Boarding position setting method, boarding position setting device, and boarding position setting system

A boarding position setting device comprising:

• at least one sensor provided in a vehicle and configured to acquire vehicle information, the vehicle information including position information of the vehicle, a vehicle speed of the vehicle, and at least one of an open/close state of a door of the vehicle and a detection result of whether an occupant has become seated in the vehicle;
• a controller arranged to receive the vehicle information transmitted from the at least one sensor;
• and
• a communication unit,
• the controller being configured to:
• recognize a stop position of the vehicle based on the vehicle speed transmitted from the at least one sensor in the vehicle,
• determine whether the stop position is a suitable for a user to board the vehicle based on a determination of an occurrence of a boarding event of the vehicle at the stop position, the determination of the occurrence of a boarding event being made based on at least one of the open/close state of the door and the detection result of whether the occupant has become seated, and
• transmit information of the stop position, via the communication unit, to an external storage device that stores the stop position as a suitable boarding position in a boarding position database upon determining the stop position to be suitable,
• receive a first vehicle dispatch request that was transmitted to a vehicle dispatch service from a terminal,
• set a boarding position in response to the first vehicle dispatch request, the controller selecting boarding position from among a plurality of suitable boarding positions that are stored in the boarding position database of the external storage device the boarding position database of the external storage device,
• calculate a virtual stop line based on information about the stop position;
• and
• use the virtual stop line to execute automated driving of the vehicle to the boarding position.

A boarding position setting system comprising:

• at least one sensor provided in a vehicle configured to acquire vehicle information that includes position information of the vehicle, a vehicle speed of the vehicle, and at least one of an open/close state of a door of the vehicle and a detection result of whether an occupant has become seated in the vehicle;
• and
• a processor arranged to receive the vehicle information from the at least one sensor, the processor being configured to:
• recognize a stop position of the vehicle based on the vehicle speed transmitted from the at least one sensor;
• determine whether the stop position is suitable for a user to board the vehicle based on a determination of an occurrence of a boarding event of the vehicle at the stop position, the determination of the occurrence of a boarding event being made based on at least one of the open/close state of the door and the detection result of whether the occupant has become seated;
• store the stop position as a suitable boarding position in a boarding position database when the stop position has been determined to be suitable;
• acquire a first vehicle dispatch request that was transmitted to a vehicle dispatch service from a terminal;
• and
• set a boarding position in response to the first vehicle dispatch request, the processor selecting the boarding position from among a plurality of suitable boarding positions that are stored in the boarding position database;
• calculate a virtual stop line based on information about the stop position;
• and
• use the virtual stop line to execute automated driving of the vehicle to the boarding position.

A boarding position setting device comprising a processor configured to:

• acquire vehicle information transmitted from at least one sensor provided in a vehicle, the vehicle information including position information of the vehicle, a vehicle speed of the vehicle, and at least one of an open/close state of a door of the vehicle and a detection result of whether an occupant has become seated in the vehicle;
• recognize a stop position of the vehicle based on the vehicle speed transmitted from the at least one sensor;
• determine whether the stop position is suitable for a user to board the vehicle based on a determination of an occurrence of a boarding event of the vehicle at the stop position, the determination of the occurrence of a boarding event being made based on at least one of the open/close state of the door and the detection result of whether the occupant has become seated;
• store the stop position as a suitable boarding position in a boarding position database when the stop position has been determined to be suitable;
• acquire a first vehicle dispatch request to a vehicle dispatch service;
• set a boarding position in response to the first vehicle dispatch request, the processor selecting boarding position from among a plurality of suitable boarding positions that are stored in the boarding position database;
• calculate a virtual stop line based on information about the stop position;
• and
• use the virtual stop line to execute automated driving of the vehicle to the boarding position.