Vehicle information processing apparatus, vehicle information processing system, and method of processing vehicle information

A vehicle information processing system comprising:

• a plurality of vehicles;
• a terminal to which information is input by a first user;
• and
• a vehicle information processing apparatus including:
• a processor configured to:
• acquire a boarding position and a boarding time at which the first user wants to get on a vehicle,
• select at least one vehicle, of which an end-of-use position and an expected end-of-use time, at which a second user of a vehicle ends use of the vehicle for each of the plurality of vehicles, are in a predetermined relationship with the boarding position and the boarding time, from among the plurality of vehicles,
• transmit, to the terminal, information on the at least one vehicle selected by the processor and information on the end-of-use position and the expected end-of-use time of each of the at least one vehicle selected by the processor,
• cause the terminal to display the information transmitted to the terminal,
• receive the information on a vehicle selected by the first user from among the at least one vehicle,
• transmit a standby request to request the vehicle selected by the first user to standby at the end-of-use position at which the second user ends use of the vehicle until the first user gets on the vehicle selected by the first user,
• when it is not possible to select a vehicle of which the end-of-use position is separated from the boarding position by a distance shorter than a first distance, select at least one vehicle of which the end-of-use position is separated from the boarding position by a distance shorter than a second distance, the second distance greater than the first distance, and
• when it is not possible to select a vehicle of which the end-of-use time is different from the boarding time by a time shorter than a first time, select at least one vehicle of which the expected end-of-use time is different from the boarding time by a time shorter than a second time, the second time greater than the first time,
• wherein when the vehicle receives the standby request, the vehicle is autonomously controlled to standby at the end-of-use position at which the second user ends use of the vehicle until the first user gets on the vehicle.

A terminal which processes vehicle information, the terminal comprising:

• an input unit to which information is input by a first user;
• a display configured to display information received;
• and
• a processor, wherein:
• the processor receives an input of a boarding position and a boarding time, at which the first user wants to get on a vehicle subjected to autonomous driving control, from the first user using the input unit;
• the processor transmits the boarding position and the boarding time to a server;
• the processor receives an end-of-use position and an expected end-of-use time of at least one vehicle, of which the end-of-use position and the expected end-of-use time, at which a second user of a vehicle ends use of the vehicle for each of a plurality of vehicles, are in a predetermined relationship with the boarding position and the boarding time and that the server selects from among the plurality of vehicles occupied by the second user while referring to a memory storing the end-of-use position and the expected end-of-use time;
• the processor causes the display to display the end-of-use position and the expected end-of-use time of each of the at least one vehicle;
• and
• the processor causes the at least one vehicle to standby at the end-of-use position at which the second user ends use of the vehicle until the first user gets on the at least one vehicle.