Information processing method, information processing device, and program

Abstract

To provide a vehicle-related service that benefits both a user and an environment thereof through acquisition of a J-Credit based on a travel distance by the user or another vehicle.SOLUTION: An information processing method comprises steps of: acquiring mobile object information which is information about a mobile object related to a vehicle management service; determining, on the basis of the mobile object information, whether the mobile object satisfies a predetermined condition for acquiring a J-Credit; acquiring travel distance information of the mobile object; acquiring J-Credit price information at a predetermined time; and, if the predetermined condition is satisfied, on the basis of the mobile object information, the J-credit price information, and the travel distance information, acquiring discount amount information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an information processing method, an information processing device, and a program. [Background technology]

[0002] Business operators (both corporations and individuals) who operate vehicles to do business, and individuals who use vehicle-related services such as vehicle insurance, have a demand for evaluating the driving of their vehicles and managing their vehicles by understanding their operating status in order to improve the efficiency of vehicle operations and reduce costs related to vehicle services. However, to do this, it was necessary to place special equipment in the vehicle to obtain acceleration and other information, and it was also necessary to enter into a contract with a service provider that offers the corresponding vehicle management services, which posed problems in terms of time and cost.

[0003] For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technology that includes an information acquisition unit that acquires information on the position and speed of a moving body, an excess speed judgment unit that performs a speeding judgment to determine whether the speed of the moving body in a judgment area exceeds a predetermined speed based on the position and speed information of the moving body acquired by the information acquisition unit, and an evaluation of the driving conditions of the driver in the judgment area based on the judgment result by the excess speed judgment unit. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] International Publication No. 2020 / 031827

[0005] In addition, as the SDGs call for efforts to reduce CO2 emissions, switching from gasoline-powered vehicles to electric vehicles is one possible solution. One existing initiative is a car insurance service in which both the policyholder and the insurance company make a donation to reforestation equivalent to the amount of CO2 emissions when signing up for the service as a carbon offset. Summary of the Invention

[0006] However, the conventional techniques such as those disclosed in Patent Document 1 only allow the driver's driving status and the like of the vehicle to be grasped, and do not allow the effort and cost associated with vehicle management to be reduced.

[0007] Furthermore, previous efforts to reduce CO2 emissions were merely offset and did not reduce the CO2 emissions themselves.

[0008] The objective of the present invention is to provide vehicle-related services that benefit both the user and the environment through the acquisition of J-Credits based on the distance traveled by the user or other mobile vehicles. [Means for solving the problem]

[0009] According to one aspect of the present invention, an information processing method includes acquiring mobile body information, which is information regarding a mobile body, determining whether the mobile body satisfies specified conditions for obtaining J-Credits based on the mobile body information, acquiring mileage information of the mobile body, acquiring J-Credit price information at a specified timing, acquiring baseline mobile body information based on the mobile body information, and if the specified conditions are satisfied, acquiring discount amount information based on the mobile body information, the baseline mobile body information, the J-Credit price information, and the mileage information. Effect of the Invention

[0010] According to the present invention, vehicle-related services that benefit both users and the environment can be provided through the acquisition of J-Credits based on the distance traveled by oneself or another mobile vehicle. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0011] [Figure 1] 1 is a system configuration diagram of a vehicle management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Diagram 2]1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a data processing device 100 provided in a moving object 1 in this embodiment. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of a server 200 in the present embodiment. [Figure 4] 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an administrator terminal 300 in the present embodiment. FIG. [Diagram 5] 4 is a flowchart of a driving information process in the present embodiment. [Figure 6] 13 is an example of vehicle management information displayed on the display unit 340 of the administrator terminal 300, which is output by the vehicle management process in this embodiment. [Figure 7] 13 is a flowchart of an expected discount amount calculation process in this embodiment. [Figure 8] 4 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between each piece of information required to acquire expected discount amount information in this embodiment. FIG. [Figure 9] 4 is an example of a target automobile information table in the present embodiment. [Figure 10] 4 is an example of a baseline automobile information table in the present embodiment. [Figure 11] 1 is a flowchart of a J-credit acquisition and reflection process in this embodiment. [Figure 12] 4 is a flowchart of a total travel distance acquisition process in the present embodiment. [Figure 13] This is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between each piece of information required to obtain an expected discount amount when the case in which there is one target automobile shown in Figure 8 is expanded to the case in which there are multiple target automobiles in variant example (1). [Figure 14] FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between each piece of information required to acquire refundable amount information for a plurality of target moving objects including a monitored moving object in the modified example (2). [Figure 15] 13 is an example of a table showing the relationship between each function and point priority etc. in the modified example (6). [Figure 16]This is an example of a case in which display of some functions is restricted on the service provision screen in the modified example (6). DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0012] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings as an example of a mode for carrying out the present invention. In the description of the drawings, the same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and duplicate descriptions may be omitted. Furthermore, the components described in these embodiments are merely examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

[0013] <Functional configuration> 1 is a system configuration diagram of a vehicle management system according to one aspect of the present embodiment. In this system, a data processing device 100 mounted on a mobile object 1 that is a target of vehicle management, a server 200 that receives information transmitted from the data processing device 100 and performs various processes, and an administrator terminal 300 operated by an administrator who manages the mobile object 1 are connected via a network NW, and the data processing device 100 acquires travel information related to the mobile object 1, including at least location information, and the acquired travel information is transmitted to the server 200 via the network NW. In the server 200, various processes are executed based on the accumulated driving information and other information acquired from separate devices (e.g., J-credit price information, etc.), and the results are output to the administrator terminal 300.

[0014] Here, the travel information is information related to the travel of the moving object 1, and examples of the information include, but are not limited to, information related to the position, information related to the speed, and information related to the acceleration. The travel information is not limited to being composed of one type of information, and may be composed of a plurality of types of information, for example, the travel information may be composed of position information and acceleration information. The travel information is collected at a predetermined timing in the data processing device 100, and similarly, the travel information accumulated in the data processing device 10 is transmitted to the server 200 at a predetermined timing. For example, in one data processing device 10, the travel information is collected every second and transmitted to the server 200 every minute, while in another data processing device 10, the travel information may be collected every 10 seconds and transmitted to the server 200 every 10 minutes. Furthermore, in one data processing device 10, the travel information is collected every 10 seconds, and transmitted via the roadside device when the moving object 1 passes near the roadside device connected to the server 200 (for example, a method based on ETC2.0 is exemplified). In this embodiment, the travel information includes at least position information.

[0015] The mobile object 1 is an EV (Electric Vehicle). In addition, when there are multiple mobile objects 1, that is, when multiple mobile objects 1 are subject to vehicle management, it is assumed that at least one EV is included. The mobile object 1 is equipped with a data processing device 100. Details of the data processing device 100 will be described later.

[0016] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the data processing device 100 in FIG. The data processing device 100 in this embodiment is, for example, a device that collects travel information according to the ETC2.0 system and transmits it to the server 200. Another example is a device that can be inserted into a socket (for example, a cigarette lighter socket, an electricity supply socket, or a connection socket) of the moving body 1 and fixed inside the moving body 1 (referred to as a "cigarette lighter device" in this application). The electricity supply socket or the connection socket is, for example, a socket that supports USB (Universal Serial Bus). Of course, the data processing device 100 is not limited to these, and may be any device, such as a drive recorder, a car navigation device, a digital tachograph, or other device provided in the moving body 1, or even a mobile terminal carried by a passenger of the moving body 1, as long as it can collect travel information of the transport vehicle 100 and transmit it to the server 200. The data processing device 100 includes, for example, a processing unit 110, a storage unit 120, a communication unit 130, a display unit 140, an operation unit 150, a sound output unit 160, a driving information acquisition unit 170, and a clock unit 180.

[0017] As described above, the data processing device 100 collects driving information via the driving information acquisition unit 170 at predetermined intervals, and stores the collected information in the storage unit 120 in association with time information acquired by the clock unit 180. Then, the data processing device 100 transmits the stored acquired driving information at a predetermined timing to the server 200 connected to the network NW via the communication unit 130.

[0018] The processing unit 110 is configured by a processing and arithmetic device including, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and an MPU (Micro-Processing Unit). The processing unit 110 performs various processes on each piece of data, and also reads and executes programs stored in the storage unit 120 to control each functional unit such as the communication unit 130, the display unit 140, the operation unit 150, the sound output unit 160, the driving information acquisition unit 170, and the clock unit 180.

[0019] The storage unit 120 includes, for example, a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), and the like, and stores the control program processed by the processing unit 110, various data, for example, information acquired by each functional unit, and the like. Note that the storage unit 120 is not limited to being built into the data processing device 100, and may be an external storage device connected via a digital input / output port such as a universal serial bus (USB), or the like.

[0020] In this embodiment, the storage unit 120 stores, for example, a driving information processing program 121 and a driving information database 122.

[0021] The driving information processing program 121 is a program for implementing driving information processing for transmitting, at an appropriate timing, the driving information acquired via the driving information acquisition unit 170 to the server 200. The driving information processing will be described later.

[0022] The travel information database 122 is, for example, a database in which acquired travel information occurring regarding the moving object 1 is accumulated and stored. The travel information is stored in the travel information database 122 in association with time information issued by a clock unit 180 described later. That is, the travel information is accumulated in the travel information database 122 in a manner that makes it possible to know when the travel information was acquired. For example, when the data processing device 100 acquires position information as travel information, the coordinate information as the acquired position information is stored in association with the time of acquisition.

[0023] The communication unit 130 is a module that can connect to a public network such as the Internet and communicate data with each device such as the server 20 connected to the network by using, for example, mobile communications such as LTE (Long Term Evolution), 3G, 4G, and 5G, or narrowband communications such as DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communication). Alternatively, information may be exchanged by communications compatible with ETC2.0 that performs two-way communications using DSRC. Through the communication unit 130, the driving information stored in the driving information database 122, which will be described later, is transmitted to an external server 200. The process of transmitting the driving information to the server 200 will be described in detail later.

[0024] The display unit 140 is a display device configured to have, for example, an LCD or the like, and performs various displays based on a display signal output from the processing unit 110. The display unit 140 may be configured integrally with a touch panel to form the operation unit 150 as a touch screen.

[0025] The operation unit 150 is configured to have an input device such as an operation button or an operation switch for the user to perform various operation inputs to the first information processing device 100. The operation unit 150 may also have a touch panel integrally configured with the display unit 140, and this touch panel may function as an input interface between the user and the data processing device 100. An operation signal according to a user operation is output from the operation unit 150 to the processing unit 110. For example, an input by the user is accepted in a daily inspection process described later.

[0026] The sound output unit 160 is a sound output device including a speaker and the like, and outputs various sounds based on the sound output signal output from the processing unit 110.

[0027] For example, when the traveling information includes position information, the traveling information acquisition unit 170 acquires position information (e.g., latitude and longitude information) of the data processing device 100 at a predetermined interval based on radio waves arriving from a GNSS satellite (e.g., a GPS satellite). That is, the traveling information of the transport vehicle 10 equipped with the data processing device 100 can be acquired. In other words, by using the moving body 1 equipped with the data processing device 100, the position information of the moving body 1 can be substantially acquired. For example, when the traveling information includes speed information, the traveling information acquisition unit 170 acquires vehicle speed pulse information acquired by a vehicle speed pulse acquisition unit (not shown) mounted on the moving body 1, and acquires the speed information of the transport vehicle 10 at a predetermined interval based on the vehicle speed pulse information. Alternatively, the speed information may be calculated based on position information acquired separately, and the method of acquiring the speed information is not particularly limited. For example, when the traveling information includes acceleration information, the acceleration is acquired by a piezoelectric acceleration sensor. Alternatively, the acceleration of the vehicle may be calculated based on position information or speed information acquired separately, and the method of acquiring the acceleration information is not particularly limited. The acquired driving information is stored in the driving information database 122 of the storage unit 120 in association with information regarding the time (current time) at which the driving information was acquired, which is acquired by the clock unit 180 described later.

[0028] When acquiring the location information, an accuracy value (e.g., DOP value) indicating the accuracy of the location information may be acquired. In this case, the acquired location information and accuracy value are associated with the current time and stored in the storage unit 120.

[0029] The method of acquiring the location information is not limited to the above, and any method of acquiring the location information may be applied. For example, the location information of the data processing device 100 may be acquired by the location information acquiring unit 170 receiving radio waves, which include location information specific to a roadside device installed on the side of a road, when the mobile object 1 equipped with the data processing device 100 approaches the roadside device.

[0030] The clock unit 180 is a built-in clock of the data processing device 100, and outputs time information (timekeeping information). The clock unit 180 is configured to include, for example, a clock using a crystal oscillator. The clock unit 180 may be configured to include a clock that complies with the Network Identity and Time Zone (NITZ) standard or the like.

[0031] Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the server 200 in Fig. 1. The server 200 in this embodiment is configured to include a processing unit 210, a storage unit 220, a communication unit 230, a display unit 240, and the like. The server 200 is connected to the data processing device 100, the administrator terminal 200, etc., via a network such as the Internet, and receives the travel information of each moving object 1 and separately J credit price information and the like from the data processing device 100, and stores them in the storage unit 220. Also, based on the stored information, it performs an expected discount amount calculation process and a J credit acquisition / reflection process, which will be described later.

[0032] The processing unit 210 is configured by a processing operation device including, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and an MPU (Micro-Processing Unit). The processing unit 210 performs various processes on each piece of data, and also reads and executes programs stored in the storage unit 220.

[0033] The storage unit 220 includes, for example, a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), and the like, and stores the control program processed by the processing unit 210, various data, for example, an on-board device table in which device identification information is registered, and the like. Note that the storage unit 220 is not limited to being built into the server 200, and may be an external storage device connected via a digital input / output port such as a universal serial bus (USB), or the like.

[0034] In this embodiment, the memory unit 220 stores, for example, a vehicle management processing program 221, a mobile object information database 222, an expected discount amount calculation processing program 223, a J-credit acquisition / reflection processing program 224, and a J-credit related processing information database 225.

[0035] The vehicle management processing program 221 is a program that is read by the processing unit 210 and executed as the vehicle management processing described below.

[0036] The mobile object information database 222 is a database for storing information about the mobile object 1, such as driving information about the mobile object 1 transmitted from the data processing device 100, the mobile object ID, status, schedule, etc. of the mobile object 1, and information for managing the mobile object 1. As described above, the travel information is associated with time information, and is stored in the mobile object information database 222 in a manner that makes it possible to know when the travel information was acquired.

[0037] The expected discount amount calculation processing program 223 is a program that is read by the processing unit 210 and executed as an expected discount amount calculation processing described later. The expected discount amount calculation processing, the details of which will be described later, acquires information regarding the expected discount amount in the vehicle management service based on information stored in the mobile unit information database 222 and the J-credit related processing information database 225, in addition to J-credit price information acquired separately.

[0038] The J-credit earning / reflection processing program 224 is a program that is read by the processing unit 210 and executed as the J-credit earning / reflection processing described later. The J-credit earning / reflection processing, the details of which will be described later, is similar to the expected discount amount calculation processing, and acquires information regarding the expected discount amount that will actually be reflected in the vehicle management service based on information stored in the mobile unit information database 222 and the J-credit related processing information database 225, in addition to J-credit price information acquired separately.

[0039] The J-credit related processing information database 225 is a database for storing information required in the refundable amount information calculation process and the J-credit acquisition / reflection process (for example, J-credit price information, etc.) and information acquired by these processes.

[0040] The communication unit 230 is a module that can connect to a network such as the Internet using a wired or wireless communication interface, for example, mobile communications such as LTE (Long Term Evolution) or 3G, or narrowband communications such as DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communication), and can perform data communication with each device, such as the data processing device 100, connected to the network.

[0041] The display unit 240 is, for example, a display device configured to have an LCD or the like, and performs various displays based on a display signal output from the processing unit 210. The display unit 140 may be configured integrally with a touch panel to form an operation unit as a touch screen.

[0042] FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the administrator terminal 300 of FIG. The administrator terminal 300 in this embodiment is a device for performing operations and processes related to vehicle management for the moving body 1, as well as output related to J-Credit acquisition and reflection processes. The administrator terminal 300 is configured to include, for example, a processing unit 310, a storage unit 320, a communication unit 330, a display unit 340, an operation unit 350, a sound output unit 360, and the like.

[0043] The processing unit 310, memory unit 320, communication unit 330, display unit 340, operation unit 350, and sound output unit 360 in the third information processing device 300 have the same functional configurations as the processing unit 110, memory unit 120, communication unit 130, display unit 140, operation unit 150, and sound output unit 160 in the data processing device 100, so their description will be omitted here.

[0044] The storage unit 320 stores, for example, a vehicle management processing program 321 and a vehicle management information database 322.

[0045] The vehicle management processing program 321 is a program that is read by the processing unit 310 and executed as a vehicle management process described later. The vehicle management process, which will be described in detail later, is for example to perform a driving evaluation and a driving situation grasp of the moving body 1 based on the travel information of each moving body 1.

[0046] The vehicle management information database 322 is a database for storing information regarding each moving body 1 transmitted from the server 200, information generated by the vehicle management process, information input via the operation unit 350, etc.

[0047] <Driving information processing> Hereinafter, a description will be given of driving information processing for acquiring driving information in the data processing device 100 and transmitting the acquired driving information to the server 200. The driving information processing is performed by a driving information processing program 121 stored in the storage unit 120. Fig. 5 is a flowchart of the driving information processing in this embodiment.

[0048] As shown in FIG. 5, the data processing device 100 acquires driving information through the driving information acquisition unit 170 (S1002). The travel information acquired by the data processing device 100 is stored in the travel information database 122 of the storage unit 120 (S1003). At this time, the travel information is stored in association with the time information acquired by the clock unit 180. In other words, the travel information is stored in a manner that makes it possible to know when the travel information was acquired. The timing of acquiring the driving information is not particularly limited, but may be, for example, acquired every predetermined time (e.g., 1 second), every time a predetermined distance (e.g., 200 meters) is traveled, every time a predetermined azimuth angle (e.g., 90 degrees) is displaced, or may be acquired based on any combination of these.

[0049] Next, it is determined whether a predetermined condition is satisfied (S1004). The predetermined condition varies depending on the setting of the data processing device 100 regarding the transmission of the travel information to the server 200. For example, in this embodiment, the predetermined condition is whether the first information processing device 100 is located near a roadside device installed on the side of the road according to the ETC2.0 system. Other examples that can be given include, but are not limited to, the specified condition being that a predetermined time (e.g., 5 minutes) has elapsed since the start of acquisition of driving information in step S1001 or since the last time driving information was sent to server 400, or that a predetermined distance (e.g., 1 kilometer) has been traveled since the start of acquisition of driving information in step S1001 or since the last time driving information was sent to server 400.

[0050] If the predetermined condition is met (S1004; Y), the travel information accumulated in the storage unit 120 is transmitted to the server 200 (S1005). That is, the process of S1002 is repeated to collectively transmit the acquired and stored travel information to the server 200. If the predetermined condition is not met (S1004; N), the process returns to step S1002 and the processes of steps S1002 and S1003 are repeated.

[0051] After step S1005, the travel information recorded in the storage unit 120 is deleted (S1006). By doing so, a mechanism is established in which newly acquired travel information is stored again thereafter. In addition, the transmitted travel information may be deleted at any time other than the above timing. For example, the transmitted travel information may be deleted when the amount of information stored in the storage unit due to the storage of the travel information in step S1003 becomes equal to or exceeds a predetermined capacity.

[0052] After step S1006, the process returns to step S1002 and the subsequent processes are repeated.

[0053] In this manner, the data processing device 100 continuously transmits the travel information accumulated for a predetermined period of time to the server 200 at a predetermined frequency.

[0054] <Vehicle management processing> The vehicle management process is performed by a vehicle management process program 221 stored in the storage unit 220 of the server 200 and a vehicle management process program 321 stored in the storage unit 320 of the manager terminal 300 in cooperation with each other. Vehicle management processing is processing for managing information about vehicles that are subject to management based on driving information stored in the mobile information database 222 of the server 200, and provides, for example, the following results and services to a user (e.g., a vehicle manager): Driving evaluation - Real-time display of the location of moving object 1 on the map ·Vehicle reservation Of course, what is provided is not limited to the above, and any output or service related to vehicle management may be provided.

[0055] Fig. 6 is an example of vehicle management information that is output by the vehicle management process and is displayed, for example, on the display unit 340 of the administrator terminal 300. The vehicle management information shown in Fig. 6 is created (for example, on-demand) in response to a creation request made through the input unit 360 of the administrator terminal 300. The created vehicle management information is then displayed, for example, on the display unit 340, and the contents are viewed by a user such as the administrator.

[0056] As shown in FIG. 6, the vehicle management information includes, for example, the following areas.

[0057] The area U11 includes information (e.g., name and affiliation) about the user who is the driver of the mobile unit 1 for which the vehicle management information is to be created (hereinafter referred to as the "target user"), and the target period for which the vehicle management information is to be created (hereinafter referred to as the "target period"). Here, the target period for which the vehicle management information is to be created can be set arbitrarily, and each analysis process is performed based on the driving information corresponding to the set target period for which the vehicle management information is to be created, and each output is produced.

[0058] Area U12 is each driving-related score (e.g., driving score, acceleration score, deceleration score, steering score) calculated based on driving information in a target period by a target user. Here, the driving-related score is, by way of example and not limitation, a score obtained by calculating the quality of driving by a target user in a moving body 1 from various viewpoints. Acceleration is an evaluation value of the quality of forward acceleration in the moving body 1, deceleration is an evaluation value of the quality of backward acceleration in the moving body 1, steering is an evaluation value of the quality of left-right acceleration in the moving body 1, and the driving score is an evaluation value of the quality of all accelerations of acceleration, deceleration, and steering.

[0059] The area U13 is an acceleration information map generated based on the acceleration information of the target user during the target period. The acceleration information map is a map of the acquired acceleration information based on some element. For example, in this embodiment, a two-dimensional map based on the direction and magnitude is displayed. More specifically, the occurrence frequency of the acquired acceleration information is counted for each predetermined division, and the display based on the count value is performed for each division. Note that the display for each division in the acceleration map is not limited to the occurrence frequency, and may be based on, for example, the occurrence probability.

[0060] Area U14 is timeline information related to the driving of the moving object 1 by the target user during the target period. The timeline information is a compilation of information about each event that occurred during driving, and in this embodiment, the start time (start time), event content, event content category, and occurrence period are output. By providing the timeline information, the administrator or the like can confirm what kind of driving the target user performed and what the driving quality was.

[0061] Area U15 is information that maps the movement (driving route) of the mobile object 1 driven by the target user and the positions where a specific driving was observed on a map based on the position information included in the driving-related information by the target user during the target period. By providing such information, the administrator or the like can confirm how the target user operated the mobile object 1, in what location, and with what driving quality.

[0062] Area U16 is information showing the timing and magnitude of score deductions in time series during driving by the target user during the target period. That is, it displays the extent of score deductions based on the output linked to time information. By providing such information, it is possible to understand when and why the score was lowered. Note that the time information mentioned here may be the time information associated and stored when the corresponding running information is acquired and stored in the storage unit 220, or the time when it is output may be acquired from a clock unit (not shown) in the server 200 and used. In particular, the method for acquiring the time information is not limited.

[0063] Note that as described above, when an addition / subtraction score is calculated instead of a subtraction score, the area U16 may show the timing and magnitude of score addition / subtraction in chronological order during the driving of the target user in the target period.

[0064] Also, although not shown in FIG. 6, vehicle reservation for securing necessary vehicles may be made possible through the display unit 340 and the operation unit 350 based on some business requirements (for example, luggage transportation).

[0065] In this way, by acquiring the running information from each moving body 1 in chronological order and processing the acquired running information, information and services related to vehicle management can be provided to users such as vehicle managers. As a result, the user can achieve the effect of efficiently managing the vehicle.

[0066] <J Credit Related Processing> Next, the J credit related processing will be described. The J credit related processing includes an assumed discount fee calculation process and a J credit acquisition / reflecting process. Each process is performed based on the information stored in the moving body information database 222 and the J credit related processing database 225 by the assumed discount amount calculation process program 223 and the J credit acquisition / reflecting process program 224 stored in the storage unit 220 of the server 200. The J credit related processing relates to using the credit corresponding to the amount of CO2 (carbon dioxide) reduced by the use of EVs during the target period (for example, one year) against the usage fee of the vehicle management service, etc., against the background of the J credit system.

[0067] The J-Credit Scheme is a system in which the government certifies the amount of CO2 and other emissions reduced through the introduction of energy-saving equipment and the use of renewable energy, as well as the amount of CO2 and other emissions absorbed through appropriate forest management, as "credits." These "credits" have asset value that can be sold and converted into cash through J-Credit providers, etc.

[0068] In this embodiment, based on the methodology of "introduction of electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid vehicles," credits corresponding to the amount of fossil fuel consumption that is believed to have been reduced according to the distance traveled by EV are converted into cash by selling them based on a conversion rate agreed upon with the J-Credit Provider.

[0069] The methodology of "introduction of electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid vehicles" applied in this embodiment will be described below. Under this methodology, J-Credits are awarded based on the amount of fossil fuel consumption reduced by introducing electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid vehicles.

[0070] More specifically, the amount of fossil fuel consumption that will be reduced is calculated using the following formula: (Number 1) TIFF2025022660000002.tif3771

[0071] Here, post-project emissions are calculated using the following formula: (Number 2) TIFF2025022660000003.tif73148

[0072] Here, the baseline emissions are the CO2 emissions that would be expected if the distance traveled after the project is implemented were driven by a baseline vehicle, rather than an electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid vehicle after the project is implemented. In other words, they are calculated using the following formula: (Number 3) TIFF2025022660000004.tif76141

[0073] By doing this, it is possible to calculate the amount of emission reductions and earn the corresponding J-Credits.

[0074] Note that, when acquiring D_BL, which is the baseline automobile travel distance, information from an odometer may be used, but in this embodiment, travel information acquired by the data processing device 100 used in the vehicle management service is used.

[0075] <Calculation of expected discount amount> 7 is a flowchart of an expected discount amount calculation process, which is a part of the J-Credit related process in this embodiment. The expected discount amount calculation process is a process for showing the user information on how much the vehicle management service fee can be reduced by applying the J-Credit system to the vehicle to be used. The expected discount amount calculation process is performed by an expected discount amount calculation process program 223 stored in the memory unit 220 of the server 200.

[0076] As shown in Fig. 7, first, target vehicle information on the vehicle to be used (hereinafter, referred to as the "target vehicle") is acquired (S2001). The target vehicle information is information on the vehicle to be used, and is information necessary for calculating the emissions after the project is implemented. In this embodiment, for example, the information includes the following information: -Information on CO2 emission coefficient for electricity in the target vehicle In addition, if the target vehicle is a plug-in hybrid vehicle, the following information may be further included. - Unit calorific value of fuel used in the target vehicle -CO2 emission coefficient per unit calorific value of fuel used in the target vehicle

[0077] Next, it is determined whether the target vehicle information satisfies a predetermined condition (S2002). For example, it is determined whether the target vehicle is an EV or a plug-in hybrid vehicle to which the methodology "Introduction of electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid vehicles" can be applied.

[0078] If the specified conditions are not met (S2002;N), the methodology cannot be applied, so J-Credits cannot be obtained and the vehicle management service fee cannot be reduced. Therefore, the expected discount amount is set to 0 (S2005). If the vehicle satisfies the predetermined conditions (S2002; Y), this methodology is applicable, and the following process is carried out to calculate the emission reduction amount.

[0079] First, baseline vehicle information is obtained (S2003). In a project to update vehicles, baseline vehicle information is information about the vehicle before the project is implemented, i.e., the vehicle that has been used until now and is the target of updating, and in a project to introduce new vehicles, baseline vehicle information is information about the standard vehicle that corresponds to the target vehicle. Hereinafter, such vehicles will be referred to as "baseline vehicles." The baseline vehicle information includes, for example, the following information: Energy efficiency of baseline vehicles CO2 emission factor per unit calorific value of fuel used in baseline vehicles Energy efficiency of baseline vehicles

[0080] Next, together with the baseline vehicle information and the target vehicle information, J-credit price information (for example, in units of "yen / tCO2") is obtained to calculate an estimated amount when the J-credit corresponding to the emission reduction amount obtained by inputting the mileage is converted into currency, and an estimated discount amount is calculated based on the J-credit price information (S2004). Note that in this embodiment, the following explanation will be given assuming that the vehicle to be used is an EV.

[0081] The acquisition of J credit price information may be arbitrary as long as it is based on the timing of the execution of the expected discount amount calculation process, for example, it may be the timing when the expected discount amount calculation process is executed, or the most recent timing when the J credit price information was acquired going back from the timing when the expected discount amount calculation process is executed (for example, if the J credit price information is acquired at 9:00 every day, then if the expected discount amount calculation process is executed after 9:00, then it may be 9:00 on the same day, and if the expected discount amount calculation process is executed before 9:00, then it may be 9:00 on the previous day).

[0082] The information on the assumed discount amount is calculated based on Equations 1 to 3 and the following Equation 4. (Number 4) TIFF2025022660000005.tif26136

[0083] Here, EL_PJ (electricity consumption in an electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid vehicle after the project is implemented) and D_BL (baseline vehicle mileage) are information that cannot be ascertained without actually driving the vehicle, and these values ​​may be set assuming that the vehicle has been driven a predetermined distance (e.g., 20,000 kilometers). Alternatively, the mileage may be estimated and set appropriately based on the past driving history of the user who will be receiving the vehicle management service.

[0084] Then, the estimated vehicle management service fee is calculated based on the output estimated discount amount (S2006), and the estimated discount amount calculation process ends.

[0085] The method of calculating the estimated vehicle management service fee based on the estimated discount amount may be arbitrary, but for example, the calculation may be performed by threshold processing such as the following. If the estimated discount amount is equal to or greater than the actual vehicle management service fee, the estimated vehicle management service fee will be waived. If the expected discount amount is less than but equal to or greater than half of the actual vehicle management service fee, the expected vehicle management service fee will be discounted by 50%. If the expected discount amount is less than half the actual vehicle management service fee but is equal to or greater than 25%, the expected vehicle management service fee will be discounted by 25%. If the estimated discount amount is less than 25% of the actual vehicle management service fee, no discount will be applied to the estimated vehicle management service fee. Alternatively, the expected discount amount and the discount fee may be in a proportional relationship.

[0086] FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between each piece of information required to acquire assumed vehicle management service fee information. FIG. 8(a) shows information corresponding to a target vehicle and a project. That is, the identification number "001" of the target vehicle, the type of project "new" ("new" out of "new" or "renewal") which is the project content related to the target vehicle, "EV01" (identification number corresponding to the vehicle type of the target vehicle) indicating the target vehicle type, and "BL01" (identification number corresponding to the vehicle type of the baseline vehicle) indicating the baseline vehicle type are shown. Note that since the project is "new", that is, it is not a new renewal of an existing vehicle but a new introduction of a vehicle, the baseline vehicle type corresponds to the target vehicle type. On the other hand, if it is "renewal", the baseline vehicle type corresponds to the type of the existing vehicle.

[0087] 8(b) and 8(c) respectively show the standard J-Credit price information and the standard vehicle management service fee information for the conversion rate at the time of performing the expected discount amount calculation process. These pieces of information are appropriately updated, and are obtained, for example, by externally accessing information at the time of performing the expected discount amount calculation process (for example, a service that provides the price of J-Credits). Then, as shown in FIG. 8(d), estimated vehicle management service fee information is calculated based on this information and the above-mentioned relational expression.

[0088] In addition, in order to obtain corresponding target vehicle information and baseline vehicle information for each of the target vehicle types and baseline vehicle types in Figure 8(a), a target vehicle information table and a baseline vehicle information table are stored in the J-credit related processing database 225 of the memory unit 220 of the server 200.

[0089] Fig. 9 is an example of a target vehicle information table. As shown in Fig. 9, in the target vehicle information table, the CO2 emission coefficient of electricity, the unit calorific value of fuel, and the CO2 emission coefficient per unit calorific value of fuel, which are target vehicle information according to the type of target vehicle, can be specified, and in addition, in the case of a new project, the baseline vehicle type can be specified so that the baseline vehicle corresponding to the target vehicle can be specified if the project is new.

[0090] Fig. 10 is an example of a baseline vehicle information table. As shown in Fig. 10, in the baseline vehicle information table, the energy consumption efficiency, the CO2 emission coefficient per unit calorific value of fuel, and the energy consumption efficiency, which are baseline vehicle information according to the baseline vehicle type, can be specified.

[0091] Here, in this embodiment, the target vehicle is an EV, but if the target vehicle is a plug-in hybrid vehicle, the expected vehicle management service fee information can be calculated by reflecting the elements in the latter half of Equation 2.

[0092] By referring to the estimated vehicle management service fee information calculated in this manner, users who have introduced or are considering introducing a vehicle management service can understand how much the service fee can be reduced when introducing the vehicle management service, which can result in the efficiency of the vehicle management service or can be used as a factor to consider when introducing a vehicle management service.

[0093] Furthermore, by preparing a plurality of assumed driving distances and calculating the assumed vehicle management service fees for each of them, it is possible to grasp how much the vehicle management service fee can be reduced by driving a certain distance.

[0094] <J Credit Acquisition and Reflection Process> Next, a description will be given of the J Credit Acquisition and Reflection Process, which is another part of the J Credit related processes. FIG. 11 is a flowchart of the J Credit Acquisition and Reflection Process. The J Credit Acquisition and Reflection Process is a process for calculating the discountable amount of the usage fee of the vehicle management service in response to actually driving a vehicle such as an EV. The J Credit Acquisition and Reflection Process is performed by the J Credit Acquisition and Reflection Process Program 224 stored in the storage unit 220 of the server 200.

[0095] As shown in FIG. 11, first, the server 200 performs a total driving distance calculation process for the target vehicle in a predetermined period (S3001). In this case, the predetermined period is a period necessary for calculating the discountable amount of the vehicle management service for the target vehicle, and for example, it may be for the past one year, or for the past one month, and the acquired value for the past one month may be multiplied by 12. And the total driving distance calculation process is a process of acquiring the driving distance based on the driving information acquired by the driving information acquisition unit 170 provided in the data processing device 100 in that predetermined period. The acquisition of the driving distance is performed by a total driving distance acquisition process which is a subroutine.

[0096] <Total Driving Distance Acquisition Process> Hereinafter, the total driving distance acquisition process will be described. FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the total driving distance acquisition process. The acquisition of the total driving distance in the target period may be performed using any method. For example, the total driving distance may be acquired based on odometer information or the like. However, the total driving information acquisition process in the present embodiment is performed using the position information included in the driving information.

[0097] As shown in Fig. 12, first, the server 200 extracts the location information included in the travel information during the target period (S4001). Here, since the travel information is acquired and stored in chronological order, the location information is also acquired and stored in chronological order accordingly. Hereinafter, taking into consideration this storage format, each piece of location information will be expressed as LI_i (i is a natural number).

[0098] Next, the total distance traveled is initialized (S4002). That is, since the distance traveled will be accumulated based on each piece of position information thereafter, the accumulated value is set to 0 as the initial value for the accumulation process.

[0099] Then, it is determined whether the pair of the i-th and i+1-th position information satisfies a predetermined condition (S4003). That is, it is determined whether the movement between the i-th and i+1-th time points was appropriate for a car, for example, whether the time information linked to LI_i and the time information linked to LI_i+1 match the acquisition interval of the travel information (for example, every second), whether the distance between LI_i and LI_i+1 is appropriate for a car movement (for example, if the acquisition interval of the travel information is every second, and the distance between LI_i and LI_i+1 is 1 kilometer, it can be said that it is not appropriate for a car movement), etc.

[0100] If it is determined that the predetermined condition is met (S4003; Y), the information on the pair of LI_i and LI_i+1 is deemed to be correct, and the distance between the position information of this pair is added to the cumulative total (S4004). Conversely, if it is determined that the predetermined condition is not satisfied (S4003; N), the information regarding the pair of LI_i and LI_i+1 is deemed to be inappropriate, and the cumulative value is not changed.

[0101] It is then determined whether or not the processing of steps S4003 and S4004 has been performed for all pairs of adjacent position information (S4005), and if the processing has not been completed for all pairs of adjacent position information (S4005; N), i is set to i+1 and the processing of steps S4003 and S4004 is performed for the next adjacent position information. If the processing has been completed for all pairs of adjacent position information (S4005; Y), the accumulated value at that point in time is output as the total travel distance (S4006).

[0102] In this way, the total mileage of the target vehicle during the target period is obtained based on the location information obtained by the data processing device 100, so the total mileage can be obtained conservatively as less than the actual total mileage. In other words, it is guaranteed that the vehicle has traveled at least the output total mileage.

[0103] The process returns to the main routine of the J-Credit acquisition and reflection process, and calculates the baseline emissions based on the total mileage thus obtained and the baseline vehicle information (S3002).Then, calculates the post-project emissions based on the target vehicle information and the total mileage (S3003).

[0104] Then, the emission reduction standard amount is calculated based on the J-credit price information and the vehicle management service fee information (S3004). Here, the emission reduction standard amount is a standard of the emission reduction amount determined by the vehicle management service fee information and J credit price information at the reference point (for example, the implementation point) for the J credit acquisition and reflection process, and is the emission reduction amount that is the standard for whether or not the use of the vehicle management service can be free if an emission reduction amount is obtained. Note that a similar standard is calculated in the assumed discount amount calculation process (refundable amount information), but it is at the reference point for the assumed discount amount calculation process, and since the vehicle management service fee information and / or J credit conversion rate information may fluctuate, they do not necessarily match or correspond to these. In other words, the refundable amount information calculated by the assumed discount amount calculation process is reference information for applying free (or low-cost) use of the vehicle management service based on the acquisition of J credits, for example, while the emission reduction standard amount calculated by the J credit acquisition and reflection process is the criterion for determining whether or not it is actually possible to make the use of the vehicle management service free or to reduce the usage fee.

[0105] Then, it is determined whether the baseline emission amount minus the post-project emission amount (i.e., the emission reduction amount in the specified period) is equal to or greater than the emission reduction standard amount (S3005). If it is equal to or greater than the emission reduction standard amount (S3005; Y), a setting is made to make the vehicle management service amount free for the period corresponding to the specified period (for example, if the specified period is the past year, it is the next year) (S3006). If it is less than the emission reduction standard amount (S3005; N), a setting is made to set the vehicle management service fee for the period corresponding to the specified period as a specified fee (S3007). The specified fee may be set appropriately according to the difference between the emission reduction amount and the emission reduction standard amount, for example, to a normal fee with no discount at all, or to half the normal fee if the emission reduction amount is equal to or greater than half the emission reduction standard fee.

[0106] <Variation (1)> The above-described assumed discount amount calculation process, J-Credit acquisition and reflection process, and total mileage acquisition process are based on the assumption that the target moving object is one vehicle, but the target moving object may be multiple vehicles. In other words, on the premise of a vehicle management service that encompasses multiple moving objects, each output may be performed in a form that collectively represents multiple vehicles.

[0107] For example, in the expected discount amount calculation process, the sum of the rebate amount information for each of the target multiple mobile bodies may be used as the discount amount for receiving the vehicle management service free of charge, instead of calculating the rebate amount information for one mobile body. In other words, a standard for how much the vehicle management service fee can be reduced when the target multiple mobile bodies are operated may be presented.

[0108] Fig. 13 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between each piece of information required to obtain an expected discount amount when expanding the case where there is one target moving body shown in Fig. 8 to the case where there are multiple moving bodies. As shown in Fig. 13(a), for each of the multiple moving bodies, information on the project, target vehicle type, and baseline vehicle type is managed in the same way as in Fig. 8(a), and information called "coefficient" is also managed. Here, the "coefficient" is a numerical value determined based on the target vehicle type, and indicates the percentage of J Credits that can be acquired compared to the amount of J Credits that can be acquired in the standard project when the same distance is driven, assuming that the coefficient for a certain standard project is 1.0. In other words, the "coefficient" is a numerical value that corresponds to the amount of CO2 emissions per unit distance traveled of the target vehicle. For example, if the benchmark project has a vehicle ID of 001, a project with a vehicle ID of 002 can obtain 2.5 times as many J Credits for the same distance traveled. This means that, for example, the target vehicle for vehicle ID 001 is a sedan-type EV, while the target vehicle for vehicle ID 002 is a large EV truck, and it is anticipated that a larger reduction amount can be expected.

[0109] Moreover, when the vehicle ID is 003, the coefficient is 0. This means that J Credits cannot be obtained regardless of the mileage, that is, when the subject vehicle is a gasoline vehicle, it means that the vehicle does not satisfy the predetermined conditions in step S2002.

[0110] In addition, in Fig. 13(d), the expected discount amount is output as "0.5." This "0.5" is output as the discount rate, and indicates that the service can be used at a fee that is 0.5 times the normal vehicle management service fee. In this way, the form of the expected discount amount that is output is not particularly limited as long as it allows the expected degree of discount to be understood, and may be information on the actual discounted price as shown in Figure 8(d), or information on the discount percentage as shown in Figure 13(d).

[0111] In this variant (1), it is assumed that EVs, gasoline vehicles, and plug-in hybrid vehicles can coexist. For example, even if the managed vehicles include gasoline vehicles that cannot obtain J Credits, it is possible to show how much the vehicle management service fee can be reduced by driving the same distance as other targeted vehicles.

[0112] Also, for example, in the J Credit acquisition and reflection process, the total mileage calculated in step S3001 is the sum of the total mileage of multiple target vehicles taking into account coefficients (hereinafter referred to as the "sum of total mileage"), the baseline emissions calculated in step S3002 is the sum of the baseline emissions of multiple target vehicles (hereinafter referred to as the "sum of baseline emissions"), and the post-project emissions calculated in step S3003 is the sum of the post-project emissions of multiple target vehicles (hereinafter referred to as the "sum of post-project emissions").In step S3005, it is determined whether the difference between the sum of baseline emissions and the sum of post-project emissions is equal to or greater than the emission reduction standard amount, and based on the result of that determination, it is decided whether the vehicle management service fee will be free of charge (S3006) or whether it will be charged the specified fee (S3007).

[0113] In this way, in variant example (1), even if the automobiles that are the subject of the vehicle management service are made up of various types of moving bodies, as in the embodiment, an estimated vehicle management service fee can be presented to the user, and the vehicle management service can be provided with a vehicle management service fee that corresponds to the driving results.

[0114] <Variation (2)> In the variant example (1) described above, the mileage during the target period is obtained for all of the multiple target moving bodies, and a mileage score is calculated based on the obtained mileage during the target period and the characteristics of the moving bodies (such as the type of moving body of the target body), and the sum of the post-project emissions for all moving bodies is obtained. However, this is not limited to obtaining the mileage during the target period for all of the target moving bodies. For example, the sum of the emissions after the project is implemented may be calculated by selecting the target mobile objects to be monitored according to a sampling method, obtaining the mileage during the target period for each of the selected target mobile objects to be monitored (hereinafter referred to as "target mobile objects"). Based on the information on the mileage during the target period for each of the target mobile objects to be monitored, the total emission reduction amount for all the target mobile objects may be obtained.

[0115] Specifically, for example, the travel distance during the target period is obtained for the monitored mobile objects whose number is equal to or greater than the number of samples calculated by the following formula.

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[0116] Then, based on the target period travel distance acquired for the monitored mobile objects, the target period travel distance of all the target mobile objects is estimated, and the corresponding emission reduction amount of all the target mobile objects is acquired. For example, after obtaining the target period mileage for each monitored mobile object, the sum is divided by the number of monitored mobile objects to obtain the target period mileage per monitored mobile object, and the obtained target period mileage is applied to each target mobile object according to the type of corresponding baseline mobile object. The sum of the emission reduction amounts obtained based on [Equation 1]-[Equation 3] is then obtained, and the costs of the equipment for measuring the target period mileage installed on the monitored mobile objects (device fees, installation costs, management costs, etc.) can be subtracted from this to obtain refundable amount information, which is information regarding the refundable amount provided by all of the target mobile objects.

[0117] Fig. 14 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between each piece of information regarding the amount of money that can be obtained from the target mobile objects as a whole when there are multiple target mobile objects and some of them are selected as target mobile objects to be monitored (they are equipped with a data processing device 100 and their driving information is acquired in chronological order). Fig. 14(a) is a table that manages information regarding whether the target mobile object is a monitoring target, the mileage (unit: km) during the target period (unit: year) if the target mobile object is a monitoring target, and information identifying the type of baseline vehicle corresponding to the target mobile object. In FIG. 14(b), the J-credit conversion rate at a predetermined timing is acquired and managed in the same manner as in FIG. 13(b).

[0118] In FIG. 14(c), the mileage during the target period for each monitored vehicle is calculated and managed based on the information in FIG. 14(a). In addition, in FIG. 14(d), the total number of automobiles that are the target vehicles for the CO2 reduction project and to which the J-Credit calculation is applied is acquired and managed. 14(e), the annual management fee (e.g., the total of device fee, installation fee, maintenance fee, etc.) per data processing device 100 mounted on the monitored mobile object is acquired and managed. That is, the cost for acquiring the mileage for the target period can be calculated by multiplying this annual management fee by the total number of monitored mobile objects. Based on the information in these Figs. 14(a) to 14(e), the refundable amount information (in the case of Fig. 14, "4,240,559" yen) is acquired and managed in Fig. 14(f).

[0119] 14(a), a baseline vehicle type is set for each target mobile body, but a baseline vehicle may not be set for each target mobile body, and a predetermined vehicle type may be set as the baseline vehicle type for all target mobile bodies. That is, the value of EM_BL in Equation 1 may be calculated according to the baseline vehicle type set for each mobile body, or the emission amount may be calculated as a constant value.

[0120] In this way, it is also possible to indicate, for example, how much refundable amount can be obtained as refundable amount information, without reflecting the obtained emission reduction amount in the vehicle management service fee (instead of outputting an expected discount fee). Then, based on this refundable amount information, some feedback and / or refund may be provided to the user of the target mobile object. That is, in the embodiment, expected discount amount information is obtained and reflected directly in the fee for the vehicle-related service, but this is not limited to this, and refundable amount information may be obtained and fed back and / or refunded in some form directly or indirectly to the user of the vehicle-related service.

[0121] The feedback method and the return method are not particularly limited, but the following are merely examples: - To provide some kind of reward (e.g., cash back, gifts such as merchandise or travel, gifts of services related to vehicle management (e.g., maintenance, free oil changes, etc.)) to certain users (e.g., all users, users who have not reported any accidents, users who drive monitored vehicles, users who have used the service for a certain period of time, etc.) -Give some kind of reward to users selected by lottery - The refundable amount will be pooled until it exceeds a certain threshold, and when the total amount of the pooled refundable amount exceeds the certain threshold, related service fees will be waived for a certain period of time or a certain amount of cash will be given back to all users based on the pooled refundable amount. The feedback or refund may be provided only when the refundable amount information satisfies a predetermined condition (for example, when it exceeds a predetermined amount).

[0122] The method of obtaining information regarding mileage from the data processing device 100 installed in each monitored vehicle may be arbitrary. For example, the information may be obtained by installing a data processing device 100 distributed in association with a service enjoyed in relation to the monitored vehicle, such as a vehicle management service, or the information may be obtained by receiving approval to obtain information regarding mileage from a data processing device 100 that has previously been installed in the monitored vehicle (such as a connected car or a drive recorder installed by the user himself).

[0123] <Variation (3)> In the J Credit acquisition and reflection process explained above, the total distance traveled during a specified period is calculated, and a judgment is made as to whether the amount of emissions corresponding to that total distance is equal to or exceeds the emission reduction standard amount at the time the process is carried out. Based on the result of that judgment, a decision is made as to whether the vehicle management service fee for the period corresponding to the specified period will be free of charge or will be charged the specified fee. Here, the predetermined period and the period corresponding to the predetermined period may be any combination. For example, the combination of the predetermined period and the period corresponding to the predetermined period may be as follows:

[0124] [Combination 1] -Specified period: 12 months from the acquisition and reflection of J-Credits - Period corresponding to the specified period: 12 months from the acquisition and reflection of J Credits In this case, the vehicle management service fee for the next 12 months is determined based on the driving records for the past 12 months. In this case, the vehicle management service fee for the next 12 months (13 months to 24 months) may be determined based on the driving records for the next 12 months.

[0125] [Combination 2] - Specified period: The past n months from the acquisition and reflection of J-Credits (n is a natural number less than 12) - Period corresponding to the specified period: n months from J Credit acquisition and reflection processing In this case, the vehicle management service fee for the next n months is determined based on the driving record for the past n months, which is expanded to 12 months (e.g., multiplied by 12 / n). In this case, the vehicle management service fee for the next n months (from n+1 months to 2n months) may be determined based on the driving record for the next n months, similar to [Combination 1]. In other words, although each methodology of J Credit is applied on an annual basis, it is not necessary to collect driving information and reflect the fees on an annual basis, and the effect is that vehicle management service fees can be flexibly set to reflect driving information on a shorter period of time.

[0126] [Combination 3] - Specified period: The past m months from the acquisition and reflection of J-Credits (m is a natural number less than 12) - Period corresponding to the specified period: One month from the acquisition and reflection of J-Credits In this case, the vehicle management service fee for one month in the future (12 months divided by 12) is determined based on the values ​​of the driving records for the past m months expanded to 12 months (for example, multiplied by 12 / m). In this case, as the driving information for the next month is newly added, the vehicle management service fee for one more month in the future (2 months from now) may be determined based on the driving information for the past 11 months and the additional one month. By updating the fee every month in this manner, it is possible to set the fee for the vehicle management service in accordance with the actual driving conditions.

[0127] <Variation (4)> In the above-described embodiment and variants (1), (2), and (3), past driving information is first obtained and then the fee for future vehicle management services is determined. In this case, however, the normal vehicle management service fee without any discount will be charged initially. In light of this issue, in order to enable the user to use the service with a certain degree of discount from the start, an approximate mileage may be presented to the user by adding a certain amount of expenses to the output result of the standard mileage calculation process, and the fee for the vehicle management service for a specified period thereafter may be determined taking this additional amount into consideration.

[0128] More specifically, for example, before receiving the vehicle management service, an estimated discount amount and an estimated vehicle management service fee are calculated by an estimated discount amount calculation process as shown in Figure 8, and in addition to the obtained refundable amount information, an estimated vehicle management service fee based on the discount amount minus a predetermined amount corresponding to the discount amount in past service provision may be presented to the user. That is, when performing J-Credit acquisition and reflection processing based on driving information for a specified period thereafter, the vehicle management service fee information is to be taken into consideration of the past discount amount when calculating the emission reduction standard amount in step S3004. In this way, the initial discount amount of the vehicle management service fee can be offset by driving information to be acquired in the future, which has the effect of making it easier for users who introduce the vehicle management service to start using it.

[0129] <Variation (5)> In the above embodiment, it is assumed that J-Credits are acquired based on the methodology of "introducing electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid vehicles," but the methodology is not limited to this. Other methodologies may be applied instead of or in addition to this methodology. For example, a methodology called "Introduction and use of a car navigation system having an eco-driving support function" may be applied. In this case, as in the methodology for "Introduction of electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid vehicles," it is possible to acquire J credits corresponding to the reduced emissions, which are the difference between the baseline emissions and the emissions after the project is implemented. Therefore, as in the above embodiment, before the introduction, the extent of the reduced emissions that can be obtained in the future by introducing a car navigation system having an eco-driving support function may be calculated and presented, and after the introduction, the actual reduced emissions may be calculated and the fee for the vehicle management service may be reduced based on the amount of J credits that can be acquired accordingly.

[0130] In other words, when applying the two methodologies of "introduction of electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid vehicles" and "introduction and use of car navigation systems with eco-driving support functions", the following forms can be mentioned, for example:

[0131] [Before the introduction of vehicle management services] In the expected discount amount calculation process in the above embodiment, when obtaining the rebate amount information, the amount of J Credits that can be obtained by driving a car equipped with a car navigation system with an eco-driving support function (hereinafter referred to as an "eco-driving support car navigation system") is also taken into consideration. That is, in step S2004, in addition to the target vehicle information, baseline vehicle information, and J-Credit price information, the estimated vehicle management service fee is calculated taking into consideration the estimated emission reduction information when an eco-driving support car navigation system is introduced.

[0132] [After introducing vehicle management service] In the J Credit acquisition and reflection process in the above embodiment, before deciding the final vehicle management service fee, the amount of emission reduction due to the introduction of the eco-driving support car navigation system (hereinafter referred to as the "eco-driving support emission reduction amount") is calculated, and it is determined whether or not reductions have been achieved that are greater than or equal to the emission reduction standard amount, taking into account the eco-driving support emission reduction amount. That is, in step S3005, the difference between the baseline emissions and the post-project emissions is calculated, and then the sum of the difference and the eco-driving support emission reduction amount is calculated and compared with the emission reduction standard amount. If the difference is equal to or greater than the emission reduction standard amount, the vehicle management service fee for the period corresponding to the specified period is free (S3006), and if it is less than the emission reduction standard amount, the vehicle management service fee for the period corresponding to the specified period is set at a specified rate (S3007).

[0133] In this way, users who introduce the vehicle management service can be offered an opportunity to further reduce fees, thereby further promoting the introduction of the vehicle management service.

[0134] <Variation (6)> In the expected discount amount calculation process and J Credit acquisition / reflection process explained above, the expected discount amount is obtained, the expected vehicle management service fee is calculated, and the vehicle management service fee is determined, but what is obtained, calculated, and determined by these processes is not limited to these. For example, in the estimated discount amount calculation process, based on the estimated vehicle management service fee acquired in step S2006, a function that corresponds to the estimated vehicle management service fee may be determined from among all the functions of the vehicle management service.

[0135] For example, among the functions shown in FIG. 6, namely, driving score information of U12, acceleration map information of U13, event timeline information of U14, current vehicle position and trajectory display information of U15, and score deduction information of U16, a function corresponding to the refundable amount information may be determined, and only the determined function may be provided (displayed). In determining the function corresponding to the refundable amount information, a table showing the relationship between each function and the point priority, etc., as shown in Fig. 14 may be used. Fig. 14 shows the points and priority for each of all functions that can be provided in the vehicle management service.

[0136] In Figure 14, "points" correspond to the value or popularity of the function, and are information corresponding to the amount of money required to provide that function, for example. Higher points indicate a higher price for providing that function, and lower points indicate a lower price. Furthermore, "priority" is information regarding the order in which functions are selected. For example, if there are remaining points for selecting that function and it has the highest priority (the smallest number), then that function will be selected. For example, when 2100 is acquired as the refundable amount information, first, it is determined whether the function with the highest priority is selectable. When the table shown in FIG. 14 is used, the function with the highest priority is "all functions of U12-U16", but since the corresponding points are 3600 and exceed the remaining points of 2100, it is determined that it cannot be selected. The function with the next highest priority is "current vehicle position and trajectory display information", and since the corresponding points are 1100 and less than 2100, it is determined that it can be selected, and "current vehicle position and trajectory display information" is selected. At this time, the corresponding 1100 is consumed and the remaining refundable amount information becomes 1000. Next, the function with the highest priority among the remaining functions is "driving score information", and since the corresponding points are 900 and less than 1000, it is determined that it can be selected, and "driving score information" is further selected. This process is repeated until no function can be selected with the remaining points, and in this case, the functions to be selected are determined as "current vehicle position and trajectory display information" and "driving score information".

[0137] Alternatively, without separately setting a priority, the function may be selected in the order of points, with the priority being set to the highest point. Or, conversely, the function may be selected in the order of points, with the lowest point being the lowest. In other words, as long as the points of the function selected from among all the functions do not exceed the refundable amount information, the method of selecting the function may be arbitrary.

[0138] Furthermore, the number of functions that can be provided may be determined based on the refundable amount information regardless of the content of the functions or points. The method of determining the number of functions that can be provided may be arbitrary, but may be determined based on some mathematical relationship such as a proportional relationship such as 5 functions (all functions) for 3600 points or more, 4 functions for 2880-3599 points, 3 functions for 2160-2879 points, 2 functions for 1440-2159 points, 1 function for 720-1439 points, and no functions that can be provided for 719 points or less. Then, a function to be selected arbitrarily may be determined based on the determined number of functions and presented to the customer, or the number of selectable functions may simply be presented.

[0139] For example, when three functions are selected in order of priority out of a total of five functions, the service provision screen will be as shown in Fig. 15. Specifically, the services are provided in such a manner that functions corresponding to areas U12, U14, and U15 with high priority are displayed, while functions corresponding to areas U13 and U16 with low priority are not displayed (for example, "Not available" is displayed in the corresponding areas as an alternative).

[0140] <Variation (7)> In the expected discount amount calculation process and J Credit acquisition / reflection process described above, the J Credit price information is obtained from a service that provides information on the J Credit conversion rate, but the obtained J Credit price information is not limited to this and may be information corresponding to the J Credit price determined by any method as long as it corresponds to the J Credit trading status. For example, the J-credit price information is not limited to information on the market price itself at the time of acquisition, but may be price information calculated based on the market price, for example, information on a price that is above or below the market price by a specified amount, or information on a price that is above or below the market price by a specified percentage. It is preferable to use information on a price that is conservatively set with respect to the market price (for example, a price that is assumed to have a lower conversion rate than the market price).

[0141] Furthermore, since J Credit price information may be traded through an intermediary, it may be information on the price minus the intermediary's commission, or if there is a price agreed upon in advance between the intermediary and the vehicle management service provider, it may be information on that agreed upon price.

[0142] In the above-mentioned embodiments, various programs and data related to various processes are stored in the storage unit, and the processing unit reads and executes these programs to realize the processes in the above-mentioned embodiments. In this case, the storage unit of each device may have internal storage devices such as ROM, EEPROM, flash memory, hard disk, and RAM, as well as recording media (recording media, external storage devices, storage media) such as memory cards (SD cards), Compact Flash (registered trademark) cards, memory sticks, USB memories, CD-RWs (optical disks), and MOs (magneto-optical disks), and the above-mentioned various programs and data may be stored in these recording media.

[0143] Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment and modifications. Furthermore, the above embodiment and modifications can be improved or modified in various ways without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Furthermore, the above embodiment and modifications can be combined. [Explanation of symbols]

[0144] 1. Mobile 100 Data processing device 200 Servers 300 Administrator terminal

Claims

1. 1. An information processing method, comprising: Acquiring mobile object information, which is information about a mobile object related to a vehicle management service; Determining whether the mobile object satisfies a predetermined condition for acquiring J-Credits based on the mobile object information; Acquiring travel distance information of the moving object; Obtaining J Credit price information at a predetermined timing; If the predetermined condition is satisfied, acquiring discount amount information based on the moving object information, the J-credit price information, and the mileage information; An information processing method comprising:

2. 2. The information processing method according to claim 1, the predetermined timing corresponds to a time point for estimating a fee for the vehicle management service, The information processing method includes: obtaining fee information for the vehicle management service; Calculating estimated fee information for the vehicle management service based on the discount amount information and the fee information; The information processing method further comprises:

3. 3. The information processing method according to claim 2, The travel distance information is acquired during a first predetermined period by using a first information processing device mounted on the moving object. Information processing methods.

4. 2. The information processing method according to claim 1, the travel distance information is acquired during a first predetermined period by using a first information processing device mounted on the moving object, the predetermined timing corresponds to a fee for the vehicle management service in a second predetermined time period in the future; The information processing method includes: obtaining fee information for the vehicle management service; calculating fee information for the vehicle management service for the second predetermined period based on the discount amount information and the fee information; The information processing method further comprises:

5. 5. The information processing method according to claim 3, further comprising: the travel distance information is acquired based on intervals between pieces of position information acquired in a time series manner by the first information processing device; Information processing methods.

6. 2. The information processing method according to claim 1, acquiring information on functions that can be provided in the vehicle management service based on the discount amount information; An information processing method comprising:

7. 7. An information processing method according to claim 6, and acquiring the available function information based on the discount amount information includes selecting at least one function corresponding to the discount amount information from among a plurality of functions in the vehicle management service. Information processing methods.

8. An information processing device, a mobile object information acquiring unit that acquires mobile object information that is information related to a mobile object related to the vehicle management service; A determination unit that determines whether the mobile object satisfies a predetermined condition for acquiring J credits based on the mobile object information; a travel distance information acquisition unit for acquiring travel distance information of the moving object; A J-credit price information acquisition unit that acquires J-credit price information at a predetermined timing; a discount amount information acquisition unit that acquires discount amount information based on the moving object information, the J credit price information, and the mileage information when the predetermined condition is satisfied; An information processing device comprising:

9. On the computer, Acquiring mobile object information, which is information about a mobile object related to a vehicle management service; Determining whether the mobile object satisfies a predetermined condition for acquiring J-Credits based on the mobile object information; Acquiring travel distance information of the moving object; Obtaining J Credit price information at a predetermined timing; If the predetermined condition is satisfied, acquiring discount amount information based on the moving object information, the J-credit price information, and the mileage information; A program to execute.

10. 1. An information processing method, comprising: acquiring moving object information for each of a plurality of moving objects; determining whether each of the plurality of moving objects satisfies a predetermined condition for acquiring J-Credits based on the moving object information; acquiring mileage information for each of the plurality of moving objects; Obtaining J Credit price information at a predetermined timing; acquiring baseline moving object information for a corresponding baseline moving object among the plurality of moving objects that satisfies the predetermined condition; acquiring discount amount information based on the mobile object information of the mobile object satisfying the predetermined condition, the baseline mobile object information, the J credit price information, and the mileage information; An information processing method comprising:

11. 11. The information processing method according to claim 10, The acquisition of the discount amount information is further performed based on a coefficient corresponding to the amount of CO2 emission per unit travel distance for each moving object that satisfies the predetermined condition. Information processing methods.

12. An information processing device, a moving object information acquiring unit that acquires moving object information for each of a plurality of moving objects; A determination unit that determines whether each of the plurality of moving objects satisfies a predetermined condition for acquiring J-Credits based on the moving object information; a travel distance information acquisition unit that acquires travel distance information for each of the plurality of moving objects; A J-credit price information acquisition unit that acquires J-credit price information at a predetermined timing; a baseline moving object information acquiring unit that acquires baseline moving object information about a corresponding baseline moving object for each of the plurality of moving objects that satisfies the predetermined condition; a discount amount information acquisition unit that acquires discount amount information based on the mobile object information of the mobile object that satisfies the predetermined condition, the baseline mobile object information, the J credit price information, and the mileage information; An information processing device comprising:

13. On the computer, acquiring moving object information for each of a plurality of moving objects; determining whether each of the plurality of moving objects satisfies a predetermined condition for acquiring J-Credits based on the moving object information; acquiring mileage information for each of the plurality of moving objects; Obtaining J Credit price information at a predetermined timing; acquiring baseline moving object information for a corresponding baseline moving object among the plurality of moving objects that satisfies the predetermined condition; acquiring discount amount information based on the mobile object information of the mobile object satisfying the predetermined condition, the baseline mobile object information, the J credit price information, and the mileage information; A program to execute.

14. 1. An information processing method, comprising: acquiring mobile object information for a plurality of mobile objects that satisfy a predetermined condition related to J Credit; obtaining baseline mobile object information for a plurality of baseline mobile objects corresponding to the plurality of mobile objects; acquiring travel distance information, which is information about travel distances of a plurality of monitoring target moving bodies that are part of the plurality of moving bodies, during a predetermined period of time, by using a data processing device provided in the monitoring target moving bodies; acquiring cost information for the predetermined period of time of the data processing device; Obtaining J Credit price information at a predetermined timing; acquiring refundable amount information related to the plurality of moving objects based on the moving object information, the baseline moving object information, the J-Credit price information, the cost information, and the mileage information; An information processing method comprising:

15. An information processing device, a mobile object information acquisition unit that acquires mobile object information about a plurality of mobile objects that satisfy a predetermined condition related to J Credit; a baseline moving object information acquiring unit for acquiring baseline moving object information for a plurality of baseline moving objects corresponding to the plurality of moving objects; a travel distance information acquisition unit that acquires travel distance information, which is information about travel distances of a plurality of monitoring target moving bodies that are part of the plurality of moving bodies, during a predetermined period of time, by using a data processing device provided in the monitoring target moving bodies; a cost information acquisition unit that acquires cost information of the data processing device for the predetermined period; A J-credit price information acquisition unit that acquires J-credit price information at a predetermined timing; a refundable amount information acquisition unit that acquires refundable amount information related to the plurality of moving objects based on the moving object information, the baseline moving object information, the J credit price information, the cost information, and the mileage information; An information processing device comprising:

16. On the computer, acquiring mobile object information for a plurality of mobile objects that satisfy a predetermined condition related to J Credit; obtaining baseline mobile object information for a plurality of baseline mobile objects corresponding to the plurality of mobile objects; acquiring travel distance information, which is information about travel distances of a plurality of monitoring target moving bodies that are part of the plurality of moving bodies, during a predetermined period of time, by using a data processing device provided in the monitoring target moving bodies; acquiring cost information for the predetermined period of time of the data processing device; Obtaining J Credit price information at a predetermined timing; acquiring refundable amount information related to the plurality of moving objects based on the moving object information, the baseline moving object information, the J-Credit price information, the cost information, and the mileage information; A program to execute.

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