US 12,367,514 B2
Taxi vehicle management method and taxi vehicle management system
Daisuke Tsutsumi, Nagoya (JP); Makoto Kakuchi, Toyota (JP); Yurika Tanaka, Yokosuka (JP); Kazuya Tsuchiya, Toyota (JP); and Hiroaki Sugiyama, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/466,559.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-146473 (JP), filed on Sep. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0086981 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0283 (2023.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0284 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 50/40 (2024.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle management system comprising:
a display controller;
a plurality of vehicles; and
a user terminal, wherein
the user terminal includes a first display apparatus,
each of the plurality of vehicles includes a power storage device, a position sensor, a second display apparatus, and a third display apparatus,
the second display apparatus is configured to show a state of the vehicle so as to be visible from outside of the vehicle,
the third display apparatus is configured to show information of the vehicle towards the inside of the vehicle,
the display controller is configured to
request a first target vehicle selected from among the plurality of vehicles to perform energy management of a power grid,
control the second display apparatus of the first target vehicle to show that the first target vehicle is in an energy management state while energy management of the power grid by the power storage device in the first target vehicle is being performed, and
control, when the first target vehicle finishes energy management of the power grid, the second display apparatus of the first target vehicle to show that the first target vehicle is in a vacant state and the first target vehicle has already participated in energy management of the power grid,
each of the plurality of vehicles is configured to
in response to a request from the display controller, perform energy management of the power grid by at least one of charging or discharging the power storage device with the power storage device and the power grid being electrically connected,
record history data on energy management of the power grid while the energy management of the power grid is being performed, and
transmit the history data to the display controller when the energy management of the power grid ends,
the display controller is further configured to evaluate a degree of contribution to energy management of the power grid by a driver of each of the plurality of vehicles based on the history data of each of the plurality of vehicles,
each of the plurality of vehicles is further configured to sequentially transmit a position of the vehicle to the display controller by wireless communication,
the display controller is further configured to
in response to a request from the user terminal, select a plurality of second target vehicles from among the plurality of vehicles, and
control the first display apparatus to show a selection screen indicating a position of each of the plurality of second target vehicles and a result of the evaluation of the degree of contribution to energy management of the power grid by a driver of each of the plurality of second target vehicles,
the user terminal is configured to, in response to a user selecting any one of the plurality of second target vehicles on the selection screen shown on the first display apparatus, transmit identification information of the selected second target vehicle, and
the display controller is further configured to control the third display apparatus of the selected second target vehicle based on the result of the evaluation of the degree of contribution to energy management of the power grid by the driver of the selected second target vehicle upon receiving the identification information of the selected second target vehicle.