| CPC G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01); G08G 1/202 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
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1. A vehicle dispatching system comprising:
a first vehicle reserved by a user as a dispatch vehicle;
a second vehicle that can be dispatched to a scheduled boarding point at which the user boards the dispatch vehicle; and
a controller for communicating with communication devices in the first vehicle and the second vehicle and for managing a dispatch of the first vehicle or the second vehicle to the user,
the controller configured to:
acquire, before the user arrives at the scheduled boarding point, position information of the first vehicle and position information of the second vehicle;
calculate a first scheduled arrival period until the first vehicle arrives at the scheduled boarding point based on the acquired position information of the first vehicle;
calculate a first waiting period difference between a user scheduled arrival period until the user arrives at the scheduled boarding point and the first scheduled arrival period;
calculate a second scheduled arrival period until the second vehicle arrives at the scheduled boarding point based on the acquired position information of the second vehicle;
calculate a second waiting period difference between the user scheduled arrival period and the second scheduled arrival period;
determine whether or not a period difference between the first waiting period and the second waiting period is equal to or less than a predetermined value;
determine whether or not the second waiting period is shorter than the first waiting period;
when determining that the period difference between the first waiting period and the second waiting period is not equal to or less than the predetermined value and the second waiting period is shorter than the first waiting period, designate the second vehicle as the dispatch vehicle;
when determining that the period difference between the first waiting period and the second waiting period is equal to or less than the predetermined value and the second waiting period is shorter than the first waiting period, prohibit designating the second vehicle as the dispatch vehicle; and
transmit information on a traveling route including the scheduled boarding point to the second vehicle designated as being dispatched,
wherein the second vehicle is configured to:
acquire information on a traveling environment around the second vehicle by at least one of a sensor and a GPS in the second vehicle; and
automatically control the second vehicle to travel along a traveling path generated based on the information on the traveling route and the information on the traveling environment.
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