Vehicle allocation processing apparatus, system, method, and program, and recording medium recording the program
First Claim
1. A vehicle allocation processing apparatus which executes a vehicle allocation processing of allocating vehicles to customers in accordance with requests from the customers, comprising:
- a driving status information acquiring section which acquires driving status information concerning driving states of the vehicles, from vehicle communication terminals mounted on the vehicles and capable of transmitting/receiving information;
a vehicle information storage which stores the driving status information acquired by the driving status information acquiring section, with the driving status information linked to vehicle information concerning the vehicles;
a vehicle allocation request information acquiring section which acquires vehicle allocation request information concerning a vehicle requested by a customer and including customer delivery position information concerning a delivery position to which the customer requests delivery, and customer destination information concerning a destination at which the customer aims;
an allocable vehicle searching section which searches for allocable vehicles, based on the vehicle allocation request information acquired by the vehicle allocation request information acquiring section, and the vehicle information and driving status information stored in the vehicle information storage; and
a vehicle allocation processor which transmits, as information suggesting allocation, the vehicle allocation request information acquired by the vehicle allocation request information acquiring section to the vehicle communication terminals mounted on the allocable vehicles, based on the vehicle information stored in the vehicle information storage and corresponding to the allocable vehicles.
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Abstract
A vehicle allocation processing apparatus with a rationalized vehicle allocation processing is provided. A server communication section (53) acquires driving status information concerning driving states of vehicles from vehicle communication terminals mounted on the vehicles. A vehicle information storage (552) stores the acquired driving status information and vehicle information concerning the vehicles, linked to each other. The server communication section (53) acquires customer delivery position information concerning a delivery position requested by a customer, and vehicle allocation request information concerning a vehicle requested by the customer and including customer destination information concerning a destination of the customer. An allocable vehicle searching section (543) searches for allocable vehicles, based on the acquired vehicle allocation request information and the stored vehicle information and driving status information. A vehicle allocation processor (545) transmits the acquired vehicle allocation request information to vehicle communication terminals (4) of the allocable vehicles, to suggest allocation to the allocable vehicles.
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1. A vehicle allocation processing apparatus which executes a vehicle allocation processing of allocating vehicles to customers in accordance with requests from the customers, comprising:
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a driving status information acquiring section which acquires driving status information concerning driving states of the vehicles, from vehicle communication terminals mounted on the vehicles and capable of transmitting/receiving information;
a vehicle information storage which stores the driving status information acquired by the driving status information acquiring section, with the driving status information linked to vehicle information concerning the vehicles;
a vehicle allocation request information acquiring section which acquires vehicle allocation request information concerning a vehicle requested by a customer and including customer delivery position information concerning a delivery position to which the customer requests delivery, and customer destination information concerning a destination at which the customer aims;
an allocable vehicle searching section which searches for allocable vehicles, based on the vehicle allocation request information acquired by the vehicle allocation request information acquiring section, and the vehicle information and driving status information stored in the vehicle information storage; and
a vehicle allocation processor which transmits, as information suggesting allocation, the vehicle allocation request information acquired by the vehicle allocation request information acquiring section to the vehicle communication terminals mounted on the allocable vehicles, based on the vehicle information stored in the vehicle information storage and corresponding to the allocable vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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3. A vehicle allocation processing apparatus which executes a vehicle allocation processing of allocating vehicles to customers in accordance with requests from the customers, comprising:
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a driving status information acquiring section which acquires driving status information concerning driving states of the vehicles, from vehicle communication terminals mounted on the vehicles and capable of transmitting/receiving information;
a vehicle information storage which stores the driving status information acquired by the driving status information acquiring section, with the driving status information linked to vehicle information concerning the vehicles;
a setting input recognizer which recognizes input manipulations made by the customers;
a vehicle allocation request information acquiring section which acquires vehicle allocation request information concerning a vehicle requested by a customer and including customer delivery position information concerning a delivery position to which the customer requests delivery, by recognizing an input manipulation made by the customer, via the setting input recognizer;
an allocable vehicle searching section which searches for allocable vehicles, based on the vehicle allocation request information acquired by the vehicle allocation request information acquiring section, and the vehicle information and driving status information stored in the vehicle information storage; and
a vehicle allocation processor which processes at least one of delivery time information concerning delivery time required for delivering each of the allocable vehicles and calculated on the basis of the driving status information stored in the vehicle information storage and corresponding to the allocable vehicles and the customer delivery position information included in the vehicle allocation request information acquired by the vehicle allocation request information acquiring section, and the vehicle information stored in the vehicle information storage and corresponding to each of the allocable vehicles, to make at least one of the delivery time information and the vehicle information reportable to the customer, to suggest the customer to select a particular vehicle, recognizes the selection of the particular vehicle by recognizing an input manipulation made by the customer, via the setting input recognizer, and transmits, as information suggesting allocation, the vehicle allocation request information acquired by the vehicle allocation request information acquiring section, to the vehicle communication terminal mounted on the particular vehicle, based on the vehicle information corresponding to the particular vehicle.
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7. A vehicle allocation processing apparatus which executes a vehicle allocation processing of allocating vehicles to customers in accordance with requests from the customers, comprising:
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a driving status information acquiring section which acquires driving status information concerning driving states of the vehicles, from vehicle communication terminals mounted on the vehicles and capable of transmitting/receiving information;
a vehicle information storage which stores the driving status information acquired by the driving status information acquiring section, with the driving status information linked to vehicle information concerning the vehicle;
a vehicle allocation request information acquiring section which acquires vehicle allocation request information concerning a vehicle requested by a customer and including customer delivery position information concerning a delivery position to which the customer requests delivery;
a vehicle allocation processor which transmits, as information suggesting allocation, the vehicle allocation request information acquired by the vehicle allocation request information acquiring section to the vehicle communication terminals mounted on allocable vehicles, based on the vehicle information stored in the vehicle information storage;
a discount information calculation section which calculates discount information concerning a discount rate to a charge for use of each of the allocable vehicles, based on at least one of the vehicle information and the driving status information stored in the vehicle information storage, and also based on the vehicle allocation request information acquired by the vehicle allocation request information acquiring section; and
a storage which stores the discount information calculated by the discount information calculation section, with the discount information kept transmittable to the vehicle communication terminals mounted on the allocable vehicles or to a payment processor which executes a payment processing for charges for the vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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22. A vehicle allocation processing method for executing a vehicle allocation processing of allocating vehicles to customers in accordance with requests from the customers, comprising steps of:
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acquiring driving status information concerning driving states of the vehicles, from vehicle communication terminals mounted on the vehicles and capable of transmitting/receiving information;
storing the acquired driving status information linked to vehicle information concerning the vehicles;
acquiring vehicle allocation request information concerning the vehicle requested by the customer and including customer delivery position information concerning a delivery position to which the customer requests delivery, and customer destination information concerning a destination at which the customer aims;
searching for allocable vehicles, based on the acquired vehicle allocation request information and the stored vehicle information and driving status information; and
transmitting, as information suggesting allocation, the acquired vehicle allocation request information to the vehicle communication terminals mounted on the allocable vehicles, based on the stored vehicle information corresponding to the allocable vehicles.
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23. A vehicle allocation processing method for executing a vehicle allocation processing of allocating vehicles to customers in accordance with requests from the customers, comprising steps of:
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acquiring driving status information concerning driving states of the vehicles, from vehicle communication terminals mounted on the vehicles and capable of transmitting/receiving information;
storing the acquired driving status information linked to vehicle information concerning the vehicles;
recognizing an input manipulation made by the customer, to acquire vehicle allocation request information concerning the vehicle requested by the customer and including customer delivery position information concerning a delivery position to which the customer requests delivery;
searching for allocable vehicles, based on the acquired vehicle allocation request information, and the stored vehicle information and driving status information; and
processing at least one of delivery time information concerning delivery time required for delivering each of the allocable vehicles and calculated on the basis of the stored driving status information corresponding to each of the allocable vehicles and the customer delivery position information included in the acquired vehicle allocation request information, and the stored vehicle information corresponding to each of the allocable vehicles, to make at least one of the delivery time information and the vehicle information reportable to the customer, to suggest the customer to select a particular vehicle, then recognizing the selection of the particular vehicle by recognizing an input manipulation made by the customer, and transmitting, as information suggesting allocation, the acquired vehicle allocation request information, to the vehicle communication terminal mounted on the particular vehicle, based on the vehicle information corresponding to the particular vehicle.
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24. A vehicle allocation processing method for executing a vehicle allocation processing of allocating vehicles to customers in accordance with requests from the customers, comprising steps of:
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acquiring driving status information concerning driving states of the vehicles, from vehicle communication terminals mounted on the vehicles and capable of transmitting/receiving information;
storing the acquired driving status information linked to vehicle information concerning the vehicles;
acquiring vehicle allocation request information concerning the vehicle requested by the customer and including customer delivery position information concerning a delivery position to which the customer requests delivery;
transmitting, as information suggesting allocation, the acquired vehicle allocation request information to the vehicle communication terminals mounted on allocable vehicles, based on the stored vehicle information;
calculating discount information concerning a discount rate to a charge for use of each of the allocable vehicles, based on at least one of the stored vehicle information and the driving status information, and the acquired vehicle allocation request information; and
storing the calculated discount information linked to the vehicle allocation request information used for calculating the discount information and kept transmittable to the vehicle communication terminals mounted on the allocable vehicles or to a payment processor which executes a payment processing for settling charges for the vehicles.
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25. A vehicle allocation processing program to make a computer execute a vehicle allocation processing method for executing a vehicle allocation processing of allocating vehicles to customers in accordance with requests from the customers, comprising steps of:
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acquiring driving status information concerning driving states of the vehicles, from vehicle communication terminals mounted on the vehicles and capable of transmitting/receiving information;
storing the acquired driving status information linked to vehicle information concerning the vehicles;
acquiring vehicle allocation request information concerning the vehicle requested by the customer and including customer delivery position information concerning a delivery position to which the customer requests delivery, and customer destination information concerning a destination at which the customer aims;
searching for allocable vehicles, based on the acquired vehicle allocation request information and the stored vehicle information and driving status information; and
transmitting, as information suggesting allocation, the acquired vehicle allocation request information to the vehicle communication terminals mounted on the allocable vehicles, based on the stored vehicle information corresponding to the allocable vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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26. A vehicle allocation processing program to make a computer execute a vehicle allocation processing method for executing a vehicle allocation processing of allocating vehicles to customers in accordance with requests from the customers, comprising steps of:
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acquiring driving status information concerning driving states of the vehicles, from vehicle communication terminals mounted on the vehicles and capable of transmitting/receiving information;
storing the acquired driving status information linked to vehicle information concerning the vehicles;
recognizing an input manipulation made by the customer, to acquire vehicle allocation request information concerning the vehicle requested by the customer and including customer delivery position information concerning a delivery position to which the customer requests delivery;
searching for allocable vehicles, based on the acquired vehicle allocation request information, and the stored vehicle information and driving status information; and
processing at least one of delivery time information concerning delivery time required for delivering each of the allocable vehicles and calculated on the basis of the stored driving status information corresponding to each of the allocable vehicles and the customer delivery position information included in the acquired vehicle allocation request information, and the stored vehicle information corresponding to each of the allocable vehicles, to make at least one of the delivery time information and the vehicle information reportable to the customer, to suggest the customer to select a particular vehicle, then recognizing the selection of the particular vehicle by recognizing an input manipulation made by the customer, and transmitting, as information suggesting allocation, the acquired vehicle allocation request information, to the vehicle communication terminal mounted on the particular vehicle, based on the vehicle information corresponding to the particular vehicle.
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27. A vehicle allocation processing program to make a computer execute a vehicle allocation processing method for executing a vehicle allocation processing of allocating vehicles to customers in accordance with requests from the customers, comprising steps of:
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acquiring driving status information concerning driving states of the vehicles, from vehicle communication terminals mounted on the vehicles and capable of transmitting/receiving information;
storing the acquired driving status information linked to vehicle information concerning the vehicles;
acquiring vehicle allocation request information concerning the vehicle requested by the customer and including customer delivery position information concerning a delivery position to which the customer requests delivery;
transmitting, as information suggesting allocation, the acquired vehicle allocation request information to the vehicle communication terminals mounted on allocable vehicles, based on the stored vehicle information;
calculating discount information concerning a discount rate to a charge for use of each of the allocable vehicles, based on at least one of the stored vehicle information and the driving status information, and the acquired vehicle allocation request information; and
storing the calculated discount information linked to the vehicle allocation request information used for calculating the discount information and kept transmittable to the vehicle communication terminals mounted on the allocable vehicles or to a payment processor which executes a payment processing for settling charges for the vehicles.
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