83 results about "Car pooling" patented technology

The invention provides a method and system for providing car-pooling assistance using a wireless communication system. The method includes steps for receiving a user carpool enrollment request, obtaining the positional information of the user's moving vehicle, storing the positional information as a route in a call center database and sending at least one available match based on the carpool enrollment request to the user.

A commuter groups service (CGS) allows commuters to join commuter groups so that they are able to socialize while commuting. Through the commuter groups, the users may share commuting routes, traffic updates, road conditions, and other information. Group members may arrange car pools, short term riding arrangements, and may anonymously or directly contact each other. The CGS may collect group member position information, e.g. GPS information, to enable the CGS to calculate traffic conditions and to select location specific information for group members. The system may include an on-line service accessible through a computer or wireless networking device. The user may log into the CGS, create or modify a user profile, and join groups of their choosing. Groups may be associated with specific events or with getting to / from work. Commuter groups may be formed for commuters that use private vehicles and / or public transportation.

The invention discloses a method for pooling a taxi, sharing a private car and hitchhiking. The method comprises the steps of entering demand information, conducting matching according to the demand information to obtain car pooling information, enabling a client terminal to display the car pooling information in an imaging mode, obtaining information of the taxi and taking the taxi according to the car pooling information or taking the private car according to the car pooling information after a user validates that the taxi or the private car sets out on time, and automatically generating a cost list detail and a historical note finally. Due to the fact that appointment can be carried out on taxi pooling, private car sharing and hitchhiking, the user can conveniently plan for traveling in advance. Meanwhile, limiting conditions are arranged in the demand information, car pooling among acquaintances can be achieved, therefore, car pooling is relatively safe and reliable, the car pooling information is displayed in the imaging mode and is vivid and visual, and many-to-many selection matching among users can be conveniently carried out. Finally, generation of both the cost list detail and the historical note is automatically executed, user operation is simplified, and user experience is good. The invention also discloses a system for pooling the taxi, sharing the private car and hitchhiking at the same time.

The invention provides a method and system for providing car-pooling assistance using a wireless communication system. The method includes steps for receiving a user carpool enrollment request, obtaining the positional information of the user's moving vehicle, storing the positional information as a route in a call center database and sending at least one available match based on the carpool enrollment request to the user.

A method, integrated system and in-vehicle Active Poster for processing mobile touch transactions including carpooling transactions. The integration includes a near field contactless or swipe smart card or other portable identification device which may be standalone, affixed to, or part of a mobile or hand held portable wireless communication device, a touch sensitive Active Poster also with swipe or near field contactless communication capability and also incorporating or in communication with GPS or other vehicle location services capability for the vehicle, a car pool management or other service provider's system and application and a host computer with networking capability.

The invention provides a dynamic scheduling method for customized buses and car pooling based on passenger appointments. Adding modifying and deleting orders are completed on a cell phone App, and an order service queue is established on a central platform for orders of all clients based on departure time. Based on the strategy of first come first serve, each order on the front of a queue is processed gradually. A possible path between starting points is calculated with shortest distance algorithm and constraint examination object functions by taking the position information of onboard GPS terminals and all order messages assigned to a customized bus before into consideration. The cost for each customized bus to complete the order is calculated, and the bus with the lowest cost is chosen to complete the order based on the greedy principle. The accessing passenger set of the customized bus is updated. The process is repeated to assign all passenger appointment to buses. Reliable technical support is provided for dynamic scheduling customized buses and car pooling based on passenger appointments.

A navigation apparatus includes a route searching unit 130 for, when including a road where a car pool lane is also provided in a recommended route at a time of searching for a route from a current position determined by a current position determining means to a destination inputted by an input unit on the basis of map data acquired by a map data acquiring means, calculating a distance to be traveled according to the number of lanes which are crossed at the time of an entry to the car pool lane and at the time of an exit from the car pool lane, and then determining the recommended route in such a way that the recommended route uses an entrance and an exit of the car pool lane each of which is located at a location dependent upon the calculated distance.

A car pool software package is disclosed. The software suggests potential car pool partners by scanning a database of commuters, such as an employee database, as well as a facility database to determine arrival and departure times. An ordered list of potential car pool partners is then generated and forwarded to interested commuters. Pollution savings may be calculated and reported to an appropriate agency in exchange for credits to offset other pollution or trade on the open market.

The invention relates to a method which receives location information of a mobile terminal of a single user. One or more journeys are extracted from the location information of the single user. The corresponding journey data is stored in a journey database. From the journey data in the journey database, journey patterns for the single user are extracted. A journey pattern indicates at least the regularity of a particular journey in time, i.e. over a number of days. The journey patterns are stored in the pattern database. The journey patterns of the single user are matched with patterns of other users. If a match is found, at least one match based on the journey patterns is sent to the single user. These features enable the carpool service to find a match which takes into account the regularity across a period of days. By identifying the regularity, a better match can be made with users which travel the same route, as also the days on which the users travel are taken into account.

The invention discloses an intelligent optimized scheduling system for logistics. The system is composed of a basic data module, an intelligent scheduling module and a board management module. The basic data module consists of a line management unit, a vehicle type management unit, an address management unit, a car pooling rule unit, a scheme design unit, a transport capacity management unit, a data dictionary unit, and an area management unit. The intelligent scheduling module is used for realizing the complete intelligent scheduling function and is mainly responsible for order extraction and scheduling calculation, carrying out examination on a calculation result, carrying out proper arrangement after successful examination, and writing back to a TMS. The board management module mainly includes an arrangement checking unit and a TMS uploading instruction checking unit; the arrangement checking unit is used for realizing a function of real-time arrangement situation checking of a warehouse in the system; and the TMS uploading instruction checking unit is used for realizing a function of uploading instruction checking. According to the system, the inventory, manpower and transport costs can be lowered; the punctual delivery ratio can be improved; the profitable operation can be realized; and the competitive advantage can be obtained.

The invention discloses a smart traveling application platform comprising a mobile terminal, an application system layer and a cloud platform system. The application system layer comprises a basic facility service layer, a data resource service layer, an application support service layer, a business application service layer, an operation implementation service layer and an information service layer. The cloud platform system comprises a scenic area module, a scenic spot introduction module, a map module, a positioning module, a path planning module, a voice explanation module, a scenic spot evaluation module, a tourist sharing module, a traveling friend making module, an administrator management module and a meteorological monitoring module. The core functions and data of the system are stored in the cloud platform system, and users access to the application system layer and the cloud platform system through the mobile terminal and perform interaction. Various demands of the scenic areas for management, marketing and services can be met so that rapid application deployment can be realized; and the traveling social platform of looking for companions, car pooling, house sharing and making friends is provided for the tourists.

The invention relates to an intelligent real-time matching system and method of car pooling based on the fitting degree of a driving route. The system comprises car-owner / driver-end smart phones and / or tablet navigation terminals, intelligent passenger-end terminals and a cloud computing management service platform. The method comprises that according to default position or input information, the platform plans car-owner / driver and passenger driving routes intelligently, and car-owner / driver and passenger with high fitting degree are matched intelligently for car pooling via real-time route screen display, voice broadcast, navigation induction and electronic display information interaction. The system provides digital output and printing scheme based on the cost algorithm and cost voucher of the sharing coefficient. The system and method can improve the driving safety, the matching success rate and the vehicle utilization rate, share the cost of the car of the car-owner / driver, reduces the cost of passenger, alleviates traffic jams, and purifies the atmosphere.

A method and an apparatus for confirming that two or more individuals' participation in a carpool where acceleration datum is collected from the individuals' associated devices. The acceleration datum of the devices is compared to determine that a first individual that is associated with the first device and at least a second individual that is associated with a second device traveled together in one single vehicle for a period of time to satisfy a carpool requirement. At least one of the individuals receives a benefit or incentive of the carpool.

A commuter groups service (CGS) allows commuters to join commuter groups so that they are able to socialize while commuting. Through the commuter groups, the users may share commuting routes, traffic updates, road conditions, and other information. Group members may arrange car pools, short term riding arrangements, and may anonymously or directly contact each other. The CGS may collect group member position information, e.g. GPS information, to enable the CGS to calculate traffic conditions and to select location specific information for group members. The system may include an on-line service accessible through a computer or wireless networking device. The user may log into the CGS, create or modify a user profile, and join groups of their choosing. Groups may be associated with specific events or with getting to / from work. Commuter groups may be formed for commuters that use private vehicles and / or public transportation.

A car pooling-based parcel delivery method includes the steps of obtaining a first starting point information and a first destination information of a parcel to be delivered, generating a first parcel delivery path and delivering the parcel, and obtaining a second starting point information and second destination information of a plurality of passengers. When the second starting point and the first parcel delivery path are within a first preset distance, and the second destination information and the first parcel delivery path are within a second preset distance, the passenger is listed as a possible delivery passenger and notified. Nearby possible car-pooling passengers are screened out based on the starting point information, destination information and delivery time information of a parcel to be delivered, so that the parcel can be delivery on time at a lower price, and a passenger can pay less through such a car-pooling means. The invention also provides a car pooling-based parcel delivery system and a car pooling-based parcel delivery server.

The invention discloses a car-pooling auxiliary system and a car-pooling method. The car-pooling method comprises the following steps: a) navigation routes are respectively set on a vehicle mobile terminal and a passenger mobile phone terminal and sent to a server; b) the sever matches the navigation routes sent by the vehicle mobile terminal and the passenger mobile phone terminal and sends matching results and passenger information to the vehicle mobile terminal; c) if the vehicle mobile terminal determines to carpool, the server sends the matching results and the passenger information to the passenger mobile phone terminal; d) if the passenger mobile phone terminal determines to agree to carpool, carpooling is determined to be successful. According to the car-pooling auxiliary system and the car-pooling method disclosed by the invention, the navigation routes sent by the vehicle mobile terminal and the passenger mobile phone terminal are matched by the server, and the matching results are successively sent to the vehicle mobile terminal and the passenger mobile phone terminal to be respectively determined; therefore, the matching results are accurate and quick, the effects of convenience and timeliness are realized, and the carpooling efficiency and safety are improved.

A navigation apparatus includes a map data acquiring means 11a, 11, 12, and 5 for acquiring map data including car pool lane data, a current position determining means 13, 14, 15, and 10 for determining a current position, and a display unit 2 for generating and displaying a map of an area surrounding the current position determined by the current position determining means on the basis of the map data acquired by the map data acquiring means. The navigation apparatus further includes a control unit 10 for, when moving close to a predetermined location during travel along a road, on a basis of the car pool lane data included in the map data acquired by the map data acquiring means, automatically causing the display unit to display a detailed drawing showing lane information and a car pool lane in distinction from other lanes while enlarging the lane information and the car pool lane.

The invention provides a taxi pooling method which comprises the steps: obtaining starting point information and terminal point information of a first passenger, and generating a first taxi-taking path; obtaining starting point information and terminal point information of a plurality of second passengers, and generating a plurality of second taxi-taking paths; and giving taxi-pooling reminding if the generated second taxi-taking paths have an overlapped path with the first taxi-taking path. The method is easy to operate, can solve the problem of large sum of money and much time consumed after car pooling due to large possible destination difference, and can also enable taxis resources to be allocated better, so that the taxis can serve more people with the shortest driving path. Meanwhile, the invention provides a taxi pooling system and server.

A navigation apparatus includes a map data acquiring means 11a, 11, 12, and 5 for acquiring map data including data about roads for which whether or not a car pool lane is also provided is specified; a current position determining means 13, 14, 15, and 10 for determining a current position; and a route searching unit 130 for searching for a route from the current position determined by the current position determining means to a destination inputted by an input unit on the basis of the map data acquired by the map data acquiring means, and for, when a road where a car pool lane is also provided is included in a route acquired through the route search, presenting, as a recommended route, the route using the car pool lane if the distance over which the road will be traveled is equal to or longer than a predetermined value.

The invention provides a taxi pooling method when starting from the same place. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining starting point information, terminal point information and queuing sequence number information of a plurality of passengers within a preset range to generate a plurality of taxi-taking paths; and if N taxi-taking paths of the plurality of taxi-taking paths are overlapped to form the same taxi-taking path and the queuing sequence number information of the passengers is within the preset range, sending taxi pooling reminding information, wherein the N is larger than 1. The method is simple to operate, can solve the problem of large sum of money and much time consumed after car pooling due to large possible destination difference, and can also enable taxis resources to be allocated better on the basis of maintaining the queuing site order, so that the taxis can serve more people with the shortest driving path. Meanwhile, the invention also provides a taxi pooling system and a taxi pooling server when starting from the same place.

The invention relates to a car-pooling pairing method and device, a storage medium, and computer equipment. The method comprises the steps: receiving the travel information of a driver, wherein the travel information of the driver comprises a departure place of the driver and a destination of the driver; determining a travel path of the driver which takes the departure place of the driver as the start point and the destination of the driver as the end point, and obtaining the places in the travel path of the driver; carrying out the matching with the information of passengers on the way basedon the start point of the travel path, the places in the travel path and the end point; pushing the travel information of the driver based on the information of passengers on the way; and generating apairing result based on a car-pooling request when the car-pooling request comprising the travel information of the driver based on the information of passengers on the way and the travel informationof the driver. According to the scheme provided by the invention, the method can simplify the calculation, and improve the pairing efficiency.

The invention relates to a co-transport method of passengers and cargos within a city, comprising the steps of S1 obtaining a first starting point information and a first terminal point information ofpassengers or cargos; S2 obtaining a second starting point information and a second terminal point information of a plurality of vehicles; S3 making the driver and the passenger or the shipping person for the cargos determine the meeting place and the arrival time of the meeting place, wherein the driver and the passenger or the shipping person for the cargos share the same route, and starting the transport of passenger or cargo subtask after arrival on time; S4 making the vehicle continuously receiving other passenger transport or freight subtask according with the same-vehicle task group, and transporting each passenger or cargo to destination after the passengers or cargos are loaded for full capacity. The co-transport method of passengers and cargos within a city is advantageous in that when there are passengers or cargos joining in the "car-pooling", the expense of reaching to destination for passengers or cargos can be greatly reduced; the work efficiency and income of drivers can be improved. The invention also provides a co-transport system of passengers and cargos within a city.

To allow drivers of different vehicles to make contact with one another, a user terminal is provided in the vehicle, which accesses a server having a connected database. By way of this database, contact with another user who is also entered in the database, might be using the same travel route, and is therefore noticed by the user, can be established by inputting a vehicle license plate as a user ID. When a travel destination is input into a navigation device, the travel route calculated is entered in the database, and the server automatically undertakes a comparison with travel routes of other users who are contained in the database, and establishes contact between the users who have correlating user data sets.

The invention provides a crowd-sourcing-based intelligent car-pooling method for taxies. The intelligent car-pooling method includes the following steps that taxi client sides collect taxi travelling data and upload the data to a server; the server stores road condition information for all road sections; passenger client sides obtain own positions and destinations and upload the own positions and the destinations to the server; the server searches for car-pooling combinations and matches suitable users; the server sends matching information to one matched taxi client side and two matched passenger client sides; the passengers verify the matching result; the passengers complete the car-pooling process and report the process to the server. The crowd-sourcing technology is adopted, the information including vehicle positions and the like is collected through the client sides of taxi drivers, traffic conditions of all the road sections are obtained by the server through statistics, and a system can dynamically adapt to real-time traffic changes; an adopted algorithm allows car-pooling among the passengers whose starting points and the destinations are not adjacent, so that the car-pooling range of the users is effectively enlarged, and the success rate of car-pooling of the users is increased.

The invention discloses a real-time car pooling system for a mobile terminal. The real-time car pooling system for the mobile terminal comprises a user terminal, a background matching system, a geographic information system and the like. Users use various network accessing manners such as text messages, multimedia messages and Internet to access to the system. When user data such as starting locations and target locations submitted by the users are acquired by the system, text locations are converted into coordinates represented in longitude and latitude and route coincidence and target location deviation of the users are calculated by the geographic information system, real-time calculation for matching the users according to users' requirements and system matching logics is performed, and matching results are sent to the user terminal in a short period of time. In addition, certain matching parameters can be set by the system or the users, and accordingly more precise matching objects can be provided for the users, and a real-time car pooling matching system simple to use is provided for the users.

Disclosed is a real-time car-pooling matching method. The method includes the following steps: 1, modelling a real-time car-pooling scene; 2, performing real-time car-pooling matching, wherein the step 2 includes: 21, screening strategies based on maximum passenger waiting time of Euclidean distance; 22, screening strategies based on maximum car-pooling cost of Euclidean distance; 23, performing progressive Return screening; 24, performing progressive Pickup screening.

The invention provides a taxi-based parcel delivery method, system and server. The method includes the steps of obtaining a first starting point information and a first destination information for delivering a parcel, obtaining a second starting point information and second destination information of a plurality of passengers to generate a riding path, and listing a corresponding taxi as a possible parcel delivery taxi and notifying the taxi driver for delivering the parcel if the first starting point and the riding path are within a first preset distance, and the first destination and the riding path are within a second preset distance. Nearby passenger riding taxies are screened out based on the starting point information, destination information and delivery time information of a parcel to be delivered, so that the parcel can be delivery on time, and a passenger can pay less through such a car-pooling means. The invention also provides a taxi-based parcel delivery system and a taxi-based parcel delivery server.

A navigation apparatus, including a map data acquiring means 11a, 11, 12, and 5 for acquiring map data including car pool lane data, a current position determining means 13, 14, 15, and 10 for determining a current position, and a display unit 2 for generating and displaying a map of an area in a neighborhood of the determined current position on the basis of the acquired map data, is provided with a road information receiving means 16 for receiving road information in real time from outside the apparatus, a control unit 10 for, when the road information received by the road information receiving means shows that a traffic congestion has occurred in a highway in a traveling direction, judging whether a car pool lane is also provided in the highway on the basis of the map data acquired by the map data acquiring means, and an output means 2 and 4 for outputting a message showing whether or not there exists a car pool lane according to the result of the judgment by the control unit.

The invention discloses a method for enhancing safety of car pooling. The method for enhancing safety of car pooling comprises setting and transmitting car pooling request information and pooling personnel selecting conditions to a car pooling server, wherein the pooling personnel selecting conditions comprise that pooling personnel are contacts and / or colleague of a user or the pooling personnel are certified via company mails, and the car pooling server selects user circles, which meet the pooling personnel selecting conditions, from other users issuing car pooling requests according to the pooling personnel selecting conditions; according to the car pooling request information, searching for and establishing matched car pooling information from the user circles. Compared with the prior art, the method for enhancing safety of car pooling comprises setting the car pooling request information as well as the pooling personnel selecting conditions, so that the pooling personnel can be restricted within contacts, colleagues and other user circles certified via the company mails, and pooling cars with dangerous strangers can be effectively avoided, and further the safety of car pooling can be enhanced.

A navigation apparatus includes a map data acquiring means 11a, 11, 12, and 5 for acquiring map data including data about roads for which whether or not a car pool lane is also provided is specified; a current position determining means 13, 14, 15, and 10 for determining a current position; and a route searching unit 130 for searching for a route from the current position determined by the current position determining means to a destination inputted by an input unit on the basis of the map data acquired by the map data acquiring means, and for, when a road where a car pool lane is also provided is included in a route acquired through the route search, presenting, as a recommended route, the route using the car pool lane if the distance over which the road will be traveled is equal to or longer than a predetermined value.