VEHICLE ALLOCATION SYSTEM AND VEHICLE ALLOCATION CONTROL SERVER

• Main Author: WASEKURA, Masaki
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.03.2019
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE; CALCULATING; CHECKING-DEVICES; COMPUTING; CONTROLLING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; NAVIGATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; REGULATING; SURVEYING; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TESTING; TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

A vehicle allocation system includes: an autonomous vehicle; a mobile terminal; and a control center configured to communicate with the autonomous vehicle and the mobile terminal via a network, wherein the control center includes a vehicle allocation control unit configured to receive a vehicle allocation request from the mobile terminal and to allocate the autonomous vehicle to a position which is designated in the vehicle allocation request, and a vehicle reallocation control unit configured to allocate another autonomous vehicle when a vehicle replacement request has been received from the mobile terminal after the allocation has been completed.