JP2002279263A - Movement reservation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a movement reservation system that permits a reservation for movement to be done to a provider of transportation if specifying the conditions such as movement destination, and date and time, and can reduce a vacant state of the transportation. SOLUTION: When users of transportation specify use conditions including destination of movement and date and time from a use condition inputting means 1, a candidate operation deciding means 5 compares and refers to providing conditions input from a providing condition inputting means 2 and the use conditions to group candidate users desirous of moving who meet the conditions, and decides candidate operations including an operation route and a candidate provider of transportation according to map information stored in a storing part 3. A reserved operation deciding means 6 decides the highest priority one of the candidate operations as a reserved operation, a user notifying means 7 notifies the candidate users desirous of moving of the reserved operation, and a provider notifying means 8 makes the reservation to the provider of transportation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention seeks a means for moving from a designated departure place to a destination at a designated date and time by a user using a means of transportation such as a taxi or charter flight. The present invention relates to a mobile reservation system for making a reservation to a provider of a mobile phone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional transportation means includes a regular operation by a relatively inexpensive bus or train that operates a predetermined route (route) at a predetermined time, and a free call at an arbitrary time. There is a non-periodical operation by charter flights such as airplanes, ships, and buses for relatively expensive taxis and groups that can specify a destination.

[0003]

When moving from a desired departure place to a desired destination with a small number of people using such a means of transportation, cost, departure time, arrival time, operation route, number of connections, number of connections There is a problem that it takes time to prepare in advance for determining the use conditions such as the time and the walking section, and that the user is not satisfied with the cost, the distance of the walking section, and the like.

[0004] On the other hand, for a provider of transportation means that operates on a non-periodic basis by taxi or charter service, there is a shortage of users depending on the time of day, and the transportation means and its driver become empty, resulting in poor operating efficiency. was there. Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and when a small number of people move from a desired departure point to a desired destination by using a moving means, the use conditions of the above-mentioned advance preparation are set for the user of the moving means. In addition to making it satisfactory and reducing the time and effort required for its preparation, it is also necessary for the provider of the means of transportation to improve the efficiency of operation of the means of transportation and its driver to reduce these idle times. The purpose is to provide a reservation system.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a travel reservation system which achieves the above object, when a user of a travel means designates a condition including a departure place, a destination, and a date and time. Grouping the user candidates who wish to travel satisfying the condition, determining the operation route including the operation route and the candidate provider of the transportation means, determining the highest priority reserved operation from among them, and The user is notified of the reservation operation and the reservation is made to the provider of the transportation means.

In order to achieve the above object, a transfer reservation system according to a second aspect of the present invention comprises a use condition input means for inputting conditions of a user of a moving means, and a provision condition input means for inputting conditions of a provider of the moving means. Means, storage means for storing in the storage unit data including the use conditions, the provision conditions, and map information relating to the operation of the transportation means, an operation candidate based on the data stored in the storage unit, that is, an operation route; An operation candidate determining unit that determines an operation time and a candidate including a target user candidate and a provider candidate; a reservation operation determining unit that determines a highest priority operation candidate from among the operation candidates as a reservation operation; User notification means for notifying the reserved user candidate of the reserved operation, and provider notifying means for notifying the target candidate of the reserved operation.

[0007] In the above-mentioned travel reservation system, the operation candidate determining means is configured to determine a first departure point of a first user among a plurality of users based on the use conditions and the map information stored in the storage unit. A second user having a second departure point or a second destination within a rectangular moving area having a diagonal line connecting the first user and the first destination is searched, and the second user searched for with the first user is searched. Area grouping means for grouping persons.

In the above-mentioned travel reservation system, the operation candidate determining means includes a time zone for grouping users whose departure time and arrival time of the users grouped by the area grouping means are within a predetermined time zone. It has grouping means. In the above-mentioned travel reservation system, the operation candidate determination means indicates the number N1 of users grouped by the time zone grouping means in the provision condition based on the provision condition stored in the storage unit. And a grouping means for determining a provider's means of transportation so as to satisfy a number N2 (N2 <N1) which is equal to or smaller than the number N of the moving means and closest to the number N.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of a movement reservation system according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, a transfer reservation system 100 according to the present invention includes a CPU, an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, an output device such as a CRT and a printer, a semiconductor memory such as a RAM, an auxiliary storage device such as a magnetic disk, and a flexible disk drive (FDD). ) And the like. A program that causes the movement reservation system 100 to function each unit described below is usually stored in the storage unit 3 formed of, for example, a magnetic disk, written into a memory as needed, and executed by the CPU.

The travel reservation system 100 includes a use condition input unit 1 for allowing a user to enter conditions of a user of a transportation method such as a taxi or a bus via the user communication means 21 and a provider (a taxi company or a bus company). And the like, and the provision condition input means 2 for inputting the conditions of the provider of the transportation means via the provider communication means 22, and the data including the use conditions, the provision conditions and the map information on the operation of the transportation means are composed of, for example, a magnetic disk. A storage means 4 for storing in the storage unit 3 and an operation for determining an operation candidate based on the data stored in the storage unit 3, that is, an operation candidate including an operation route, an operation time, a target user candidate and a provider candidate Candidate deciding means 5, reserved operation deciding means 6 for deciding the highest priority driving candidate from among the operation candidates as reserved operation, and user communication means 2 for the user candidate
1, a user notification means 7 for notifying the reserved operation, a provider notification means 8 for notifying the reserved operation to the provider communication means 22 of the candidate provider, and an account or credit of a financial institution in advance. When the card is registered, the payment to the provider is communicated to a bank of a registered account or a registered credit card handling company to connect thereto, and a fee clearing means 9 for clearing the payment. Prepare.

The storage unit 3 stores usage condition data, provision condition data, map information, operation candidate data and reservation operation data, which will be described later. Map information is, for example, GPS
(Global Positioning System). FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of a list of data relating to usage conditions. As shown in FIG. 2, the usage conditions stored in the storage unit 3 include a user's departure place, destination, departure time, arrival time, and budget. In addition, the user's desired ID number, registered ID number, and name are input from the usage condition input unit 1.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of a data list relating to the provision condition moving means. As shown in FIG.
The provision conditions include the capacity of the transportation means, the fee, and the start time and end time of the free time as a time zone available to the user. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a specific example of a list of data relating to the driver of the provision means moving means. As shown in FIG. 4, the provision conditions include, as data relating to the driver of the means of transportation, the start time and end time of the driver's idle time as a time zone available to the user, and the charge per unit time. including. In addition to the driver, data relating to a conductor, a guide, an interpreter, and the like may be provided as data relating to the moving means.

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of the operation candidate determining means shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for creating an area group based on map information. FIG. 7 is a group for determining an operation candidate. It is a flowchart of a conversion process. The operation candidate determination means 5 refers to each departure place and each destination grouped by the area grouping means 51 and determines an operation route candidate from the map information stored in the storage unit 3 as follows.

The operation candidate determining means 5 executes steps S71 to S74 shown in FIG. First, in step S71, the use condition data and the map information stored in the storage unit 3 are read. In step S72, based on the use condition data and the data of the map information, the area grouping means 51 uses the Machida city as the departure place of the first user U1 and the Jindai botanical park as the destination among the plurality of users. A second user U2 starting from Inagi city in a rectangular moving area 101 having a diagonal straight line connecting them and a fourth user U4 starting from Chofu city in the moving area 101 are searched for. The first user U1, the second user U2 searched, and the fourth user U4
And are grouped. In this example, in grouping,
Although a user having a departure place in the moving area 101 is selected as a member of the group, a user having a destination in the moving area 101 may be selected as a member of the group.

In step S73, the time zone grouping means 52 causes the operation candidate determination means 5 to determine that the departure time and the arrival time of the users grouped by the area grouping means 51 are within a predetermined time zone. Is grouped. In step S74, the number of users N1 grouped by the time zone grouping unit 51 is provided by the capacity candidate grouping unit 53 based on the provision conditions stored in the storage unit 3 by the operation candidate determination unit 5 based on the provision condition. The transportation means of the provider is determined so as to satisfy the number N2 (N2 <N1) which is equal to or smaller than the capacity N of the transportation means indicated in the condition, but smaller than the capacity N.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a process for determining a reservation operation. First, in step S81, the operation candidate determination unit 5 stores the time zone grouping unit 52 in the storage unit 3.
The use condition data of the user and the provision condition data of the provider grouped by are read out. In step S82,
The operation candidate determination means 5 compares and refers to the use condition and the selected provision condition, and when satisfied, the step S8.
The process proceeds to step S3, and if not satisfied, proceeds to step S84.

In step S83, an operation candidate satisfying the condition is determined. In step S84, the operation candidate determination unit 5 determines in step S82 that the time zone grouping unit 52
Comparing and using the usage conditions of the users grouped by and the provision conditions of the selected provider, and excluding the users one by one when the conditions are not satisfied,
Operation candidates satisfying the condition are sequentially determined.

In step S85, the operation candidate determining means 5
Are the first departure place (Machida City) and the first destination (Jindai Botanical Garden) of the first user U1 and the second departure place (Inagi City) and the second destination ( The first departure place (Machida City) and the fourth destination (Mitaka City), which are the two farthest points among the fourth departure place (Mifu City) and the fourth destination (Mitaka City) of the fourth user U4 and the fourth user U4 The operation route 102 indicated by a solid line, which is the shortest distance, is determined from the map information stored in the storage unit 3 with reference to the selected two points.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a specific example of a list of operation candidate data. In step S84, the operation candidate determination means 5 stores a list of data of the operation route 102 as shown in FIG.
To be stored. This list is shown in FIG.
D is the operation candidate No. 1, the stop 1, the estimated arrival time of the stop 1, and the providing means are shown.

In step S86, the operation candidate determining means 5
If the above conditions are not satisfied, the determined operation candidate data is stored in the storage unit 3 and then compared with the use conditions of a newly registered user or the provision conditions of a newly registered provider. Then, an operation candidate satisfying the condition is determined. The operation candidate determination means 5 is configured to, when the capacity is less than
After the determined operation candidates are stored in the storage unit 3, the use conditions of the newly registered user or the provision conditions of the newly registered provider are compared and referenced, and the operation candidates satisfying the conditions are determined. I do.

The reservation operation determining means 6 determines the above-mentioned reservation operation with the highest priority, the required time, the capacity,
Determined based on fees and the like. The user input means 1 includes means for automatically setting the address as the departure place when the user who has registered the address in advance does not input the departure place. The user input unit 1 includes a registration unit 12 in which a user registers an account of a financial institution or a credit card in advance.

The transfer reservation system 100 of the present invention is provided with a charge clearing means 9 for clearing payment of a charge to a provider of a user of the transfer means to a bank or a credit card company with a bank account or a credit card. The user notification means 7 includes means for notifying the operation candidates stored in the storage unit 3 by e-mail or the like. The email is sent to a computer or mobile phone.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a specific example of a list relating to user registration data. The transfer reservation system according to the present invention refers to the registration ID described in the data table relating to the usage conditions shown in FIG. Is read out, a charge transfer process is performed to the relevant bank or credit card company, and the notification is sent by e-mail to the user at the e-mail address.

Movement reservation system 1 described with reference to FIG.
00, when a plurality of operation candidates are determined by the operation candidate determination means 5, the reservation operation means 6 determines the highest-priority operation candidate as a reservation operation and notifies the user and the provider. The following configuration may be adopted as the embodiment. That is, the transfer reservation system 100 shown in FIG.
, Operation candidate determination means 5, reservation operation determination means 6,
The functions of the user notification means 7 and the provider notification means 8 are as follows.

When a plurality of operation candidates are determined, the operation candidate determination means 5 first notifies the plurality of operation candidates to the target user candidates via the user notification means 7 and the user communication means 21. . The user candidate who has received the notification selects one candidate, and returns to the system a notification that agrees with the selected operation candidate via the reply unit 11 of the use condition input unit 1. The reservation operation determination means 6 determines the returned operation candidate as a reservation operation, and provides the corresponding reservation operation determined as the target provider candidate via the provider notification means 8 and the provider communication means 22. Notify others.

[0026]

As described above, according to the transfer reservation system of the present invention, if the user of the transfer means specifies the conditions including the departure place, the destination and the date and time of the transfer, the other users and The conditions of the provider of the means of transportation are searched, the operation candidates are determined, the highest priority reservation operation is determined from among them, the user is notified of the reservation operation, and the provider of the transportation means makes the reservation. be able to.

(Supplementary Note 1) If the user of the transportation means specifies conditions including the departure place, destination, and date and time of the movement, candidate users who desire the movement that satisfies the conditions are grouped, and operation routes and An operation candidate including a provider candidate of the moving means is determined, a reservation operation of the highest priority is determined from the operation candidates, and the reserved operation candidate is notified of the reserved operation, and the provision of the moving means is provided. Reservation system for making a reservation for a person.

(Supplementary Note 2) Usage condition input means for inputting the condition of the user of the moving means, provision condition input means for inputting the condition of the provider of the moving means, the use condition, the provision condition and the movement Storage means for storing data including map information relating to the operation of the means in a storage unit, operation candidate determination means for determining an operation candidate based on the data stored in the storage unit, and a highest priority among the operation candidates Reservation operation determining means for determining an operation candidate as a reservation operation, user notification means for notifying a target user candidate of the reservation operation,
A provider notifying means for notifying the candidate provider of the reservation operation to a target provider candidate.

(Supplementary Note 3) The usage conditions include a departure place, a destination, a departure time, an arrival time, and a budget of the user, and the provision conditions include a capacity of the transportation means, a fee, and an available time zone. The movement reservation system according to supplementary note 2, comprising: (Supplementary Note 4) The operation candidate determining means, based on the use conditions and the map information stored in the storage unit, a first departure place and a first destination of a first user among the plurality of users. The inside of the rectangular moving area whose diagonal is the straight line connecting
The travel reservation according to claim 3, further comprising a zone grouping means for searching for a second user as a departure place or a second destination, and grouping the first user and the searched second user. system.

(Supplementary Note 5) The operation candidate determining means refers to each departure point and each destination grouped by the area grouping means and determines an operation route from the map information stored in the storage unit. And the transfer reservation system according to supplementary note 4. (Supplementary Note 6) The operation candidate determining means may be configured to select the first departure place and the first destination of the grouped first user and the second departure place and the second destination of the second user. 6. The travel reservation system according to claim 5, further comprising selecting two distant points and referring to the selected two points to determine an operation route having a shortest distance from the map information stored in the storage unit.

(Supplementary Note 7) The operation candidate determining means includes a time zone grouping for grouping users whose departure time and arrival time within a predetermined time zone are grouped by the area grouping means. A transfer reservation system according to claim 6, comprising means. (Supplementary Note 8) The operation candidate determining means may determine whether the number N1 of users grouped by the time zone grouping means is based on the provision conditions stored in the storage unit and move the number of users N1 indicated in the provision conditions. A number N2 equal to or less than the capacity N of the means but closest to the capacity N (N2 <
The transfer reservation system according to attachment 7, further comprising: capacity grouping means for determining the transfer means of the provider so as to satisfy N1).

(Supplementary Note 9) The operation candidate determining means refers to the use conditions of the users grouped by the time zone grouping means and the provision conditions of the selected provider, and satisfies the conditions. The movement reservation system according to supplementary note 8, which determines an operation candidate to be performed. (Supplementary Note 10) The operation candidate determination unit refers to the use condition of the user grouped by the time zone grouping unit and the provision condition of the selected provider, and when the condition is not satisfied, If the users are excluded one by one, the service candidates satisfying the condition are sequentially determined.
The travel reservation system described in 1.

(Supplementary Note 11) If the condition is not satisfied, the operation candidate determining means stores the determined operation candidate in the storage unit, and then uses the newly registered user's use condition or newly used condition. Supplementary note 1 with reference to the provision conditions of the registered provider and determining an operation candidate satisfying the conditions.
0. The transfer reservation system according to 0.

(Supplementary Note 12) When the capacity is less, the operation candidate determination means stores the determined operation candidate in the storage unit and then uses the newly registered user's use condition or newly 12. The travel reservation system according to Supplementary note 10 or 11, wherein an operation candidate that satisfies the condition is determined by referring to a provision condition of the registered provider.

(Supplementary note 13) The one of Supplementary notes 2 to 12, wherein the reserved operation determining means determines the highest priority reserved operation based on a required time, a capacity, a fee, and the like of the moving means in the operation candidate. The travel reservation system described in 1. (Supplementary Note 14) The user input means may include a means for automatically setting the address as a departure place when a user who has registered an address in advance does not input a departure place.
The travel reservation system described in the section.

(Supplementary Note 15) The user input means includes a registration means for the user to previously register an account of a financial institution or a credit card, and the transfer reservation system allows the user to pay a fee to the provider. Alternatively, the transfer reservation system according to any one of Supplementary Notes 2 to 14, further comprising a charge settlement unit that performs settlement by a credit card.

(Supplementary note 16) The transfer reservation system according to any one of Supplementary notes 2 to 15, wherein the user notification means includes means for notifying the operation candidate by an electronic mail or the like. (Supplementary Note 17) Usage condition input means for inputting the conditions of the user of the transportation means, provision condition input means for inputting the conditions of the provider of the transportation means, operation of the usage conditions, the provision conditions and the transportation means Storage means for storing data including map information relating to the storage unit, operation candidate determination means for determining an operation candidate based on the data stored in the storage unit, and notifying the operation candidate to a target user candidate User notifying means, a reply means for the user candidate to select one of the operation candidates in response to the notification, and returning a notification that agrees with the candidate, and the returned operation A travel reservation system comprising: a reservation operation determining unit that determines a candidate as a reservation operation; and a provider notification unit that notifies a target provider candidate of the reservation operation.

(Supplementary Note 18) A transfer reservation system having a computer, a use condition input unit for inputting a condition of a user of a transfer unit, a provision condition input unit for inputting a condition of a provider of the transfer unit, and the use Storage means for storing data including conditions, the provision conditions, and map information relating to the operation of the transportation means in a storage unit; operation candidate determination means for determining an operation candidate based on the data stored in the storage unit; Reservation operation decision means for deciding the highest priority operation candidate from among the operation candidates to the reservation operation, user notification means for notifying the target user candidate of the reservation operation, and the reservation operation for the target provider candidate A program characterized by functioning as a provider notifying means for notifying operation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of a movement reservation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a specific example of a list of data relating to usage conditions.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of a list of data relating to a means for moving provider conditions.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a specific example of a list relating to a driver of a moving means of a provider condition.

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of an operation candidate determination unit shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for creating an area group based on map information.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a grouping process for determining an operation candidate.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a process for determining an operation candidate.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a specific example of a list of data of operation candidates.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a specific example of a list relating to user registration data.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Usage condition input means 2 ... Provision condition input means 3 ... Storage part 4 ... Storage means 5 ... Operation candidate determination means 6 ... Reservation operation determination means 7 ... User notification means 8 ... Provider notification means 9 ... Charge settlement means 100 … Mobile reservation system 20… Bank or credit card company 21… User communication means 22… Provider communication means

Claims (5)

[Claims] When a user of a moving means designates a condition including a departure place, a destination, and a date and time of a movement, candidate users desiring a movement satisfying the condition are grouped, and an operation route and the movement are determined. The service candidate including the provider candidate of the means is determined, the highest priority reserved service is determined from among them, and the reserved service candidate is notified of the reserved service candidate, and the provider of the moving means is notified to the provider. A mobile reservation system characterized by making the reservation. 2. Use condition input means for inputting a condition of a user of a moving means, provision condition input means for inputting a condition of a provider of the movement means, Storage means for storing data including map information regarding the operation in a storage unit; operation candidate determination means for determining an operation candidate based on the data stored in the storage unit; and a highest priority operation candidate among the operation candidates A reserved operation determining means for determining the reserved operation, a user notifying means for notifying a target user candidate of the reserved operation, a provider notifying means for notifying a target provider candidate of the reserved operation, A mobile reservation system comprising: 3. The operation candidate determining means, based on the use conditions and the map information stored in the storage unit, determines a first departure place and a first object of a first user among the plurality of users. A second user having a second departure point or a second destination in a rectangular moving area having a straight line connecting the ground as a diagonal is searched for, and the first user and the searched second user are grouped. The mobile reservation system according to claim 2, further comprising an area grouping unit. 4. The operation candidate determination means includes a time zone grouping means for grouping users whose departure time and arrival time within a predetermined time zone are grouped by the area grouping means. The mobile reservation system according to claim 3, further comprising: 5. The operation candidate determining means indicates the number N1 of users grouped by the time zone grouping means in the providing condition based on the providing condition stored in the storage unit. A number N2 (N) that is equal to or less than the capacity N of the transportation means but is closest to the capacity N
The transfer reservation system according to claim 4, further comprising a capacity grouping unit that determines a transfer unit of the provider so as to satisfy 2 <N1).