Vehicle management system

Abstract

A vehicle management system is provided which can improve convenience of a user using the vehicle next after the current user in a vehicle that is to be used by a plurality of users. The vehicle management system that manages a vehicle that is to be used by a plurality of users includes a use management section that manages schedule-of-use information and a state of use of the vehicle; an action schedule acquiring section that acquires an action schedule of each of the plurality of users; and a suggesting section that outputs a suggestion of changing a return location, which is a parking location of the vehicle at termination of use of the vehicle to, a next user who uses the vehicle next after a current user, the suggesting section generating schedule information of the next user based onthe action schedule of the next user, and outputting the suggestion based on the generated schedule information of the next user.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a vehicle management system for managing vehicles used by a plurality of users. Background technique [0002] Vehicle usage methods such as car sharing in which a plurality of users sequentially use one vehicle are known. In such a shared vehicle, usually, the position of a station that is a place where the vehicle starts to be used and the position of a station that is a place where the vehicle is returned are determined in advance. However, there may be cases where it is more convenient if the use start point and the return point of the vehicle can be determined in a fluid manner according to the user's actions and the like. [0003] For example, Patent Document 1 describes a shared vehicle management system having a shared vehicle management device that manages a plurality of stations that can use a shared vehicle. When a shared vehicle stops at a station different from the one scheduled to return, the shared vehic...

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[0004] However, although the above-mentioned existing system considers the convenience of the current user of the shared vehicle, when the shared vehicle is returned to the above-mentioned proposed return station, it may occur that the convenience of the next user may be impaired, or the The vehicle moves to the station where the next user is scheduled to start using, etc.

[0005] That is, in the above-mentioned existing system, there is room for improvement in terms of improving the convenience of the next user of the shared vehicle.

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