US 12,001,979 B2
Vehicle management system, vehicle management device, and vehicle management method
Shingo Kajiwara, Kanagawa (JP); Takehiro Miyoshi, Kanagawa (JP); Seigo Watanabe, Kanagawa (JP); Kazumasa Fujita, Kanagawa (JP); and Hiroya Fujimoto, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa (JP)
Appl. No. 16/958,519
Filed by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 5, 2018, PCT No. PCT/IB2018/001478
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 26, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/130056, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-252034 (JP), filed on Dec. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0056483 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 10/06312 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3438 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle management system comprising: a server; a terminal used by a user; and a vehicle,
the terminal comprising a transmitter configured to transmit desire information required for determining a desired facility desired by the user to the server,
the server configured to:
acquire locational information of a plurality of terminals used by a plurality of users;
set a destination of the vehicle on a basis of the desire information;
create a vehicle allocation schedule from when the users get on the vehicle to share a ride to when the users arrive at the destination, on a basis of the locational information of the terminals used by the users, the vehicle allocation schedule including a first travel plan until a last user of the plurality of users gets on the vehicle and a second travel plan after the last user gets on the vehicle; and
acquire facility information including information indicative of an empty situation of the desired facility,
the server operating to:
calculate an estimated arrival time at the destination, and
during the travel of the vehicle, adjust the estimated arrival time at the destination in accordance with the empty situation and change the second travel plan without changing the first travel plan so that the vehicle arrives at the estimated arrival time adjusted,
the vehicle receiving the facility information, and operating, by a navigation device in the vehicle, when the desired facility becomes available at a time earlier than the estimated arrival time due to the empty situation indicated by the facility information, to travel to follow the second travel plan adjusted by changing at least any one of a travel route and a vehicle speed of the vehicle in the second travel plan so that a target arrival time at the destination is advanced.