WO2020008792A1

WO2020008792A1 - Privilege granting device and privilege granting method

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Publication number: WO2020008792A1
Application number: PCT/JP2019/022406
Authority: WO
Inventors: 滝川　桂一
Original assignee: 本田技研工業株式会社
Priority date: 2018-07-03
Filing date: 2019-06-05
Publication date: 2020-01-09
Also published as: JPWO2020008792A1; JP7185690B2

Abstract

This privilege granting device 4 is provided with a charging facility recognition unit 403, a charging facility transmission unit 404, a stay determination unit 405, and a privilege granting unit 408. The charging facility recognition unit 403 recognizes recommended-charging-facility information including the position of at least one charging facility that can be stopped by from the current position of a vehicle to a destination in destination information. The charging facility transmission unit 404 transmits the recommended-charging-facility information to the user of the vehicle. The stay determination unit 405 determines whether the vehicle has stayed at the position of a charging facility included in the recommended-charging-facility information. The privilege granting unit 408 grants a privilege to the user when it is determined that the vehicle has stayed.

Description

Privilege grant device and privilege grant method

<< The present invention relates to a privilege giving device and a privilege giving method.

Vehicles powered by electric power, such as electric vehicles (EVs) or hybrid cars, are characterized in that they require a longer time for energy charging than vehicles using fuel such as gasoline or light oil, and are characterized by being around their homes or destinations. It is desirable to charge the battery at other locations, and charging the battery at other places requires extra time.

In view of such a situation, conventionally, a technology for searching for and guiding charging facilities around the destination (see Patent Document 1) or using a replaceable battery is used to replace the battery in the middle of the route to the destination. A technology for depositing and charging (Patent Document 2) has been developed.

JP 2011-237186 A JP 2010-107203 A

従来 However, conventional technology requires that you stop by a facility recommended only for charging. In other words, since the visit was for a passive reason, the user could be troublesome.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method capable of reducing or eliminating annoyance given to a user when guiding a charging facility.

The privilege granting device of the present invention,
A position information recognition unit that recognizes current position information of a vehicle that is driven by electric power,
A destination information recognition unit that recognizes destination information including the destination of the vehicle,
A storage unit for storing map information and charging facility information including the positions of the plurality of charging facilities,
A charging facility recognition unit that recognizes recommended charging facility information including a position of at least one charging facility capable of dropping from the current position of the vehicle to the destination of the destination information;
A charging facility transmitting unit that transmits recommended charging facility information recognized by the charging facility recognition unit to a user of the vehicle,
A stay determination unit that determines whether or not the vehicle has stayed at the location of the charging facility included in the recommended charging facility information transmitted to the user of the vehicle,
A privilege granting unit that grants a privilege to the user when the stay determining unit determines that the vehicle has stayed;
It is characterized by having.

According to the privilege providing apparatus having the above configuration, the recommended charging facility information recognized by the charging facility recognition unit is transmitted to a user of a vehicle that uses electric power as a driving source. These are output to a vehicle-mounted device of the vehicle or a portable wireless terminal carried by the user, so that the user can determine the position of at least one charging facility that the user can stop while traveling from the current position to the destination. Can be informed.

Then, the stay determining unit determines whether the vehicle has stayed at the position of the charging facility included in the recommended charging facility information transmitted to the user.

{Circle around (5)} When the stay determining unit determines that the vehicle has stayed, the privilege is provided to the user by the privilege providing unit.

If the user finds the benefits attractive, it is presumed that it will be difficult for the user to feel troublesome when stopping at the charging facility. Thus, the user can be encouraged to stop by the charging facility.

Finally, the charging facility can have an opportunity to use the charging facility.

In the privilege granting device of the present invention, the charging facility recognition unit recognizes a route that minimizes a travel cost from the current position of the vehicle to the destination of the destination information, and increases a travel cost from the route. It is preferable to recognize information on a charging facility that is equal to or less than a predetermined first cost increment threshold.

According to the privilege providing apparatus having the above configuration, the charging facility recognition unit recognizes a route that minimizes a traveling cost from the current position of the vehicle to the destination in the destination information. Then, the charging facility recognizing section recognizes information on the charging facility where the increase in the moving cost from the route is equal to or less than a predetermined value.

{Circle over (4)} This avoids an excessive increase in the moving cost for dropping in at the charging facility, so that it is possible to reduce or eliminate the hassle that can be given to the user.

In the privilege giving device of the present invention,
In addition, a charge remaining capacity recognition unit that recognizes the charge remaining capacity of the vehicle is provided,
The charging facility recognition unit recognizes power consumption when the vehicle has moved from the current position of the vehicle to the destination of the destination information via the charging facility, and, based on the power consumption and the remaining charge, determines the power consumption of the vehicle. The charge amount required to move from the current position to the destination may be recognized, and information on a charging facility capable of supplying the required charge amount may be recognized.

According to the privilege providing apparatus having the above configuration, the amount of charge required to move the vehicle from the current position to the destination is recognized, and information on a charging facility that can supply the required amount of charge is recognized. By transmitting the information on the charging facility to the user, the user can be made to recognize the information on the charging facility that can supply the required charging amount. Thereby, the number of times of stopping at the charging facility to reach the destination can be reduced, so that troublesomeness given to the user can be reduced or eliminated.

In the privilege giving device of the present invention,
In addition, a charge remaining capacity recognition unit that recognizes the charge remaining capacity of the vehicle is provided,
It is preferable that the charging facility recognizing unit recognizes the recommended charging facility information so that the chargeable amount increases continuously or intermittently as the remaining charge capacity decreases.

According to the privilege providing apparatus having the above configuration, the charging facility recognizing unit recognizes the recommended charging facility information such that the smaller the remaining charge capacity is, the more continuously or intermittently the amount of charge can be charged.

The recommended charging facility information according to the remaining charge capacity of the vehicle is transmitted to the user, and is output to the vehicle-mounted device or the portable wireless terminal carried by the user, thereby improving the convenience for the user. I do.

In the privilege giving device of the present invention,
The charging facility recognition unit recognizes a plurality of the recommended charging facility information,
The charging facility transmitting unit can display the plurality of recommended charging facility information in the order of small increments of travel cost from a route that minimizes the travel cost from the current position of the vehicle to the destination of the destination information. Preferably, it is transmitted in a form.

According to the privilege providing apparatus having the above structure, the recommended charging facility information is transmitted in a format that can be displayed in ascending order of the moving cost.

By outputting these to the vehicle-mounted device or the portable wireless terminal carried by the user, it becomes easy for the user who does not want to increase the moving cost to select the charging facility.

In the privilege giving device of the present invention,
The charging facility recognition unit recognizes a plurality of the recommended charging facility information,
The privilege granting unit stays at the charging facility in which an increase in travel cost from a route that minimizes the travel cost from the current position of the vehicle to the destination in the destination information is greater than a predetermined second cost increment threshold. It is preferable that a benefit different from a privilege given to a user who stays at the charging facility, in which an increase in travel cost from the route is smaller than a predetermined second cost increment threshold, be provided to the user who has made the travel.

According to the privilege granting device having the above configuration, the privilege granting unit provides the user who stays at the charging facility where the increase of the travel cost from the route is larger than a predetermined second cost increment threshold to the travel cost from the route. Is different from the privilege given to the user who has stayed at the charging facility where the increment of is smaller than the predetermined second cost increment threshold.

(4) With this, if the user feels attractive to the privilege to be given, it is possible to guide the user even at a charging facility where the increase in the moving cost is large.

In the privilege giving device of the present invention,
The charging facility recognition unit recognizes a route that minimizes a traveling cost from the current position of the vehicle to the destination of the destination information, and recognizes recommended charging facility information of charging facilities existing on the route. Is preferred.

According to the privilege granting device having the above configuration, the charging facility recognition unit recognizes a route that minimizes the traveling cost from the current position of the vehicle to the destination of the destination information, and determines a charging facility existing on the route. The recommended charging facility information is recognized. As a result, the recommended charging facility information in which the travel cost does not increase at all from the route where the travel cost is minimized or the travel cost increase is considerably small is recognized. Such recommended charging facility information is transmitted to the user, and is output to the vehicle-mounted device or the portable wireless terminal carried by the user, so that the user can recognize the charging facility that is easy to use. it can.

In the privilege giving device of the present invention,
The charging facility recognizing unit recognizes a plurality of recommended charging facility information in the descending order of power that can be charged,
It is preferable that the charging facility transmitting unit transmits a plurality of the recommended charging facility information in a format that can be displayed in the order of the amount of chargeable power.

According to the privilege providing apparatus having the above configuration, the charging facility transmitting unit transmits the plurality of pieces of recommended charging facility information in a format that can be output in the descending order of chargeable power. These are output to the vehicle-mounted device or the portable wireless terminal carried by the user, so that the user can easily recognize the charging facility having a large amount of rechargeable power, and thus, the charging facility having a large amount of rechargeable power. Can be easily selected.

In the privilege giving device of the present invention,
Further comprising a passenger number recognition unit that recognizes the number of passengers of the vehicle,
When the number of occupants is larger than the threshold for the number of occupants, it is preferable that the award granting section gives an prize different from the privilege when the number of occupants is smaller than the threshold for the occupants.

Generally, charging a vehicle powered by electric power may take a long time. During charging of the vehicle, a facility near the charging facility (for example, a restaurant) may be used. According to the privilege granting device having the above configuration, the privilege granting unit grants a privilege different from the privilege provided when the number of occupants is larger than the occupant threshold, when the occupant is larger than the occupant threshold. Accordingly, users who are attracted to the benefits when the number of passengers is larger than the threshold for the number of passengers may invite each other to visit the charging facility with a large number of people. For the facility, it is possible to attract a large number of vehicles.

In the privilege giving device of the present invention,
It is preferable that the privilege granting unit grants a privilege according to a stay time of the vehicle by the stay determining unit.

において In the present invention, the “stay time” may be not only the time at which the vehicle actually stayed, but also the predicted stay time of the vehicle at the time when the recommended charging facility information is recognized. The stay time may be a stay start time, a stay end time, or an intermediate time such as a reference time.

充電 Depending on the time, the charging facility or a nearby facility may be crowded, or the power that can be supplied varies depending on the time of day, such as solar power generation.

According to the privilege providing device of the configuration configured in view of such a point, the privilege according to the staying time of the vehicle is provided, so that, for example, a vacant time zone or the amount of power that can be supplied is large. The user can be guided to visit during a time zone or the like.

The figure which shows an example of the whole structure of a basic system. The figure which shows an example of a structure of onboard equipment 1. FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a configuration of a portable wireless terminal. The figure which shows an example of a structure of a server. The figure which shows an example of the information stored in the vehicle database. The figure which shows an example of the information stored in the profile. The figure which shows an example of charging facility information. The figure which shows an example of privilege list information. The figure which shows an example of a structure of a facility terminal. 6 is an example of a flowchart of a vehicle database update process. 6 is an example of a flowchart of charging facility recommendation processing. The figure explaining selection of the privilege according to the number of charging facilities. The figure which shows an example of the recommended charging facility information arranged in order with the largest chargeable amount. The figure which shows an example of the recommended charging facility information arranged in order of the moving cost. 6 is an example of a flowchart of a privilege giving process.

The basic system includes an in-vehicle device 1 mounted on a vehicle X (moving body), a portable wireless terminal 2 (for example, a smartphone) having a portable size, a server 4, and a facility terminal 5 as a facility terminal. It is composed of The vehicle-mounted device 1, the portable wireless terminal 2, the server 4, and the facility terminal 5 have a function of communicating with each other through a network (for example, the Internet or a wireless communication network). The vehicle-mounted device 1 and the portable wireless terminal 2 have a function of mutually wirelessly communicating with each other by a close proximity wireless system (for example, Bluetooth (registered trademark)) when they are physically close to each other, for example, in the same vehicle X space. Have. The vehicle X is a vehicle driven by electric power, such as an electric vehicle or a hybrid car, and has a battery mounted thereon.

(Configuration of onboard equipment)
For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle-mounted device 1 includes a control unit 10, a sensor unit 11 (a GPS sensor 111, a vehicle speed sensor 112, a gyro sensor 113, a switch sensor 114, a remaining charge capacity sensor 115, and a occupant number sensor 116). ), A storage unit 12, a radio unit 13, an output unit 14, an input unit 15, and a clock unit 16. A mobile terminal such as a smartphone on which a predetermined application is installed may be used as the vehicle-mounted device 1.

The control unit 10 is configured by an arithmetic device such as a CPU. The calculation result of the calculation device is appropriately stored in the storage unit 12, and is read out in a later process. The control unit 10 receives signals from the sensor unit 11, the storage unit 12, the wireless unit 13, the output unit 14, the input unit 15, and the clock unit 16, and receives signals from the sensor unit 11, the storage unit 12, the wireless unit 13, the output unit 14, These are connected via a BUS or the like so that control signals can be output to the input unit 15, the clock unit 16, and the like.

The GPS sensor 111 of the sensor unit 11 calculates the current position based on a signal from a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite. The vehicle speed sensor 112 calculates the speed of the vehicle X based on a pulse signal from the rotation axis. The gyro sensor 113 detects an angular velocity. With the GPS sensor, the vehicle speed sensor, and the gyro sensor, the current position and the direction of the vehicle X can be accurately calculated.

The switch sensor 114 is configured to output a signal indicating whether the switch of the drive source of the vehicle X on which the vehicle-mounted device 1 is mounted is ON or OFF.

The remaining charge sensor 115 is configured to output a signal indicating the remaining charge of the battery of the vehicle X on which the vehicle-mounted device 1 is mounted.

The occupant number sensor 116 is configured to output a signal indicating the number of occupants in the vehicle X. For example, the passenger number sensor 116 may generate a signal indicating the number of occupants by analyzing an image inside the vehicle X acquired by a camera that captures an image inside the vehicle X.

The storage unit 12 is configured by a storage device such as a memory and an HDD.

The storage unit 12 is configured to store the vehicle ID 121 as identification information for identifying the vehicle X or the vehicle-mounted device 1 and the privilege information 122 received from the server 4 or the like.

The wireless unit 13 is configured by a communication device that performs wireless communication such as Wi-Fi: Wireless Fidelity (registered trademark), Bluetooth (registered trademark), 3G, cellular, and LTE communication.

The output unit 14 includes, for example, an image display device such as a liquid crystal display and a sound output device such as a speaker. The output unit 14 is configured to output information such as an image or a sound corresponding to a control signal from the control unit 10 in a form that the occupant of the vehicle X can recognize through the five senses.

The input unit 15 is configured by a device that can receive input of information, such as an operation receiving device such as a touch panel and a voice input device. The input unit 15 performs signal conversion or the like on the input information as appropriate and outputs the information to the control unit 10.

The clock unit 16 is configured to be able to recognize the date and time. The clock unit 16 is configured to be able to synchronize time with an NTP (Network \ Time \ Protocol) server by communicating with the NTP server, for example.

In addition, one device “recognizes” information means that one device receives the information from another device, and one device recognizes information stored in a storage medium connected to the one device. Reading, one device acquiring information based on a signal output from a sensor connected to the one device, one device acquiring information from a received information or information or a sensor stored in a storage medium Derive the information by executing a predetermined arithmetic processing (calculation processing or search processing, etc.) based on the obtained information, and one apparatus converts the information as a result of the arithmetic processing by another apparatus to the other apparatus. Means that one device reads out the information from the internal storage device or the external storage device in accordance with the received signal, and that any arithmetic processing for acquiring the information is executed.

(Configuration of portable wireless terminal)
The portable wireless terminal 2 includes, for example, a control unit 20, a sensor unit 21 (including a GPS sensor 211 and a gyro sensor 213), a storage unit 22, a wireless unit 23, and an output unit 24, as shown in FIG. , An input unit 25, and a clock unit 26. In the present embodiment, a description will be given assuming that the mobile wireless terminal 2 is used by a user of the vehicle X.

The storage unit 22 includes, for example, a memory or a hard disk, and is associated with a user ID 221 that is identification information for identifying the user of the portable wireless terminal 2, a terminal ID 222 that is identification information for identifying the portable wireless terminal 2, and a user ID 221. The privilege information 223 is stored. The user ID 221 is, for example, a mail address of the user. The terminal ID 222 is, for example, the MAC address of the portable wireless terminal 2. The user ID 221 and the terminal ID 222 may be the same information, for example, a user's mail address.

The control unit 20, the sensor unit 21, the wireless unit 23, the output unit 24, the input unit 25, and the clock unit 26 of the mobile wireless terminal 2 have substantially the same configuration and function as each component of the vehicle-mounted device 1. The description is omitted in this specification. The portable wireless terminal 2 can communicate with the vehicle X as necessary and receive necessary information from the vehicle X.

(Server configuration)
The server 4 is configured by, for example, a server computer. The server corresponds to an example of the “privilege grant device” of the present invention.

The server 4 includes a control unit 40, a storage unit 41, a communication unit 42, and a clock unit 43, as shown in FIG.

The control unit 40 is configured by an arithmetic device such as a CPU. The calculation result of the calculation device is appropriately stored in the storage unit 41 and read out in a later process. The control unit 40 is connected via a BUS or the like so that signals are input from the storage unit 41 and the communication unit 42 and control signals can be output to the storage unit 41, the communication unit 42, and the like. The control unit 40 executes a predetermined program stored in the storage unit 41 to execute a process described below, a position information recognition unit 401, a destination information recognition unit 402, a charging facility recognition unit 403, and a charging facility transmission unit. 404, stay determination unit 405, number of passengers recognition unit 406, remaining charge capacity recognition unit 407, and privilege provision unit 408
Function as

The storage unit 41 is configured by, for example, a storage device such as a memory and an HDD. The storage unit 41 stores a vehicle database 411, a profile 412, map information 413, charging facility information 414, privilege list information 415, a privilege transmission history 416, and a privilege grant history 417.

As shown in FIG. 5A, the vehicle database 411 receives from the vehicle X (or its on-vehicle device 1, hereinafter the same) identified by the vehicle ID of the vehicle and the vehicle ID previously received by the server 4 from each vehicle. Information indicating the position of the vehicle X, the date and time when the position was measured, the remaining charge of the vehicle X, the number of passengers of the vehicle X, and the destination of the vehicle X (destination information). The date and time at which the position was measured may be the date and time at which the position was measured in a strict sense. It may be the time when the information is received from. The information indicating the position is represented, for example, by latitude and longitude. The information indicating the position included in the vehicle database 411 is information indicating the position of the portable wireless terminal 2 received from the portable wireless terminal 2 instead of or in addition to the information indicating the position received from the vehicle X identified by the vehicle ID. It may be.

As shown in FIG. 5B, the profile 412 includes, for each user ID, attributes of the user identified by the user ID, such as age and gender, preferences of the user, vehicle IDs associated with the user ID, and This is information including the terminal ID associated with the user ID.

The map information 413 is general map information representing each road, each intersection, each facility, and a road by a link and a node.

As shown in FIG. 5C, the charging facility information 414 is information including a facility ID of each facility, a location of the facility, a chargeable amount, a tag, and information indicating a peripheral facility. The tag is a tag corresponding to the attribute or preference of the user.

As shown in FIG. 5D, the privilege list information includes the facility ID of each facility, the time zone indicating the respective thresholds for granting the privilege, the distance (moving cost), the number of passengers, and the number of the privilege. This is information including a first privilege and a second privilege. In this embodiment, the content of the privilege is a free charging time, for example, 15 m means that 15 minutes can be charged free. Benefits are not limited to this, and may be services that can be received at stores such as points and coupons, or services outside stores such as reserved seats of public transportation, priority boarding pass for aircraft, luggage delivery service, etc. Or a point or a coupon at a virtual store. The privilege may be an image, a costume such as a user's avatar, or a virtual item of the user's avatar.

The privilege transmission history 416 is information including each user ID and a list of privileges transmitted to the user.

The privilege grant history 417 is information including each user ID and a list of privileges granted to the user.

The communication unit 42 is configured to be able to communicate with the vehicle-mounted device 1, the portable wireless terminal 2, and other external devices via a network by wire communication or wireless communication.

The clock unit 43 is configured to be able to recognize the date and time. The clock unit 43 is configured to be able to synchronize the time with the NTP server by communicating with the NTP server, for example.

(Configuration of facility terminals)
The facility terminal 5 includes a control unit 50, a storage unit 51, a communication unit 52, and an output unit 53, as shown in FIG. The storage unit 51 includes, for example, a storage device such as a memory and an HDD, and stores a facility ID for identifying a facility that owns or uses the facility terminal 5. The control unit 50, the communication unit 52, and the output unit 53 have the same configurations as the control unit, the communication unit, and the output unit of the vehicle-mounted device 1 or the portable wireless terminal 2, respectively.

(Vehicle DB update processing)
Next, the vehicle DB update process will be described with reference to FIG.

The position information recognizing unit 401, the number of passengers recognizing unit 406, and the remaining charge capacity recognizing unit 407 communicate with the vehicle X (or the vehicle-mounted device 1) via the communication unit 42 to determine whether information has been received from the vehicle X. Is determined (FIG. 7 / STEP 102). The information includes, for example, the vehicle ID of the vehicle X, information indicating the position of the vehicle X, information indicating the remaining charge capacity of the vehicle X, and information indicating the number of occupants of the vehicle X. These pieces of information are, for example, information acquired by the sensor unit 11 of the vehicle-mounted device 1 or information stored in the storage unit 12. Hereinafter, an example in which the server 4 communicates with the vehicle X will be described. However, the server 4 may communicate with the portable wireless terminal 2 and acquire equivalent information in addition to or instead of the communication.

If the determination result is negative (NO in STEP 102 in FIG. 7), the position information recognizing unit 401, the occupant number recognizing unit 406, and the remaining charge capacity recognizing unit 407 execute the processing in FIG. 7 / STEP 102 again.

When the determination result is affirmative (FIG. 7 / YES in STEP 102), the destination information recognizing unit 402 determines whether the received information includes information indicating the destination (FIG. 7 / STEP 104). ).

{If the determination result is negative (NO in STEP 104 in FIG. 7), the destination information recognition unit 402 estimates the destination (FIG. 7 / STEP 106). For example, by referring to the vehicle database 411, the destination information recognizing unit 402 estimates, as a destination, a position with a high visit frequency or a long stay time among the positions associated with the vehicle ID included in the received information. May be.

If the determination result is affirmative (FIG. 7 / STEP 104 ‥ YES) or after the processing of FIG. 7 / STEP 106, the destination information recognizing unit 402 determines the purpose included in the received information based on the received information. The vehicle DB is updated to include the information indicating the destination or the information indicating the estimated destination (FIG. 7 / STEP 108).

(4) The destination information recognizing unit 402 ends the process.

(Recommended treatment for charging facilities)
Next, the charging facility recommendation process will be described with reference to FIG.

The charging facility recognition unit 403 refers to the vehicle database 411 and recognizes information on the target vehicle X (FIG. 8 / STEP 202). As shown in FIG. 5A, the information of the target vehicle X includes the vehicle ID of the target vehicle X, the position of the target vehicle X, the remaining charge capacity of the target vehicle X, the number of passengers of the target vehicle X, and the target vehicle X. The destination of the vehicle X is included.

The charging facility recognition unit 403 uses the map information 413 to recognize a route that minimizes the travel cost from the latest position of the target vehicle X to the destination (FIG. 8 / STEP 204). Here, the moving cost is an index indicating the magnitude of the individual load required for moving, and is, for example, the distance from the latest position of the target vehicle X to the destination, and the distance from the latest position of the target vehicle X to the destination. Estimated travel time, the energy such as the amount of power required from the latest position of the target vehicle X to the destination, the fee for passing through a toll road, or the difficulty of driving. The moving cost may be represented by a numerical value derived from some or all of these parameters and an equation.

Using the map information 413 and the charging facility information 414, the charging facility recognition unit 403 uses the route recognized in FIG. (STEP 206 in FIG. 8). For example, when the moving cost is a distance, the charging facility recognition unit 403 determines information of one or a plurality of charging facilities such that an increased distance when stopping at the charging facility is equal to or less than a first cost increment threshold (for example, 20 km). Explore.

The charging facility recognition unit 403 determines whether or not the remaining charge of the target vehicle X is smaller than the remaining charge threshold (step 208 in FIG. 8).

When the determination result is affirmative (FIG. 8 / YES in STEP 208), the charging facility recognition unit 403 sorts the information on the charging facilities recognized in STEP 206 in FIG. 8 in descending order of the chargeable amount (FIG. 8). / STEP 210).

When the determination result is negative (FIG. 8 / NO in STEP208), the charging facility recognition unit 403 sorts the information on the charging facilities recognized in STEP206 in FIG. 8 in ascending order of the moving cost (FIG. 8 / (STEP 212).

The charging facility recognition unit 403 recognizes the number of charging facilities recognized in STEP 206 of FIG. 8 (STEP 214 in FIG. 8).

The charging facility recognizing unit 403 recognizes the estimated arrival times up to each of the charging facilities recognized in STEP 206 in FIG. 8 / STEP 206 based on the map information 413 and the charging facility information 414 (FIG. 8 / STEP 216).

The charging facility recognition unit 403 determines whether or not the number of charging facilities recognized in STEP 214 in FIG. 8 is equal to or greater than a predetermined facility threshold (for example, 2) (STEP 218 in FIG. 8).

When the determination result is affirmative (FIG. 8 / STEP 218 充電 YES), the charging facility recognition unit 403 determines, for each of the charging facilities recognized in FIG. 8 / STEP 206, among the privileges shown in the privilege list information 415. The first privilege of the privilege that matches the condition of the target vehicle X is recognized (FIG. 8 / STEP 220).

For example, when the estimated arrival time recognized in FIG. 8 / STEP 216 is 14:00, the increase distance is 15 km, and the number of occupants is one, the charging facility recognition unit 403 determines the charging identified by the facility ID “F1”. As a privilege of the facility, among the privileges that match the condition, 60 m (free charge time of 60 minutes) as a first privilege is recognized.

When the expected arrival time recognized in FIG. 8 / STEP 216 is 12:30, the increase distance is 15 km, and the number of occupants is one, the charging facility recognition unit 403 causes the charging facility identified by the facility ID “F1”. As a privilege of the facility, of the privileges that match the condition, 15 m (free charge time of 15 minutes) as a first privilege is recognized. In this way, by setting the privilege at a specific time as a disadvantage that is more disadvantageous than the privilege at another time, it is possible to ease the congestion of the facility ID “F1”, which is expected to be crowded at noon, with a coffee shop as a peripheral facility. .

In addition, when the estimated arrival time recognized in FIG. 8 / STEP 216 is 18:30, the increase distance is 15 km, and the number of occupants is one, the charging facility recognition unit 403 determines the charging identified by the facility ID “F1”. Among the benefits that match the conditions, as the benefits of the facility, 1 as the first benefit
Recognize 0m (free charge time 10 minutes). In this way, by making the privilege of the night time zone a disadvantage that is more disadvantageous than the privilege of other times, for example, when the power generation amount is small at night and the power becomes high, such as solar power generation, it is possible to avoid dropping in at night. To the user.

When the expected arrival time recognized in FIG. 8 / STEP 216 is 14:00, the increase distance is 25 km, and the number of passengers is one, the charging facility recognition unit 403 determines that the charging facility identified by the facility ID “F1”. As a privilege of the facility, 90 m (free charge time of 90 minutes) as a first privilege is recognized among the privileges that match the condition. In this way, when the increase in the moving cost is larger than a certain threshold value (in this case, 20 km), the advantage is more advantageous than when the moving cost is smaller than the threshold value. Attraction becomes possible.

When the expected arrival time recognized in FIG. 8 / STEP 216 is 14:00, the increase distance is 15 km, and the number of occupants is four, the charging facility recognition unit 403 determines that the charging facility identified by the facility ID “F1”. As a privilege of the facility, of the privileges that match the condition, 120 m (free charge time of 120 minutes) as a first privilege is recognized. In this way, when the number of occupants is larger than a certain threshold (in this case, 3), it is possible to attract a large number of vehicles by making the privilege more advantageous than when the number of occupants is smaller than the threshold. Eventually, many people can be encouraged to use the surrounding facilities.

If the determination result in FIG. 8 / STEP 218 is negative (FIG. 8 / STEP 218 NO), the charging facility recognition unit 403 recognizes the second privilege (FIG. 8 / STEP 222).

The second privilege is a privilege that is more disadvantageous than the first privilege. This is for the following reasons.

That is, as shown in FIG. 9, it is assumed that the target vehicle X exists at the point U1, and the destination of the target vehicle X is the point G1. Then, it is assumed that each of the charging facilities “F1,” “F2,” and “F3” exists at a position as shown in FIG. In this case, it is assumed that the charging facility recognized in FIG. 8 / STEP 206 with the increment of the moving cost equal to or smaller than the first cost increment threshold is only the charging facility “F1” that can be visited. In this case, it is considered that the user of the target vehicle X has a high probability of visiting the charging facility “F1” even if the benefit is disadvantageous.

On the other hand, it is assumed that the target vehicle X exists at the point U2, and the destination of the target vehicle X is the point G2. In this case, it is assumed that the charging facilities recognized in FIG. 8 / STEP 206 where the increment of the moving cost is equal to or less than the first cost increment threshold are “F1”, “F2”, and “F3”. In such a case, the charging facility “F1” needs to provide a relatively advantageous privilege in order to attract the target vehicle X.

From such a concept, the privilege (first privilege) when the number of charging facilities recognized in FIG. 8 / STEP 214 is equal to or more than a predetermined facility threshold (for example, 2) is set to the charging facility recognized in FIG. Is more advantageous than the privilege (second privilege) when the number is less than a predetermined facility threshold (for example, 2).

The charging facility transmitting unit 404 transmits recommended charging facility information (FIG. 8 / STEP 224).

FIG. 10A is an example of recommended charging facility information of each charging facility in the case where the order is sorted by the chargeable amount in FIG. 8 / STEP 210 and the first privilege is recognized in FIG.

FIG. 10B is an example of recommended charging facility information of each charging facility when the first privilege is recognized in FIG. 8 / STEP 220 sorted by the moving cost (detour distance) in FIG.

The charging facility transmitting unit 404 adds the transmitted recommended charging facility information to the privilege transmission history 416 in association with the vehicle ID and updates the information (FIG. 8 / STEP 226).

This process is completed.

(Privilege grant processing)
Next, the privilege giving process will be described with reference to FIG.

The stay determination unit 405 determines whether or not information has been received from the target vehicle X (FIG. 11 / STEP 302). This information includes at least information indicating the vehicle ID of the target vehicle X and the position of the target vehicle X.

{If the determination result is negative (NO in FIG. 11 / STEP 302), the stay determination unit 405 executes the processing in FIG. 11 / STEP 302.

If the determination result is affirmative (FIG. 11 / YES in STEP 302), the stay determination unit 405 determines the privilege transmission history 416 and the charging facility information based on the vehicle ID of the target vehicle X and the position of the target vehicle X. With reference to 414, it is determined whether or not the target vehicle X has stayed at any one of the one or more charging facilities recommended (FIG. 11 / STEP 304).

An example of a specific process in FIG. 11 / STEP 304 will be described. The stay determination unit 405 recognizes the latest recommended charging facility information among the recommended charging facility information transmitted to the target vehicle X included in the privilege transmission history 416 by searching by the vehicle ID of the target vehicle X. Then, the stay determination unit 405 extracts the facility ID of each charging facility included in the recommended charging facility information. Then, the stay determination unit 405 recognizes the position of each charging facility from the charging facility information 414 using the facility ID of each charging facility. The stay determination unit 405 determines whether the position of the target vehicle X is within a predetermined distance from the position of any charging facility. When the determination result is positive, the stay determination unit 405 determines that the determination result in FIG. 11 / STEP 304 is positive. The stay determination unit 405 determines that the determination result in FIG. 11 / STEP 304 is affirmative when it determines that the position of the target vehicle X has continued for a predetermined time or more and is within a predetermined distance from the position of any of the charging facilities. You may.

When the determination result is affirmative (FIG. 11 / YES in STEP 304), the privilege granting unit 408 refers to the privilege transmission history 416 to recognize the privilege of the charging facility where the target vehicle X stayed (FIG. 11). / STEP 306).

(4) The privilege granting unit 408 updates the privilege granting history by associating the vehicle ID of the target vehicle X with the privilege of the charging facility (FIG. 11 / STEP 308).

(4) The privilege granting unit 408 transmits privilege information indicating the privilege of the charging facility to the target vehicle X (FIG. 11 / STEP 310). For example, the user of the target vehicle X inputs the received privilege information to the terminal of the charging facility, and the terminal of the charging facility checks the validity of the privilege information with the server 4 so that the user of the target vehicle X Will be able to enjoy the benefits.

If the determination result is negative (NO in STEP 304 in FIG. 11) or after the processing in STEP 310 in FIG. 11, the server 4 ends this processing.

(Operation and effect of the present embodiment)
According to the server 4 having the above configuration, the recommended charging facility information recognized by the charging facility recognition unit 403 is transmitted to the user of the target vehicle X (FIG. 8 / STEP 224). These are output to the vehicle-mounted device 1 of the target vehicle X, the portable wireless terminal 2 carried by the user, or the like, so that the user can stop by at least one charge while traveling from the current position to the destination. The user can be notified of the location of the facility.

Then, the stay determination unit 405 determines whether or not the target vehicle X has stayed at the position of the charging facility included in the recommended charging facility information transmitted to the user (FIG. 11 / STEP 304).

Then, when the stay determination unit 405 determines that the target vehicle X has stayed (FIG. 11 / YES in STEP 304), the privilege is provided to the user by the benefit providing unit 408 (FIG. 11 / STEP 308).

According to the server 4 having the above configuration, the charging facility recognizing unit 403 recognizes the route that minimizes the traveling cost from the current position of the target vehicle X to the destination in the destination information (FIG. 8 / STEP 204). Then, the charging facility recognition unit 403 recognizes the information of the charging facility where the increment of the moving cost from the route is equal to or less than a predetermined value (FIG. 8 / STEP 206).

According to the server 4 having the above configuration, the recommended charging facility information is transmitted in a format that can be displayed in ascending order of the moving cost increment (FIG. 8 / STEP 212, FIG. 8 / STEP 224).

By outputting these to the vehicle-mounted device 1 of the target vehicle X or the portable wireless terminal 2 carried by the user, it becomes easy for the user who does not want to increase the moving cost to select the charging facility.

According to the server 4 having the above configuration, the user who stays at the charging facility where the increment of the moving cost from the route is larger than the predetermined second cost increment threshold (20 km in FIG. A benefit different from the benefit given to the user who stays at the charging facility where the increment of the travel cost from the route is smaller than a predetermined second cost increment threshold is provided.

According to the server 4 having the above configuration, the charging facility transmitting unit 404 transmits a plurality of recommended charging facility information in a format that can be output in the order of increasing power that can be charged (FIG. 8 / STEP 210, FIG. 8 / STEP 224). . These are output to the on-vehicle device 1 of the target vehicle X or the portable wireless terminal 2 carried by the user, thereby making it easy for the user to recognize a charging facility with a large amount of rechargeable power. It becomes easier to select a charging facility with a lot of power.

Generally, charging a vehicle driven by electric power may take a long time. During charging of the electric vehicle, a facility near the charging facility (for example, a restaurant) may be used. According to the server 4 having the above-described configuration, when the number of occupants is larger than the number of occupants (three in FIG. 5D), an award different from the benefit when the number of occupants is smaller than the number of occupants is provided by the award providing unit 408. (FIG. 8 / STEP 224). As a result, users who are attracted to the benefits when the number of occupants is greater than the occupant threshold may be invited to visit the charging facility by a large number of people. For the facility, it is possible to attract a large number of electric vehicles.

According to the server 4 having the above configuration configured in view of such a point, the privilege according to the staying time of the target vehicle X is given, so that, for example, a vacant time zone or the amount of power that can be supplied. The user can be guided to visit during a time zone where there is a lot of traffic.
(Modification)
In the server of the present embodiment, the charging facility recognition unit 403 recognizes the power consumption when moving from the current position of the target vehicle X to the destination of the destination information via the charging facility, and recognizes the power consumption. From the remaining charge amount and the remaining charge amount, the charge amount necessary for moving the target vehicle X from the current position to the destination (for example, the difference between the power consumption amount and the charge remaining amount) is recognized, and the necessary charge amount is determined. The information about the charging facilities that can be supplied may be recognized. The charging facility that can supply the required amount of charge is, for example, a charging facility that can supply the required amount of charge in a fixed time (for example, one hour).

サーバ In the server 4 of the present embodiment, it is preferable that the charging facility recognition unit 403 recognizes the recommended charging facility information such that the smaller the remaining charge capacity is, the more the chargeable amount is continuously or intermittently increased.

In the server 4 having the configuration, the charging facility recognition unit 403 recognizes the recommended charging facility information of the charging facility existing on the route with the minimum moving cost from the current position of the target vehicle X to the destination of the destination information. May be.

The server 4 of the present embodiment receives various information (for example, information indicating the remaining charge capacity) received from the vehicle X and various information (for example, position information) received from the portable wireless terminal 2, and obtains a profile 412. May be used to connect the vehicle X and the portable wireless terminal 2. The server 4 of the present embodiment may recognize the number of occupants based on the position information received from the portable wireless terminals of the occupants.

In the server of the present embodiment, the charging facility recognition unit 403 may include information indicating whether or not the user has a tag that matches the attribute or preference of the user indicated in the profile 412 in the recommended charging facility information.

In the server of the present embodiment, the privilege is given according to the predicted arrival time of the target vehicle X at the charging facility, but instead of or in addition to this, the time when the vehicle X actually arrives at the charging facility is taken into account and the privilege is given. May be given. Alternatively, instead of or in addition to the arrival time, the stay end time may be used, or a reference time such as an intermediate time may be added.

X {vehicle, 1} on-board unit, 2} portable wireless terminal, 4} server, 401 {location information recognition unit, 402} destination information recognition unit, 403 {charging facility recognition unit, 404} charging facility transmission unit, 405} Stay determination unit, 406 {number of passengers recognition unit, 407} remaining charge recognition unit, 408 {privilege giving unit, 41} storage unit.

Claims

A position information recognition unit that recognizes current position information of a vehicle that is driven by electric power,
A destination information recognition unit that recognizes destination information including the destination of the vehicle,
A storage unit for storing map information and charging facility information including the positions of the plurality of charging facilities,
A charging facility recognizing unit that recognizes recommended charging facility information including a position of at least one charging facility capable of dropping from the current position of the vehicle to the destination of the destination information;
A charging facility transmitting unit that transmits recommended charging facility information recognized by the charging facility recognition unit to a user of the vehicle,
A stay determination unit that determines whether or not the vehicle has stayed at the location of the charging facility included in the recommended charging facility information transmitted to the user of the vehicle,
A privilege granting unit that grants a privilege to the user when the stay determining unit determines that the vehicle has stayed;
A privilege granting device characterized by having:
The privilege granting device according to claim 1,
The charging facility recognizing unit recognizes a route having a minimum traveling cost from the current position of the vehicle to the destination of the destination information, and an increment of the traveling cost from the route is equal to or less than a predetermined first cost increment threshold. A privilege granting device for recognizing information on a charging facility to be used.
The privilege granting device according to claim 1 or 2,
Further, a charge remaining capacity recognition unit that recognizes the charge remaining capacity of the vehicle is provided,
The charging facility recognition unit recognizes power consumption when the vehicle has moved from the current position of the vehicle to the destination of the destination information via the charging facility, and, based on the power consumption and the remaining charge, determines the power consumption of the vehicle. A privilege granting device characterized by recognizing a charge amount required to move from a current position to a destination and recognizing information on a charging facility capable of supplying the required charge amount.
The privilege granting device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Further, a charge remaining capacity recognition unit that recognizes the charge remaining capacity of the vehicle is provided,
The privilege providing apparatus, wherein the charging facility recognition unit recognizes recommended charging facility information such that the chargeable amount increases continuously or intermittently as the remaining charge capacity decreases.
The privilege granting device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The charging facility recognition unit recognizes a plurality of the recommended charging facility information, and recognizes a route that minimizes a traveling cost from the current position of the vehicle to the destination of the destination information,
The privilege providing device, wherein the charging facility transmitting unit transmits a plurality of the recommended charging facility information in a format that can be displayed in an order in which the increment of the moving cost from the route is small.
The privilege granting device according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The charging facility recognition unit recognizes a plurality of the recommended charging facility information,
The privilege granting unit stays at the charging facility in which an increase in travel cost from a route that minimizes the travel cost from the current position of the vehicle to the destination in the destination information is greater than a predetermined second cost increment threshold. A benefit that is different from a benefit given to a user who has stayed at the charging facility, wherein the increase in travel cost from the route is smaller than a predetermined second cost increment threshold. .
The privilege granting device according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The charging facility recognition unit recognizes a route that minimizes a traveling cost from the current position of the vehicle to the destination of the destination information, and recognizes recommended charging facility information of charging facilities existing on the route. A privilege giving device characterized by the above-mentioned.
The privilege granting device according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
The charging facility recognizing unit recognizes a plurality of recommended charging facility information in the descending order of power that can be charged,
The privilege providing device, wherein the charging facility transmitting unit transmits the plurality of recommended charging facility information in a format that can be displayed in the order of increasing power that can be charged.
The privilege granting device according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
Further comprising a passenger number recognition unit that recognizes the number of passengers of the vehicle,
The privilege granting device, wherein the privilege granting unit grants a privilege different from a privilege provided when the number of occupants is larger than a threshold value of the number of occupants.
The privilege granting device according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
The privilege granting device, wherein the stay determining unit grants a privilege according to a stay time of the vehicle.
A method performed by a computer including a storage unit that stores map information and charging facility information including positions of a plurality of charging facilities,
Recognizing current position information of a vehicle driven by electric power;
Recognizing destination information including a destination of the vehicle;
Recognizing recommended charging facility information including a position of at least one charging facility capable of dropping in from the current position of the vehicle to the destination of the destination information;
Transmitting the recommended charging facility information to a user of the vehicle;
Determining whether the vehicle has stayed at the location of the charging facility included in the recommended charging facility information transmitted to the user of the vehicle,
Granting a privilege to the user when it is determined that the vehicle has stayed,
A privilege granting method characterized by including: