Server, client, and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016294984-A1
Application number	US-201615075596-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 21, 2016
Priority date	Mar 31, 2015
Publication date	Oct 6, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

To provide a server, a client, and a system capable of easily sharing conditions of members or mobile bodies which may affect a plan of the group. A server control device 31 communicates with a first client 10 via a server communication device 35 to recognize information concerning a first user or concerning a first mobile body 1 . The server control device 31 , in a case where the information is information indicating that a condition of the first user or first mobile body 1 is under a specific condition (FIG. 4 /STEP 320 —YES or FIG. 4 /STEP 330 —YES), transmits a notification that the condition of the first user or first mobile body 1 is under the specific condition to the second client 20 via the server communication device 35 (FIG. 4 /STEP 324 or FIG. 3 /STEP 332 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A server which communicates with a first client via a server communication device to recognize information concerning a first user that is a user of the first client or concerning a first mobile body on which the first user rides, the server comprising:
a server control device configured to, in a case where the information is information indicating that a condition of the first user or the first mobile body is under a specific condition, transmit a notification that the condition of the first user or the first mobile body is under the specific condition to a second client of a second user that is a user belonging to a same group as the first user via the server communication device.

2 . The server according to claim 1 , wherein
the server control device is configured to determine that the condition of the first mobile body is under the specific condition when a parameter falls below a threshold, the parameter representing a remaining level of a first energy that is energy consumed in running of the first mobile body or a remaining level of a second energy that is energy consumed in other than the running of the first mobile body.

3 . The server according to claim 2 , wherein
the server control device is configured to recognize a current position of the first mobile body via the communication with the first client, search for a first route that is a route connecting the current position of the first mobile body with a destination, and define the threshold on a basis of the remaining level of the first energy which is required to travel all the first route.

4 . The server according to claim 2 , wherein
the server control device is configured to recognize a current position of the first mobile body via the communication with the first client, and transmit a position of an energy supply facility, the position of which a first moving cost that is a moving cost for the first mobile body is minimum, to the second client when the parameter falls below the threshold.

5 . The server according to claim 2 , wherein
the server control device is configured to recognize a current position of the first mobile body via the communication with the first client, recognize a current position of a second mobile body that is a mobile body of the second user via communication with the second client, and search for an energy supply facility that allows a sum of a first moving cost that is a moving cost for the first mobile body and a second moving cost that is a moving cost for the second mobile body to be minimum, and transmit a position of the energy supply facility via the server communication device to the second client.

6 . The server according to claim 5 , wherein
the server control device is configured to recognize current positions of a part or all of the mobile bodies belonging to the group via communication with the first client and the second client, search for a first route that is a route connecting a current position of each of the part or all of the mobile bodies with a destination of the mobile body, and in searching for a second route that is a route connecting the current position of the mobile body with the energy supply facility, evaluate the moving cost of the mobile body such that the moving cost for the mobile body to the energy supply facility is higher as a deviation degree that is a degree of deviation from the first route is greater.

7 . The server according to claim 1 , wherein
the server control device is configured such that if determining that the condition of the first user or first mobile body is under a first condition that is the specific condition in which it is difficult to continue to travel, notifies a client of a user belonging to a first user group including the second user that the condition of the first user or first mobile body is under the first condition, and if determining that the condition of the first user or first mobile body is under a second condition that is the specific condition in which it is possible to continue to travel, notifies a client of a user belonging to a second user group that is different from the first user group and includes the second user that the condition of the first user or first mobile body is under the second condition.

8 . The server according to claim 7 , wherein
the first user group includes all users belonging to the group, and the second user group includes a user having a particular social relationship with the first user.

9 . The server according to claim 7 , wherein
the first user group includes all users belonging to the group, and the second user group includes a user of a mobile body having a particular regional relationship with the first mobile body.

10 . The server according to claim 7 , wherein
the first user group includes all users belonging to the group, and the second user group includes another user or a user of another mobile body that is under the specific condition.

11 . A system comprising:
a first client used by a first user; a second client used by a second user belonging to a same group as the first user; and a server which communicates with the first client via a server communication device to recognize information concerning the first user or concerning a first mobile body on which the first user rides, wherein the server includes a server control device configured to, in a case where the information is information indicating that a condition of the first user or the first mobile body is under a specific condition, transmit a notification that the condition of the first user or the first mobile body is under the specific condition to the second client via the server communication device.

12 . A client which recognizes information concerning a first user who is a user of the client or concerning a first mobile body on which the first user rides, and communicates with an external via a client communication device, the client comprising:
a client control device configured to, in a case where the information is information indicating that a condition of the first user or the first mobile body is under a specific condition, transmit a notification that the condition of the first user or the first mobile body is under the specific condition to the external via the client communication device.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hamano Yusuke
• Washizu Masahiro
• Senno Masaharu
• Konno Takeshi
• Kato Shuichi

Classifications

• B60L2260/52

  drive range estimation, e.g. of estimation of available travel distance · CPC title

• B60L53/64

  Optimising energy costs, e.g. responding to electricity rates · CPC title

• B60L53/65

  involving identification of vehicles or their battery types · CPC title

• H04W4/12 Primary

  Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements · CPC title

• B60L2240/72

  Charging station selection relying on external data · CPC title