VEHICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND VEHICLE MANAGEMENT METHOD
First Claim
1. A vehicle management system for managing vehicles used by users, comprising:
- a usage managing unit configured to;
accept a user'"'"'s request to use one of the vehicles; and
manage the vehicles and parking spaces in which the vehicles are parked;
an acquisition unit configured to acquire energy information from the vehicles, the energy information indicating a remaining amount of energy used for traveling of the vehicle;
a determination unit configured to;
compare the remaining amount acquired by the acquisition unit with a remaining amount threshold that represents a shortage of energy;
determine that the vehicle needs supply of energy when the remaining amount is lower than the remaining amount threshold; and
specify a recovery vehicle that has been determined as needing supply of energy; and
a command outputting unit configured to output a recovery command for recovering the recovery vehicle from the parking space,wherein the acquisition unit is configured to acquire positional information of the parking space, andwherein the command outputting unit is configured to output the recovery command such that the recovery command includes the positional information for the recovery vehicle.
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Abstract
A vehicle management system for managing vehicles used by users has a usage managing unit configured to accept a user'"'"'s request for using to use one of the vehicles, and manage the vehicles and parking spaces in which the vehicles are parked, an acquisition unit configured to acquire energy information from the vehicles, the energy information indicating a remaining amount of energy used for traveling of the vehicle, a determination unit configured to compare the remaining amount acquired by the acquisition unit with a remaining amount threshold that represents a shortage of energy, determine that the vehicle needs supply of energy when the remaining amount is lower than the remaining amount threshold, and specify a recovery vehicle that has been determined as needing supply of energy as a recovery vehicle, and a command outputting unit configured to output a recovery command for recovering the recovery vehicle from the parking space.
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10 Claims
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1. A vehicle management system for managing vehicles used by users, comprising:
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a usage managing unit configured to; accept a user'"'"'s request to use one of the vehicles; and manage the vehicles and parking spaces in which the vehicles are parked; an acquisition unit configured to acquire energy information from the vehicles, the energy information indicating a remaining amount of energy used for traveling of the vehicle; a determination unit configured to; compare the remaining amount acquired by the acquisition unit with a remaining amount threshold that represents a shortage of energy; determine that the vehicle needs supply of energy when the remaining amount is lower than the remaining amount threshold; and specify a recovery vehicle that has been determined as needing supply of energy; and a command outputting unit configured to output a recovery command for recovering the recovery vehicle from the parking space, wherein the acquisition unit is configured to acquire positional information of the parking space, and wherein the command outputting unit is configured to output the recovery command such that the recovery command includes the positional information for the recovery vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A vehicle management method for managing vehicles used by users, comprising:
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accepting a user'"'"'s request for using the vehicle; managing the vehicles and parking spaces in which the vehicles are parked; acquiring energy information from the vehicles, the energy information indicating a remaining amount of energy used for traveling of the vehicle; comparing the acquired remaining amount with a remaining amount threshold that represents a shortage of energy; determining that the vehicle needs supply of energy when the acquired remaining amount is lower than the remaining amount threshold; specifying the vehicle determined to need supply of energy as a recovery vehicle; and outputting a recovery command for recovering the recovery vehicle from the parking space such that the recovery command includes the positional information for the recovery vehicle.
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