Vehicle management system, vehicle management device, and vehicle management method

A vehicle management system, comprising:

• a server and a vehicle,
• the server configured to:
• acquire desire information from a terminal used by a user, the desire information including information regarding a desired facility desired by the user;
• set a destination of the vehicle on a basis of the desire information;
• acquire locational information of a plurality of terminals used by a plurality of users;
• 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 representing 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.

A vehicle management method of managing a travel of a vehicle using a server, comprising:

• acquiring, by the server, locational information of a plurality of terminals used by a plurality of users;
• acquiring, by the server, desire information required for determining a desired facility desired by a user from a terminal used by the user;
• setting, in the server, a destination of the vehicle on a basis of the desire information;
• creating 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;
• acquiring, by the server, facility information including information indicative of an empty situation of the desired facility;
• calculating an estimated arrival time at the destination, and
• during the travel of the vehicle, adjusting the estimated arrival time at the destination in accordance with the empty situation and changing the second travel plan without changing the first travel plan so that the vehicle arrives at the estimated arrival time adjusted, and
• receiving, by the vehicle, 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.