JP7440476B2 - Information processing method, program, and information processing device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing method, a program, and an information processing device.

There is a car lease in which a leasing company signs a contract with a user and rents out a vehicle for a certain period of time. The leasing company needs to calculate the lease fee based on the details of the contract with the user. Therefore, a program has been disclosed that calculates a lease fee based on the vehicle price, lease period, automobile tax, etc. (Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2005-242733

In car leasing, if the lease fee is not paid, you want to prevent the rented vehicle from being used. However, the invention disclosed in Patent Document 1 only calculates the lease fee and does not stop the use of the rented vehicle. Therefore, there was a problem in that it was difficult to conclude a lease contract with users who had difficulty gaining trust (low-income users, etc.).

One aspect of the present invention is to provide an information processing method that can suspend the use of a transportation vehicle when a lease fee is not paid.

An information processing method according to one aspect is to acquire the mileage per unit period of a transportation vehicle to be leased that has a lease contract , calculate a lease fee based on the acquired mileage, and calculate the lease fee based on the acquired mileage. Outputting the fee to a user terminal of a user of the transportation vehicle, and outputting a command to stop the use of the transportation vehicle to a control device attached to the transportation vehicle if the lease fee is not received from the user. , when the total mileage of the transport vehicle exceeds a predetermined distance, a computer executes a process of notifying the user terminal to prompt the user to exchange the transport vehicle for a leased transport vehicle different from the transport vehicle.

In one aspect, it is possible to provide an information processing method that can suspend the use of a transportation vehicle when a lease fee is not paid.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration example of a transport vehicle usage suspension system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a server in the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a terminal in this embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a control device according to the present embodiment. It is an explanatory diagram showing a data layout of transportation vehicle DB. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen displayed by a terminal. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen displayed by a terminal. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a program executed by a server. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen displayed by a terminal. It is an explanatory diagram showing a data layout of transportation vehicle DB. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a program executed by a server.

In this embodiment, a system for stopping the use of a transportation vehicle using a control device attached to the transportation vehicle will be described. By operating this system, leasing companies will be able to reduce risks and enter into contracts with users who would otherwise have difficulty in forming a lease contract.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

[Embodiment 1]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of a transport vehicle suspension system according to the present embodiment. The transportation vehicle usage suspension system includes transportation vehicles 50, 50, 50, . . . to which an information processing device 10, terminals 30, 30, 30, . The information processing device 10 and the terminal 30 are connected to a communication network NW such as the Internet. Transport vehicle 50 communicates with information processing device 10 via control device 70 .

The information processing device 10 is a server device (hereinafter referred to as a server) that manages a system for suspending the use of the transportation vehicle 50. The server 10 is operated by a leasing company that leases the transportation vehicle 50, and provides a system that suspends the use of the transportation vehicle when the lease fee is not paid.

Note that although this embodiment will be described assuming that one computer performs the processing, a plurality of computers may perform the processing in a distributed manner.

The terminal 30 is an information processing terminal operated by a user of the transportation vehicle 50, and is a smartphone, a personal computer, a tablet terminal, or the like. An application program distributed from the server 10 is installed on the terminal 30. By executing the application, the user can check the usage status (mileage, etc.) of the transportation vehicle 50 with which he has signed a lease contract.

The transportation vehicle 50 is a car, a motorized bicycle, or the like provided by a leasing company to a user. A control device 70 is attached to the transport vehicle 50.

The control device 70 is communicably connected to the server 10 that manages the transport vehicle 50. The control device 70 stops the use of the transportation vehicle 50 when the lease fee is not paid. Specifically, the control device 70 causes the in-vehicle ECU (Electronic Control Unit) of the transport vehicle 50 to perform predetermined processing via an in-vehicle network (such as a CAN (Controller Area Network)). For example, if the transportation vehicle 50 is a gasoline vehicle, the engine ECU that receives the stop command stops starting the engine. Further, when the transportation vehicle 50 is an electric vehicle, the ECU that receives the power supply stop command stops starting the battery.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the server 10. As shown in FIG. The server 10 includes a control section 11, a main storage section 12, an auxiliary storage section 13, and a communication section 14.

The control unit 11 is a processor such as one or more CPUs (Central Processing Units), MPUs (Micro-Processing Units), GPUs (Graphics Processing Units), or quantum processors, and executes various information processing.

The main storage unit 12 is a temporary storage area such as SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) or DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), and temporarily stores data necessary for the control unit 11 to execute processing.

The auxiliary storage unit 13 is a memory such as an SSD (Solid State Drive) or an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), and stores a program 130 (program product) that causes the server 10 to execute processing, a transportation vehicle DB 131, and other data. ing.

The auxiliary storage unit 13 stores the basic lease fee and additional fee. The basic lease fee is a fee calculated as a fixed amount up to a predetermined distance traveled. The additional charge is a charge calculated according to the distance traveled when the vehicle travels a predetermined distance or more. Further, the auxiliary storage unit 13 stores a predetermined total mileage for each vehicle type that requires vehicle replacement.

Note that the server 10 may include a reading unit that reads the portable storage medium 10a, and may read the program 130 from the portable storage medium 10a.

The communication unit 14 is a communication interface for connecting to the communication network NW.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the terminal 30. Terminal 30 includes a control section 31, a storage section 32, a communication section 33, an input section 34, and a display section 35.

The control unit 31 is a processor such as one or more CPUs, MPUs, GPUs, or quantum processors, and executes various information processing.

The storage unit 32 is a temporary storage area such as SRAM or DRAM, and temporarily stores data necessary for the control unit 31 to execute processing.

The communication unit 33 is a communication interface for connecting to the communication network NW.

The input unit 34 is an input interface such as a touch panel or mechanical operation buttons, and receives operation input from the user. Note that the input unit 34 may be a microphone that collects the user's voice commands.

The display unit 35 is a display screen such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display, and displays images.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the control device 70. As shown in FIG. The control device 70 includes a control section 71 , a main storage section 72 , an auxiliary storage section 73 , a first communication section 74 , a second communication section 75 , and a positioning sensor 76 .

The control unit 71 is a processor such as one or more CPUs, MPUs, GPUs, or quantum processors, and executes various information processing.

The main storage unit 72 is a temporary storage area such as SRAM or DRAM, and temporarily stores data necessary for the control unit 71 to execute processing.

The auxiliary storage unit 73 is a memory such as an SSD or an HDD, and stores programs that cause the control device 70 to execute processing, information regarding the usage status of the transportation vehicle 50, and other data.

The first communication unit 74 is a communication interface for connecting to the communication network NW.

The second communication unit 75 is a communication interface for connecting to an in-vehicle network.

The positioning sensor 76 detects the travel distance and current position of the transport vehicle 50 using a satellite positioning system. The server 10 can acquire the travel distance and current position detected by the positioning sensor 76. Note that the server 10 may acquire the mileage through the in-vehicle network of the transportation vehicle 50.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the data layout of the transportation vehicle DB 131. The transportation vehicle DB 131 is a DB that stores fields of vehicle ID (Identifier), user ID, deposit, mileage, and total mileage.

The vehicle ID field stores an ID corresponding to the transportation vehicle 50 under a lease contract. The user ID field stores an ID corresponding to a user under a lease contract. The deposit field stores whether or not a predetermined lease fee has been deposited. Whether or not the lease fee has been deposited may be stored as whether or not the lease fee was successfully debited from the user's account. The current mileage of the transportation vehicle 50 is stored in the mileage field. The total distance traveled by the transportation vehicle 50 is stored in the total distance traveled field.

Hereinafter, details when the server 10 outputs an instruction to stop the use of the transport vehicle 50 to the control device 70 will be described. Note that the usage suspension command is not limited to being output from the server 10, but may be output from the server computer of the administrator who manages the transportation vehicle 50.

The server 10 determines whether the lease fee has been deposited by reading the deposit field stored in the transportation vehicle DB 131. If it is determined that the lease fee has been paid, the server 10 does not output an instruction to the control device 70 to stop using the transportation vehicle 50. On the other hand, if it is determined that the lease fee has not been paid, the server 10 acquires the usage status of the transportation vehicle 50 through the control device 70.

The auxiliary storage unit 73 stores the usage status (current position, etc.) of the transportation vehicle 50 acquired by the positioning sensor 76. The control unit 71 of the control device 70 transmits the usage status of the transportation vehicle 50 to the server 10. The server 10 determines whether to output a usage stop command based on the received usage status of the transport vehicle 50. This is because operating the control device 70 may be dangerous depending on the usage situation. If the control device 70 suddenly operates while the transportation vehicle 50 is traveling on the road, the safety of the occupants or the vehicle behind the vehicle cannot be ensured.

If it is determined that the usage status of the transport vehicle 50 is unsafe, the server 10 notifies the terminal 30, although not shown, to urge the vehicle to stop. The user who confirms the notification on the terminal 30 stops the transportation vehicle 50 at a safe location. The server 10 again acquires the usage status of the transportation vehicle 50 through the control device 70.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the usage status of the transport vehicle 50 is safe, the server 10 outputs an instruction to stop the use of the transport vehicle 50 to the control device 70. The control unit 71, which has received the usage stop command via the first communication unit 74, connects to the in-vehicle network via the second communication unit 75, and disables starting of the engine or battery.

The control unit 71 transmits the vehicle ID corresponding to the transportation vehicle 50 whose use has been stopped to the server 10. Although not shown, the server 10 that has received the vehicle ID notifies the terminal 30 that the transportation vehicle 50 is no longer available and that the terminal 30 is prompted to pay the lease fee.

As described above, if the lease fee is not paid by the user, the use of the transportation vehicle 50 can be stopped by remote control using the control device 70.

Note that when the record in the deposit field is rewritten from "no" to "with", the server 10 may cancel the usage stop command output to the control device 70. By canceling the usage suspension order, the user can resume using the transportation vehicle 50. When resuming use, the server 10 outputs a cancellation command to the control device 70 via the first communication unit 74. The control unit 71 of the control device 70 that has received the release command connects to the in-vehicle network via the second communication unit 75, and enables the engine or the battery to be started.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen displayed by the terminal 30. As illustrated in FIG. 6, the terminal 30 displays a screen including monthly mileage, basic lease fee, additional fee, and lease fee.

The lease fee includes a basic lease fee that is a fixed amount and an additional fee that is added depending on the distance traveled. The terminal 30 accepts the user's operation and requests the server 10 to display the current lease fee.

When a user logs in to the transport vehicle DB 131 of the server 10, the server 10 checks the vehicle ID and user ID and authenticates the user as the user. After the user is authenticated, the server 10 allows the user to log in.

The server 10 reads the mileage per unit period (for example, one month) from the transportation vehicle DB 131 in association with the vehicle ID. The server 10 determines whether the travel distance of the transportation vehicle 50 exceeds a predetermined distance based on the distance set in the basic lease fee (for example, 6,000 yen fixed up to 500 km) stored in the auxiliary storage unit 13. judge.

When the server 10 determines that the predetermined distance has been exceeded, an additional charge corresponding to the excess distance is added to the basic lease charge. At the time of the addition, a value obtained by multiplying the mileage per kilometer (for example, 12 yen/km) is added to the basic lease fee to calculate the lease fee. On the other hand, if the server 10 determines that the predetermined distance is not exceeded, the basic lease fee is calculated as the lease fee.

In the example of FIG. 6, the fixed charge is set at 6,000 yen for a range up to 500 km, and the additional charge is set at 12 yen per 1 km. In this setting, since the current monthly mileage is 4,000 km, the server 10 adds the additional fee of 42,000 yen to the basic lease fee of 6,000 yen, making the lease fee 48,000 yen. calculate.

The values of the basic lease fee and the additional fee can be set through a terminal (not shown) on the side of the administrator who manages the server 10. The server 10 accepts settings for the basic lease fee and additional fee values, and stores them in the auxiliary storage unit 13.

Note that the lease fee is not limited to being calculated based on the basic lease fee and the additional fee, but may be calculated based on a pay-as-you-go system.

Further, the unit period is not limited to a monthly unit, but may be a daily unit, a weekly unit, a year unit, or the like.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen displayed by the terminal 30. As illustrated in FIG. 7, the terminal 30 displays a screen including the current mileage, current date, cumulative mileage graph, basic rate line, warning line, notification field, and current lease rate.

FIG. 7A is a screen example of a warning notification displayed by the terminal 30. When the travel distance of the transportation vehicle 50 exceeds the travel distance of a predetermined warning line, the terminal 30 displays a message that there is only a short distance left within the range of the basic charge. In FIG. 7A, for example, it is displayed that the current traveling distance is 450 km. If the travel distance is 450 km, the travel distance exceeds the warning line (400 km) and is below the basic toll line (500 km), so the terminal 30 displays a notification saying "500 km remaining." Furthermore, the terminal 30 displays the basic lease fee (6,000 yen) as the current lease fee.

FIG. 7B is an example of a distance excess notification screen displayed by the terminal 30. The terminal 30 displays that the distance traveled by the transportation vehicle 50 exceeds a predetermined distance set in the basic charge. In FIG. 7B, for example, it is displayed that the current traveling distance is 520 km. If the mileage is 520km, the terminal 30 displays a notification saying "500km has been exceeded" because the mileage exceeds the basic toll line (500km). Additionally, the terminal 30 displays the current lease fee (6,240 yen) calculated by the server 10 based on the excess distance.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the program 130 executed by the server 10. The control unit 11 of the server 10 executes the following processing based on the program 130.

The control unit 11 acquires the mileage per unit period in the transportation vehicle 50 (step S101). The control unit 11 determines whether the travel distance of the transportation vehicle exceeds the predetermined distance based on the predetermined distance stored in the auxiliary storage unit 13 (step S102).

If it is determined that the predetermined distance has been exceeded (step S102: YES), the control unit 11 adds a fee corresponding to the excess distance to the basic lease fee (step S103). On the other hand, if it is determined that the distance does not exceed the predetermined distance (step S102: NO), the control unit 11 calculates the basic lease fee as the lease fee (step S104). The control unit 11 displays the calculated lease fee on the terminal 30 (step S105).

The control unit 11 reads the presence or absence of deposits in the transport vehicle DB 131 and determines whether the user has deposited the funds (step S106). If it is determined that the user has deposited money (step S106: YES), the control unit 11 returns to the process of step S101.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the user has not deposited money (step S106: NO), the control unit 11 acquires the usage status of the transportation vehicle 50 (step S107).

The control unit 11 determines whether the usage status of the transportation vehicle 50 is safe based on the usage status of the transportation vehicle 50 (step S108). If it is determined that it is safe (step S108: YES), the control unit 11 activates the control device 70 attached to the transportation vehicle 50 (step S109). On the other hand, if it is determined that it is unsafe (step S108: NO), the control unit 11 returns to the process of step S107.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the lease fee can be calculated based on the mileage of the transportation vehicle 50. Furthermore, if the lease fee is not paid, the use of the transportation vehicle 50 can be remotely stopped by the control device 70.

[Embodiment 2]
In Embodiment 2, a mode will be described in which the transportation vehicle 50 with which a lease contract was first concluded is exchanged for another transportation vehicle 50 for use. Note that the same reference numerals are given to the same content as in the first embodiment, and the explanation thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen displayed by the terminal 30. As illustrated in FIG. 9, the terminal 30 displays a screen including the current total distance traveled, the current date, a cumulative graph of the total distance traveled, a replacement line, a warning line, and a notification field.

FIG. 9A is a screen example of a warning notification displayed by the terminal 30. When the total mileage of the transport vehicle 50 exceeds the total mileage of a predetermined warning line, the terminal 30 displays that there is only a short amount of mileage remaining before the vehicle can be replaced. In FIG. 9A, for example, it is displayed that the current total traveling distance is 99,500 km. If the total mileage is 99,500 km, it is over the warning line (99,000 km) and below the replacement line (100,000 km), so the terminal 30 displays a notification saying ``There are only a few days left until 100,000 km.'' do.

FIG. 9B is an example of a vehicle exchange notification screen displayed by the terminal 30. The terminal 30 displays that the total distance traveled by the transportation vehicle 50 exceeds a predetermined distance that requires vehicle replacement. In FIG. 9B, for example, it is displayed that the current total traveling distance is 100,100 km. If the total mileage is 100,100 km, the replacement line (100,000 km) has been exceeded, so the terminal 30 displays notifications such as "100,000 km has been exceeded" and "Vehicle replacement is required."

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing the data layout of the transportation vehicle DB 131.

In the following explanation, the transport vehicle 50 corresponding to vehicle ID: A01 is a vehicle that has reached a predetermined total mileage, and the transport vehicle 50 corresponding to vehicle ID: A02 is a vehicle newly lent to a user. shall be taken as a thing.

The server 10 reads out the total mileage from the transportation vehicle DB 131 in association with the vehicle ID. Based on the predetermined total travel distance stored in the auxiliary storage unit 13, the server 10 determines whether the total travel distance of the transport vehicle 50 exceeds the predetermined distance. If it is determined that the predetermined distance has been exceeded, the server 10 notifies the terminal 30 that the transportation vehicle 50 needs to be replaced, and then changes the vehicle ID corresponding to the user ID: 101 from A01 to A02. The server 10 stores the changed vehicle ID in the transportation vehicle DB 131 in association with the user ID.

If there is no deposit from the user using vehicle ID: A02, the server 10 activates the control device 70 attached to vehicle ID: A02 to stop the use of the transport vehicle.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the program 130 executed by the server 10. The control unit 11 of the server 10 executes the following processing based on the program 130.

The control unit 11 acquires the total traveling distance of the transportation vehicle 50 (step S201). The control unit 11 determines whether the total traveling distance of the transport vehicle exceeds the predetermined distance based on the predetermined distance stored in the auxiliary storage unit 13 (step S202).

If it is determined that the predetermined distance has been exceeded (step S202: YES), the control unit 11 displays on the terminal 30 that the transportation vehicle 50 needs to be replaced (step S203). On the other hand, if it is determined that the predetermined distance has not been exceeded (step S202: NO), the control unit 11 returns to the process of step S201.

The control unit 11 determines whether the transportation vehicle 50 has been replaced (step S204). If it is determined that the vehicle has not been replaced (step S204: NO), the process returns to step S203. On the other hand, if it is determined that the vehicle has been replaced (step S204: YES), the vehicle ID stored in association with the user ID in the transportation vehicle DB 131 is changed to a different vehicle ID (step S205).

As described above, according to the second embodiment, the transportation vehicle 50 with which a lease contract was initially concluded can be exchanged for another transportation vehicle 50 for use.

As described above, according to Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2, it is possible to provide an information processing method and the like that can stop the use of transportation vehicle 50 when non-payment of the lease fee occurs.

The embodiments disclosed herein are illustrative in all respects and are not restrictive. The technical scope of the present invention is not defined in the meaning disclosed above, but is determined based on the description of the claims, and includes all changes within the meaning and range equivalent to the claims.

10 Information processing device 10a Portable storage medium 11 Control unit 12 Main storage unit 13 Auxiliary storage unit 130 Program 131 Transportation vehicle DB
14 communication section 30 terminal 31 control section 32 storage section 33 communication section 34 input section 35 display section 50 transportation vehicle 70 control device 71 control section 72 main storage section 73 auxiliary storage section 74 first communication section 75 second communication section 76 positioning sensor NW communication network

Claims (5)

Obtain the mileage per unit period of the transportation vehicle that has a lease contract,
Calculate the lease fee based on the acquired mileage,
Outputting the calculated lease fee to a user terminal of a user of the transportation vehicle,
A process of outputting an instruction to stop the use of the transportation vehicle to a control device attached to the transportation vehicle when the lease fee is not received from the user, the processing comprising:
Notifying the user terminal when the total traveling distance of the transportation vehicle exceeds a predetermined distance;
After the notification, storing vehicle identification information for identifying another transportation vehicle to be leased different from the transportation vehicle and user identification information for identifying the user in association with each other;
An information processing method in which a computer executes a process of outputting a command to stop the use of the other transport vehicle to a control device attached to the other transport vehicle when the lease fee is not paid by the user. Determining whether the acquired traveling distance exceeds a predetermined distance,
If the specified distance is exceeded, the lease fee will be calculated by adding a fee corresponding to the distance traveled that exceeds the specified distance to the basic lease fee; if the specified distance is not exceeded, the basic lease fee will be used as the lease fee. The information processing method according to item 1 . 3. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein when the lease fee to be deposited by the user exceeds the basic lease fee, a user terminal is notified that the lease fee has exceeded the basic lease fee. Obtain the mileage per unit period of the transportation vehicle that has a lease contract,
Calculate the lease fee based on the acquired mileage,
Outputting the calculated lease fee to a user terminal of a user of the transportation vehicle,
A process of outputting an instruction to stop the use of the transportation vehicle to a control device attached to the transportation vehicle when the lease fee is not received from the user,
Notifying the user terminal when the total traveling distance of the transportation vehicle exceeds a predetermined distance;
After the notification, storing vehicle identification information for identifying another transportation vehicle to be leased different from the transportation vehicle and user identification information for identifying the user in association with each other;
A program that causes a computer to execute a process of outputting a command to stop the use of the other transportation vehicle to a control device attached to the other transportation vehicle when the lease fee is not paid by the user. an acquisition unit that acquires the mileage per unit period of transportation vehicles that have a lease contract;
a calculation unit that calculates a lease fee based on the acquired mileage;
a first output unit that outputs the calculated lease fee to a user terminal of a user of the transportation vehicle;
a second output unit that outputs an instruction to stop the use of the transportation vehicle to a control device attached to the transportation vehicle when the lease fee is not received from the user;
a notification unit that notifies the user terminal when the total mileage of the transportation vehicle exceeds a predetermined distance;
and a storage unit that stores vehicle identification information for identifying another transportation vehicle to be leased different from the transportation vehicle and user identification information for identifying the user after notification. ,
The second output unit outputs an instruction to stop the use of the other transportation vehicle to a control device attached to the other transportation vehicle when the lease fee is not paid by the user.

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