JP6138565B2 - Vehicle allocation system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle allocation system that can allocate a rental vehicle to a parking lot of an apartment house such as a condominium in a vehicle rental service such as a rental car, a car sharing system, or a car lease system.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a service form for lending a vehicle such as a car (including a light vehicle such as a bicycle) in a rental car, a car sharing system, or a car lease system is known. In these vehicle rental systems, it is common for a user to receive a rental vehicle up to a certain point of the vehicle. For example, in the case of a rental car, the user must go to the rental company's store to receive the rental vehicle. There is the trouble of not becoming.

  From the viewpoint of reducing the burden on the user at the time of renting out the vehicle, a rental car rental system capable of delivering a vehicle to a place designated by the user has been proposed (Patent Document 1 below). In the system of Patent Document 1, a vehicle rental is reserved via a network, and a vehicle is allocated to a vehicle allocation designated point designated by a user.

JP 2002-7195 A

  In the above-mentioned patent document 1, homes, contracted parking lots, apartment housing parking lots, corporate parking lots, paid parking lots, and the like are exemplified as the dispatching designated points designated by the user. In addition, no consideration is given to whether or not the vehicle can be allocated to the specified allocation point.

  However, in the case of parking lots that are used in common, such as apartment parking lots, corporate parking lots, paid parking lots, etc., due to inadequate reservation of parking lots or illegal occupancy of other vehicles, There is a possibility that it is impossible to dispatch to the parking area.

  In particular, when the dispatch operator of the vehicle lending system actually arrives at the parking area of the destination, it is possible that the vehicle cannot be allocated if it is impossible to park in that area. For example, in this type of shared parking lot, if the designated section is not available, it is almost unclear whether it is possible to dispatch to another vacant parking location. In such cases, it may be necessary to contact the user who applied for the rental vehicle by telephone, etc., to negotiate the destination, or to take the rental vehicle home if it is impossible .

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle allocation system that uses a parking lot of a collective housing as a destination for a rental vehicle. It is intended to prevent a situation in which a rental vehicle cannot be allocated due to occupation of the vehicle.

  In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, the parking lot is parked in a collective housing having a vehicle allocation server that accepts a reservation for a vehicle rental service via a network, and a parking lot where a vehicle for rental of the vehicle rental service is allocated. A vehicle dispatching system including a control unit that manages the use of sections, and performs communication between the dispatch reservation server and the control unit, and through this communication, the parking section of the parking lot is set to a specific dispatch date and time. It has a judging means for judging whether or not the vehicle can be used for allocating the rented vehicle, and when the vehicle rent service is reserved to the allocating reservation server, the parking area of the parking lot is designated as the allocating destination of the rented vehicle If it is determined, it is determined whether or not the parking section of the parking lot can be used for the allocation of the rented vehicle at the allocation date and time. The dispatch reservation server has adopted the configuration that accepts the reservation of the vehicle rental service if the car compartment is available dispatch lending the vehicle to the dispatch date.

  Alternatively, in the apartment house having the parking lot, an article receiving device including a plurality of article storage boxes used for collection and delivery of parcels or mail is arranged, and the control unit is presented by a resident of the apartment house And controlling the opening and closing of the door of the article receiving apparatus based on the authentication by the authentication means, and based on the authentication by the authentication means presented by a resident, the parking area of the parking lot is set in the vehicle rental service rental vehicle The parking section reservation data is recorded in a predetermined database, and the determination means refers to the parking section reservation data recorded in the database, and the parking section of the parking lot is A configuration for determining whether the vehicle can be used for renting a vehicle has been adopted.

  Alternatively, when reservation of a vehicle lending service is performed with respect to the vehicle allocation reservation server, communication is performed between the vehicle allocation reservation server and the control unit, and from the vehicle allocation reservation server to the control unit via this communication. On the other hand, the structure which requires having reserved the parking area of the said parking lot in order to use for the dispatch of a rental vehicle at the said dispatch date was employ | adopted.

  Alternatively, further, sensor means for detecting the parking state of the parking lot of the parking lot is provided, and the parking lot that is the destination of the rental vehicle via the sensor means in the vehicle dispatch time zone of the vehicle rental service It is determined whether or not the parking lot that is the destination of the rented vehicle is not empty, and a warning is issued that the reserved parking zone is occupied.

  According to the above configuration, at the time of reservation of the vehicle rental service, the vehicle allocation server communicates with the control unit, and it is determined whether the parking area of the parking lot can be used for the allocation of the rental vehicle at the vehicle allocation date and time. Since the vehicle allocation server accepts reservations for the vehicle rental service when the parking lot is available for the allocation of the rental vehicle at the allocation date and time, the parking lot of the housing complex is used as the allocation destination of the rental vehicle. In the vehicle allocation system to be used, there is an excellent effect that it is possible to reliably use the parking lot of the allocation destination and to prevent the situation that the rental vehicle cannot be allocated.

  Further, in a configuration in which an article receiving device including a plurality of article storage boxes is arranged in an apartment house, the control unit manages and controls the receipt of articles, and based on authentication using an authentication means for receiving articles, By using the parking space reservation data of this database, the parking space of the parking lot is reserved to be used for the allocation of the vehicle rental service rental vehicle, and the parking space reservation data is recorded in a predetermined database. Thus, the determination means can determine whether or not the parking section of the parking lot can be used for the allocation of the rental vehicle at the allocation date.

  Further, when reservation of the vehicle rental service is performed with respect to the vehicle allocation reservation server, communication is performed between the vehicle allocation reservation server and the control unit, and via the communication, from the vehicle allocation reservation server to the control unit. By configuring so that it is possible to request that the parking lot of the parking lot be reserved for use in allocating the rental vehicle at the date and time of the vehicle allocation, the parking lot has not been reserved in advance or due to a parking zone reservation error, etc. Even when there is a contradiction such as inconsistency in the name of the parking space reservation person, it is possible to reserve a parking space based on a request to the control unit from the vehicle allocation reservation server, and to secure a vehicle allocation destination more reliably. There is an excellent effect of being able to.

  Further, it is determined whether or not a parking area that is a destination of the rental vehicle is vacant via the sensor means in the vehicle dispatching time zone of the vehicle rental service, and parking that is the destination of the rental vehicle. By using a configuration that generates a warning that the reserved parking area is occupied when the area is not available, for example, an apartment manager may park other vehicles due to mistakes, illegally occupy, etc. There is an excellent effect that it becomes easy to deal with the trouble caused by the above.

It is the block diagram which showed the structure of the vehicle allocation system which employ | adopted this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed an example of the structure of the management database used with the vehicle dispatch system which employ | adopted this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed an example of the structure of the parking lot management database with the vehicle allocation system which employ | adopted this invention. It is the flowchart figure which showed an example of the control procedure at the time of the vehicle allocation reservation in the vehicle allocation system which employ | adopted this invention. It is the flowchart figure which showed an example of the control procedure at the time of the vehicle allocation reservation in the vehicle allocation system which employ | adopted this invention. It is the flowchart figure which showed an example of the monitoring control procedure of a parking area in the vehicle allocation system which employ | adopted this invention.

  Hereinafter, as an example of a mode for carrying out the present invention, an embodiment relating to a vehicle allocation system suitable for implementation in an apartment house such as an apartment will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a vehicle allocation system employing the present invention.

  The vehicle dispatch system according to the present embodiment provides a service for allocating a rental vehicle to a parking lot of an apartment house in an apartment house such as a condominium (hereinafter simply referred to as “an apartment house”). The control means for managing the parking lot (303: described later) of the destination of the rented vehicle in cooperation with the vehicle reservation service allocation server (501: described later) is an article receiving device of the article receiving device 100 installed in the apartment house. It is comprised by the control circuit.

  As shown on the right side of FIG. 1, the article receiving apparatus 100 arranged in the apartment house of this embodiment is configured as a delivery box (delivery locker) used for delivery of delivery items, a mailbox, and the like.

  The article receiving apparatus 100 of FIG. 1 illustrates a side facing a public side (accessible by a courier and a postman) of an apartment house, for example. Here, the general configuration of the article receiving apparatus 100 will be described first.

  The article receiving apparatus 100 is composed of a plurality of article receiving boxes 101, 101..., And when the article receiving box 101 is configured as a mail box, as shown by a broken line, the entrances 102, 102. A door (not shown) that is opened and closed by an electric lock (or number key) for taking out mail is provided on the surface (not shown) on the opposite side (not shown) of 101.

  When the article collection boxes 101, 101,... Are configured as delivery boxes, the public side shown in the figure is a door for the delivery company to store the delivery (this door is a door for the resident to take out the delivery. The other side is provided with doors (not shown) for residents to take out the parcels, and these doors are locked and unlocked by electric locks (not shown). Be controlled.

  Opening and closing of the doors for picking up the mails of the goods receiving boxes 101, 101... Or the two doors for receiving and delivering the parcels is performed according to the operation of the resident or the courier at the console 103. It is controlled by a control unit 200 (described later).

  Here, the console 103 is shown on the public side for the sake of convenience, but the console 103 having substantially the same structure and substantially the same function can be provided on the private side (the side opposite to the illustrated side). It is assumed that both the public side and private side consoles 103 can be used in substantially the same manner in this embodiment.

  The console 103 is provided with a display 104 composed of an LCD panel (or further a touch panel), a keyboard 105 composed of function keys and numeric keys, and a card reader 106 that reads information on an ID card 111 as authentication means.

  The ID card 111 is held by each resident of the apartment house, and is constituted by, for example, an IC card in which the room number is recorded as ID information. Further, in order to prevent the use of an ID card 111 other than the apartment house, the ID card 111 stores specific key information indicating that the card is a regular card that can be used in the apartment house, or ID information such as a number can be encrypted and recorded using key information that can be used only in the housing complex.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the ID card 111 is used for user authentication performed by presenting the card card 106 when the parking lot 303 is reserved. Reservation management of the parking lot 303 is controlled by the control unit 200 of the article receiving apparatus 100 on the condition that this authentication procedure is successful. It is assumed that the parking lot 303 has management rules for the housing complex so that the residents of the housing complex can make a reservation as a destination for the vehicle rental system (or for temporary parking for visitors). .

  Since the ID card 111 records unique ID information of a specific resident of the apartment house, for example, the ID card 111 is presented and the management section of the parking lot 303 is set as the vehicle lending destination (or the visitor of the vehicle rental system). In the case of making a reservation (for FIG. 4 described later), the control unit 200 can reliably recognize that the specific resident is performing the reservation operation.

  Further, in this embodiment, as will be described later, it is necessary to link the management of the parking lot 303 by the control unit 200 and the vehicle reservation process of the vehicle rental system (the vehicle allocation reservation server 501). It is necessary to guarantee the coincidence between a specific resident of the housing complex identified by the presentation of the ID card 111 at the time of parking lot reservation and a user who applied for a vehicle allocation reservation made by accessing the vehicle allocation reservation server 501 via the network. .

  For example, the user agreement between the parking lot reservation and the vehicle allocation reservation is based on the name of the housing complex, its address, and the room at the time of member registration of the vehicle lending system that is performed after confirmation of the person (or address) such as the presentation of a license. It can be guaranteed by reporting identification information such as a number and storing it in the member information database of the vehicle lending system.

  As described above, the details of user registration on the apartment house side and the vehicle rental system side, and the detailed specifications of authentication control, etc., are managed in advance by the management association of the apartment house (or the operating organization of this system) and the operation of the vehicle rental system. It can be determined in advance by an agreement with the organization.

  In addition, the ID card 111 is used only for unlocking the public doors of the article collection boxes 101, 101,... For receiving delivery items (or mail items and parcels). It can also be distributed to a specific courier (or postman) as a special card (with different limited functions). Furthermore, the ID card 111 may also serve as a card key that functions as an entrance door (not shown, so-called auto-lock controlled entrance door) of an apartment house or a key that opens and closes a resident's individual room.

  The display 104 and the keyboard 105 of the console 103 are used for the operation of the goods collection box 101 and the management work of the goods collection apparatus 100, and in the present embodiment, access to a vehicle reservation system (501) of a vehicle rental system, which will be described later, for lending reservation. Can be used to execute an application (for example, implemented in the form of a general-purpose or dedicated browser).

  The control unit 200 of the article receiving apparatus 100 performs opening / closing control of an electric lock that locks / unlocks the article receiving boxes 101, 101... Of the article receiving apparatus 100 according to the presentation and operation of the ID card 111 on the console 103. .

  The control unit 200 includes a CPU 201 as a main control unit, a ROM 202 storing a program to be described later, a RAM 203 used as a work area, and an interface 205 (for example, IEEE 802.3 network interface, serial interface) for communicating with the detection control unit 301. Interface).

  Furthermore, an external storage device 207 composed of an HDD or a nonvolatile memory card is connected to the control unit 200, and programs and management database information described later are stored in this external storage device 207.

  The control unit 200 has a network interface 204 (for example, an IEEE 802.3 network interface or a predetermined WAN interface), and can communicate with a remote server via the network 206 (Internet or intranet).

  In the present embodiment, in order to perform reservation management of the parking lot (303), the control unit 200 is provided with a real-time clock 211 so that system control according to time can be performed.

  1 has a parking lot 303, and this parking lot 303 is composed of parking sections (sometimes abbreviated as PL in the figure) 3031, 3032, 3033.

  The parking sections 3031, 3032, 3033... Are used exclusively for lending to the residents of the housing complex, and some of the sections can be used as customer parking spaces. The mode of operation of these parking sections 3031, 3032, 3033... Is arbitrary according to the management regulations of the apartment house, etc., but in this embodiment, some of the parking sections 3031, 3032, 3033. It can be used as a destination for a rented vehicle delivered from a car sharing system or the like.

  The parking area used as the destination for the rental vehicle may be dedicated to the allocation of the rental vehicle, or may be operated so as to partially share the parking area for the visitor. In order to facilitate the explanation, it is assumed that at least two sections of the parking sections 3031 and 3032 are allocated for the allocation of the rental vehicle.

  Sensors 3041, 3042, 3043,... For detecting whether or not the vehicle is actually parked in each of the sections can be arranged in the parking sections 3031, 3032, 3033. The sensors 3041, 3042, 3043,... Can be constituted by, for example, optical sensors that detect the vehicle when the detection light is blocked by the vehicle, and the parking sections 3031, 3032, 3033,. In the case where a flap (lock plate) used for coin parking or the like is provided, it is conceivable to use a sensor used to raise and lower the flap (lock plate). The outputs of the sensors 3041, 3042, 3043 are taken in by the detection circuit 301, and the CPU 201 of the control unit 200 can grasp the respective usage states of the parking sections 3031, 3032, 3033.

  As described above, the parking lot 303 of this embodiment is operated so that it can be used as a destination for a vehicle rental system such as a rental car or a car sharing system. In the following, it is assumed that a vehicle allocation reservation can be made via the vehicle rental system network (Internet or intranet) 206.

  For this purpose, a vehicle lending system operating organization (for example, a rental car operating company) arranges a vehicle allocation reservation server (hereinafter referred to as a vehicle allocation server) 501 on the network 206. A vehicle lending system is configured so that the vehicle allocation server 501 can be accessed from a terminal 502 such as a personal computer or a portable terminal using an application such as an Internet browser or a dedicated program to make a vehicle allocation reservation.

  In this embodiment, the dispatch server 501 can accept a rental vehicle reservation (Internet or intranet reservation) from a terminal 502 (such as a personal computer or a portable terminal) on the Internet.

  In addition, in this embodiment, the vehicle allocation server 501 can accept a vehicle rental reservation designated with the parking sections 3031, 3032... Of the parking lot 303 of a specific apartment house as the vehicle allocation destination. In order to prevent this, there is a coincidence between the user making the vehicle rental reservation as described above and the user (the specific resident) who has reserved the parking sections 3031, 3032... Of the parking lot 303 of the specific apartment house. Must be able to guarantee.

  For this reason, the operating organization of the vehicle lending system requests user registration in advance for users who wish to make an internet (intranet) reservation of a rented vehicle, and further, the parking sections 3031 and 3032 of the parking lot 303 of a specific apartment house. For users who want to use… as their destination, in addition to the address, name and contact information (such as phone number and e-mail address), at least the apartment name, apartment address, and room number It is desirable to request registration. Also, according to the rules, it is desirable to require the presentation of a driver's license for address and identity verification when registering this user. After this user registration is performed, authentication data such as a user ID (membership number, etc.) and password is issued from the operating organization of the vehicle lending system to the user.

  In order to make an internet (intranet) reservation for a rental vehicle, when accessing the dispatch server 501, the user (resident of the housing complex of this embodiment) logs in using this user ID and authentication data. Request. After this login, in addition to the normal member information such as the user's address, name, contact information, etc., the vehicle allocation server 501 may include the name of the apartment housing if the user has registered the apartment housing parking lot of the vehicle allocation destination. It is necessary to proceed with the reservation for dispatch after grasping the address (or the number of parking spaces in the parking lot, etc.).

  Further, in the control example described later, the vehicle allocation server 501 accesses the parking area reservation data in the database (FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 described later) managed by the control unit 200, and the vehicle allocation server 501 sends the vehicle allocation destination to the control unit 200. For this purpose, a communication means for the dispatch server 501 to access the control unit 200 is required.

  As a communication protocol for this purpose, any Internet protocol such as HTTP (S), SSH, or SSL can be used. In that case, the vehicle allocation server 501 receives the address (URI / URL, IP address) must be recognized.

  For this communication, the address (URI / URL or IP address) of the control unit 200 of the housing complex is, for example, registered to the user at the time of user registration of the vehicle rental system, and is associated with the name and address of the housing complex. The method of registering can be considered. Alternatively, in a case where a specific contract for a vehicle dispatch service is concluded with a vehicle lending system and a management company of a housing complex, a management association, or a management organization of a delivery box managed by the control unit 200, There is a possibility that a database that can extract the address (URI / URL or IP address) of the control unit 200 of a specific apartment house from a house name or the like may be prepared. In this case, the dispatch server 501 uses the database to At the time of reservation, it is possible to obtain the address (URI / URL or IP address) of the control unit 200 of a specific apartment house from the apartment house name declared by the user. With the configuration as described above, the vehicle allocation server 501 can communicate with the control unit 200 during the vehicle allocation reservation process (FIG. 5) described later.

  2 and 3 show an example of the configuration of a database used for controlling the apparatus including the article receiving apparatus and the vehicle lending system shown in FIG.

  2 and 3 are stored in an external storage device of the control unit 200 or a storage area of an external storage device (not shown) of a management server (not shown) arranged in the network 206 (usually a database file in a specific database system). ).

  This type of database is usually configured in a so-called relational format, and stores various data records in association with a plurality of storage areas.

  FIG. 2 shows an overview of the main database in the system of this embodiment. In this database, each record constitutes one record for each room ID (room number) in the field 1301. This one record is composed of fields indicated by reference numerals 1301 to 1304, that is, fields for storing a room ID, an article collection box ID, a pointer to the article collection database, and reservation management data (parking reservation data) of the parking lot 303. The

  Among these, the room ID 1301 field stores the room ID of the resident identified by the ID card 111 (for example, the room number of the room).

  In the field of the goods receipt box ID 1302, even when the goods receipt box 101 is either a mail box or a delivery box, there is a goods receipt box 101 associated with the resident indicated by the data of the room ID 1301. The box ID (in this example, a two-digit number assigned to the article collection boxes 101, 101,...) Is stored.

  In the field of the living room ID 1301 (or the article receiving box ID 1302 when the article receiving box is assigned exclusively to each room), the box ID of the specific resident or the article receiving box 101 for the specific ID card 111 is displayed. The information of the room number (or further the article collection box number) corresponding to the resident is stored at the time of registration for issuing. This registration process is executed using the console 103 or another registration system (not shown) (this registration process has little to do with the essence of the present invention, so the details are omitted here).

  In the case where the goods collection box 101 is a box used for collection of a delivery item or the like, the goods collection box 101 may be used not in the exclusive use of a specific user but in a shared form. In that case, the field 1302 is used. Is used so that the box ID storing the package addressed to the user is stored only when the package arrives.

  A pointer 1303 to the article receipt database is a pointer (file name or memory address) to a storage area of an article receipt database (not shown) related to article receipt using the article receipt box 101 of the resident. In this article receipt database, information on receipt of articles (delivered goods, postal items, etc.) performed by the article collection box 101 for the resident, for example, arrival date and time, and article collection service is charged. The charging information is stored. Here, an article receipt database for managing this kind of receipt of goods is well known, so detailed description thereof will be omitted. However, P11 to P13 exemplified as values of the pointer 1303 to the article receipt database are actually other specific values. Pointer to the database area (file name or memory address).

  The parking reservation data stored in the field 1304 is generated when a resident in the room indicated by the field 1301 among the parking sections 3031, 3032, 3033.

  The reservation data in the field 1304 is not a parking area exclusively assigned to the resident, but is reserved as a destination for a vehicle rental system, which will be described later, or reserved for a visitor. It is generated when a parking section is reserved by an operation, and includes at least time zone (date / time) data for which the parking section is reserved, the number of the reserved parking section, and the like as illustrated.

  In the example of FIG. 2, the resident of the room number 101 corresponds to the first parking section (PL1: parking section 3031 of FIG. 1) in the time zone of April 12 (2013) 10: 00-10: 30. ) Is reserved. This first parking section is used as a vehicle allocation destination of the vehicle rental system as described above, and the reservation time is relatively short in 30 minutes.

  In addition, the resident of the room number 103 reserves the third parking area (PL3: corresponding to the parking area 3033 in FIG. 1) in the time zone from 11:00 to 18:00 on April 12 (2013). ing. This third parking section is not the destination of the vehicle rental system, for example, and this resident has reserved time of 7 hours for the purpose of visiting customers, for example.

  Depending on the management regulations for the housing complex, if the parking lot is temporarily used for a vehicle-destination destination or a visitor for the vehicle rental system, the management association may charge a parking lot usage fee. Can be stored in the field 1304 (or a field provided separately) as needed.

  If the main database as described above is prepared, regarding the receipt of goods, when an authentication operation is performed by, for example, presenting the ID card 111 to the card reader 106 of the console 103, the CPU 201 uses the ID information of the resident. When a user ID (room ID) recorded on a certain ID card 111 is acquired, the goods receipt assigned to the resident by referring to the database record having the room ID field 1301 of FIG. 2 using the room ID. A box ID (field 1302) can be specified.

  As for reservation of the parking lot 303, an authentication operation for presenting the ID card 111 to the card reader 106 of the console 103 is allowed as a condition. In this case, the room ID (room number) is assigned from the room ID in the same manner as described above. The record can be specified, the parking reservation data in the field 1304 can be referred to, and the contents can be updated as necessary.

  FIG. 3 shows the structure of the database record for the parking area of the parking lot 303. The database of FIG. 3 stores data for managing each parking section of the parking lot 303 as shown below.

  One record composed of the fields arranged in the row direction in FIG. 3 is assigned to each parking section. One record includes a parking section number (2301), an attribute of the parking section (2302), and a parking section. Each field includes reservation data (2303) and other management data (2304).

  In the example shown in the figure, 15 records corresponding to the 15 parking spaces of Nos. 1 to 15 are shown (records in the middle are omitted in the figure). In this embodiment, the attribute field (2302) is “R”. No. 1 and No. 2 parking sections (3031, 3032 in FIG. 1) are used as destinations of the vehicle lending system.

  In addition, the parking areas other than No. 1 and No. 2 (3033 in FIG. 1) have an attribute field (2302) of “N”, and these parking areas are rented to residents as exclusive parking areas. Or used in a form that is temporarily rented out for visitors. For simplification here, parking spaces that are exclusively leased to residents (for example, monthly contracts based on the management regulations for apartments) and temporary rental spaces for visitors, etc. Although these are indicated by attributes and are not distinguished from each other, of course, different attributes may be assigned and managed.

  In the example of FIG. 3, reservation data corresponding to the reservation state of FIG. 2 is stored in fields 2303 of the first and third parking sections. The first parking section (3031 in FIG. 1) is a destination for the vehicle lending system on April 12 (2013) 10: 00-10: 30, and the third parking section (see figure). 1 3033) are reserved in the time zone of 11: 00-18: 00 on April 12 (2013) for temporary parking for visitors.

  In the database of FIGS. 2 and 3, only one of the parking zone reservation data fields 1304 and 2303 is shown for the sake of brevity. However, if these fields have variable lengths, or the second and subsequent fields are shown. It goes without saying that a plurality of reservation data can be stored if the system is configured so that the reservation data field is secured and can be referred to by a pointer or the like.

  Next, the operation in the above configuration will be described.

  FIG. 4 shows a control procedure executed by the CPU 201 when reserving parking sections 3031, 3032. The illustrated procedure can be stored in the ROM 202 or the external storage device 207 as a program of the CPU 201.

  The reservation routine of FIG. 4 is started independently based on the reservation operation of the console 103, and may be called as a subroutine in response to a request from the allocation server 501 in a vehicle rental reservation process (FIG. 5) described later, for example. it can.

  In step S <b> 41 of FIG. 4, a parking reservation operation is performed on the console 103. Here, in order to permit only the resident to make a reservation operation, the operator performs an authentication operation to present the ID card 111 to the card reader 106, and then the desired date and time of parking reservation (date and time of use start and end) At least. It is possible to read from the ID card 111 who is the operator, that is, the person who reserves the parking lot.

  Further, in this embodiment, the parking lot is used depending on whether the vehicle rental system is a destination for the vehicle rental system or for other purposes. Therefore, in step S41, the operator sets whether the reserved parking zone is the destination for the vehicle rental system or the other destination. Specify whether to use. For this designation, for example, a scheme may be considered in which a sketch of the parking area is displayed for each purpose, and the operator is implicitly designated by dispatching the vehicle lending system for allocation or other parking areas.

  When the process of FIG. 4 is called in response to a request from the dispatch server 501 in the vehicle rental reservation process (FIG. 5), the necessary items such as the desired date and time for the parking reservation are not from the terminal 502 or the console 103. It is input by the host routine that receives the request from the dispatch server 501.

  In step S42, referring to the database in FIG. 3, whether or not there is a vacancy in the parking lot for the vehicle lending system (or other) desired by the operator at the reservation date and time input in step S41. Determine. Parking lots for vehicle allocation in the vehicle lending system are determined based on whether, for example, reservation data that collides with the reservation date / time has already been registered in order from the youngest number, and parking is free at the reservation date / time (reservation period). If there is a section, the process proceeds to step S43, in which the reservation data is stored in the field 2303 of the record of the parking section (field 2301 has the target parking section number) in the database of FIG. Also, the reservation operation data corresponding to the field 1304 of the record having the room number of the resident specified by the ID card presentation in step S41 is stored, and the parking lot reservation process is terminated.

  On the other hand, in step S42, if there is no vacant parking lot (or other) in the vehicle lending system at the desired reservation date and time, the process returns to step S41 and repeats the process for inputting the other desired reservation date and time. In step S44, the operator can select whether or not to cancel the reservation operation. If the reservation operation is canceled in step S44, the reservation process in FIG. 4 is terminated.

  FIG. 5 shows a flow of a vehicle rental reservation operation performed by the vehicle allocation server 501. Here, the process in the case where the parking lot of the apartment house of this system is used as a dispatch destination is shown. The control procedure on the dispatch server 501 side is stored in a server-side HDD (not shown).

Regarding the relationship between the vehicle rental reservation of FIG. 5 and the parking lot reservation of the apartment house destination,
(1) Prior to vehicle rental reservation, the resident of the apartment house reserves the parking lot of the destination in advance according to the procedure of FIG. 4 (2) Starts the vehicle rental reservation operation without reserving the parking lot of the destination Then, if necessary, the parking area of the destination is reserved from the allocation server 501 side (step S54 described later).
In any case, unlike the conventional configuration, the vehicle allocation server 501 side confirms that a specific parking area of the apartment house can be used as a vehicle allocation destination in any case. A great feature is that it can be completed.

  5 is performed by accessing the dispatch server 501 from a terminal 502 such as a PC or a mobile phone of the network 206, for example. At this time, as a communication protocol between the terminal 502 and the dispatch server 501, for example, a communication procedure such as HTTP (S) can be used as described above. Further, for example, if the console 103 is configured so that an application such as a WWW browser similar to the terminal 502 can be executed, the vehicle allocation reservation operation in FIG. 5 can be performed by accessing the vehicle allocation server 501 from the console 103. .

  In step S51 of FIG. 5, after a login (authentication) process is performed such as requesting the terminal 502 (or console 103) to input a member ID and password from the vehicle allocation server 501, the vehicle allocation reservation process is started. . In this dispatching reservation process, a reservation operation screen is first displayed on an application such as a WWW browser on the terminal 502, and the operator uses the reservation operation screen to select a vehicle type, a dispatch date and time, an apartment name, a room number, etc. (If this reservation operation is performed from the console 103, or if information such as the apartment name and room number is registered during membership registration of the vehicle lending system as described above, these Can be omitted). In addition, if the parking area of the dispatch destination has already been reserved, identification information such as the number of the parking section of the dispatch destination is input.

  In step S51a, the vehicle allocation server 501 of the vehicle rental system determines whether or not the requested vehicle type rental vehicle can be allocated to the destination at the date and time requested in step S51, and if the vehicle allocation is possible. The process proceeds to step S52, and if the vehicle cannot be dispatched, a reservation operation accompanied by a change in the conditions for vehicle dispatch reservation is performed on the terminal 502 side in step S51b, and it is determined again in step S51a whether the vehicle can be dispatched. Do.

  The process for determining whether or not the vehicle can be dispatched in step S51a depends on the configuration of the operating organization of the vehicle lending system, but may take several minutes or more, for example. In that case, The communication is stopped, an e-mail describing whether or not the vehicle can be dispatched is transmitted to the address of the terminal 502, and the processing after step S52 or step S51b accesses the URL or the like described in the e-mail, for example. Can be continued.

  In step S52, a communication path is established from the vehicle allocation server 501 to the control unit 200, and the vehicle allocation server 501 communicates with the control unit 200 so that the vehicle allocation server 501 stores all parking sections in the database of FIG. 3 (or FIG. 2). Read reservation data. Although the communication protocol used between the dispatch server 501 and the control unit 200 is arbitrary, it is preferable to use a public key encryption communication system such as SSH or SSL. A data format for exchanging data and commands with the control unit 200 from the vehicle allocation server 501 is appropriately determined in advance.

  Subsequently, in step S53, the vehicle allocation server 501 analyzes the parking zone reservation data acquired from the control unit 200, and whether or not there is valid parking zone reservation data corresponding to the date and time designated in the vehicle allocation reservation operation in step S51. Determine.

  This determination is performed in order to confirm whether or not the parking area of the parking lot of the apartment house of the vehicle allocation destination specified in the vehicle allocation reservation operation can be used as the vehicle allocation destination. Here, the vehicle allocation reservation operation is first performed. Assuming that the resident of the housing complex has already reserved the parking space, it is determined whether or not the parking space reservation data by the resident is surely present.

  That is, when the parking area of the destination is designated in step S51, in step S53, the parking area of the destination that is input in step S51 is designated in the parking area reservation data acquired from the control unit 200. It is determined whether or not a reservation is made by the resident (identified by the room number) at the date of dispatch, and if the reservation is confirmed, it is determined that the parking block reservation is valid.

  Further, at this stage, there is a possibility that the parking area has not been reserved in advance, but in step S53, it is determined that the parking area reservation is invalid even when the parking area of the destination is not input in step S51.

  Further, in step S53, if the parking lot of the vehicle allocation destination input in step S51 is reserved at the specified vehicle allocation date and time in the acquired parking zone reservation data, but the residents do not match, Judge that parking space reservation is invalid.

  In step S53, when it is determined that the parking space reservation is valid, it is confirmed that the parking space of this apartment house designated as the dispatch destination at the designated date and time can be used reliably, so the dispatch server 501 In step S55, vehicle rental reservation data is generated and registered in a system database (not shown). This vehicle rental reservation data is composed of at least readable character strings such as a vehicle type, a dispatch date and time, and a dispatch destination (because the dispatch operation is currently performed by driving by the operator's human power).

  On the other hand, it is determined in step S53 that the parking space reservation is invalid if the resident who has made the reservation for dispatching has not made the parking space reservation yet, or there is a parking space reservation at the time of dispatching reservation. However, it may be a parking space reservation by another resident.

  In the present embodiment, in order to cope with such a case, reservation of a new (or other) parking section at the dispatch date and time desired by the dispatch reservation person from the dispatch server 501 side to the control unit 200 (the following steps) S54) can be requested.

  However, if the parking area is full at the dispatch date and there is no vacancy, it is impossible to reserve the parking area anyway. Therefore, if step S53 is denied, the control unit 200 first determines in step S53a. With reference to the acquired parking area reservation data, it is determined whether or not there is an empty parking area at the dispatch date and time. If there is no vacancy in the parking area, it is necessary to change the vehicle allocation conditions such as the vehicle allocation date and time. Therefore, the process branches to the above-described step S51b and the terminal 502 changes the vehicle allocation conditions.

  On the other hand, if there is a vacancy in the parking area in step S53a, the process proceeds to step S54, and a reservation process for the parking area is requested from the allocation server 501 side to the control unit 200. This reservation process can be executed by the same flow as that shown in FIG. 4. In this case, the desired reservation date and time (input from the server 501 side in step S41) is input in step S51 (or S51b). The vehicle reservation date and time is used.

  In step S56, it is determined whether or not the parking area reservation process of step S54 is successful. If the parking area reservation process is successful, the process proceeds to step S55 to generate vehicle rental reservation data, Registered in the figure).

  If the parking area reservation process is not successful in step S55, it is necessary to change the conditions such as changing the dispatch date and time. Therefore, in step S56, whether or not to change the conditions is determined on the terminal 502 (or console 103) side. If the condition is changed, the process branches to step S51b to input a different vehicle allocation condition. If the condition is not changed, the process of FIG. 5 is terminated.

  In FIG. 5 described above, it has been described that the parking space reservation data acquisition in step S52, the determination relating to the validity of the parking space reservation in steps S53 and S53a, and the parking space reservation in step S54 are performed by the allocation server 501 side. However, for example, necessary information such as the dispatch date and the room number of the occupant operating the terminal 502 is transmitted from the dispatch server 501 to the control unit 200, and the above-described processing is performed on the control unit 200 side. It is also possible.

  By performing the control as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the resident of the apartment house where the vehicle dispatch system of the present embodiment is arranged designates the parking sections 3031, 3032. Thus, it is possible to make a reservation for a rental vehicle in a vehicle rental system such as a car rental system or a car sharing system. For example, the rental vehicle allocation in the vehicle allocation system of the present embodiment is as follows.

  Residents of the apartment house in which the vehicle dispatch system of the present embodiment is arranged are a terminal 502 (such as a resident's mobile terminal or a PC placed in the room) on the network 206 such as the Internet (intranet), or the console 103. The vehicle allocation server 501 is accessed using the WWW browser and dedicated application executed above, and the vehicle allocation reservation operation for the rented vehicle (step S51 in FIG. 5) is performed. At this time, an authentication operation such as a log-in operation to the vehicle allocation server 501 (or presentation of the ID card 111 to the console 103 prior to the vehicle allocation reservation from the console 103) is performed, so the vehicle allocation server 501 performs the authentication operation. It is possible to reach specific member information, and to recognize information such as a housing complex and a room number of the vehicle rental system member.

  As described above, the parking area of the vehicle allocation destination may be reserved in advance (according to the procedure of FIG. 4), and even if the parking area of the vehicle allocation destination is not reserved in advance, the vehicle allocation server 501 to the control unit 200 By this communication (steps S53 to S54 in FIG. 5), it is possible to make a reservation for the parking area during the reservation for dispatch.

  The present embodiment is configured so that the parking section reservation data of the control unit 200 can be accessed from the vehicle allocation server 501 side. The vehicle allocation reservation in this embodiment is effective when the parking section of the destination is applicable in the vehicle allocation time zone. For example, the parking lot of the apartment house where you live is specified as the destination of dispatch, rather than the traditional form of picking up a vehicle at the rental car office. Even in this mode, the possibility of actual vehicle allocation failing can be greatly reduced.

  When the vehicle allocation reservation registration ends normally (step S55 in FIG. 5), the vehicle allocation reservation registration data is registered in the database of the vehicle rental system. Although there may be a difference in details depending on the operation form of the vehicle lending system, the actual dispatching work is generally performed as follows.

  For example, when the vehicle allocation reservation registration data is registered in the database of the vehicle rental system, the details of the vehicle allocation reservation are displayed on the vehicle allocation schedule confirmation screen displayed on the in-house terminal of the sales office of the vehicle rental system. Workers such as employees of the vehicle lending system perform the actual vehicle allocation work in accordance with the vehicle allocation reservation contents displayed on the screen. However, it goes without saying that even in the future, even if unmanned dispatch becomes possible by fully automatic driving of the rented vehicle, the dispatch reservation control of this embodiment can be carried out without requiring substantial changes.

  As described above, at the time of vehicle allocation, identification information such as the name of the housing complex (or further, the address, the telephone number of the reservation person, etc.), the room number of the reservation person, and the parking area reserved as described above is used. The worker knows this information through the display of the in-house terminal of the sales office of the vehicle lending system, and performs the vehicle allocation work based on the information.

  When the actual dispatch time zone approaches, the operator drives the rented vehicle from the position where the rented vehicle such as a rental car office exists to the parking lot 303 of the housing complex that is the dispatch destination. Park the rental vehicle in the parking area. At this stage, in the present embodiment, as described above, it is confirmed that there is valid parking area reservation data corresponding to the parking area of the vehicle allocation destination in the vehicle allocation time zone. The possibility that the vehicle cannot be allocated because it is occupied by the vehicle is considerably low.

  After parking the rented vehicle in the designated parking area, the operator locks the rented vehicle and hands over the key of the rented vehicle to the resident, but in many cases the resident who is the reservation person at home is at home. Therefore, the resident is contacted through an intercom of the apartment house, and the key of the rental vehicle is handed over directly. Alternatively, it may be possible to deliver the key in a form in which the key of the rental vehicle is accommodated in the post box of the room number of the resident, depending on the operating rules, the management rules of the apartment house, and the like.

  Alternatively, in an operation in which some of the article collection boxes 101, 101... Are used exclusively for collection of specific articles, a dedicated box for collecting the keys of the vehicles dispatched from the vehicle rental system (rental car, car sharing system, etc.) is provided. An allocation configuration is also conceivable. When such a dedicated box is arranged, the dispatcher can accommodate the key of the dispatched vehicle in this dedicated box. In this case, the dispatching worker inputs necessary items such as the room number of the destination resident from the console 103.

  In the case of performing the control as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, that is, in the configuration for confirming that there is valid parking section reservation data corresponding to the parking section of the dispatch destination in the dispatch time zone, There is no denying the possibility that the parking lot at the destination is unusable. In order to cope with this problem, sensors 3041, 3042,... Arranged in the parking sections 3031, 3032.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of the control for confirming that the parking area at the destination is empty in the time zone related to the allocation using the sensors 3041, 3042... Arranged in the parking areas 3031, 3032. Yes. The illustrated procedure can be stored in the ROM 202 or the external storage device 207 as a program of the CPU 201.

  In step S <b> 61, the CPU 201 of the control unit 200 determines using the real time clock 211 whether or not the time zone related to vehicle allocation has arrived. Although the process shown in FIG. 6 is simplified here, in practice, for example, a timer interrupt process using the real-time clock 211 is registered for each of the parking section reservation data (field 2303) shown in FIG. Further, it can be realized by a configuration in which a timer interruption is generated in response to the arrival of the parking section reservation time, and the processing after step S62 is performed.

  In that case, for example, a configuration in which a timer interrupt is generated so that the processing after step S62 is executed at predetermined intervals such as every several minutes during a predetermined time period such as 30 minutes before the parking section reservation time is considered.

  In step S62, the CPU 201 acquires, via the detection circuit 301, the state of the sensor that has reached the time zone related to the allocation of the sensors 3041, 3042,. It is determined whether or not the parking area is vacant, and if the vacant area of the parking area can be confirmed, the process returns to the upper routine.

  On the other hand, if the parking section is not vacant in step S62 and other vehicles are parked, error processing is performed in step S63. In this error processing, for example, a parking space reserved for allocating a rental vehicle (or temporary parking for a visitor, etc.) is occupied by using a display or a speaker arranged in a management room of an apartment house. Warn you. Based on this warning, for example, the apartment manager can check whether the reserved rental vehicle is parked by checking the number of the parked vehicle and the sticker of the vehicle rental system, or illegal parking. In such a case, it is possible to perform a task such as searching for a driver and deal with a failure.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Goods receipt apparatus 101 Goods receipt box 103 Console 104 Display 105 Keyboard 106 Card reader 111 ID card 200 Control part 201 CPU
202 ROM
203 RAM
204 NIC
205 interface 206 network 207 external storage device 301 detection circuit 303 parking lot 3031, 3032 ... parking section 3041, 3042 ... sensor 501 dispatch reservation server 502 terminal

Claims (4)

A vehicle allocation reservation server that accepts a reservation of a vehicle rental service via a network, and a control unit that manages the use of the parking area of the parking lot in an apartment house having a parking lot where the vehicle rental vehicle of the vehicle rental service is allocated In the vehicle allocation system,
Communication is performed between the vehicle allocation server and the control unit, and through this communication, there is a determination unit that determines whether the parking lot of the parking lot can be used for vehicle allocation of a rental vehicle at a specific vehicle allocation date and time. And
When the vehicle rental service is reserved to the vehicle allocation server, if the parking lot of the parking lot is designated as the destination of the rental vehicle, the parking section of the parking lot is assigned to the date and time of allocation It is determined whether or not the vehicle can be used for the allocation of the rented vehicle. As a result, when the parking lot of the parking lot is available for the allocation of the rented vehicle at the date of the allocation of the vehicle, the vehicle allocation reservation server A vehicle dispatch system that accepts service reservations.   The vehicle dispatch system according to claim 1, wherein an article collection device including a plurality of article storage boxes used for collecting and delivering parcels or mails is arranged in an apartment house having the parking lot, and the control unit includes: Based on the authentication by the authentication means presented by the resident of the apartment house, the door of the article receiving device is controlled, and on the basis of the authentication by the authentication means presented by the resident, the parking area of the parking lot is The vehicle lending service reserves the vehicle to be used for vehicle allocation, records the parking space reservation data in a predetermined database, and the determination means refers to the parking space reservation data recorded in the database to store the parking space. A vehicle allocation system that determines whether a parking lot of a parking lot is available for allocation of a rental vehicle at the allocation date and time.   3. The vehicle dispatch system according to claim 1, wherein when a reservation for a vehicle rental service is performed with respect to the dispatch reservation server, communication is performed between the dispatch reservation server and the control unit. Then, the vehicle allocation system requests the control unit to reserve the parking section of the parking lot to be used for the allocation of the rented vehicle at the allocation date and time.   The vehicle allocation system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein sensor means for detecting a parking state of a parking section of the parking lot is provided, and in the vehicle allocation time zone of the rental vehicle of the vehicle rental service, It is determined via the sensor means whether the parking lot that is the destination of the rental vehicle is vacant. If the parking zone that is the destination of the rental vehicle is not empty, the reserved parking zone is A vehicle dispatch system characterized by generating a warning of being occupied.

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