JP2002140399A - Car sharing support method and system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To provide a vehicle sharing support method and system that are highly convenient for drivers and passengers. In addition, the present invention also provides a vehicle sharing support method and system that can provide a driver with an advantage of sharing and promote sharing of a vehicle. SOLUTION: A matching process is performed between the driving schedule information input from the driver side terminal 100 and the desired riding information input from the passenger side terminal 200, and a meeting place and time are transmitted to each terminal. When receiving the information that the sharing has been completed from each terminal, the driver pays the points owned by the riding to the driver.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to assisting a vehicle between a driver who intends to travel by car and a passenger who wants to travel to a destination by riding another vehicle. Related to network services.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The movement of persons having the same destination while riding on a single vehicle is performed as a means for reducing the number of vehicles and reducing pollution and traffic congestion. Conventionally, in order to carry out this sharing, if the acquaintances in the neighborhood are going in the same direction, they will ride on each other, or the driver or rider will move to the designated meeting place and search for a person to meet the destination Needed.

[0003]

However, such a riding method has the following problems.

[0004] (1) If no one rides in the neighborhood, it is necessary to move to a meeting place, which takes extra time.

[0005] (2) Even if you go to a meeting place, there is no guarantee that an opponent will be found immediately, and the time to reach the destination will be uncertain.

[0006] (3) When riding with a stranger, it is not clear whether the other party can be trusted or not, and in the worst case, there is a risk of being involved in crimes such as robbery and murder.

[0007] (4) When riding, there is little merit for the driver to put on another person, so that the driver does not want to ride too much.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a first object of the present invention is to provide a method and a system for sharing a vehicle with high convenience for a driver and a passenger. . A second object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle sharing support method and system that can provide a driver with an advantage of sharing and promote the sharing of a vehicle.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a vehicle sharing support system for assisting the sharing of a vehicle by an intermediary host connected to a driver terminal and a passenger terminal via a network. , The intermediary host receives at least the driving schedule information including the departure place, the destination, and the departure time from the vehicle-side terminal; The information is received, a plurality of driving schedule information and a plurality of riding desire information are compared to find a combination in which the driver and the riding desire match, and the driver side terminal and the riding side terminal relating to the matched combination are transmitted to the driver side terminal and the passenger side terminal. When transmitting the waiting information including the waiting time and the waiting place, and receiving that the ride has been completed from both the driver's terminal and the passenger's terminal Suggest which and recording the results.

According to the present invention, the driver inputs the driving schedule information to the driver side terminal and transmits it to the mediation host, while the passenger inputs the ride desire information to the passenger side terminal and transmits the information to the mediation host. Upon transmission, the intermediary host selects from the plurality of operation schedule information and ride desire information those that meet both wishes, and wait information including the wait time and place is transmitted to the driver terminal and the ride terminal. You.
Therefore, the driver and the rider can ride the car smoothly only by going to the waiting place at the received waiting time.

As an example of an embodiment of the present invention, the intermediary host receives a driver's current position from a driver's terminal, acquires road congestion information, and sets the driver's current position, congestion information, and driving schedule information. The present invention proposes a method in which a time at which a driver arrives at a meeting place is predicted based on the information, and the predicted meeting time is transmitted to the passenger side terminal.

According to the present invention, the time at which the driver arrives at the meeting place is predicted based on the current position of the driver, the traffic congestion state and the driving schedule information, and the predicted arrival time is transmitted to the passenger side terminal. Therefore, the rider can obtain a more accurate waiting time in real time.

Further, as an example of an aspect of the present invention, the intermediary server receives a request for identification of a rider from a driver terminal, and transfers the request to the driver who transmitted the request for identification. Prompts the driver's terminal to enter authentication information for personal identification, receives the passenger's authentication information from the passenger's terminal, checks the passenger's authentication information, and sends the authentication result to the driver's terminal We propose one that is characterized. Further, the mediation server receives an identification request for the driver from the passenger terminal, and performs authentication for identification to the driver terminal of the driver who is scheduled to ride with the passenger who transmitted the identification request. A proposal is made for prompting the input of information, receiving the driver's authentication information from the driver's terminal, confirming the driver's authentication information, and transmitting the authentication result to the passenger's terminal.

According to the present invention, when the driver requests the intermediary server to confirm the identity of the rider using the driver-side terminal, the identity check is performed in the intermediary server based on the authentication information received from the rider. The authentication result is transmitted to the driver terminal. Similarly, when the passenger requests the identity verification of the driver to the mediation server using the passenger side terminal, the identity verification is performed in the mediation server based on the authentication information received from the driver, and the authentication result is Sent to the local terminal.
As a result, the driver and the passenger can mutually identify each other, so that various dangers caused by another person riding on one car can be eliminated, and the rider can safely share the vehicle. Can be.

Further, as an example of an embodiment of the present invention, the driving schedule information includes the number of points that the driver desires to acquire, and the riding desired information includes a maximum number of points that the riding is allowed to pay. Including, the mediation host,
When comparing the above-mentioned driving schedule information and riding desired information,
When the number of desired points included in the driving schedule information and the maximum number of points included in the sharing desired information are included in the comparison condition, and when it is received from both the driver side terminal and the passenger side terminal that the sharing is completed, the driving is performed. The present invention proposes a feature in which points equal to or more than the desired number of points included in the schedule information are moved from the passenger to the driver.

According to the present invention, the number of points that the driver wants to acquire by performing the sharing is included in the driving schedule information, input to the driver's terminal and transmitted to the mediation server, while the passenger performs the sharing. By inputting the maximum number of points that can be paid into the ride-sharing information into the rider-side terminal and transmitting it to the intermediary server, this point count is also compared when comparing the driving schedule information and the ride-hopping information . And
When the sharing is completed, the points move from the rider to the driver by at least the number of points desired by the driver. In this way, the driver can obtain the advantage of acquiring points by performing the sharing. Thereby, the sharing of the vehicle can be promoted.

Further, as an example of an embodiment of the present invention, the mediation server receives the identification information of the driver or the passenger and the number of points from a payment terminal connected to the mediation host via a network, and receives the identification information received from the payment terminal. If the number of points owned by the driver or the passenger pertaining to the information is equal to or greater than the number of points received from the payment terminal, the driver or the passenger's terminal is prompted to input whether or not points can be subtracted from the terminal. Alternatively, when the approval of the point subtraction is received from the terminal of the passenger, the number of points received from the payment terminal is subtracted from the points owned by the driver or the passenger pertaining to the identification information received from the payment terminal. Suggest. In addition, when the points are awarded, the value of the points is charged to the driver or the passenger,
It is proposed that the payment amount at the payment terminal is paid from the mediation host side when the points are subtracted.

According to the present invention, when a driver or a rider makes a payment at a payment terminal, the payment can be made with points owned by each driver or the rider. That is, it is possible to settle the value of the goods and services related to the settling by points. On the other hand, as described above, the points can be acquired by the rider sharing the vehicle, thereby promoting the sharing of the vehicle.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A vehicle sharing support system according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a car sharing system.

This car sharing support system includes a driver side terminal 100 used by a driver, a passenger side terminal 200 used by a passenger, and a settlement terminal 300 installed in a store 10 where a point service can be used. , An intermediary center 400 operated by a provider of a sharing support system, and a network 500 connecting these.

The driver terminal 100 is connected to the network 50
0, a communication processing unit 110 for communicating with the mediation center 400, a user interface unit 120 for displaying an input request screen and a message and receiving an input from a user, and a current position of the driver-side terminal 100. And a position acquiring unit 130 for acquiring.

The passenger terminal 200 is connected to the network 50
A communication processing unit 210 for communicating with the mediation center 400 via the communication interface 0 and a user interface unit 220 that displays an input request screen and a message and receives an input from a user.

The settlement terminal 300 includes a communication processing unit 310 for communicating with the mediation center 400 via the network 500, and a user interface unit 320 for displaying an input request screen and a message and receiving an input from a user. Have.

The mediation center 400 has a network 500
Communication processing unit 410 for communicating with the terminal via
And an identity verification processing unit 420 for the driver and the rider to confirm each other's identity at the meeting place using authentication information of the driver and the rider, and driving from the rider at the end of the ride. Point processing unit 430 that processes the payment of points to the driver and the payment of points when shopping at the store using the points, and from the driving schedule information of a plurality of drivers and the riding desire information of the passenger, The driver's driving route, the proximity of the passenger to the meeting place from the departure point, the proximity of the driver's departure time and the passenger's desired arrival time, and the driver's desired minimum points and passenger's maximum payment points A user matching unit 440 for searching for an optimal combination of a driver and a rider based on the suitability of the vehicle, driving schedule information input by the driver, rider request information input by the rider, and the user map. Information management unit 450 that accumulates the combination information that is output from the caring unit 440, and the driving route information in the driving schedule information that is held by the sharing information management unit 450 and the transmission from the position acquisition unit 130 of the driver-side terminal 100. An arrival time prediction unit 460 that predicts an arrival time at a meeting place from the current position information of the driver-side terminal 100 and road congestion information obtained from a road information acquisition unit 480 described later, and this riding assistance system can be used. It has a user information management unit 470 that stores information for each user such as a driver and a passenger, and a road information acquisition unit 480 that acquires the traffic congestion status using an external service.

In this embodiment, the user information management unit 47
0 holds a user management table 471 shown in FIG. 2 for managing users who can use the sharing support system.
FIG. 3 shows the data format of the user management table 471. In FIG. 3, item 1 is a user name, item 2 is a code for uniquely identifying the user, item 3 is the number of points owned by the user, and item 4 is a terminal owned by the user and used in the present system. The code 5 for performing authentication indicates authentication information (a password is used in the present embodiment) used to confirm the user.

The sharing information management section 450 holds an operation schedule management table 451 shown in FIG. 4 in order to manage the operation schedule of the driver. The data format of the operation schedule management table 451 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, item 1 is a code for identifying a driver, and uses the user identification code of the user management table 471. Item 2 represents the position information of the driver's departure place. Item 3 represents the position information of the driver's destination. Item 4
Indicates a matter where the driver leaves the departure place. Item 5 represents information on the route from the departure point to the destination. Item 6 represents the minimum number of points that the driver wants to receive at least in the scheduled driving. The position information and the route information of the departure place and the destination are in a format that can be used by the user matching unit 440, the arrival time prediction unit 460, and the road information acquisition unit 480.

Further, the sharing information management section 450 holds a sharing request management table 452 shown in FIG. 6 in order to manage the sharing request information of the sharing applicant. This sharing hope management table 45
FIG. 7 shows the data format of No. 2. In FIG. 7, item 1 is a code for identifying a rider, and uses the user identification code in the user management table 471. Item 2 represents the position information of the departure place of the rider. Item 3 represents the location information of the destination of the rider. Item 4 represents the desired time at which the passenger leaves the departure place. Item 5 represents the maximum number of points that the rider may pay the driver for this ride. The position information of these departure points and destinations is in a format that can be used by the user matching unit 440 and the like, similarly to the driving schedule management table 451 described above.

Further, the sharing information management unit 450 holds a sharing combination management table 453 shown in FIG. 8 in order to hold the combination of the sharing found by the user matching unit 440. FIG. 9 shows the data format of the combination management table 453. In FIG. 9, item 1 represents a code for identifying a driver using this combination. Item 2 represents a code for identifying a passenger using this combination. Item 3 represents the position information of the place where the driver and the passenger meet. Item 4 represents items to wait for at the aforementioned place. Item 5 represents the number of points that the driver receives from the rider by this ride. Item 6 represents an identifier for uniquely identifying this combination in the mediation host 400.

Next, the procedure from the point at which the driver finds a ride applicant to the completion of the ride using the ride assist system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

(Step S1) In the present embodiment, first, as an initial registration, the user requests a provider of the sharing support system to request the user management table 471 of the user information management unit 470.
Get registered. At this time, those who wish to ride another person's car purchase points to be paid to the driver from the system provider and use the points in the user management table 4 as owned points.
71 must be registered. Also, when points are insufficient, points are newly purchased from the system provider and charged. In the present embodiment, the user management table 4 shown in FIG.
As shown at 71, it is assumed that user 1, user 2, user 3, and user 4 are registered.

(Step S2) Next, a procedure in which the user 1 registers the sharing request information in the intermediary host 400 as the sharing requester will be described. When the passenger enters the departure place and destination address, the desired departure time, and the number of points that can be paid for this ride, the rider's terminal 200 enters the information of the rider into the passenger terminal 200. , And transmits it to the mediation host 400 via the communication processing unit 210. Upon receiving this message, the communication processing unit 410 transfers the message to the sharing information management unit 450. The sharing information management unit 450 converts the addresses of the departure point and the destination into a format that can be processed as described above, and stores the information in the sharing request management table 4 in FIG.
52.

(Step S3) Next, means for the user 2 to search for a passenger using the mediation host 400 as a driver will be described. The driver inputs the address of the departure place and the destination, the scheduled departure time, and the minimum number of points that the driver wants to receive when riding in this driving, to the driver side terminal 100. In addition, a driving route used in this driving is input using a road name or the like. The driver-side terminal 100 adds the identification code of the driver to the information and transmits the information to the mediation host 400 via the communication processing unit 110. Upon receiving this message, the communication processing unit 410 converts the message into the sharing information management unit 4
Transfer to 52. The sharing information management unit 450 converts the addresses of the departure point and the destination into a format that can be processed as described above,
Also, the route information input by the driver is converted into a format that can be processed as described above, and the route information in the operation schedule management table 451 shown in FIG.
Store as in the line. Next, the sharing information management unit 450
Sends the driving schedule information of the user 2 to the user matching unit 440, and requests the user matching unit 440 to perform a search process to determine whether or not there is suitable riding desire information.

The user matching unit 440 uses the existing algorithm from the ride desire information stored in the ride desire management table 452 of the ride information management unit 450 and uses a departure point close to the route in the driving schedule information using an existing algorithm. The arrival time at the departure place is close to the desired departure time of the rider, and the rider wants to search for ridership information in which the rider's maximum payout point is equal to or greater than the driver's minimum receiving point number. Here, it is assumed that the riding desire information of the user 4 matches the conditions. The user matching unit 440 transmits the ride desire information to the driver's driver side terminal 100 described above in order to confirm with the driver whether or not to accept the ride, and also provides the ride applicant with the meeting place and time. In order to inquire whether or not it is good, the user terminal identification code of the ride applicant is extracted from the user management table 471 using the rider identification code of the user, and an inquiry message is transmitted to the rider side terminal 200 of the user 4. I do. The driver side terminal 100 of the user 2 and the passenger side terminal 20 of the user 4
When a message of approval from 0 is transmitted to the user matching unit 440, the user matching unit 440 passes this information to the sharing information management unit 450, and passes this combination information.
The sharing information management unit 450 newly generates a sharing identification code and stores the information of the combination in the sharing combination management table 453. The stored information is as shown in the first row of the multiplying combination management table 453 in FIG. When the storage is completed, the sharing information management unit 450 transmits the sharing identification code to the driver side terminal 100 of the user 2 and the passenger side terminal 200 of the user 4 to use the identification code later.

(Step S4) Next, a procedure for recalculating the waiting time after the driver has left the departure place will be described. The recalculation of the waiting time is performed when there is a request from the driver or the passenger.

First, when the driver requests recalculation, the driver side terminal 100 transmits a recalculation request message including the current position acquired by the position acquisition unit 130 and the riding identification code to the mediation host 400. . Mediation host 400
The communication processing unit 410 transfers the message to the arrival time prediction unit 460. The arrival time predicting unit 460 searches for information having the received ride identification code from the ride combination management table 453 of the ride information management unit 450, and uses the ride combination information to search for route information included in the driver's driving schedule information. And get a meeting place. Then, by using the obtained information, the current position information received from the driver side terminal 100, and the road congestion status obtained from the road information obtaining unit 480, the vehicle arrives at the meeting place by an algorithm used in an existing car navigation system or the like. Recalculate the time. Then, this time is set to the driver's terminal 1
00 and transmitted to the passenger terminal 200.

On the other hand, when requesting a recalculation from the rider, the rider side terminal 200 transmits a recalculation request message including the ride identification code to the mediation host 400. The communication processing unit 410 of the mediation host 400 transfers this message to the arrival time prediction unit 460. Arrival time prediction unit 46
“0” indicates the combination management table 4 of the sharing information management unit 450.
53, the information having the received ride identification code is retrieved, the driver identification code of the ride combination information is acquired, and the driver side terminal 100 is referred to by referring to the identification code.
Send a message requesting transmission of the current position to the. Then, when the driver-side terminal 100 returns the current position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 120 and receives the current position information, as described above, the riding combination management table 4
From 53, the information having the ride identification code previously received from the rider-side terminal 200 is searched, and the route information and the meeting place included in the driver's driving schedule information are acquired using the ride combination information. Then, using the acquired information, the current position information received from the driver side terminal 100, and the road congestion state acquired from the road information acquisition unit 480, the time of arrival at the meeting place is recalculated. Then, this time is transmitted to the driver side terminal 100 and the passenger side terminal 200.

(Step S5) Next, a procedure for the user 2 to confirm the identity of the user 4 when the user 2 and the user 4 meet at a meeting place will be described. First, the user 2 transmits to the intermediary host 400 the passenger confirmation request to which the vehicle identification code transmitted earlier is added. The communication processing unit 410 of the mediation host 400 transfers this message to the identity confirmation processing unit 420.

The identity confirmation processing unit 420 extracts the identification code of the occupant of this ride from the ride combination management table 453 of the ride information management unit 450 using the ride identification code.
Using this code, the terminal identification code of the passenger is extracted from the user information management table 471 of the user information management unit 470, and the identification code is used to input a password to the terminal 200 of the passenger 4 for identification. Send a message requesting The passenger side terminal 200 that has received the identity confirmation request message displays a screen requesting a password for performing identity confirmation, and when the user 4 inputs a password registered in advance, the password is transmitted to the intermediary host 400. Send it back. Upon receiving this password, the identity confirmation processing unit 420 of the mediation host 400 compares the password of the user 4 stored in the user information management unit 470 with the received password, and if they match, it is determined that the identity confirmation has been completed. A ride identification code is added to the message to inform the driver side terminal 100 and the rider side terminal 2.
Send to 00. When the completion message is displayed, the user 2 as the driver causes the user 4 as the occupant to show the screen of the occupant side terminal 200, and the completion message including the same occupancy identification code is displayed. By confirming that the user is present, the identity verification can be completed. When the rider confirms the identity of the driver, the procedure described above may be performed in which the driver and the rider are replaced.

(Step S6) Next, a description will be given of a procedure for paying the points owned by the rider to the driver at the end of the ride.
When the sharing is completed, the user 2 sets the driver-side terminal 100
Transmits a ride completion message to which the ride identification code is added to the ride information management unit 450 of the mediation center 400 via the network 500, and the user 4
Transmits a ride end message to which the ride identification code is added to the ride information management unit 450.

When receiving the end message from both the driver and the rider of one ride combination information, the ride information manager 450 regards that the ride is completed.
In this embodiment, since the ride completion message has been received from the user 2 and the user 4 regarding the ride combination information of the identification code 200009080001, it is determined that the ride has been completed. Next, the sharing information management unit 450 requests the point processing unit 430 to perform a payment process in order to confirm whether the driver can pay the driver for the number of points determined in advance between the two.

The point processing section 430 sets the item 5 of the ride identification code 200009080001 in the ride combination management table 453.
, And transmits a payment confirmation message to which the number of points is added to the passenger terminal 200 of the user 4. The passenger side terminal 200 that has received this message indicates to the user 4 whether 13 points can be paid to the user 2 who is the driver. When the user 4 inputs the approval, the passenger terminal 200 transmits a payment approval message to the mediation host 400, and the communication processing unit 410 of the mediation host 400 transfers the message to the point processing unit 430. Next, the point processing unit 4
30 transmits a reception confirmation message to which the point 13 has been added to the driver side terminal 100 of the user 2 in order to confirm the number of points to be received. When the user 2 approves the reception at the driver side terminal 100, an approval message is returned to the point processing unit 430, and the point processing unit 430
Has been approved by the user information management unit 470
In the user management table 471, the number of owned points of the item 3 of the user 4 is reduced by 13 and the number of owned points of the user 2 is increased by 13. When the point processing unit 420 notifies the ride information management unit 450 of the end of this process, the ride information management unit 450 deletes the ride record of the currently processed ride identification code 200009080001 from the ride combination management table 453.

According to the above-described procedure, the driver can place the rider at the predetermined waiting time at a waiting place that is not far from his / her own driving route, thereby realizing efficient riding. . In addition, at the meeting place, the driver and the passenger can perform a highly reliable identity verification using only the terminal, so that the risk associated with the riding can be eliminated and the safety can be ensured.

Next, the user (driver or rider) of the ride support system uses the points owned by the rider to
The procedure for shopping at the store 10 where the payment terminal 300 is installed will be described. Here, a procedure in which the user 3 performs shopping at the store 10 including the payment terminal 300 will be described.

When the user 3 does shopping at the store 10,
When paying 30 points instead of the price, first enter your user identification code 00003 and the number of payment points 30 on the point payment request screen of the payment terminal 300.
The terminal 300 is connected to the mediation host 4 via the network 500.
00, the payment request message is sent to the mediation host 4
00, the communication processing unit 410 transfers this message to the point processing unit 430. Upon receiving the payment request message, the point processing unit 430 sets the user identification code 000
03, the user management table 4 of the user information management unit 470
The record of the user 3 is extracted from the record of the user 3 from 71 and the number of owned points is compared with the number of points to be paid to confirm whether or not payment is possible. In this case, since payment is possible, the point processing unit 430
, The terminal identification code of the user is extracted from the record, and a payment confirmation request message is transmitted to the user terminal. The terminal receiving the payment confirmation request message transmits a confirmation request message for payment confirmation. The terminal that has received the payment confirmation message requests input of a password for use in payment confirmation, and transmits the password to the intermediary host 400 when the user 3 enters the password. Upon receiving this password, the point processing unit 430 compares the received password with the password stored in the item 5 of the record of the user 3 in the user management table 471 of the user information management unit 470. When both passwords match, the point processing unit 430 reduces the point number 100 of the item 3 of the user 3 in the user management table 471 by 30 and transmits a payment completion message to the settlement terminal 300.
The settlement terminal 300 that has received this message displays that the payment has been completed.

According to the above procedure, the user 3 can use the points owned by the user 3 to pay at the store 10 where the payment terminal 300 is installed.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment.
For example, in the present embodiment, the route information is included in the driving schedule information input from the driving terminal 100, but the route information may not be included. In this case, it is preferable that the intermediary host 400 includes the road information and searches for the route information based on the departure point and the destination and the road information included in the driving schedule information.

In the present embodiment, the driving terminal 10
Although the current position is acquired by the 0 position acquisition unit 130, any means for acquiring the position may be used. For example, GPS (Global Positioning Syste
m), ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems), etc., the position information may be automatically obtained, or the driver may input the current position information.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the recalculation of the waiting time is performed in response to the driver or the rider's request, but the present invention is not limited to this. The driver side terminal 100 or the passenger side terminal 200 may periodically make a recalculation request to the intermediation host 400, or the intermediation host 40 without receiving the recalculation request.
0 may periodically recalculate. further,
When the waiting time is recalculated, the driver terminal 100 and the passenger terminal 200 may be notified only when the newly predicted waiting time is later than the previous waiting time.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the matching processing section searches for the information on the sharing of a single rider with respect to one piece of driving schedule information. Good. In this case, it is preferable that the driving schedule information includes the number of passengers who may be put on the car and is extracted within this number.

Further, in the present embodiment, the matching processing is performed in the matching processing section under the condition that the minimum number of points that the driver desires to acquire and the maximum number of points that the rider can pay are one of the conditions. At the end of the process, the rider has paid the minimum number of points from the rider to the driver, but various processes regarding this point can be considered. For example, from the passenger, in addition to the maximum number of allowable points, a desired number of points to be paid may be input, and if the desired number of points is equal to or greater than the minimum number of points, processing may be performed so that conditions are met. Good. In this case, it is sufficient to move from the rider to the driver by the desired number of points. When there are a large number of riders, a method of determining the rider on a first-come-first-served basis or an auction may be considered.

[0051]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the driver and the rider can check each other's schedules via the intermediary host, so that the driver and the rider can go to the designated meeting place as in the prior art. There is no uncertainty that you do not know if there is a partner you want, and you do not need to go to a limited meeting place, you can join at the meeting place and time that was on the schedule and time of each other Becomes In addition, in the case of sharing, since strangers often move in the same car, there is a possibility that burglary and other incidents may occur, but perform sufficient background checks when registering with the intermediary host , Above, when these registered drivers and passengers were meeting places,
It is possible to perform identity verification by using the authentication information and the terminal accumulated in the mediation host, to share with only trusted parties, and to ensure security.

Further, in the conventional sharing mechanism, the merit on the driver side is not sufficient such that, for example, it is possible to drive on a dedicated lane on a road as implemented in the United States and the like. Although it was often difficult to realize a dedicated lane, the present invention introduces a point system that pays from the passenger to the driver, and introduces a mechanism that allows these points to be used for payment at stores etc. Has the advantage of actively sharing vehicles.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a car sharing system.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an example of a user management table held by a user management unit of the mediation host

FIG. 3 is a view for explaining a data format of a user management table in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of an operation schedule management table held by a sharing information management unit of an intermediary host.

FIG. 5 is a view for explaining a data format of an operation schedule management table of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a view for explaining an example of a sharing desire management table held by the sharing information management unit of the mediation host;

FIG. 7 is a view for explaining a data format of a sharing hope management table of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a view for explaining an example of a sharing combination management table held by the sharing information management unit of the mediation host;

FIG. 9 is a view for explaining the data format of the combination management table of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the vehicle sharing support system;

[Explanation of symbols]

100: driver's terminal, 110: communication processing unit, 120:
User interface unit, 130... Position acquisition unit, 200
.. Passenger terminal, 210 communication processing unit, 220 user interface unit, 300 settlement terminal, 310 communication processing unit, 320 user interface unit, 400 mediation host, 410 communication processing unit, 420 Identity confirmation processing unit, 430 point processing unit, 440 user matching unit, 450 sharing information management unit, 460 arrival time prediction unit, 470 user information management unit, 480 road information acquisition unit

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[Claims] 1. A vehicle sharing support method for assisting the sharing of a vehicle by a mediation host connected to a driver side terminal of a vehicle driver and a passenger side terminal of a passenger via a network, wherein at least departure from the vehicle side terminal Receiving driving schedule information including the location, destination, and departure time; receiving, at least from the passenger side terminal, sharing request information including at least the current position, destination, and destination arrival time; and a plurality of driving schedules. Comparing the information with a plurality of ride request information to find a combination that matches the driver's and rider's wishes, including the waiting time and waiting place at the driver's terminal and the rider's terminal related to the matched combination Transmitting the waiting information, and recording the result when receiving the information that the ride is completed from both the driver terminal and the rider terminal. Automotive vans support method characterized by comprising the steps. 2. A step of receiving a driver's current position from a driver's terminal, a step of obtaining road congestion information, and a place where the driver waits for a meeting based on the driver's current position, congestion information and driving schedule information. And estimating the time of arrival at the vehicle, and transmitting the estimated waiting time to the passenger terminal. 3. A step of receiving a request for identification of a rider from a driver terminal, and authentication for identification of the rider terminal of the rider who intends to ride the driver who transmitted the request for identification. A step of prompting the input of information, a step of receiving authentication information of the passenger from the passenger terminal, a step of confirming the authentication information of the passenger, and a step of transmitting the authentication result to the driver terminal. 3. The method for assisting a vehicle in a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein: 4. A step of receiving a request for identification of a driver from a terminal of a passenger, and an authentication for identification of the driver of the driver who is to be shared with the passenger who transmitted the request for identification. A step of prompting for input of information, a step of receiving driver's authentication information from the driver's terminal, a step of confirming the driver's authentication information, and a step of transmitting the authentication result to the passenger's terminal 4. The method of supporting a vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: 5. The driving schedule information includes the number of points that the driver desires to acquire, and the sharing request information includes a maximum number of points that the passenger is allowed to pay. At the stage of comparing the desired information, the number of points included in the driving schedule information and the maximum number of points included in the sharing desired information are included in the comparison conditions, and the sharing is completed from both the driver's terminal and the passenger's terminal The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising the step of, when receiving the information, moving a number of points equal to or greater than a desired number of points included in the driving schedule information from the rider to the driver. Sharing support method. 6. A step of receiving the driver's or passenger's identification information and the number of points from a payment terminal connected to the mediation host via a network, and owning the driver or passenger's pertaining to the identification information received from the payment terminal. If the number of points to be paid is equal to or greater than the number of points received from the payment terminal, prompting the driver or passenger terminal to input whether or not points can be subtracted; and subtracting points from the driver or passenger terminal. And a step of subtracting the number of points received from the payment terminal from the points owned by the driver or the passenger pertaining to the identification information received from the payment terminal when the approval of the payment terminal is received. Car sharing support method. 7. When the points are awarded, a value for the points is charged to a driver or a passenger,
7. The method according to claim 6, wherein a payment amount at the payment terminal is paid from the mediation host when the points are subtracted. 8. A vehicle sharing support system for assisting vehicle sharing by an intermediate host connected to a driver terminal and a passenger terminal via a network, wherein the intermediate host is at least a departure point and a destination from the automobile terminal. Means for receiving driving schedule information including the location and departure time; means for receiving, from the passenger terminal, at least riding desired information including at least the current position, destination, and desired arrival time at the destination; Means to find a combination that matches the driver's and passenger's wishes by comparing the information with the ride request information of the driver, and to provide the driver's terminal and the passenger's terminal related to the matched combination with the waiting information including the waiting time and the waiting place. Means for transmitting, and when the completion of the ride is received from both the driver terminal and the rider terminal, the result is recorded. And a vehicle sharing support system. 9. The intermediary host includes: a means for receiving a current position of the driver from a driver side terminal; a means for acquiring congestion information on a road; and a current position of the driver, congestion information, and driving schedule information. 9. The vehicle sharing support system according to claim 8, further comprising: means for predicting a time at which the driver arrives at the meeting place, and transmitting the estimated meeting time to the passenger terminal. 10. The driving schedule information includes the number of points that the driver desires to acquire, and the sharing request information includes the maximum number of points that the passenger is allowed to pay. A means for holding the number of points owned by the driver and the passenger, and a number of points equal to or greater than the desired number of points included in the driving schedule information when the completion of the ride is received from both the driver terminal and the passenger terminal. Means for moving the points from the rider to the driver, and the means for comparing the driving schedule information and the ride desire information,
10. The automatic sharing support system according to claim 8, wherein the comparison is performed by including a desired point number included in the driving schedule information and a maximum point number included in the sharing desired information in a comparison condition. 11. A payment terminal connected to a mediation host via a network, wherein the mediation host receives a driver or passenger identification information and a point number from the payment terminal, and receives the number of points from the payment terminal. Means for prompting the driver or passenger's terminal to input whether or not points can be subtracted when the number of points owned by the driver or passenger pertaining to the identification information is equal to or greater than the number of points received from the payment terminal. Means for subtracting the number of points received from the payment terminal from the points owned by the driver or the rider pertaining to the identification information received from the payment terminal when the approval of the point subtraction is received from the driver or the passenger terminal. The vehicle sharing support system according to claim 10, further comprising: