JP7028624B2 - Parking lot determination method, management server software, and in-vehicle / external device software - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a parking lot determination method for selecting a parking lot for each of a plurality of vehicles traveling from a current location to a destination, software for a management server, and software for an in-vehicle / external device.

A parking lot is a place where vehicles are parked.
Parking devices may be used to park multiple vehicles.
The parking lot includes a plurality of parking spaces in which a plurality of vehicles are parked in each.
In the parking lot, the vehicles that have arrived are parked in the parking space, and the vehicles that are parked in the parking space are discharged.
When all the parking lots provided in the parking lot are full, no more vehicles can be accepted.
When there are multiple parking lots in a specific area, it is preferable that the degree of use of the plurality of parking lots is equal and the chances of the user being refused the warehousing request are reduced.

For example, if the current congestion level of a plurality of parking lots is uniform, when a vehicle travels to a specific area as a destination, it is less likely that the parking request will be refused to a full parking lot.
Generally, for a vehicle traveling to a destination, a parking lot to be parked is selected solely in consideration of the convenience to the destination.
Vehicles traveling from the surrounding area to the destination may be concentrated in a specific parking lot around the destination.
As a result, congestion may be concentrated on the roads around a particular parking lot.

Therefore, the inventors predict the future state of the parking lot from the information of a plurality of vehicles traveling from the current location to the destination, guide the vehicle to an appropriate parking lot, and use the plurality of parking lots. I tried to equalize the degree of.

The present invention has been devised in view of the above-mentioned problems, and is a parking lot determination method and a management server for selecting a parking lot for each of a plurality of vehicles traveling from the current location to the destination. We will provide software for vehicles and software for in-vehicle / external devices.

In order to achieve the above object, a parking lot determination method for selecting a parking lot for each of a plurality of vehicles traveling from the current location to the destination according to the present invention is used to set a proximity distance in advance. A setting process, a future travel route prediction process for predicting a single or multiple future travel routes from the current location to the destination for each of the traveling vehicles, and a future travel route prediction process for the vehicle. A parking lot where the distance to the destination is closer than the close distance for each of the plurality of vehicles in the parking lot and is accessible from the predicted traveling route corresponding to the vehicle or the predicted traveling route. Or to a future parking lot prediction process that predicts a plurality of future parking lots corresponding to the vehicle, and a future parking lot group that is a single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to a plurality of running vehicles. For each of the future parking lots included, the congestion status receiving process for receiving the current congestion status of the future parking lot in real time, and for each of the single or multiple future parking lots included in the future parking lot group. When each of the plurality of vehicles running under the initial condition of the current congestion situation of the future parking lot is parked in the future parking lot of one of the single or multiple future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle. A future congestion status prediction process that predicts the future congestion status, which is the congestion status of one or more parking lots at the time of assumption, and a prediction corresponding to the running vehicle for each of the plurality of running vehicles. It is provided with a selective parking lot determination step of determining one future parking lot as a selective parking lot based on the future congestion situation from the single or a plurality of the future parking lots.

According to the above-mentioned configuration of the present invention, the proximity distance setting step sets the proximity distance in advance. The future travel route prediction process predicts a single or a plurality of future travel routes, which are future travel routes from the current location to the destination, for each of the plurality of traveling vehicles corresponding to the vehicle. In the future parking lot prediction process, the distance to the destination exists at a position closer to the destination for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion, and the access is made from one or more of the predicted travel routes predicted corresponding to the vehicle. Expect one or more future parking lots that are possible parking lots for the vehicle. Congestion status The current of the future parking lot for each of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, which is the one or more future parking lots predicted corresponding to the plurality of vehicles in which the congestion status receiving process is running. Receive real-time congestion status. In the future congestion status prediction process, for each of the single or plurality of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles traveling under the initial condition of the current congestion status of the future parking lot is said to be the same. Predict the future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of the single or multiple future parking lots when it is assumed that the parking lot is parked in the future parking lot of one of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle. .. One said future based on the future congestion situation from the one or more said future parking lots predicted corresponding to the running vehicle for each of the plurality of running vehicles by the selective parking lot determination process. The parking lot is decided as the selected parking lot.
As a result, it is possible to determine the parking lot near the destination while traveling toward the destination in consideration of the future congestion situation.

The parking lot determination method according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The present invention includes any of the embodiments described below, or a combination of two or more of them.

In the parking lot selection method according to the embodiment of the present invention, the single or multiple future parking lots predicted by the selective parking lot determination step corresponding to the running vehicle for each of the running vehicles. One of the parking lots in the future, which is expected to be less congested in the future, is determined as the selected parking lot.
According to the configuration of the above embodiment, it is expected that the future congestion situation will be loose from the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the running vehicle for each of the running plurality of vehicles. One of the above-mentioned future parking lots is determined as the selective parking lot.
As a result, parking lots near the destination can be determined to reduce future congestion while driving towards the destination.

The parking lot selection method according to the embodiment of the present invention has an evaluation function which is a function whose value changes in advance with the congestion status of a plurality of parking lots as variables, and a target value which is a target value among the values of the evaluation function. The future congestion status prediction process includes an evaluation function setting process for setting the above, and the current congestion status of the future parking lot for each of the single or plurality of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group. Assuming that each of the plurality of vehicles running is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more of the future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle, the vehicle and the vehicle The future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of one or more future parking lots, is predicted corresponding to each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations which are the combination with the one future parking lot to be parked, and the selected parking lot is selected. The determination step is the value of the evaluation function with the future congestion status of the single or the plurality of future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of the plurality of the vehicle / parking lot combinations as a variable. The future evaluation function value calculation process for calculating a certain future evaluation function value, and the most targeted value among the single or multiple future parking lots expected corresponding to each of the plurality of vehicles in motion. It has a future parking lot selection step of selecting one future parking lot to be combined with the vehicle as the selective parking lot in the vehicle / parking lot combination for which the near future evaluation function value is calculated.
According to the configuration of the above embodiment, the evaluation function setting step is a function in which the value changes in advance with the congestion status of a plurality of parking lots as variables, and a target value among the values of the evaluation function. Set the value and. In the future congestion status prediction process, each of the plurality of vehicles traveling under the initial condition of the current congestion status of the future parking lot for each of the single or plurality of future parking lots included in the future parking lot group. It is a combination of the vehicle and one of the future parking lots in which the vehicle is parked, assuming that the vehicle is parked in the future parking lot of one or more of the future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle. Predict the future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of one or more future parking lots corresponding to each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations. The selective parking lot determination step includes a future evaluation function value calculation step and a future parking lot selection step. The evaluation by the future evaluation function value calculation process using the future congestion status of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations as a variable. Calculate the future evaluation function value, which is the value of the function. The future parking lot selection process calculates the future evaluation function value closest to the target value from the single or multiple future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion. In the vehicle / parking lot combination, one future parking lot to be combined with the vehicle is selected as the selective parking lot.
As a result, parking lots near the destination can be determined to reduce future congestion while traveling toward the destination.

In order to achieve the above object, a parking lot determination method for selecting a parking lot for each of a plurality of vehicles traveling from the current location to the destination according to the present invention is used to set a proximity distance in advance. The setting process and the future travel route prediction process and traveling for predicting one or more future travel routes corresponding to the vehicle, which is the future travel route from the current location to the destination for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion. A parking lot where the distance to the destination is closer to the destination for each of the plurality of vehicles and is accessible from the expected travel route corresponding to the vehicle or the parking lot. Included in the future parking lot prediction process that predicts multiple future parking lots corresponding to the vehicle, and the future parking lot group that is the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to multiple running vehicles. The congestion status receiving process for receiving the current congestion status of the future parking lot in real time for each of the future parking lots, and the one or more of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group. Assuming that each of the plurality of vehicles running is parked in the future parking lot of one of the single or multiple future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle, with the current congestion situation of the future parking lot as the initial condition. The future congestion status prediction process for predicting the future congestion status, which is the congestion status of one or more parking lots in the future, and the information corresponding to the future congestion status for each of the plurality of running vehicles of the vehicle. Selective parking lot determination to determine one future parking lot as the selected parking lot based on the future congestion situation from among the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle running by showing to the user. It was supposed to be equipped with a process.

According to the above-mentioned configuration of the present invention, the proximity distance setting step sets the proximity distance in advance. The future travel route prediction process predicts a single or a plurality of future travel routes, which are future travel routes from the current location to the destination, for each of the plurality of traveling vehicles corresponding to the vehicle. In the future parking lot prediction process, the distance to the destination exists at a position closer to the destination for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion, and the access is made from one or more of the predicted travel routes predicted corresponding to the vehicle. Expect one or more future parking lots that are possible parking lots for the vehicle. Congestion status The current of the future parking lot for each of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, which is the one or more future parking lots predicted corresponding to the plurality of vehicles in which the congestion status receiving process is running. Receive real-time congestion status. In the future congestion status prediction process, for each of the single or plurality of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles traveling under the initial condition of the current congestion status of the future parking lot is said to be the same. Predict the future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of the single or multiple future parking lots when it is assumed that the parking lot is parked in the future parking lot of one of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle. .. The selective parking lot determination process shows the user of the vehicle information corresponding to the future congestion situation for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion, and predicts the one or more future parking lots corresponding to the vehicle in motion. One of the future parking lots is selected as the selected parking lot based on the future congestion situation.
As a result, it is possible to determine the parking lot near the destination while traveling toward the destination in consideration of the future congestion situation.

The parking lot determination method according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The present invention includes any of the embodiments described below, or a combination of two or more of them.

In the parking lot selection method according to the embodiment of the present invention, the selected parking lot determination step is running by showing the information corresponding to the future congestion situation to the user of the vehicle for each of the plurality of running vehicles. From the one or more future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle, one future parking lot that is expected to be less congested in the future is determined as the selected parking lot.
According to the configuration of the above embodiment, the information corresponding to the future congestion situation is shown to the user of the vehicle for each of the plurality of traveling vehicles, and the one or a plurality of the future predicted corresponding to the traveling vehicle. Among the parking lots, one of the parking lots in the future, which is expected to be less congested in the future, is determined as the selected parking lot.
As a result, parking lots near the destination can be determined to reduce future congestion while driving towards the destination.

The parking lot selection method according to the embodiment of the present invention has an evaluation function which is a function whose value changes in advance with the congestion status of a plurality of parking lots as variables, and a target value which is a target value among the values of the evaluation function. The future congestion status prediction process includes an evaluation function setting process for setting the above, and the current congestion status of the future parking lot for each of the single or plurality of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group. The vehicle and the vehicle when it is assumed that each of the plurality of vehicles running is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more of the future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle. The future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of one or more future parking lots, is predicted corresponding to each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations which are the combination with the one future parking lot where the parking lot is parked. The value of the evaluation function with the future congestion status of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted by the parking lot determination process corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations as a variable. The future evaluation function value is calculated by indicating the future evaluation function value calculation process for calculating the future evaluation function value, and the future evaluation function value calculated for the user of the vehicle for each of the plurality of running vehicles. It has a future parking lot selection step of selecting one of the one or more future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle as the selected parking lot.
According to the configuration of the above embodiment, the evaluation function setting step is a function in which the value changes in advance with the congestion status of a plurality of parking lots as variables, and a target value among the values of the evaluation function. A plurality of running in the future congestion prediction process for setting a value, with the current congestion status of the future parking lot as an initial condition for each of the single or plurality of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group. The vehicle and one of the future parking lots where the vehicle is parked, assuming that each of the vehicles is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more of the future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle. The future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of one or more future parking lots, is predicted corresponding to each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations which are the combination with the parking lot. The selective parking lot determination step includes a future evaluation function value calculation step and a future parking lot selection step. The evaluation by the future evaluation function value calculation process using the future congestion status of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations as a variable. Calculate the future evaluation function value, which is the value of the function. The future parking lot selection process showed the future evaluation function value calculated to the user of the vehicle for each of the plurality of running vehicles and predicted corresponding to the vehicle based on the future evaluation function value. Have the future parking lot selected from one or more of the future parking lots as the selective parking lot.
As a result, the parking lot near the destination can be determined in consideration of the future congestion situation while traveling toward the destination.

In the parking lot selection method according to the embodiment of the present invention, the congestion degree is the degree of congestion, which is the ratio of the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot to the number of parking spaces, and the evaluation function is congestion in a plurality of parking lots. It is a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value as the degree becomes uniform.
According to the configuration of the above embodiment, the congestion degree is the degree of congestion, which is the ratio of the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot to the number of parking spaces. The evaluation function is a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value as the degree of congestion of a plurality of parking lots becomes uniform.
As a result, it is possible to determine the parking lot near the destination while traveling toward the destination in consideration of the degree of congestion in the future.

In the parking lot selection method according to the embodiment of the present invention, as the congestion situation is the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot and the evaluation function is equal to the number of seated parking spaces in the plurality of parking lots. It is a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value.
According to the configuration of the above embodiment, the congestion situation is the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot. The evaluation function is a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value as the number of seated parking spaces in a plurality of parking lots becomes equal.
As a result, the parking lot near the destination can be determined while traveling toward the destination, considering the number of seated parking spaces in the future.

In order to achieve the above object, it is software for a management server that determines a parking lot in which a plurality of vehicles traveling from the current location to the destination according to the present invention are parked in each, and is a software for a traveling vehicle. A proximity distance setting procedure for setting a proximity distance in advance to a communicable management server, a current location / destination reception procedure for receiving a current location and a destination from each of a plurality of traveling vehicles, and a traveling vehicle. A future travel route prediction procedure for predicting a single or multiple future travel routes corresponding to the vehicle, which is a future travel route from the current location to the destination for each of the plurality of vehicles, and each of the multiple vehicles in motion. A single or multiple future parking lots that are parking lots that are closer to the destination than the close distance and are accessible from the predicted single or multiple expected travel routes for the vehicle. The future parking lot prediction procedure predicted for the vehicle and the future parking lot included in the future parking lot group which is the single or multiple future parking lots predicted for the plurality of running vehicles. The congestion status reception procedure for receiving the current congestion status of the future parking lot in real time for each, and the current congestion status of the future parking lot for each of the single or multiple future parking lots included in the future parking lot group. One or more when it is assumed that each of the plurality of vehicles running under the initial condition of congestion will be parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more of the future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle. The future congestion status prediction procedure for predicting the future congestion status, which is the congestion status of the future parking lot, and the single or multiple future forecasts corresponding to the running vehicle for each of the plurality of running vehicles. A selective parking lot determination procedure for determining one future parking lot as a selected parking lot based on the future congestion situation from the parking lots, and a corresponding vehicle to the vehicle for each of a plurality of running vehicles. The procedure for transmitting the selected parking lot information, which transmits the information corresponding to the selected parking lot determined in the above-mentioned procedure, is to be executed.

According to the configuration of the present invention, the proximity distance setting procedure sets the proximity distance in advance on the management server capable of communicating with the moving vehicle. The current location / destination receiving procedure receives the current location and the destination from each of the plurality of traveling vehicles. The future travel route prediction procedure predicts one or more future travel routes, which are future travel routes from the current location to the destination, for each of the plurality of traveling vehicles corresponding to the vehicle. In the future parking lot prediction procedure, the distance to the destination exists at a position closer to the destination for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion, and the access is made from one or more of the predicted travel routes predicted corresponding to the vehicle. Expect one or more future parking lots that are possible parking lots for the vehicle. The current of the future parking lot for each of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, which is the one or more predicted future parking lots corresponding to the plurality of vehicles in which the congestion status reception procedure is expected. Receive real-time congestion status. The future congestion prediction procedure is such that each of the plurality of vehicles traveling with the current congestion status of the future parking lot as the initial condition for each of the single or plurality of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group. Predict the future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of the single or multiple future parking lots when it is assumed that the parking lot is parked in the future parking lot of one of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle. .. One said future based on the future congestion situation from among the one or more said future parking lots predicted corresponding to the running vehicle for each of the plurality of running vehicles by the selection parking lot determination procedure. The parking lot is decided as the selected parking lot. The selection parking lot information transmission procedure transmits information corresponding to the selected parking lot determined corresponding to the vehicle to the vehicle for each of the plurality of traveling vehicles.
As a result, it is possible to determine the parking lot near the destination while traveling toward the destination in consideration of the future congestion situation.

The software for the management server according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The present invention includes any of the embodiments described below, or a combination of two or more of them.

In the parking lot selection software according to the embodiment of the present invention, the selection parking lot determination procedure predicts for each of the plurality of running vehicles corresponding to the running vehicle, the singular or the plurality of future parking lots. One of the parking lots in the future, which is expected to be less congested in the future, is determined as the selected parking lot.
According to the configuration of the above embodiment, the selection parking lot determination procedure is performed for each of the plurality of running vehicles, and the future is predicted from among the single or multiple future parking lots predicted for the running vehicle. One of the future parking lots, which is expected to be less congested, is determined as the selected parking lot.
As a result, parking lots near the destination can be determined to reduce future congestion while driving towards the destination.

The parking lot selection software according to the embodiment of the present invention has an evaluation function which is a function whose value changes in advance using the congestion status of a plurality of parking lots as a variable, and a target which is a target value among the values of the evaluation function. The evaluation function setting procedure for setting a value and the future congestion status prediction procedure comprises the current congestion of the future parking lot for each of the single or plurality of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group. The vehicle and the vehicle when it is assumed that each of the plurality of vehicles running under the initial condition is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more of the future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle. Predicting the future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of one or more future parking lots, corresponding to each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations which are the combination with the one future parking lot in which the vehicle parks, and making the selection. The parking lot determination procedure is based on the evaluation function using the future congestion status of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations as a variable. The target value from the future evaluation function value calculation procedure for calculating the future evaluation function value, which is the value, and the single or multiple future parking lots expected for each of the plurality of running vehicles. It has a future parking lot selection procedure for selecting one future parking lot to be combined with the vehicle as the selective parking lot in the vehicle / parking lot combination for which the future evaluation function value closest to is calculated.
According to the configuration of the above embodiment, the evaluation function setting procedure is a function in which the value changes in advance with the congestion status of a plurality of parking lots as variables, and a target value among the values of the evaluation function. Set the value and. In the future congestion prediction procedure, for each of the single or plurality of future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles traveling with the current congestion status of the future parking lot as an initial condition is used. In a combination of the vehicle and one future parking lot in which the vehicle is parked, assuming that the vehicle is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle. For each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations, the future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of one or more parking lots in the future, is predicted. The selection parking lot determination procedure has a future evaluation function value calculation procedure and a future parking lot selection procedure. The evaluation by the future evaluation function value calculation procedure using the future congestion status of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations as a variable. Calculate the future evaluation function value, which is the value of the function. The future parking lot selection procedure calculates the future evaluation function value closest to the target value from the expected single or multiple future parking lots for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion. In the vehicle / parking lot combination, one future parking lot to be combined with the vehicle is selected as the selective parking lot.
As a result, the parking lot near the destination can be determined in consideration of the future congestion situation while traveling toward the destination.

In order to achieve the above object, it is software for a management server that determines a parking lot in which a plurality of vehicles traveling from the current location to the destination according to the present invention are parked in each, and is a software for a traveling vehicle. A proximity distance setting procedure for setting a proximity distance in advance to a communicable management server, a current location / destination reception procedure for receiving a current location and a destination from each of a plurality of traveling vehicles, and a traveling vehicle. A future travel route prediction procedure for predicting a single or multiple future travel routes corresponding to the vehicle, which is a future travel route from the current location to the destination for each of the plurality of vehicles, and each of the multiple vehicles in motion. A single or multiple future parking lots that are parking lots that are closer to the destination than the close distance and are accessible from the predicted single or multiple expected travel routes for the vehicle. The future parking lot prediction procedure predicted for the vehicle and the future parking lot included in the future parking lot group which is the single or multiple future parking lots predicted for the plurality of running vehicles. The congestion status reception procedure for receiving the current congestion status of the future parking lot in real time for each, and the current congestion status of the future parking lot for each of the single or multiple future parking lots included in the future parking lot group. One or more when it is assumed that each of the plurality of vehicles running under the initial condition of congestion will be parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more of the future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle. The future congestion status prediction procedure for predicting the future congestion status, which is the congestion status of the future parking lot, and the one or more future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle for each of the plurality of running vehicles. The procedure for transmitting the future congestion status information and the procedure for transmitting the information corresponding to the future congestion status to the vehicle.
Was supposed to be executed.

With the above configuration of the present invention, the management server can communicate with a moving vehicle. The proximity distance setting procedure sets the proximity distance in advance. The current location / destination receiving procedure receives the current location and the destination from each of the plurality of traveling vehicles. The future travel route prediction procedure predicts one or more future travel routes, which are future travel routes from the current location to the destination, for each of the plurality of traveling vehicles corresponding to the vehicle. In the future parking lot prediction procedure, the distance to the destination exists at a position closer to the destination for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion, and the access is made from one or more of the predicted travel routes predicted corresponding to the vehicle. Expect one or more future parking lots that are possible parking lots for the vehicle. The current of the future parking lot for each of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, which is the one or more predicted future parking lots corresponding to the plurality of vehicles in which the congestion status reception procedure is expected. Receive real-time congestion status. The future congestion prediction procedure is such that each of the plurality of vehicles traveling with the current congestion status of the future parking lot as the initial condition for each of the single or plurality of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group. Predict the future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of the single or multiple future parking lots when it is assumed that the parking lot is parked in the future parking lot of one of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle. .. The future congestion status information transmission procedure transmits information corresponding to the future congestion status of the singular or plurality of the future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle for each of the plurality of traveling vehicles to the vehicle.
As a result, the parking lot near the destination can be determined in consideration of the future congestion situation while the vehicle is traveling toward the destination.

The software for the management server according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described below. The present invention includes any of the embodiments described below, or a combination of two or more of them.

The management server software according to the embodiment of the present invention has an evaluation function which is a function whose value changes in advance using the congestion status of a plurality of parking lots as a variable, and a target which is a target value among the values of the evaluation function. The evaluation function setting procedure for setting a value and the future congestion status prediction procedure comprises the current congestion of the future parking lot for each of the single or plurality of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group. The vehicle and the vehicle when it is assumed that each of the plurality of vehicles running under the initial condition is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more of the future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle. Predicting the future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of one or more future parking lots, corresponding to each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations which are the combination with the one future parking lot where the vehicle parks, and the future congestion. The status information transmission procedure is based on the evaluation function using the future congestion status of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations as a variable. The future evaluation function value calculation procedure for calculating the future evaluation function value, which is the value, and the future evaluation function value calculated corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of a plurality of running vehicles are used for the previous term and future congestion status. It has a future evaluation function value transmission procedure to be transmitted to the vehicle as information corresponding to.
According to the configuration of the above embodiment, the evaluation function setting procedure is a function in which the value changes in advance with the congestion status of a plurality of parking lots as variables, and a target value among the values of the evaluation function. Set the value and. In the future congestion prediction procedure, for each of the single or plurality of future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles traveling with the current congestion status of the future parking lot as an initial condition is used. In the combination of the vehicle and one future parking lot in which the vehicle is parked, assuming that the vehicle is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle. For each of a plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations, a future congestion situation, which is a congestion situation of a single or a plurality of the future parking lots, is predicted. The future congestion status information transmission procedure includes a future evaluation function value calculation procedure and a future evaluation function value transmission procedure. The evaluation by the future evaluation function value calculation procedure using the future congestion status of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations as a variable. Calculate the future evaluation function value, which is the value of the function. The future evaluation function value transmission procedure transmits the future evaluation function value calculated corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of the plurality of running vehicles to the vehicle as information corresponding to the previous term future congestion situation.
As a result, the parking lot near the destination can be determined in consideration of the future congestion situation while the vehicle is traveling toward the destination.

In the management server software according to the embodiment of the present invention, the congestion state is the degree of congestion, which is the ratio of the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot to the number of parking spaces, and the evaluation function is for a plurality of parking lots. It is a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value as the degree of congestion becomes uniform.
According to the configuration of the above embodiment, the congestion degree is the degree of congestion, which is the ratio of the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot to the number of parking spaces. The evaluation function is a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value as the degree of congestion of a plurality of parking lots becomes uniform.
As a result, it is possible to determine the parking lot near the destination while traveling toward the destination in consideration of the degree of congestion in the future.

In the management server software according to the embodiment of the present invention, the congestion status is the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot, and the evaluation function is equal to the number of seated parking spaces in a plurality of parking lots. It is a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value according to.
According to the configuration of the above embodiment, the congestion situation is the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot. The evaluation function is a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value as the number of seated parking spaces in a plurality of parking lots becomes equal.
As a result, the parking lot near the destination can be determined while traveling toward the destination, considering the number of seated parking spaces in the future.

In order to achieve the above object, it is software for an in-vehicle / external device that determines a parking lot in which a plurality of vehicles traveling from a current location to a destination according to the present invention are parked in each, and is traveling. A proximity distance setting procedure that sets a proximity distance in advance to an in-vehicle / external device that is mounted on a vehicle and can communicate with a management server, and predicts one or more future travel routes that are future travel routes from the current location to the destination. Future travel route prediction procedure and future prediction of one or more future parking lots that are parking lots that are closer to the destination than the close distance and are accessible from one or more of the predicted travel routes. Parking lot forecasting procedure, future parking lot transmission procedure for transmitting the predicted one or more future parking lots to the management server, and the one or more predicted parking lot transmission procedure corresponding to a plurality of vehicles in which the management server is running. Congestion status reception procedure for receiving the current congestion status of the future parking lot in real time for each of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group which is the plurality of future parking lots, and included in the future parking lot group. For each of the single or multiple future parking lots, each of the plurality of vehicles running under the initial condition of the current congestion status of the future parking lot is expected to correspond to the vehicle. A future congestion prediction procedure for predicting future congestion, which is the congestion status of one or more of the future parking lots when it is assumed that the parking lot is parked in the future parking lot, and a procedure for predicting future congestion, and a plurality of vehicles in motion. Selective parking lot determination procedure for determining one future parking lot as the selected parking lot based on the future congestion situation from the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle running for each. And, the information corresponding to the selected parking lot determined corresponding to the vehicle obtained by executing the above is executed, and the selected parking lot information receiving procedure for receiving the information from the management server.

According to the configuration of the present invention, the proximity distance setting procedure sets the proximity distance in advance for the in-vehicle / external device mounted on the moving vehicle and capable of communicating with the management server. The future travel route prediction procedure predicts one or more future travel routes that are future travel routes from the current location to the destination.
Future parking lot prediction procedure predicts one or more future parking lots that are parking lots that are closer to the destination than the close distance and are accessible from one or more of the predicted travel routes. .. The future parking lot transmission procedure transmits the expected single or multiple said future parking lots to the management server. The management server executes a congestion status reception procedure, a future congestion status prediction procedure, and a selected parking lot determination procedure. The current of the future parking lot for each of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, which is the one or more predicted future parking lots corresponding to the plurality of vehicles in which the congestion status reception procedure is expected. Receive real-time congestion status. The future congestion prediction procedure is such that each of the plurality of vehicles traveling with the current congestion status of the future parking lot as an initial condition for each of the single or plurality of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group. Predict the future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of the single or multiple future parking lots when it is assumed that the parking lot is parked in the future parking lot of one of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle. .. One said future based on the future congestion situation from among the one or more said future parking lots predicted corresponding to the running vehicle for each of the plurality of running vehicles by the selection parking lot determination procedure. The parking lot is decided as the selected parking lot. The selected parking lot information receiving procedure is the selected parking lot determined corresponding to the vehicle obtained by executing the future congestion status prediction procedure, the future evaluation function value calculation procedure, and the future parking lot selection procedure by the management server. Receive the corresponding information from the management server.
As a result, for each of the single or multiple vehicles, the parking lot near the destination while traveling towards the destination can be determined in consideration of future congestion.

Hereinafter, software for an in-vehicle / external device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The present invention includes any of the embodiments described below, or a combination of two or more of them.

In the software for an in-vehicle / external device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the one or more said steps predicted by the selective parking lot determination procedure for each of a plurality of running vehicles corresponding to the running vehicle. Among the parking lots in the future, one parking lot in the future, which is expected to be less congested in the future, is determined as the selected parking lot.
According to the configuration of the above embodiment, the selection parking lot determination procedure is performed for each of the plurality of running vehicles, and the future is predicted from among the single or multiple future parking lots predicted for the running vehicle. One of the future parking lots, which is expected to be less congested, is determined as the selected parking lot.
As a result, parking lots near the destination can be determined to alleviate future congestion while driving towards the destination.

The in-vehicle / external device software according to the embodiment of the present invention has an evaluation function which is a function whose value changes in advance with the congestion status of a plurality of parking lots as variables, and a target value among the values of the evaluation function. It comprises an evaluation function setting procedure for setting a certain target value, and the future congestion status prediction procedure is for each of the one or more future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, and the present of the future parking lot. The vehicle when it is assumed that each of the plurality of vehicles running is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more of the future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle under the initial condition of the congestion situation of the above. And predict the future congestion situation which is the congestion situation of one or more future parking lots corresponding to each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations which are the combination with the one future parking lot where the vehicle parks. The evaluation by the selection parking lot determination procedure using the future congestion status of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations as a variable. From the future evaluation function value calculation procedure for calculating the future evaluation function value, which is the value of the function, and the single or multiple future parking lots expected corresponding to each of the plurality of vehicles in motion. It has a future parking lot selection procedure for selecting one future parking lot to be combined with the vehicle as the selective parking lot in the vehicle / parking lot combination for which the future evaluation function value closest to the target value is calculated.
According to the configuration of the above embodiment, the evaluation function setting procedure is a function in which the value changes in advance with the congestion status of a plurality of parking lots as variables, and a target value among the values of the evaluation function. Set the value and. In the future congestion prediction procedure, for each of the single or plurality of future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles traveling with the current congestion status of the future parking lot as an initial condition is used. In a combination of the vehicle and one future parking lot in which the vehicle is parked, assuming that the vehicle is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle. For each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations, the future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of one or more parking lots in the future, is predicted. The selective parking lot determination procedure has a future evaluation function value calculation procedure and a future parking lot selection procedure. The evaluation by the future evaluation function value calculation procedure using the future congestion status of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations as a variable. Calculate the future evaluation function value, which is the value of the function. The future parking lot selection procedure calculates the future evaluation function value closest to the target value from the expected single or multiple future parking lots for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion. In the vehicle / parking lot combination, one future parking lot to be combined with the vehicle is selected as the selective parking lot.
As a result, parking lots near the destination can be determined to reduce future congestion while traveling toward the destination.

In order to achieve the above object, it is software for an in-vehicle / external device that determines a parking lot in which a plurality of vehicles traveling from a current location to a destination according to the present invention are parked in each, and is traveling. A proximity distance setting procedure that sets a proximity distance in advance to an in-vehicle / external device that is mounted on a vehicle and can communicate with a management server, and predicts one or more future travel routes that are future travel routes from the current location to the destination. Future travel route prediction procedure and future prediction of one or more future parking lots that are parking lots that are closer to the destination than the close distance and are accessible from one or more of the predicted travel routes. Parking lot forecasting procedure, future parking lot transmission procedure for transmitting the predicted one or more future parking lots to the management server, and the one or more predicted parking lot transmission procedure corresponding to a plurality of vehicles in which the management server is running. Congestion status reception procedure for receiving the current congestion status of the future parking lot in real time for each of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group which is the plurality of future parking lots, and included in the future parking lot group. For each of the single or multiple future parking lots, each of the plurality of vehicles running under the initial condition of the current congestion status of the future parking lot is expected to correspond to the vehicle. Corresponding to the future congestion status prediction procedure for predicting the future congestion status, which is the congestion status of one or more of the future parking lots when it is assumed that the parking lot is parked in the future parking lot, and the future congestion status. Execute the future congestion status information transmission procedure for transmitting information to the in-vehicle / external device, and respond to each future congestion status of one or more future parking lots predicted for the vehicle from the management server. Future Congestion Status Information Receiving Procedure for Receiving Information and One or Multiple Future Stations Predicted Corresponding to the Vehicle Based on Information Corresponding to Each Future Congestion Status for One or Multiple Future Parking Lots Received The procedure for determining the selected parking lot, which determines the future parking lot as the selected parking lot, is to be executed.

According to the above-mentioned configuration of the present invention, an in-vehicle / external device capable of communicating with a management server is mounted on a moving vehicle. The proximity distance setting procedure sets the proximity distance in advance. The future travel route prediction procedure predicts one or more future travel routes that are future travel routes from the current location to the destination. Future parking lot prediction procedure predicts one or more future parking lots that are parking lots that are closer to the destination than the close distance and are accessible from one or more of the predicted travel routes. .. The future parking lot transmission procedure transmits the expected single or multiple future parking lots to the management server. The management server executes a congestion status reception procedure, a future congestion status prediction procedure, and a future congestion status information transmission procedure. The current of the future parking lot for each of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, which is the one or more predicted future parking lots corresponding to the plurality of vehicles in which the congestion status reception procedure is expected. Receive real-time congestion status. The future congestion prediction procedure is such that each of the plurality of vehicles traveling with the current congestion status of the future parking lot as the initial condition for each of the single or plurality of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group. Predict the future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of the single or multiple future parking lots when it is assumed that the parking lot is parked in the future parking lot of one of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle. .. The future congestion status information transmission procedure transmits information corresponding to the future congestion status to the in-vehicle / external device. The future congestion status information receiving procedure receives information from the management server corresponding to each future congestion status of one or more future parking lots predicted for the vehicle. One of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted for the vehicle based on the information corresponding to each future congestion situation for the single or multiple future parking lots received by the selective parking lot determination procedure. The two future parking lots are determined as selective parking lots.
As a result, it is possible to determine the parking lot near the destination while traveling toward the destination in consideration of the future congestion situation.

Hereinafter, software for an in-vehicle / external device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The present invention includes any of the embodiments described below, or a combination of two or more of them.

In the software for an in-vehicle / external device according to the embodiment of the present invention, the future congestion situation is obtained from the one or more future parking lots predicted by the selection parking lot determination procedure corresponding to the running vehicle. The one said future parking lot that is expected to be loose is determined as the selective parking lot.
According to the configuration of the above embodiment, it is expected that the future congestion situation will be less severe among the single or multiple future parking lots predicted by the selective parking lot determination procedure corresponding to the running vehicle. The two future parking lots are determined as selective parking lots.
As a result, parking lots near the destination can be determined to reduce future congestion while driving towards the destination.

The in-vehicle / external device software according to the embodiment of the present invention has an evaluation function which is a function whose value changes in advance with the congestion status of a plurality of parking lots as variables, and a target value among the values of the evaluation function. It comprises an evaluation function setting procedure for setting a certain target value, and the future congestion status prediction procedure is for each of the one or more future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, and the present of the future parking lot. The vehicle when it is assumed that each of the plurality of vehicles running is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more of the future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle under the initial condition of the congestion situation of the above. And predict the future congestion situation which is the congestion situation of one or more future parking lots corresponding to each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations which are the combination with the one future parking lot where the vehicle parks. The future congestion status information transmission procedure uses the future congestion status of the single or plurality of the future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations as a variable. The future evaluation function value calculation procedure for calculating the future evaluation function value, which is the value of the evaluation function, the future evaluation function value calculated corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination, and the information corresponding to the future congestion situation are transmitted. It has a future evaluation function value transmission procedure, and the future congestion status information receiving procedure calculates the future evaluation function value corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination from the management server, and the information corresponding to the future congestion status. The future evaluation function that has a value receiving procedure and the future parking lot determination procedure is the closest to the target value among the single or multiple future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle. In the vehicle / parking lot combination for which the value is calculated, one future parking lot to be combined with the vehicle is selected and determined as the selective parking lot.
According to the configuration of the above embodiment, the evaluation function setting procedure is a function in which the value changes in advance with the congestion status of a plurality of parking lots as variables, and a target value among the values of the evaluation function. Set the value and. In the future congestion prediction procedure, for each of the single or plurality of future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles traveling with the current congestion status of the future parking lot as an initial condition is used. In a combination of the vehicle and one future parking lot in which the vehicle is parked, assuming that the vehicle is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle. For each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations, the future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of one or more parking lots in the future, is predicted. The future congestion status information transmission procedure includes a future evaluation function value calculation procedure and a future evaluation function value transmission procedure. The future evaluation function value calculation procedure uses the future congestion status of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations as a variable. Calculate the future evaluation function value, which is the value of the evaluation function. The future evaluation function value transmission procedure transmits the future evaluation function value calculated corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination as information corresponding to the future congestion situation. The future evaluation function value receiving procedure of the future congestion status information receiving procedure receives the future evaluation function value calculated corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination from the management server as information corresponding to the future congestion status. The vehicle / parking lot combination in which the future parking lot determination procedure calculates the future evaluation function value closest to the target value from the single or multiple future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle. The one future parking lot to be combined with the vehicle is selected and determined as the selective parking lot.
As a result, the parking lot near the destination can be determined in consideration of the future congestion situation while traveling toward the destination.

In order to achieve the above object, it is software for an in-vehicle / external device that determines a parking lot in which a plurality of vehicles traveling from a current location to a destination according to the present invention are parked in each, and is traveling. A proximity distance setting procedure that sets a proximity distance in advance to an in-vehicle / external device that is mounted on a vehicle and can communicate with a management server, and predicts one or more future travel routes that are future travel routes from the current location to the destination. Future travel route prediction procedure and future prediction of one or more future parking lots that are parking lots that are closer to the destination than the close distance and are accessible from one or more of the predicted travel routes. Parking lot forecasting procedure, future parking lot transmission procedure for transmitting the predicted one or more future parking lots to the management server, and the one or more predicted parking lot transmission procedure corresponding to a plurality of vehicles in which the management server is running. Congestion status reception procedure for receiving the current congestion status of the future parking lot in real time for each of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group which is the plurality of future parking lots, and included in the future parking lot group. For each of the single or multiple future parking lots, each of the plurality of vehicles running under the initial condition of the current congestion status of the future parking lot is expected to correspond to the vehicle. Corresponding to the future congestion status prediction procedure for predicting the future congestion status, which is the congestion status of one or more of the future parking lots when it is assumed that the parking lot is parked in the future parking lot, and the future congestion status. Execute the future congestion status information transmission procedure for transmitting information to the in-vehicle / external device, and respond to each future congestion status of one or more future parking lots predicted for the vehicle from the management server. Future congestion status information receiving procedure for receiving information and the received information corresponding to the future congestion status are shown to the user of the vehicle in the one or more future parking lots predicted corresponding to the running vehicle. Therefore, the procedure for determining the selected parking lot, which determines one of the future parking lots as the selected parking lot based on the future congestion situation, is to be executed.

According to the above-mentioned configuration of the present invention, an in-vehicle / external device capable of communicating with a management server is mounted on a moving vehicle. The proximity distance setting procedure sets the proximity distance in advance. Predict one or more future routes that are future routes from your current location to your destination. The future travel route prediction procedure predicts a single or multiple future parking lots that are closer to the destination than the close distance and are accessible from one or more of the predicted travel routes. The parking forecast construction procedure and the future parking transmission procedure transmit the predicted single or multiple future parking lots to the management server. , The management server executes a congestion status reception procedure, a future congestion status prediction procedure, and a future congestion status information transmission procedure. The current of the future parking lot for each of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, which is the one or more predicted future parking lots corresponding to the plurality of vehicles in which the congestion status reception procedure is expected. Receive real-time congestion status. The future congestion prediction procedure is such that each of the plurality of vehicles traveling with the current congestion status of the future parking lot as the initial condition for each of the single or plurality of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group. Predict the future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of the single or multiple future parking lots when it is assumed that the parking lot is parked in the future parking lot of one of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle. .. The future congestion status information transmission procedure transmits information corresponding to the future congestion status to the vehicle-mounted / external device. The future congestion status information receiving procedure receives information from the management server corresponding to each future congestion status of one or more future parking lots predicted for the vehicle. The selection parking lot determination procedure shows the information corresponding to the future congestion status received to the user of the vehicle, and the future congestion status is predicted from among the one or more future parking lots predicted corresponding to the running vehicle. The future parking lot is determined as the selected parking lot based on the above.
As a result, the parking lot near the destination can be determined in consideration of the future congestion situation while driving toward the destination.

Hereinafter, software for an in-vehicle / external device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The present invention includes any of the embodiments described below, or a combination of two or more of them.

The in-vehicle / external device software according to the embodiment of the present invention has an evaluation function which is a function whose value changes in advance with the congestion status of a plurality of parking lots as variables, and a target value among the values of the evaluation function. It comprises an evaluation function setting procedure for setting a certain target value, and the future congestion status prediction procedure is for each of the one or more future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, and the present of the future parking lot. The vehicle when it is assumed that each of the plurality of vehicles running is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more of the future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle under the initial condition of the congestion situation of the above. And predict the future congestion situation which is the congestion situation of one or more future parking lots corresponding to each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations which are the combination with the one future parking lot where the vehicle parks. The future congestion status information transmission procedure uses the future congestion status of the single or plurality of the future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations as a variable. The future evaluation function value calculation procedure for calculating the future evaluation function value, which is the value of the evaluation function, and the future evaluation function value calculated corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each running vehicle are used as the future evaluation function value. It has a future evaluation function value transmission procedure to be transmitted as information corresponding to the congestion status, and the previous term future evaluation function value calculated by the future congestion status information reception procedure from the management server corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination. The future evaluation function value receiving procedure is provided as information corresponding to the future congestion situation, and the selected parking lot determination procedure indicates the respective future evaluation function values received by the user of the vehicle. The future parking lot of one of the one or more future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle based on the value is selected as the selective parking lot.
According to the configuration of the above embodiment, the future congestion prediction procedure runs for each of the single or plurality of future parking lots included in the future parking lot group with the current congestion status of the future parking lot as an initial condition. The vehicle and one parked by the vehicle, assuming that each of the plurality of vehicles in the vehicle is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle. A future congestion situation, which is a congestion situation of a single or a plurality of the future parking lots, is predicted corresponding to each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations which are combinations with the future parking lot. The future congestion status information transmission procedure includes the future evaluation function value calculation procedure and the future evaluation function value transmission procedure. The future evaluation function value calculation procedure uses the future congestion status of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations as a variable. Calculate the future evaluation function value, which is the value of the evaluation function. The future evaluation function value transmission procedure transmits the future evaluation function value calculated corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of the traveling vehicles as information corresponding to the future congestion situation. The future evaluation function value receiving procedure receives the previous term future evaluation function value calculated corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination from the management server as information corresponding to the future congestion situation. The selected parking lot determination procedure indicates each of the future evaluation function values received by the user of the vehicle, and the one or more future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle based on the future evaluation function value. Let one of the above-mentioned future parking lots be selected as the selected parking lot,
As a result, the parking lot near the destination can be determined in consideration of the future congestion situation while traveling toward the destination.

In the software for an in-vehicle / external device according to the embodiment of the present invention, the congestion state is the degree of congestion, which is the ratio of the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot to the number of parking spaces, and the evaluation functions are present in a plurality of parking spaces. It is a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value as the degree of congestion in the parking lot becomes uniform.
According to the configuration of the above embodiment, the congestion degree is the degree of congestion, which is the ratio of the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot to the number of parking spaces. The evaluation function is a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value as the degree of congestion of a plurality of parking lots becomes uniform.
As a result, the parking lot near the destination can be determined in consideration of the future congestion degree while traveling toward the destination.

In the management server software according to the embodiment of the present invention, the congestion status is the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot, and the evaluation function is equal to the number of seated parking spaces in a plurality of parking lots. It is a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value according to.
According to the configuration of the above embodiment, the congestion situation is the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot. The evaluation function is a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value as the number of seated parking spaces in a plurality of parking lots becomes equal.
As a result, the parking lot near the destination can be determined while traveling toward the destination, considering the number of empty parking spaces in the future.

As described above, the parking selection method, the management server software, and the in-vehicle / external device software according to the present invention have the following effects depending on their configurations.
For each of the multiple vehicles in motion, anticipate one or more future routes from the vehicle's current location to the destination, and one or more future routes that are close to the destination and accessible from one or more future routes. Predicting the parking lot, predicting the future congestion situation of one or more future parking lots from the current congestion situation, and deciding the selected parking lot based on the future congestion situation, so driving toward the destination The parking lot near the destination can be decided in consideration of the future congestion situation.
In addition, since the one parking lot in the future, which is expected to be less crowded in the future, is determined as the selected parking lot for each of the plurality of vehicles running, the purpose is to drive toward the destination. Parking lots near the ground can be decided to reduce future congestion.
Further, it is assumed that a plurality of vehicles running in the future parking lot group are parked in a plurality of future parking lots under the initial condition of each one or a plurality of current congestion conditions, and the combination of the vehicle and the future parking lot is assumed. The future evaluation function value corresponding to the future parking lot is calculated corresponding to, and one of the future parking lots to be combined with the vehicle corresponding to the future evaluation function value close to the target value is selected and parked. Since we have selected it as a parking lot, we can decide to reduce the congestion situation in the future by choosing a parking lot near the destination while driving toward the destination.

For each of the multiple vehicles in motion, anticipate one or more future routes from the vehicle's current location to the destination, and one or more future routes that are close to the destination and accessible from one or more future routes. Predicting the parking lot, predicting the future congestion situation of one or more future parking lots from the current congestion situation, and deciding the selected parking lot based on the future congestion situation, so driving toward the destination The parking lot near the destination can be decided in consideration of the future congestion situation.
In addition, since the user is made to decide one parking lot in the future, which is expected to be less crowded in the future, as the selected parking lot for each of the plurality of vehicles running, the vehicle is traveling toward the destination. Parking lots near the destination can be decided to reduce future congestion.
In addition, it is assumed that multiple vehicles running in the future parking lot group will be parked in each of the multiple future parking lots under the initial condition of each one or more current congestion conditions, and the combination of the vehicle and the future parking lot will be used. Correspondingly, the future evaluation function value corresponding to the future parking lot is calculated, and the future evaluation function value calculated for each of the running vehicles is shown to the user of the vehicle, and one future stationed in the future based on the future evaluation function value. Since the parking lot is decided as the selective parking lot, the parking lot near the destination can be decided in consideration of the future congestion situation while driving toward the destination.
In addition, the evaluation function is a function in which the value approaches a specific value as the degree of congestion, which is the ratio of the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot to the total number of parking spaces, is alleviated. You can decide which parking lot near your destination while driving, taking into account future congestion.
In addition, since the evaluation function is a function in which the value approaches a specific value as the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot decreases, the parking lot near the destination is selected while traveling toward the destination. It can be decided in consideration of the number of seated parking spaces in the future.

The management server predicts a single or multiple future travel routes from the vehicle's current location to the destination received from the vehicle for each of the multiple vehicles in motion, and is close to the destination from the single or multiple future travel routes. Predict accessible single or multiple future parking lots, predict single or multiple future congestion for single or multiple future parking lots, and determine selected parking lots based on predicted future congestion. Since it is sent to the vehicle, it is possible to determine the parking lot near the destination while driving toward the destination in consideration of the future congestion situation.
In addition, since the management sir decides one future parking lot, which is expected to be less congested in the future, as the selected parking lot for each of the plurality of vehicles running, the vehicle travels toward the destination. Parking lots near the destination can be decided to reduce future congestion.
In addition, the management server is running under the initial condition of the current congestion status of each one or a plurality of parking lots included in the future parking lot group. The future evaluation function value corresponding to the future parking lot is calculated according to the combination of parking lots, and one of the future parking lots to be combined with the vehicle corresponding to the future evaluation function value close to the target value is selected from the future parking lots. Since the parking lot is selected as the selective parking lot, the parking lot near the destination can be determined in consideration of the future congestion situation while traveling toward the destination.

The management server predicts a single or multiple future travel routes from the vehicle's current location to the destination received from the vehicle for each of the multiple vehicles in motion, and is close to the destination from the single or multiple future travel routes. Predict the accessible single or multiple future parking lots, predict the future congestion situation corresponding to the single or multiple future parking lots with each current congestion situation as the initial condition, and provide information corresponding to the future congestion situation. Since the transmission is made to the vehicle, the parking lot near the destination can be determined in consideration of the future congestion situation while the vehicle is traveling toward the destination.
In addition, the management server is running under the initial condition of each one or more current congestion conditions included in the future parking lot group. It is assumed that multiple vehicles are parked in each of the multiple future parking lots, and the vehicle and the future parking lot The future evaluation function value corresponding to the future parking lot is calculated according to the combination of parking lots, and the future evaluation function value calculated for each running vehicle is transmitted to the vehicle, so that the vehicle can be sent to the destination. The parking lot near the destination can be determined while driving toward the destination in consideration of future congestion.
In addition, the evaluation function is a function in which the value approaches a specific value as the degree of congestion, which is the ratio of the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot to the total number of parking spaces, is alleviated. You can decide which parking lot near your destination while driving, taking into account future congestion.
In addition, since the evaluation function is a function in which the value approaches a specific value as the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot decreases, the parking lot near the destination is selected while traveling toward the destination. It can be decided in consideration of the number of seated parking spaces in the future.

In-vehicle / external devices anticipate one or more future routes from the vehicle's current location to the destination, and anticipate one or more future parking lots that are close to the destination and accessible from one or more future routes. The management server determines the accessible selective parking lot near the destination based on the future congestion situation predicted for one or more future parking lots, and determines the future congestion status of the selective parking lot. The selected parking lot is determined based on the vehicle / external device so that the determined selected parking lot is received, so that each of the single or multiple vehicles is near the destination while driving toward the destination. Parking lots in can be decided in consideration of future congestion.
In addition, the vehicle / external device is running under the initial condition of each one or more current congestion conditions included in the future parking lot group. One of the future parking lots, which is expected to be less crowded in the future, is selected as the selected parking lot. Therefore, it is possible to decide to reduce the congestion situation in the future by choosing a parking lot near the destination while driving toward the destination.
In addition, the management server is running under the initial condition of the current congestion status of each one or a plurality of parking lots included in the future parking lot group. The future evaluation function value corresponding to the future parking lot is calculated according to the combination of parking lots, and one of the future parking lots to be combined with the vehicle corresponding to the future evaluation function value close to the target value is selected from the future parking lots. Since the parking lot is selected as the selective parking lot, it is possible to determine the parking lot near the destination while traveling toward the destination so as to reduce the congestion situation in the future.

In-vehicle / external device predicts one or more future routes from the vehicle's current location to the destination for each of the vehicles in motion, and is accessible from one or more future routes near the destination. Predicting one or more future parking lots and sending them to the management server, and the management server predicting one or more future congestion situations corresponding to one or more future parking lots and sending them to in-vehicle / external devices. In-vehicle / external devices are now determined based on the expected future congestion of accessible parking lots near the destination, so that the vehicle is closer to the destination while driving towards the destination. A parking lot can be decided in consideration of future congestion.
In addition, since the in-vehicle / external device determines one of the future parking lots, which is expected to be less congested in the future, as the selected parking lot, it is near the destination while traveling toward the destination. Parking can be decided to reduce future congestion.
Further, the evaluation function is a function in which the value changes so as to approach a specific value as the congestion status of the parking lot is eased, and the management server can use the current congestion status of each of the single or plural parking lots to be included in the parking lot group in the future. Assuming that multiple vehicles are parked in multiple future parking lots under the initial condition, the future evaluation function value corresponding to the future parking lot is calculated according to the combination of the vehicle and the future parking lot, and the vehicle / Since it is transmitted to an external device and the in-vehicle / external device determines one future parking lot to be combined with the vehicle based on the future evaluation function value as the selected parking lot, the purpose is while driving toward the destination. Parking lots near the ground can be determined in consideration of future congestion.

For each of multiple vehicles on which an in-vehicle / external device is traveling, one or more future routes from the vehicle's current location to the destination can be predicted and accessible from one or more future routes near the destination. Predicting one or more future parking lots and sending to the management server, the management server predicts the future congestion situation corresponding to one or more future parking lots and sends it to the in-vehicle / external device, in-vehicle / external Since the device is shown to the user of the vehicle to determine one of the future parking lots as the selected parking lot based on the future congestion situation, the parking lot near the destination while driving toward the destination. Can be determined in consideration of future congestion.
In addition, the management server is running under the initial condition of the current congestion status of each one or a plurality of parking lots included in the future parking lot group. The future evaluation function value corresponding to the future parking lot was calculated according to the combination of parking lots, and the future evaluation function value was shown to the user so that one of the future parking lots could be selected as the selected parking lot. While driving toward the destination, the parking lot near the destination can be determined in consideration of future congestion.
In addition, since the evaluation function is a function in which the value approaches the target value as the congestion degree of each of the plurality of parking lots becomes equal, the parking lot near the destination while traveling toward the destination. Can be determined in consideration of the degree of congestion in the future.
In addition, the evaluation function is a function in which the value approaches the target value when the number of empty parking spaces in each of the plurality of parking lots becomes equal, so that the evaluation function is near the destination while traveling toward the destination. Parking lots can be determined in consideration of the number of empty parking spaces in the future.
Therefore, it is possible to provide a parking lot determination method for selecting a parking lot for each of a plurality of vehicles traveling from the current location to the destination, software for the management server, and software for the in-vehicle / external device.

It is a conceptual diagram of the parking lot system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart of the parking lot determination method which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart of the parking lot determination method which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart of the parking lot determination method which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart of the parking lot determination method which concerns on 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart of the parking lot determination method which concerns on 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart of the parking lot determination method which concerns on 6th Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart of the parking lot determination method which concerns on 7th Embodiment of this invention. It is operation explanatory drawing 1 of the parking lot determination method which concerns on embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is an operation explanatory diagram of the parking lot determination method according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The parking lot selection system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a parking lot selection system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The parking lot selection system according to the embodiment of the present invention is a parking lot in which a plurality of vehicles traveling from the current location to the destination are parked in each.
The parking lot system according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a management server 100, a plurality of in-vehicle / external devices 200, and a plurality of parking lots 300.
The management server 100 can communicate with a plurality of traveling vehicles 5 via a communication network.
For example, the management server 100 can communicate with an in-vehicle / external device 200 mounted on a plurality of vehicles 5 traveling via a communication network.
The in-vehicle / external device 200 is a computer mounted on the vehicle.
For example, the vehicle-mounted / external device 200 is a car navigation system mounted on the vehicle 5.
For example, the vehicle-mounted / external device 200 is a mobile communication terminal owned by the user 6 who drives the vehicle 5. For example, a mobile communication terminal is a smartphone.

The management server 100 can communicate with the parking lot 300 via the communication network.
For example, the management server 100 can communicate with a control computer (not shown) that controls the parking lot 300 via a communication network.
The management server 100 can receive information on the congestion status from the parking lot 300.
The management server 100 can receive information on the congestion status from the parking lot 300 in real time.

First, the parking lot determination method according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The parking lot determination method according to the first embodiment of the present invention is a method of selecting a parking lot for each of a plurality of vehicles traveling from a current location to a destination.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a parking lot determination method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

The parking lot determination method according to the first embodiment of the present invention is selected from the short-distance setting process S10, the future travel route prediction process S30, the future parking lot prediction process S40, the congestion status reception process S50, and the future congestion status prediction process S60. It is composed of a parking lot determination step S70.
The future travel route prediction step S30, the future parking lot prediction step S40, the congestion status reception step S50, the future congestion status prediction step S60, and the selected parking lot determination step S70 are executed in this order.
The future travel route prediction step S30, the future parking lot prediction step S40, the congestion status reception step S50, the future congestion status prediction step S60, and the selected parking lot determination step S70 may be repeatedly executed in this order.

The parking lot determination method according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a short-distance setting process S10, an evaluation function setting process S20, a future travel route prediction process S30, a future parking lot prediction process S40, a congestion status reception process S50, and future congestion. It may be composed of a situation prediction step S60 and a selective parking lot determination step S70.
The future travel route prediction step S30, the future parking lot prediction step S40, the congestion status reception step S50, the future congestion status prediction step S60, and the selected parking lot determination step S70 are executed in this order.
The future travel route prediction step S30, the future parking lot prediction step S40, the congestion status reception step S50, the future congestion status prediction step S60, and the selected parking lot determination step S70 may be repeatedly executed in this order.

The short distance setting step S10 is a step of setting a close distance in advance.
The close range corresponds to the maximum allowable distance from the parking lot to the destination in the future, which will be described later.
The proximity distance may be a path distance measured along the path.
The close range may be a straight line distance on the map.

The evaluation function setting step S20 is a step of setting the evaluation function and the target value in advance.
The evaluation function is a function whose value changes according to the degree of congestion of a plurality of parking lots.
The congestion status is a degree indicating the congestion status of the parking lot.
The target value is the target value among the values of the evaluation function.

The congestion status may be the degree of congestion, which is the ratio of the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot to the number of parking spaces.
The congestion situation may be the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot.
The seated parking space is a parking space in which a vehicle is parked.

The evaluation function may be a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value as the degree of congestion of a plurality of parking lots becomes uniform.
The evaluation function may be a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value as the number of seated parking spaces in a plurality of parking lots becomes equal.

The future travel route prediction step S30 is a step of predicting a single or a plurality of future travel routes, which are future travel routes from the current location to the destination, for each of the plurality of traveling vehicles corresponding to the vehicles.
The future travel route prediction step S30 predicts a single or a plurality of future travel routes, which are future (reasonable) travel routes from the current location to the destination, for each of the plurality of traveling vehicles corresponding to the vehicles. It may be a step to do.

In the future parking lot prediction step S40, for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion, the distance to the destination exists at a position closer than the close distance, and the parking lot can be accessed from one or more predicted travel routes corresponding to the vehicles. It is a process of predicting one or more future parking lots corresponding to vehicles.
For example, when the vehicle 1, the vehicle 2, the vehicle 3, and the vehicle 4 are traveling from their respective current locations toward the same destination, the parking lot 1, the parking lot 2, and the parking lot are used as future parking lots of the vehicle 1. 8 is estimated, parking lot 7 and parking lot 1 are predicted as future parking lots of vehicle 2, and parking lot 3 and parking lot 1 are predicted as future parking lots of vehicle 3.

The congestion status reception step S50 is a step of receiving the current congestion status of the future parking lot in real time for each of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group.
The future parking lot group is a single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to a plurality of moving vehicles. For example, a vehicle 1, a vehicle 2, a vehicle 3, and a vehicle 4 have the same purpose from their respective current locations. While traveling toward the ground, it is estimated that the parking lot 1, the parking lot 2, and the parking lot 8 are the future parking lots of the vehicle 1, and the parking lot 7 and the parking lot 1 are used as the future parking lots of the vehicle 2. Predicting, predicting parking lot 3 and parking lot 1 as the future parking lot of vehicle 3, and predicting parking lot 9, parking lot 4 and parking lot 1 as future parking lot of vehicle 4, the future parking lot group It includes parking lot 1, parking lot 2, parking lot 3, parking lot 4, parking lot 7, parking lot 8, and parking lot 9.

In the future congestion status prediction step S60, for each of the single or plurality of future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles running under the initial condition of the current congestion status of the future parking lot becomes a vehicle. It is a process of predicting the future congestion situation which is the congestion situation of one or more future parking lots when it is assumed that the parking lot is parked in one of the one or more future parking lots correspondingly predicted.

In the future congestion status prediction step S60, for each of the single or plurality of future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles running under the initial condition of the current congestion status of the future parking lot becomes a vehicle. Multiple vehicle / parking lot combinations that are a combination of a vehicle and one future parking lot in which the vehicle parks, assuming parking in one of the correspondingly expected future parking lots. It may be a step of predicting a future congestion situation, which is a congestion situation of one or a plurality of future parking lots corresponding to each.
For example, in the future congestion status prediction step S60, for each of the single or plurality of future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles traveling with the current congestion status of the future parking lot as an initial condition is used. Multiple vehicles that are all combinations of a vehicle and one future parking lot in which the vehicle parks, assuming parking in one of the expected one or more future parking lots corresponding to the vehicle / It is a process of predicting the future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of one or more future parking lots corresponding to each of the parking lot combinations.

The selection parking lot determination step S70 is one future parking lot based on the future congestion situation from the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the running vehicle for each of the plurality of running vehicles. Is the process of determining as the selected parking lot.

In the selective parking lot determination step S70, it is expected that the congestion situation will be loose in the future from among the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the running vehicle for each of the plurality of running vehicles. It may be a process of determining one future parking lot as a selective parking lot.
For example, the parking lot 2 for the vehicle 1, the parking lot 7 for the vehicle 2, the parking lot 3 for the vehicle 3, and the parking lot 4 for the vehicle 4 are determined as the selected parking lot.

The selective parking lot determination step S70 may be composed of a future evaluation function value calculation step S71 and a future parking lot selection step S73a.
The future evaluation function value calculation step S71 is the value of the evaluation function for each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations, with the future congestion status of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination as a variable. This is the process of calculating the future evaluation function value.
In the future parking lot selection step S73a, the future evaluation function value closest to the target value is calculated from among the single or multiple future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion. In the vehicle / parking lot combination, it is a process of selecting one future parking lot to be combined with the vehicle as a selective parking lot.
For example, in the future parking lot selection step S73a, the future evaluation function value closest to the target value is calculated from among the single or multiple future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion. It is a process of selecting one future parking lot to be combined with a vehicle as a selective parking lot in the vehicle / parking lot combination to be performed.

For example, a plurality of vehicles are vehicle 1 and vehicle 2, the future parking lot of vehicle 1 is parking lot 1, parking lot 2, and parking lot 8, and the future parking lot of vehicle 2 is parking lot 7 and parking lot. The vehicle / parking lot combination in the case of 1 is the following 3 × 2 = 6 ways.
Vehicle / Parking Combination 1: Vehicle 1 / Parking 1, Vehicle 2 / Parking 7
Vehicle / Parking lot combination 2: Vehicle 1 / Parking lot 1, Vehicle 2 / Parking lot 1
Vehicle / Parking lot combination 3: Vehicle 1 / Parking lot 2, Vehicle 2 / Parking lot 7
Vehicle / Parking lot combination 4: Vehicle 1 / Parking lot 2, Vehicle 2 / Parking lot 1
Vehicle / Parking lot combination 5: Vehicle 1 / Parking lot 8, Vehicle 2 / Parking lot 7
Vehicle / Parking lot combination 6: Vehicle 1 / Parking lot 8, Vehicle 2 / Parking lot 1
For example, by comparing the evaluation function values calculated corresponding to the six vehicle / parking lot combinations, the parking lot 2 is for the vehicle 1 which is the vehicle / parking lot combination in the vehicle / parking lot combination 3, and the parking lot is for the vehicle 2. 7 is determined as the selected parking lot.

Next, the parking lot determination method according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The parking lot determination method according to the second embodiment of the present invention is a method of selecting a parking lot for each of a plurality of vehicles traveling from the current location to the destination.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a parking lot determination method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

The parking lot determination method according to the second embodiment of the present invention is selected from the short-distance setting process S10, the future travel route prediction process S30, the future parking lot prediction process S40, the congestion status reception process S50, and the future congestion status prediction process S60. It is composed of a parking lot determination step S70.
The future travel route prediction step S30, the future parking lot prediction step S40, the congestion status reception step S50, the future congestion status prediction step S60, and the selected parking lot determination step S70 are executed in this order.
The future travel route prediction step S30, the future parking lot prediction step S40, the congestion status reception step S50, the future congestion status prediction step S60, and the selected parking lot determination step S70 are repeatedly executed in this order.

The parking lot determination method according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a short-distance setting process S10, an evaluation function setting process S20, a future travel route prediction process S30, a future parking lot prediction process S40, a congestion status reception process S50, and future congestion. It may be composed of a situation prediction step S60 and a selective parking lot determination step S70.
The future travel route prediction step S30, the future parking lot prediction step S40, the congestion status reception step S50, the future congestion status prediction step S60, and the selected parking lot determination step S70 are executed in this order.
The future travel route prediction step S30, the future parking lot prediction step S40, the congestion status reception step S50, the future congestion status prediction step S60, and the selected parking lot determination step S70 are repeatedly executed in this order.

The configuration of the short-distance setting process S10, the evaluation function setting process S20, the future travel route prediction process S30, the future parking lot prediction process S40, the congestion status reception process S50, and the future congestion status prediction process S60 is based on the first embodiment. Since it is the same as that of the vehicle location determination method, the explanation is omitted.

The selective parking lot determination step S70 shows the information corresponding to the future congestion situation to the user of the vehicle for each of the plurality of running vehicles, and predicts the one or more future parking lots corresponding to the running vehicle. This is the process of deciding one future parking lot as the selected parking lot based on the future congestion situation.

In the selective parking lot determination step S70, for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion, information corresponding to the future congestion situation is shown to the user of the vehicle, and one or a plurality of future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle in motion are predicted. One of the parking lots in the future, which is expected to be less congested in the future, may be determined as the selected parking lot.
For example, the user of the vehicle is shown a future congestion situation corresponding to the future parking lot of the vehicle.
For example, when a plurality of future congestion situations corresponding to the future parking lot of the vehicle are expected, the user of the vehicle is shown a plurality of future congestion situations corresponding to the future parking lot of the vehicle.
For example, when a plurality of future congestion situations corresponding to the future parking lot of the vehicle are expected, the user of the vehicle is shown the average future congestion situation of the plurality of future congestion situations corresponding to the future parking lot of the vehicle.
For example, when a plurality of future congestion situations corresponding to the future parking lot of the vehicle are expected, the user of the vehicle is shown the most congested future congestion situation of the plurality of future congestion situations corresponding to the future parking lot of the vehicle.
For example, if a plurality of future congestion situations corresponding to the future parking lot of the vehicle are expected, the user of the vehicle is shown the least congested future congestion situation of the plurality of future congestion situations corresponding to the future parking lot of the vehicle.
For example, if multiple future congestions are expected for multiple future parking lots of a vehicle, the vehicle user should be prioritized to guide multiple future parking lots of the vehicle from multiple future congestion situations. show.

The selective parking lot determination step S70 may be composed of a future evaluation function value calculation step S71 and a future parking lot selection step S73b.
The future evaluation function value calculation step S71 is the value of the evaluation function for each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations, with the future congestion status of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination as a variable. This is the process of calculating the future evaluation function value.
In the future parking lot selection step S73b, for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion, the future evaluation function value calculated for the user of the vehicle is shown to the vehicle, and the vehicle is predicted based on the future evaluation function value. This is a process of selecting a future parking lot as a selective parking lot from a plurality of future parking lots.
For example, in the future parking lot selection step S73b, for each of the plurality of vehicles running, the future evaluation function value calculated for each vehicle user is shown and predicted corresponding to the vehicle based on the future evaluation function value. This is a process of selecting a future parking lot as a selective parking lot from one or more future parking lots.
For example, in the future parking lot selection step S73b, the future evaluation function value calculated for each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations is shown to the vehicle user for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion in the future. This is a step of selecting a future parking lot as a selective parking lot from one or a plurality of future parking lots predicted according to the vehicle based on the evaluation function value.
For example, the user of the vehicle is shown a future evaluation function value corresponding to the future parking lot of the vehicle.
For example, if a plurality of future evaluation function values corresponding to the future parking lot of the vehicle are expected, the user of the vehicle is shown a plurality of future evaluation function values corresponding to the future parking lot of the vehicle.
For example, when a plurality of future evaluation function values corresponding to the future parking lot of the vehicle are expected, the user of the vehicle is shown the average future evaluation function value of the plurality of future evaluation function values corresponding to the future parking lot of the vehicle.
For example, if multiple future evaluation function values corresponding to the future parking lot of the vehicle are expected, the future evaluation function value closest to the target value of the plurality of future evaluation function values corresponding to the future parking lot of the vehicle is expected to the user of the vehicle. Is shown.
For example, if multiple future evaluation function values corresponding to the future parking lot of the vehicle are expected, the future evaluation function value that is farthest from the target value of the multiple future evaluation function values corresponding to the future parking lot of the vehicle is given to the user of the vehicle. Indicates a value.
For example, if multiple future evaluation function values corresponding to multiple future parking lots of a vehicle are expected, the vehicle user is given a priority order derived from multiple future evaluation function values for multiple future parking lots of the vehicle. show.

Next, the software for the management server according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The software for a management server according to a third embodiment of the present invention is software for determining a parking lot in which a plurality of vehicles traveling from a current location to a destination are parked in each.
The management server software is software installed on the management server 100.
The management server 100 can communicate with a moving vehicle.
The management server 100 can communicate with a plurality of moving vehicles.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the software for the management server according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

The software for the management server according to the third embodiment of the present invention provides the management server 100 with a short-distance setting procedure S110, a current location / destination reception procedure S125, a future travel route prediction procedure S130, a future parking lot prediction procedure S140, and the future. It is software that realizes the parking lot reception procedure S145, the congestion status reception procedure S150, the future congestion status prediction procedure S160, the selection parking lot determination procedure S170a, and the selection parking lot transmission procedure S175.
On the management server, the current location / destination reception procedure S125, the future travel route prediction procedure S130, the future parking lot prediction procedure S140, the future parking lot reception procedure S145, the congestion status reception procedure S150, the future congestion status prediction procedure S160, and the selected parking lot are determined. The procedure S170a and the selective parking lot transmission procedure S175 may be realized in this order.
On the management server, the current location / destination reception procedure S125, the future travel route prediction procedure S130, the future parking lot prediction procedure S140, the future parking lot reception procedure S145, the congestion status reception procedure S150, the future congestion status prediction procedure S160, and the selected parking lot are determined. The procedure S170a and the selective parking lot transmission procedure S175 may be repeatedly realized in this order.

The software for the management server according to the third embodiment of the present invention provides the management server 100 with a short-distance setting procedure S110, an evaluation function setting procedure S120, a current location / destination reception procedure S125, a future travel route prediction procedure S130, and a future station. The software may be software that realizes the parking lot prediction procedure S140, the future parking lot reception procedure S145, the congestion status reception procedure S150, the future congestion status prediction procedure S160, the selection parking lot determination procedure S170a, and the selection parking lot transmission procedure S175.
The management server 100 has a current location / destination reception procedure S125, a future travel route prediction procedure S130, a future parking lot prediction procedure S140, a future parking lot reception procedure S145, a congestion status reception procedure S150, a future congestion status prediction procedure S160, and a selected parking lot. The determination procedure S170a and the selected parking lot transmission procedure S175 may be executed in this order.
The management server 100 has a current location / destination reception procedure S125, a future travel route prediction procedure S130, a future parking lot prediction procedure S140, a future parking lot reception procedure S145, a congestion status reception procedure S150, a future congestion status prediction procedure S160, and a selected parking lot. The determination procedure S170a and the selected parking lot transmission procedure S175 may be repeatedly executed in this order.

The short-distance setting procedure S110 is a procedure for setting a short-distance distance in advance.
The close range corresponds to the maximum allowable distance from the parking lot to the destination in the future, which will be described later.
The proximity distance may be a path distance measured along the path.
The close range may be a straight line distance on the map.

The evaluation function setting procedure S120 is a procedure for setting the evaluation function and the specific value in advance.
The evaluation function is a function whose value changes according to the degree of congestion of a plurality of parking lots.
The congestion status is a degree indicating the congestion status of the parking lot.
The target value is the target value among the values of the evaluation function.

The congestion status may be the degree of congestion, which is the ratio of the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot to the number of parking spaces.
The congestion situation may be the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot.

The evaluation function may be a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value as the degree of congestion of a plurality of parking lots becomes uniform.
The evaluation function may be a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value as the number of seated parking spaces in a plurality of parking lots becomes equal.

The current location / destination receiving procedure S125 is a procedure for receiving the current location and the destination from the vehicle for each of the plurality of traveling vehicles.
The current location / destination receiving procedure S125 is a procedure for receiving the current current location and the destination from the vehicle for each of the plurality of moving vehicles.

The future travel route prediction procedure S130 is a procedure for predicting a single or a plurality of future travel routes, which are future travel routes from the current location to the destination, for each of the plurality of traveling vehicles corresponding to the vehicles.
The future travel route prediction procedure S130 is a procedure for predicting a single or a plurality of future travel routes, which are rational future travel routes from the current location to the destination, for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion. Is.
"Reasonable" means "without making unnecessary detours".

The future parking lot prediction procedure S140 is accessible from a single or a plurality of predicted travel routes predicted for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion, because the distance to the destination is closer than the close distance and the vehicle is predicted. It is a procedure for predicting one or more future parking lots corresponding to vehicles.
For example, when the vehicle 1, the vehicle 2, the vehicle 3, and the vehicle 4 are traveling from their respective current locations toward the same destination, the parking lot 1, the parking lot 2, and the parking lot are used as future parking lots of the vehicle 1. 8 is estimated, parking lot 7 and parking lot 1 are predicted as future parking lots of vehicle 2, and parking lot 3 and parking lot 1 are predicted as future parking lots of vehicle 3.

The congestion status receiving procedure S150 is a procedure for receiving the current congestion status of the future parking lot in real time for each of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group which is the future parking lot.
The future parking lot group is a single or multiple future parking lots predicted for a plurality of vehicles in motion.
For example, when the vehicle 1, the vehicle 2, the vehicle 3, and the vehicle 4 are traveling from their respective current locations toward the same destination, the parking lot 1, the parking lot 2, and the parking lot are used as future parking lots of the vehicle 1. 8 is estimated, parking lot 7 and parking lot 1 are predicted as future parking lots of vehicle 2, parking lots 3 and parking lot 1 are predicted as future parking lots of vehicle 3, and future parking lots of vehicle 4 are predicted. Assuming that parking lot 9, parking lot 4, and parking lot 1 are predicted, the parking lot group will be parking lot 1, parking lot 2, parking lot 3, parking lot 4, parking lot 7, parking lot 8, and parking lot 9 in the future. including.

In the future congestion status prediction procedure S160, for each of the single or multiple future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles running under the initial condition of the current congestion status of the future parking lot becomes a vehicle. It is a procedure for predicting the future congestion situation which is the congestion situation of one or more future parking lots when it is assumed that the parking lot is parked in one of the one or more future parking lots correspondingly predicted.

In the future congestion status prediction procedure S160, for each of the single or multiple future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles running under the initial condition of the current congestion status of the future parking lot becomes a vehicle. Multiple vehicle / parking lot combinations that are a combination of a vehicle and one future parking lot in which the vehicle is parked, assuming parking in one of the correspondingly expected future parking lots. It may be a procedure for predicting the future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of one or more future parking lots corresponding to each of the above.
For example, in the future congestion status prediction procedure S160, for each of the single or plurality of future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles traveling with the current congestion status of the future parking lot as an initial condition is used. Multiple vehicles that are all combinations of the vehicle and the one future parking lot in which the vehicle is parked, assuming that the vehicle is parked in one of the expected one or more future parking lots corresponding to the vehicle. / It is a procedure for predicting the future congestion situation which is the congestion situation of one or more future parking lots corresponding to each of the parking lot combinations.

The selection parking lot determination procedure S170a is one future parking lot based on the future congestion situation from the one or more future parking lots predicted corresponding to the running vehicle for each of the plurality of running vehicles. Is the procedure for determining as the selected parking lot.

In the selective parking lot determination procedure S170a, it is expected that the congestion situation will be less in the future from among the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the running vehicle for each of the plurality of running vehicles. It may be a procedure for determining one future parking lot as an optional parking lot.

The selective parking lot determination procedure S170a may be composed of the future evaluation function value calculation procedure S171, the future parking lot selection procedure, and S173a.
The future evaluation function value calculation procedure S171 is a value of the evaluation function for each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations, using the future congestion status of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination as a variable. It is a procedure to calculate the future evaluation function value.
In the future parking lot selection procedure S173a, the future evaluation function value closest to the target value is calculated from among the single or multiple future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion. This is a procedure for selecting one future parking lot to be combined with a vehicle as a selective parking lot in a vehicle / parking lot combination.

The selective parking lot transmission procedure S175 is a procedure for transmitting information corresponding to the selective parking lot determined corresponding to the vehicle to the vehicle for each of the plurality of traveling vehicles.
The information corresponding to the selected parking lot may be information that can identify the selected parking lot.

When the management server software causes the management server 100 to execute the above procedure, the vehicle-mounted / external device 200 executes the current location / destination transmission procedure S225 and the selected parking lot information reception procedure S275.
The current location / destination transmission procedure S225 is a procedure for transmitting the current location and the destination to the management server 100.
The selected parking lot information receiving procedure S275 is a step of receiving information corresponding to the selected parking lot from the management server 100.

Next, the software for the management server according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The software for a management server according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention is software for determining a parking lot in which a plurality of vehicles traveling from a current location to a destination are parked in each.
The management server software is software installed on the management server 100.
The management server 100 can communicate with a moving vehicle.
The management server 100 can communicate with a plurality of moving vehicles.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a parking lot determination method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

The software for the management server according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention is congested with the management server 100, the short-distance setting procedure S110, the current location / destination reception procedure S125, the future travel route prediction procedure S130, and the future parking lot prediction procedure S140. It is software that realizes the status reception procedure S150, the future congestion status prediction procedure S160, and the future congestion status information transmission procedure S170b.
The current location / destination reception procedure S125, future travel route prediction procedure S130, future parking lot prediction procedure S140, congestion status reception procedure S150, future congestion status prediction procedure S160, and future congestion status information transmission procedure S170b are sent to the management server in this order. It may be realized.
The current location / destination reception procedure S125, future travel route prediction procedure S130, future parking lot prediction procedure S140, congestion status reception procedure S150, future congestion status prediction procedure S160, and future congestion status information transmission procedure S170b are sent to the management server in this order. It may be realized repeatedly.

The software for the management server according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention provides the management server 100 with a short-distance setting procedure S110, an evaluation function setting procedure S120, a current location / destination reception procedure S125, a future travel route prediction procedure S130, and a future station. The software may be software that realizes the parking lot prediction procedure S140, the congestion status reception procedure S150, the future congestion status prediction procedure S160, and the future congestion status information transmission procedure S170b.
The current location / destination reception procedure S125, future travel route prediction procedure S130, future parking lot prediction procedure S140, congestion status reception procedure S150, future congestion status prediction procedure S160, and future congestion status information transmission procedure S170b are provided to the management server 100. It may be executed in order.
The current location / destination reception procedure S125, future travel route prediction procedure S130, future parking lot prediction procedure S140, congestion status reception procedure S150, future congestion status prediction procedure S160, and future congestion status information transmission procedure S170b are provided to the management server 100. It may be executed repeatedly in order.

The configuration of the short-distance setting procedure S110, the evaluation function setting procedure S120, the current location / destination reception procedure S125, the future travel route prediction procedure S130, the future parking lot prediction procedure S140, the congestion status reception procedure S150, and the future congestion status prediction procedure S160 are as follows. Since it is the same as that of the third embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted.

The future congestion status information transmission procedure 170b is a procedure for transmitting information corresponding to the future congestion status of one or more future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle to the vehicle for each of the plurality of vehicles running. ..

The future congestion status information transmission procedure 170b may be composed of the future evaluation function value calculation procedure S171 and the future evaluation function value transmission procedure S172.
The future evaluation function value calculation procedure S171 is a value of the evaluation function for each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations, using the future congestion status of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination as a variable. It is a procedure to calculate the future evaluation function value.
The future evaluation function value transmission procedure S172 is a procedure for transmitting the future evaluation function value calculated corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination to the vehicle as information corresponding to the previous term future congestion situation for each of the plurality of running vehicles. Is.

The in-vehicle / external device according to the fourth embodiment is software in which the in-vehicle / external device 200 realizes the future congestion status information receiving procedure S270 and the selected parking lot determination procedure S280 in the in-vehicle / external device.
Corresponding to the management server 100 executing the above-mentioned procedure, the in-vehicle / external device 200 realizes the future congestion status information receiving procedure S270 and the selected parking lot determination procedure S280.
The future congestion status information receiving procedure S270 is a procedure for receiving information corresponding to the future congestion status of one or a plurality of future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle.
The future congestion status information receiving procedure S270 may be configured by the future evaluation function value receiving step S272.
The future evaluation function value receiving step S272 is a procedure for receiving the future evaluation function value calculated corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination as information corresponding to the previous term future congestion situation.
The selective parking lot determination procedure S280 determines one future parking lot, which is expected to be less congested in the future, as the selective parking lot from among the single or multiple future parking lots predicted according to the moving vehicle. It is a procedure.
The selective parking lot determination procedure S280 is combined with the vehicle in the vehicle / parking lot combination in which the future evaluation function value closest to the target value is calculated from the single or multiple future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle. It may be a procedure of selecting and deciding one future parking lot as a selective parking lot.

Next, the software for in-vehicle / external devices according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The software for an in-vehicle / external device according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention is software for determining a parking lot in which a vehicle traveling from a current location to a destination parks.
The software for in-vehicle / external devices is software installed in a computer mounted on a vehicle.
The vehicle-mounted / external device 200 can communicate with the management server.
The vehicle-mounted / external device 200 mounted on the plurality of vehicles can each communicate with the management server.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the management server software according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

The software for the management server according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention includes the short-distance setting procedure S210, the future travel route prediction procedure S230, the future parking lot prediction procedure S240, and the future parking lot transmission procedure S245 on the in-vehicle / external device 200. This is software that realizes the selected parking lot information receiving procedure S275.
The short-distance setting procedure S210, the future travel route prediction procedure S230, the future parking lot prediction procedure S240, the future parking lot transmission procedure S245, and the selected parking lot information reception procedure S275 are executed in this order.
The short-distance setting procedure S210, the future travel route prediction procedure S230, the future parking lot prediction procedure S240, the future parking lot transmission procedure S245, and the selected parking lot information reception procedure S275 may be repeatedly executed in this order.

The short-distance setting procedure S210 is a procedure for setting a short-distance distance in advance.
The close range corresponds to the maximum allowable distance from the parking lot to the destination in the future, which will be described later.
The proximity distance may be a path distance measured along the path.
The close range may be a straight line distance on the map.

The evaluation function setting procedure S120 is a procedure for setting the evaluation function and the specific value in advance.
The evaluation function is a function whose value changes according to the degree of congestion of a plurality of parking lots.
The congestion status is a degree indicating the congestion status of the parking lot.
The target value is the target value among the values of the evaluation function.

The congestion status may be the degree of congestion, which is the ratio of the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot to the number of parking spaces.
The congestion situation may be the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot.

The evaluation function may be a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value as the degree of congestion of a plurality of parking lots becomes uniform.
The evaluation function may be a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value as the number of seated parking spaces in a plurality of parking lots becomes equal.

The future travel route prediction procedure S230 is a procedure for predicting a single or a plurality of future travel routes, which are future travel routes from the current location to the destination.
The future travel route prediction procedure S230 is a procedure for predicting a single or a plurality of future travel routes, which are rational future travel routes from the current location to the destination.
"Reasonable" means "without making unnecessary detours".

The future parking lot prediction procedure S240 is a procedure for predicting a single or multiple future parking lots which are parking lots whose distance to the destination is closer than the close distance and can be accessed from one or more predicted travel routes. be.
For example, when the vehicle 1 is traveling from the current location to the destination, the parking lot 1, the parking lot 2, and the parking lot 8 are estimated as parking lots in the future.

The future parking lot transmission procedure S245 is a procedure for transmitting information corresponding to the predicted future parking lot to the management server 100.

The selected parking lot information receiving procedure S275 is a procedure for receiving information corresponding to the selected parking lot for the vehicle from the management server 100.

The software for the management server according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention provides the management server with the evaluation function setting procedure S120, the future parking lot reception procedure S145, the congestion status reception procedure S150, the future congestion status prediction procedure S160, and the selected parking lot. The determination procedure S170 and the selective parking lot transmission procedure S175 are realized.
In response to the in-vehicle / external device 200 realizing the above-mentioned procedure, the management server 100 selectively resides in the evaluation function setting procedure S120, the future parking lot reception procedure S145, the congestion status reception procedure S150, and the future congestion status prediction procedure S160. The vehicle location determination procedure S170a and the selected parking lot transmission procedure S175 are realized.

The future parking lot reception procedure S145 is a procedure for receiving information corresponding to the future parking lot predicted corresponding to the vehicle for each of the plurality of running vehicles.
Evaluation function setting procedure S120 and future parking lot reception procedure S145 and congestion status reception procedure S150 and future congestion status prediction procedure S160 and selection parking lot determination procedure S170a and selection parking lot transmission procedure S175 are management servers according to the third embodiment. Since it is the same as that of the software for, the explanation is omitted.

Next, the software for in-vehicle / external devices according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The software for an in-vehicle / external device according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention is software for determining a parking lot in which a vehicle traveling from a current location to a destination is parked.
The software for in-vehicle / external devices is software installed in a computer mounted on a vehicle.
The vehicle-mounted / external device 200 can communicate with the management server.
The vehicle-mounted / external device 200 mounted on the plurality of vehicles can each communicate with the management server.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the software for the management server according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

The software for an in-vehicle / external device according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention provides the in-vehicle / external device 200 with a short-distance setting procedure S210, a future travel route prediction procedure S230, a future parking lot prediction procedure S240, and a future parking lot transmission procedure. It is software that realizes S245, the future congestion status information receiving procedure S270, and the selected parking lot determination procedure S280.
The future travel route prediction procedure S230, the future parking lot prediction procedure S240, the future parking lot transmission procedure S245, the future congestion status information reception procedure S270, and the selected parking lot determination procedure S280 are executed in this order.
The future travel route prediction procedure S230, the future parking lot prediction procedure S240, the future parking lot transmission procedure S245, the future congestion status information reception procedure S270, and the selected parking lot determination procedure S280 may be repeatedly executed in this order.

Since the configuration of the short-distance setting procedure S210, the future travel route prediction procedure S230, the future parking lot prediction procedure S240, and the future parking lot transmission procedure S245 is the same as that of the in-vehicle / external device software according to the fifth embodiment. The explanation is omitted.

The future congestion status information receiving procedure S270 is a procedure for receiving information corresponding to each future congestion status of one or a plurality of future parking lots predicted for the vehicle from the management server.

The future congestion status information receiving procedure S270 may be configured by the future evaluation function value receiving procedure S272.
The future evaluation function value receiving procedure S272 receives the future evaluation function value calculated corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination from the management server as information corresponding to the future congestion situation.

The selective parking lot determination procedure S280 is one of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted for the vehicle based on the information corresponding to each future congestion situation of the received single or multiple future parking lots. This is the procedure for determining a parking lot as an optional parking lot in the future.

In the selective parking lot determination procedure S280, it is expected that the congestion situation will be loose in the future from among the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the running vehicle for each of the plurality of running vehicles. It may be a procedure for determining one future parking lot as an optional parking lot.

The software for the management server according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention provides the management server with the evaluation function setting procedure S220, the future parking lot reception procedure S145, the congestion status reception procedure S150, the future congestion status prediction procedure S160, and the future congestion status. The information transmission procedure S170b is realized.
Corresponding to the in-vehicle / external device 200 realizing the above-mentioned procedure, the management server 100 performs the evaluation function setting procedure S220, the future parking lot reception procedure S145, the congestion status reception procedure S150, the future congestion status prediction procedure S160, and the future congestion. The status information transmission procedure S170b is realized.

Since the evaluation function setting procedure S220, the future parking lot reception procedure S145, the congestion status reception procedure S150, and the future congestion status prediction procedure S160 are the same as those of the management server software according to the fifth embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted.

The future congestion status information transmission procedure S170b is a procedure for transmitting information corresponding to the future congestion status to the vehicle-mounted / external device.

The future congestion status information transmission procedure S170b may be a procedure for transmitting the future evaluation function value calculated corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination as information corresponding to the future congestion status.
The future congestion status information transmission procedure S170b is composed of a future evaluation function value calculation procedure S171 and a future evaluation function value transmission procedure S172.
The future evaluation function value calculation procedure S171 is a value of the evaluation function for each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations, with the future congestion status of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination as a variable. It is a procedure to calculate the future evaluation function value.
The future evaluation function value transmission procedure S172 transmits the future evaluation function value calculated corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination to the in-vehicle / external device as information corresponding to the future congestion situation.

Next, the software for in-vehicle / external devices according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The software for an in-vehicle / external device according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention is software for determining a parking lot in which a vehicle traveling from a current location to a destination is parked.
The software for in-vehicle / external devices is software installed in a computer mounted on a vehicle.
The vehicle-mounted / external device 200 can communicate with the management server.
The vehicle-mounted / external device 200 mounted on the plurality of vehicles can each communicate with the management server.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the software for the management server according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention.

The software for the management server according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention includes the short-distance setting procedure S210, the future travel route prediction procedure S230, the future parking lot prediction procedure S240, and the future parking lot transmission procedure S245 on the in-vehicle / external device 200. It is software that realizes the future congestion status information procedure S270 and the selected parking lot determination procedure S280.
The future travel route prediction procedure S230, the future parking lot prediction procedure S240, the future parking lot transmission procedure S245, the future congestion status information procedure S270, and the selected parking lot determination procedure S280 are executed in this order.
The future travel route prediction procedure S230, the future parking lot prediction procedure S240, the future parking lot transmission procedure S245, the future congestion status information reception procedure S270, and the selected parking lot determination procedure S280 may be repeatedly executed in this order.

The configuration of the future travel route prediction procedure S230, the future parking lot prediction procedure S240, the future parking lot transmission procedure S245, and the future congestion status information reception procedure S270 is the configuration of the software for an in-vehicle / external device according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention. Since it is the same as the one, the explanation is omitted.

The selection parking lot determination procedure S280 shows the received information corresponding to the future congestion situation to the user of the vehicle, and is based on the future congestion situation from the one or more future parking lots predicted corresponding to the running vehicle. It is a procedure to decide one future parking lot as a selective parking lot.

The selected parking lot determination procedure S280 indicates the future evaluation function value received by the user of the vehicle and predicts the future of one or more future parking lots corresponding to the vehicle based on the future evaluation function value. The parking lot may be selected as the selected parking lot.

The software for the management server according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention provides the management server with the evaluation function setting procedure S220, the future parking lot reception procedure S145, the congestion status reception procedure S150, the future congestion status prediction procedure S160, and the future congestion status. The information transmission procedure S170b is realized.
Corresponding to the in-vehicle / external device 200 realizing the above-mentioned procedure, the management server 100 performs the evaluation function setting procedure S220, the future parking lot reception procedure S145, the congestion status reception procedure S150, the future congestion status prediction procedure S160, and the future congestion. The status information transmission procedure S170b is realized.

The configuration of the evaluation function setting procedure S220, the future parking lot reception procedure S145, the congestion status reception procedure S150, the future congestion status prediction procedure S160, and the future congestion status information transmission procedure S170b is the in-vehicle / external according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention. Since it is the same as that of the device software, the description is omitted.

Hereinafter, the operation of the parking lot determination method, the management server software, and the in-vehicle / external device software according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 9 is an operation explanatory diagram 1 of the parking lot determination method according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is an operation explanatory diagram 2 of the parking lot determination method according to the embodiment of the present invention.

For convenience of explanation, the explanation will be focused on four vehicles traveling toward the same destination. FIG. 9 shows the existence of 12 parking lots that exist at positions where the distance to the destination is closer than the set close distance.
FIG. 10A shows a vehicle 1, a vehicle 2, a vehicle 3, and a vehicle 4 traveling toward a destination when the parking lot determination method of the present invention is not used.
The user is trying to park in the parking lot 1 closest to the destination.
In FIG. 10B, the vehicle 1, the vehicle 2, the vehicle 3, and the vehicle 4 are traveling toward the destination by using the parking lot determination method of the present invention.
As a result of using the parking lot determination method of the present invention, the vehicle 1 tries to park in the parking lot 2, the vehicle 1 tries to park in the parking lot 7, the vehicle 3 tries to park in the parking lot 3, and the vehicle 4 parks. Trying to park in parking lot 4.
For example, parking lot 1 was excluded from the parking lot candidates due to the severe future congestion.
By continuously using the parking lot determination method of the present invention, the software for the management server, and the software for the in-vehicle / external device, the use of a plurality of parking lots can be dispersed and the plurality of parking lots can be used efficiently. Congestion when entering the parking lot will be eased.

As described above, the parking lot operation method and the parking system according to the present invention have the following effects depending on the configuration.
For each of the plurality of vehicles 5 in motion, predict one or more future travel routes from the current location of the vehicle 5 to the destination, and one or more accessible from one or more future travel routes close to the destination. Predicting the future parking lot of, predicting the future congestion situation of one or more future parking lots from the current congestion situation, and deciding the selected parking lot based on the future congestion situation, so toward the destination You can decide which parking lot near your destination while driving, taking into account future congestion.
In addition, for each of the plurality of vehicles 5 that are running, one future parking lot that is expected to be less congested in the future is determined as the selected parking lot, so that the purpose is while driving toward the destination. Parking lots near the ground can be decided to reduce future congestion.
Further, assuming that a plurality of vehicles 5 running under the initial condition of each one or a plurality of current congestion conditions included in the future parking lot group are parked in each of the plurality of future parking lots, the vehicle 5 and the future parking lot The future evaluation function value corresponding to the future parking lot is calculated according to the combination, and one future parking lot to be combined with the vehicle 5 is selected and parked from the future parking lots according to the future evaluation function value close to the target value. Since we have selected it as a parking lot, we can decide to reduce the congestion situation in the future by choosing a parking lot near the destination while driving toward the destination.

For each of the plurality of vehicles 5 in motion, predict one or more future travel routes from the current location of the vehicle 5 to the destination, and one or more accessible from one or more future travel routes close to the destination. We predicted the future parking lots, predicted the future congestion situation of one or more future parking lots from the current congestion situation, and decided the selected parking lot based on the future congestion situation.
While driving toward the destination, the parking lot near the destination can be determined in consideration of future congestion.
In addition, for each of the plurality of vehicles 5 that are running, the user is made to decide one future parking lot that is expected to be less crowded in the future as the selected parking lot, so that the user is running toward the destination. Parking lots near the destination can be decided to reduce future congestion.
Further, assuming that a plurality of vehicles 5 running under the initial condition of each one or a plurality of current congestion conditions included in the future parking lot group are parked in each of the plurality of future parking lots, the vehicle 5 and the future parking lot The future evaluation function value corresponding to the future parking lot is calculated according to the combination, and the calculated future evaluation function value is shown to the user of the vehicle 5 for each of the running vehicles 5 based on the future evaluation function value. Since one future parking lot is decided as the selective parking lot, the parking lot near the destination can be decided in consideration of the future congestion situation while driving toward the destination.
In addition, the evaluation function is a function in which the value approaches a specific value as the degree of congestion, which is the ratio of the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot to the total number of parking spaces, is eased, so the vehicle travels toward the destination. Parking lots near the destination can be determined in consideration of future congestion.
In addition, the evaluation function is a function in which the value approaches a specific value as the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot decreases, so the parking lot near the destination while driving toward the destination will be used in the future. It can be decided by considering the number of seated parking spaces.

The management server 100 predicts a single or a plurality of future travel routes from the current location of the vehicle 5 to the destination received from the vehicle 5 for each of the plurality of vehicles 5 in motion, and the management server 100 predicts a single or a plurality of future travel routes close to the destination. Predict one or more future parking lots that can be accessed from the future route, predict one or more future congestion situations corresponding to one or more future parking lots, and select and park based on the predicted future congestion situation. Since the parking lot is determined and transmitted to the vehicle 5, it is possible to determine the parking lot near the destination while traveling toward the destination in consideration of the future congestion situation.
In addition, the management sir decides one future parking lot, which is expected to be less congested in the future, as the selected parking lot for each of the plurality of vehicles 5 running, so that the vehicle travels toward the destination. Parking lots near the destination can be decided to reduce future congestion.
Further, it is assumed that the management server 100 is running a plurality of vehicles 5 in each of a plurality of future parking lots under the initial condition of each one or a plurality of current congestion conditions included in the future parking lot group. And the future evaluation function value corresponding to the future parking lot is calculated corresponding to the combination of the future parking lot, and one future to be combined with the vehicle 5 corresponding to the future evaluation function value close to the target value from the future parking lot. Since the parking lot is selected as the selective parking lot, it is possible to determine the parking lot near the destination while driving toward the destination in consideration of the future congestion situation.

The management server 100 predicts a single or a plurality of future travel routes from the current location of the vehicle 5 to the destination received from the vehicle 5 for each of the plurality of traveling vehicles 5, and the management server 100 predicts a single or a plurality of future travel routes close to the destination. Predict one or more future parking lots that can be accessed from the future travel route, predict future congestion situation corresponding to one or more future parking lots with each current congestion situation as the initial condition, and predict future congestion situation Since the corresponding information is transmitted to the vehicle 5, the parking lot near the destination can be determined in consideration of the future congestion situation while the vehicle 5 is traveling toward the destination.
Further, it is assumed that the management server 100 is running a plurality of vehicles 5 in each of a plurality of future parking lots under the initial condition of each one or a plurality of current congestion conditions included in the future parking lot group. The future evaluation function value corresponding to the future parking lot is calculated according to the combination of the parking lot and the future parking lot, and the future evaluation function value calculated for each of the running vehicles 5 is transmitted to the vehicle 5. While the vehicle 5 is traveling toward the destination, the parking lot near the destination can be determined in consideration of the future congestion situation.
In addition, the evaluation function is a function in which the value approaches a specific value as the degree of congestion, which is the ratio of the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot to the total number of parking spaces, is eased, so the vehicle travels toward the destination. Parking lots near the destination can be determined in consideration of future congestion.
In addition, the evaluation function is a function in which the value approaches a specific value as the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot decreases, so the parking lot near the destination while driving toward the destination will be used in the future. It can be decided by considering the number of seated parking spaces.

The vehicle-mounted / external device 200 predicts a single or multiple future travel routes from the current location of the vehicle 5 to the destination, and provides a single or multiple future parking lots that are close to the destination and accessible from the single or multiple future travel routes. It is predicted and transmitted to the management server 100, and the management server 100 determines an accessible selective parking lot near the destination based on the future congestion situation predicted for one or more future parking lots, and the selective parking lot is selected. Since the selected parking lot is determined based on the congestion situation in the future and the in-vehicle / external device 200 receives the determined selected parking lot, each of the single or multiple vehicles 5 travels toward the destination. Parking lots near the destination can be decided in consideration of future congestion.
Further, it is assumed that the vehicle-mounted / external device 200 is running with the current congestion status of each one or a plurality included in the future parking lot group as an initial condition, and a plurality of vehicles 5 are parked in each of the plurality of future parking lots. Predict the future congestion situation corresponding to the future parking lot corresponding to the combination of the vehicle 5 and the future parking lot, and select one future parking lot from the future parking lots where the future congestion situation is expected to be loose. Therefore, it is possible to decide to reduce the congestion situation in the future by choosing a parking lot near the destination while driving toward the destination.
Further, it is assumed that the management server 100 is running a plurality of vehicles 5 in each of a plurality of future parking lots under the initial condition of each one or a plurality of current congestion conditions included in the future parking lot group. And the future evaluation function value corresponding to the future parking lot is calculated corresponding to the combination of the future parking lot, and one future to be combined with the vehicle 5 corresponding to the future evaluation function value close to the target value from the future parking lot. Since the parking lot is selected as the selective parking lot, it is possible to determine the parking lot near the destination while driving toward the destination so as to reduce the congestion situation in the future.

The vehicle-mounted / external device 200 predicts a single or multiple future travel routes from the current location of the vehicle 5 to the destination for each of the plurality of vehicles 5 in motion, and the single or multiple future travel routes close to the destination. Predicting one or more future parking lots accessible from and sending them to the management server 100, and the management server 100 predicting one or more future congestion situations corresponding to one or more future parking lots and in-vehicle / It is transmitted to the external device 200 so that the in-vehicle / external device 200 determines the selected parking lot based on the expected future congestion of the accessible parking lot near the destination, so that the vehicle travels toward the destination. The parking lot near the destination can be decided in consideration of the future congestion situation.
In addition, since the in-vehicle / external device 200 decides one future parking lot that is expected to be less congested in the future as the selected parking lot, it is parked near the destination while traveling toward the destination. The parking lot can be decided to reduce future congestion.
Further, the evaluation function is a function in which the value changes so as to approach a specific value as the congestion status of the parking lot is eased, and the management server 100 has the current congestion status of each one or a plurality of parking lots included in the parking lot group in the future. Assuming that a plurality of vehicles 5 are parked in each of a plurality of future parking lots under the initial condition, the future evaluation function value corresponding to the future parking lot is calculated corresponding to the combination of the vehicle 5 and the future parking lot. Since it is transmitted to the in-vehicle / external device 200 and the in-vehicle / external device 200 determines one future parking lot to be combined with the vehicle 5 as the selected parking lot based on the future evaluation function value, the vehicle travels toward the destination. Parking lots near the destination can be determined in consideration of future congestion.

For each of the plurality of vehicles 5 in which the vehicle-mounted / external device 200 is traveling, one or a plurality of future travel routes from the current location of the vehicle 5 to the destination are predicted, and from a single or a plurality of future travel routes close to the destination. Predicting an accessible single or multiple future parking lots and transmitting to the management server 100, the management server 100 predicts the future congestion situation corresponding to the single or multiple future parking lots and sends it to the in-vehicle / external device 200. Since the transmission is performed and the in-vehicle / external device 200 is shown to the user of the vehicle 5 to determine one future parking lot as the selected parking lot based on the future congestion situation, the purpose is while traveling toward the destination. Parking lots near the ground can be determined in consideration of future congestion.
Further, it is assumed that the management server 100 is running a plurality of vehicles 5 in each of a plurality of future parking lots under the initial condition of each one or a plurality of current congestion conditions included in the future parking lot group. The future evaluation function value corresponding to the future parking lot is calculated according to the combination of the parking lot and the future parking lot, and the future evaluation function value is shown to the user to the vehicle 5 so that one future parking lot is selected as the selected parking lot. Therefore, it is possible to determine the parking lot near the destination while driving toward the destination in consideration of the future congestion situation.
In addition, the evaluation function is a function in which the value approaches the target value as the congestion degree of each of the multiple parking lots becomes equal, so that the parking lot near the destination is selected while driving toward the destination. It can be decided in consideration of the degree of congestion in the future.
In addition, the evaluation function is a function in which the value approaches the target value when the number of empty parking spaces in each of the multiple parking lots becomes equal, so that the parking lot is located near the destination while driving toward the destination. The parking lot can be determined in consideration of the number of empty parking spaces in the future.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the invention.

5 Vehicle 6 User 100 Management server 200 In-vehicle / external device 300 Parking lot S10 Short-distance setting process S20 Evaluation function setting process S30 Future driving route prediction process S40 Future parking lot prediction process S50 Congestion status reception process S60 Future congestion status prediction process S70 selection Parking lot decision process
S71 Future evaluation function value calculation process S73a Future parking selection process S73b Future parking selection process S110 Short-distance setting procedure S120 Evaluation function setting procedure S125 Current location / destination reception procedure S130 Future travel route prediction procedure S140 Future parking prediction procedure S145 Future Parking lot reception procedure S150 Congestion status reception procedure S160 Future congestion status prediction procedure S170a Selective parking lot determination procedure S170b Future congestion status information transmission procedure S171 Future evaluation function value calculation procedure S172 Future evaluation function value transmission procedure S173 Future parking lot selection procedure S173a Future Parking lot selection procedure S175 Selective parking lot transmission procedure S210 Short-distance setting procedure S220 Evaluation function setting procedure S230 Future travel route prediction procedure S240 Future parking lot prediction procedure S245 Future parking lot transmission procedure S270 Future congestion status information reception procedure S272 Future evaluation function value Reception procedure S275 Selected parking lot information reception procedure
S280 Selective parking lot determination procedure

Patent No. 4016108 Patent No. 4238355

Claims (13)

It is a parking lot determination method that selects a parking lot for each of multiple vehicles traveling from the current location to the destination.
By a management server capable of communicating with the moving vehicle or an in-vehicle / external device mounted on the running vehicle
The proximity distance setting process that sets the proximity distance in advance and
A future travel route prediction process that predicts a single or multiple future travel routes, which are future travel routes from the current location to the destination, for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion corresponding to the vehicle.
A parking lot in which the distance to the destination is closer to the destination for each of the plurality of traveling vehicles and is accessible from the single or multiple future travel routes predicted corresponding to the vehicle. A future parking lot prediction process that predicts one or more future parking lots corresponding to the vehicle, and
The current congestion status of the future parking lot is displayed in real time for each of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group which is the one or more future parking lots predicted corresponding to the plurality of vehicles in motion. Congestion status to receive Receiving process and
For each of the one or more future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles running was predicted corresponding to the vehicle with the current congestion situation of the future parking lot as an initial condition. A future congestion situation prediction step for predicting a future congestion situation, which is a congestion situation of one or more of the future parking lots when it is assumed to park in the future parking lot of one of the one or more future parking lots.
One of the future parking lots selected from the one or more future parking lots predicted corresponding to the running vehicle for each of the plurality of running vehicles based on the future congestion situation. The selection parking lot decision process to decide and
An evaluation function setting process that sets an evaluation function, which is a function whose value changes in advance using the congestion status of a plurality of parking lots as a variable, and a target value, which is a target value among the values of the evaluation function, and an evaluation function setting process.
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The future congestion status prediction process
For each of the one or more future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles running was predicted corresponding to the vehicle with the current congestion situation of the future parking lot as an initial condition. A plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations that are a combination of the vehicle and one of the future parking lots in which the vehicle is parked, assuming that the vehicle is parked in the future parking lot of one or more of the future parking lots. Predict the future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of one or more parking lots in the future corresponding to each.
The selection parking lot determination process is
A future evaluation function that is a value of the evaluation function with the future congestion status of the single or a plurality of the future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of the plurality of the vehicle / parking lot combinations as a variable. Future evaluation function to calculate the value Value calculation process and
The vehicle / parking lot combination for which the future evaluation function value closest to the target value is calculated from the single or multiple future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion. In the future parking lot selection step of selecting one future parking lot to be combined with the vehicle as the selective parking lot in
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A parking lot determination method characterized by that. It is a parking lot determination method that selects a parking lot for each of multiple vehicles traveling from the current location to the destination.
By a management server capable of communicating with the moving vehicle or an in-vehicle / external device mounted on the running vehicle
The proximity distance setting process that sets the proximity distance in advance and
A future travel route prediction process that predicts a single or multiple future travel routes, which are future travel routes from the current location to the destination, for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion corresponding to the vehicle.
A parking lot in which the distance to the destination is closer to the destination for each of the plurality of traveling vehicles and is accessible from the single or multiple future travel routes predicted corresponding to the vehicle. A future parking lot prediction process that predicts one or more future parking lots corresponding to the vehicle, and
The current congestion status of the future parking lot is displayed in real time for each of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group which is the one or more future parking lots predicted corresponding to the plurality of vehicles in motion. Congestion status to receive Receiving process and
For each of the one or more future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles running was predicted corresponding to the vehicle with the current congestion situation of the future parking lot as an initial condition. A future congestion situation prediction step for predicting a future congestion situation, which is a congestion situation of one or more of the future parking lots when it is assumed to park in the future parking lot of one of the one or more future parking lots.
The future congestion is shown to the user of the vehicle for each of the plurality of running vehicles, and the future congestion is predicted from the one or more future parking lots predicted corresponding to the running vehicle. The selection parking lot determination process that determines one future parking lot as the selection parking lot based on the situation,
An evaluation function setting process that sets an evaluation function, which is a function whose value changes in advance using the congestion status of a plurality of parking lots as a variable, and a target value, which is a target value among the values of the evaluation function, and an evaluation function setting process.
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The future congestion status prediction process
For each of the one or more future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles running was predicted corresponding to the vehicle with the current congestion situation of the future parking lot as an initial condition. A plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations that are a combination of the vehicle and one future parking lot in which the vehicle is parked, assuming that the vehicle is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more future parking lots. Predict the future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of one or more parking lots in the future corresponding to each of the above.
The selection parking lot determination process is
A future evaluation function that is a value of the evaluation function with the future congestion status of the single or a plurality of the future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of the plurality of the vehicle / parking lot combinations as a variable. Future evaluation function to calculate the value Value calculation process and
For each of the plurality of vehicles in motion, the future evaluation function value calculated for the user of the vehicle is shown, and the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle based on the future evaluation function value. The future parking lot selection process that causes the future parking lot to be selected as the selected parking lot in one of the parking lots,
Have,
A parking lot determination method characterized by that. The congestion status is the degree of congestion, which is the ratio of the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot to the number of parking spaces.
The evaluation function is a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value as the degree of congestion of a plurality of parking lots becomes uniform.
The parking lot determination method according to claim 1 or claim 2 , wherein the parking lot is determined. The congestion situation is the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot.
The evaluation function is a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value as the number of seated parking spaces in a plurality of parking lots becomes equal.
The parking lot determination method according to claim 1 or claim 2 , wherein the parking lot is determined. Software for management servers that determines the parking lot in which multiple vehicles traveling from the current location to the destination park in each.
To the management server that can communicate with the moving vehicle,
The proximity distance setting procedure to set the proximity distance in advance and the proximity distance setting procedure
The current location / destination reception procedure for receiving the current location and destination from each of the plurality of traveling vehicles, and the procedure for receiving the current location / destination.
A future travel route prediction procedure for predicting a single or multiple future travel routes corresponding to the vehicle, which is a future travel route from the current location to the destination for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion.
A parking lot in which the distance to the destination is closer to the destination for each of the plurality of traveling vehicles and is accessible from the single or multiple future travel routes predicted corresponding to the vehicle. Future parking lot prediction procedure for predicting one or more future parking lots corresponding to the vehicle, and
The current congestion status of the future parking lot is displayed in real time for each of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group which is the one or more future parking lots predicted corresponding to the plurality of vehicles in motion. Congestion status to receive Receiving procedure and
For each of the one or more future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles running was predicted corresponding to the vehicle with the current congestion situation of the future parking lot as an initial condition. A future congestion situation prediction procedure for predicting a future congestion situation, which is a congestion situation of a single or a plurality of the future parking lots when it is assumed that the parking lot is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more future parking lots.
One of the future parking lots selected from the single or multiple future parking lots predicted corresponding to the running vehicle for each of the plurality of running vehicles based on the future congestion situation. Select parking lot decision procedure to decide and
A selective parking lot information transmission procedure for transmitting information corresponding to the selected parking lot determined corresponding to the vehicle to the vehicle for each of a plurality of traveling vehicles, and a procedure for transmitting information corresponding to the selected parking lot.
An evaluation function setting procedure for setting an evaluation function, which is a function whose value changes in advance using the congestion status of a plurality of parking lots as a variable, and a target value, which is a target value among the values of the evaluation function, and an evaluation function setting procedure.
To execute,
The procedure for predicting future congestion is
The future parking lot for each of the one or more future parking lots included in the future parking lot group.
Assuming that each of the plurality of vehicles running is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more of the future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle, with the current congestion situation of the above as the initial condition. Predict future congestion, which is the congestion status of one or more future parking lots, corresponding to each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations that are a combination of the vehicle and one future parking lot in which the vehicle is parked. death,
The procedure for determining the selected parking lot is as follows.
A future evaluation function that is a value of the evaluation function with the future congestion status of the single or a plurality of the future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of the plurality of the vehicle / parking lot combinations as a variable. Future evaluation function to calculate the value Value calculation procedure and
The vehicle / parking lot combination for which the future evaluation function value closest to the target value is calculated from the single or multiple future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion. The future parking lot selection procedure for selecting one future parking lot to be combined with the vehicle as the selective parking lot in the vehicle.
Software for management servers that is characterized by this. Software for management servers that determines the parking lot in which multiple vehicles traveling from the current location to the destination park in each.
To the management server that can communicate with the moving vehicle,
The proximity distance setting procedure to set the proximity distance in advance and the proximity distance setting procedure
The current location / destination reception procedure for receiving the current location and destination from each of the plurality of traveling vehicles, and the procedure for receiving the current location / destination.
A future travel route prediction procedure for predicting a single or multiple future travel routes corresponding to the vehicle, which is a future travel route from the current location to the destination for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion.
A parking lot in which the distance to the destination is closer to the destination for each of the plurality of traveling vehicles and is accessible from the single or multiple future travel routes predicted corresponding to the vehicle. Future parking lot prediction procedure for predicting one or more future parking lots corresponding to the vehicle, and
The current congestion status of the future parking lot is displayed in real time for each of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group which is the one or more future parking lots predicted corresponding to the plurality of vehicles in motion. Congestion status to receive Receiving procedure and
For each of the one or more future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles running was predicted corresponding to the vehicle with the current congestion situation of the future parking lot as an initial condition. A future congestion situation prediction procedure for predicting a future congestion situation, which is a congestion situation of a single or a plurality of the future parking lots when it is assumed that the parking lot is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more future parking lots.
A future congestion status information transmission procedure for transmitting information corresponding to the future congestion status of the one or more future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle for each of the plurality of traveling vehicles to the vehicle, and a procedure for transmitting the future congestion status information.
An evaluation function setting procedure for setting an evaluation function, which is a function whose value changes in advance using the congestion status of a plurality of parking lots as a variable, and a target value, which is a target value among the values of the evaluation function, and an evaluation function setting procedure.
To execute,
The procedure for predicting future congestion is
For each of the one or more future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles running was predicted corresponding to the vehicle with the current congestion situation of the future parking lot as an initial condition. A plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations that are a combination of the vehicle and one future parking lot in which the vehicle is parked, assuming that the vehicle is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more future parking lots. Predict the future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of one or more parking lots in the future corresponding to each of the above.
The procedure for sending future congestion status information is
A future evaluation function that is a value of the evaluation function with the future congestion status of the single or a plurality of the future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of the plurality of the vehicle / parking lot combinations as a variable. Future evaluation function to calculate the value Value calculation procedure and
It has a future evaluation function value transmission procedure for transmitting the future evaluation function value calculated corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination to the vehicle as information corresponding to the previous term future congestion situation for each of a plurality of running vehicles. ,
Software for management servers that is characterized by this. The congestion status is the degree of congestion, which is the ratio of the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot to the number of parking spaces.
The evaluation function is a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value as the degree of congestion of a plurality of parking lots becomes uniform.
The software for a management server according to claim 6 . The congestion situation is the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot.
The evaluation function is a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value as the number of seated parking spaces in a plurality of parking lots becomes equal.
The software for a management server according to claim 6 . Software for in-vehicle / external devices that determines the parking lot where vehicles traveling from the current location to the destination are parked.
For in-vehicle / external devices that are installed in moving vehicles and can communicate with the management server
The proximity distance setting procedure to set the proximity distance in advance and the proximity distance setting procedure
A future travel route prediction procedure that predicts one or more future travel routes that are future travel routes from the current location to the destination, and
A future parking lot prediction procedure for predicting a single or multiple future parking lots that are parking lots that are closer to the destination than the close distance and are accessible from the single or multiple future travel routes.
The future parking lot transmission procedure for transmitting the expected one or more future parking lots to the management server, and the future parking lot transmission procedure.
The current management server for each of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, which is the one or more future parking lots predicted for the plurality of vehicles in motion. Congestion status reception procedure to receive congestion status in real time,
For each of the one or more future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles running was predicted corresponding to the vehicle with the current congestion situation of the future parking lot as an initial condition. A future congestion situation prediction procedure for predicting a future congestion situation, which is a congestion situation of a single or a plurality of the future parking lots when it is assumed that the parking lot is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more future parking lots.
One of the future parking lots selected from the one or more future parking lots predicted corresponding to the running vehicle for each of the plurality of running vehicles based on the future congestion situation. The selected parking lot information receiving procedure for receiving the information corresponding to the selected parking lot determined for the vehicle obtained by executing the selected parking lot determination procedure from the management server, and the selected parking lot information receiving procedure for receiving the information corresponding to the selected parking lot.
An evaluation function and the evaluation function, which are functions whose values change in advance with the congestion status of a plurality of parking lots as variables.
Evaluation function setting procedure to set the target value, which is the target value among the values of
To execute,
In the future congestion prediction procedure, for each of the single or plurality of future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles traveling with the current congestion status of the future parking lot as an initial condition is used. In the combination of the vehicle and one future parking lot in which the vehicle is parked, assuming that the vehicle is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle. Predict the future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of one or more parking lots in the future, corresponding to each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations.
The procedure for determining the selected parking lot is
A future evaluation function that is a value of the evaluation function with the future congestion status of the single or a plurality of the future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of the plurality of the vehicle / parking lot combinations as a variable. Future evaluation function to calculate the value Value calculation procedure and
The vehicle / parking lot combination for which the future evaluation function value closest to the target value is calculated from the single or multiple future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle for each of the plurality of vehicles in motion. The future parking lot selection procedure for selecting one future parking lot to be combined with the vehicle as the selective parking lot in the vehicle.
Software for in-vehicle / external devices. Software for in-vehicle / external devices that selects a parking lot where vehicles traveling from the current location to the destination park.
For in-vehicle / external devices that are installed in moving vehicles and can communicate with the management server
The proximity distance setting procedure to set the proximity distance in advance and the proximity distance setting procedure
A future travel route prediction procedure that predicts one or more future travel routes that are future travel routes from the current location to the destination, and
A future parking lot prediction procedure for predicting a single or multiple future parking lots that are parking lots that are closer to the destination than the close distance and are accessible from the single or multiple future travel routes.
The future parking lot transmission procedure for transmitting the expected one or more future parking lots to the management server, and the future parking lot transmission procedure.
The current management server for each of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, which is the one or more future parking lots predicted for the plurality of vehicles in motion. Congestion status reception procedure to receive congestion status in real time,
For each of the one or more future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles running was predicted corresponding to the vehicle with the current congestion situation of the future parking lot as an initial condition. A future congestion situation prediction procedure for predicting a future congestion situation, which is a congestion situation of a single or a plurality of the future parking lots when it is assumed that the parking lot is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more future parking lots.
By executing the future congestion status information transmission procedure, which transmits information corresponding to the future congestion status to the in-vehicle / external device,
A future congestion status information receiving procedure for receiving information corresponding to each future congestion status of one or more future parking lots predicted for the vehicle from the management server, and a procedure for receiving future congestion status information.
Select the future parking lot of one of the single or multiple future parking lots predicted for the vehicle based on the information corresponding to each future congestion situation of the received single or multiple future parking lots. The procedure for determining the selected parking lot to be determined as a parking lot and the procedure for determining the parking lot
An evaluation function setting procedure for setting an evaluation function, which is a function whose value changes in advance using the congestion status of a plurality of parking lots as a variable, and a target value, which is a target value among the values of the evaluation function, and an evaluation function setting procedure.
To execute,
In the future congestion prediction procedure, for each of the single or plurality of future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles traveling with the current congestion status of the future parking lot as an initial condition is used. In the combination of the vehicle and one future parking lot in which the vehicle is parked, assuming that the vehicle is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle. Predict the future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of one or more parking lots in the future, corresponding to each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations.
The procedure for transmitting future congestion status information is
A future evaluation function that is a value of the evaluation function with the future congestion status of the single or a plurality of the future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of the plurality of the vehicle / parking lot combinations as a variable. Future evaluation function to calculate the value Value calculation procedure and
The future evaluation function value transmission procedure for transmitting the future evaluation function value calculated corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each running vehicle as information corresponding to the future congestion situation, and
Have,
The procedure for receiving future congestion status information is
It has a future evaluation function value receiving procedure for receiving the future evaluation function value calculated corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination from the management server as information corresponding to the future congestion situation.
The vehicle / parking lot combination in which the selected parking lot determination procedure calculates the future evaluation function value closest to the target value from the single or multiple future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle. The one future parking lot to be combined with the vehicle is selected and determined as the selective parking lot.
Software for in-vehicle / external devices. Software for in-vehicle / external devices that selects a parking lot where vehicles traveling from the current location to the destination park.
For in-vehicle / external devices that are installed in moving vehicles and can communicate with the management server
The proximity distance setting procedure to set the proximity distance in advance and the proximity distance setting procedure
A future travel route prediction procedure that predicts one or more future travel routes that are future travel routes from the current location to the destination, and
A future parking lot prediction procedure for predicting a single or multiple future parking lots that are parking lots that are closer to the destination than the close distance and are accessible from the single or multiple future travel routes.
The future parking lot transmission procedure for transmitting the expected one or more future parking lots to the management server, and the future parking lot transmission procedure.
The current management server for each of the future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, which is the one or more future parking lots predicted for the plurality of vehicles in motion. Congestion status reception procedure to receive congestion status in real time,
For each of the one or more future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles running was predicted corresponding to the vehicle with the current congestion situation of the future parking lot as an initial condition. A future congestion situation prediction procedure for predicting a future congestion situation, which is a congestion situation of a single or a plurality of the future parking lots when it is assumed that the parking lot is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more future parking lots.
The future congestion status information transmission procedure for transmitting information corresponding to the future congestion status to the in-vehicle / external device is executed.
A future congestion status information receiving procedure for receiving information corresponding to each future congestion status of one or more future parking lots predicted for the vehicle from the management server, and a procedure for receiving future congestion status information.
One said future based on the future congestion situation from among the one or more future parking lots predicted corresponding to the running vehicle by showing the received information corresponding to the future congestion situation to the user of the vehicle. The procedure for determining the selected parking lot to determine the parking lot as the selected parking lot, and the procedure for determining the selected parking lot.
An evaluation function setting procedure for setting an evaluation function, which is a function whose value changes in advance using the congestion status of a plurality of parking lots as a variable, and a target value, which is a target value among the values of the evaluation function, and an evaluation function setting procedure.
To execute,
In the future congestion prediction procedure, for each of the single or plurality of future parking lots included in the future parking lot group, each of the plurality of vehicles traveling with the current congestion status of the future parking lot as an initial condition is used. In the combination of the vehicle and one future parking lot in which the vehicle is parked, assuming that the vehicle is parked in the future parking lot of one of the one or more future parking lots expected corresponding to the vehicle. Predict the future congestion situation, which is the congestion situation of one or more parking lots in the future, corresponding to each of the plurality of vehicle / parking lot combinations.
The procedure for transmitting future congestion status information is
A future evaluation function that is a value of the evaluation function with the future congestion status of the single or a plurality of the future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each of the plurality of the vehicle / parking lot combinations as a variable. Future evaluation function to calculate the value Value calculation procedure and
The future evaluation function value transmission procedure for transmitting the future evaluation function value calculated corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination for each running vehicle as information corresponding to the future congestion situation, and
Have,
The procedure for receiving future congestion status information is
It has a future evaluation function value receiving procedure that receives the previous term future evaluation function value calculated corresponding to the vehicle / parking lot combination from the management server as information corresponding to the future congestion situation.
The selected parking lot determination procedure indicates each of the future evaluation function values received by the user of the vehicle, and the one or more future parking lots predicted corresponding to the vehicle based on the future evaluation function value. Let one of the above-mentioned future parking lots be selected as the selected parking lot,
Software for in-vehicle / external devices. The congestion status is the degree of congestion, which is the ratio of the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot to the number of parking spaces.
The evaluation function is a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value as the degree of congestion of a plurality of parking lots becomes uniform.
The software for an in-vehicle / external device according to claim one of claims 9 , 10 and 11. The congestion situation is the number of seated parking spaces in the parking lot.
The evaluation function is a function that calculates a value that approaches a specific value as the number of seated parking spaces in a plurality of parking lots becomes equal.
The software for an in-vehicle / external device according to claim one of claims 9 , 10 and 11.

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