Vehicle management system, vehicle management device, and vehicle management method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12001979-B2
Application number	US-201816958519-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2018
Priority date	Dec 27, 2017
Publication date	Jun 4, 2024
Grant date	Jun 4, 2024

Abstract

Terminal ( 2 ) used by a user includes a transmitter configured to transmit desire information required for determining a desired facility desired by the user to a server ( 1 ) via a telecommunications network. The server ( 1 ) includes a destination setting unit configured to set a destination of a vehicle on the basis of the desire information and a facility information acquisition unit configured to acquire, via the telecommunications network, facility information including information indicative of an empty situation of the desired facility. The vehicle includes an arrival time adjustment unit configured to manage a travel of the vehicle on the basis of the facility information to adjust an arrival time at which the vehicle arrives at the destination.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle management system comprising: a server; a terminal used by a user; and a vehicle,
the terminal comprising a transmitter configured to transmit desire information required for determining a desired facility desired by the user to the server,
the server configured to:
acquire locational information of a plurality of terminals used by a plurality of users;
set a destination of the vehicle on a basis of the desire information;
create a vehicle allocation schedule from when the users get on the vehicle to share a ride to when the users arrive at the destination, on a basis of the locational information of the terminals used by the users, the vehicle allocation schedule including a first travel plan until a last user of the plurality of users gets on the vehicle and a second travel plan after the last user gets on the vehicle; and
acquire facility information including information indicative of an empty situation of the desired facility,

the server operating to:
calculate an estimated arrival time at the destination, and
during the travel of the vehicle, adjust the estimated arrival time at the destination in accordance with the empty situation and change the second travel plan without changing the first travel plan so that the vehicle arrives at the estimated arrival time adjusted,

the vehicle receiving the facility information, and operating, by a navigation device in the vehicle, when the desired facility becomes available at a time earlier than the estimated arrival time due to the empty situation indicated by the facility information, to travel to follow the second travel plan adjusted by changing at least any one of a travel route and a vehicle speed of the vehicle in the second travel plan so that a target arrival time at the destination is advanced.

2. The vehicle management system according to claim 1 , wherein
the vehicle allocation schedule includes information on a location at which the user gets on the vehicle and information on the arrival time at which the vehicle arrives at the destination.

3. The vehicle management system according to claim 1 , wherein
the server operates to calculate a travel route along which the vehicle travels to arrive at the destination.

4. The vehicle management system according to claim 1 , wherein the server operates to:
manage a reservation time for the desired facility;
estimate the arrival time at the destination;
change the reservation time so as to correspond to the estimated arrival time; and
transmit information including the changed reservation time to a device configured to manage the desired facility.

5. The vehicle management system according to claim 1 , wherein
the server operates to acquire temporal information regarding a time for providing a service or item in the desired facility from a device configured to manage the desired facility, and
the vehicle operates to adjust the arrival time on a basis of the temporal information.

6. The vehicle management system according to claim 1 , wherein
the server operates to:
acquire information representing a cooking situation in the desired facility from a device configured to manage the desired facility; and
transmit the information representing the cooking situation to the vehicle, and

a display provided in the vehicle operates to display the cooking situation.

7. The vehicle management system according to claim 1 , operating to:
acquire, by the server, information regarding a vacant time of the desired facility from a device configured to manage the desired facility;
transmit, from the server, the information regarding the vacant time of the desired facility to the terminal used by the user;
acquire, by the server, information regarding the arrival time at the destination and locational information of the terminal used by the user from the terminal used by the user, the arrival time being designated by the user on a basis of the vacant time; and
create, in the server, a vehicle allocation schedule including information on a location at which the user gets on the vehicle and information on the arrival time at which the vehicle arrives at the destination.

8. A vehicle management system, comprising: a server and a vehicle,
the server configured to:
acquire desire information from a terminal used by a user, the desire information including information regarding a desired facility desired by the user;
set a destination of the vehicle on a basis of the desire information;
acquire locational information of a plurality of terminals used by a plurality of users;
create a vehicle allocation schedule from when the users get on the vehicle to share a ride to when the users arrive at the destination, on a basis of the locational information of the terminals used by the users, the vehicle allocation schedule including a first travel plan until a last user of the plurality of users gets on the vehicle and a second travel plan after the last user gets on the vehicle; and
acquire facility information representing an empty situation of the desired facility;

the server operating to:
calculate an estimated arrival time at the destination, and
during the travel of the vehicle, adjust the estimated arrival time at the destination in accordance with the empty situation and change the second travel plan without changing the first travel plan so that the vehicle arrives at the estimated arrival time adjusted,

the vehicle receiving the facility information, and operating, by a navigation device in the vehicle, when the desired facility becomes available at a time earlier than the estimated arrival time due to the empty situation indicated by the facility information, to travel to follow the second travel plan adjusted by changing at least any one of a travel route and a vehicle speed of the vehicle in the second travel plan so that a target arrival time at the destination is advanced.

9. A vehicle management method of managing a travel of a vehicle using a server, comprising:
acquiring, by the server, locational information of a plurality of terminals used by a plurality of users;
acquiring, by the server, desire information required for determining a desired facility desired by a user from a terminal used by the user;
setting, in the server, a destination of the vehicle on a basis of the desire information;
creating a vehicle allocation schedule from when the users get on the vehicle to share a ride to when the users arrive at the destination, on a basis of the locational information of the terminals used by the users, the vehicle allocation schedule including a first travel plan until a last user of the plurality of users gets on the vehicle and a second travel plan after the last user gets on the vehicle;
acquiring, by the server, facility information including information indicative of an empty situation of the desired facility;
calculating an estimated arrival time at the destination, and
during the travel of the vehicle, adjusting the estimated arrival time at the destination in accordance with the empty situation and changing the second travel plan without changing the first travel plan so that the vehicle arrives at the estimated arrival time adjusted, and
receiving, by the vehicle, the facility information, and operating, by a navigation device in the vehicle, when the desired facility becomes available at a time earlier than the estimated arrival time due to the empty situation indicated by the facility information, to travel to follow the second travel plan adjusted by changing at least any one of a travel route and a vehicle speed of the vehicle in the second travel plan so that a target arrival time at the destination is advanced.

Assignees

• Nissan Motor

Inventors

• Kajiwara Shingo
• Miyoshi Takehiro
• Watanabe Seigo
• Fujita Kazumasa
• Fujimoto Hiroya

Classifications

• G06Q10/06312 Primary

  Adjustment or analysis of established resource schedule, e.g. resource or task levelling, or dynamic rescheduling · CPC title

• G01C21/3438

  Rendezvous; Ride sharing · CPC title

• G06Q10/02

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

• G06Q10/06315 Primary

  Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis · CPC title

• G06Q50/40

  Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083) · CPC title