Vehicle information providing device, vehicle information providing method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020149902-A1
Application number	US-201816624995-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 29, 2018
Priority date	Jun 29, 2017
Publication date	May 14, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

A vehicle information providing device (300) includes an acquisition unit (320) that acquires a destination input by a user and a plan setting unit (330) that sets a plan for a vehicle to travel toward the destination acquired by the acquisition unit, and the plan setting unit (330) sets a first travel plan for moving a first user to a first destination set as a destination on a first route and sets a second travel plan for moving the first user and a second user in a second route which allows the second user to ride by changing the first route in a case in which the second user also rides in the vehicle traveling in accordance with the first travel plan.

First claim

What is claim is:

1 .- 8 . (canceled)

9 . A vehicle information providing device comprising:
an acquisition unit that acquires a destination input by a user; and a plan setting unit that sets a plan for a vehicle to travel toward the destination acquired by the acquisition unit, wherein the plan setting unit:
sets a first travel plan for moving a first user to a first destination set as a destination on a first route before a first time;
sets a second travel plan for moving the first user and a second user on a second route which allows the second user to ride by changing the first route in a case in which the second user desires co-riding in the vehicle traveling in accordance with the first travel plan; and
determines whether or not the first user will be able to be moved to the first destination before the first time in a case in which the vehicle travels in accordance with the second travel plan and sets the second travel plan to the travel plan instead of the first travel plan in a case in which it is determined that the first user will be able to be moved to the first destination before the first time in a case in which the vehicle travels in accordance with the second travel plan.

10 . The vehicle information providing device according to claim 9 , further comprising a communicator that communicates with a plurality of terminal devices,
wherein the plan setting unit causes the communicator to transmit information for inquiring about whether or not permission for co-riding of the second user is accepted to a terminal device used by the first user at the time of setting the second travel plan to the travel plan.

11 . The vehicle information providing device according to claim 9 , further comprising a communicator that communicates with a plurality of terminal devices,
wherein, in a case in which the second user desires co-riding, the plan setting unit determines whether or not the first user will be able to be moved to the first destination before the first time in a case in which the vehicle travels in accordance with the second travel plan and causes the communicator to transmit information for inquiring about whether or not permission for co-riding of the second user is accepted to the terminal device used by the first user in a case in which it is determined that the first user will be able to be moved to the first destination before the first time in a case in which the vehicle travels in accordance with the second travel plan.

12 . The vehicle information providing device according to claim 9 , further comprising a communicator that communicates with a plurality of terminal devices,
wherein, in a case in which the second user desires co-riding, the plan setting unit determines whether or not the first user will be able to be moved to the first destination before the first time in a case in which the vehicle travels in accordance with the second travel plan and causes the communicator to transmit information for inquiring about whether or not permission for co-riding of the second user is accepted to the terminal device used by the first user in a case in which it is determined that the first user cannot be moved to the first destination before the first time in a case in which the vehicle travels in accordance with the second travel plan.

13 . The vehicle information providing device according to claim 10 , wherein the second travel plan is set to the travel plan instead of the first travel plan in a case in which the communicator receives information indicating that the first user permits co-riding of the second user.

14 . The vehicle information providing device according to claim 9 , wherein the plan setting unit sets a fare for the user, discounts a fare for the first user who has permitted co-riding of the second user by a first discount amount, and discounts the fare for the first user who has permitted co-riding of the second user by a second discount amount that is a discount amount larger than the first discount amount that is the discount amount in a case in which the vehicle arrives at the destination before the first time in a case in which it is determined that the first user cannot be moved to the first destination before the first time in a case in which the vehicle travels in accordance with the second travel plan, and the communicator receives information indicating that the first user permits co-riding of the second user.

15 . The vehicle information providing device according to claim 9 , wherein the plan setting unit sets the first travel plan with a desired arrival time at the destination acquired from the first user set as the first time.

16 . The vehicle information providing device according to claim 15 , wherein the plan setting unit selects a vehicle that is determined to be able to arrive before the desired arrival time among vehicles that can be allocated to the destination acquired by the acquisition unit and sets a travel plan of the selected vehicle.

17 . The vehicle information providing device according to claim 9 , wherein the plan setting unit sets a fare for the user and discounts the fare for the user in a case in which a time is required for any one of fuel filling, charging of a power supply, and car washing of the vehicle.

18 . A vehicle information providing device comprising:
an acquisition unit that acquires a destination input by a user; and a plan setting unit that sets a plan for a vehicle to travel toward the destination acquired by the acquisition unit, wherein the plan setting unit:
sets a first travel plan for moving a first user to a first destination set as a destination on a first route before a desired arrival time at the destination acquired from the first user;
sets a second travel plan for moving the first user and a second user on a second route which allows the second user to ride by changing the first route in a case in which the second user desires co-riding in the vehicle traveling in accordance with the first travel plan;
determines whether or not the first user will be able to be moved to the first destination before the desired arrival time in a case in which the vehicle travels in accordance with the second travel plan, and
sets the travel plan on the basis of a result of the determination.

19 . A vehicle information providing method using a computer, the method comprising:
acquiring a destination input by a user; setting a plan for a vehicle to travel toward the acquired destination; setting a first travel plan for moving a first user to a first destination set as a destination on a first route before a first time; setting a second travel plan for moving the first user and a second user in a second route which allows the second user to ride by changing the first route in a case in which the second user desires co-riding in the vehicle traveling in accordance with the first travel plan; and determining whether or not the first user will be able to be moved to the first destination before the first time in a case in which the vehicle travels in accordance with the second travel plan and setting the second travel plan to the travel plan instead of the first travel plan in a case in which it is determined that the first user will be able to be moved to the first destination before the first time in a case in which the vehicle travels in accordance with the second travel plan.

20 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a program causing a computer to execute:
acquiring a destination input by a user; setting a plan for a vehicle to travel toward the acquired destination; setting a first travel plan for moving a first

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fujimoto Naotoshi

Classifications

• G06Q10/047

  Optimisation of routes or paths, e.g. travelling salesman problem · CPC title

• G01C21/3605

  Destination input or retrieval · CPC title

• G06Q20/0855

  involving a third party · CPC title

• G06Q30/0239 Primary

  Online discounts or incentives · CPC title

• G06Q2240/00

  Transportation facility access, e.g. fares, tolls or parking · CPC title