Autonomous driving assistance system, vehicle connection server, control server, autonomous driving assistance method, and server control method
An autonomous driving assistance system is a system for assisting driving of vehicles, and includes a service server that provides services relating to the vehicles to operation terminals, a vehicle connection server connected to the vehicles via wireless communication routes, and a plurality of control servers each communicating with the vehicles by handover and respectively controlling travel of the vehicles in different areas. When calling a vehicle parked in a predetermined area in accordance with the service provided by the service server, a control server that is associated with the predetermined area among the control servers causes the vehicle connection server connected to the vehicle to notify the vehicle of an end point, the end point being information indicating the location of the control server as a connection destination.
1. An autonomous driving assistance system for assisting driving of a vehicle, comprising:
a service server that provides a service relating to the vehicle to an operation terminal;
a vehicle connection server connected to the vehicle via a wireless communication route; and
a plurality of control servers each communicating with the vehicle by handover and respectively controlling travel of the vehicle in different areas,
wherein, when calling the vehicle parked in a predetermined area in accordance with the service provided by the service server, a control server that is associated with the predetermined area among the plurality of control servers causes the vehicle connection server connected to the vehicle to notify the vehicle of an end point, the end point being information indicating a location of the control server as a connection destination.
2. The autonomous driving assistance system according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when connected to the vehicle on the basis of the end point, the control server conducts a negotiation for quality of service (QoS) with the vehicle.
3. The autonomous driving assistance system according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when providing the service to the operation terminal, the service server transmits an end point of each of the plurality of control servers to the operation terminal, and
a control server that is associated with an end point selected by the operation terminal among the plurality of control servers controls travel of the vehicle in an area associated with the control server in accordance with the service.
4. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing thereon a computer program having computer readable instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform an autonomous driving assistance method for assisting driving of a vehicle, the method comprising:
causing a service server to provide a service relating to the vehicle to an operation terminal;
causing a vehicle connection server to be connected to the vehicle via a wireless communication route;
causing each of a plurality of control servers to communicate with the vehicle by handover and control travel of the vehicle in a different area; and
when calling the vehicle parked in a predetermined area in accordance with the service provided by the service server, causing a control server that is associated with the predetermined area among the plurality of control servers to cause the vehicle connection server connected to the vehicle to notify the vehicle of an end point, the end point being information indicating a location of the control server as a connection destination.