5 User terminals
11 User database
12 Taxi management database
13 Carpool management database
14 Map database
101 CPU
102 storage device
103 Recording medium
105 Transmission control unit
106 Input section

Claims (5)

A carpool intermediary management device that introduces a partner to ride on a rented vehicle via a communication network,
Boarding information storage means for storing and managing boarding information including at least boarding time, boarding place, and destination received from the user terminal for each user ;
Based on the boarding information received from the carpooling applicant, the boarding information storage means is searched, the boarding time, the boarding information of the boarding information near the boarding information is searched, and the traveling direction is further determined according to the boarding information of the destination. Selection means for selecting candidate partner information that can be shared with each other,
A calculating means for calculating the distance and time in the case of joining on the basis of boarding information and boarding information for joining applicant of selected candidate partner information in the selection means,
The distance and time calculated by the calculation means are transmitted to the carpooling applicant and the candidate partner selected by the selection means, and the carpooling consent is received from the carpooling applicant and the candidate partner selected by the selection means. when, joining intermediary management apparatus characterized by comprising a transmitting means for transmitting the boarding information of boarding locations. 2. The carpool intermediary management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein after the boarding place is transmitted by the transmitting means , connection information for connecting terminals of each user is transmitted to each other. After transmitting the boarding place by the transmission means , the vehicle arrangement is arranged for the renting vehicle or the terminal on the taxi company side, and information indicating the boarding place and the destination for each user is guided. The carpooling intermediary management apparatus according to claim 1 . If the boarding place of each user who wishes to share is different, the boarding information storage means is searched for a user who may pass by the renting vehicle in the vicinity of the boarding place and near the boarding desired time . joining intermediary management apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that as the joining partner Te. A computer of the carpooling intermediary management device that introduces the partner to ride on the renting vehicle via the communication network,
Boarding information storage means for storing and managing boarding information including at least boarding time, boarding place and destination received from the user terminal for each user;
Based on the boarding information received from the carpooling applicant, the boarding information storage means is searched, the boarding time, the boarding information of the boarding information near the boarding information is searched, and the traveling direction is further determined according to the boarding information of the destination. Selection means for selecting candidate partner information that can be shared with each other,
A calculating means for calculating a distance and a time in case of carpooling based on the boarding information of the candidate partner information selected by the selecting means and the carpooling applicant's boarding information;
The distance and time calculated by the calculation means are transmitted to the carpooling applicant and the candidate partner selected by the selection means, and the carpooling consent is received from the carpooling applicant and the candidate partner selected by the selection means. Means to transmit boarding information of boarding area
Program to function as .

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