KR102165181B1 - System for managing vehicle call, user terminal unit and taxi terminal unit - Google Patents

Abstract

A dispatch control system, a user terminal, and a taxi terminal are disclosed. Here, the dispatch control system is a boarding zone setting unit that sets a virtual boarding zone based on the location information of the one or more user terminals, and an idle taxi when the number of dispatch requests received from one or more user terminals meets a predefined threshold. And a dispatch unit for first dispatching to the virtual boarding zone, and allocating the dispatched idle taxi to a user terminal in which an order of transmitting the dispatch request is early when the dispatched idle taxi approaches the virtual boarding zone.

Description

Dispatch control system, user terminal and taxi terminal {SYSTEM FOR MANAGING VEHICLE CALL, USER TERMINAL UNIT AND TAXI TERMINAL UNIT}

The present invention relates to a dispatch control system, a user terminal, and a taxi terminal.

Since taxi stands are very limited in a crowded city center, it is difficult to take taxis sequentially from taxi stands.

Therefore, when trying to get on a taxi on the street, the order of boarding is not the order of coming first, but the order of the taxi driver finding the passenger. As a result, social conflicts are frequently occurring, such as distraction among passengers about the order of boarding or refusing to board depending on the destination.

Accordingly, a technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a dispatch control system, a user terminal, and a taxi terminal that operate a virtual taxi stand so that passengers can ride in their own order at a current location without moving.

According to one feature of the present invention, the dispatch control system sets a virtual boarding zone based on the location information of the one or more user terminals when the number of dispatch requests received from one or more user terminals meets a predefined threshold. When the zone setting unit and the idle taxi are first dispatched to the virtual boarding zone, and the dispatched idle taxi approaches the virtual boarding zone, the dispatched idle taxi is delivered to the user terminal in which the order of transmitting the dispatch request is early. It includes a distribution unit to allocate.

The boarding zone setting unit,

A receiving module that receives an allocation request including current location information and a user identifier of each of the one or more user terminals, a determination module that determines whether the predetermined threshold is satisfied by counting the number of allocation applications, and When the number satisfies the predefined threshold, a setting module for setting the virtual boarding zone based on the current location information and the traveling direction of the vehicle of each of the user terminals may be included.

The setting module,

The virtual boarding zone, which is a location section in which the respective current location information is included, may be set based on the traveling direction of the vehicle.

The receiving module,

The dispatch request may be received through the dispatch application executed in the user terminal.

The dispatch unit,

A dispatch order assignment module that allocates a dispatch order according to the user identifier according to the order in which the dispatch request is transmitted, and transmits a dispatch command including a request to move to the virtual boarding zone and an dispatch order to a terminal installed in an idle taxi, And a dispatch command module that transmits the vehicle number and the dispatch order number of the idle taxi to the user terminal corresponding to the user identifier.

If the idle taxi is disregarding the order of dispatch, a vehicle dispatch monitoring module for generating and managing disadvantage information to the idle taxi driver may be further included.

According to another feature of the present invention, the user terminal transmits to the dispatch control system a location measurement unit that checks the location of the user terminal, and a dispatch request including the current location information and user identifier of the user terminal checked by the location measurement unit, Vehicles of idle taxis assigned to them among customers located in virtual boarding zones set based on current location information of one or more user terminals from the dispatch control system and idle taxis that are dispatched among idle taxis adjacent to the virtual boarding zone And a vehicle dispatcher receiving a number, and a display unit outputting the dispatch sequence number and the vehicle number on a screen.

The dispatch unit,

Run a dispatch application to access the dispatch control system, transmit the dispatch request, and receive the dispatch sequence number and the vehicle number,

The display unit,

An application screen including the dispatch order and the vehicle number may be displayed.

The user identifier,

It may include a sender ID assigned to the dispatch application.

The dispatch unit,

Transmit boarding confirmation information to the dispatch control system,

The above boarding confirmation information,

The dispatch control system may be used to check whether the idle taxi has ignored the dispatch order.

According to another feature of the present invention, the taxi terminal is connected to the dispatch control system through a network, and the identifier and dispatch of the user terminal assigned to it among customers located in a virtual boarding zone set based on the location information of one or more user terminals. And a display unit connected to the dispatch command receiving unit for receiving the order number, and a display unit connected to the dispatch command receiving unit and provided outside the vehicle to output the dispatch order number on a screen that can be recognized by a customer of the user terminal.

In addition, the taxi terminal further includes a vehicle status check unit that transmits its own location information and idle taxi confirmation information indicating whether it is an idle taxi to the dispatch control system, and transmits boarding confirmation information of the user terminal corresponding to the dispatch order. can do.

The display unit,

It may include an empty car indicator.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to board the passenger in the order of coming from the current location without moving. In addition, since cars are dispatched in sequence, it is possible to prevent a taxi driver from refusing to ride.

In addition, it is possible to flexibly install and operate a virtual taxi stand in consideration of passenger demand, traffic congestion, and the like, and can be effectively utilized when multiple passengers, such as around a station or stadium, want to board a taxi at the same time.

1 is an exemplary view showing a virtual boarding zone according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a connection configuration between a dispatch control system and a user terminal and a taxi terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a dispatch control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a dispatch control system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a taxi terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a display of a dispatch order of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is an exemplary view showing the order of dispatch of a taxi terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a flow chart showing a vehicle dispatch control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those of ordinary skill in the art can easily implement the embodiments of the present invention. However, the present invention may be implemented in various different forms, and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and similar reference numerals are assigned to similar parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part "includes" a certain component, it means that other components may be further included rather than excluding other components unless otherwise stated.

In addition, the terms "... unit" and "... module" described in the specification mean units that process at least one function or operation, which may be implemented by hardware or software, or a combination of hardware and software.

Hereinafter, a dispatch control system, a user terminal, and a taxi terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is an exemplary diagram showing a virtual boarding zone according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a connection configuration diagram between a dispatch control system according to an embodiment of the present invention, a user terminal and a taxi terminal, and FIG. 3 is A block diagram showing the configuration of a dispatch control system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a dispatch control system according to another embodiment of the present invention, Figure 5 is a block diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention A block diagram showing the configuration of a user terminal, FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a taxi terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is an exemplary diagram showing the order of dispatch of the user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, 8 is an exemplary view showing the order of dispatch of a taxi terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, referring to FIG. 1, a virtual boarding zone 1, which is a virtualized taxi stand, is set. The virtual boarding zone 1 is set based on the location information of one or more user terminals when the number of dispatch requests received from one or more user terminals satisfies a predefined threshold. In this case, it may be a location information section predefined in the direction of the taxi 2 on the roadway. For example, a location section within a specific meter may be set as a virtual boarding zone 1 based on location information of one or more user terminals.

Among the customers located in the virtual boarding zone 1, customers are allocated to the idle taxi 2 according to the order in which the dispatch request was transmitted. At this time, even if there are passengers located near the idle taxi 2, the passengers with a fast turn to which the dispatch request is transmitted receive the idle taxi first.

The dispatch control system sets the virtual boarding zone 1 and dispatches an idle taxi, which is implemented as shown in FIG. 2.

Referring to FIG. 2, the dispatch control system 100 is connected to a user terminal 300 and a taxi terminal 400 through a network 200. Although the user terminal 300 and the taxi terminal 400 are shown to be connected to the dispatch control system 100 through the same network 200, dispatch control through a separate individual operator network (not shown) of the taxi terminal 400 It can be connected to the system 100. Since such an individual operator network (not shown) may employ a conventional call dispatch control method, a detailed description will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 3, the dispatch control system 100 includes a boarding zone setting unit 110 and a dispatch unit 130.

The boarding zone setting unit 110 sets a virtual boarding zone based on the location information of the at least one user terminal 300 when the number of dispatch requests received from one or more user terminals 300 satisfies a predefined threshold. In detail, the boarding zone setting unit 110 includes a receiving module 111, a determination module 113, and a setting module 115.

The receiving module 111 receives a dispatch request including current location information and a user identifier of each of the one or more user terminals 300. At this time, the receiving module 111 receives a dispatch request through the dispatch application executed in the user terminal 300.

The determination module 113 counts the number of requests for dispatch and determines whether a predetermined threshold is satisfied.

The setting module 115 sets the virtual boarding zone 1 based on the current location information of each of the user terminals 300 and the vehicle traveling direction when the number of requests for dispatching meets a predefined threshold. At this time, the setting module 115 sets a virtual boarding zone 1, which is a location section including current location information based on the traveling direction of the vehicle 2.

The dispatcher 130 first dispatches the idle taxi 2 to the virtual boarding zone 1, and when the dispatched idle taxi approaches the virtual boarding zone 1, the user terminal in which the order of sending the dispatch request is fast. An idle taxi (2) assigned to (300) is allocated. In detail, the dispatch unit 130 includes a dispatch order assignment module 131, a dispatch command module 133, and a dispatch monitoring module 135.

The dispatch order assignment module 131 allocates a dispatch order for each user identifier according to the order in which dispatch requests are transmitted. The dispatch priority is set high to the user terminal 300 at which the dispatch request is received, and the order of dispatch is set according to the dispatch priority.

The dispatch command module 133 transmits a dispatch command including a request to move to the virtual boarding zone 1 and a dispatch order to the terminal 400 installed in an idle taxi. Then, the vehicle number and dispatch order of the idle taxi 2 are transmitted to the user terminal 300 corresponding to the user identifier.

The dispatch monitoring module 135 creates and manages disadvantage information to the driver of the idle taxi 2 when the idle taxi 2 ignores the dispatch order. In this case, the dispatch monitoring module 135 may receive boarding confirmation information from the user terminal 300 or the taxi terminal 400. In addition, it may be determined whether the idle taxi 2 ignores the dispatch order based on the boarding confirmation information. The boarding confirmation information may include a vehicle number and a user identifier on which the user has boarded.

The dispatch monitoring module 135 receives the boarding confirmation information when the boarding confirmation information is not received, the user terminal 300 fails to board the taxi vehicle dispatched by the dispatch control unit 135, or the boarding confirmation information at another user terminal 300 If yes, since the taxi ignores the boarding order and picks up passenger 2 instead of passenger 1, the driver may be penalized for violating the dispatch order. Since the disadvantage method can be freely set by the operator, detailed descriptions are omitted.

In this case, referring to FIG. 4, the dispatch control system 100 represents a system that can be used to perform at least some of the functions described with reference to FIG. 3.

Referring to FIG. 4, the dispatch control system 500 includes a processor 501, a memory 503, at least one storage device 505, an input/output (I/O) interface 507, and a network interface ( 509).

The processor 501 may be implemented as a central processing unit (CPU) or other chipset, a microprocessor, and the like, and the memory 503 is a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), RAM Bus DRAM (RDRAM). ), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), static RAM (SRAM), and the like.

The storage device 505 is a hard disk, compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM), CD rewritable (CD-RW), digital video disk ROM (DVD-ROM), DVD-RAM, and DVD-RW disk. , An optical disk such as a blue-ray disk, a flash memory, and a permanent or volatile storage device such as various types of RAM.

In addition, the I/O interface 507 allows the processor 501 and/or the memory 503 to access the storage device 505, and the network interface 509 is the processor 501 and/or the memory 503 ) To access the network 200.

In this case, the processor 501 loads a program command for implementing at least some of the functions of the boarding zone setting unit 110 and the dispatch unit 130 into the memory 503, and the operation described with reference to FIG. 3 You can control it to be performed.

In addition, the memory 503 or the storage device 505 may interwork with the processor 501 to perform functions of the boarding zone setting unit 110 and the vehicle dispatch unit 130.

The processor 501, the memory 503, the storage device 505, the I/O interface 507, and the network interface 509 shown in FIG. 4 may be implemented in one computer or distributed among a plurality of computers. It can also be implemented.

Referring to FIG. 5, the user terminal 300 includes a communication unit 310, a memory 330, a position measurement unit 350, a display unit 370, and a dispatch unit 390. Here, the user terminal 300 may be a smart device capable of installing an application desired by the user. Here, the smart device is a product that is not limited in functions and can change or expand a large part of functions through an application program, and includes a smart phone and a tablet PC.

The communication unit 310 is connected to the dispatch control system 100 through the network 200 to transmit and receive dispatch related data.

The memory 330 is connected to the dispatch unit 390 and stores various information for driving the dispatch unit 390. The memory 130 may be implemented in a medium such as a RAM such as a dynamic random access memory, a rambus dynamic random access memory (DRAM), a synchronous DRAM, or a static RAM. In addition, the memory 330 may be inside or outside the dispatch unit 390, and may be connected to the dispatch unit 390 by various well-known means.

In this case, the memory 330 may store a dispatch application.

The location measurement unit 350 checks the current location of the user terminal 300. The position measuring unit 350 may be a GPS device. Alternatively, the location may be measured through communication with the base station of the mobile communication network.

The display unit 370 is a screen of the user terminal 300 and may be, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor. As shown in FIG. 7, the display unit 370 outputs on the screen the dispatch order (number 150) and vehicle number (vehicle number 7909) received from the dispatch control system 100. Here, the screen may be a dispatch application screen.

The dispatch unit 390 transmits the dispatch request including the current location information and the user identifier of the user terminal 300 checked by the location measurement unit 350 to the dispatch control system 100. And among the customers located in the virtual boarding zone 1 set based on the current location information of one or more user terminals 300 from the dispatch control system 100, the dispatch order assigned to them and idle adjacent to the virtual boarding zone 1 Among the taxis 2, the vehicle number of the idle taxi 2 to which it has been dispatched is received.

In this case, the dispatcher 390 may execute a dispatch application to access the dispatch control system 100 to transmit a dispatch request, and receive an dispatch order number and a vehicle number.

The dispatch unit 390 may transmit boarding confirmation information to the dispatch control system 100. This boarding confirmation information may be used by the dispatch control system 100 to confirm whether the idle taxi 2 ignores the dispatch order.

The dispatcher 390 may transmit boarding confirmation information voluntarily inputted by the user after boarding. Alternatively, boarding confirmation information may be transmitted within a certain time at the request of the dispatch control system 100.

The dispatcher 390 may be implemented as a processor. The processor may be implemented as a central processing unit (CPU), other chipset, or a microprocessor.

Referring to FIG. 6, the taxi terminal 400 includes a communication unit 410, a memory 430, a display unit 450, and a processor 470. The taxi terminal 400 may be implemented as a telematics device mounted on a vehicle. Alternatively, it may be implemented as a dedicated terminal for dispatch service.

The communication unit 410 is connected to the dispatch control system 100 through the network 200 to transmit and receive dispatch related data.

The memory 430 is connected to the processor 470 and stores various types of information for driving the processor 470. The memory 430 may be implemented in a medium such as a RAM such as a dynamic random access memory, a rambus dynamic random access memory (DRAM), a synchronous DRAM, or a static RAM. In addition, the memory 430 may be inside or outside the processor 470, and may be connected to the processor 470 by various well-known means.

The display unit 450 may be connected to the processor 470 and provided outside the vehicle to display a dispatch order on a screen that can be recognized by a customer of the user terminal 300.

As shown in FIG. 8, the display unit 450 may be an empty vehicle indicator provided outside the taxi vehicle. At this time, the order of dispatch, that is, 150 may be output to the empty vehicle indicator LED. In addition, it can be seen that the vehicle number '7909' of the taxi terminal 400 is output on the terminal screen 370 in FIG. 7.

The processor 470 may be implemented as a central processing unit (CPU), other chipset, or a microprocessor. The processor 470 includes a vehicle dispatch command receiving unit 471 and a vehicle status checking unit 473.

The dispatch command receiving unit 471 is connected to the dispatch control system 100 through the network 200 and assigned to itself among customers located in the virtual boarding zone 1 set based on the location information of one or more user terminals 300 The identifier of the user terminal and the order of dispatch are received. In addition, the order of dispatch is output on the screen through the display unit 450.

The dispatch command receiver 471 may output location information of the user terminal 300 and a caller ID on a screen of a device (not shown) mounted inside a vehicle equipped with a screen. In this way, the taxi driver can check the waiting order displayed on the customer's terminal screen and, if it matches his waiting order, allow him to board the taxi. And, based on the location information, it is possible to approach the location of the customer assigned to it. In addition, it may go through the process of checking the user ID to confirm that it is a customer assigned to it.

The vehicle status check unit 473 may periodically transmit its own location information and idle taxi confirmation information indicating whether or not it is an idle taxi to the dispatch control system 100. This vehicle status check operation may be the same as the configuration of a conventional call taxi dispatch module. Boarding confirmation information of the user terminal 30 corresponding to the dispatch order can be transmitted. At this time, after the customer boards, the driver can voluntarily input and transmit. Alternatively, it may be transmitted at the request of the dispatch control system 100.

The dispatch control method will be described based on the contents described so far. In this case, it will be described using the same reference numerals in connection with the configurations described in FIGS. 1 to 8.

9 is a flow chart showing a vehicle dispatch control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, the dispatch control system 100 and the taxi terminal 400 are connected to each other to periodically collect idle taxi information (S101). That is, at the request of the dispatch control system 100 or according to a preset control in the taxi terminal 400, the location information of the taxi terminal 400 and the idle taxi confirmation information indicating whether the taxi is an idle taxi is the dispatch control system 100 Can be delivered.

The user terminal 300 connects to the dispatch control system 100 by executing the dispatch application (S103) (S105). Then, the dispatch request including the current location information and the user identifier is transmitted to the dispatch control system 100 (S107).

Here, the user identifier may include a caller ID assigned to the dispatch application.

The dispatch control system 100 counts at least one dispatch request received in step S107 (S109) to determine whether the number of dispatch requests meets a predefined threshold (S111).

At this time, if not satisfied, the process returns to the previous step S109.

On the other hand, if satisfied, as described above, the dispatch control system 100 sets a virtual boarding zone 1 (S113). Then, the order of dispatch is allocated for each user identifier based on the time when the request for dispatch is received (S115). Then, the idle taxis are allocated in the order of order of dispatch (S117).

The dispatch control system 100 transmits the assigned dispatch order number and the vehicle number of the idle taxi to the corresponding user terminal 300 (S119). Then, the user terminal 300 outputs the dispatch order and vehicle number on the screen as described above (S121).

In addition, the dispatch control system 100 transmits the dispatch order number and the user identifier to the terminal 400 of the idle taxi (S123). Then, the taxi terminal 400 outputs the dispatch order on the screen as described above (S125).

In this case, steps S119 and S123 are shown to be sequentially performed, but may actually be implemented simultaneously.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are not implemented only through an apparatus and a method, but may be implemented through a program that realizes a function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention or a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements by those skilled in the art using the basic concept of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

Claims (13)

When the number of dispatch requests received from the user terminal satisfies a predefined threshold, a boarding zone setting unit that sets a virtual boarding zone based on the current location information of each of the user terminals that transmitted the dispatch request, and
Including a dispatch unit for first dispatching an idle taxi to the virtual boarding zone, and allocating the dispatched idle taxi to a user terminal in which the dispatch request is transmitted when the dispatched idle taxi approaches the virtual boarding zone. and,
The boarding zone setting unit,
A receiving module for receiving a dispatch request including current location information and a user identifier from a plurality of user terminals, respectively,
A determination module that counts the number of requests for dispatch and determines whether the threshold is satisfied, and
When the number of dispatch requests satisfies the threshold, a virtual location section in which all the current location information is included based on the vehicle traveling direction of the roadway existing in each current location information included in each dispatch request. Setting module to set boarding zone
The dispatch control system comprising a. delete delete The method of claim 1,
The receiving module,
A dispatch control system for receiving the dispatch request through the dispatch application executed in the user terminal. The method of claim 1,
The dispatch unit,
An allocation sequence number assignment module that allocates an allocation sequence number for each of the user identifiers according to the order in which the allocation request was transmitted, and
A dispatch command that transmits a dispatch command including a request to move to the virtual boarding zone and a dispatch order to a terminal installed in an idle taxi, and transmits the vehicle number and dispatch order of the idle taxi to a user terminal corresponding to the user identifier module
The dispatch control system comprising a. The method of claim 5,
A dispatch monitoring module that generates and manages disadvantage information to the idle taxi driver when the idle taxi ignores the dispatch order
The dispatch control system further comprising a. A location measuring unit that checks the location of the user terminal,
The dispatch request including the current location information and the user identifier of the user terminal checked by the location measurement unit is transmitted to the dispatch control system, and the dispatch order assigned to the customer among customers located in a virtual boarding zone from the dispatch control system and the virtual Among the idle taxis adjacent to the boarding zone of the dispatcher, the dispatcher receives the vehicle number of the idle taxi dispatched by itself, and
And a display unit for outputting the dispatch order and the vehicle number on a screen,
The virtual boarding zone,
When the number of dispatch requests satisfies a predefined threshold, a location in which all of the current location information is included based on the vehicle traveling direction of the roadway existing in the current location information of each of the user terminals transmitting the dispatch request. User terminal, which is set as a section. The method of claim 7,
The dispatch unit,
Run a dispatch application to access the dispatch control system, transmit the dispatch request, and receive the dispatch sequence number and the vehicle number,
The display unit,
A user terminal that outputs an application screen including the dispatch sequence number and the vehicle number. The method of claim 8,
The user identifier,
User terminal including the caller ID assigned to the dispatch application. The method of claim 8,
The dispatch unit,
Transmit boarding confirmation information to the dispatch control system,
The above boarding confirmation information,
The user terminal used for the dispatch control system to check whether the idle taxi has ignored the dispatch order. An dispatch command receiver that is connected to the dispatch control system through a network and receives an identifier and dispatch order of a user terminal assigned to the customer among customers located in a virtual boarding zone set based on the location information of one or more user terminals, and
A display unit connected to the dispatch command receiving unit and provided outside the vehicle to output the dispatch order number on a screen that can be recognized by a customer of the user terminal,
The virtual boarding zone,
When the number of dispatch requests satisfies a predefined threshold, a location section in which all the current location information is included based on the vehicle traveling direction of the roadway existing in the current location information of each of the user terminals transmitting the dispatch request Set to, taxi terminal. The method of claim 11,
A vehicle status check unit that transmits its own location information and idle taxi confirmation information indicating whether it is an idle taxi to the dispatch control system, and transmits boarding confirmation information of a user terminal corresponding to the dispatch order
Taxi terminal further comprising a. The method of claim 12,
The display unit,
Taxi terminal including an empty vehicle indicator.

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