ON-DEMAND VEHICLE SERVICE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, ON-DEMAND VEHICLE SERVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND ON-DEMAND VEHICLE SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20150142497A1
• Filed: 07/02/2012
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Endo, Masato, Morii, Tatsuya, Osumi, Ryota, Kawamoto, Masayuki
• Application Number:
  US14/412,284
• Publication Number:
  US 20150142497A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.23
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/047 Optimisation of routes or paths, e.g. travelling salesman problem
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06313 Resource planning in a project environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06314 Calendaring for a resource
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06315 Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/083 Shipping
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/127 to a central station ; Indicators in a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/202 Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching

Abstract

An operation management center uses desired provision content and desired provision time of a commodity or service to determine a first operation schedule in which a user is moved to a location at which the commodity or the service is to be provided or a second operation schedule in which the commodity or the service is moved to a location at which the provision of the commodity or the service is to be received by the user. The center determines the first operation schedule or the second operation schedule so as to satisfy the desired provision time desired by the user.

Claims

1. A on-demand vehicle operation management device, comprising:

operation management means for creating an operation schedule of an on-demand vehicle based on requests received from a plurality of users and managing an operation of the on-demand vehicle in accordance with the created operation schedule,

wherein the operation management means

acquires reservation information comprising, among the requests received from the plurality of users, at least a desired provision content of a commodity or a service whose provision using the on-demand vehicle is desired and a desired provision time at which the provision of the commodity or the service is desired;

determines, by using the desired provision content and the desired provision time that are comprised in the acquired reservation information, a first operation schedule in which the user who desires the provision of the commodity or the service is moved to a location at which the commodity or the service is to be provided or a second operation schedule in which the commodity or the service is moved to a location at which the provision of the commodity or the service is to be received by the user;

acquires pieces of information serving as the requests received from the plurality of users, each request comprising at least a desired boarding location for boarding the on-demand vehicle, a desired drop-off location for deboarding the on-demand vehicle, and any one of a desired boarding time for boarding the on-demand vehicle at the desired boarding location and a desired drop-off time for deboarding the on-demand vehicle at the desired drop-off location; and

temporarily determines, by using the acquired pieces of information, the operation schedule of the on-demand vehicle satisfying the request made by the plurality of users, determines the first operation schedule or the second operation schedule based on the temporarily determined operation schedule, and finally determines the operation schedule of the on-demand vehicle comprising the determined first operation schedule or second operation schedule and satisfying the request made by the plurality of users.

3. An on-demand vehicle operation management device according to claim 1, wherein the operation management means

determines, by using the desired provision content comprised in the acquired information, whether or not the commodity or the service desired by the user is movable;

determines the first operation schedule or the second operation schedule when the commodity or the service is movable; and

determines the first operation schedule when the commodity or the service is not movable.

4. An on-demand vehicle operation management device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the location at which the commodity or the service is to be provided and the location at which the provision of the commodity or the service is to be received is designated by the user.

6. An on-demand vehicle operation management device according to claim 1, wherein the operation management means provides the plurality of users with operation schedule information indicating the determined operation schedule, and provides the plurality of users with operation situation information indicating an operation situation of the on-demand vehicle operating in accordance with the determined operation schedule.

2. (canceled)

5. (canceled)

7. A on-demand vehicle operation management method for creating an operation schedule of an on-demand vehicle based on requests received from a plurality of users and managing an operation of the on-demand vehicle in accordance with the created operation schedule, the on-demand vehicle operation management method comprising:

acquiring information comprising, among the requests received from the plurality of users, at least a desired provision content of a commodity or a service whose provision using the on-demand vehicle is desired and a desired provision time at which the provision of the commodity or the service is desired;

determining, by using the desired provision content and the desired provision time that are comprised in the acquired information, a first operation schedule in which the user who desires the provision of the commodity or the service is moved to a location at which the commodity or the service is to be provided or a second operation schedule in which the commodity or the service is moved to a location at which the provision of the commodity or the service is to be received by the user;

providing the plurality of users with operation schedule information indicating the determined operation schedule, and providing the plurality of users with operation situation information indicating an operation situation of the on-demand vehicle operating in accordance with the determined operation schedule;

acquires pieces of information serving as the requests received from the plurality of users, each request comprising at least a desired boarding location for boarding the on-demand vehicle, a desired drop-off location for deboarding the on-demand vehicle, and any one of a desired boarding time for boarding the on-demand vehicle at the desired boarding location and a desired drop-off time for deboarding the on-demand vehicle at the desired drop-off location; and

temporarily determining, by using the acquired pieces of information, the operation schedule of the on-demand vehicle satisfying the requests made by the plurality of users, determining the first operation schedule or the second operation schedule based on the temporarily determined operation schedule, and finally determining the operation schedule of the on-demand vehicle comprising the determined first operation schedule or second operation schedule and satisfying the request made by the plurality of users.

8. (canceled)

9. An on-demand vehicle operation management system, comprising:

an on-demand vehicle to be ridden by a plurality of users;

operation management center circuitry configured to create an operation schedule of the on-demand vehicle based on requests received from the plurality of users, and to manage an operation of the on-demand vehicle in accordance with the created operation schedule; and

an information terminal device configured to supply the request to the operation management center by being operated by the user,

wherein the operation management center is configured to;

acquire information comprising, among the requests supplied by the information terminal devices from the plurality of users, at least a desired provision content of a commodity or a service whose provision using the on-demand vehicle is desired and a desired provision time at which the provision of the commodity or the service is desired;

determine, by using the desired provision content and the desired provision time that are comprised in the acquired information, a first operation schedule in which the user who desires the provision of the commodity or the service is moved to a location at which the commodity or the service is to be provided or a second operation schedule in which the commodity or the service is moved to a location at which the provision of the commodity or the service is to be received by the user;

provide the plurality of users with operation schedule information indicating the determined operation schedule via the information terminal devices, and provide the plurality of users with operation situation information indicating an operation situation of the on-demand vehicle operating in accordance with the determined operation schedule via the information terminal devices;

acquire pieces of information serving as the requests supplied by the information terminal devices from the plurality of users, each request comprising at least a desired boarding location for boarding the on-demand vehicle, a desired drop-off location for deboarding the on-demand vehicle, and any one of a desired boarding time for boarding the on-demand vehicle at the desired boarding location and a desired drop-off time to deboard the on-demand vehicle at the desired drop-off location; and

temporarily determine, by using the acquired pieces of information, the operation schedule of the on-demand vehicle satisfying the requests made by the plurality of users, determine the first operation schedule or the second operation schedule based on the temporarily determined operation schedule, and finally determine the operation schedule of the on-demand vehicle comprising the determined first operation schedule or second operation schedule and satisfying the requests made by the plurality of users.

10. (canceled)