ON-DEMAND VEHICLE OPERATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, ON-DEMAND VEHICLE OPERATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND ON-DEMAND VEHICLE OPERATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An 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 is configured to:
- acquire pieces of information serving as the requests received from the plurality of users and each comprising at least a desired boarding location at which to get on the on-demand vehicle, a desired boarding time slot within which to get on the on-demand vehicle at the desired boarding location, a desired drop-off location at which to get off the on-demand vehicle, and a desired drop-off time slot within which to get off the on-demand vehicle at the desired drop-off location; and
determine the operation schedule for operating the on-demand vehicle, in consideration of a combination of the desired boarding time slots and the desired drop-off time slots within the respective pieces of information acquired from the plurality of users, so that the plurality of users each get on the on-demand vehicle at the desired boarding location within the desired boarding time slot and get off the on-demand vehicle at the desired drop-off location within the desired drop-off time slot.
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Abstract
A plurality of users of an on-demand bus each use an information terminal device to transmit, as a request, to an operation management center, reservation information including a desired boarding location at which to get on the bus, a desired boarding time, a boarding allowable additional time period for designating a desired boarding time slot, a desired drop-off location at which to get off the bus, a desired drop-off time, and a drop-off allowable additional time period for designating a desired drop-off time slot. The center determines an operation schedule for operating the bus, in consideration of a combination of the desired boarding time slots and the desired drop-off time slots within respective pieces of information, so that the plurality of users each get on the bus at the desired boarding location within the desired boarding time slot and get off the bus at the desired drop-off location within the desired drop-off time slot
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1. An 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 is configured to: -
acquire pieces of information serving as the requests received from the plurality of users and each comprising at least a desired boarding location at which to get on the on-demand vehicle, a desired boarding time slot within which to get on the on-demand vehicle at the desired boarding location, a desired drop-off location at which to get off the on-demand vehicle, and a desired drop-off time slot within which to get off the on-demand vehicle at the desired drop-off location; and determine the operation schedule for operating the on-demand vehicle, in consideration of a combination of the desired boarding time slots and the desired drop-off time slots within the respective pieces of information acquired from the plurality of users, so that the plurality of users each get on the on-demand vehicle at the desired boarding location within the desired boarding time slot and get off the on-demand vehicle at the desired drop-off location within the desired drop-off time slot. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An 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:
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acquiring pieces of information serving as the requests received from the plurality of users and each comprising at least a desired boarding location at which to get on the on-demand vehicle, a desired boarding time slot within which to get on the on-demand vehicle at the desired boarding location, a desired drop-off location at which to get off the on-demand vehicle, and a desired drop-off time slot within which to get off the on-demand vehicle at the desired drop-off location; determining the operation schedule for operating the on-demand vehicle, in consideration of a combination of the desired boarding time slots and the desired drop-off time slots within the respective pieces of information acquired from the plurality of users, so that the plurality of users each get on the on-demand vehicle at the desired boarding location within the desired boarding time slot and get off the on-demand vehicle at the desired drop-off location within the desired drop-off time slot; and 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. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. An on-demand vehicle operation management system, comprising:
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an on-demand vehicle to be ridden by a plurality of users; an operation management center for creating an operation schedule of the on-demand vehicle based on requests received from the plurality of users, and managing an operation of the on-demand vehicle in accordance with the created operation schedule; and an information terminal device for supplying the request to the operation management center by being operated by each of the plurality of users, wherein the operation management center is configured to; acquire pieces of information serving as the requests supplied by the information terminal devices from the plurality of users and each comprising at least a desired boarding location at which the each of the plurality of users is to get on the on-demand vehicle, a desired boarding time slot within which the each of the plurality of users is to get on the on-demand vehicle at the desired boarding location, a desired drop-off location at which the each of the plurality of users is to get off the on-demand vehicle, and a desired drop-off time slot within which the each of the plurality of users is to get off the on-demand vehicle at the desired drop-off location; determine the operation schedule for operating the on-demand vehicle, in consideration of a combination of the desired boarding time slots and the desired drop-off time slots within the respective pieces of information acquired from the plurality of users, so that the plurality of users each get on the on-demand vehicle at the desired boarding location within the desired boarding time slot and get off the on-demand vehicle at the desired drop-off location within the desired drop-off time slot; and 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. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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