JP2002279588A - Automobile allocation system and automobile allocation method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem on a conventional allocation method that much labor is required for an operator because the operator should select an automobile to be allocated. SOLUTION: An automobile allocation system comprises automobile side terminals 1 each having first transmission means 5 for transmitting position information for an automobile to an allocation management device 3 and first display means 7 and voice output means 8 for outputting instructions from the allocation management device 3, user side terminals 2 each having allocation request reception means 12 for allowing a user to request allocation and second transmission means 13 for transmitting allocation request information to the allocation management device 3, and the allocation management device 3 having selection means 22 for selecting a given automobile from the plurality of automobiles in accordance with position information of the automobile from the automobile side terminal 1 of each of the plurality of automobiles and position information for the body of the user side terminal 2 and third transmission means 23 for transmitting instructions to the automobile side terminal 1 installed on the selected automobile.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automobile dispatch system and an automobile dispatch method for dispatching an automobile to a user who requests dispatch of an automobile such as a taxi.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional vehicle dispatching method will be described with reference to an example of a taxi dispatching method performed by a taxi company having a large number of taxis when the taxi dispatching is requested by a customer. 5 will be described.

A taxi company operator 51 has a customer 52
In order to be able to respond immediately when a taxi dispatch is requested from the driver, information on the location of the taxi, information on whether or not the passenger is running and information on which direction Information such as whether the vehicle is running toward is collected wirelessly. Then, when the customer 52 actually requests a taxi to be dispatched by telephone, the operator 51 of the taxi company receives the location of the customer 52 and selects one taxi. At that time, the operator 51 of the taxi company uses a predetermined standard such as a taxi closest to the location of the customer 52 or a taxi that can reach the location of the customer 52 in the shortest time in consideration of traffic conditions. Choose one taxi.

As described above, when the operator 51 selects one taxi, the operator 51 informs the customer 52 of the time until the taxi arrives or the estimated time of arrival by telephone. The operator 51 also informs the selected taxi driver 53 of the location of the customer 52 and instructs the driver to go to the location by radio. In this way, the conventional vehicle allocation has been performed.

[0005] So far, the conventional method of allocating a car has been described with reference to the case of allocating a taxi.
For example, when a car becomes ill during driving, the driver of the car requests the JAF to dispatch a rescue car, or when the child suddenly becomes ill, the parents Similarly, when requesting the dispatch of an ambulance, the JAF or hospital operator selects one car and directs the car to the location of the person who has requested dispatch, as in the case of dispatching a taxi. I'll change it.

[0006]

In the above-described conventional dispatching method, the operator has to obtain information such as the position of each car and the operator himself has to select one car. In other words, the operator
Since an appropriate vehicle must be selected from the position of each vehicle and the location of the person who has requested the dispatch, there is a problem that the work load on the operator is large.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle dispatching system, a vehicle dispatching management device, and a vehicle dispatching method that automatically dispatch a vehicle without requiring an operator. I do.

[0008]

Means for Solving the Problems The first invention (claim 1)
Corresponds to the first device installed in each of the plurality of vehicles and the second device carried by the user who requests the vehicle allocation.
Based on the vehicle and dispatch request information from the second device,
An instruction to direct the vehicle to the position of the second device body,
A third device for transmitting to the first device of any of the plurality of vehicles, wherein the first device acquires information on the position of the vehicle on which the first device is installed.
Position information acquiring means, first transmitting means for periodically or irregularly transmitting the position information of the vehicle acquired by the first position information acquiring means to the third device, First receiving means for receiving the instruction;
Output means for outputting the instruction received by the receiving means, wherein the second device obtains information on the position of the main body of the second device, and the user requests a vehicle allocation. Dispatch request receiving means for transmitting the dispatch request information and the information on the position of the second device body acquired by the second position information acquiring means to the third device when the user requests the dispatch. A second transmitting unit, wherein the third device receives information on a position of each of the vehicles from each of the first devices installed in each of the plurality of vehicles, and Third receiving means for receiving the dispatch request information from the apparatus and the information on the position of the second apparatus main body, and when the third receiving means receives the dispatch request information and the information on the position of the second apparatus main body, To
Selecting means for selecting a predetermined automobile from the plurality of automobiles based on the information on the position of each automobile and the information on the location of the second device main body; And a third transmission means for transmitting the instruction to the first device.

According to a second aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 2), first receiving means for receiving information on the position of each vehicle from each first device installed in each of a plurality of vehicles, Second receiving means for receiving vehicle allocation request information from a second device carried by the requesting user and information on the position of the second device main body, and the second receiving means comprising the vehicle allocation request information and the second device main body Selecting means for selecting a predetermined vehicle from the plurality of vehicles based on the information on the position of each vehicle and the information on the position of the second device main body when receiving the information on the position of the vehicle; The vehicle allocation management device includes a transmission unit that transmits an instruction to direct the vehicle to the position of the second device main body to the first device installed in the vehicle selected by the selection unit.

A third aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 3) includes traffic information acquiring means for acquiring traffic information at a place where all or a part of the vehicle is located, and the selecting means comprises: The vehicle allocation management device according to a second aspect of the present invention, wherein the predetermined vehicle is selected by also using the traffic information acquired by the means.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 4), an expected arrival time calculating means for calculating an expected time at which the vehicle selected by the selecting means arrives at the position of the second apparatus main body, The vehicle allocation management device according to the second or third aspect of the present invention, further comprising a second transmission unit configured to transmit information on the estimated arrival time calculated by the expected time calculation unit to the second device.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 5), a first step of receiving information on the position of each vehicle from each first device installed in each of a plurality of vehicles, and requesting the vehicle to be dispatched Receiving the vehicle allocation request information from the second device carried by the user and the information on the position of the second device main body, and, in the second step, determining the vehicle allocation request information and the position of the second device main body in the second step. A third step of selecting a predetermined vehicle from the plurality of vehicles based on the information on the position of each vehicle and the information on the position of the second device main body when receiving the information; Transmitting a command to direct the vehicle to the position of the second device main body to the first device installed in the vehicle selected in the step.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 6), the first aspect
The first position information obtaining means for obtaining information on the position of the vehicle on which the first device is installed in the first device of the vehicle distribution system according to the present invention, and the first position information obtainment The first transmitting means for transmitting the information on the position of the vehicle acquired by the means to the third device periodically or irregularly; and the first receiving means for receiving the instruction from the third device. An output unit that outputs the instruction received by the first receiving unit; a second position information obtaining unit that obtains information on a position of the second device body in the second device; The vehicle allocation request receiving means for requesting the vehicle allocation, and when the user requests the vehicle allocation, the vehicle allocation request information and the information on the position of the second device main body obtained by the second position information obtaining means are transmitted to the third device. Send to device Said second transmission means for, the third
A second receiving unit for receiving information on the position of each of the vehicles from each of the first devices installed in each of the plurality of vehicles; and the dispatch request information and the second from the second device. The third receiving means for receiving information on the position of the device main body, and when the third receiving means receives the dispatch request information and the information on the position of the second device main body, Based on the information on the position of the second device main body, the selection unit for selecting a predetermined vehicle from the plurality of vehicles, and the first device installed in the vehicle selected by the selection unit. It is a program for causing a computer to function as all or a part of the third transmission unit that transmits the instruction.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention (corresponding to claim 7), the second aspect
The first receiving means for receiving the information on the position of each vehicle from each of the first devices installed in each of the plurality of vehicles, and the user who requests the vehicle allocation of the vehicle. Second receiving means for receiving vehicle allocation request information from the second device and information on the position of the second device main body, and the second receiving means receiving the vehicle allocation request information and information on the position of the second device main body. When receiving the information, the selecting means for selecting a predetermined car from the plurality of cars based on the information on the position of each car and the information on the position of the second device body, and the selecting means, The first device installed in the selected vehicle is provided with the second device.
This is a program for causing a computer to function as all or a part of the transmission unit that transmits an instruction to direct a car to a position of an apparatus main body.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In the present embodiment, for convenience of explanation, a vehicle allocation system, a vehicle allocation management device, and a vehicle allocation method of the present invention will be described by taking a case where a taxi is allocated as an example.

First, a schematic configuration of a vehicle dispatching system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle dispatch system of the present embodiment includes vehicle-side terminals 1A to 1A installed in a plurality of taxis A to N, respectively.
1N, the user terminal 2 carried by the user (customer) α requesting the taxi dispatch, and the plurality of taxis A to
And a dispatch management device 3 installed at the headquarters β of the taxi company that owns N. Here, in order to simplify the explanation, when the number of taxis is three, the car-side terminals 1A, 1B, and 1C installed in the three taxis A, B, and C, respectively, and the user-side terminal FIG. 2 shows a configuration of an automobile dispatch system constituted by the dispatch control device 2 and the dispatch management device 3.

Each car-side terminal 1 has its own car-side terminal 1
To get information on the location of the taxi where the taxi is installed
Position information acquiring means 4, first transmitting means 5 for periodically transmitting the taxi position information acquired by the first position information acquiring means 4 to the dispatch management apparatus 3, and a user (customer ), First receiving means 6 for receiving information including an instruction to direct a taxi to the position, and the first receiving means 6
First display means 7 for displaying an image of the information received by the first
Sound output means 8 for outputting information received by receiving means 6 as sound
It is composed of

The user side terminal 2 includes a first storage unit 9 for storing personal information of the user, a second position information obtaining unit 10 for obtaining information on the position of the main body of the user side terminal 2, a user's face and the like. Photographing means 11 for photographing the image of the vehicle, dispatch request receiving means 12 for the user to request the dispatch, dispatch request information when the user actually requests the dispatch, and the face of the user photographed by the photographing means 11 Etc., to the vehicle allocation management device 3, a second reception unit 14 for receiving information from the vehicle allocation management device 3, and an image display of the information received by the second reception unit 14. And second display means 15. The second transmitting means 13
The dispatch request information transmitted by the user includes information on the position of the main body of the user-side terminal 2 and personal information of the user.

The vehicle allocation management device 3 includes a second storage unit 16,
A third storage unit 17, a third reception unit 18, a traffic information acquisition unit 19, a fourth reception unit 20, a determination unit 21,
It comprises a selection unit 22, a third transmission unit 23, an expected arrival time calculation unit 24, an extraction unit 25, and a fourth transmission unit 26.

Each component of the vehicle allocation management device 3 will be described below. First, the second storage means 16 is a means for storing personal information of a plurality of users, and the third storage means 17
Is means for storing image data indicating the appearance of each of a plurality of taxis owned by a taxi company.
The third receiving means 18 is a means for receiving the information of the position of the taxi from the car-side terminal 1 installed in each taxi, and the traffic information acquiring means 19 is a means for receiving the traffic information at the place where each taxi is located. It is a means to acquire.

The fourth receiving means 20 is a means for receiving the dispatch request information and the image data from the user side terminal 2, and the determining means 21 is an individual in the dispatch request information received by the fourth receiving means 20. The information is stored in the second storage unit 16
Is a means for determining whether or not it matches any of a plurality of pieces of personal information stored in.

The selecting means 22 determines that the personal information of the user received by the fourth receiving means 20 matches one of the plurality of personal information stored in the second storing means 16. At this time, based on the information on the position of each taxi, the information on the position of the user terminal 2, and the traffic information obtained by the traffic information obtaining means 19,
This is a means for selecting one of a plurality of taxis.

The third transmitting means 23 instructs the car-side terminal 1 installed in the taxi selected by the selecting means 22 to direct the taxi to the position of the user (customer) and outputs the user's face and the like. The estimated arrival time calculating means 24 is means for transmitting image data and the estimated arrival time at the taxi selected by the selecting means 22 to arrive at the position of the user.

The extracting means 25 is a means for extracting an image showing the appearance of the taxi selected by the selecting means 22 from the third storage means 17, and the fourth transmitting means 26 is a user
The transmission means transmits the predicted arrival time calculated by the predicted arrival time calculation means 24 and the image data extracted by the extraction means 25 to the image data.

In the present embodiment, in the vehicle distribution system of the present invention, the vehicle-side terminal 1 as an example of the first device, the user-side terminal 2 as an example of the second device, and the example of the third device. The vehicle allocation management device 3 is used. In addition, the first display means 7 and the sound output means 8 of the vehicle terminal 1 are used as an example of the output means of the first device of the vehicle distribution system of the present invention. Further, the third receiving means 18 of the dispatch management device 3 as an example of the second receiving means of the third device of the vehicle dispatch system of the present invention, and the fourth receiving means of the dispatch management device 3 as an example of the third receiving means. 20, respectively.

Further, in the present embodiment, the third receiving means 18 of the dispatch management device 3 as an example of the first receiving means of the dispatch management device of the present invention, and the third receiving means 18 of the dispatch management device 3 as an example of the second receiving means. The fourth receiving means 20 is used.

Next, the operation of the vehicle dispatch system according to the present embodiment will be described, and a method of dispatching the vehicle will be described.

First, each user (customer) is composed of the user's name, address, age, gender, telephone number, etc. in order to become a member who can use the vehicle dispatch system of the present embodiment. The personal information is registered and stored in the second storage means 16 of the vehicle allocation management device 3. The registration may be performed by each user using the user terminal 2 or by each user mailing a document describing personal information to the headquarters β of the taxi company. When the user performs registration using the user terminal 2, it is assumed that the encrypted personal information of the user is returned from the vehicle allocation management device 3 to the user terminal 2, and the encrypted personal information is It may be stored in the first storage means 9 of the user side terminal 2.

In order to be able to respond to the taxi dispatch request from the user at any time, the car-side terminal 1 of each taxi has the first position information acquiring means 4.
However, the information of the position of the taxi where the car-side terminal 1 is installed is acquired periodically (for example, at intervals of 3 minutes) by using GPS, PHS, or the like, and the first transmitting unit 5 1
The information on the position of the taxi acquired by the position information acquiring means 4 is transmitted to the dispatch management device 3 periodically (for example, at three-minute intervals).

As described above, the car-side terminal 1 of each taxi
Regularly sends information about the location of the taxi,
The vehicle allocation management device 3 can know the latest position of each of the plurality of taxis.

In such a state, it is assumed that the user wants to request a taxi dispatch. Then, the user photographs the user's own face and the scenery of the place where the user is currently located by the photographing means 11 of the user terminal 2. Then, the user inputs a dispatch request to the dispatch request receiving means 12. The dispatch request may include information such as a desired taxi model, the number of taxis, and a desired taxi arrival time.

When the dispatch request accepting unit 12 accepts the dispatch request, the second transmitting unit 13 acquires the user's personal information stored in the first storage unit 9 and the second position information acquiring unit 10. To the vehicle allocation management device 3, the vehicle allocation request information including the information on the position of the main body of the user side terminal 2, and the image data of the user's face and the scenery of the place where the user is currently photographed by the photographing means 11. I do. FIG. 3 shows an example of the dispatch request information. In addition, the second position information acquisition means 1
0 obtains information on the position of the main body of the user-side terminal 2 by using GPS, PHS, or the like.

Next, in the dispatch management device 3, the fourth receiving means 20 receives the dispatch request information and the image data from the user side terminal 2, and the determining means 21 determines the dispatch request received by the fourth receiving means 20. It is determined whether or not the personal information in the request information matches any of the plurality of personal information stored in the second storage unit 16. If it is determined that they match, the person who made the dispatch request is confirmed to be a member who can use the automobile dispatch system of the present embodiment, and taxi dispatch is performed as described later. Will be On the other hand, the fourth receiving means 2
If it is determined that the received personal information does not match any of the plurality of personal information stored in the second storage means 16, the person who has made the dispatch request requests the vehicle dispatch system of the present embodiment. The member is not confirmed as an available member and no taxi is dispatched. Here, it is assumed that it is determined that the personal information received by the fourth receiving unit 20 matches any of the plurality of personal information stored in the second storage unit 16.

Then, the selecting means 22 determines the position information of each taxi received by the third receiving means 18, the traffic information at the location where each taxi is obtained by the traffic information obtaining means 19, and the fourth receiving means 20. Selects one of a plurality of taxis based on the information on the position of the user terminal 2 in the dispatch request information received by the user. For example, the selection unit 22 selects a taxi closest to the position of the main body of the user-side terminal 2. Alternatively, the selecting means 22 selects a taxi that can reach the position of the main body of the user terminal 2 in the shortest time in consideration of traffic information in a place where each taxi is located.

When the dispatch request information includes information on the desired vehicle type, for example, when dispatch of a taxi of a microbus is requested, the selecting means 22 sets the distance to the position of the user terminal 2 main body. Taxi of microbus which is near, or user terminal 2 in the shortest time
Choose a microbus taxi that can arrive at the location of the body. When the dispatch request information includes information on the desired number of dispatches, the selecting means 22 selects taxis for the desired number. If the dispatch request information includes information on the desired time of arrival of the taxi, the selecting means 22 selects a taxi that can reach the position of the user terminal 2 at the desired time of arrival.

As described above, the selection means 22 selects a predetermined taxi based on the information on the position of each taxi, the traffic information on the location where each taxi is located, and the information on the position of the user terminal 2 itself. I do. Here, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that one taxi is selected by the selection unit 22.

When one taxi is selected in this way,
The third transmitting unit 23 transmits an instruction to direct the taxi to the position of the user (customer) to the automobile-side terminal 1 installed in the selected taxi. It is assumed that the instruction includes the information on the position of the main body of the user terminal 2 received by the fourth receiving means 20. Also, the third
The transmitting unit 23 transmits the instruction and the image data such as the user's face and the scenery of the place where the user is currently located, which is received by the fourth receiving unit 20.

The data transmitted by the third transmitting means 23 is received by the first receiving means 6 in the automobile terminal 1 installed in the taxi selected by the selecting means 22. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the first display means 7 displays the map image including the information on the position of the user-side terminal 2 main body, and displays the map image at the displayed position of the user-side terminal 2 main body. Display instructions to direct a taxi. Similarly, the sound output means 8 outputs information on the position of the main body of the user side terminal 2 and an instruction to direct a taxi to the position of the main body of the user side terminal 2 by sound. When the instruction is given by the image or the sound as described above, the driver instructed drives the taxi to the displayed position of the main body of the user terminal 2. Note that the first display means 7 displays images such as the face of the user and the scenery of the place where the user is currently located, in order to determine the user who has requested the vehicle allocation by the driver.

On the other hand, when the selecting means 22 selects one of the taxis, the expected arrival time calculating means 24 calculates the taxi position information received by the third receiving means 18 and
Traffic information obtained by the traffic information obtaining means 19;
Based on the information on the position of the main body of the user terminal 2 received by the fourth receiving means 20, the expected time at which the taxi selected by the selecting means 22 reaches the position of the user is calculated. When the selecting unit 22 selects one of the taxis, the extracting unit 25 extracts image data indicating the appearance of the taxi selected by the selecting unit 22 from the third storage unit 17.

The fourth transmitting means 26 sends the information on the estimated arrival time calculated by the expected arrival time calculating means 24 and the image data indicating the appearance of the taxi extracted by the extracting means 25 to the user terminal 2. To send. Then, in the user side terminal 2, the second receiving means 14 receives the information of the expected arrival time and the image data indicating the appearance of the dispatched taxi, and the second display means 15 displays the expected arrival time, the dispatching time, And an image showing the appearance of the taxi to be displayed. As described above, the expected arrival time and the image indicating the appearance of the taxi to be dispatched are displayed, so that the user can easily determine the taxi to be dispatched.

Therefore, by using the above-described vehicle dispatching system of the present embodiment, a taxi can be dispatched automatically without requiring an operator.

In the above-described embodiment, the user (customer) registers personal information including a name, an address, and the like in order to use the vehicle dispatch system of the present embodiment. The vehicle dispatch system of the present invention does not limit that only users who have registered personal information can use the information. That is, the vehicle dispatch system of the present invention may be a system that can be used by anyone other than the user who has registered personal information. In this case, the vehicle allocation request information transmitted by the second transmitting means 13 of the user terminal 2 does not need to include the user's personal information.

In the above-described embodiment, the first position information acquiring means 4 of the automobile terminal 1 periodically acquires the information of the position of the taxi where the automobile terminal 1 is installed. It may be obtained constantly or irregularly. Similarly, the first transmitting unit 5 of the vehicle-side terminal 1 periodically transmits the taxi position information acquired by the first position information acquiring unit 4 to the vehicle allocation management device 3, but may transmit the information at all times. Then, it may be transmitted irregularly.

In the above-described embodiment, the expected arrival time calculating means 24 calculates the taxi position based on the taxi position information, the traffic information, and the position information of the user terminal 2.
The estimated time at which the taxi selected by the selecting means 22 reaches the position of the user is calculated. However, since the expected time changes every moment depending on traffic conditions and the like, the expected time of arrival calculating means 24 periodically calculates the expected time. The latest estimated time that has been recalculated and recalculated is transmitted to the fourth transmitting unit 2.
6 may be transmitted to the user terminal 2.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the vehicle dispatch system, the vehicle dispatch management device, and the vehicle dispatch method of the present invention have been described by taking a case where a taxi is dispatched as an example. If the driver of the car requests the JAF to dispatch a rescue car when the child is getting sick or the parents dispatch an ambulance to the hospital when the child suddenly becomes ill. Is required, the vehicle dispatching system of the present invention can be applied to a case where a rescue vehicle or an ambulance is dispatched. In short, the vehicle dispatching system of the present invention is applicable when distributing an automobile.

Further, the present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute the functions of all or a part of the above-described vehicle allocation system of the present invention by a computer, and is a program that operates in cooperation with the computer. .

Note that some of the devices of the present invention mean some of the plurality of devices, or
It means some means in one device, or some functions in one means.

Further, the present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute the functions of all or a part of the above-described vehicle allocation management device of the present invention, and is a program that operates in cooperation with the computer.

Note that some means of the present invention means some of the plurality of means, or
It means a part of function of one means.

The present invention also includes a computer-readable recording medium on which the program of the present invention is recorded.

[0052] One embodiment of the program of the present invention may be a mode in which the program is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium and operates in cooperation with the computer.

[0053] One embodiment of the program of the present invention may be a mode in which the program is transmitted through a transmission medium, read by a computer, and operates in cooperation with the computer.

The recording medium includes a ROM or the like, and the transmission medium includes a transmission medium such as the Internet,
Light, radio waves, sound waves, etc. are included.

Further, the computer of the present invention described above
The hardware is not limited to pure hardware such as a CPU, but may include firmware, an OS, and peripheral devices.

As described above, the configuration of the present invention may be realized by software or hardware.

[0057]

As is apparent from the above description, the present invention provides a vehicle allocation system, a vehicle allocation management device, and a vehicle allocation method that automatically allocate a vehicle without requiring an operator. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an automobile dispatch system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a vehicle dispatch system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of dispatch request information in the dispatch system of the vehicle according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a map image displayed by the first display means 7 of the vehicle-side terminal 1 of the vehicle distribution system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a conventional vehicle dispatch system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A to N taxi α user (customer) β taxi company headquarters 1 automobile terminal 2 user side terminal 3 dispatch management device 4 first position information acquisition means 5 first transmission means 6 first reception means 7 first display means 8 sound Output means 9 First storage means 10 Second position information acquisition means 11 Imaging means 12 Vehicle allocation request receiving means 13 Second transmission means 14 Second reception means 15 Second display means 16 Second storage means 17 Third storage means 18 Third Receiving means 19 traffic information acquiring means 20 fourth receiving means 21 determining means 22 selecting means 23 third transmitting means 24 estimated arrival time calculating means 25 extracting means 26 fourth transmitting means

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Taichi Nagashima, 1-2-1, Hirano-cho, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Prefecture Inside Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (72) Hironori Sakamoto 4-chome, Hirano-cho, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka No. 1-2 Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. 4-1-2, Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Atsushi Nonaka 4-1-2, Hirano-cho, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masahiro Yamada Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 4-1-2, Hirano-cho, Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hideki Yamaguchi 4-1-2, Hirano-cho, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (72) Akiya Haruo Mitamura 4-1-2 Hirano-cho, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka F-term in Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. 5H180 AA14 BB05 CC12 FF05 FF13 FF22 FF32 5K067 AA41 BB26 EE02 EE12 GG01 GG11 HH21

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A first vehicle installed in each of a plurality of automobiles
A plurality of devices, a second device carried by a user who requests the dispatch of the vehicle, and an instruction to direct the vehicle to the position of the second device body based on the dispatch request information from the second device. A third device for transmitting to any one of the first devices of an automobile, wherein the first device acquires information on the location of the automobile on which the first device is installed. A first transmitting unit for transmitting the information on the position of the vehicle acquired by the first position information acquiring unit to the third device regularly or irregularly; and receiving the instruction from the third device. A first receiving unit that outputs the instruction received by the first receiving unit; and a second position information obtaining unit that obtains information on a position of the second device main body. Means and for the user to request a ride A vehicle allocation request receiving unit, and a second unit for transmitting the vehicle allocation request information and the information on the position of the second device body obtained by the second position information obtaining unit to the third device when the user requests vehicle allocation. A transmitting unit, wherein the third device receives, from the second device, information on a position of each of the vehicles from each of the first devices installed in each of the plurality of vehicles; and Third receiving means for receiving the dispatch request information and the position information of the second device main body, and when the third receiving means receives the dispatch request information and the position information of the second device main body, Selecting means for selecting a predetermined automobile from the plurality of automobiles based on the information on the position of each automobile and the information on the location of the second device main body; Before Automotive vehicle allocation system and a third transmitting means for transmitting the instruction to the first device. 2. A first receiving means for receiving information on the position of each vehicle from each first device installed in each of a plurality of vehicles, and a second device carried by a user requesting vehicle allocation. Second receiving means for receiving dispatch request information and information on the position of the second apparatus main body; and when the second receiving means receives the dispatch request information and information on the position of the second apparatus main body, Selecting means for selecting a predetermined automobile from among the plurality of automobiles based on the information on the location of the automobile and the information on the location of the second device main body; and a selecting means installed on the selected automobile. A vehicle allocation management device comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit an instruction to direct the vehicle to the position of the second device main body to the first device. 3. A traffic information acquisition means for acquiring traffic information at a place where all or a part of the car is located, wherein the selection means also uses the traffic information acquired by the traffic information acquisition means. The vehicle allocation management device according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined vehicle is selected. 4. An expected arrival time calculating means for calculating an expected time at which the vehicle selected by the selecting means arrives at the position of the second apparatus main body, and information on the expected arrival time calculated by the expected arrival time calculating means. The vehicle allocation management device according to claim 2, further comprising: a second transmission unit configured to transmit the information to the second device. 5. A first step of receiving information on the position of each vehicle from each first device installed in each of a plurality of vehicles, and dispatching from a second device carried by a user who requests dispatch of the vehicles. A second step of receiving request information and information of the position of the second device main body; and, in the second step, receiving the dispatch request information and the information of the position of the second device main body, the position of each of the vehicles. And a third step of selecting a predetermined vehicle from the plurality of vehicles based on the information of the second device main body and the information of the position of the second device main body. The vehicle installed in the vehicle selected in the third step Transmitting the instruction to direct the vehicle to the position of the second device main body to the first device. 6. The vehicle location system according to claim 1, wherein the first position information acquisition unit acquires information on a position of a vehicle in which the first device is installed, and The first transmitting means for periodically or irregularly transmitting the information on the position of the vehicle acquired by the first position information acquiring means to the third device, and the receiving the instruction from the third device; A first receiving unit, the output unit that outputs the instruction received by the first receiving unit, and the second position information obtaining unit that obtains information on a position of the second device main body in the second device. The vehicle allocation request receiving means for the user to request a vehicle allocation, and the position of the second device body obtained by the vehicle allocation request information and the second position information obtaining means when the user requests the vehicle allocation. Information before The second transmitting means for transmitting to a third device; and the second receiving means for receiving information on the position of each vehicle from each of the first devices installed in each of the plurality of vehicles in the third device. And third receiving means for receiving the dispatch request information and the position information of the second device main body from the second device, and the third receiving means receiving the dispatch request information and the position of the second device main body. Receiving the information of the position of each car and the second
Based on the information on the position of the device main body, the selection unit that selects a predetermined vehicle from the plurality of vehicles, and the instruction to the first device installed in the vehicle selected by the selection unit. A program for causing a computer to function as all or a part of the third transmitting means for transmitting. 7. The vehicle allocation management device according to claim 2, wherein the first receiving means receives information on the position of each vehicle from each of the first devices installed in each of the plurality of vehicles; A second receiving unit for receiving dispatch request information from a second device carried by a requesting user and information on a position of the second device main body, wherein the second receiving unit includes the dispatch request information and the second device; When receiving the information on the position of the main body, based on the information on the position of each vehicle and the information on the position of the second device main body, the selecting means for selecting a predetermined vehicle from the plurality of vehicles; A computer functioning as all or a part of the transmission unit for transmitting an instruction to direct the vehicle to the position of the second device main body to the first device installed in the vehicle selected by the selection unit. The program to let.