JP3501765B2 - Taxi dispatch system and method - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a taxi dispatch system and method for providing position information of a taxi dispatched to a passenger waiting to be picked up by a taxi.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a passenger requesting a taxi transfer tells a taxi company the name of the passenger and the place to pick up and drop off by telephone. In response to this telephone transfer request, the taxi company wirelessly calls the vacant taxi that can be dispatched that the passenger is in the designated location, and specifies the passenger's name and name to the taxi driver who responds. We were dispatching taxis by telling us where we were.

[0003]

However, in the conventional taxi dispatch system, the taxi company does not always find out the taxi closest to the place where the passenger is waiting or the place specified by the passenger, and the taxi dispatching efficiency is high. There was a problem that was bad. In addition, the passenger who requested the taxi transfer had the inconvenience of not knowing when the requested taxi would arrive.

The present invention has been made in consideration of such circumstances, and a taxi company dispatches an empty taxi closest to a place where a passenger who requests a taxi transfer is waiting or a place designated by the passenger. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a taxi dispatch system and method by which a passenger who requests a taxi transfer can know when the requested taxi arrives.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 provides (a) the own position information.
Detecting means and position information detected by the detecting means
Taxi dispatch by sending passenger information including
The means to request and the location information of the taxi for which the dispatch was decided
A passenger mobile phone with means for receiving and displaying;
(B) Receive and display the location information of the passenger's mobile phone
Navigation system and the arrival information of the passengers.
Taxi with mobile phone to send to mobile phone
And (c) Location information of the passenger's mobile phone and dispatch
Location information database that stores location information of various taxis
And (d) receiving the taxi location information,
Store the location information of Xie in the location information database
And the passenger's request for dispatch,
The location information of the passenger's mobile phone included in the information
Taxi that can be dispatched while being stored in the database
Based on the location information of and the location information of the passenger's mobile phone
From the taxi that can be dispatched, from the passenger's mobile phone
Find the shortest taxi and dispatch this taxi
And dispatch instructions to the taxi for which dispatch is determined.
Means and location information of the passenger's mobile phone the taxi
And the location information of the taxi to the passenger
To send to your mobile phone and the taxi for which the dispatch has been decided
Location information and the location information of the passenger's mobile phone.
From the passenger's mobile phone, the taxi whose delivery has been decided
When it is judged that the vehicle is within the predetermined distance, the
The passenger's cell phone is
Means for instructing the telephone to transmit the arrival information.
It is characterized by including the server .

[0006]

[0007]

[0008]

[0009]

The invention according to claim 4 is the same as claims 1 to 3.
In any one of the inventions, the taxi includes a car navigation system capable of displaying position information of the passenger's mobile phone. In the above structure, the car navigation system provided in the taxi displays the position information of the passenger's mobile phone. Therefore, even in an unfamiliar area, the taxi driver can quickly reach the place where the passenger is waiting or the place designated by the passenger without making a mistake.

The invention according to claim 2 is (a)
Means for detecting position information, and
Taxi by transmitting passenger information including location information
The means of requesting a vehicle
Carrying passengers with means for receiving and displaying position information
A phone, and (b) receiving the location information of the passenger's mobile phone.
Navigation system to display and arrival information
With a mobile phone that sends to the passenger's mobile phone.
And (c) location information and distribution of the passenger's mobile phone.
Location information data that stores location information of taxis that can be used for cars
The base and (d) the server that handles taxi dispatch
Taxi dispatch method in the equipped taxi dispatch system
Method, the server may provide location information for the taxi.
After receiving the location information of this taxi,
The process of memorizing in the database and receiving requests for passenger dispatch
Location information of the passenger's mobile phone included in the passenger information.
The information is stored in the location information database and distributed.
Location information of taxis that can be used for cars and the position of the passenger's mobile phone
From the taxi that can be dispatched based on the location information,
Find the shortest taxi from your mobile phone and
The taxi for which the taxi was dispatched
And the location information of the passenger's mobile phone.
The process of sending information to the taxi and the location of the taxi
The process of transmitting the location information to the passenger's mobile phone and the dispatch
The determined taxi location information and the passenger's mobile phone
The taxi whose delivery was decided based on the location information
Judged to be within a predetermined distance from the customer's mobile phone
When you do, to the mobile phone equipped in the taxi
And send the arrival information to the passenger's mobile phone.
And a process of instructing .

[0012]

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a taxi dispatch system for explaining an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a mobile phone of a passenger requesting a taxi transfer. The mobile phone 1 of the passenger is equipped with a GPS receiver, and therefore the mobile phone 1 of the passenger can detect the position of the mobile phone 1 of the passenger itself. Further, reference numeral 2 is a taxi distributed from a taxi company, reference numeral 21 is a taxi mobile phone installed in the taxi 2, and reference numeral 22 is a car navigation system installed in the taxi 2. Further, reference numeral 3 is a GPS satellite. still,
The passenger mobile phone 1 has a display unit such as a screen for displaying position information of the taxi 2 or the like.

Reference numeral 4 is a mobile telephone network, and reference numeral 5 is the Internet. Reference numeral 6 is a position information database that stores the position information of the passenger's mobile phone 1 and taxi 2. The taxi position information stored in the position information database 6 is updated to the latest position information in real time or at regular time intervals. Further, reference numeral 7 is a service content server for storing the position information of the passenger's mobile phone 1 and taxi 2 in the position information database 6. Furthermore, reference numeral 8 is a dispatch center terminal that determines dispatch of the taxi 2 to passengers.
The time interval for storing the position information of the taxi 2 in the position information database 6 can be arbitrarily set from the vehicle dispatch center terminal 8.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, the passenger uses the passenger's mobile phone 1 to request the service content server 7 to dispatch a taxi. At this time, from the mobile phone 1 of the passenger, the positional information of the mobile phone 1 of the passenger specified by using the GPS satellite 3, the boarding place designated by the passenger, the passenger information including the name of the passenger, etc. are carried. It is transmitted to the service content server 7 via the telephone network 4 and the Internet 5.

Next, the service content server 7 stores the position information of the passenger's mobile phone 1 in the position information database 6
The location information of the mobile phone 1 of the passenger and the location information of an empty taxi of the taxi company that can be dispatched are displayed on the dispatch center terminal 8. At this time, the position information database 6 stores the position information of the mobile phone 1 of the transmitted passenger, in addition to the position information of an empty taxi that can be allocated by the taxi company. Then, the service content server 7 searches for a taxi to be dispatched to the passenger. In this search, the service content server 7 searches for an empty taxi 2 located closest to the passenger's mobile phone 1, notifies the dispatch center terminal 8 of information about the searched taxi 2, and also searches the searched taxi 2 Send passenger information to.

When the vehicle dispatch center terminal 8 receives a message from the retrieved empty taxi 2 that it is possible to dispatch passengers to the passenger via the taxi radio or the taxi mobile telephone 21, the taxi 2 is dispatched. The service content server 7 is notified of the decision to dispatch this passenger. Further, the service content server 7 causes the car navigation system 22 to display the position information of the mobile phone 1 of the passenger and the passenger information such as the boarding place specified by the passenger. After such a procedure, the service content server 7 causes the mobile phone 1 of the passenger to display the position information of the taxi 2 for which the dispatch is determined. On the other hand, the driver of the taxi 2 drives the taxi 2 to the position of the mobile phone 1 of the passenger based on the position information of the mobile phone 1 of the passenger displayed on the car navigation system 22. When the taxi 2 comes within a predetermined distance from the position of the passenger's mobile phone 1, that is, when the taxi 2 approaches the position where the passenger waits, the service content server 7 determines the taxi mobile phone 21. On the passenger mobile phone 1
Instruct to call. Incidentally, this distance can also be arbitrarily set from the vehicle dispatch center terminal 8.

Also, when a passenger requests a taxi dispatch via the Internet using a personal computer at home instead of using a mobile phone, the passenger notifies the service content server 7 of the address and contact information of the designated place. By using the telephone number as the passenger information, the dispatch of the taxi and the pre-arrival contact of the dispatched taxi can be performed in the same procedure as the above-described embodiment. Further, even when the passenger uses a landline telephone instead of a mobile telephone, the taxi dispatch and the pre-arrival contact of the dispatched taxi can be performed by the same procedure as described above.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, the server selects a passenger from among the taxis that can be dispatched based on the location information of the taxi that can be dispatched and the location information of the mobile phone of the passenger. The taxi company will search for the shortest taxi from the mobile phone and decide to dispatch to this taxi, so the taxi company will find the nearest empty taxi to the place where the passenger requesting the taxi transfer is waiting or the place specified by the passenger. Can be dispatched.

Further, according to the present invention, the server determines that the taxi to which the vehicle is to be dispatched is predetermined from the passenger's cell phone based on the location information of the taxi whose vehicle is to be dispatched and the location information of the passenger's cell phone. When it is determined that the taxi is within the range, the mobile phone equipped with the taxi is instructed to send the arrival information to the mobile phone of the passenger, so the passenger requesting the taxi transfer approaches the requested taxi. I can know that.

Further, according to the present invention, the display means provided in the passenger's mobile phone displays the position information of the taxi whose dispatch is decided, so that the passenger requesting the taxi transfer can see the current taxi of the requested taxi. You can know the position.

Further, according to the present invention, the car navigation system provided in the taxi displays the position information of the passenger's mobile phone, so that the driver of the taxi can wait for the passenger even in an unfamiliar area. You can get a taxi to the place where you are or the place specified by the passenger quickly without making a mistake.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a taxi dispatch system for explaining an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Passenger Cell Phone 21 Taxi Cell Phone 2 Taxi 3 GPS Satellite 4 Cellular Phone Network 5 Internet 6 Position Information Database (Storage Means) 7 Service Content Server (Server) 8 Vehicle Distribution Center Terminal 22 Car Navigation System

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. (a) Means for detecting own position information
And passenger information including position information detected by the detection means
Means for requesting taxi dispatch by sending and receiving and displaying taxi location information for which taxi allocation has been decided
A mobile phone of the passenger having means, and (b) receiving and displaying position information of the mobile phone of the passenger.
Navigation system and the arrival information of the passengers.
Taxi with mobile phone to send to mobile phone
And (c) location information of the passenger's mobile phone and a dispatchable station.
A position information database that stores the position information of the taxi , and (d) receives the position information of the taxi, and
To store the user's location information in the location information database.
It is included in the passenger information after receiving a request from the passenger to dispatch a vehicle.
The location information of the passenger's mobile phone
Location information of taxis that can be dispatched
Vehicles can be dispatched based on the location information of the passenger's mobile phone
From the taxi to the shortest distance from the passenger's mobile phone
Search for a taxi and decide on a dispatch for this taxi
Means for instructing a taxi to be dispatched, and transmitting the location information of the passenger's mobile phone to the taxi.
And the location information of the taxi to the passenger's mobile phone.
And the location information of the taxi whose delivery was decided and the passenger's carrying
A taxi whose dispatch was decided based on the location information of the telephone,
Entered within the specified distance from the passenger's mobile phone
When it is judged that the mobile phone equipped in the taxi
On the other hand, the arrival information is transmitted to the passenger's mobile phone.
Taxi dispatch system characterized by comprising a server and means for instructing. 2. (a) Means for detecting own position information
And passenger information including position information detected by the detection means
Means for requesting taxi dispatch by sending and receiving and displaying taxi location information for which taxi allocation has been decided
Means, mobile and passengers with a to receive and display location information of the mobile phone (b) the passenger
Navigation system and a mobile phone that sends arrival information to the passenger's mobile phone.
A taxi provided with a conversation, and (c) location information of the passenger's mobile phone and a dispatchable station.
A server equipped with a location information database that stores the location information of the xies, and (d) a server that performs taxi dispatch processing.
It is a taxi dispatch method in the Xi dispatch system.
Then, the server receives the location information of the taxi, and
It is included in the passenger information after the process of storing the location information in the position information database and the request from the passenger for dispatching the vehicle.
The location information of the passenger's mobile phone
Location information of taxis that can be dispatched
Vehicles can be dispatched based on the location information of the passenger's mobile phone
From the taxi to the shortest distance from the passenger's mobile phone
Search for a taxi and decide on a dispatch for this taxi
The process of instructing the taxi to be dispatched and dispatching the location information of the passenger's mobile phone to the taxi.
And the location information of the taxi is sent to the passenger's mobile phone.
Process, location information of the taxi decided to be dispatched, and the passenger's carrying
A taxi whose dispatch was decided based on the location information of the telephone,
Entered within the specified distance from the passenger's mobile phone
When it is judged that the mobile phone equipped in the taxi
On the other hand, the arrival information is transmitted to the passenger's mobile phone.
A method of dispatching a taxi, comprising: