# US 12,001,979 B2 · Vehicle management system, vehicle management device, and vehicle management method

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- Number: US 12,001,979 B2
- Document ID: US12001979B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/958,519
- Filed: 2018-12-05
- Published: 2021-02-25
- Granted: 2024-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2017-12-27
- Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Shingo Kajiwara; Takehiro Miyoshi; Seigo Watanabe; Kazumasa Fujita; Hiroya Fujimoto
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12001979B2

## CPC

- G06Q 10/06312: {Adjustment or analysis of established resource schedule, e.g. resource or task levelling, or dynamic rescheduling}
- G01C 21/3438: {Rendezvous; Ride sharing}
- G01C 21/3617: {using user history, behaviour, conditions or preferences, e.g. predicted or inferred from previous use or current movement}
- G06Q 10/02: Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
- G06Q 10/0283: {for travel seating}
- G06Q 10/06315: {Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis}
- G06Q 50/40: Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083)
- G08G 1/00: Traffic control systems for road vehicles (arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00 {; automatic vehicle control B62D})
- G08G 1/09: Arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions ({railroad crossing signals B61L; reflectors E01F, G08B}; indicating arrangements for variable information by selection or combination of individual elements G09F9/00)
- G08G 1/13: the indicator being in the form of a map
- H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds}
- H04W 4/40: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)
- G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93})
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

Terminal (2) used by a user includes a transmitter configured to transmit desire information required for determining a desired facility desired by the user to a server (1) via a telecommunications network. The server (1) includes a destination setting unit configured to set a destination of a vehicle on the basis of the desire information and a facility information acquisition unit configured to acquire, via the telecommunications network, facility information including information indicative of an empty situation of the desired facility. The vehicle includes an arrival time adjustment unit configured to manage a travel of the vehicle on the basis of the facility information to adjust an arrival time at which the vehicle arrives at the destination.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle management system comprising: a server; a terminal used by a user; and a vehicle,
the terminal comprising a transmitter configured to transmit desire information required for determining a desired facility desired by the user to the server,
the server configured to:
acquire locational information of a plurality of terminals used by a plurality of users;
set a destination of the vehicle on a basis of the desire information;
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 including information indicative of 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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle management system according to claim 1, wherein
the vehicle allocation schedule includes information on a location at which the user gets on the vehicle and information on the arrival time at which the vehicle arrives at the destination.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The vehicle management system according to claim 1, wherein
the server operates to calculate a travel route along which the vehicle travels to arrive at the destination.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The vehicle management system according to claim 1, wherein the server operates to:
manage a reservation time for the desired facility;
estimate the arrival time at the destination;
change the reservation time so as to correspond to the estimated arrival time; and
transmit information including the changed reservation time to a device configured to manage the desired facility.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The vehicle management system according to claim 1, wherein
the server operates to acquire temporal information regarding a time for providing a service or item in the desired facility from a device configured to manage the desired facility, and
the vehicle operates to adjust the arrival time on a basis of the temporal information.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The vehicle management system according to claim 1, wherein
the server operates to:
acquire information representing a cooking situation in the desired facility from a device configured to manage the desired facility; and
transmit the information representing the cooking situation to the vehicle, and
a display provided in the vehicle operates to display the cooking situation.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The vehicle management system according to claim 1, operating to:
acquire, by the server, information regarding a vacant time of the desired facility from a device configured to manage the desired facility;
transmit, from the server, the information regarding the vacant time of the desired facility to the terminal used by the user;
acquire, by the server, information regarding the arrival time at the destination and locational information of the terminal used by the user from the terminal used by the user, the arrival time being designated by the user on a basis of the vacant time; and
create, in the server, a vehicle allocation schedule including information on a location at which the user gets on the vehicle and information on the arrival time at which the vehicle arrives at the destination.

### Claim 8

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.

### Claim 9

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.