JP2004070498A - Control system for moving body - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To move a moving body to a desired position even in any place, by simple work. <P>SOLUTION: When an electronic mail from a cellular phone 2 is received by a reception part 31, a positional information analyzing part 36 analyzes positional information attached to the electronic mail. The analyzed positional information and a user ID are transmitted to a taxi control station 6 by a taxi control station accessing part 37. The optimum taxi is retrieved based on the received positional information by a taxi retrieving part 63, and a car allocation indicating part 64 instructs an allocation indication for the taxi to the taxi, in the taxi control station 6. A taxi control server 3 receives taxi information of the taxi retrieved in the taxi control station 6, and a control part 33 writes down the taxi information on the electronic mail to be transmitted to the cellular phone 2. The taxi arrives thereafter at a site for a user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a moving body management system for moving an optimal moving body based on position information of a user to a position where the user exists.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A conventional mobile management system is equipped with a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver on a moving body such as a taxi, and dispatches taxis by a dispatch center that manages the operating status (current position, empty vehicle status, etc.) of the taxi in a predetermined area. It is carried out. When there is an inquiry from a user who wishes to use a taxi to the dispatch center, the dispatch center operator receives the inquiry and confirms the current position of the user. Then, a taxi existing near the current position notified by the user is searched, and a taxi that can be moved in the shortest time is dispatched to the user.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional mobile management system, since the operator confirms the current position recognized by the user by telephone or the like and dispatches based on the information, the user does not know his current position. The problem arises that the optimal taxi cannot be dispatched. Further, in this case, there is a problem that the user has to convey the characteristics of the current position and the like to the dispatch center in detail, and the work of making a taxi dispatch request is complicated.
[0004]
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described conventional problems, and provides a moving body management system capable of moving a moving body to a desired position at any place by a simple operation. The purpose is to do.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The mobile management system of the present invention searches for a mobile that can move to a position where the mobile terminal exists based on the location information of the mobile terminal and the location information of the mobile transmitted from the mobile terminal. A moving body determining unit that determines a moving body that satisfies a predetermined condition from the body; and a movement instruction unit that instructs the moving body determined by the moving body determining unit to move to the position. And
[0006]
According to this configuration, even in a situation where the current position cannot be grasped, the user can move the mobile body to the position where the mobile terminal exists only by transmitting the location information of the mobile terminal. For this reason, the user who uses a mobile body can call a mobile body to a present position by simple work in any place.
[0007]
The mobile management system of the present invention is characterized by comprising identification information transmitting means for transmitting information for identifying the mobile determined by the mobile determining means to the mobile terminal.
[0008]
With this configuration, information for identifying the mobile object that arrives at the current position is transmitted to the mobile terminal, so that the owner of the mobile terminal does not mistake the mobile object by referring to this identification information. .
[0009]
Further, the mobile management system of the present invention includes a waiting time calculating means for calculating a waiting time until the moving body determined by the moving body determining means arrives at the position, and information on the waiting time is transmitted to the mobile terminal. And waiting time information transmitting means for transmitting to the terminal.
[0010]
With this configuration, since waiting time information until the moving body arrives at the current position of the mobile terminal is transmitted to the mobile terminal, the owner of the mobile terminal can easily make an action plan by referring to this waiting time information. .
[0011]
Further, the mobile body management system of the present invention moves to the position with respect to the mobile body determined by the mobile body determination means by cancel instruction information instructing cancellation of movement to the position transmitted from the mobile terminal. It is characterized by comprising movement stop instructing means for giving an instruction to stop the movement of
[0012]
With this configuration, the mobile object can be stopped from moving to a position where the mobile terminal exists only by transmitting information instructing cancellation of the movement from the mobile terminal.
[0013]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a taxi dispatch system according to the present embodiment.
The taxi dispatch system 1 gives instructions for taxi dispatch based on e-mails transmitted from the mobile phone 2 and the mobile phone 2 as mobile terminals for transmitting e-mails such as notebook personal computers, portable information terminals, and mobile phones. Taxi management server 3, network 4 such as the Internet, web server 5 that performs various registrations in response to HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) requests from mobile phone 2, and taxi operation status within a predetermined area or the same taxi company (taxi The vehicle is configured with a taxi management station 6 that manages position and vacant vehicle status etc.) based on position information and radio information from a GPS receiver mounted on the taxi and arranges taxi dispatch. The taxi management server 3 and the web server 5 are connected to the network 4 by wire or wirelessly.
[0014]
The mobile phone 2 is a model that can send the current location information acquired by the GPS receiver mounted on the mobile phone 2 by attaching it to an e-mail. The taxi management server sends the e-mail attached with the location information via the network 4. 3 is transmitted. The mobile phone 2 accesses the web server 5 based on HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and performs user registration with the taxi management server 3.
[0015]
The taxi management server 3 includes a reception unit 31, an attached data type determination unit 32, a control unit 33, a transmission unit 34, a user information recording unit 35, a location information analysis unit 36, and a taxi management station access unit 37. . In addition, the control part 33 and the transmission part 34 correspond to the information transmission means and waiting time information transmission means of a claim.
[0016]
The receiving unit 31 receives an e-mail transmitted from the mobile phone 2 and transmits the received e-mail to the control unit 33. The transmission unit 34 transmits the electronic mail transmitted from the control unit 33 to the mobile phone 2 via the network 4.
[0017]
The attached data type determination unit 32 determines the type (image, music, text, and position information) of the attached data attached to the received electronic mail based on the extension of the data. In the user information recording unit 35, user information registered by the user using the system via the web server 5 (user ID, telephone number of the mobile phone 2, e-mail address of the mobile phone 2, etc.) is recorded. The
[0018]
The position information analysis unit 36 analyzes the position information attached to the e-mail received by the reception unit 31 and transmits the position information to the control unit 33. The mobile management station access unit 37 transmits the location information analyzed by the location information analysis unit 36 and the user ID of the user who transmitted the e-mail recorded in the user information recording unit 35 to the mobile management station 6. To do.
[0019]
The control unit 33 controls each unit in the taxi management server 3. Further, it is determined whether or not the transmission source of the email received by the reception unit 31 is a user registered in the user information recording unit 35 based on the transmission source email address or telephone number included in the header information of the email. To do. In addition, when the email sender is a user who is not registered, and the data type attached to the email is data other than location information, error information is described in the received email. This is transmitted to the transmission unit 34. Further, an e-mail describing the taxi information transmitted from the taxi management station 6 is created, and the created e-mail is transmitted to the mobile phone 2 corresponding to the user ID included in the taxi information via the transmission unit 34. .
[0020]
The mobile body management station 6 includes a transmission / reception section 61, a control section 62, a taxi search section 63 (corresponding to the mobile body determination means and the waiting time calculation means in claims), and a vehicle allocation instruction section 64 (movement of claims). Corresponding to instruction means and movement stop instruction means).
[0021]
The transmission / reception unit 61 transmits the location information and user ID of the mobile phone 2 transmitted from the taxi management station access unit 37 to the control unit 62. Also, taxi information such as taxi characteristics (information for identifying a taxi such as a car number) searched by the taxi search unit 63, user ID, and waiting time information until the taxi arrives at the current position of the user. Is transmitted to the taxi management station access unit 37.
[0022]
The taxi search unit 63 searches for a taxi that is close to the location where the mobile phone 2 exists based on the location information of the mobile phone 2 and the location information of the taxi received by the transmission / reception unit 61, and further performs the search Search for one taxi that satisfies a predetermined condition (can be moved to a location where the mobile phone 2 is present in the shortest time) and obtains the car number of the taxi from a database (not shown). The time until arrival at the current position of the user is calculated.
[0023]
The vehicle allocation instruction unit 64 transmits the user ID and the user's current position information transmitted from the control unit 62 to the taxi searched by the taxi search unit 63 by radio to instruct the vehicle allocation. In a taxi that has received a dispatch instruction, the user ID and the user's current location information transmitted wirelessly are displayed on a display device or the like provided in the taxi and confirmed by the taxi driver. The control unit 62 controls each unit in the taxi management station 6.
[0024]
Next, the operation of the taxi dispatch system 1 from when the e-mail is received by the taxi management server 3 until the taxi is dispatched will be described.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the flow from when the e-mail is received by the taxi management server to when the taxi information is transmitted to the mobile phone.
[0025]
When the taxi management server 3 receives an email (S201), it is determined whether the sender of the email is a registered user. If the user is not a registered user (S202: NO), error information indicating that the user has not been registered is added to the received e-mail (S209) and returned to the mobile phone 2 (S210).
[0026]
On the other hand, if the user is a registered user (S202: YES), the data type attached to the e-mail is determined. If the attached data is data other than position information (S203: NO), the operation proceeds to S209. When the attached data is position information (S203: YES), the position information is extracted from the e-mail (S204).
[0027]
When the position information is extracted from the e-mail, the position information is analyzed (S205), and the analyzed position information and user ID are transmitted to the taxi management station 6 (S206). The taxi management station 6 searches for an optimal taxi based on the received position information, and instructs the taxi to move to the current position of the user.
[0028]
On the other hand, the taxi management server 3 receives the taxi information of the taxi searched by the taxi management station 6 (S207), the taxi information is described in an e-mail (S208), and transmitted to the mobile phone 2 based on SMTP. (S210).
[0029]
The user who is the owner of the mobile phone 2 that has received the e-mail from the taxi management server 3 checks the content of the e-mail on the display of the mobile phone 2 and waits for a taxi to arrive. When the taxi arrives, the user presents his / her user ID to the taxi driver, and if the taxi driver has the same user ID displayed on the display device as the presented user ID, the user is presented to the taxi. Get on and leave for your destination.
[0030]
In the present embodiment, the taxi management server 3 and the taxi management station 6 are independent from each other. However, the taxi management server 3 and the taxi management station 6 may be configured as functions of the same server.
[0031]
In this embodiment, the location information of the mobile phone 2 and taxi information are transmitted / received using e-mail. However, the communication means is not limited to e-mail, but location information on the website by web access or the like. You may send and receive taxi information.
[0032]
In addition, while the user is waiting for a taxi, for example, when there is an empty taxi of another company nearby and the user wants to take the taxi, the user uses the mobile phone 2 to indicate a car dispatch cancellation instruction, etc. Is transmitted to the taxi management server 3 so that the taxi management station access unit 37 instructs the taxi management station 6 to cancel the dispatch. Then, the dispatching instruction unit 64 issues a dispatching stop instruction to the taxi moving to the user, and the taxi receiving the instruction stops moving to the user and performs a normal operation. Return. By doing in this way, the user can cancel a dispatch request at any time.
[0033]
In addition, not only the location information of the mobile phone 2 but also the destination information on the destination (destination) where the user moves on a taxi is sent together with the e-mail sent from the mobile phone 2. good.
[0034]
In this case, the taxi management station access unit 37 transmits the location information attached to the e-mail and the destination information to the taxi management station 6, and the taxi search unit 63 receives the location of the mobile phone 2 received by the transmission / reception unit 61. Based on the information and the taxi position information, a taxi existing near the position where the mobile phone 2 exists is searched. Then, from among the searched taxis, taxis that can be moved to a location where the mobile phone 2 exists in an empty car and in the shortest time and that are easy to move to the user's destination are displayed. The search may be performed with reference to the previous information.
[0035]
By doing in this way, since the taxi moving from the direction which is easy to move to the user's destination is dispatched to the user, the user smoothly moves to the destination after getting on the taxi. Therefore, it is possible to deliver a more optimal taxi than when searching for a taxi using only the location information of the mobile phone 2 and delivering it.
[0036]
In addition, when a user sends an e-mail attached with location information from the mobile phone 2 to the taxi management server 3 to request a taxi dispatch, a receipt confirmation e-mail or the like indicating that the taxi management server 3 has accepted the dispatch request Is generated by the control unit 33 and transmitted to the mobile phone 2 via the transmission unit 34, the user can confirm whether or not the vehicle allocation request has been accepted.
[0037]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, predetermined conditions (empty and in the shortest time) from among the taxis searched based on the position information transmitted from the mobile phone 2 owned by the user and the position information of the moving body. A taxi that can be moved is dispatched. For this reason, even if the user does not grasp his / her current position, a taxi dispatch request can be easily made. In addition, since the user automatically completes the vehicle allocation request simply by sending an e-mail with the location information attached thereto to the taxi management server 3, the time required for the vehicle allocation request can be greatly reduced.
[0038]
Further, according to the present embodiment, a vehicle dispatch instruction is based on the position information of the mobile phone 2 obtained from the GPS receiver mounted on the mobile phone 2 and the position information of the taxi obtained from the GPS receiver mounted on the taxi. Because it is done, accurate dispatch can be performed.
[0039]
According to the present embodiment, since the taxi information such as the characteristics of the taxi dispatched to the user and the waiting time until the taxi arrives is transmitted to the user's mobile phone 2, the user can By referring to the information, you can avoid getting in the wrong taxi. In addition, since it is possible to know the waiting time, it is easy to make an action plan.
[0040]
【The invention's effect】
ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the moving body management system which can move a moving body to a desired position by simple operation | work in any place can be provided.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a mobile management system according to an embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining a flow from when an e-mail is received by a taxi management server to when taxi information is transmitted to a mobile phone;
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Taxi dispatch system 2 Mobile phone 3 Taxi management server 4 Network 5 Web server 6 Taxi management station 31 Receiving part 32 Attached data classification judgment part 33 Control part 34 Transmission part 35 User information recording part 36 Location information analysis part 37 Taxi management station access Unit 61 Transmission / reception unit 62 Control unit 63 Taxi search unit 64 Allocation instruction unit

Claims (4)

Based on the position information of the mobile terminal and the position information of the mobile body transmitted from the mobile terminal, a mobile body that can move to the position where the mobile terminal exists is searched, and the mobile body that satisfies the predetermined condition is searched from the mobile body A moving body determining means for determining a body;
A moving body management system comprising: a moving instruction means for instructing the moving body determined by the moving body determination means to move to the position. The mobile body management system according to claim 1, further comprising identification information transmission means for transmitting information for identifying the mobile body determined by the mobile body determination means to the mobile terminal. A waiting time calculating means for calculating a waiting time until the moving body determined by the moving body determining means arrives at the position;
The mobile unit management system according to claim 1, further comprising a waiting time information transmitting unit that transmits the waiting time information to the mobile terminal. A movement stop instruction for instructing the moving body determined by the moving body determining means to stop moving to the position by cancel instruction information instructing cancellation of movement to the position transmitted from the mobile terminal The mobile management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising means.

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