Vehicle management system, vehicle management device, and vehicle management method

1 . A vehicle management system comprising:

a server;

a terminal used by a user; and a vehicle having an autonomous driving function, the terminal comprising a transmitter configured to transmit desire information required for determining a desired facility desired by the user to the server,

the server configured to:

acquire location information from a plurality of user terminals;

set a destination of the vehicle on a basis of the desire information;

generate a vehicle allocation schedule based on the location information of the plurality of user terminals, so that a plurality of users get the vehicle to share a ride and arrive at the destination, the vehicle allocation schedule including a first travel plan until the last user among the plurality of users gets on the vehicle, and a second travel plan after the last user gets on the vehicle;

acquire facility information including information indicative of an empty situation of the desired facility and temporal information regarding a time required for providing a service or item in the desired facility;

calculate an estimated arrival time at the destination from a current location of the vehicle;

calculate a waiting time upon arrival at the desired facility at the estimated arrival time, based on the facility information;

set a target arrival time by adding the waiting time to the estimated arrival time; and

modify the second travel plan without changing the first travel plan so that the vehicle arrives at the target arrival time; and

the vehicle operating, using the autonomous driving function, to travel along the modified second travel plan by changing at least one of the vehicle speed and a travel route included in the modified second travel plan, so that the arrival time at the destination becomes the target arrival time instead of the estimated arrival time.

2 . The vehicle management system according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of user terminals operate to transmit location information of the plurality of user terminals to the server, and wherein the vehicle allocation schedule includes information on a location at which each user gets on the vehicle and information on the arrival time at which the vehicle arrives at the destination.

3 . The vehicle management system according to claim 1 , wherein

the server operates to calculate the travel route along which the vehicle travels to arrive at the destination.

4 . The vehicle management system according to claim 1 , wherein the server operates to:

manage a reservation time for the desired facility;

change the reservation time so as to correspond to the target arrival time; and

transmit information including the changed reservation time to a device configured to manage the desired facility.

5 . The vehicle management system according to claim 1 , wherein

the server operates to:

acquire information representing a cooking situation in the desired facility from a device configured to manage the desired facility; and

transmit the information representing the cooking situation to the vehicle, and

a display provided in the vehicle operates to display the cooking situation.

6 . A method of processing information using a controller and a communicator for communicating with an on-vehicle communicator and a communication terminal operated by a user, the method comprising:

acquiring, from a plurality of communication terminals, desire information required for determining a desired facility desired by a plurality of users;

acquiring location information from the plurality of communication terminals;

setting a destination of the vehicle on a basis of the desire information, the vehicle having an autonomous driving function;

generating a vehicle allocation schedule based on the location information of the plurality of communication terminals, so that the plurality of users get the vehicle to share a ride and arrive at the destination, the vehicle allocation schedule including a first travel plan until the last user among the plurality of users gets on the vehicle, and a second travel plan after the last user gets on the vehicle;

acquiring facility information including information indicative of an empty situation of the desired facility and temporal information regarding a time required for providing a service or item in the desired facility;

calculating an estimated arrival time at the destination from a current location of the vehicle;

calculating a waiting time upon arrival at the desired facility at the estimated arrival time, based on the facility information;

setting a target arrival time by adding the waiting time to the estimated arrival time;

modifying the second travel plan without changing the first travel plan so that the vehicle arrives at the target arrival time; and

operating the vehicle, using the autonomous driving function, to travel along the modified second travel plan by changing at least one of the vehicle speed and a travel route included in the modified second travel plan, so that the arrival time at the destination becomes the target arrival time instead of the estimated arrival time.