CROSS REFERENCE TO THE RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of Japanese Patent Application No. 2018-135016, filed on Jul. 18, 2018, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

BACKGROUND

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to an onboard apparatus, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing method for supporting ridesharing.

Description of the Related Art

Recently, a transportation mode called ridesharing in which a plurality of users share a ride on the same vehicle has been gaining popularity. Disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2010-079469 is a technique to add value to such service according to the number of people in a group sharing a ride.

SUMMARY

With the background technique mentioned above, however, there is no consideration on actual driving records of each driver of vehicles used for ridesharing.

It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a technique that evaluates the actual driving records of the drivers for ridesharing when there is change of the driver.

An aspect of the present disclosure is exemplified as an onboard apparatus. The onboard apparatus comprises a communication unit; and a controller configured to execute detecting start of running of a vehicle provided for sharing a ride, detecting a driver at the start of running, detecting change of the driver after the start of running and measuring passage information including at least one of running time and running distance from the start of running until the change of the driver, and transmitting the measured passage information to an information processing apparatus via the communication unit along with identification information for identifying the driver detected before the change of the driver.

Further, another aspect of the present disclosure is exemplified as an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus comprises a communication unit; and a controller configured to execute, via the communication unit, receiving identification information for identifying each of drivers recorded between start of running of a vehicle by sharing a ride to end and passage information recorded for each of the drivers, and calculating points according to the identification information of each of the drivers and the passage information recorded for each of the drivers.

Furthermore, still another aspect of the present disclosure is exemplified as an information processing method executed by a computer that includes a communication unit. The information processing method comprises the steps of: receiving, via the communication unit, identification information for identifying each of drivers recorded between start of running of a vehicle by sharing a ride to end and passage information recorded for each of the drivers; and calculating points according to the identification information of each of the drivers and the passage information recorded for each of the drivers.

Moreover, yet another aspect of the present disclosure is exemplified as a program causing a computer that includes a communication unit, to perform the steps of: receiving, via the communication unit, identification information for identifying each of drivers recorded between start of running of a vehicle by sharing a ride to end and passage information recorded for each of the drivers; and calculating points according to the identification information of each of the drivers and the passage information recorded for each of the drivers.

With the present disclosure, it is possible to provide a technique that evaluates the actual driving records of the drivers for ridesharing when there is a change of the driver.

