US 12,431,020 B2
Boarding support system, boarding support method and program recording medium
Kosei Kobayashi, Tokyo (JP); Tetsuro Hasegawa, Tokyo (JP); Hiroaki Aminaka, Tokyo (JP); Kei Yanagisawa, Tokyo (JP); and Kazuki Ogata, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/282,868
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/011707
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 19, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/201244, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0169836 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. G08G 1/123 (2006.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01)
CPC G08G 1/123 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); G06V 2201/08 (2022.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A boarding support system, comprising:
at least a processor; and
a memory in circuit communication with the processor;
wherein the processor is configured to execute program instructions stored in the memory to:
acquire an image from a fixed-point camera which is installed at a predetermined position on a road and configured to take the image of a taxicab which is reserved by a user and running for picking up the user;
receive information on the taxicab from a dispatch system;
acquire the image in which the taxicab is captured from the fixed-point camera based on the information received from the dispatch system;
cause a terminal device carried by the user and a bulletin board to display information for identifying the taxicab by using the image received from the fixed-point camera;
prospect a pick-up site by the taxicab or an entering direction of the taxicab to the pick-up site based on a location of the fixed-point camera and a travelling direction of the taxicab,
wherein, as the information for identifying the taxicab, the pick-up site by the taxicab or the entering direction to the pick-up site is displayed.