Parking assistance service management device, agent terminal, management method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11380201-B2
Application number	US-201816189114-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 13, 2018
Priority date	Dec 15, 2017
Publication date	Jul 5, 2022
Grant date	Jul 5, 2022

Abstract

A parking assistance service management device that manages a parking assistance service in which an agent provides parking assistance for a vehicle of a service user includes a reception unit configured to receive user information including information indicating a position of the vehicle from a terminal of the service user, a specifying unit configured to specify a terminal of the agent providing the parking assistance for the vehicle based on the user information, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the information indicating the position of the vehicle to the terminal of the agent.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A parking assistance service management device that manages a parking assistance service in which an agent provides parking assistance for a vehicle of a service user, the parking assistance service management device comprising:
circuitry programmed to:
receive user information including information indicating a position of the vehicle from a terminal of the service user;
select the agent providing the parking assistance for the vehicle based on the user information including the information indicating the position of the vehicle and agent information including a moving speed of the agent;
transmit the information indicating the position of the vehicle to a terminal of the selected agent; and
transmit enablement data to the terminal of the selected agent, the enablement data being data for allowing the agent to operate the vehicle using the terminal of the selected agent,
wherein the information indicating the position of the vehicle is repeatedly acquired from the terminal of the service user until the agent reaches the position of the vehicle.

2. The parking assistance service management device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is programmed to transmit, to the terminal of the agent, information for specifying the vehicle to be displayed on a display of the terminal of the agent.

3. The parking assistance service management device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is programmed to select, based on the position of the vehicle and positions of each of a plurality of agent candidates, the agent to provide the parking assistance for the vehicle from the plurality of agent candidates.

4. A management method for managing a parking assistance service in which an agent provides parking assistance for a vehicle of a service user, the management method comprising:
receiving, by a processor, user information including information indicating a position of the vehicle from a terminal of the service user;
selecting, by the processor, the agent providing the parking assistance for the vehicle based on the user information including the information indicating the position of the vehicle and agent information including a moving speed of the agent;
transmitting, by the processor, the information indicating the position of the vehicle to a terminal of the selected agent;
transmitting, by the processor, enablement data to the terminal of the selected agent, the enablement data being data for allowing the selected agent to operate the vehicle using the terminal of the agent; and
selecting, by the processor, the agent providing the parking assistance for the vehicle based on the user information including the information indicating the position of the vehicle and agent information including a moving speed of the agent,
wherein the information indicating the position of the vehicle is repeatedly acquired from the terminal of the service user until the agent reaches the position of the vehicle.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for managing a parking assistance service in which an agent provides parking assistance for a vehicle of a service user, the program causing a computer to execute a method comprising:
receiving user information including information indicating a position of the vehicle from a terminal of the service user;
selecting the agent providing the parking assistance for the vehicle based on the user information including the information indicating the position of the vehicle and agent information including a moving speed of the agent;
transmitting the information indicating the position of the vehicle to a terminal of the selected agent; and
transmitting enablement data to the terminal of the selected agent, the enablement data being data for allowing the selected agent to operate the vehicle using the terminal of the agent,
wherein the information indicating the position of the vehicle is repeatedly acquired from the terminal of the service user until the agent reaches the position of the vehicle.

6. The parking assistance service management device according to claim 1 , wherein the enablement data includes authentication information configured to allow the agent to start an engine of the vehicle with the terminal of the agent.

7. The parking assistance service management device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to select the agent providing the parking assistance for the vehicle having a difference between a moving speed of the vehicle and the moving speed of the agent that is smaller than other candidate agents.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

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

Classifications

• G08G1/148 Primary

  Management of a network of parking areas · CPC title

• G06Q10/02

  Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events · CPC title

• G08G1/205

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

• H04W4/02

  Services making use of location information · CPC title

• G08G1/005

  including pedestrian guidance indicator · CPC title