Taxi management device, taxi management system, and program for taxi management device

Abstract

To provide a taxi management device, a taxi management system, and a program for the taxi management device capable of appropriately coping with demands of users by allowing all taxi companies to efficiently use taxi tickets.SOLUTION: In a taxi management system including vehicles provided with taximeters, company terminals of taxi companies, a municipality terminal and a server 5, server processing: reads the number of vacant vehicles from a database that stores the number of vacant vehicles for each time period for each taxi company, and sets it as a threshold value for each taxi company S15; periodically acquires operation status from the taximeters mounted on the taxi vehicles S16, S17; periodically calculates the number of vehicles in coupon ticket operation for each taxi company based on the operation status and calculates a value obtained by dividing the number of vehicles in coupon ticket operation by the threshold value for each taxi company as a coupon ticket operation rate S18; and requests the taxi companies with low coupon ticket operation rates to increase the number of vehicles in a coupon ticket use area S21.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a taxi management device, a taxi management system, and a program for the taxi management device. [Background technology]

[0002] A "lump sum flat rate fare" was introduced for taxis on November 30, 2020, and applications are now being accepted. The "lump sum flat rate fare" is equivalent to a taxi coupon (taxi voucher). With this lump sum flat rate fare, local governments and other entities manage the sale of coupon tickets, and multiple taxi operators may be able to use the same coupon ticket. In such cases, it is desirable from an operational standpoint for local governments to ensure that all taxi operators use the coupon tickets efficiently.

[0003] In addition, when issuing tickets, in order to provide smooth transportation, it is not possible to sell more tickets than the number of vehicles actually in operation. Therefore, the number of tickets sold within a certain period is limited, but since it is not possible to determine the actual time periods when passengers will be using the service, it is possible that there may be a shortage of vehicles to meet demand at certain times of the day.

[0004] In addition, a technique has been proposed as a conventional technique for predicting areas where there is demand for taxis and increasing the number of taxis in those areas (Patent Documents 1 to 3). However, the conventional technique does not take into account new demand due to taxi coupon tickets, and is therefore unable to adequately respond to user demand. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0005] [Patent Document 1] JP 2008-52455 A [Patent Document 2] JP 2014-130552 A [Patent Document 3] JP 2017-194863 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0006] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its object is to provide a taxi management device, a taxi management system, and a program for a taxi management device that can appropriately respond to user demand by allowing all taxi operators to efficiently use taxi vouchers. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a taxi management device, a taxi management system, and a program for a taxi management device according to the present invention are characterized by the following [1] to [6]. [1] A taxi management device that manages taxi vehicles of multiple taxi companies, An operation status acquisition unit that periodically acquires the operation status of the taxi vehicle in operation; A storage unit in which the number of vacant vehicles by time period for each taxi company is stored; a voucher operating vehicle number calculation unit that periodically calculates a voucher operating vehicle number, which is the actual number of vehicles using the taxi voucher for each taxi business operator, based on the operation status acquired by the operation status acquisition unit; A threshold setting unit that reads the number of vacant vehicles for the time period corresponding to the time when the number of active vehicles is calculated from the storage unit and sets the number of vacant vehicles as a threshold for each taxi business operator; a ticket utilization rate calculation unit that calculates a ticket utilization rate for each taxi business operator by dividing the number of tickets in operation by the threshold value; An additional vehicle request unit that requests the taxi company having a low usage rate of the taxi ticket to add a vehicle to the usage area of ​​the taxi ticket, It is a taxi management device. [2] In the taxi management device according to [1], The system further includes a vacant vehicle number prediction unit that predicts the number of vacant vehicles based on the operation status previously acquired by the operation status acquisition unit, and stores the predicted number of vacant vehicles in the storage unit. It is a taxi management device. [3] In the taxi management device according to [1] or [2], The vehicle increase request unit includes: All of the above taxi operators The above-mentioned voucher usage rate is 100%. Not more than that And the utilization rate of the tickets for all the taxi companies is 100%. Not less than In this case, request additional vehicles. It is a taxi management device. [4] In the taxi management device according to any one of [1] to [3], The utilization rate of the tickets for all the taxi companies is 100%. The above a warning unit that issues a warning to a sales manager who manages the sale of the taxi voucher in the case where the It is a taxi management device. [5] A taxi management system that manages taxi vehicles of multiple taxi companies, An on-board device mounted in the taxi vehicle and configured to collect and transmit the operation status of the taxi vehicle; A server that receives the operation status from the vehicle-mounted device; An operator terminal owned by the taxi operator and capable of communicating with the server, The server has an operation status acquisition unit that receives and acquires the operation status transmitted from the vehicle-mounted device; A storage unit in which the number of vacant vehicles by time period for each taxi company is stored; a voucher operating vehicle number calculation unit that periodically calculates a voucher operating vehicle number, which is the actual number of vehicles using the taxi voucher for each taxi business operator, based on the operation status acquired by the operation status acquisition unit; A threshold setting unit that reads the number of vacant vehicles for the time period corresponding to the time when the number of active vehicles is calculated from the storage unit and sets the number of vacant vehicles as a threshold for each taxi business operator; a ticket utilization rate calculation unit that calculates a ticket utilization rate for each taxi business operator by dividing the number of tickets in operation by the threshold value; and a vehicle increase request unit that requests the taxi company having a low usage rate of the taxi ticket to increase the number of vehicles to the usage area of ​​the taxi ticket. It is a taxi management system. [6] On the computer, An operation status acquisition unit that periodically acquires the operation status of taxi vehicles in operation; A storage unit in which the number of available vehicles by time period for each taxi company is stored; a voucher operating vehicle number calculation unit that periodically calculates a voucher operating vehicle number, which is the actual number of vehicles using the taxi voucher for each taxi business operator, based on the operation status acquired by the operation status acquisition unit; A threshold setting unit that reads the number of vacant vehicles for the time period corresponding to the time when the number of active vehicles is calculated from the storage unit and sets the number of vacant vehicles as a threshold for each taxi business operator; a ticket utilization rate calculation unit that calculates a ticket utilization rate for each taxi business operator by dividing the number of tickets in operation by the threshold value; The taxi service provider may function as an additional vehicle request unit that requests the taxi service provider with a low utilization rate of the taxi service provider to add a vehicle to the taxi service provider's area of ​​use. It is a program for taxi management devices.

[0008] According to the taxi management device, taxi management system, and program for the taxi management device configured as above in [1], [5], and [6], the vehicle increase request unit requests taxi operators with low ticket utilization rates to increase their vehicles to the ticket usage area. This allows all taxi operators to use taxi tickets efficiently (fairly), thereby appropriately responding to user demand. According to the taxi management device having the configuration of [2] above, the vacant vehicle number prediction unit predicts the number of vacant vehicles based on the operating status previously acquired by the operating status acquisition unit, and stores the predicted number of vacant vehicles in the storage unit. This makes it possible to accurately predict the number of vacant vehicles by time period and store it in the storage unit. According to the taxi management device having the configuration described above in [3], it is possible to allow all taxi operators to use taxi vouchers fairly. According to the taxi management device having the configuration [4] above, the warning unit can warn the sales manager that the number of taxi vouchers sold is excessive. Effect of the Invention

[0009] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a taxi management device, a taxi management system, and a program for a taxi management device that can appropriately respond to user demand by allowing all taxi operators to efficiently use taxi vouchers.

[0010] The present invention has been briefly described above. Furthermore, the details of the present invention will be further clarified by reading the following description of the embodiment of the present invention (hereinafter, referred to as "embodiment") with reference to the accompanying drawings. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0011] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a taxi management system of the present invention. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the taxi meter shown in FIG. [Diagram 3] FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the server illustrated in FIG. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the taxi meter shown in FIG. [Diagram 5] FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the number of available vehicles by time period for each taxi business operator. [Figure 6] FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a main processing procedure of the server shown in FIG. [Figure 7] FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the additional vehicle request process shown in FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0012] Specific embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0013] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a taxi management system 1 of the present invention. A plurality of taxi companies B1 to B3 (hereinafter, sometimes simply referred to as companies B1 to B3) that can use a common taxi coupon (taxi ticket) issued by a local government (management distributor) or the like participate in the taxi management system 1 shown in FIG. 1. A taxi coupon is a ticket that allows a predetermined number of rides in a predetermined section. The taxi management system 1 is a system that requests the taxi companies B1 to B3 with low coupon operation rates to increase the number of vehicles in areas where coupons can be used. This system 1 makes it possible to fairly allocate coupon users to each of the companies B1 to B3.

[0014] The taxi management system 1 includes a taxi meter 2 as an on-board device mounted in a taxi vehicle 10, an operator terminal 3 owned by each taxi operator B1 to B3, a local government terminal 4 owned by the local government, and a server 5 as a taxi management device capable of communicating with the taxi meter 2 and the terminals 3 and 4 via an Internet communication network 11.

[0015] The taxi meter 2 is mounted on the taxi vehicle 10 and calculates fares. As shown in FIG. 2, the taxi meter 2 has an operation unit 21, an input unit 22, a communication unit 23, and a control unit 24.

[0016] The operation unit 21 is composed of various buttons such as an empty vehicle button, an actual vehicle button, a coupon ticket use button, a payment button, etc. The operation unit 21 is an operation unit for the taxi driver to input the operation status of the taxi vehicle 10 (whether it is an empty vehicle with no passengers, an actual vehicle using a taxi coupon ticket, an actual vehicle not using a taxi coupon ticket, whether the taxi has arrived at the destination and payment has been made, etc.).

[0017] The input unit 22 is connected to the travel sensor 12 and receives a travel pulse from the travel sensor 12. The travel sensor 12 outputs one travel pulse each time the taxi vehicle 10 travels a predetermined distance. The communication unit 23 is composed of a circuit, an antenna, etc. for wirelessly connecting to the Internet communication network 11.

[0018] The control unit 24 is composed of a CPU (Central Processing Unit) equipped with memories such as RAM (Random Access Memory) and ROM (Read Only Memory), and is responsible for the overall control of the taxi meter 2. The control unit 24 performs a fare calculation process when the actual vehicle button is pressed. In this fare calculation process, the control unit adds a distance fare every time the vehicle travels a predetermined distance, and also adds a time fare every time the vehicle travels at a predetermined speed (e.g., 10 km / h) or less for a predetermined time (e.g., 90 seconds) due to traffic congestion or waiting for the customer's convenience. The control unit 25 counts the travel pulses to determine whether the vehicle has traveled a predetermined distance, and also determines the travel speed to determine whether it is below the predetermined speed.

[0019] In addition, the control unit 24 periodically acquires the operating status from the operation status of the operation unit 21, and transmits the acquired operating status to the server 5.

[0020] 3, the server 5 has a communication unit 51, a database (hereinafter, DB) 52 as a storage unit, and a control unit 53. The communication unit 51 is composed of a circuit for connecting to the Internet communication network 11, etc. The DB 52 stores the operating status collected from the taxi meters 2 mounted on each of the multiple taxi vehicles 10. The control unit 53 is composed of a CPU (computer) equipped with memories such as RAM and ROM, for example, and the CPU controls the entire server 5 by operating according to a program.

[0021] The business operator terminal 3 is a terminal owned by each of the businesses B1 to B3. The local government terminal 4 is a terminal owned by a local government. The terminals 3 and 4 are equipped with a CPU equipped with memories such as RAM and ROM, a display unit, and an operation unit (not shown). The terminals 3 and 4 may be configured as a PC (Personal Computer) or a tablet terminal such as a smartphone.

[0022] Next, the operation of the taxi management system 1 having the above-mentioned configuration will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 24 of the taxi meter 2 (hereinafter, abbreviated as the taxi meter 2) sets a timer (S1), and then determines whether a predetermined time (for example, one minute) has passed since the timer was set (S2). If one minute has passed (Y in S2), the taxi meter 2 acquires the operating status from the operation status of the operation unit 21 (S3). Then, the taxi meter 2 transmits the acquired operating status position information and time information to the server 5 (S4). Through the above operations, the taxi meter 2 can transmit the operating status to the server 5 in real time. The server 5 functions as an operating status acquisition unit, receives the operating status from each taxi vehicle 10, and stores the received operating status in the DB 52.

[0023] The server 5 also functions as an empty vehicle number prediction unit, and predicts the number of empty vehicles for each time period for each of the businesses B1 to B3 based on the operation status collected from the taxi vehicles 10 before the introduction of the coupon tickets, as shown in FIG. 5, and stores the predicted number in the DB 52. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the server 5 obtains the number of empty vehicles for each hour. The number of empty vehicles for each time period can be obtained, for example, as follows. As described above, the operation status is transmitted to the server 5 from the taxi vehicles 10 currently in operation every minute. Based on the operation status transmitted from each taxi vehicle every minute, the server 5 obtains the number of empty vehicles for each minute, and the average number of empty vehicles for each minute in the desired time period is set as the number of empty vehicles for that time period. For example, when the number of empty vehicles is to be obtained from 9:00 to 10:00, the number of empty vehicles at 9:01, the number of empty vehicles at 9:02, ..., and the number of empty vehicles at 10:00 are obtained, and the average of these obtained numbers of empty vehicles is set as the number of empty vehicles for 9:00 to 10:00. The local government can decide the number of taxi coupon tickets to be sold according to this number of empty vehicles. For example, if the number of taxi tickets sold is high compared to the number of available taxis, the balance between supply and demand will be disrupted, and an increase in the number of users who are unable to use the taxi tickets will occur. For this reason, local governments refer to the number of available taxis and decide the number of taxi tickets to sell in a way that balances supply and demand.

[0024] Even after the introduction of the coupon tickets, the taxi meter 2 performs the process shown in Fig. 4 and transmits the operating status in real time to the server 5. After the coupon tickets are introduced, the coupon ticket use button becomes available, and the taxi meter 2 transmits the operating status to the server 5, which enables it to determine whether the actual vehicle is using a coupon ticket or not.

[0025] After the introduction of the coupon ticket, the server 5 executes the main process shown in Fig. 6 and Fig. 7. First, the control unit 53 of the server 5 (hereinafter, abbreviated as server 5) sets a timer (S11), and then judges whether a predetermined time has elapsed (S12). If the predetermined time has elapsed, the server 5 reads the number of participating businesses and sets m=number of businesses (S13). In the example shown in Fig. 1, the number of participating businesses is three, namely businesses B1 to B3, so in S13 the server 5 sets m=3. Then, the server 5 executes the process of judging whether to request an additional vehicle for business Bm (S14 to S18), which will be described later.

[0026] First, the server 5 acquires the current time (S14). After that, the server 5 functions as a threshold setting unit, and reads out the number of vacant vehicles for the time period of the operator Bm corresponding to the time acquired in S14 from the number of vacant vehicles for each of the operators B1 to B3 for each time period that was previously calculated and stored in DB52, and sets this as the number of vehicles that the operator Bm can operate using a coupon ticket (hereinafter, the threshold) (S15). The number of vacant vehicles for each of the operators B1 to B3 for each time period is the number of vehicles that the operators B1 to B3 can use for operating a coupon ticket in that time period, and this number is set as the threshold.

[0027] After that, the server 5 performs an operation status acquisition process for the business operator Bm (S16, S17). In the operation status acquisition process, the server 5 acquires the operation status of the taxi vehicles 10 of the business operator Bm at or close to the time acquired in S14 (S16). After that, the server 5 functions as a ticket operation number calculation unit, and acquires the number of tickets in operation (the number of cars that have been used as actual cars using the ticket) at or close to the time acquired in S14 based on the operation status acquired in S16 (S17). Next, the server 5 functions as a ticket operation rate calculation unit, and calculates the number of tickets in operation divided by a threshold value (i.e., the number of tickets in operation / threshold value) as the ticket operation rate, and stores the calculated rate in the DB 52 (S18).

[0028] After that, the server 5 increments m (S19). Next, the server 5 judges whether m has reached 0 or not (S20). If m is not 0 (N in S20), the server 5 judges that the coupon ticket operating rates of all the businesses B1 to B3 have not been calculated, and returns to S14. On the other hand, if m is 0 (Y in S20), the server 5 judges that the coupon ticket operating rates of all the businesses B1 to B3 have been calculated, and performs the next additional vehicle request process (S21).

[0029] In the vehicle addition request process, the server 5 functions as a vehicle addition request unit. The server 5 reads the book-of-ticket operation rates of all the businesses B1 to B3 from the DB 52 (S211). If the book-of-ticket operation rates of all the businesses B1 to B3 are 100% or more (Y in S212), the server 5 transmits a warning to the local government terminal 4, stating that the number of taxi book-of-ticket sales is too high (S213). In contrast, if the book-of-ticket operation rates of all the businesses B1 to B3 are not 100% or more (N in S212), the server 5 next judges whether the book-of-ticket operation rates of all the businesses B1 to B3 are less than 100% (S214). If the book-of-ticket operation rates of all the businesses B1 to B3 are less than 100% (Y in S214), the server 5 ends the vehicle addition request process without transmitting a warning or a notification of a vehicle addition request.

[0030] On the other hand, if the coupon ticket operation rates of all the businesses B1 to B3 are not less than 100% (N in S214), the server 5 sorts the businesses B1 to B2 in order of coupon ticket operation rate (S215). Based on the sorting result, the server 5 determines the business operator B1 to B3 with the lowest coupon ticket operation rate (S216), transmits a vehicle addition request notice to the lowest-ranked business operators B1 to B3 requesting them to add a vehicle to the coupon ticket area (S217), and ends the vehicle addition request process.

[0031] According to the above-mentioned main process, the server 5 periodically calculates the coupon ticket utilization rate of the businesses B1 to B3, and transmits a warning to the local government and a request for additional vehicles to the businesses B1 to B3 according to the calculated coupon ticket utilization rate.

[0032] According to the above-described embodiment, the server 5 transmits a request to add more vehicles to the area where the coupon tickets are used to the taxi operators B1 to B3 with low coupon ticket utilization rates. This allows all the taxi operators B1 to B3 to use coupon tickets efficiently (fairly), thereby appropriately responding to the demand of users.

[0033] Furthermore, according to the above-described embodiment, the server 5 predicts the number of vacant vehicles for each time period for each business operator based on the operating conditions acquired in the past, and stores the predicted number of vacant vehicles in the DB 52. This makes it possible to accurately predict the number of vacant vehicles for each time period and store it in the DB 52.

[0034] Furthermore, according to the above-described embodiment, when there is one or more taxi operators B1 to B3 whose coupon ticket utilization rate exceeds 100% and none of the taxi operators B1 to B3 have coupon ticket utilization rates exceeding 100%, the server 5 requests an additional vehicle. This allows all taxi operators B1 to B3 to use coupon tickets fairly.

[0035] According to the embodiment described above, when the utilization rate of the coupon tickets of all the taxi businesses B1 to B3 exceeds 100%, the server 5 transmits a warning to the local government that manages the sale of coupon tickets. This makes it possible to warn the local government that the number of coupon tickets sold is excessive.

[0036] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be appropriately modified, improved, etc. In addition, the material, shape, size, number, arrangement location, etc. of each component in the above-described embodiment are arbitrary as long as the present invention can be achieved, and are not limited.

[0037] In the above-described embodiment, a coupon ticket is used as a taxi voucher, but the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention may be applied to a commuter pass or both a coupon ticket and a commuter pass.

[0038] Also, according to the above-described embodiment, the server 5 predicts the number of vacant vehicles for each time period for each of the taxi companies B1 to B3 based on the past operating status results and stores the number of vacant vehicles for each time period in the DB 52, but this is not limited to the above. Each of the taxi companies B1 to B3 may store in the DB 52 the number of vacant vehicles for each time period predicted based on experience.

[0039] Also, according to the embodiment described above, the server 5 requests an additional vehicle when there is one or more taxi operators B1-B3 with a coupon ticket utilization rate exceeding 100% and none of the taxi operators B1-B3 have a coupon ticket utilization rate exceeding 100%, but this is not limited to the above. The server 5 may request an additional vehicle to the taxi operators B1-B3 with a low coupon ticket utilization rate, and may be able to request an additional vehicle when there are two or more taxi operators B1-B3 with a coupon ticket utilization rate exceeding 100%, for example.

[0040] Furthermore, according to the embodiment described above, the server 5 transmits a warning to the local government terminal 4, but this is not essential, and the warning does not have to be sent.

[0041] Here, features of the embodiments of the taxi management device, the taxi management system, and the program for the taxi management device according to the present invention described above will be briefly summarized and listed below in [1] to [6]. [1] A taxi management device (5) for managing taxi vehicles (10) of a plurality of taxi business operators (B1 to B3), an operation status acquisition unit (53) that periodically acquires the operation status of the taxi vehicle (10) in operation; A storage unit (52) in which the number of vacant vehicles by time period for each of the taxi companies (B1 to B3) is stored; a ticket operating number calculation unit (53) that periodically calculates a ticket operating number, which is the actual number of vehicles using the taxi ticket for each of the taxi businesses (B1 to B3), based on the operation status acquired by the operation status acquisition unit (53); a threshold setting unit (53) that reads the number of vacant vehicles for the time period corresponding to the time when the number of active vehicles for the use ticket is calculated from the storage unit (52) and sets the number of vacant vehicles as a threshold for each of the taxi businesses (B1 to B3); A ticket usage rate calculation unit (53) that calculates a ticket usage rate by dividing the number of tickets in use by the threshold value for each of the taxi companies (B1 to B3); and a vehicle increase request unit (53) that requests the taxi business operators (B1 to B3) having a low usage rate of the taxi ticket to increase the number of vehicles to the usage area of ​​the taxi ticket. Taxi management equipment (5). [2] In the taxi management device (5) according to [1], The system further includes an empty vehicle number prediction unit (53) that predicts the number of empty vehicles based on the operation status previously acquired by the operation status acquisition unit (53) and stores the predicted number of empty vehicles in the storage unit (52). Taxi management equipment (5). [3] In the taxi management device (5) according to [1] or [2], The vehicle increase request unit (53) requests an additional vehicle when there is one or more of the taxi operators (B1 to B3) whose usage ticket utilization rate exceeds 100% and the usage ticket utilization rate of all of the taxi operators (B1 to B3) does not exceed 100%. Taxi management equipment (5). [4] In the taxi management device (5) according to any one of [1] to [3], A warning unit (53) that issues a warning to a sales manager who manages the sales of the taxi vouchers when the usage rate of the vouchers of all the taxi companies (B1 to B3) exceeds 100%. Taxi management equipment (5). [5] A taxi management system (1) for managing taxi vehicles (10) of multiple taxi companies (B1 to B3), an on-board device (2) mounted on the taxi vehicle (10) and configured to collect and transmit operating status of the taxi vehicle (10); A server (5) that receives the operation status from the vehicle-mounted device (2); and an operator terminal (3) owned by the taxi operator (B1 to B3) capable of communicating with the server (5); The server (5) includes an operation status acquisition unit (53) that receives and acquires the operation status transmitted from the vehicle-mounted device (2); A storage unit (52) in which the number of vacant vehicles by time period for each of the taxi companies (B1 to B3) is stored; a ticket operating number calculation unit (53) that periodically calculates a ticket operating number, which is the actual number of vehicles using the taxi ticket for each of the taxi businesses (B1 to B3), based on the operation status acquired by the operation status acquisition unit (53); a threshold setting unit (53) that reads the number of vacant vehicles for the time period corresponding to the time when the number of active vehicles for the use ticket is calculated from the storage unit (52) and sets the number of vacant vehicles as a threshold for each of the taxi businesses (B1 to B3); A ticket usage rate calculation unit (53) that calculates a ticket usage rate by dividing the number of tickets in use by the threshold value for each of the taxi companies (B1 to B3); and a vehicle increase request unit (53) that requests the taxi business operators (B1 to B3) having a low usage rate of the taxi ticket to increase the number of vehicles to the usage area of ​​the taxi ticket. Taxi Management System(1). [6] On the computer, an operation status acquisition unit (53) that periodically acquires the operation status of a taxi vehicle (10) in operation; A storage unit (52) in which the number of available vehicles by time period for each taxi company (B1 to B3) is stored; a ticket operating number calculation unit (53) that periodically calculates a ticket operating number, which is the actual number of vehicles using the taxi ticket for each of the taxi businesses (B1 to B3), based on the operation status acquired by the operation status acquisition unit (53); a threshold setting unit (53) that reads the number of vacant vehicles for the time period corresponding to the time when the number of active vehicles for the use ticket is calculated from the storage unit (52) and sets the number of vacant vehicles as a threshold for each of the taxi businesses (B1 to B3); A ticket usage rate calculation unit (53) that calculates a ticket usage rate by dividing the number of tickets in use by the threshold value for each of the taxi companies (B1 to B3); The taxi service provider (B1 to B3) having a low usage rate of the taxi service ticket functions as an additional vehicle request unit (53) that requests the additional vehicle to the usage area of ​​the taxi service ticket. A program for the taxi management device (5). [Explanation of symbols]

[0042] 1. Taxi management system 2 Taximeter (on-board device) 3. Operator terminal 5 Server (taxi management device) 10 Taxi vehicles 52 DB (storage section) 53 control unit (operation status acquisition unit, ticket operation number calculation unit, threshold setting unit, ticket operation rate calculation unit, vehicle increase request unit, vacant vehicle number prediction unit, computer) B1~B3 Taxi business operators

Claims

1. A taxi management device that manages taxi vehicles of multiple taxi companies, An operation status acquisition unit that periodically acquires the operation status of the taxi vehicle in operation; A storage unit in which the number of vacant vehicles by time period for each taxi company is stored; a voucher operating vehicle number calculation unit that periodically calculates a voucher operating vehicle number, which is the actual number of vehicles using the taxi voucher for each taxi business operator, based on the operation status acquired by the operation status acquisition unit; A threshold setting unit that reads the number of vacant vehicles for the time period corresponding to the time when the number of active vehicles is calculated from the storage unit and sets the number of vacant vehicles as a threshold for each taxi business operator; a ticket utilization rate calculation unit that calculates a ticket utilization rate for each taxi business operator by dividing the number of tickets in operation by the threshold value; An additional vehicle request unit that requests the taxi company having a low usage rate of the taxi ticket to add a vehicle to the usage area of ​​the taxi ticket, Taxi management device.

2. The taxi management device according to claim 1, The system further includes a vacant vehicle number prediction unit that predicts the number of vacant vehicles based on the operation status previously acquired by the operation status acquisition unit, and stores the predicted number of vacant vehicles in the storage unit. Taxi management device.

3. The taxi management device according to claim 1 or 2, The vehicle increase request unit requests an additional vehicle when the ticket utilization rate of all the taxi companies is not 100% or more and the ticket utilization rate of all the taxi companies is not less than 100%. Taxi management device.

4. In the taxi management device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, and a warning unit that issues a warning to a sales manager who manages the sale of the taxi vouchers when the ticket operation rate of all the taxi business operators is 100% or more. Taxi management device.

5. A taxi management system that manages taxi vehicles of multiple taxi companies, An on-board device mounted in the taxi vehicle and configured to collect and transmit the operation status of the taxi vehicle; A server that receives the operation status from the vehicle-mounted device; An operator terminal owned by the taxi operator and capable of communicating with the server, The server has an operation status acquisition unit that receives and acquires the operation status transmitted from the vehicle-mounted device; A storage unit in which the number of vacant vehicles by time period for each taxi company is stored; a voucher operating vehicle number calculation unit that periodically calculates a voucher operating vehicle number, which is the actual number of vehicles using the taxi voucher for each taxi business operator, based on the operation status acquired by the operation status acquisition unit; A threshold setting unit that reads the number of vacant vehicles for the time period corresponding to the time when the number of active vehicles is calculated from the storage unit and sets the number of vacant vehicles as a threshold for each taxi business operator; a ticket utilization rate calculation unit that calculates a ticket utilization rate for each taxi business operator by dividing the number of tickets in operation by the threshold value; and a vehicle increase request unit that requests the taxi company having a low usage rate of the taxi ticket to increase the number of vehicles to the usage area of ​​the taxi ticket. Taxi management system.

6. On the computer, An operation status acquisition unit that periodically acquires the operation status of taxi vehicles in operation; A storage unit in which the number of available vehicles by time period for each taxi company is stored; a voucher operating vehicle number calculation unit that periodically calculates a voucher operating vehicle number, which is the actual number of vehicles using the taxi voucher for each taxi business operator, based on the operation status acquired by the operation status acquisition unit; A threshold setting unit that reads the number of vacant vehicles for the time period corresponding to the time when the number of active vehicles is calculated from the storage unit and sets the number of vacant vehicles as a threshold for each taxi business operator; a ticket utilization rate calculation unit that calculates a ticket utilization rate for each taxi business operator by dividing the number of tickets in operation by the threshold value; The taxi service provider may function as an additional vehicle request unit that requests the taxi service provider with a low utilization rate of the taxi service provider to add a vehicle to the taxi service provider's area of ​​use. A program for taxi management devices.

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