	US 12,112,640 B2
	Vehicle management system and vehicle management method
Seiji Shimodaira, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa (JP); and RENAULT S.A.S., Boulogne-Billancourt (FR)
Appl. No. 17/251,556
Filed by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa (JP); and RENAULT S.A.S., Boulogne-Billancourt (FR)
PCT Filed Jun. 12, 2018, PCT No. PCT/IB2018/000825 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 11, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2019/239175, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0248911 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01)

CPC G08G 1/202 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3438 (2013.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G08G 1/0129 (2013.01)]

13 Claims

1. A vehicle management system for managing a plurality of vehicles shared by a plurality of users, the vehicle management system comprising:

a controller configured to accept a use request for using a vehicle from a user and manage vehicle dispatch; and

a database configured to store the use request including a departure place of the vehicle and a destination of the vehicle designated by the user;

wherein the controller is further configured to:

calculate a required time for the vehicle to arrive at the destination designated by a first user who has made the use request as a first time;

calculate a time which is a longer time than the first time and is a time to present to the first user, as a second time;

calculate a time difference between the first time and the second time as service capacity;

calculate a travel route from a current position of the vehicle to the destination through the departure place;

calculate an available area for ride-sharing, extended from the travel route according to a distance converted from a differential time; and

accept the use request from a second user, and when the departure place designated by the second user is within the available area for ride-sharing, have the vehicle pass through the departure place designated by the second user.