TWI691915B - Method for providing vehicle return area - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for providing a vehicle return area is implemented by a server connected to a user end and a plurality of sending ends, each sending end transmits an identification code and a vehicle position coordinate to the server, the method includes: when the When the server receives the return area request containing a geographic location data, it obtains at least one candidate return area information based on the geographic location data and the stored multiple return area information corresponding to multiple return areas; The vehicle position coordinates of the vehicle corresponding to the identification code in an unleased state are marked on a coordinate plane corresponding to the return areas; and the number of marks in the plane area corresponding to each candidate return area is counted, and according to the statistics The number of tokens is obtained and the preferential method of each candidate return area is sent to the user end.

Description

Method for providing vehicle return area

The present invention relates to a method for suggesting a vehicle return, and particularly to a method for providing a vehicle return area.

Due to the overcrowding of the urban population in Taiwan, and under the factors of global warming and the promotion of green sports and energy saving and carbon reduction, public vehicles that do not require manual management are installed between stations or station signposts, or around tourist attractions. Rental services provide ordinary people or tourists as a short-distance travel method. Among them, public bicycle rental services, such as UBike and OBike, are favored by the public.

There are currently many problems with the return mechanism of UBike or OBike rental services on the market. First of all, when returning the car, UBike must return the vehicle to the pillar of the fixed station. When the user rides to the station and finds that there is no empty pillar, he can only wait until others rent the vehicle at this station. Only after the empty pillars are produced can the vehicle be returned. In addition, although OBike is different from UBike in the site-based mechanism, users can freely park at any location to complete the return of the vehicle, and will not be unable to stop because there are no empty pillars, but this move is derived The problem of parking arbitrarily has added more social costs to it.

However, whether it is UBike or OBike's car return mechanism will cause excessive concentration of vehicles in a certain area and excessive shortage in a certain area, and cannot reasonably allocate vehicle resources. At this time, the manager can only manually transport the vehicles. The reallocation balances the vehicles in each area.

Therefore, the existing public bicycle return mechanism needs to be further improved to meet the needs of managers and users.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for a vehicle return area that guides a user to return a vehicle in use to a return area where the vehicle lacks, to balance the number of vehicles in each return area.

Therefore, the method for providing the vehicle return area of the present invention is implemented by a server, which is connected to a user terminal through a communication network, and is erected on multiple units via multiple different long-distance wireless networks and multiple The sending end of the vehicle is connected, and each sending end is used to periodically transmit an identification code corresponding to the installed vehicle and a vehicle corresponding to the geographic location of the installed vehicle via the corresponding long-distance wireless network. The vehicle information of the position coordinate is sent to the servo end. The method for providing the vehicle return area includes a step (A), a step (B), a step (C), a step (D), and a step (E).

The step (A) is to store multiple pieces of return area information corresponding to multiple return areas and a status flag of the rental status of the vehicle corresponding to each identification code through the server, and each return area information Contains a return position data corresponding to the return area, a flag value of the status flag is a first predetermined value indicating that the vehicle is in a rental state, and a value different from the first predetermined value and indicating the The vehicle is in one of the second predetermined values in an unleased state.

The step (B) is that when the server receives a return area request containing a geographical location data corresponding to the geographical position of the user end, the server ends according to the geographical location data in the return area request And the returned position data corresponding to the returned area information, at least one candidate returned area information is obtained from the returned area information, wherein the candidate returned area and the corresponding to the returned position data in each candidate returned area information The distances between the geographic locations of the user terminals corresponding to the geographic location data are all less than a first predetermined distance.

The step (C) is to use the server to receive the vehicle information corresponding to the second predetermined value of the vehicle status flag corresponding to the rental status of the vehicle corresponding to the identification code. The vehicle position coordinate of the vehicle information of the vehicle corresponding to the identification code in the unleased state is marked in a coordinate plane corresponding to the return areas.

The step (D) is to count the number of marks in each of the plane areas corresponding to the at least one candidate return area by at least one of the coordinate planes by the servo end.

The step (E) is to obtain a preferential method corresponding to each candidate return area through the server, at least according to the number of marks in the plane area corresponding to each candidate return area, and send the corresponding The candidate returns the regional information and the discount method to the user end.

The effect of the present invention is that: according to the number of marks in the at least one candidate return area, the server obtains the preferential method corresponding to each candidate return area and transmits it to the user end, and the user can display The preferential method corresponding to each candidate return area is free to select any return area to return the vehicle to achieve the balance of vehicle resources in each candidate return area.

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar elements are denoted by the same numbers.

Referring to FIG. 1, a first embodiment of the method for providing a vehicle return area according to the present invention is implemented by a system including a server 1, a user 2, a management 3, and a plurality of transmitters 4. The server terminal 1 is connected to the user terminal 2 and the management terminal 3 via a communication network 100, and is connected to the transmission terminals 4 which are respectively erected on a plurality of vehicles 103 via a plurality of different long-distance wireless networks.

The server 1 includes a server-side communication module 11 connected to the communication network 100, a server-side storage module 12, and a server-side process electrically connecting the server-side communication module 11 and the server-side storage module 12 Module 13. It is worth mentioning that the server-side processing module 13 of the server-end 1 receives a plurality of return area information transmitted from the management-end 3 via the communication network 100 through the server-side communication module 11 and uses The returned area information is stored in the server-side storage module 12. In addition, the server-side storage module 12 of the server-side 1 also stores a status flag of the rental status of the vehicle 103 corresponding to each identification code, and a flag value of the status flag is an indication of the vehicle 103 One of a first predetermined value that is in a rental state and a second predetermined value that is different from the first predetermined value and indicates that the vehicle 103 is in an unrented state. It is worth noting that, initially, the flag value of the status flag is preset to the second predetermined value indicating that the vehicle 103 is in the unrented state.

The user terminal 2 has positioning capabilities and a vehicle return application 104 is installed, and is carried by a user 101 who rents one of the vehicles 103. It is worth mentioning that the user terminal 2 includes a user terminal communication module 21 connected to the communication network 100, a user terminal storage module 22 storing the vehicle return application 104, and a user terminal input module 23 And a user end processing module 24 electrically connected to the user end communication module 21, the user end storage module 22 and the user end input module 23.

When the user 101 wants to return the vehicle 103 that he rented, the user 101 uses the user terminal 2 to send a return area request to the server end including a geographical location data corresponding to the geographical location of the user terminal 2 1. To obtain information about the area of the vehicle 103 that can be returned from the servo terminal 1.

The management terminal 3 is controlled by a manager 102 and is used to send multiple pieces of return area information corresponding to multiple return areas to the server 14. It is worth mentioning that the management terminal 3 includes a management terminal communication module 31 connected to the communication network 100, a management terminal input module 32, and an electrical connection between the management terminal communication module 31 and the management terminal input module The management end processing module 33 of the group 32.

Each return area information includes a return location data corresponding to the return area, and a period data indicating the use period of the return area, wherein the period data includes a time indicating an activation time of one of the return areas Activation time data, and a deactivation time data indicating a deactivation time of one of the return areas. It is worth noting that the management side processing module 33 first generates the returned area information according to the input operation of the manager 102 through the management side input module 32, and then the management side communication module 31 The returned area information is sent to the server 1. It is worth noting that the management-side processing module 33 can also freely set a penalty corresponding to the area other than the returned area according to the input operation of the manager 102 through the management-side input module 32, and by setting The fines corresponding to the areas outside the return areas effectively guide the user 101 to park the vehicle in the return areas.

Each sending end 4 periodically transmits a identification code corresponding to the installed vehicle 103 and a vehicle position coordinate corresponding to the geographic location of the installed vehicle 103 via the corresponding long-distance wireless network. Vehicle information to the servo terminal 1. It is worth mentioning that in the first embodiment, each transmitter 4 includes a transmitter communication module 41, a transmitter positioning module 42 and an electrical connection connected to the corresponding long-distance wireless network The sender communication module 41 and the sender processing module 43 of the sender positioning module 42. Each sending-end positioning module 42 is used to locate the geographical position of the vehicle 103 to generate the vehicle position coordinates, and transmit the vehicle position coordinates to the sending-end processing module 43 electrically connected thereto, each sending The terminal processing module 43 receives the corresponding vehicle position coordinate, and generates vehicle information including the identification code and the vehicle position coordinate, and transmits the vehicle information to the server 1 through the transmitting end communication module 41 electrically connected thereto . However, in other embodiments of the present invention, in addition to the sending end 4, each vehicle 103 is also provided with a sending end positioning module 42 electrically connected to the sending end 4. Each sending end positioning module 42 is used The vehicle 103 is located at the location where the erected vehicle 103 is located to generate and transmit the vehicle position coordinates to the sending end 4 electrically connected thereto. At this time, each sending end 4 includes the sending end communication module 41, and the sending end processing module 43 electrically connected to the sending end communication module 41, but does not include the sending end positioning module 42, each sending end The processing module 43 receives the corresponding vehicle position coordinate, and generates vehicle information including the identification code and the vehicle position coordinate, and transmits the vehicle information to the server 1 via the transmitting end communication module 41 electrically connected thereto.

The following describes the operation details of the components in the server 1, the user terminal 2, the management terminal 3, and the sending terminal 4 by using the first embodiment of the method for providing a vehicle return area according to the present invention. The vehicle return area The first embodiment of the providing method includes a rental procedure, a candidate return area obtaining procedure, and a preferential way obtaining procedure, wherein the rental procedure includes a step 501, and a step 502, the candidate return area obtaining procedure includes a Step 503, a step 504, a step 505, and a step 506, the discount method obtaining procedure includes a step 507, a step 508, a step 509, a step 510, and a step 511.

1 and 2, the system implements the rental program of the first embodiment of the method for providing a vehicle return area according to the present invention. The rental program includes steps 501 to 502.

In step 501, the user-side processing module 24 generates and transmits a corresponding one of the vehicles 103 according to the input signal from the user-side input module 23 and including the The rental request of the identification code is sent to the server 1.

In step 502, when the server-side processing module 13 receives the rental request through the server-side communication module 11, the server-side processing module 13 uses the status corresponding to the identification code of the rental request The flag value of the flag is updated to the first predetermined value indicating that the vehicle 103 is in the rental state to store the status flag corresponding to the identification code of the rental request in the server-side storage module 12 .

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 3, the system implements the candidate return area obtaining procedure of the first embodiment of the vehicle return area providing method of the present invention. The candidate return area obtaining procedure includes steps 503-506.

In step 503, the management-end processing module 33 generates the returned area information according to the input signal from the management-end input module 32, and transmits the returned area information to the management-end communication module 31 Servo terminal 1.

In step 504, when the server-side processing module 13 receives the returned area information via the server-side communication module 11, the server-side processing module 13 stores the returned area information to the server-side storage module Group 12.

In step 505, the user terminal processing module 24 generates a return area request including a geographic location data corresponding to the geographic location of the user terminal 2 based on the input signal from the user terminal input module 23, and passes The user terminal communication module 21 transmits the return area request to the server 1.

In step 506, when the server-side processing module 13 receives the return area request via the server-side communication module 11, according to a receiving time of the return area request and the geographic location data in the return area request, And the returned location data corresponding to the returned area information, at least one candidate returned area information is obtained from the returned area information. Wherein, the distance between the candidate return area corresponding to the returned location data in each candidate return area information and the geographic location of the user terminal 2 corresponding to the geographic location data is less than a first predetermined distance; and each The activation time data indicated by the activation time data of the deadline data in a candidate return area information is earlier than the reception time at which the return area request is received, and the deactivation of the deadline data in each candidate return area information The deactivation time indicated by the time data is later than the receiving time when the return area request is received.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 4, the system implements the preferential way obtaining procedure of the first embodiment of the method for providing a vehicle return area according to the present invention. The preferential way obtaining procedure includes steps 507 to 511.

In step 507, the server-side processing module 13 receives the vehicle information corresponding to the rental status of the vehicle 103 corresponding to the identification code as the second predetermined value of the received vehicle information, The vehicle position coordinate of the vehicle information corresponding to the identification code of the vehicle 103 in the unleased state is marked in a coordinate plane corresponding to the return areas.

In step 508, the servo-side processing module 13 counts the number of marks in each of the plane areas corresponding to at least one of the coordinate planes corresponding to the at least one candidate return area, respectively.

In step 509, the server-side processing module 13 counts the total number of identification codes of all vehicle information identification codes from each sending end 4.

In step 510, the servo-side processing module 13 divides the number of marks in the plane area corresponding to each candidate return area by the total number of identification codes, respectively, to obtain a vehicle density rate corresponding to each candidate return area, and A preferential mode corresponding to each candidate return area is obtained according to the vehicle concentration rate corresponding to each candidate return area. It is worth noting that in the first embodiment, the discount method is obtained by dividing the number of marks in the plane area corresponding to each candidate return area by the total number of identification codes. However, the server-side processing module 13 The discount method corresponding to each candidate return area can also be obtained based on the number of marks in the planar area corresponding to each candidate return area. In addition, the discount method described in step 510 can also be added or adjusted by other persons with ordinary knowledge in the field, so the calculation method described in step 510 is not limited.

In step 511, the server-side processing module 13 generates a map indicating the position of the candidate return area corresponding to the return position data of each candidate return area information, and the discount corresponding to each candidate return area The mode is marked on the map (see FIG. 5), and then the map is transmitted to the user terminal 2 through the server-side communication module 11.

The rental procedure and the candidate return area obtaining procedure in a second embodiment of the vehicle return area providing method of the present invention are the same as the rental procedure and candidate return area obtaining procedure in the first embodiment, respectively, and the main difference is the preferential way Get the program.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 6, the system implements the preferential way obtaining procedure of the second embodiment of the vehicle return area providing method of the present invention, and includes steps 607 to 613. Among them, the steps 607, 608 and 613 of the preferential way obtaining procedure in the second embodiment are respectively the same as the steps 507, 508 and 511 of the preferential way obtaining procedure in the first embodiment, and the similarities are not repeated here. The different steps 609, 610, 611, and 612 will be described in detail.

In step 609, for the returned position data in each candidate return area, the server-side processing module 13 according to the returned position data corresponding to the candidate return area, and the received correspondence corresponding to the identification code The state flag of the rental state of the vehicle 103 is the first predetermined value of the vehicle information, and it is determined whether there is at least one vehicle position coordinate corresponding to the vehicle information of the vehicle 103 in the rental state corresponding to the identification code, and the The distance between the candidate return areas is less than a second predetermined distance.

In step 610, for the return position data in each candidate return area information, when the server-side processing module 13 determines that there is at least one vehicle information corresponding to the vehicle 103 corresponding to the identification code in the rental state When the distance between the vehicle position coordinate and the candidate return area corresponding to the returned position data is less than the second preset distance, it is counted that the distance between the at least one containing the vehicle position coordinate and the candidate return area is less than the second predetermined The total number of vehicles in the vehicle 103 corresponding to the vehicle information of the distance is used as an estimated number of stops in the candidate return area.

In step 611, for the returned location data in each candidate returned area information, when the server-side processing module 13 determines that there is no at least one vehicle information corresponding to the vehicle 103 corresponding to the identification code in the unleased state The vehicle’s position coordinates, the estimated number of stops is set to zero.

In step 612, the server-side processing module 13 obtains a discount corresponding to each candidate return area based on the number of marks in the plane area corresponding to each candidate return area and the estimated parking number of each candidate return area the way.

In summary, the method for providing a vehicle return area of the present invention counts the total number of vehicles in the unleased state in each candidate return area information that is located less than the first preset distance from the user terminal 2 and the Each candidate return area is less than the second preset distance and the total number of vehicles in the rental state, and the total number of all vehicles and other information, calculate the discount method corresponding to each candidate return area near the location of the user terminal 2, Through the discount method, the user 101 can clearly understand and select the most favorable and convenient vehicle return area for his return. Therefore, the vehicle return area provides a method to dynamically adjust the corresponding value of each return area. Preferential way to attract the user 101 to park in the return area with few vehicles at a low price, or increase the price of the return area with more vehicles to prompt the user 101 to park in other return areas, which can effectively allocate vehicle resources and reduce labor The transportation adjusts the cost of vehicle resources. In addition, the manager 102 can specify the range of all returnable vehicle areas and the time period for returning the vehicle through each return vehicle area information set by itself, which not only prevents the user 101 from The parking location can be parked, and when there is a large-scale event temporarily held, an additional temporary return area and a return time limit can be additionally added to facilitate the user 101 to return the vehicle 103 to prevent the social cost from unreasonably increasing. Therefore, the purpose of cost invention can indeed be achieved.

However, the above are only examples of the present invention, and the scope of implementation of the present invention cannot be limited by this, any simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the patent application of the present invention and the content of the patent specification are still classified as Within the scope of the invention patent.

1‧‧‧Servo side 11‧‧‧Servo side communication module 12‧‧‧Servo side storage module 13‧‧‧Servo side processing module 2‧‧‧Usage side 21‧‧‧Usage side communication module 22‧ ‧‧Usage storage module 23‧‧‧Usage input module 24‧‧‧Usage processing module 3‧‧‧Management terminal 31‧‧‧Management terminal communication module 32‧‧‧‧Management terminal input module 33 ‧‧‧ Management end processing module 4‧‧‧ Sending end 41‧‧‧ Sending end communication module 42‧‧‧ Sending end positioning module 43‧‧‧ Sending end processing module 100‧‧‧Communication network 101‧‧ ‧User 102‧‧‧Manager 103‧‧‧Vehicle 104‧‧‧Vehicle return application 501~511‧‧‧Step 607~613‧‧‧Step

Other features and functions of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiment with reference to the drawings, in which: FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a system that implements a first embodiment of a method for providing a vehicle return area according to the present invention; FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the rental procedure of the first embodiment; FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the candidate return area obtaining procedure of the first embodiment; FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the first embodiment of the Figure 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a display screen for executing a return application at a user end; and Figure 6 is a flowchart illustrating a preferential method of a second embodiment of a method for providing a vehicle return area according to the present invention Get the program.

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Claims (7)

A method for providing a vehicle return area is implemented by a server end, which is connected to a user end through a communication network, and through multiple different long-distance wireless networks and multiple transmissions respectively erected on multiple vehicles End connection, each sending end is used to periodically transmit through the corresponding long-distance wireless network an identification code corresponding to the installed vehicle and a vehicle position coordinate corresponding to the geographic location of the installed vehicle The vehicle information is sent to the server, and the method for providing the vehicle return area includes the following steps: (A) By the server, multiple pieces of return area information corresponding to multiple return areas are stored, and the vehicle corresponding to each identification code A status flag of the rental status, each return area information includes a return location data corresponding to the return area, a flag value of the status flag is a first predetermined value indicating that the vehicle is in a rental state, And one of the second predetermined values that are different from the first predetermined value and indicate that the vehicle is in an unleased state, each return area information also includes a period data indicating the use period of the return area, The deadline data includes an activation time data indicating an activation time of one of the return areas, and a deactivation time data indicating the deactivation time of one of the return areas; (B) When the server receives a When the return area request includes a geographical location data corresponding to one of the geographical locations where the user terminal is located, the return location data corresponding to each of the geographical location data in the return regional request and the return area information by the server , Obtain at least one candidate return area information from the return area information, wherein the candidate return area corresponding to the return position data in each candidate return area information and The distances between the geographic locations of the user terminals corresponding to the geographic location data are all less than a first preset distance, and the activation time data indicated by the activation time data of the deadline data in each candidate return area information obtained by the server The activation time is earlier than a reception time at which the return area request is received, and the deactivation time indicated by the deactivation time data of the deadline data in each candidate return area information is later than that at which the return area request is received The receiving time; (C) by the server, according to the received vehicle information corresponding to the rental status of the vehicle corresponding to the identification code as the second predetermined value, the corresponding The vehicle position coordinates with the vehicle information of the vehicle corresponding to the identification code in the unleased state are marked in a coordinate plane corresponding to the return areas; (D) by the servo end, at least A number of marks in each of the plane areas corresponding to the at least one candidate return area; and (E) through the server, at least according to the number of marks in the plane area corresponding to each candidate return area, obtain each A preferential method corresponding to a candidate return area, and transmitting information of the candidate return area corresponding to each candidate return area and the preferential method to the user end. The method for providing a vehicle return area according to claim 1, the server is connected to a management end via the communication network, and the management end is used to transmit the return area information to the server, wherein, in step (A) When the server receives the return area information sent from the management end, the server stores the return area information to the server. The method for providing a vehicle return area according to claim 1, wherein, in step (A), when the servo terminal receives a rental request corresponding to one of the vehicles and including the identification code, the servo The terminal stores the identification code of the rental request by updating the flag value of the status flag corresponding to the identification code of the rental request to the first predetermined value indicating that the vehicle is in the rental state The corresponding state flag. The method for providing a vehicle return area as described in claim 1, before step (E), further includes the following steps: (F) by the server, an identification of the identification code of all vehicle information from each sender is counted The total number of codes; and, in step (E), the server not only obtains the discount method corresponding to each candidate return area according to the number of marks in the planar area corresponding to each candidate return area, but also according to the total number of identification codes . The method for providing a vehicle return area according to claim 4, wherein in step (E), the servo end first divides the number of marks in the plane area corresponding to each candidate return area by the total number of the identification codes, To obtain a vehicle concentration rate corresponding to each candidate return area, and then obtain the preferential mode corresponding to each candidate return area according to the vehicle concentration rate corresponding to each candidate return area. The method for providing a vehicle return area as described in claim 1, the step (E) includes the following steps: (E-1) The servo terminal obtains at least according to the number of marks in the plane area corresponding to each candidate return area The discount method corresponding to each candidate return area; and (E-2) Through the server, a map indicating the position of the candidate return area corresponding to the return position data of each candidate return area information is generated, and the discount method corresponding to each candidate return area is generated Mark on the map and send the map to the user terminal. The method for providing a vehicle return area as described in claim 1, further includes the following steps before step (E): (G) With the server, for the return position data in each candidate return area, according to the candidate return The returned location data corresponding to the area, and the received vehicle information corresponding to the rental status of the vehicle corresponding to the identification code to the first predetermined value, determining whether there is at least one corresponding to the identification The vehicle position coordinate of the vehicle information corresponding to the code in the rental state, and the distance between the candidate return area is less than a second preset distance; (H) By the server, for each candidate return area information Return location data, when it is determined that there is at least one vehicle position coordinate corresponding to the vehicle information corresponding to the identification code of the vehicle in the rental state, the distance between the return location data corresponding to the return location data is less than At the second preset distance, the total number of vehicles corresponding to the vehicle information corresponding to the vehicle information whose distance between the vehicle position coordinate and the candidate return area is less than the second preset distance is counted as the candidate return area An estimated parking number; and, in step (E), the server not only based on the number of marks in the planar area corresponding to each candidate return area, but also based on the estimated parking number of each candidate return area, Obtain corresponding to each candidate return area The discount method.

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