JP7589599B2 - Vehicle allocation server device and vehicle allocation system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a vehicle dispatch server device and a vehicle dispatch system.

In recent years, taxi dispatch services using smartphones and the like have become popular. Among such dispatch services, a service that dispatches a vehicle available for ride-sharing to a user who wishes to share a ride is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2017-168047 A

Patent Document 1 describes that it is possible to obtain attribute information such as gender and age of passengers in addition to the planned boarding location and destination. However, the technology described in Patent Document 1 cannot obtain information on the purpose of use, such as the reason for which the passenger is boarding. For this reason, if passengers share a ride with passengers who have different purposes, communication between the passengers may not progress.

The present invention aims to provide a vehicle dispatch server device and a vehicle dispatch system that can promote communication between passengers sharing a ride.

The vehicle dispatch server device according to the present invention includes a communication unit that receives vehicle dispatch request information including a planned boarding location and purpose of use information from a plurality of terminal devices and transmits vehicle dispatch information to the terminal device that transmitted the vehicle dispatch request information, and a control unit that determines whether the planned boarding location satisfies a predetermined condition and the purpose of use information matches among the plurality of terminal devices based on the received vehicle dispatch request information, and causes the communication unit to transmit the vehicle dispatch information including information indicating that ridesharing is possible to the terminal device that is determined to have the planned boarding location satisfying the predetermined condition and the purpose of use information matching.

The vehicle dispatch system according to the present invention is a vehicle dispatch system consisting of a plurality of terminal devices and a vehicle dispatch server device, the terminal devices having a setting processing unit that sets vehicle dispatch request information including a planned boarding location and information on a purpose of use, a terminal-side communication unit that transmits the vehicle dispatch request information set by the setting processing unit to the vehicle dispatch server device and receives vehicle dispatch information from the vehicle dispatch server device, the vehicle dispatch server device having a server-side communication unit that receives the vehicle dispatch request information from the plurality of terminal devices and transmits vehicle dispatch information to the terminal device that transmitted the vehicle dispatch request information, and a control unit that determines whether the planned boarding location satisfies a predetermined condition and the purpose of use information matches among the plurality of terminal devices based on the received vehicle dispatch request information, and causes the communication unit to transmit the vehicle dispatch information including information on whether ride-sharing is possible to the terminal device determined to have the planned boarding location satisfy the predetermined condition and the purpose of use information match.

The present invention can promote communication between passengers sharing a ride.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a vehicle dispatch system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of display content displayed on the display unit of the terminal device. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of display content displayed on the display unit of the terminal device. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of display content displayed on the display unit of the terminal device. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of display content displayed on the display unit of the terminal device. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of display content displayed on the display unit of the terminal device. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of display content displayed on the display unit of the terminal device. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of display content displayed on the display unit of the terminal device. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of display content displayed on the display unit of the terminal device. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the vehicle dispatch system according to this embodiment. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of the process in step S105 of FIG.

Below, an embodiment of a vehicle dispatch server device and a vehicle dispatch system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. Furthermore, the components in the following embodiments include those that are easily replaceable by a person skilled in the art, or those that are substantially the same.

Figure 1 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a dispatch system according to this embodiment. The dispatch system 100 shown in Figure 1 is a system for making a reservation for dispatching a taxi T. The taxi T may be, for example, a taxi waiting at a designated waiting area such as a train station or a taxi company, or may be a taxi running in an empty or occupied state.

As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle dispatch system 100 includes a plurality of terminal devices 10 and a vehicle dispatch server device 20. The terminal devices 10 and the vehicle dispatch server device 20 can communicate information with each other via a network NW. The vehicle dispatch server device 20 can also communicate with a taxi T.

The terminal device 10 has an input unit 11, a display unit 12, a communication unit 13, a storage unit 14, and a control unit 15. The input unit 11, the display unit 12, the communication unit 13, the storage unit 14, and the control unit 15 are connected, for example, via a bus line or the like. Examples of the terminal device 10 include information terminals such as mobile phones, smartphones, tablet terminals, notebook personal computers, and smart speakers. The terminal device 10 may also include an image acquisition unit such as a camera.

The input unit 11 is capable of a predetermined input operation for inputting information. The input unit 11 outputs an instruction signal to the control unit 15 in response to the input operation. In this embodiment, for example, a touch panel arranged on the display unit 12 is used as the input unit 11. In this configuration, a user can touch a specific area displayed on the display unit 12 to perform a predetermined input, such as selecting the content to be displayed in the specific area. Note that, in addition to or instead of the touch panel, a button, lever, dial, switch, voice input (microphone), or other input device may be used as the input unit 11. The input unit 11 may also be a detection unit that reads codes such as one-dimensional codes and two-dimensional codes. The input unit 11 outputs an instruction signal in response to a predetermined input operation. The input unit 11 is capable of inputting dispatch request information including a planned boarding location, a planned boarding time, and information on a purpose of use. The input unit 11 is also capable of inputting information on a registered location that is the planned boarding location.

The display unit 12 displays various information including text and images. The display unit 12 has a display panel such as a liquid crystal panel. The display unit 12 is capable of displaying information including video.

The communication unit 13 communicates information with external devices such as the vehicle dispatch server device 20 via the network NW, either wired or wirelessly.

The memory unit 14 has storage such as a hard disk drive or a solid state drive. An external storage medium such as a removable disk may be used as the memory unit 14. The memory unit 14 stores the operating system of the terminal device 10, and various programs and data for controlling the operation of the input unit 11, the display unit 12, and the communication unit 13. The memory unit 14 stores a registered location that is the planned boarding location when reserving a taxi T. Examples of the registered location include a specified taxi stand, the home of the user who uses the terminal device 10, and any location near the home of the user. The terminal device 10 may acquire the registered location stored in the memory unit 22 of the vehicle dispatch server device via the communication unit 13 by the communication control unit 33.

The control unit 15 controls each of the input unit 11, the display unit 12, the communication unit 13, and the storage unit 14. The control unit 15 also performs calculations, processing, etc. in response to instruction signals from the input unit 11. The control unit 15 has a processing device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a storage device such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) and a ROM (Read Only Memory). The control unit 15 has a display control unit 31, a setting processing unit 32, and a communication control unit 33. The control unit 15 executes a program that controls the operation of the vehicle dispatch server device 20 according to the present invention.

The display control unit 31 controls the display operation of the display unit 12. The display control unit 31 causes the display unit 12 to display information such as images and characters. The display control unit 31 causes the display unit 12 to display guidance information for reserving a taxi T. The display control unit 31 causes the display unit 12 to display guidance information for inputting dispatch request information such as a planned boarding location, a planned boarding time, a destination, and information on a purpose of use. In addition, when a reservation for a taxi T is accepted, the display control unit 31 causes the display unit 12 to display dispatch information transmitted from the dispatch server device 20. Note that the display control unit 31 may cause the user to select between a destination dispatch mode in which the dispatch request information includes information on a purpose of use, and a normal dispatch mode in which the dispatch request information does not include information on a purpose of use. In the destination dispatch mode, the user may be caused to input information on a purpose of use instead of a destination.

The setting processing unit 32 generates dispatch request information for reserving a taxi T. The setting processing unit 32 generates the dispatch request information based on information input via the input unit 11, for example. Furthermore, when a registered location is stored in the memory unit 14, the setting processing unit 32 can generate dispatch request information with the registered location as the planned boarding location. In the case of the above-mentioned destination dispatch mode, the setting processing unit 32 may include a user image indicating the user of the terminal device 10 as the dispatch request information.

The communication control unit 33 controls the operation of the communication unit 13. The communication control unit 33 transmits and receives information to and from the vehicle dispatch server device 20 via the communication unit 13. When vehicle dispatch request information such as the planned boarding location, planned boarding time, and purpose of use information is input, the communication control unit 33 transmits the input vehicle dispatch request information to the vehicle dispatch server device 20.

The vehicle dispatch server device 20 has a communication unit 21, a storage unit 22, and a control unit 23. The communication unit 21 communicates with a plurality of terminal devices 10. The communication unit 21 is capable of communicating with the terminal devices 10, for example, by wireless communication. The communication unit 21 receives vehicle dispatch request information transmitted from the plurality of terminal devices 10. The communication unit 21 transmits vehicle dispatch information, which will be described later, to the plurality of terminal devices 10.

The memory unit 22 has storage such as a hard disk drive or a solid state drive. Note that an external storage medium such as a removable disk may be used as the memory unit 22. The memory unit 22 stores the operating system of the vehicle dispatch server device 20, various programs and data for controlling the operation of the communication unit 13, etc.

The control unit 23 controls the operation of each unit of the communication unit 21 and the storage unit 22. The control unit 23 has a processing device such as a CPU and storage devices such as a RAM and a ROM. The control unit 23 executes a program that controls the operation of the terminal device 10 according to the present invention.

The control unit 23 has a reservation management unit 41, a determination unit 42, a processing unit 43, and a communication control unit 44.

The reservation management unit 41 searches for whether or not there is a taxi T that matches the planned boarding location, planned boarding time, and destination based on the acquired dispatch request information. When use purpose information is input instead of a destination in the above-mentioned target dispatch mode, the reservation management unit 41 can set a destination according to the use purpose information. For example, when the use purpose information is to participate in a specific event, the reservation management unit 41 can acquire information related to the location of the event and set the acquired location as the destination. In this case, the reservation management unit 41 can access another server, for example, via the network NW, and acquire information related to the location of the event from the accessed destination.

When a taxi T matching the dispatch request information is found, the reservation management unit 41 accepts the dispatch request information. When the reservation management unit 41 accepts a dispatch request, it generates dispatch information. The dispatch information generated by the reservation management unit 41 includes normal dispatch information to be transmitted to the terminal device 10 and instructed dispatch information to instruct the taxi T. The normal dispatch information is information indicating that a dispatch request based on the dispatch request information has been accepted. The instructed dispatch information is information instructing the taxi T to pick up the user, depart from the planned boarding location at the planned boarding time based on the dispatch request information, and arrive at the destination.

The determination unit 42 determines whether the planned boarding position satisfies a predetermined condition and the purpose of use information matches between the multiple terminal devices 10 for the dispatch request information from the multiple terminal devices 10 received by the communication unit 21. The determination unit 42 can determine whether the planned boarding position satisfies a predetermined condition, for example, based on the planned route of the vehicle to be dispatched. In this configuration, the determination unit 42 determines that the planned boarding position satisfies the predetermined condition when the distance from the planned boarding position to the driving route is equal to or less than a threshold. This threshold can be set to a value such that, for example, the time it takes for a user of the terminal device 10 at the planned boarding position to reach the destination of the driving route in the shortest distance is shorter than the time it takes for a taxi traveling on the driving route to reach the destination.

When determining whether the intended use information matches, the determination unit 42 determines the intended use information based on, for example, the input contents. For example, even for the same event, the input contents may differ, such as "XX concert" and "XX live performance." The determination unit 42 determines the target event for each terminal device 10 based on the input contents. Then, the determination unit 42 determines whether the intended use information (event contents, etc.) matches between multiple terminal devices 10 based on the determination result.

When the determination result of the determination unit 42 determines that the planned boarding location satisfies a predetermined condition and the usage purpose information matches among multiple terminal devices 10, the processing unit 43 identifies the terminal device (hereinafter referred to as the target terminal device) 10 related to the determination result. The processing unit 43 generates, as the ride-sharing information to be sent to the target terminal device 10, ride-sharing information (hereinafter referred to as carpooling ride-sharing information) that includes the content of the normal ride-sharing information described above as well as the possibility of ride-sharing. When the ride-sharing request information includes a user image showing the user of the terminal device 10, the processing unit 43 can generate ride-sharing ride-sharing information that includes the user image.

The communication control unit 44 controls the communication processing by the communication unit 21. When the communication control unit 44 receives dispatch request information transmitted from the terminal device 10 via the communication unit 21, it acquires the received dispatch request information. The communication control unit 44 causes the terminal device 10 to transmit dispatch information including normal dispatch information and ride-sharing dispatch information via the communication unit 21. Specifically, the communication control unit 44 causes the communication unit 21 to transmit normal dispatch information to terminal devices 10 other than the target terminal device 10. In addition, the communication control unit 44 causes the communication unit 21 to transmit ride-sharing dispatch information generated by the processing unit 43 to the target terminal device 10. In addition, the communication control unit 44 causes the communication unit 21 to transmit instruction dispatch information to the taxi T, instructing the taxi T to pick up the user at the scheduled boarding position at the scheduled boarding time based on the dispatch request information, and to arrive at the destination.

Next, the operation of the vehicle dispatch system 100 configured as described above will be described. A user accesses the vehicle dispatch server device 20 via the terminal device 10. When a target person accesses the vehicle dispatch server device 20 using the terminal device 10, the vehicle dispatch server device 20 transmits a predetermined application from the communication unit 21 to the terminal device 10.

Figures 2 to 9 are diagrams showing an example of the display content displayed on the display unit 12 of the terminal device 10. In the terminal device 10, under the control of the display control unit 31, for example as shown in Figure 2, a guide screen for selecting the type of vehicle dispatch service between a normal vehicle dispatch mode and a target vehicle dispatch mode is displayed on the display unit 12. For example, the target vehicle dispatch mode in Figure 2 is a vehicle dispatch service according to this embodiment in which the vehicle dispatch request information includes purpose of use information. The normal vehicle dispatch mode is a vehicle dispatch service in which the vehicle dispatch request information does not include purpose of use information. Note that it is also possible to provide only the vehicle dispatch service in the target vehicle dispatch mode without displaying the screen in Figure 2.

When the destination dispatch mode is selected on the guidance screen of FIG. 2, as shown in FIG. 3, a guidance screen for inputting an event is displayed on the display unit 12 under the control of the display control unit 31. In this case, the user can input the type of event via the input unit 11 of the terminal device 10. For example, the input may be by touching an area displayed on the display unit 12, by typing in a word indicating the event, by voice input, or by reading a one-dimensional or two-dimensional code on which information about the event is recorded. Note that the display control unit 31 may display a guidance screen for inputting a destination in addition to inputting an event.

When an event is selected on the guidance screen of FIG. 3, as shown in FIG. 4, a guidance screen for inputting the planned boarding location is displayed on the display unit 12 under the control of the display control unit 31. In this case, the user can input the type of the planned boarding location via the input unit 11 of the terminal device 10. For example, as with the input of an event, the input may be by touching an area displayed on the display unit 12, by typing in a word indicating the planned boarding location, by voice input, or by reading a one-dimensional code or two-dimensional code in which information on the planned boarding location is recorded. In addition, if a registered location is stored in the memory unit 14, the registered location may be input as the planned boarding location. Furthermore, the current location of the terminal device 10 may be selectable as the planned boarding location.

When the planned boarding location and purpose of use information are input, the setting processing unit 32 generates vehicle dispatch request information based on the input results. The communication control unit 33 causes the communication unit 13 to transmit the generated vehicle dispatch request information to the vehicle dispatch server device 20.

The dispatch server device 20 receives dispatch request information transmitted from the terminal device 10 via the communication unit 21. The communication control unit 44 acquires the dispatch request information received via the communication unit 21. The reservation management unit 41 sets the planned boarding position, planned boarding time, and destination for each terminal device 10 based on the acquired dispatch request information. If the dispatch request information includes use purpose information, the reservation management unit 41 determines the use purpose information based on the input contents and sets the determined use purpose information. If the dispatch request information includes use purpose information instead of the destination, the reservation management unit 41 sets the destination based on the use purpose information. The reservation management unit searches for whether or not there is a taxi T that matches the planned boarding position, planned boarding time, and destination, and if a suitable taxi T is found, it accepts the dispatch request information. When the reservation management unit 41 accepts a dispatch request, it generates normal dispatch information. The reservation management unit 41 generates instruction dispatch information for the corresponding taxi T.

The determination unit 42 determines whether the planned boarding location between the multiple terminal devices 10 satisfies a predetermined condition, such as a first condition or a second condition described below, and whether the intended use information matches, for the dispatch request information transmitted from the multiple terminal devices 10.

For example, when receiving dispatch request information from the terminal device 10 of user 1, if a taxi T in which user 2 of another terminal device 10, who boarded with the same purpose of use information, is riding satisfies a first condition that the planned boarding location of user 1 is included in the planned route, or satisfies a second condition that the planned boarding location of user 1 is located in the vicinity of the planned route, the determination unit 42 can determine that the planned boarding location of user 1 satisfies a predetermined condition and the purpose of use information matches between the terminal device 10 of user 2 and the terminal device 10 of user 1. In this case, the processing unit 43 identifies the terminal device 10 of user 1 and the terminal device 10 of user 2 as target terminal devices 10. The processing unit 43 generates ride-sharing dispatch information to be transmitted to the target terminal devices 10 of users 1 and 2.

The communication control unit 44 causes the communication unit 21 to transmit ride-sharing dispatch information to the target terminal device 10. As shown in FIG. 5, the display unit 12 of the target terminal device 10 of user 1 displays information 51 indicating that a ride-sharing is available in a taxi T that is being used by user 2 of another target terminal device 10. The display unit 12 also displays information 52 about user 2, such as registration information, purpose of use information, and identification information of taxi T. The display unit 12 also displays information 53 for prompting user 2 to input whether or not to request a ride-sharing.

As shown in FIG. 6, the display unit 12 of the target terminal device 10 of user 2 displays information 61 indicating that user 2 can share a ride with user 1 of another target terminal device 10. The display unit 12 also displays information 62 about user 1, such as registration information, purpose of use information, and planned boarding location. The display unit 12 also displays information 63 for prompting the user to input whether or not to accept a ride from user 1.

When a request for a ride-pooling is input from the target terminal device 10 of user 1 and an input for accepting a ride-pooling is input from the target terminal device 10 of user 2, the processing unit 43 determines that both user 1 and user 2 have agreed to the ride-pooling. In this case, the communication control unit 44 transmits information to the target terminal devices 10 of user 1 and user 2 and the taxi T in which user 2 is riding, indicating that they will ride-pool.

In the above description, the case where the user 2 of the target terminal device 10 is in a vehicle is taken as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when a vehicle dispatch request information is received from the terminal device 10 of the user 3, if there is a user 4 of another terminal device 10 that has received vehicle dispatch request information with the same intended use information, the user 4 is waiting at a planned boarding location such as a station, and the user 3 is in the vicinity of the user 4 (inside or near the station), the determination unit 42 can determine that the intended boarding location satisfies a predetermined condition and the intended use information matches between the terminal device 10 of the user 4 and the vehicle dispatch request information of the user 3. In this case, the processing unit 43 identifies the terminal device 10 of the user 3 and the terminal device 10 of the user 4 as the target terminal device 10. The processing unit 43 generates ride-sharing dispatch information to be transmitted to the target terminal device 10 of the user 3 and the user 4.

The communication control unit 44 causes the communication unit 21 to transmit ride-sharing dispatch information to the target terminal device 10. As shown in FIG. 7, the display unit 12 of the target terminal device 10 of user 3 displays information 71 indicating that a ride-sharing is available in taxi T for which a user 4 of another target terminal device 10 has made a reservation. The display unit 12 also displays information 72 relating to user 4, such as registration information, purpose of use information, planned boarding location, planned boarding time, and identification information of taxi T. The display unit 12 also displays information 73 for prompting user 4 to input whether or not to request a ride-sharing.

As shown in FIG. 8, the display unit 12 of the target terminal device 10 of user 4 displays information 81 indicating that user 4 can share a ride with user 3 of another target terminal device 10. The display unit 12 also displays information 82 about user 3, such as registration information and purpose of use information. The display unit 12 also displays information 83 for prompting the user to input whether or not to accept a ride from user 3.

When a request for a ride-pooling is input from the target terminal device 10 of user 3 and an input for accepting a ride-pooling is input from the target terminal device 10 of user 4, the processing unit 43 determines that both user 3 and user 4 have agreed to the ride-pooling. In this case, the communication control unit 44 transmits information regarding the ride-pooling to the target terminal devices 10 of user 3 and user 4 and to the taxi T that user 4 has reserved.

When the ride-sharing request information includes a user image, the processing unit 43 can generate ride-sharing information including the user image. For example, the processing unit 43 can generate ride-sharing information such that the ride-sharing information to be sent to the target terminal device 10 of the above-mentioned user 1 includes a user image of user 2, and the ride-sharing information to be sent to the target terminal device 10 of the user 2 includes a user image of user 1. Similarly, the processing unit 43 can generate ride-sharing information such that the ride-sharing information to be sent to the target terminal device 10 of the above-mentioned user 3 includes a user image of user 4, and the ride-sharing information to be sent to the target terminal device 10 of the user 4 includes a user image of user 3. As shown in FIG. 9, the target terminal device 10 can display a user image 91a on the display unit 12, for example, as one piece of information 91 about the user.

Figure 10 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the vehicle dispatch system 100 according to this embodiment. A user accesses the vehicle dispatch server device 20 via the terminal device 10. When a target person accesses the vehicle dispatch server device 20 using the terminal device 10, the vehicle dispatch server device 20 transmits a predetermined application from the communication unit 21 to the terminal device 10. Below, an example will be described in which a target vehicle dispatch mode is selected on the terminal device 10 side.

When the destination dispatch mode is selected, and various information such as the planned boarding location, the planned boarding time, the destination, and the purpose of use information such as an event is input to the terminal device 10, the setting processing unit 32 generates dispatch request information based on the input results (step S101). The communication control unit 33 causes the communication unit 13 to transmit the generated dispatch request information to the dispatch server device 20 (step S102).

The dispatch server device 20 receives the dispatch request information transmitted from the terminal device 10 at the communication unit 21 (step S103). The dispatch request information is acquired by the communication control unit 44. The reservation management unit 41 sets the planned boarding location, planned boarding time, destination, purpose of use information, etc. for each terminal device 10. The reservation management unit 41 searches for a taxi T that matches the planned boarding location, planned boarding time, and destination, and if a suitable taxi T is found, it accepts the dispatch request and generates normal dispatch information for the terminal device 10 and instruction dispatch information for the taxi T (step S104). Note that if a suitable taxi T is not found, the reservation management unit 41 generates information indicating that the dispatch request information cannot be accepted (not shown), and the communication control unit 44 can transmit this information to the terminal device 10.

In addition, when dispatch request information is received, the determination unit 42 determines whether the planned boarding location satisfies a predetermined condition and the purpose of use information matches between the multiple terminal devices 10 for the dispatch request information transmitted from the multiple terminal devices 10 (step S105).

11 is a flowchart showing an example of the process in step S105 in FIG. 10. As shown in FIG. 11, in step S105, when the determination unit 42 receives dispatch request information from a terminal device 10 of a user, for example, the determination unit 42 determines whether a taxi T in which a user of another terminal device 10 who boarded with the same purpose of use information is riding includes the planned boarding position of the user in the planned route or is located near the planned route (step S201). If it is determined that the planned boarding position of the user is included in the planned route or is located near the planned route (Yes in step S201), the determination unit 42 determines that the planned boarding positions satisfy a predetermined condition and the purpose of use information is consistent between the multiple terminal devices 10 (Yes in step S105).

On the other hand, if it is determined that the planned boarding location of the one user is not included in the planned route and that the planned boarding location of the one user is not located near the planned route (No in step S201), the determination unit 42 determines whether, for example, a user of another terminal device 10 that has received dispatch request information with the same intended use information exists, the other user is waiting at the intended boarding location such as a station, and the one user is in the vicinity of the other user (inside or near the station) (step S202). If it is determined that a user of another terminal device 10 exists, the other user is waiting at the intended boarding location such as a station, and the one user is in the vicinity of the other user (Yes in step S202), the determination unit 42 determines that the intended boarding locations satisfy the predetermined conditions and the intended use information matches between the multiple terminal devices 10 (Yes in step S105). Furthermore, if it is determined that there is no user of the other terminal device 10, that the other user is not waiting at the planned boarding location such as a station, or that one user is not in the vicinity of the other user (No in step S202), the determination unit 42 determines that the planned boarding location does not satisfy a predetermined condition or that the intended use information does not match (No in step S105).

As shown in FIG. 10, if it is determined in step S107 that the planned boarding location satisfies the predetermined condition and the intended use information is consistent among the multiple terminal devices 10 (Yes in step S105), the processing unit 43 generates ride-sharing dispatch information including the possibility of ride-sharing for the target terminal devices 10 whose planned boarding location satisfies the predetermined condition and whose intended use information is consistent (step S106). On the other hand, if it is determined that the planned boarding location does not satisfy the predetermined condition or the intended use information does not match (No in step S105), step S106 is skipped. The communication control unit 44 transmits each generated dispatch information to the terminal device 10 and the taxi T (step S107). If the ride-sharing dispatch information is generated in step S107, the ride-sharing dispatch information is transmitted to the corresponding target terminal device 10. If the ride-sharing dispatch information is not generated, normal dispatch information is transmitted to the terminal device 10. In addition, instruction dispatch information is transmitted to the taxi T.

The terminal device 10 (including the target terminal device 10) receives the dispatch information, either the normal dispatch information or the carpooling dispatch information, that has been transmitted (step S108). The display control unit 31 displays the received dispatch information on the display unit 12 (step S109). If the dispatch information is carpooling dispatch information, the display unit 12 displays a guide screen for inputting information regarding whether or not carpooling is possible. The setting processing unit 32 determines whether or not information regarding whether or not carpooling is possible has been input (step S110). If information regarding whether or not carpooling is possible has been input (Yes in step S110), the input information is transmitted to the dispatch server device 20 (step S111). The input in step S110 is not performed in the terminal device 10 to which the normal dispatch information has been transmitted. If the dispatch information does not include information regarding whether or not carpooling is possible (No in step S110), the setting processing unit 32 skips the following steps S111 and S114 and completes the process.

The vehicle dispatch server device 20 receives information regarding whether or not the ride-sharing is permitted (step S112). The processing unit 43 determines whether or not the ride-sharing is permitted, and transmits the determination result to the target terminal device 10 (step S113). After step S113, the vehicle dispatch server device 20 repeats the processing from step S103 onwards (return). The target terminal device 10 receives the determination result and displays it on the display unit 12 (step S114), completing the processing.

As described above, the vehicle dispatch server device 20 according to this embodiment includes a communication unit 21 that receives vehicle dispatch request information including a planned boarding location and purpose of use information from a plurality of terminal devices 10 and transmits vehicle dispatch information to the terminal device 10 that transmitted the vehicle dispatch request information, and a control unit 23 that determines whether the planned boarding location satisfies a predetermined condition and the purpose of use information matches among the plurality of terminal devices 10 based on the received vehicle dispatch request information, and causes the communication unit 21 to transmit vehicle dispatch information including information that ridesharing is possible to a terminal device 10 that is determined to have a planned boarding location that satisfies the predetermined condition and has the purpose of use information that matches.

The vehicle dispatch system 100 according to this embodiment is a vehicle dispatch system consisting of a plurality of terminal devices 10 and a vehicle dispatch server device 20. The terminal device 10 includes a setting processing unit 32 that sets vehicle dispatch request information including a planned boarding location and information on intended use, and a communication unit 13 that transmits the vehicle dispatch request information set by the setting processing unit 32 to the vehicle dispatch server device 20 and receives vehicle dispatch information from the vehicle dispatch server device 20. The vehicle dispatch server device 20 includes a communication unit 21 that receives vehicle dispatch request information from the plurality of terminal devices 10 and transmits vehicle dispatch information to the terminal device 10 that transmitted the vehicle dispatch request information, and a control unit 23 that determines whether the planned boarding location satisfies a predetermined condition and the intended use information matches among the plurality of terminal devices 10 based on the received vehicle dispatch request information, and causes the communication unit 21 to transmit vehicle dispatch information including information on whether ride-sharing is possible to the terminal device 10 that is determined to have a planned boarding location that satisfies a predetermined condition and has the intended use information match.

According to this embodiment, not only is it possible for a user's planned boarding location to meet a predetermined condition, but it is also possible for users to share a ride if their intended use information matches, meaning that users with the same intended use information will share a ride. This can promote communication between passengers.

In the vehicle dispatch server device 20 according to this embodiment, the purpose of use information includes participation in a specific event, and the control unit 23 acquires information about the location of the event based on the vehicle dispatch request information, and sets the acquired location as the destination. This configuration eliminates the need to input the destination, reducing the input burden on the user.

In the vehicle dispatch server device 20 according to this embodiment, the vehicle dispatch request information includes a user image indicating the user of the terminal device 10, and when the control unit 23 transmits vehicle dispatch information including information indicating that a ride-sharing is possible, the control unit 23 transmits the vehicle dispatch information including the user image. With this configuration, the user image of the person requesting or accepting a ride-sharing can be confirmed, providing a sense of security between users.

In the vehicle dispatch server device 20 according to this embodiment, when vehicle dispatch request information is received from one of the multiple terminal devices 10, the control unit 23 determines that the planned boarding position between the one terminal device 10 and the other terminal device 10 satisfies a predetermined condition when a first condition is met in which a vehicle to be dispatched by a user of the other terminal device 10 of the multiple terminal devices 10 includes a planned boarding position or its vicinity in the one terminal device 10 in its planned route, or when a user of the other terminal device 10 who is not in the vehicle to be dispatched is present in the vicinity of the user of the one terminal device 10. With this configuration, it is possible to determine whether or not carpooling is possible for both the user of the terminal device 10 who is in a moving vehicle and the user of the terminal device 10 who has not yet boarded the reserved vehicle.

The technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and appropriate modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, in the above embodiment, the use purpose information included in the dispatch request information is described as participating in an event, but it is not limited to this, and other use purpose information may be set, such as shopping at a shopping center such as a department store, going to see a movie at a movie theater, etc. In addition, the use purpose information may be information that is not directly related to the action at the destination, such as enjoying small talk on the way from the station to the shopping center, etc.

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a communication unit that receives vehicle dispatch request information including a planned boarding location and information on a purpose of use from a plurality of terminal devices, and transmits the vehicle dispatch information to the terminal device that has transmitted the vehicle dispatch request information;
a control unit that determines whether the planned boarding location satisfies a predetermined condition and the purpose of use information matches among the plurality of terminal devices based on the received vehicle allocation request information, and causes the communication unit to transmit the vehicle allocation information, including information that sharing is possible, to the terminal device for which it has been determined that the planned boarding location satisfies a predetermined condition and the purpose of use information matches ;
The control unit is
When receiving the vehicle dispatch request information from a first terminal device which is one of the plurality of terminal devices, if a vehicle to be dispatched by a user of a second terminal device among the plurality of terminal devices, which has the same intended use information as the first terminal device, includes a planned boarding position of the user of the first terminal device or a vicinity of the planned boarding position in a planned route, it is determined that the planned boarding position satisfies a predetermined condition and the intended use information matches between the first terminal device and the second terminal device,
In a case where the dispatch target vehicle does not include the planned boarding location of the user of the first terminal device or the vicinity of the planned boarding location in the planned route, if the user of the first terminal device is in the vicinity of a user of a third terminal device among the multiple terminal devices that has received the dispatch request information with the same purpose of use information as the first terminal device, it is determined that the planned boarding location satisfies a predetermined condition and the purpose of use information matches between the first terminal device and the third terminal device.
Vehicle dispatch server device. The purpose of use information includes participating in a specified event,
The vehicle dispatch server device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit acquires information regarding a location of the event based on the vehicle dispatch request information, and sets the acquired location as a destination. the dispatch request information includes a user image indicating a user of the terminal device,
The vehicle dispatch server device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the control unit, when transmitting the vehicle dispatch information including information that ride-sharing is possible, transmits the vehicle dispatch information including the user image. A vehicle dispatch system including a plurality of terminal devices and a vehicle dispatch server device,
The terminal device
A setting processing unit that sets dispatch request information including a planned boarding location and information on a purpose of use;
a terminal-side communication unit that transmits the vehicle dispatch request information set by the setting processing unit to the vehicle dispatch server device and receives vehicle dispatch information from the vehicle dispatch server device;
The vehicle dispatch server device is
a server-side communication unit that receives the vehicle dispatch request information from a plurality of the terminal devices and transmits the vehicle dispatch information to the terminal device that has transmitted the vehicle dispatch request information;
a control unit that determines whether the planned boarding location satisfies a predetermined condition and the purpose of use information matches among the plurality of terminal devices based on the received vehicle allocation request information, and causes the server-side communication unit to transmit the vehicle allocation information, including information that sharing is possible, to the terminal device for which it has been determined that the planned boarding location satisfies a predetermined condition and the purpose of use information matches ;
The control unit is
When receiving the vehicle dispatch request information from a first terminal device which is one of the plurality of terminal devices, if a vehicle to be dispatched by a user of a second terminal device among the plurality of terminal devices, which has the same intended use information as the first terminal device, includes a planned boarding position of the user of the first terminal device or a vicinity of the planned boarding position in a planned route, it is determined that the planned boarding position satisfies a predetermined condition and the intended use information matches between the first terminal device and the second terminal device,
In a case where the dispatch target vehicle does not include the planned boarding location of the user of the first terminal device or the vicinity of the planned boarding location in the planned route, if the user of the first terminal device is in the vicinity of a user of a third terminal device among the multiple terminal devices that has received the dispatch request information with the same purpose of use information as the first terminal device, it is determined that the planned boarding location satisfies a predetermined condition and the purpose of use information matches between the first terminal device and the third terminal device.
Delivery system.

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