US 11,915,176 B2
Vehicle dispatch system, vehicle dispatch method, server, user terminal, and storage medium
Junya Watanabe, Sunto-gun (JP); Yuji Sasaki, Toyota (JP); Seiji Arakawa, Sunto-gun (JP); Naotoshi Kadotani, Sunto-gun (JP); Masafumi Hayakawa, Susono (JP); and Takashi Hayashi, Mishima (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/518,942.
Application 17/518,942 is a continuation of application No. 16/848,164, filed on Apr. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,373,126.
Application 16/848,164 is a continuation of application No. 16/009,387, filed on Jun. 15, 2018, granted, now 11,023,836, issued on Jun. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-152620 (JP), filed on Aug. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0058559 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01) [G05D 1/021 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); G08G 1/202 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle dispatch system comprising a server, and a user device capable of communicating with the server,
the server comprising a first processor, the first processor programmed to:
obtain a vehicle dispatch position from the user device;
receive information for identifying a selected dispatch vehicle from the user device;
transmit the vehicle dispatch position to the dispatch vehicle;
determine whether or not the dispatch vehicle at the time of dispatching the vehicle is a manned vehicle; and
in response to the determination that the dispatch vehicle at the time of dispatching the vehicle is not the manned vehicle, generate authentication information for authenticating the combination of the dispatch vehicle and the user device that transmits the information for identifying the dispatch vehicle, and transmit the generated authentication information to the user device that transmits the information for identifying the dispatch vehicle and to the dispatch vehicle, and
the user device comprising a display unit and a second processor, the second processor programmed to:
transmit the vehicle dispatch position to the server;
accept a user operation for selecting the dispatch vehicle;
transmit the information for identifying the dispatch vehicle selected based on the user operation to the server;
in response to receiving the authentication information from the server, authenticate the combination by using the received authentication information and the authentication information obtained from the dispatch vehicle; and
dispatch the dispatch vehicle to the vehicle dispatch position.