Goal management system, goal management method, and goal management program

Abstract

To provide a target management system making it possible to sustain and arouse a driver's tension and attention by properly designating a target and thus achieve safe driving.SOLUTION: A target management system 1 includes: a vehicle terminal 4 installed in a vehicle 11; a management terminal 2 capable of communicating with the vehicle terminal 4; and an avatar 5 preserved in a first business office 61. The target management system 1 receives a move distance of the vehicle 11, calculates a current total move distance by adding the received move distance to a previous total move distance in the target management system of a driver who drives the vehicle, and determines whether the current total move distance has reached a designated target value. When it is determined that the current total move distance has reached the target value, the management terminal 2 transmits attainment data, which signifies that the current total move distance has reached the target value, to the vehicle terminal 4, and transmits movement instruction data, which includes an instruction for moving the avatar 5 to a second business office 62 located a distance equal to or less than the total move distance from the first business office 61, to a business terminal 3 in the first business office 61.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a target management system, a target management method, and a target management program, and particularly to a target management system, a target management method, and a target management program related to the driving distance of a vehicle.

Background Art

[0002] Conventionally, there is known a safe driving support system that issues necessary warnings at appropriate timings while suppressing the issuance of unnecessary warnings to the driver (Patent Document 1). It determines whether the driver can perform a braking operation at an appropriate timing. Specifically, it is determined from the measurement result of electroencephalogram data whether the driver recognizes the driving behavior that is predicted to be taken in the future, and if not, a warning is issued to the driver. Thus, by using electroencephalogram data, which is biometric information, it is possible to detect a near miss, which is an imminent dangerous event such as missing a signal caused by careless driving, in a short time and with high accuracy.

[0003] In addition, there is known a safe driving support system that supports vehicle driving in consideration of the driver's cognitive function (Patent Document 2). The safe driving support system includes a wearable terminal having terminal identification information, and a safe driving support in-vehicle device including a reference determination unit that presents questions to the driver, calculates a correct answer rate from the answers input by the driver, compares the driver's tolerance information and the correct answer rate, and determines whether the driver is in a drivable state. The tolerance information is a predetermined correct answer rate, and the reference determination unit determines whether the correct answer rate of the answers input by the driver is equal to or higher than the predetermined correct answer rate. The safe driving support in-vehicle device is connected to a vehicle control unit that controls the vehicle driven by the driver, and controls the running state of the vehicle based on the determination result of the reference determination unit.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0004]

Patent Document 1

Patent Document 2

[0005] However, while the safe driving support systems described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 detected the driver's condition using wearable devices or brainwaves and judged the driver's state based on predetermined criteria, it was difficult to draw the driver's attention to the system itself.

[0006] Long-haul drivers and other drivers are constantly under constant vigilance, leading to accumulated fatigue and a tendency for their attention to become scattered. In particular, drivers who are accustomed to their work may become less vigilant due to their familiarity with the job, increasing the likelihood of accidents and traffic violations. In the logistics industry, accidents and violations result in significant property damage, injuries, deaths, and insurance costs, creating a need for reduction.

[0007] Therefore, the present invention aims to provide a goal management system, a goal management method, and a goal management program that can maintain and stimulate the driver's sense of alertness and attention by appropriately setting goals, thereby enabling safe driving. [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] To solve the above problems, the present invention provides a target management system comprising: a vehicle terminal installed on a mobile vehicle driven by a driver; a management terminal that communicates with the vehicle terminal; a first terminal located at a first business office; and an avatar stored at the first business office, the target management system comprising: a distance calculation unit that receives the travel distance of the mobile vehicle and calculates the current total travel distance by adding it to the total travel distance of the driver's past travel distances; a target determination unit that determines whether the current total travel distance calculated by the distance calculation unit has reached a set target value; and a transmission unit that, when the target determination unit determines that the current total travel distance has reached the target value, transmits arrival data from the management terminal to the vehicle terminal that the target value has been reached, and transmits movement instruction data from the management terminal to the first terminal that includes an instruction to move the avatar from the first business office to a second business office located at a distance of no more than the current total travel distance.

[0009] Furthermore, when the avatar arrives at the second business office, the system also includes a receiving unit that receives arrival data transmitted from the second terminal at the second business office.

[0010] Furthermore, the target determination unit determines whether the current total distance traveled has reached a final target value which is higher than the target value. When the target determination unit determines that the current total distance traveled has reached the final target value, the transmission unit transmits the arrival data indicating that the final target value has been reached to the vehicle terminal, transmits the movement instruction data to the second terminal which includes an order to move the avatar from the second business office to the third business office which is less than or equal to the current total distance traveled, and transmits return instruction data to the third terminal at the third business office which includes an order to perform a predetermined printing process on the avatar after its arrival and return it to the driver.

[0011] Furthermore, when the distance calculation unit receives accident data from the vehicle terminal, it subtracts a predetermined value from the current total distance traveled and sets an accident flag, and when it receives violation data from the vehicle terminal, it subtracts a predetermined value from the current total distance traveled and sets a violation flag.

[0012] According to another aspect of the present invention, a goal management method is provided comprising: a vehicle terminal installed on a mobile vehicle driven by a driver; a management terminal communicating with the vehicle terminal; a first terminal located at a first business office; and an avatar stored at the first business office, the method comprising: receiving the travel distance of the mobile vehicle and calculating the current total travel distance by adding it to the total travel distance of the driver's past travel distances; determining whether the calculated current total travel distance has reached a set target value; when the current total travel distance has reached the target value, transmitting arrival data from the management terminal to the vehicle terminal, transmitting movement instruction data from the management terminal to the first terminal including an order to move the avatar from the first business office to a second business office located at a distance of no more than the current total travel distance; and moving the avatar from the first business office to the second business office.

[0013] The system also includes the steps of: determining whether the current total distance traveled has reached a final target value which is higher than the target value; when the current total distance traveled has reached the final target value, transmitting arrival data from the management terminal to the vehicle terminal, and transmitting the movement instruction data, which includes an order to move the avatar from the second business office to a third business office located at or below the current total distance traveled, from the management terminal to a second terminal located at the second business office; and, after the avatar arrives, performing a predetermined printing process on the avatar and returning it to the driver at the third terminal in the third business office.

[0014] The system further includes the steps of: setting an accident flag by subtracting a predetermined value from the current total distance traveled when accident data is received from the vehicle terminal; and setting a violation flag by subtracting a predetermined value from the current total distance traveled when violation data is received from the vehicle terminal.

[0015] According to another aspect of the present invention, a goal management program is provided comprising a vehicle terminal installed on a mobile vehicle driven by a driver, a management terminal that communicates with the vehicle terminal, a first terminal located at a first business office, and an avatar stored at the first business office, wherein the program is characterized by causing an information processing terminal to perform the following steps: receive the travel distance of the mobile vehicle, add it to the total travel distance of the driver's past trips to calculate the current total travel distance; determine whether the calculated current total travel distance has reached a set target value; and when the current total travel distance has reached the target value, transmit arrival data from the management terminal to the vehicle terminal, and transmit movement instruction data from the management terminal to the first terminal, including an instruction to move the avatar from the first business office to a second business office located at a distance of no more than the current total travel distance.

[0016] Furthermore, the information processing terminal is instructed to perform the following steps: determine whether the current total distance traveled has reached a final target value which is higher than the target value; when the current total distance traveled has reached the final target value, transmit the arrival data that the final target value has been reached from the management terminal to the vehicle terminal, and transmit the movement instruction data, which includes an order to move the avatar from the second business office to a third business office located at or below the current total distance traveled, from the management terminal to a second terminal located at the second business office; and instruct the third terminal at the third business office to perform a predetermined printing process on the avatar after its arrival and send it back to the driver.

[0017] Furthermore, the information processing terminal is instructed to perform the following steps: when accident data is received from the vehicle terminal, subtract a predetermined value from the current total distance traveled and set an accident flag; and when violation data is received from the vehicle terminal, subtract a predetermined value from the current total distance traveled and set a violation flag. [Effects of the Invention]

[0018] With such a configuration, when the moving body reaches the target distance, the avatar will move between business offices by the target distance. Therefore, the driver of the moving body will be conscious of wishing that the avatar, which is their alter ego, will move to the next business office safely, and will pay attention to safe driving. As a result, in order to drive with consideration so as not to cause accidents or traffic violations consciously, it is possible to reduce various losses and costs such as the number of traffic accidents, human lives, injuries, property damage, insurance costs, etc. As a result, not only the number of traffic accident victims is reduced, but also the interruption of social life such as sudden work due to the arrest and prosecution of the perpetrator by a serious accident, the breakup of the perpetrator's family, and further, the sudden loss of the driver's labor force on the side of the company to which the perpetrator belongs and the company's response to the victim side, etc. This also leads to a decrease in the number of such cases. In addition, it is possible to reduce the cases of suffering such as trauma remaining on both the traffic accident victims and the perpetrators. Also, as the total driving distance of the driver becomes longer, the awareness of wanting to reach the final destination without accidents or violations while paying attention to accidents and violations increases. Therefore, as the usage period of the target management system becomes longer, the driver's safety awareness further increases, and it is considered that this increase in safety awareness often becomes the "normal state" of the driver. As a result, a further reduction in the number of traffic accidents and traffic violations can be expected.

Brief Description of the Drawings

[0019] [Figure 1] Schematic diagram of the target management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] Block diagram of the target management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 3] Overall flowchart of the target management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 4] Sequence diagram of the target management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 5] Flowchart of the initial registration process of the target management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 6] Front view of the avatar of the target management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 7]Rear view of the avatar of the goal management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 8] Flowchart of the vehicle terminal of the goal management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 9] Diagram showing the display unit of the vehicle terminal of the goal management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 10] Flowchart of the management terminal of the goal management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 11] Flowchart of the management terminal of the goal management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 12] Diagram showing the window displayed on the display unit of the management terminal of the goal management system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 13] Diagram showing the window displayed on the display unit of the management terminal of the goal management system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 14] Block diagram of the goal management system according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

Modes for Carrying Out the Invention

[0020] The goal management system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described based on FIGS. 1 to 11. The goal management system 1 mainly sets goals for the driver 10 regularly, thereby enhancing the awareness of safe driving and reducing traffic troubles such as accidents and violations.

[0021] As shown in Figure 1, the target management system 1 consists of a management terminal 2, multiple branch office terminals 3, a vehicle terminal 4, and an avatar 5. As shown in Figure 1, the management terminal 2, the branch office terminals 3, and the vehicle terminals 4 can communicate bidirectionally via a communication network 6. The branch office terminals 3 are located in branch offices at major locations throughout the country. In Figure 1, the branch offices are exemplified as the first branch office 61, the second branch office 62, and the third branch office 63, but the number of branch offices is not limited to these. The vehicle 11 performs various transportation and delivery operations near the branch offices and may travel between branch offices. The management terminal 2, branch office terminals 3, and vehicle terminal 4 are examples of information processing terminals of the present invention. The branch office terminal 3 of the first branch office 61 is an example of the first terminal of the present invention, the branch office terminal 3 of the second branch office 62 is an example of the second terminal of the present invention, and the branch office terminal 3 of the third branch office 63 is an example of the third terminal of the present invention.

[0022] As shown in Figure 2, the management terminal 2 mainly comprises a control unit 21, a display unit 22, a communication unit 23, a storage unit 24, and an operation unit 25, which are connected to each other by a bus 26. The control unit 21 is a CPU that runs various applications such as the OS (Operating System) stored in the storage unit 24. The control unit 21 is an example of the distance calculation unit and target determination unit of the present invention. The display unit 22 is a display such as a liquid crystal or organic EL, and displays the screens shown in Figures 12 and 13 as an example. However, the screens displayed on the display unit 22 are not limited to these.

[0023] The communication unit 23 is an interface for the management terminal 2 to communicate with the communication network 6, and is either a wired interface compliant with Ethernet® or a wireless interface compliant with the Wi-Fi standard. The communication unit 23 is an example of the transmitting and receiving units of the present invention.

[0024] The memory unit 24 consists of an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), ROM (Read Only Memory), and RAM (Random Access Memory), and stores various applications for running the target management system 1, as well as various data necessary for managing the driver 10 and targets. The RAM is volatile memory and is used as a working area for programs.

[0025] The operation unit 25 is an input interface for users of the target management system 1 to input operations, and consists of a pointing device such as a mouse, a keyboard, a touch panel, etc.

[0026] The branch office terminal 3 mainly consists of a control unit 31, a display unit 32, a communication unit 33, a storage unit 34, and an operation unit 35, which are connected to each other by a bus 36. The control unit 31 is a CPU that runs various applications such as the OS (Operating System) stored in the storage unit 34. The display unit 32 is a display such as a liquid crystal or organic EL that displays various information screens.

[0027] The communication unit 33 is an interface for the office terminal 3 to communicate with the communication network 6, and is either a wired interface compliant with Ethernet® or a wireless interface compliant with the Wi-Fi standard. The storage unit 34 consists of an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), ROM (Read Only Memory), and RAM (Random Access Memory), and stores various applications for running the target management system 1, as well as various data necessary for managing the driver 10 and targets. The RAM is volatile memory and is used as a working area for programs. As shown in Figure 1, the first office 61, the second office 62, and the third office 63 are connected to the communication network 6, and an office terminal 3 is placed in each office. The number of offices connected to the communication network 6 is not limited to this.

[0028] The operation unit 35 is an input interface for users of the target management system 1 to input operations, and consists of a pointing device such as a mouse, a keyboard, a touch panel, etc.

[0029] The vehicle terminal 4 is a dedicated terminal installed in all vehicles 11, and mainly comprises a control unit 41, a display unit 42, a communication unit 43, a storage unit 44, an operation unit 45, and an ID recognition unit 46, which are connected to each other by a bus 47. The control unit 41 controls the entire vehicle terminal 4. The display unit 42 displays information about the driver 10 and the avatar 5 associated with the driver 10 in the initial registration process described later, as shown in Figure 9. The communication unit 43 is a wireless interface for the vehicle terminal 4 to communicate with the communication network 6. The storage unit 44 consists of an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), ROM (Read Only Memory), and RAM (Random Access Memory), and stores various applications for running the target management system 1, as well as various data necessary for managing the driver 10 and targets. RAM is volatile memory and is used as a working area for programs.

[0030] The operation unit 45 is an input interface for the driver 10 using the target management system 1 to input operations, and is composed of various operation input buttons. If there is an accident or violation in the vehicle 11, the driver 10 inputs the information to the vehicle terminal 4 using the operation unit 45. Accidents and violations can be entered in three stages: minor, moderate, and serious, and the driver 10 makes the input according to the situation as set in advance. Note that the classification of accidents and violations from minor to serious is not limited to three stages and can be set arbitrarily. The ID recognition unit 46 reads the ID card on which information about the driver 10 is stored.

[0031] As shown in Figures 6 and 7, Avatar 5 has the driver's name 51, a crown 55, and achievement goals 56 printed on its front side, and the driver's route history 52, accident / violation history 53, and a barcode 54 for management printed on its back side.

[0032] The crown 55 and the achievement goal 56, "Achieved accident-free and violation-free driving between Tokyo and Nagoya," displayed on the front of Avatar 5, as well as the route history 52 and accident / violation history 53 on the back, are not printed initially. As Avatar 5 passes through various branch offices, the date, the name of the stopover point, and whether or not there were accidents or violations are printed on the back at each branch office. After Avatar 5 reaches its goal via pre-set stopover points, it is returned to the driver 10, at which point the crown and achievement record text are printed on the front. This is just one example of printing, and the operator of the goal management system 1 can freely set the layout and printing content.

[0033] <Overall processing of the goal management system> Next, the overall flow of the goal management system 1 will be explained with reference to Figures 3 and 4. In Figure 4, the office terminal refers to one of the office terminals 3 installed in the first office 61, the second office 62, or the third office 63. The goal management system 1 sets goals for the driver 10 who drives the vehicle 11, and by having an avatar 5, which is a representation of the driver 10, travel a distance approximately the same as the distance traveled by the driver 10, the system encourages a change in awareness and maintenance of attention by hoping that the avatar 5, which is a representation of the driver 10, will safely reach the next goal, thereby promoting safe driving of the vehicle 11. As the total distance traveled by the driver 10 increases, the avatar 5 gets closer to the goal, and the driver thinks, "I've come this far without any accidents or violations, so I'll continue to drive without any accidents or violations until the end," which ultimately increases awareness of safe driving.

[0034] Initially, Avatar 5 is stored in the first business office 61 where the business office terminal 3 shown in Figure 1 is located. At this time, Avatar 5 undergoes initial setup to link with information about driver 10 (S10 in Figure 4). The control unit 21 determines whether or not driver 10, to be linked to Avatar 5, is registered in the target management system 1 (S1 in Figure 3). If driver 10 is not registered in the target management system 1 (S1: NO), the management terminal 2 performs the initial registration process for various information of driver 10 as shown in Figure 5 (S2). Details of the initial registration process will be described later. If driver 10 is already registered in the target management system 1 (S1: YES), the initial registration process is omitted. When driver 10 boards vehicle 11, the login process described later (S31 in Figure 8) is performed. This makes it possible to add the distance to be traveled in vehicle 11 to the total distance traveled by driver 10 in the past, which is calculated using the target management system 1. When vehicle 11 starts moving, the distance traveled by vehicle 11 is transmitted from vehicle terminal 4 to office terminal 3 (S11), and the management terminal 2 calculates the total distance traveled by vehicle 11 by summing the distances traveled (S3). The total distance traveled here is the sum of the distances driven by vehicle 11 since driver 10 performed the initial registration process.

[0035] When the management terminal 2 determines that the total distance traveled by the driver 10 has reached the target distance set in the initial registration process in S2 (S4: YES), the management terminal 2 transmits arrival data D1 to the vehicle terminal 4 indicating that the target distance has been reached (S12). At the same time, the management terminal 2 transmits movement instruction data D2 to the office terminal 3 of the first office 61 where the avatar 5 is stored, including a command to send the avatar 5 to the second office 62, which is less than or equal to the target distance from the first office 61 (S13). Upon receiving the movement instruction data D2, the office terminal 3 of the first office 61 moves the avatar 5 from the first office 61 to the second office 62 using another vehicle, as shown in Figure 1 (S5). In this embodiment, the avatar 5 moves in the order of the starting point, the first office 61, passing through the intermediate point, the second office 62, and finally to the third office 63, depending on the distance traveled by the driver 10. At this time, the route history 52 shown in Figure 7 is printed on the back of Avatar 5.

[0036] When Avatar 5 arrives at the second branch office 62, the barcode 54 of Avatar 5 is read at the second branch office 62 to perform a branch office arrival process to confirm that Avatar 5 has arrived at the second branch office 62. Subsequently, the branch office terminal 3 at the second branch office 62 sends arrival data D3 to the management terminal 2 indicating that Avatar 5 has arrived (S14). The arrival data D3 may also be sent automatically when the barcode 54 of the arriving Avatar 5 is read at the second branch office 62. During the period from S13 to S14, the distance traveled is continuously transmitted from the vehicle terminal 4 to the management terminal 2 (S15), and the management terminal 2 calculates the total distance traveled by accumulating the distance traveled by the driver 10 (S6).

[0037] When the management terminal 2 determines that the total distance traveled by driver 10 has reached the final target distance set in the initial registration process in S2 (S7: YES), the management terminal 2 sends arrival data D1 to the vehicle terminal 4 indicating that the final target distance has been reached (S16). At the same time, the management terminal 2 sends movement instruction data D2 to the office terminal 3 of the second office 62 where the avatar 5 is stored, including an instruction to send the avatar 5 to the third office 63, whose distance from the second office 62 is less than or equal to the total distance traveled by driver 10 on the target management system 1 (S17). Upon receiving the movement instruction data D2, the office terminal 3 of the second office 62 moves the avatar 5, which is linked to driver 10, toward the third office 63 using another vehicle (S8). In other words, the avatar 5 moves between each office in accordance with the distance traveled by driver 10. At this time, a route history 52 as shown in Figure 7 is printed on the back of the avatar 5.

[0038] When Avatar 5 arrives at the third branch office 63, the barcode 54 of Avatar 5 is read at the third branch office 63 to perform an arrival processing to confirm that Avatar 5 has arrived at the third branch office 63. Subsequently, arrival data D3 indicating that Avatar 5 has arrived is sent from the branch office terminal 3 at the third branch office 63 to the management terminal 2 (S18). The arrival data D3 may also be sent automatically when the barcode 54 of the arriving Avatar 5 is read at the third branch office 63. At the third branch office 63, the route history 52 and accident / violation history 53 are printed on the back of Avatar 5, and predetermined characters indicating goal achievement are printed on the front, and Avatar 5 is returned to the driver 10, who is the owner of Avatar 5 (S9). Specifically, the management terminal 2 sends return instruction data D4 to the branch office terminal 3 at the third branch office 63, indicating that the printing process shown in Figures 6 and 7 has been performed on Avatar 5 and that it has been returned to the driver 10 (S19). The third sales office 63 sends a dispatch notification to the management terminal 2 (S20) stating that avatar 5 has been dispatched from the third sales office 63 to driver 10, and another vehicle returns avatar 5 to driver 10. The method of returning to driver 10 is expected to be by courier service (registered trademark) or postal service. At this time, avatar 5 can also be displayed on a desk like a shield by sandwiching it between transparent acrylic plates and attaching a stand.

[0039] <Initial registration process> Referring to Figure 5, the initial registration process for driver 10 is explained (S21). Personal information such as driver 10's name, driving history, past driving history in the target management system 1, and brief history is entered into the management terminal 2 and stored in the storage unit 24.

[0040] At the management terminal 2, the driver 10's avatar 5 selects a route (S22). In Figure 7, the avatar 5 has the branch offices it passes through printed on it when it selects Tokyo → Nagoya, but the route is not limited to this and could be Tokyo → Kagoshima, Tokyo → Hokkaido, Washington → San Francisco (USA), etc. Once the route for the avatar 5 is selected, the communication unit 23 of the management terminal 2 sends an instruction to the branch office terminal 3 of the first branch office 61, which will be the initial location of the avatar 5, to create the driver 10's avatar 5. The operator at the first branch office 61 prepares an avatar 5 with the driver 10's name 51 printed on it, as shown in Figure 6. At this time, the crown 55 in Figure 6, the achievement target 56, the route history 52 and accident / violation history 53 in Figure 7 are not printed.

[0041] When the communication unit 33 of the sales office terminal 3 transmits information about the manufactured avatar 5 to the management terminal 2, the control unit 21 links the driver 10 with the avatar 5 (S23). The management terminal 2 can also set a reward based on the total distance traveled by the driver 10 (S24). Specifically, the reward may be set to send the driver 10 local specialties from the final destination, or it may be sent the driver 10 with a certificate of commendation and a trophy.

[0042] <Processing at the vehicle terminal> Next, the process when driver 10 boards vehicle 11 will be explained with reference to Figures 8 and 9. When driver 10 boards vehicle 11 and inserts a predetermined ID card into vehicle terminal 4, the ID recognition unit 46 recognizes driver 10 and the control unit 41 requests driver 10 information from management terminal 2 via communication unit 43. Management terminal 2 transmits information about driver 10 stored in storage unit 24 to vehicle terminal 4 (S31). The information transmitted here is the information displayed on display unit 42 in Figure 9 and includes driver 10's selected course, the current location of avatar 5's business office information, the total travel distance which is the sum of the travel distances from avatar 5's initial position, and the distance to the next target.

[0043] Once driver 10 has logged in, the control unit 41 displays the information transmitted from the management terminal 2 on the display unit 42, as shown in Figure 9. The control unit 41 transmits the distance traveled by vehicle 11 to the management terminal 2 at predetermined time intervals via the communication unit 43 (S32). When the control unit 41 receives arrival data D1 from the management terminal 2 indicating that the target distance or final target distance has been reached (S33: YES), it displays a notification on the display unit 42 indicating that the target has been achieved (S34).

[0044] If the control unit 41 does not receive the arrival data D1 from the management terminal 2 (S33: NO), or if it has received the arrival data D1 (S34), it determines whether the driver 10 has entered an accident or violation via the operation unit 45 (S35). If the driver 10 has an accident or violation while driving the vehicle 11, it enters the details via the operation unit 45. If the control unit 41 determines that the driver 10 has entered an accident or violation via the operation unit 45 (S35: YES), it transmits accident / violation data D5, including the date and time, location, and severity of the accident or violation, to the management terminal 2 via the communication unit 43 (S36).

[0045] If the control unit 41 does not receive input from the operation unit 45 (S35: NO) or after sending accident / violation data D5 to the management terminal 2 (S36), it determines whether or not the driver 10 has performed a cancellation process (S37). The cancellation process involves resetting the driver 10's total travel distance, returning the driver 10's avatar 5 to the initial position of the first business office 61, and starting over from the beginning.

[0046] When the control unit 41 receives a cancellation request from the operation unit 45 by the driver 10 (S37:YES), it sends cancellation data D6 to the management terminal 2 (S38). If the driver 10 does not perform a cancellation request from the operation unit 45 (S37:NO), the control unit 41 determines whether the ID recognition unit 46 has removed the ID card by the driver 10 (S39). If the ID recognition unit 46 determines that the driver 10 has removed the ID card, the control unit 41 determines that the driver 10 has performed a termination request and sends the distance traveled so far to the management terminal 2 to terminate the process (S39:YES). If the ID recognition unit 46 has recognized the ID card (S39:NO), it returns to S32 and sends the distance traveled to the management terminal 2 as needed.

[0047] <Processing at the management terminal> Next, the processing flow of the management terminal 2 will be explained with reference to Figure 10. The management terminal 2 detects the location information of avatar 5 based on the record that the barcode 54 of avatar 5 has been read by any of the sales offices and stores it in the storage unit 24 (S41). The control unit 21 determines whether or not it has received the travel distance of driver 10 from vehicle terminal 4 (S42). If the control unit 21 receives the travel distance of driver 10 from vehicle terminal 4 (S42: YES), the control unit 41 adds the received travel distance to the total travel distance corresponding to driver 10 (S43). As a result, the total travel distance of driver 10 from the first sales office 61 is stored in the storage unit 24 and linked to driver 10.

[0048] If the control unit 21 does not receive the vehicle's travel distance from the vehicle terminal 4 (S42: NO), or after adding the driver's travel distance to the total travel distance (S43), the control unit 21 determines whether or not it has received accident / violation data D5 from the vehicle terminal 4 (S44). If the control unit 21 receives accident / violation data D5 from the vehicle terminal 4 (S44: YES), the control unit 21 subtracts a predetermined distance from the driver's total travel distance according to the severity of the accident / violation (S45). At the same time, the control unit 21 sets an accident or violation flag for the driver 10 and stores the location and date / time information included in the accident / violation data D5 in the storage unit 24.

[0049] If the control unit 21 determines that it did not receive accident / violation data D5 from the vehicle terminal 4 (S44: NO), or if it receives accident / violation data D5 from the vehicle terminal 4 and subtracts the total travel distance (S45), the control unit 21 determines whether or not it received cancellation data D6 from the vehicle terminal 4 (S46). If the control unit 21 receives cancellation data D6 from the vehicle terminal 4 (S46: YES), the control unit 21 resets the total travel distance corresponding to the driver 10 to zero and sends cancellation data D6 to the office terminal 3 of the office where the avatar 5 is located, instructing it to return the avatar 5 to its initial position, the first office 61 (S47). After that, the processing of the target management system 1 is terminated.

[0050] If the control unit 21 does not receive cancellation data D6 from the vehicle terminal 4 (S46: NO), the control unit 21 determines whether the driver's 10 has reached a preset target distance (S48). If the control unit 21 determines that the driver's 10 has reached a preset target distance (S48: YES), the control unit 21 sends arrival data D1 to the vehicle terminal 4 of the vehicle 11 being driven by the driver (S49). The control unit 21 also sends movement instruction data D2 to the branch office terminal 3 of the second branch office 62 where the avatar 5 is stored, which includes a command to send the avatar 5 to the third branch office 63, the next branch office pre-set (S50). In this embodiment, only the second branch office 62 is used as a transit point, but multiple branch offices may be used.

[0051] The management terminal 2 executes substantially the same process as S41 to S46 until it has traveled the distance from the second sales office 62 to the third sales office 63. Specifically, it detects location information based on the sales office arrival process of the avatar 5 and stores it in the storage unit 24 (S51). If the course set in S22 passes through two or more sales offices, the process from S42 to S51 is repeated.

[0052] Next, the flow from Figure 10B onwards will be explained with reference to Figure 11. The control unit 21 determines whether or not it has received the driver's travel distance from the vehicle terminal 4 (S52). When the control unit 21 has received the driver's travel distance from the vehicle terminal 4 (S52: YES), the control unit 21 adds the received distance to the total travel distance corresponding to the driver 10 (S53). As a result, the travel distance of the driver 10 from the second business office 62 is stored in the storage unit 24, and the total travel distance from the first business office 61 is also stored.

[0053] If the control unit 21 does not receive the vehicle's travel distance from the vehicle terminal 4 (S52: NO), or after adding the driver's travel distance to the total travel distance (S53), the control unit 21 determines whether or not it has received accident / violation data D5 from the vehicle terminal 4 (S54). If the control unit 21 determines that it has received accident / violation data D5 from the vehicle terminal 4 (S54: YES), the control unit 21 subtracts a predetermined distance according to the severity of the accident / violation from the driver's total travel distance on the target management system 1 (S55). At the same time, the control unit 21 sets an accident or violation flag for the driver 10 and stores the location and date / time information included in the accident / violation data D5 in the storage unit 24.

[0054] If the control unit 21 determines that it did not receive accident / violation data D5 from the vehicle terminal 4 (S54: NO), or if it has received accident / violation data D5 and subtracted it from the total travel distance (S55), the control unit 21 determines whether or not it has received cancellation data D6 from the vehicle terminal 4 (S56). If the control unit 21 receives cancellation data D6 from the vehicle terminal 4 (S56: YES), the control unit 21 resets the total travel distance corresponding to the driver 10 to zero and sends cancellation data D6 to the branch office terminal 3 of the third branch office 63 where the avatar 5 is currently stored, instructing the branch office terminal 3 of the branch office where the avatar 5 is located to return the avatar 5 to its initial position, the first branch office 61 (S57). After that, the processing of the target management system 1 is terminated.

[0055] If the control unit 21 does not receive cancellation data D6 from the vehicle terminal 4 (S56: NO), the control unit 21 determines whether the driver's 10 has reached the preset final target distance (S58). If the control unit 21 determines that the driver's 10 has reached the preset final target distance (S58: YES), the control unit 21 sends arrival data D1 to the vehicle terminal 4 of the vehicle 11 being driven by the driver (S59). The control unit 21 also sends return instruction data D7 to the branch office terminal 3 of the third branch office 63 where the avatar 5 is stored, including an order to return the avatar 5 to the driver 10 (S60). The management terminal 2 detects the location of the avatar 5 based on the branch office arrival process (S61), performs the same termination process as in S39 (S62), and terminates the process.

[0056] With this configuration, when vehicle 11 reaches the target distance, avatar 5 will travel that distance between offices. As a result, the driver 10 of vehicle 11 will be motivated to drive safely, hoping that their avatar 5 will safely reach the next office. This will lead to drivers consciously taking precautions to avoid accidents and traffic violations, thus reducing the number of traffic accidents and consequently lowering various losses and costs such as loss of life, injury, property damage, and insurance costs. This will not only reduce the number of traffic accident victims, but also reduce instances of sudden disruption of social life, such as work, due to the arrest or prosecution of perpetrators in serious accidents, the separation of perpetrators' families, and the sudden loss of the driver's workforce and the company's response to the victims. Furthermore, it will reduce instances of trauma and suffering for both victims and perpetrators of traffic accidents. Furthermore, as the total distance traveled by driver 10 increases, their awareness of the need to be careful of accidents and violations and to get avatar 5 to its final destination without incident or violation increases. Therefore, as the period of use of the goal management system 1 lengthens, driver 10's safety awareness will increase even further, and it is thought that this heightened safety awareness will frequently become the driver's "normal state," which is expected to lead to a further reduction in the number of traffic accidents and traffic violations.

[0057] Next, a goal management system 101 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figures 12 and 13. Components identical to those in the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and their description is omitted.

[0058] The second embodiment shows the window displayed on the display unit 22 when a route departing from Tokyo and arriving in Nagoya is selected in S22. As shown in Figure 12, after departing from Tokyo, the route passes through six sales offices, including Yokohama, Odawara, and Atami, before finally arriving in Nagoya.

[0059] Figure 13 shows information about the driver 10 stored in the memory unit 24. When the total distance traveled by the driver 10 reaches a predetermined business office, the date of arrival, distance traveled, accident flag, and violation flag are stored in the memory unit 24, linked to the driver 10. The notification flow between various terminals regarding distance traveled, and the processing flow when a violation or accident occurs, are substantially the same as in the embodiment described above.

[0060] Next, a third embodiment of the present invention, the goal management system 201, will be described with reference to Figure 14. Components identical to those in the above-described embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals and their descriptions are omitted.

[0061] In the third embodiment of the target management system 201, the driver's travel distance is managed by a mobile terminal 204 instead of a vehicle terminal 4. The mobile terminal 204 mainly consists of a control unit 241, a display unit 242, a communication unit 243, a storage unit 244, an operation unit 245, and a GPS 246, which are connected to each other by a bus 247.

[0062] The control unit 241 controls the entire mobile terminal 204. The display unit 242 is a liquid crystal or organic EL panel that displays various information. The communication unit 243 is a wireless interface for the mobile terminal 204 to communicate with the communication network 6. The storage unit 244 consists of an SSD (Solid State Drive) and RAM (Random Access Memory) and stores various applications for running the target management system 201, as well as various data necessary for managing the driver 10 and targets. The RAM is volatile memory and is used as a working area for programs.

[0063] The control unit 245 is an input interface for the driver 10 using the target management system 201 to input operations, and is composed of a touch panel. The GPS 246 (Global Positioning System) detects the location information of the mobile terminal 204.

[0064] Driver 10 operates the mobile terminal 204 to log in to a pre-installed application. The management terminal 2 determines whether or not driver 10 is driving based on the GPS 246's location and speed of movement. If the control unit 21 determines that driver 10 is driving, it adds the distance traveled to the total distance traveled.

[0065] The notification flow between various terminals based on travel distance, and the processing flow in the event of a violation or accident, are substantially the same as in the embodiment described above.

[0066] According to the third embodiment of the target management system 201, there is no need to provide a dedicated vehicle terminal 4 in the vehicle 11, so the target management system 201 can be implemented at a low cost. In addition, since the driver 10 can be managed by installing an application, the overall cost of the system can be reduced.

[0067] The goal management system, goal management method, and goal management program according to the present invention are not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications are possible within the scope of the gist of the invention as described in the claims.

[0068] Avatar 5 incorporates means for detecting location such as GPS or GNSS, but these elements are not required. This allows for the low-cost manufacturing of Avatar 5. In addition, a barcode 54 for management is displayed on the back of Avatar 5, but this is not the only option; management may also be done using a QR code (registered trademark) or an internal IC chip. Furthermore, Avatar 5 may have built-in means for detecting location such as GPS or GNSS, allowing the management terminal 2 to track the location of all Avatar 5.

[0069] The above embodiment demonstrates a penalty system based on violation / accident data D5, but is not limited to this. For example, a point-adding system could be added to evaluate and add points for good driving behaviors based on the driver's (10) self-reported actions. Good driving behaviors here could include assisting stranded vehicles or motorcycles, or helping or rescuing people with mobility difficulties. The definition of good driving behaviors and the formulation of point-adding criteria are left to the respective operators of the Goal Management System 1.

[0070] In the embodiment described above, Avatar 5 is in card form, but is not limited to this. For example, it may be in the shape of a doll or figure, or it may have the shape of a trophy or shield. [Explanation of Symbols]

[0071] 1. Goal Management System 2 Management terminal 3. Branch Office Terminals 4. Vehicle terminals 5 Avatars 6. Communication Network 10. Driver 11 vehicles 61. First Sales Office 62 Second Sales Office 63 Third Sales Office

Claims

1. A goal management system comprising a vehicle terminal installed on a vehicle driven by a driver, a management terminal that communicates with the vehicle terminal, a first terminal located at the first business office, and an avatar stored at the first business office, A distance calculation unit receives the distance traveled by the moving object, adds it to the total distance traveled by the driver in the past, and calculates the current total distance. A target determination unit that determines whether the current total distance traveled, calculated by the distance calculation unit, has reached a set target value, A target management system characterized by comprising: a target determination unit that, when it determines that the current total distance traveled has reached the target value, transmits arrival data from the management terminal to the vehicle terminal that the target value has been reached, and a transmission unit that transmits movement instruction data from the management terminal to the first terminal, including an instruction to move the avatar from the first business office to a second business office located at a distance of no more than or equal to the current total distance traveled.

2. The target management system according to claim 1, further comprising a receiving unit that receives arrival data transmitted from a second terminal at the second business office when the avatar arrives at the second business office.

3. The target determination unit determines whether the current total distance traveled has reached a final target value that is higher than the target value, The target management system according to claim 2, characterized in that when the target determination unit determines that the current total distance traveled has reached the final target value, the transmission unit transmits arrival data to the vehicle terminal indicating that the final target value has been reached, transmits movement instruction data to the second terminal including an order to move the avatar from the second business office to a third business office located at or below the current total distance traveled, and transmits return instruction data to the third terminal at the third business office including an order to perform a predetermined printing process on the avatar after its arrival and return it to the driver.

4. The target management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the distance calculation unit subtracts a predetermined value from the current total travel distance and sets an accident flag when accident data is received from the vehicle terminal, and subtracts a predetermined value from the current total travel distance and sets a violation flag when violation data is received from the vehicle terminal.

5. A goal management method comprising a vehicle terminal installed on a vehicle driven by a driver, a management terminal that communicates with the vehicle terminal, a first terminal located at the first business office, and an avatar stored at the first business office, The steps include receiving the distance traveled by the moving object, adding it to the total distance traveled by the driver in the past, and calculating the current total distance traveled; The steps include determining whether the calculated current total distance traveled has reached a set target value, When the current total distance traveled reaches the target value, the management terminal transmits arrival data to the vehicle terminal indicating that the target value has been reached, and the management terminal transmits movement instruction data to the first terminal including a command to move the avatar from the first business office to a second business office located at a distance of no more than or equal to the current total distance traveled. A goal management method characterized by comprising the step of moving the avatar from the first business office to the second business office.

6. The steps include determining whether the current total distance traveled has reached a final target value that is higher than the target value, When the current total distance traveled reaches the final target value, the management terminal transmits the arrival data that the final target value has been reached to the vehicle terminal, and the management terminal transmits the movement instruction data, which includes an order to move the avatar from the second business office to a third business office located at a distance of no more than the current total distance traveled, to a second terminal located at the second business office. The goal management method according to claim 5, further comprising the step of performing a predetermined printing process on the avatar at the third terminal of the third business office after the avatar has arrived and then returning it to the driver.

7. When accident data is received from the vehicle terminal, the step of subtracting a predetermined value from the current total distance traveled and setting an accident flag, The goal management method according to claim 5 or 6, further comprising the step of setting a violation flag by subtracting a predetermined value from the current total distance traveled when violation data is received from the vehicle terminal.

8. A goal management program comprising a vehicle terminal installed on a vehicle driven by a driver, a management terminal that communicates with the vehicle terminal, a first terminal located at the first business office, and an avatar stored at the first business office, On the information processing terminal, The steps include receiving the distance traveled by the moving object, adding it to the total distance traveled by the driver in the past, and calculating the current total distance traveled; The steps include determining whether the calculated current total distance traveled has reached a set target value, A goal management program characterized by performing the following steps: when the current total distance traveled reaches the target value, the management terminal transmits arrival data to the vehicle terminal that the target value has been reached, and the management terminal transmits movement instruction data to the first terminal that includes an instruction to move the avatar from the first business office to a second business office located at a distance of no more than or equal to the current total distance traveled.

9. The aforementioned information processing terminal, The steps include determining whether the current total distance traveled has reached a final target value that is higher than the target value, When the current total distance traveled reaches the final target value, the management terminal transmits the arrival data that the final target value has been reached to the vehicle terminal, and the management terminal transmits the movement instruction data, which includes an order to move the avatar from the second business office to a third business office located at a distance of no more than the current total distance traveled, to a second terminal located at the second business office. The goal management program according to claim 8, further characterized in that the third terminal of the third business office performs a predetermined printing process on the avatar after its arrival and returns it to the driver.

10. The aforementioned information processing terminal, When accident data is received from the vehicle terminal, the step of subtracting a predetermined value from the current total distance traveled and setting an accident flag, The goal management program according to claim 8 or 9, further characterized by performing the step of subtracting a predetermined value from the current total distance traveled and setting a violation flag when violation data is received from the vehicle terminal.

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