CN111985660B

CN111985660B - Shared vehicle management device and shared vehicle management method

Info

Publication number: CN111985660B
Application number: CN201910428729.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 徐德鹏
Original assignee: Alpine Electronics Inc
Current assignee: Alpine Electronics Inc
Priority date: 2019-05-22
Filing date: 2019-05-22
Publication date: 2024-05-14
Anticipated expiration: 2039-05-22
Also published as: CN111985660A

Abstract

The shared vehicle management device according to the present invention includes: a reception unit that receives a shared vehicle reservation request from a user; the first and second acquisition parts are used for acquiring the vehicle management rules of the current position of the user and the area where the destination is located in a distributed mode as second vehicle management rules; a first judging unit that judges whether or not the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule; when it is determined that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule, the reservation processing unit preferentially presents the shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule or the shared vehicle conforming to the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule to the user as the preferred shared vehicle for reservation processing. The shared vehicle manager can easily manage the shared vehicle, can avoid increasing management cost, can avoid complex treatment, can avoid traffic violations, is beneficial to popularization and popularization of the shared vehicle and is beneficial to operation of the shared vehicle management.

Description

Shared vehicle management device and shared vehicle management method

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a shared vehicle management apparatus and a shared vehicle management method, and more particularly, to a shared vehicle management apparatus and a shared vehicle management method that take into account vehicle management rules.

Background

With the rapid development of electronic keys, satellite positioning systems, and mobile communication technologies, various applications of sharing vehicles in society are now spreading. The shared vehicle is provided by a shared vehicle manager (or a shared vehicle management system or a shared vehicle management service center), and a plurality of unspecified users can reserve the shared vehicle by various modes such as application programs of clients such as telephones, mobile phones or tablet computers, and then, after the shared vehicle is acquired at a lease return station, the shared vehicle is moved to more than one destination expected by the users, and after the use is finished, the shared vehicle is parked at the lease return station, and the fee is paid according to the use duration, the mileage and the like.

In addition, at present, there is a characteristic of zoning in terms of management of vehicles. That is, insurance, annual inspection, traffic violation processing, and the like of a vehicle are generally handled at a vehicle registration place, which is a home place of the vehicle. On the other hand, in the current shared vehicle, in consideration of convenience of use by a user, convenience of operation and popularization of the shared vehicle, the shared vehicle in the present area (for example, AA city) may be allowed to return in an area other than the present area (for example, BB city). As described above, in some cases, the shared vehicle manager needs to retrieve the shared vehicle in the local area (AA city) to another area (BB city) for spot inspection, maintenance, and the like, and thus, the shared vehicle manager is involved in a very complicated work, and the shared vehicle management cost is increased. On the other hand, if the shared vehicle in the area (AA city) is returned in other areas (BB city) other than the area and not retrieved in time, problems such as spot inspection and maintenance occur, so that the shared vehicle is not suitable for use (for example, the shared vehicle is dirty and lacks maintenance and has a driving safety hidden danger) or cannot be used (for example, damaged), and therefore, the comfort of the user using the shared vehicle may be reduced, and even traffic accidents may be caused, which is unfavorable for popularization and popularization of the shared vehicle and operation of the shared vehicle management. As can be seen, this feature of managing the regionalization is more remarkable as a shared vehicle. Therefore, on the shared vehicle management side, a vehicle management rule of a shared vehicle management center such as management zoning is generally executed.

In addition, with the rapid increase in the amount of vehicles to be held and the prominence of environmental problems, various regulations for prohibiting or restricting the running of vehicles have been implemented in many cities, such as Beijing, shanghai, shenzhen, etc., for a long period of time or in stages. For example, in the case of Beijing, the vehicle management rules of the traffic management department include: 1. motor vehicles (except special vehicles) in local and outer provinces are forbidden to run in road (without five loops) areas within five loops from 7 to 20 hours of working days of a day every week according to license plate tail numbers; 2. the motor passenger car in the city of the outer province forbids to run on the five-loop main road, the auxiliary road and the roads within the five-loop main road and the auxiliary road at the morning and evening peaks (7 to 9 hours and 17 to 20 hours) of working days, the Beijing two-loop main road is forbidden to run for 24 hours in 365 days of the whole year, a violater considers as a 'motor vehicle violated forbidden mark', 100-element fine is paid, 3 minutes is recorded, after the Beijing license is transacted, the small passenger car in the city of the outer province of the rest time can pass through the two-loop auxiliary road except for peak time (7 to 9 hours and 17 to 20 hours except for holidays from monday to friday) and tail number limit (limited 9 to 17 hours of the day), but can not go to the long-safe street and an extension line (not including a new bridge to a national trade bridge (not including a section) of the new road).

In this way, when the destination of the shared vehicle is an area such as Beijing where the traffic control rule of the traffic control department is applied, but the traffic control rule of the home traffic control department of the shared vehicle is different from the traffic control rule of the traffic control department of the destination, the shared vehicle cannot travel in the area where the destination is located due to the existence of the traffic control rule of the destination, and thus cannot reach the destination, which may delay the journey of the user. In addition, if the user of the shared vehicle runs regardless of the vehicle management rule of the destination, traffic violations may be caused, and loss may be caused to the user of the shared vehicle. In summary, if the situation occurs, the use experience of the user is affected, and discomfort is brought to the user of the sharing vehicle, which reduces the social popularity of the sharing vehicle, and thus affects the operation and popularization of the sharing vehicle.

Therefore, there is an urgent need for a shared vehicle management apparatus and a shared vehicle management method that can solve the above-described problems.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a shared vehicle management apparatus and a shared vehicle management method, which can assist in managing a shared vehicle related to a vehicle management rule, so that a shared vehicle manager can easily manage the shared vehicle, can avoid an increase in management cost, can avoid complicated processing, can improve comfort of a user using the shared vehicle, can avoid traffic violations, and is advantageous in popularization and popularization of the shared vehicle, and in management operation of the shared vehicle.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a shared vehicle management apparatus comprising: the reception unit receives a shared vehicle reservation request from a user, and is characterized by further comprising: a first acquisition unit that acquires a vehicle management rule of an area in which a current position of the user is located as a first vehicle management rule; a second acquisition unit that acquires a vehicle management rule of an area where a destination of the user is located as a second vehicle management rule; a first determination unit configured to determine whether the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are different; and a reservation processing unit configured to, when the first determination unit determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule, give priority to the user for reservation processing by using, as a preferred shared vehicle, a shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule or a shared vehicle conforming to the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule.

The shared vehicle management apparatus according to the present invention further includes a vehicle management rule type determination unit that determines types of the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule, and the reservation processing unit preferentially presents a shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule as a preferred shared vehicle to the user for reservation processing when the first determination unit determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule and the vehicle management rule type determination unit determines that both the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are vehicle management rules of a shared vehicle management center.

In the shared vehicle management apparatus according to the present invention, the first determination unit determines whether or not the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule by determining whether or not a region in which the current position of the user is located is different from a region in which the destination of the user is located, and the reservation processing unit preferentially presents the shared vehicle, which is the shared vehicle that conforms to the second vehicle management rule, to the user as the preferred shared vehicle when the first determination unit determines that the region in which the current position of the user is located is different from the region in which the destination of the user is located.

The shared vehicle management apparatus according to the present invention further includes a third acquisition unit that acquires regional administration level information of each of a region in which the current position of the user is located and a region in which the destination of the user is located, and the first determination unit determines whether or not the region in which the current position of the user is located and the region in which the destination of the user is located are different regions in order of higher regional administration level from higher to lower or from lower to higher, based on the regional administration level information of each of the region in which the current position of the user is located and the region in which the destination of the user is located acquired by the third acquisition unit.

The shared vehicle management apparatus according to the present invention further includes a vehicle management rule type determination unit that determines types of the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule, and the reservation processing unit preferentially presents the shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule as a preferred shared vehicle to the user for reservation processing when the first determination unit determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule and the vehicle management rule type determination unit determines that the first vehicle management rule is a vehicle management rule of a shared vehicle management center and the second vehicle management rule is a vehicle management rule of a traffic management department.

The present invention provides the shared vehicle management apparatus, further comprising a vehicle management rule type determination unit configured to determine types of the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule, wherein the reservation processing unit is configured to give priority to the user for reservation processing, as a preferred shared vehicle, if the first determination unit determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule and the vehicle management rule type determination unit determines that both the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are vehicle management rules of a traffic management department.

The present invention provides the shared vehicle management apparatus, further comprising a vehicle management rule type determination unit configured to determine types of the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule, wherein the reservation processing unit is configured to give priority to the user for reservation processing, when the first determination unit determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule, and the vehicle management rule type determination unit determines that the first vehicle management rule is a vehicle management rule of a traffic management department, and the second vehicle management rule is a vehicle management rule of a shared vehicle management center, as a preferred shared vehicle.

The shared vehicle management device according to the present invention is characterized by further comprising: a shared vehicle search unit for searching for a preferred shared vehicle; and a second determination unit configured to determine whether or not a preferred shared vehicle retrieved by the shared vehicle retrieval unit exists in the vicinity of the current position of the user, wherein the reservation processing unit is configured to give the preferred shared vehicle priority to the user for reservation processing when the first determination unit determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule and the second determination unit determines that the preferred shared vehicle retrieved by the shared vehicle retrieval unit exists in the vicinity of the current position of the user.

The shared vehicle management apparatus according to the present invention further includes a third determination unit that determines whether or not a preferred shared vehicle needs to be reserved, and the shared vehicle search unit searches for the preferred shared vehicle when the first determination unit determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule and the third determination unit determines that the preferred shared vehicle needs to be reserved.

In the shared vehicle management apparatus according to the present invention, the third determination unit determines that a shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule needs to be reserved when the second vehicle management rule is a vehicle management rule that prohibits or restricts traveling of a vehicle belonging to an area other than the area where the destination of the user is located.

The present invention provides a shared vehicle management method, including a receiving unit that receives a shared vehicle reservation request from a user, the shared vehicle management method including: a first obtaining step of obtaining a vehicle management rule of an area where a current position of the user is located as a first vehicle management rule; a second acquiring step of acquiring a vehicle management rule of an area where a destination of the user is located as a second vehicle management rule; a first judging step of judging whether the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule; and a reservation processing step of giving priority to a shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule or a shared vehicle conforming to the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule as a preferable shared vehicle to the user for reservation processing when the first determination step determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule.

ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS OF INVENTION

According to the shared vehicle management device and the shared vehicle management method provided by the invention, the shared vehicle related to the vehicle management rule can be managed in an auxiliary manner, so that a shared vehicle manager can manage the shared vehicle easily, the increase of management cost can be avoided, the complicated treatment can be avoided, the comfort of using the shared vehicle by a user can be improved, traffic violations can be avoided, the popularization and popularization of the shared vehicle are facilitated, and the operation of the shared vehicle is facilitated.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a configuration of a shared vehicle management apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the shared vehicle management apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a configuration of a shared vehicle management apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the shared vehicle management apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the shared vehicle management apparatus according to modification 1 of the second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of the configuration of a shared vehicle management apparatus according to modification 2 of the second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the shared vehicle management apparatus according to modification 2 of the second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a configuration of a shared vehicle management apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is an operation flowchart of the shared vehicle management apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of a configuration of a shared vehicle management apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the shared vehicle management apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, a shared vehicle management apparatus and a shared vehicle management method of the shared vehicle management apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)

Constitution of sharing vehicle management device 100

First, the configuration of a shared vehicle management apparatus 100 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 1. In addition, the shared vehicle management apparatus includes various components, only components related to the technical idea of the present invention are shown in fig. 1, and other components are omitted.

Hereinafter, a shared vehicle management apparatus, a shared vehicle management method, and a shared vehicle management system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(First embodiment)

First, a shared vehicle management apparatus 100 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 1 to 2.

Constitution of sharing vehicle management device 100

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the configuration of a shared vehicle management apparatus 100 according to the present invention. In addition, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100 includes various components, only components related to the technical idea of the present invention are shown in fig. 1, and irrelevant components are omitted.

As shown in fig. 1, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100 includes: the reception unit 101, the first acquisition unit 102, the second acquisition unit 103, the first determination unit 104, and the reservation processing unit 105.

The reception unit 101 receives a reservation request for renting the shared vehicle from a user via a user terminal, not shown, and the reservation request may include destination information of the user, a use start time of the shared vehicle, and the like.

The first acquisition unit 102 may be configured by a component or module having an information processing function, such as a CPU or an MCU, for example, and acquires a vehicle management rule of an area where the current position of the user is located as the first vehicle management rule. For example, here, the first acquisition section 102 may acquire the current position of the user first, and acquire, as the first vehicle management rule, a vehicle management rule of an area in which the current position of the user is located from a related department such as a shared vehicle management center and/or a traffic management department via a communication or access network or the like, based on the current position of the user. As a method of the first acquisition unit 102 acquiring the current position of the user, the first acquisition unit 102 may acquire the current position of the user terminal by GPS or the like based on the unique ID of the user terminal, or may acquire the current position of the user terminal from a service center or the like for managing the position of the user terminal exclusively via a network or the like. The first acquisition unit 102 may acquire a plurality of current positions of the user terminal continuously or at predetermined intervals, and the first acquisition unit 102 may have a function of storing the acquired current positions of the user terminal.

The second acquisition unit 103 may be configured by a component or module having an information processing function, such as a CPU or MCU, for example, and acquires a vehicle management rule of an area where a destination of a user is located as the second vehicle management rule. For example, when the reception unit 101 receives a reservation request from a user terminal, the second acquisition unit 103 can acquire a destination position of the user terminal based on the user terminal of the received reservation request, and can acquire a vehicle management rule of an area where the current position of the user is located from a related department such as a shared vehicle management center and/or a traffic management department as a second vehicle management rule from a communication or access network based on the destination position of the user.

The first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule may be vehicle management rules of a shared vehicle management center, for example, management regional rules, or may be vehicle management rules of a traffic management department, for example, various vehicle management rules such as time-division, area-by-area, license plate number-by-license plate number, and restriction or prohibition of vehicle running by the home location of the vehicle. The first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule may include information on a region to which the vehicle management rule is applied. The applicable area may be an area of province, municipality-wide, district-level city, county/county-level city/district, or the like.

The first determination unit 104 may be configured by a component or a module having an information processing function, such as a CPU or an MCU, for example, and may determine whether or not the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are different from each other based on the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule acquired by the first acquisition unit 102 and the second acquisition unit 103, respectively.

The reservation processing unit 105 may be configured by a component or a module having an information processing function, such as a CPU or an MCU, and is connected to other parts of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100, thereby realizing the overall function of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100 and controlling the overall operation of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100. For example, when the first determination unit 104 determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule, the reservation processing unit 105 gives priority to the user for reservation processing using the shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule or the shared vehicle conforming to the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule as the preferred shared vehicle.

The reception unit 101, the first acquisition unit 102, the second acquisition unit 103, the first determination unit 104, and the reservation processing unit 105 are different components or modules, but some or all of them may be integrated into one component or module.

Operation of the sharing vehicle management device 100

Next, a shared vehicle management method of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100, which is an operation of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, will be described with reference to fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is an operation flowchart of a shared vehicle management method of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

After the operation starts, first, in step S200, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100 receives a reservation request of the shared vehicle from a user via a user terminal, not shown, through the reception unit 101, and then proceeds to step S202. Here, the reservation request includes destination information B of the user.

In step S202, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100 acquires the vehicle management rule of the area where the current position of the user is located as the first vehicle management rule by the first acquisition unit 102, and then proceeds to step S204. Here, the first acquiring unit 102 acquires the current position a of the user, and then acquires the vehicle management rule of the area where the current position a of the user is located from the related departments such as the shared vehicle management center and/or the traffic management department via the communication or access network according to the current position a of the user, as follows: the vehicle management rule GZ11 of the shared vehicle management center is acquired as the first vehicle management rule.

In step S204, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100 acquires the vehicle management rule of the area where the destination of the user is located as the second vehicle management rule by the second acquisition unit 103, and then proceeds to step S206. Here, the second acquisition unit 103 can acquire the destination position B of the user terminal based on the user terminal of the received reservation request, and acquire the vehicle management rule GZ21 of the shared vehicle management center and the vehicle management rule GZ22 of the traffic management department as the second vehicle management rule from the related department such as the shared vehicle management center and/or the traffic management department via communication or access network based on the destination position B of the user.

In step S206, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100 determines whether or not the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are different from each other based on the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule acquired by the first acquisition unit 102 and the second acquisition unit 103, respectively, by the first determination unit 104, and if it is determined that the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are the same (no in step S206), the process is ended, and if it is determined that the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are different (yes in step S206), the process proceeds to step S208. Here, according to the above-described processing, the first determination section 104 determines based on the vehicle management rule GZ11 of the shared vehicle management center acquired by the first acquisition section 102 as the first vehicle management rule, and the vehicle management rule GZ21 of the shared vehicle management center and the vehicle management rule GZ22 of the traffic management department acquired by the second acquisition section 103 as the second vehicle management rule, and as a result of the determination, the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule (i.e., yes in step S206), and the processing proceeds to step S208.

In step S208, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100 uses the shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule or the shared vehicle conforming to the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule as a preferred shared vehicle by the reservation processing unit 105, and gives priority to the user for reservation processing, and then ends the processing.

According to the shared vehicle management apparatus 100 of the first embodiment, the first acquiring unit 102 acquires the vehicle management rule of the area where the current position of the user is located as the first vehicle management rule, the second acquiring unit 103 acquires the vehicle management rule of the area where the destination of the user is located as the second vehicle management rule, and when the first judging unit 104 judges that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule, the reservation processing unit 105 gives priority to the user a shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule or a shared vehicle conforming to the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule as a preferable shared vehicle to be reserved. Thus, the shared vehicle management related to the vehicle management rule can be assisted, so that the shared vehicle manager can easily perform the shared vehicle management, the increase of the management cost can be avoided, the complicated treatment can be avoided, the comfort of the user in using the shared vehicle can be improved, the traffic violation can be avoided, the popularization and the popularization of the shared vehicle are facilitated, and the operation of the shared vehicle management is facilitated.

(Second embodiment)

Next, a shared vehicle management apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention and a modification thereof will be described with reference to fig. 3 to 7.

Constitution of sharing vehicle management device 100A

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the configuration of a shared vehicle management apparatus 100A according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The same components included in the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A according to the second embodiment shown in fig. 3 as those included in the shared vehicle management apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment shown in fig. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

As shown in fig. 3, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A according to the second embodiment includes a reception unit 101, a first acquisition unit 102, a second acquisition unit 103, a first determination unit 104, and a reservation processing unit 105, and also includes a vehicle management rule type determination unit 106.

The vehicle management rule type determination unit 106 may be configured by a component or a module having an information processing function, such as a CPU or an MCU, for example, and may determine the types of the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule. For example, the vehicle management rule type determination unit 106 may determine that the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are no vehicle management rule, or a vehicle management rule of a shared vehicle management center, or a vehicle management rule of a traffic management department, or a vehicle management rule of a shared vehicle management center and a vehicle management rule of a traffic management department, respectively.

In the second embodiment, when the first determination unit 104 determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule and the vehicle management rule type determination unit determines that both the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are the vehicle management rules of the shared vehicle management center, the reservation processing unit 105 preferentially presents the shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule to the user as the preferred shared vehicle, and gives the user a priority to the reservation processing.

Operation of the shared vehicle management device 100A

Next, an operation of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A according to the second embodiment of the present invention, that is, a shared vehicle management method of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A will be described with reference to fig. 4.

Fig. 4 is an operation flowchart of a shared vehicle management method of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 4, after the operation starts, first, in step S400, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A receives a reservation request of a shared vehicle from a user via a user terminal, not shown, through the reception unit 101, and then proceeds to step S402. Here, the reservation request includes destination information B of the user.

In step S402, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A acquires the vehicle management rule of the area where the current position of the user is located as the first vehicle management rule by the first acquisition unit 102, and then proceeds to step S404. Here, the first acquiring unit 102 acquires the current position a of the user, and then acquires the vehicle management rule of the area where the current position a of the user is located from the related departments such as the shared vehicle management center and/or the traffic management department from the communication or access network according to the current position a of the user, as a result of: the vehicle management rule GZ11 of the shared vehicle management center is acquired as the first vehicle management rule.

In step S404, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A acquires the vehicle management rule of the area where the destination of the user is located as the second vehicle management rule by the second acquisition unit 103, and then proceeds to step S406. Here, the second acquisition unit 103 can acquire the destination position B of the user terminal based on the user terminal of the received reservation request, and acquire the vehicle management rule GZ21 of the shared vehicle management center as the second vehicle management rule from the related department such as the shared vehicle management center and/or the traffic management department via communication or access network based on the destination position B of the user.

In step S406, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A determines whether or not the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are different from each other based on the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule acquired by the first acquisition unit 102 and the second acquisition unit 103, respectively, and if it is determined that the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are the same (no in step S406), the processing is ended, and if it is determined that the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are different (yes in step S406), the processing proceeds to step S408. Here, according to the above-described processing, the first determination unit 104 determines based on the vehicle management rule GZ11 of the shared vehicle management center acquired by the first acquisition unit 102 as the first vehicle management rule and the vehicle management rule GZ21 of the shared vehicle management center acquired by the second acquisition unit 103 as the second vehicle management rule, and the determination result is that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule (i.e., yes in step S406), and the processing proceeds to step S408.

In step S408, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A determines the types of the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule by the vehicle management rule type determination unit 106, and then proceeds to step S410. Here, according to the above-described processing, the vehicle management rule type determination section 106 determines that both the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are the vehicle management rules of the shared vehicle management center.

In step S410, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A gives priority to the user for reservation processing by using the shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule as the preferred shared vehicle through the reservation processing section 105.

The shared vehicle management apparatus 100A according to the second embodiment has the effects of the first embodiment. Further, since the vehicle management rule type determination unit 106 is provided, it is determined that the types of the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are no vehicle management rule, or a vehicle management rule of a shared vehicle management center, or a vehicle management rule of a traffic management department, or a vehicle management rule of a shared vehicle management center and a vehicle management rule of a traffic management department, and when it is determined by the first determination unit 104 that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule and it is determined by the vehicle management rule type determination unit that both the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are the vehicle management rule of the shared vehicle management center, the reservation processing unit 105 gives priority to the user for reservation processing of the shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule as the preferred shared vehicle. In this way, when both the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are the vehicle management rules of the shared vehicle management center, that is, when both the current position of the user and the area where the destination is located have the vehicle management rules of the shared vehicle management center, the reservation processing section 105 gives priority to the user for reservation processing in consideration of that the shared vehicle normally performs return processing at the destination, and therefore, the shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule, that is, the destination of the user, is regarded as the preferred shared vehicle. In this way, the shared vehicle conforming to the destination vehicle management rule is reserved with priority, so that the need to retrieve the shared vehicle in the local area to other areas for spot inspection, maintenance, etc. can be reduced, the effort of the shared vehicle manager can be reduced, and the shared vehicle management cost can be reduced. On the other hand, the situation that if the shared vehicle is not retrieved and processed in time, the shared vehicle is inconvenient to use (for example, the shared vehicle is dirty and lacks maintenance and has driving safety hidden trouble) or cannot be used (for example, the shared vehicle is damaged) can be reduced, so that the comfort of a user using the shared vehicle can be prevented from being reduced, traffic accidents can be possibly caused, the popularization and the popularization of the shared vehicle are facilitated, and the management and the operation of the shared vehicle are facilitated.

(Modification 1 of the second embodiment)

Next, the configuration and operation of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A according to modification 1 of the second embodiment will be described.

Constitution of sharing vehicle management device 100A

The configuration of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A according to modification 1 of the second embodiment is basically the same as that shown in the second embodiment shown in fig. 3, and differs only in that: in modification 1 of the second embodiment, the first determination unit 104 determines whether or not the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule by determining whether or not the area in which the current position of the user is located is different from the area in which the destination of the user is located, and when the first determination unit 104 determines that the area in which the current position of the user is located is different from the area in which the destination of the user is located, the reservation processing unit preferentially presents the shared vehicle, which is the shared vehicle that conforms to the second vehicle management rule, to the area in which the destination of the user is located, as the preferred shared vehicle, to the user for reservation processing.

Operation of the shared vehicle management device 100A

Next, an operation of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A according to modification 1 of the second embodiment of the present invention, that is, a shared vehicle management method of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A will be described with reference to fig. 5.

Fig. 5 is an operation flowchart of a shared vehicle management method of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A according to modification 1 of the second embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 5, after the operation starts, first, in step S500, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A receives a reservation request of a shared vehicle from a user via a user terminal, not shown, through the reception unit 101, and then proceeds to step S502. Here, the reservation request includes a destination information B area of the user.

In step S502, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A acquires the vehicle management rule of the area where the current position of the user is located as the first vehicle management rule by the first acquisition unit 102, and then proceeds to step S504. Here, the first acquiring unit 102 acquires the current location a area of the user, and then acquires the vehicle management rule of the area where the current location a of the user is located from the related departments such as the shared vehicle management center and/or the traffic management department from the communication or access network according to the current location a of the user, as a result of: the vehicle management rule GZ11 of the a-zone shared vehicle management center is acquired as the first vehicle management rule.

In step S504, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A acquires the vehicle management rule of the area where the destination of the user is located as the second vehicle management rule by the second acquisition unit 103, and then proceeds to step S506. Here, the second acquisition unit 103 can acquire the destination position B of the user terminal based on the user terminal of the received reservation request, and acquire the vehicle management rule GZ21 of the B-area shared vehicle management center as the second vehicle management rule from the related department such as the shared vehicle management center and/or the traffic management department via communication or access network based on the destination position B of the user.

In step S506, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A determines whether or not the area in which the current position of the user is located is different from the area in which the destination of the user is located by the first determination unit 104, and determines whether or not the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule, and if it is determined that the area in which the current position of the user is located is the same as the area in which the destination of the user is located (no in step S506), the process is ended, and if it is determined that the area in which the current position of the user is located is different from the area in which the destination of the user is located (yes in step S506), the process proceeds to step S508. Here, according to the above-described processing, the first determination unit 104 determines that the area a in which the current position of the user is located and the area B in which the destination of the user is located are different areas, and the processing proceeds to step S508.

In step S508, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A determines the types of the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule by the vehicle management rule type determination unit 106, and then proceeds to step S510. Here, according to the above-described processing, the vehicle management rule type determination section 106 determines that both the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are the vehicle management rules of the shared vehicle management center.

In step S510, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A uses the shared vehicle that is the shared vehicle that conforms to the second vehicle management rule, that is, the shared vehicle whose home location is the area where the user is located, as the preferred shared vehicle, and gives priority to the user for reservation processing.

The shared vehicle management apparatus 100A according to modification 1 of the second embodiment has the effects of the first and second embodiments. In the present modification, the first determination unit 104 determines whether or not the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule by determining whether or not the area in which the current position of the user is located is different from the area in which the destination of the user is located, and when the first determination unit 104 determines that the area in which the current position of the user is located is different from the area in which the destination of the user is located, the reservation processing unit gives priority to the user for reservation processing using, as a preferred shared vehicle, a shared vehicle that is a shared vehicle that conforms to the second vehicle management rule, that is, a shared vehicle whose home location of the shared vehicle is the area in which the destination of the user is located. In this way, since the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are generally different depending on the region where the shared vehicle is located in consideration of regional management or the like, it is possible to easily determine whether the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are different by determining whether the region where the current position of the user is located and the region where the destination of the user is located are different, and thus the effects of the first and second embodiments can be achieved more simply.

(Modification 2 of the second embodiment)

Next, the configuration and operation of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100B according to modification 2 of the second embodiment will be described.

Constitution of sharing vehicle management device 100B

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a shared vehicle management apparatus 100B according to modification 2 of the second embodiment of the present invention. The same reference numerals are given to the same components as those in fig. 3, which are schematic views of the structure of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A according to the second embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted.

The shared vehicle management apparatus 100B according to the third embodiment is different from the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A according to the second embodiment in that a third acquisition unit 107 is further provided.

The third acquisition unit 107 is configured by a component or module having an information processing function, such as a CPU or MCU, for example, and acquires regional administrative level information of each of a region where the current position of the user is located and a region where the destination of the user is located. For example, the third acquisition unit 107 may acquire regional administration level information in the format of "x city, x district, x city, etc. The format of the administrative level information of a certain area acquired by the third acquisition unit 107 may be determined in advance, or may be changed automatically or manually by a user as necessary. The third acquisition unit 107 may acquire the area level information based on, for example, the current position of the user and latitude and longitude information of the destination of the user.

In modification 2 of the second embodiment, the first determination unit 104 determines whether or not the area in which the current position of the user is located and the area in which the destination of the user is located are different from each other in the order of the area administrative level from high to low or from low to high, based on the area administrative level information of each of the area in which the current position of the user is located and the area in which the destination of the user is located acquired by the third acquisition unit 107. For example, in the case where the regional administration level information adopts the format of "x province x city x district", it is possible to determine whether the region where the current position of the user is located and the region where the destination of the user are different regions in the province, city, district order or district, city, province order

Operation of the shared vehicle management device 100B

Fig. 7 is an operation flowchart of a shared vehicle management method of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100B according to modification 2 of the second embodiment of the present invention.

In the operation flowchart shown in fig. 7, the same reference numerals are given to the same operations as those in fig. 5, which is the operation flowchart of modification 1 of the second embodiment. Here, since the operations of steps S500 to S504 and steps S506 to S510 in fig. 7 are the same as those of steps S500 to S510 in fig. 5, detailed description of the same steps is omitted here, and only different steps will be described in detail.

As shown in fig. 7, after the operations of step S500 to step S504 are performed as in modification 1 of the second embodiment described above, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100B of modification 2 of the second embodiment proceeds to the process of step S700.

In step S700, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100B acquires, by the third acquisition unit 107, the area administrative level information of each of the area in which the current position of the user is located and the area in which the destination of the user is located, and then proceeds to the processing in step S506. Here, the third acquisition unit 107 acquires the regional administration level information in the format of "x city, x province", or the like, that is, the regional administration level information of "a city, a province" in which the current position of the user is located and "B city, B city" in which the destination of the user is located.

Thereafter, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100B executes the processing from step S506 to step S510, and thereafter ends the processing.

The shared vehicle management apparatus 100B according to modification 2 of the second embodiment has the technical effects of the first and second embodiments and modification 1 thereof. In the present modification, the third acquisition unit 107 acquires the regional administration level information of each of the region in which the current position of the user is located and the region in which the destination of the user is located. Thus, the regional management of the shared vehicle and the like can be considered more precisely, and the shared vehicle can be handled precisely even when the regional management of the shared vehicle is at any level of the administrative level, for example, when the shared vehicle is desired to be returned in the local area as much as possible in the local area of the local market or the district as a regional management unit. The technical effects of the first and second embodiments and modification 1 thereof can be ensured.

(Modification 3 of the second embodiment)

Next, the configuration and operation of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A according to modification 3 of the second embodiment will be described.

Constitution of sharing vehicle management device 100A

The configuration of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A according to modification 3 of the second embodiment is substantially the same as that shown in the second embodiment shown in fig. 3, and differs only in that: in modification 3 of the second embodiment, when the first determination unit 104 determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule and the vehicle management rule type determination unit 106 determines that the first vehicle management rule is a vehicle management rule of the shared vehicle management center and the second vehicle management rule is a vehicle management rule of the traffic management department, the reservation processing unit 105 preferentially presents the shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule as a preferred shared vehicle to the user for reservation processing.

Operation of the shared vehicle management device 100A

The operation of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A according to modification 3 of the second embodiment is basically the same as the configuration shown in the second embodiment shown in fig. 4, and differs only in that: in step S410 according to modification 3 of the second embodiment, the shared-vehicle management apparatus 100A uses the reservation processing unit 105 to give priority to the user for reservation processing, when the first determination unit 104 determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule, and the vehicle management rule type determination unit determines that the first vehicle management rule is the vehicle management rule of the shared-vehicle management center and the second vehicle management rule is the vehicle management rule of the traffic management department, the shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule is the preferred shared vehicle.

The shared vehicle management apparatus 100A according to modification 3 of the second embodiment has the effects of the first and second embodiments. In the shared-vehicle management apparatus 100A according to modification 3, when the first determination unit 104 determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule, and the vehicle management rule type determination unit determines that the first vehicle management rule is a vehicle management rule of the shared-vehicle management center and the second vehicle management rule is a vehicle management rule of the traffic management department, the reservation processing unit 105 preferentially presents the shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule to the user as a preferred shared vehicle, and the user is given priority to reserve the shared vehicle. Thus, it is considered that in the case where the vehicle management rule of the shared vehicle management center and the vehicle management rule of the traffic management department exist at the same time, the rank or priority of the vehicle management rule of the traffic management department is higher, and the vehicle management rule of the traffic management department should be preferentially satisfied. Therefore, traffic violations can be reliably avoided, comfort of users using the shared vehicles is reliably prevented from being reduced, popularization and popularization of the shared vehicles are facilitated, and management operation of the shared vehicles is facilitated.

(Third embodiment)

Next, a shared vehicle management apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 8 to 9.

Constitution of sharing vehicle management device 100C

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a shared vehicle management apparatus 100C according to a third embodiment of the present invention. The same reference numerals are given to the same components included in the shared vehicle management apparatus 100C according to the third embodiment shown in fig. 8 as those included in the shared vehicle management apparatus 100A according to the second embodiment shown in fig. 3, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

As shown in fig. 8, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100C according to the third embodiment includes a reception unit 101, a first acquisition unit 102, a second acquisition unit 103, a first determination unit 104, a reservation processing unit 105, and a vehicle management rule type determination unit 106, and further includes a shared vehicle search unit 108 and a second determination unit 109.

The shared vehicle search unit 108 may be configured by a component or module having an information processing function, such as a CPU or an MCU, for example, and may search for a preferred shared vehicle. Here, the shared vehicle is preferably a shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule or a shared vehicle conforming to the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule according to the first to second embodiments and modifications thereof.

The second determination unit 109 may be configured by a component or a module having an information processing function, such as a CPU or an MCU, for example, and is configured to determine whether or not a preferred shared vehicle searched by the shared vehicle search unit 108 exists around the current position of the user.

In the third embodiment, when the first determination unit 104 determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule and the vehicle management rule type determination unit 106 determines that both the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are the vehicle management rules of the traffic control department, the reservation processing unit 105 preferentially presents the shared vehicle conforming to the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule to the user as the preferred shared vehicle, and gives the user the reservation processing. When the first determination unit 104 determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule and the second determination unit 109 determines that the preferred shared vehicle searched by the shared vehicle search unit 108 exists around the current position of the user, the reservation processing unit 105 gives the preferred shared vehicle priority to the user for reservation processing.

Operation of the shared vehicle management device 100C

Next, an operation of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100C according to the third embodiment of the present invention, that is, a shared vehicle management method of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100C will be described with reference to fig. 9.

Fig. 9 is an operation flowchart of a shared vehicle management method of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100C according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 9, after the operation starts, first, in step S900, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100C receives a reservation request of a shared vehicle from a user via a user terminal, not shown, through the reception unit 101, and then proceeds to step S902. Here, the reservation request includes destination information B of the user.

In step S902, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100C acquires the vehicle management rule of the area where the current position of the user is located as the first vehicle management rule by the first acquisition unit 102, and then proceeds to step S904. Here, the first acquisition unit 102 acquires the vehicle management rule GZ12 of the traffic management department as the first vehicle management rule.

In step S904, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100C acquires the vehicle management rule of the area where the destination of the user is located as the second vehicle management rule by the second acquisition section 103, and then proceeds to step S906. Here, the second acquisition unit 103 acquires the vehicle management rule GZ22 of the traffic management department as the second vehicle management rule.

In step S906, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100C determines whether or not the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are different from each other based on the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule acquired by the first acquisition unit 102 and the second acquisition unit 103, respectively, by the first determination unit 104, and if it is determined that the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are the same (no in step S906), the process ends, and if it is determined that the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are different (yes in step S906), the process proceeds to step S908. Here, according to the above-described processing, the first determination section 104 makes a determination based on the vehicle management rule GZ12 of the traffic management department acquired by the first acquisition section 102 as the first vehicle management rule and the vehicle management rule GZ22 of the traffic management department acquired by the second acquisition section 103 as the second vehicle management rule, and the determination result is that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule (i.e., yes in step S906), so the processing proceeds to step S908.

In step S908, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100C determines the types of the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule by the vehicle management rule type determination unit 106, and then proceeds to step S910. Here, according to the above-described processing, the vehicle management rule type determination section 106 determines that both the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are the vehicle management rules of the traffic management department.

In step S910, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100C searches for a shared vehicle that meets the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule as a preferred shared vehicle by the shared vehicle search unit 108, and then proceeds to step S912.

In step S912, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100C determines whether or not the preferred shared vehicle searched by the shared vehicle searching unit 108 exists in the vicinity of the current position of the user by the second determining unit 109, and if it is determined that the preferred shared vehicle searched by the shared vehicle searching unit 108 does not exist in the vicinity of the current position of the user (no in step S912), the process ends, and if it is determined that the preferred shared vehicle searched by the shared vehicle searching unit 108 exists in the vicinity of the current position of the user (yes in step S912), the process proceeds to step S914.

In step S914, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100C gives priority to the user a shared vehicle that matches the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule, which is the preferred shared vehicle, to be reserved by the reservation processing unit 105, and then ends the process.

The shared vehicle management apparatus 100C according to the third embodiment has the effects of the first and second embodiments. In the third embodiment, the shared vehicle searching unit 108 searches for a preferred shared vehicle, the second determining unit 109 determines whether or not there is a preferred shared vehicle searched by the shared vehicle searching unit 108 around the current position of the user, and when the first determining unit 104 determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule and the vehicle management rule type determining unit determines that both the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are the vehicle management rules of the traffic management department, the shared vehicle matching the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule is set as the preferred shared vehicle, the preferred shared vehicle is searched for by the shared vehicle searching unit 108, and when the second determining unit 109 determines that there is a preferred shared vehicle searched for by the shared vehicle searching unit 108 around the current position of the user, the searched preferred shared vehicle is preferentially presented to the user for reservation processing. Thus, when both the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are the vehicle management rules of the traffic management department, the shared vehicle searching unit 108 can reliably search for the shared vehicle that matches the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule as the preferred shared vehicle, and give priority to the user. Therefore, the actual situation can be fully considered, the sharing vehicle which can reliably avoid traffic violations can be prompted for the user, better sharing vehicle management can be realized through simple processing, the comfort of the user using the sharing vehicle can be further prevented from being reduced, the popularization and the popularization of the sharing vehicle are facilitated, and the operation of the sharing vehicle management is facilitated.

(Fourth embodiment)

Next, a shared vehicle management apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 10 to 11.

Constitution of sharing vehicle management device 100D

Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of a configuration of a shared vehicle management apparatus 100D according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. The same reference numerals are given to the same components included in the shared vehicle management apparatus 100D according to the fourth embodiment shown in fig. 10 as those included in the shared vehicle management apparatus 100C according to the third embodiment shown in fig. 8, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

As shown in fig. 10, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100D according to the fourth embodiment includes a third determination unit 110 in addition to the reception unit 101, the first acquisition unit 102, the second acquisition unit 103, the first determination unit 104, the reservation processing unit 105, the vehicle management rule type determination unit 106, the shared vehicle search unit 108, and the second determination unit 109.

The third determination unit 110 may be configured by a component or a module having an information processing function, such as a CPU or an MCU, for determining whether or not a reservation of a preferred shared vehicle is necessary. Here, for example, when there is a vehicle management rule in which traveling of a vehicle belonging to an area other than the area where the user's destination is located in the area where the user's destination is located is prohibited or restricted in the second vehicle management rule, the third determination unit 110 determines that it is necessary to reserve a shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule. For example, in the case where the second vehicle management rule is a vehicle management rule such as restricting or prohibiting a time-division/road-division section of an external provincial vehicle or restricting or prohibiting a full-time-division/road-division section/number-division plate of a passing vehicle, the third determination section 110 determines that a shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule needs to be reserved.

In the fourth embodiment, the shared-vehicle search unit 108 searches for a preferred shared vehicle when the first determination unit 104 determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule and the third determination unit 110 determines that the preferred shared vehicle needs to be reserved.

In the fourth embodiment, when the first determination unit 104 determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule and the vehicle management rule type determination unit 106 determines that the first vehicle management rule is a vehicle management rule of a traffic control department and the second vehicle management rule is a vehicle management rule of a shared vehicle management center, the reservation processing unit 105 preferentially presents the shared vehicle conforming to the first vehicle management rule as a preferred shared vehicle to the user for reservation processing.

Operation of the shared vehicle management device 100D

Next, an operation of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100D according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, that is, a shared vehicle management method of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100D will be described with reference to fig. 11.

Fig. 11 is an operation flowchart of a shared vehicle management method of the shared vehicle management apparatus 100D according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 11, after the operation starts, first, in step S1100, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100D receives a reservation request of a shared vehicle from a user via a user terminal, not shown, through the reception unit 101, and then proceeds to step S1102. Here, the reservation request includes destination information B of the user.

In step S1102, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100D acquires the vehicle management rule of the area where the current position of the user is located as the first vehicle management rule by the first acquisition unit 102, and then proceeds to step S1104. Here, the first acquisition unit 102 acquires the vehicle management rule GZ12 "out-of-province city motor-driven passenger vehicles in the early and late peaks (7 to 9, 17 to 20) of the weekday" as the first vehicle management rule, which prohibits traveling on the five-loop main road, the auxiliary road, and the road inside the five-loop main road.

In step S1104, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100D acquires the vehicle management rule of the area where the destination of the user is located as the second vehicle management rule by the second acquisition unit 103, and then proceeds to step S1106. Here, the second acquisition unit 103 acquires the vehicle management rule GZ21 of the shared vehicle management center as the second vehicle management rule.

In step S1106, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100D determines whether or not the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are different from each other based on the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule acquired by the first acquisition unit 102 and the second acquisition unit 103, respectively, and if it is determined that the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are the same (no in step S1106), the processing ends, and if it is determined that the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are different (yes in step S1106), the processing proceeds to step S1108. Here, according to the above-described processing, the first determination unit 104 determines based on the vehicle management rule GZ12 of the traffic management department acquired by the first acquisition unit 102 as the first vehicle management rule and the vehicle management rule GZ21 of the shared vehicle management center acquired by the second acquisition unit 103 as the second vehicle management rule, and the determination result is that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule (i.e., yes in step S1106), and the processing proceeds to step S1108.

In step S1108, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100D determines the types of the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule by the vehicle management rule type determination unit 106, and then proceeds to step S1110. Here, according to the above-described processing, the vehicle management rule type determination section 106 determines that both the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are the vehicle management rules of the traffic management department.

In step S1110, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100D determines whether or not the reservation of the preferred shared vehicle is necessary, by the third determination unit 110, and if it is determined that the reservation of the preferred shared vehicle is not necessary (no in step S1110), the process ends, and if it is determined that the reservation of the preferred shared vehicle is necessary (yes in step S1110), the process proceeds to step S1112.

In step S1112, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100D searches for a shared vehicle conforming to the first vehicle management rule as a preferred shared vehicle by the shared vehicle search unit 108, and then proceeds to step S1114.

In step S1114, the shared-vehicle management apparatus 100D determines whether or not the preferred shared vehicle searched by the shared-vehicle search unit 108 exists in the vicinity of the current position of the user by the second determination unit 109, and if it is determined that the preferred shared vehicle searched by the shared-vehicle search unit 108 does not exist in the vicinity of the current position of the user (no in step S1114), the process ends, and if it is determined that the preferred shared vehicle searched by the shared-vehicle search unit 108 exists in the vicinity of the current position of the user (yes in step S1114), the process proceeds to step S1116.

In step S1116, the shared vehicle management apparatus 100D gives priority to the user for reservation processing of the searched preferred shared vehicle, that is, the shared vehicle conforming to the first vehicle management rule, through the reservation processing section 105, and then ends the processing.

The shared vehicle management apparatus 100D according to the fourth embodiment has the effects of the first, second, and third embodiments. In the fourth embodiment, the third determination unit 110 determines whether or not the reservation of the preferred shared vehicle is necessary, and only when the reservation of the preferred shared vehicle is necessary, the subsequent processing by the shared vehicle search unit 108, the second determination unit 109, and the reservation processing unit 105 is performed, whereby unnecessary processing in the shared vehicle management apparatus can be avoided, the efficiency of shared vehicle management can be improved, more preferable shared vehicle management can be realized by simple processing, and further reduction in comfort of the user using the shared vehicle can be avoided, which is advantageous for popularization and popularization of the shared vehicle, and operation of shared vehicle management.

(Modification)

As described above, the embodiments and the modifications of the shared vehicle management apparatus according to the present invention have been described, but this is merely a description of a more preferable specific example, and the shared vehicle management apparatus according to the present invention is not limited thereto. Further modified examples of the shared vehicle management apparatus according to the present invention can be obtained by those skilled in the art by appropriately adding, deleting, and changing the design of the constituent elements to the above-described embodiments and modified examples and appropriately combining the features of the embodiments, examples, and modified examples, as long as the technical ideas of the present invention are satisfied.

For example, in the above embodiment, the case where the first acquiring unit 102 acquires the vehicle management rule of the area where the current position of the user is located as the first vehicle management rule and the second acquiring unit 103 acquires the vehicle management rule of the area where the destination of the user is located as the second vehicle management rule has been described, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and when the user proceeds from the departure point to the final destination via one or more transit points halfway, each of the one or more transit points may be treated as the current position in the above embodiment or treated as the destination in the above embodiment.

The present invention has been described in detail with respect to the specific embodiments of the shared vehicle management apparatus and the shared vehicle management method, but the specific embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto, and may be expressed in various forms such as a shared vehicle management system, an integrated circuit, a program, and a medium storing the program.

Claims

1. A shared vehicle management device is provided with: the reception unit receives a shared vehicle reservation request from a user, and is characterized by further comprising:

a first acquisition unit that acquires a vehicle management rule of an area in which a current position of the user is located as a first vehicle management rule;

A second acquisition unit that acquires a vehicle management rule of an area where a destination of the user is located as a second vehicle management rule;

a first determination unit configured to determine whether the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are different;

A vehicle management rule type determination unit configured to determine types of the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule, wherein the types of the vehicle management rule are no vehicle management rule, or a vehicle management rule of a shared vehicle management center, or a vehicle management rule of a traffic management department, or a vehicle management rule of a shared vehicle management center and a vehicle management rule of a traffic management department; and

And a reservation processing unit that, when the determination result by the first determination unit is that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule, further based on the determination result by the vehicle management rule type determination unit, preferentially presents the shared vehicle conforming to the first vehicle management rule, the shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule, or the shared vehicle conforming to the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule to the user as a preferred shared vehicle so that the vehicle management rule preferentially conforms to the vehicle management rule of the traffic management department when the vehicle management rule of the traffic management department exists, and preferentially presents the shared vehicle conforming to the destination when the vehicle management rule of the traffic management department does not exist.

2. The shared vehicle management apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein,

And a reservation processing unit configured to, when the first determination unit determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule and the vehicle management rule type determination unit determines that both the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are vehicle management rules of a shared vehicle management center, give priority to the user for reservation processing, with a shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule as a preferred shared vehicle.

3. The shared vehicle management apparatus as recited in claim 2, wherein,

The first determination section determines whether the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule by determining whether an area in which the current position of the user is located and an area in which the destination of the user is located are different from each other,

When the first determination unit determines that the area in which the current position of the user is located is different from the area in which the destination of the user is located, the reservation processing unit preferentially presents the shared vehicle, which is the shared vehicle that meets the second vehicle management rule, to the user as the preferred shared vehicle, and the shared vehicle whose home location is the area in which the destination of the user is located, for reservation processing.

4. The shared vehicle management apparatus as recited in claim 3, wherein,

And a third acquisition unit configured to acquire regional administration level information of each of a region in which the current position of the user is located and a region in which the destination of the user is located,

The first judging unit judges whether or not the area in which the current position of the user is located and the area in which the destination of the user is located are different areas in order of the area administrative level from high to low or from low to high, based on the area administrative level information of the area in which the current position of the user is located and the area in which the destination of the user is located, which are acquired by the third acquiring unit.

5. The shared vehicle management apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein,

And a reservation processing unit configured to, when the first determination unit determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule, and the vehicle management rule type determination unit determines that the first vehicle management rule is a vehicle management rule of a shared vehicle management center, and the second vehicle management rule is a vehicle management rule of a traffic management department, give priority to a shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule as a preferred shared vehicle, and give priority to the user to reserve the shared vehicle.

6. The shared vehicle management apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein,

And a reservation processing unit configured to, when the first determination unit determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule and the vehicle management rule type determination unit determines that both the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule are vehicle management rules of a traffic management department, give priority to a shared vehicle conforming to the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule as a preferred shared vehicle, and give priority to the user to reserve the shared vehicle.

7. The shared vehicle management apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein,

And a reservation processing unit configured to, when the first determination unit determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule, and the vehicle management rule type determination unit determines that the first vehicle management rule is a vehicle management rule of a traffic management department, and the second vehicle management rule is a vehicle management rule of a shared vehicle management center, give priority to the user a shared vehicle conforming to the first vehicle management rule as a preferred shared vehicle, and give priority to the user to reserve the shared vehicle.

8. The shared vehicle management apparatus as recited in any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein,

The device further comprises:

A shared vehicle search unit for searching for a preferred shared vehicle; and

A second determination unit configured to determine whether or not the preferred shared vehicle retrieved by the shared vehicle retrieval unit exists around the current position of the user,

The reservation processing unit is configured to give priority to the user for reservation processing when the first determination unit determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule and the second determination unit determines that the preferred shared vehicle searched by the shared vehicle search unit exists around the current position of the user.

9. The shared vehicle management apparatus as recited in claim 8, wherein,

Further comprising a third judging unit for judging whether or not reservation of a preferred sharing vehicle is required,

The shared vehicle search unit searches for a preferred shared vehicle when the first determination unit determines that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule and the third determination unit determines that the preferred shared vehicle needs to be reserved.

10. The shared vehicle management apparatus as recited in claim 9, wherein,

When the second vehicle management rule is a vehicle management rule that prohibits or restricts traveling of a vehicle belonging to an area other than the area where the destination of the user is located in the area where the destination of the user is located, the third determination unit determines that a shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule needs to be reserved.

11. A shared vehicle management method for a shared vehicle management device includes a reception unit that receives a shared vehicle reservation request from a user,

The shared vehicle management method of the shared vehicle management apparatus is characterized by further comprising:

A first obtaining step of obtaining a vehicle management rule of an area where a current position of the user is located as a first vehicle management rule;

A second acquiring step of acquiring a vehicle management rule of an area where a destination of the user is located as a second vehicle management rule;

A first judging step of judging whether the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule;

A vehicle management rule type determining step of determining types of the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule, wherein the types of the vehicle management rule are no vehicle management rule, or a vehicle management rule of a shared vehicle management center, or a vehicle management rule of a traffic management department, or a vehicle management rule of a shared vehicle management center and a vehicle management rule of a traffic management department; and

And a reservation processing step of, when the determination result of the first determination step is that the first vehicle management rule is different from the second vehicle management rule, further prompting the user of the shared vehicle conforming to the first vehicle management rule, the shared vehicle conforming to the second vehicle management rule, or the shared vehicle conforming to the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule as a preferable shared vehicle in such a manner that the vehicle management rule of the traffic management department is preferentially conforming to the vehicle management rule of the traffic management department when the first vehicle management rule and the second vehicle management rule exist, and the shared vehicle conforming to the destination vehicle management rule is preferentially conforming to the vehicle management rule when the vehicle management rule of the traffic management department does not exist.