Method and system for rebalancing a facility for shared use of vehicles, and facility implementing such a method and/or system
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1. A method for rebalancing stations for collecting/returning vehicles made available for shared use, said method comprising a server with modules and database for executing the following steps:
- for each station, detecting each vehicle departure from and arrival at said station and storing the data relating to said station in association with an item of time data;
for each station, determining;
a number of vehicles available at said station,a waiting time of each vehicle at said station, anddetermining and storing an average waiting time for each station as a function of the data stored in association with a given time slot;
filtering the stations as a function of the number of vehicles available at the station and the average waiting time, said filtering providing;
a first list, said departure station list, anda second list, said arrival station list,designing at least one vehicle movement operation between a station on the first list and a station on the second list;
said movement operation including a step of selecting an operator to carry out a vehicle movement, said selection comprising the following steps;
determining the geographical position of each available operator;
as a function of said geographical position, determining the operator closest to the departure station involved in said movement;
sending a message to said closest operator to inform him of the task to be carried out;
updating the status of the operator to unavailable;
andcarrying out at least one vehicle movement operation by moving vehicles.
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A method is provided for rebalancing vehicle collection/return stations, the method including the following steps:
- for each station, determining:
- a number of vehicles available at the station;
- an average waiting time at the station, and
- filtering the stations as a function of the parameters, the filtering providing:
- a first list, the departure station list, and
- a second list, the arrival station list,
- designing at least one vehicle movement operation as a function of the lists, and carrying out at least one vehicle movement operation.
- for each station, determining:
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1. A method for rebalancing stations for collecting/returning vehicles made available for shared use, said method comprising a server with modules and database for executing the following steps:
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for each station, detecting each vehicle departure from and arrival at said station and storing the data relating to said station in association with an item of time data; for each station, determining; a number of vehicles available at said station, a waiting time of each vehicle at said station, and determining and storing an average waiting time for each station as a function of the data stored in association with a given time slot; filtering the stations as a function of the number of vehicles available at the station and the average waiting time, said filtering providing; a first list, said departure station list, and a second list, said arrival station list, designing at least one vehicle movement operation between a station on the first list and a station on the second list;
said movement operation including a step of selecting an operator to carry out a vehicle movement, said selection comprising the following steps;determining the geographical position of each available operator; as a function of said geographical position, determining the operator closest to the departure station involved in said movement; sending a message to said closest operator to inform him of the task to be carried out; updating the status of the operator to unavailable; and carrying out at least one vehicle movement operation by moving vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19)
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18. A system for rebalancing stations for collecting/returning vehicles made available for shared use, said system comprising:
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means for detecting each departure and each arrival of a vehicle at the station; means for determining, for each station, the following parameters; a number of vehicles available, a waiting time of each vehicle at the station, means for storing data relating to the waiting time in association with an item of time data; means for determining an average waiting time as a function of the data stored in association with a given time slot; means for storing the average waiting time determined; means for filtering the stations to be balanced as a function of said parameters, said filtering providing; a first list, said departure station list, and a second list, said arrival station list, and means for designing at least one vehicle movement operation between a station on the first list and a station on the second list;
said movement operation including a step of selecting an operator to carry out a vehicle movement, said selection comprising the following steps;determining the geographical position of each available operator; as a function of said geographical position, determining the operator closest to the departure station involved in said movement; sending a message to said closest operator to inform him of the task to be carried out; updating the status of the operator to unavailable; and means for carrying out said at least one vehicle movement operation by moving vehicles.
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