Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire at least one of weather information and time information of a predetermined area as an environmental parameter, a use history unit configured to acquire a use history including a use section, a use time, and vehicle information of a vehicle previously used by a user, a prediction unit configured to perform a demand prediction of a vehicle to be used by the user based on correspondence information with the environmental parameter and the use history stored in association with each other, and a vehicle arrangement plan output unit configured to output a plan of arrangement locations of the vehicles planed based on the demand prediction of the vehicle performed by the demand prediction unit.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an information processing program causing a computer to execute:
 acquiring at least one of weather information and time information as an environmental parameter,   acquiring a use history including a use section, a use time, and vehicle information of a vehicle previously used by a user,   performing a demand prediction of a vehicle to be used by the user based on correspondence information with the weather information and the time information and the use history stored in association with each other,   outputting a plan of arrangement locations of the vehicles planed based on the demand prediction of the vehicle;   receiving a use reservation of a vehicle;   storing the use reservation in a use reservation database;   deciding a traveling route from a location where a vehicle determined as being usable based on the use reservation is parked, toward an arrangement location of the vehicle;   notifying the vehicle determined as being usable based on the use reservation, of the traveling route, the vehicle being an autonomous driving vehicle; and   controlling the notified vehicle to the arrangement location of the vehicle along the traveling route.   
     
     
         2 . The computer-readable, non-transitory recording medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the vehicle information includes a color, a vehicle type, and an accessory of the vehicle, and
 wherein the program causing the computer to:
 perform the demand prediction of the vehicle to be used by the user for each predetermined area, the vehicle corresponding to the vehicle information; and 
 output arrangement locations of vehicles corresponding to the vehicle information and the number of the vehicles for each predetermined area based on the demand prediction of the vehicle corresponding to the vehicle information. 
   
     
     
         3 . The computer-readable, non-transitory recording medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the program causing the computer to:
 acquire a degree of congestion of a road in a predetermined area; and   output the plan of the arrangement locations of the vehicles planed based on the demand prediction of the vehicle and the degree of congestion of the road.   
     
     
         4 . The computer-readable, non-transitory recording medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the vehicle information includes a seating capacity of the vehicle. 
     
     
         5 . The computer-readable, non-transitory recording medium according to  claim 1 , wherein the vehicle information includes an identifier for uniquely identifying the vehicle. 
     
     
         6 . The computer-readable, non-transitory recording medium according to  claim 5  wherein the identifier is a license number of the vehicle. 
     
     
         7 . A method of information processing for a car sharing system, the method comprising:
 acquiring at least one of weather information and time information as an environmental parameter,   acquiring a use history including a use section, a use time, and vehicle information of a vehicle previously used by a user,   performing a demand prediction of a vehicle to be used by the user based on correspondence information with the weather information and the time information and the use history stored in association with each other,   outputting a plan of arrangement locations of the vehicles planed based on the demand prediction of the vehicle;   receiving a use reservation of a vehicle;   storing the use reservation in a use reservation database;   deciding a traveling route from a location where a vehicle determined as being usable based on the use reservation is parked, toward an arrangement location of the vehicle;   notifying the vehicle determined as being usable based on the use reservation, of the traveling route, the vehicle being an autonomous driving vehicle; and   controlling the notified vehicle to the arrangement location of the vehicle along the traveling route.   
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 7 , wherein the vehicle information includes a color, a vehicle type, and an accessory of the vehicle, and
 wherein the method further comprises:
 performing the demand prediction of the vehicle to be used by the user for each predetermined area, the vehicle corresponding to the vehicle information; and 
 outputting arrangement locations of vehicles corresponding to the vehicle information and the number of the vehicles for each predetermined area based on the demand prediction of the vehicle corresponding to the vehicle information. 
   
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 7  further comprising:
 acquiring a degree of congestion of a road in a predetermined area; and 
 outputting the plan of the arrangement locations of the vehicles planed based on the demand prediction of the vehicle and the degree of congestion of the road. 
 
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 7 , wherein the vehicle information includes a seating capacity of the vehicle. 
     
     
         11 . The method according to  claim 7 , wherein the vehicle information includes an identifier for uniquely identifying the vehicle. 
     
     
         12 . The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the identifier is a license number of the vehicle. 
     
     
         13 . A car sharing system comprising:
 a plurality of vehicles; and   an information processing apparatus comprising:
 an environmental parameter acquisition unit configured to acquire at least one of weather information and time information of a predetermined area as an environmental parameter; 
 a use history unit configured to acquire a use history including a use section, a use time, and vehicle information of a vehicle of the plurality of vehicles being previously used by a user; 
 a demand prediction unit configured to perform a demand prediction of a vehicle of the plurality of vehicles to be used by the user based on correspondence information with the environmental parameter and the use history stored in association with each other; 
 a vehicle arrangement plan output unit configured to output a plan of arrangement locations of the vehicles planed based on the demand prediction of the vehicle performed by the demand prediction unit; 
 a reception unit configured to receive a use reservation of a vehicle of the plurality of vehicles and store the use reservation in a use reservation database; 
 a traveling route decision unit configured to decide a traveling route from a location where a vehicle of the plurality of vehicles determined as being usable based on the use reservation is parked, toward an arrangement location of the vehicle output from the vehicle arrangement plan output unit; 
 a notification unit configured to notify the vehicle determined as being usable based on the use reservation, of the traveling route decided by the traveling route decision unit, the vehicle being an autonomous driving vehicle; and 
 a controller configured to control the vehicle notified by the notification unit, to the arrangement location of the vehicle output from the vehicle arrangement plan output unit along the traveling route. 
   
     
     
         14 . The car sharing system according to  claim 13 , wherein:
 the vehicle information includes a color, a vehicle type, and an accessory of the vehicle;
 the demand prediction unit is configured to perform the demand prediction of the vehicle to be used by the user for each predetermined area, the vehicle corresponding to the vehicle information; and 
   the vehicle arrangement plan output unit is configured to output arrangement locations of vehicles corresponding to the vehicle information and the number of the vehicles for each predetermined area based on the demand prediction of the vehicle corresponding to the vehicle information.   
     
     
         15 . The car sharing system according to  claim 13 , wherein:
 the environmental parameter acquisition unit is configured to further acquire a degree of congestion of a road in a predetermined area; and   the vehicle arrangement plan output unit is configured to output the plan of the arrangement locations of the vehicles planed based on the demand prediction of the vehicle performed by the demand prediction unit and the degree of congestion of the road.   
     
     
         16 . The car sharing system according to  claim 13 , wherein the vehicle information includes a seating capacity of the vehicle. 
     
     
         17 . The car sharing system according to  claim 13 , wherein the vehicle information includes an identifier for uniquely identifying the vehicle. 
     
     
         18 . The car sharing system according to  claim 17 , wherein the identifier is a license number of the vehicle.