Management system of substitute parking service, method of assisting use of substitute parking service, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing management programs

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11099015-B2
Application number	US-201816214606-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 10, 2018
Priority date	Dec 21, 2017
Publication date	Aug 24, 2021
Grant date	Aug 24, 2021

Abstract

A management system that manages substitute parking service in which a substitute driver parks a vehicle of a service user, in place of the service user, includes a processor configured to generate path information indicating a path from a delivery location of the vehicle to a parking lot in which the vehicle is allowed to be parked, based on information indicating the delivery location, and information indicating a position of the parking lot, and the processor being configured to transmit the path information to a terminal of the service user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A management system of substitute parking service that manages substitute parking service in which a substitute driver parks a vehicle of a service user, in place of the service user, the management system comprising:
a processor configured to:
generate, based on (i) delivery location information indicating a delivery location at which the vehicle is delivered to the substitute driver and (ii) parking lot information indicating a position of a parking lot in which the vehicle is allowed to be parked, path information indicating a path along which the vehicle to be traveled from the delivery location of the vehicle to the parking lot,
transmit the path information to a terminal of the service user, and
receive, from the terminal, information indicating whether the path information sent to the terminal is approved by the service user.

2. The management system of substitute parking service according to claim 1 , wherein the path information is transmitted when the path indicated by the path information does not satisfy a path selection condition set by the service user.

3. The management system of substitute parking service according to claim 2 , wherein the path selection condition includes a distance from the delivery location to the parking lot, the distance being acceptable to the service user.

4. The management system of substitute parking service according to claim 2 , wherein the path selection condition includes an amount of energy consumption of the vehicle required for the vehicle to travel from the delivery location to the parking lot, the amount of energy consumption being acceptable to the service user.

5. The management system of substitute parking service according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to issue a specific benefit to the service user, when an approval of the path that does not satisfy the path selection condition is received from the terminal of the service user.

6. The management system of substitute parking service according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to select the parking which the vehicle is allowed to be parked from a plurality of parking lots in which the vehicle is allowed to be parked, the selected parking lot satisfying a parking lot selection condition set by the service user, and
wherein the processor is configured to use information indicating a position of the parking lot selected by the processor, as the parking lot information indicating the position of the parking lot, to generate the path information.

7. The management system of substitute parking service according to claim 6 , wherein the parking lot selection condition includes specifications of the parking lot desired by the service user.

8. The management system of substitute parking service according to claim 1 , wherein the path information generated by the processor is candidate path information indicating a plurality of candidate paths from the delivery location to the parking lot,
wherein processor is configured to send the candidate path information and cost information indicating a cost involved in each of the plurality of candidate paths, to the terminal of the service user, and
wherein the processor is configured to receive path information indicating a path selected by the service user from the plurality of candidate paths.

9. The management system of substitute parking service according to claim 8 , wherein the cost information includes information indicating a distance from the delivery location to the parking lot, along each of the plurality of candidate paths.

10. The management system of substitute parking service according to claim 8 , wherein the cost information includes information indicating a parking fee involved in each of the plurality of candidate paths.

11. The management system of substitute parking service according to claim 8 , wherein the cost information indicating the cost includes information indicating an amount of energy consumption required for the vehicle to travel from the delivery location to the parking lot, along each of the plurality of candidate paths.

12. A method of assisting use of substitute parking service in which a substitute driver parks a vehicle of a service user, in place of the service user, the method comprising:
generating path information indicating a path along which the vehicle to be traveled from a delivery location at which the vehicle is delivered to the substitute driver to a parking lot in which the vehicle is allowed to be parked based on (i) delivery location information indicating the delivery location and (ii) parking lot information indicating a position of the parking lot;
transmitting the path information to a terminal of the service user; and
receiving, from the terminal, information indicating whether the path information sent to the terminal is approved by the service user.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a management program for use in a computer of a system that manages substitute parking service in which a substitute driver parks a vehicle of a service user, in place of the service user, the management program causing the computer to execute the steps of:
generating path information indicating a path along which the vehicle to be traveled from a delivery location at which the vehicle is delivered to the substitute driver to a parking lot in which the vehicle is allowed to be parked based on (i) delivery location information indicating the delivery location and (ii) parking lot information indicating a position of the parking lot;
transmitting the path information to a terminal of the service user; and
receiving, from the terminal, information indicating whether the path information sent to the terminal is approved by the service user.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a management program for use in a computer of a terminal of a service user who uses substitute parking service in which a substitute driver parks a vehicle of the service user, in place of the service user, the management program causing the computer to execute the steps of:
obtaining path information indicating a path along which the vehicle to be traveled from a delivery location at which the vehicle is delivered to the substitute driver to a parking lot in which the vehicle is allowed to be parked from a management system that manages the substitute parking service;
presenting the path information to the service user; and
transmit, to the management system, information indicating whether the obtained path information is approved by the service user.

15. A method of assisting use of substitute parking service in which a substitute driver parks a vehicle of a service user, in place of the service user, the method comprising:
causing a terminal of the service user to obtain path information indicating a path along which the vehicle to be traveled from a delivery location at which the vehicle is delivered to the substitute driver to a parking lot in which the vehicle is allowed to be parked from a management system that manages the substitute parking service;
presenting the path information to the service user; and
transmit, to the management system, information indicating whether the obtained path information is approved by the service user.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yanagida Tohru
• Kubo Chikage
• Fujimura Ai
• Noda Shunsuke
• Usui Satoshi

Classifications

• G01C21/3685

  the POI's being parking facilities · CPC title

• G08G1/144

  on portable or mobile units, e.g. personal digital assistant [PDA] · CPC title

• G01C21/3407 Primary

  specially adapted for specific applications · CPC title

• G08G1/205

  Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental · CPC title

• G01C21/3461

  Preferred or disfavoured areas, e.g. dangerous zones, toll or emission zones, intersections, manoeuvre types or segments such as motorways, toll roads or ferries · CPC title