RENDEZVOUS ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND RENDEZVOUS ASSISTANCE METHOD

The purpose of the present disclosure is to achieve smooth rendezvous of a vehicle and a user even if there are numerous persons at a meeting point. A rendezvous assistance system includes a mobile terminal carried by a user who wants to rendezvous with a dispatched vehicle, and a rendezvous assistance device that assists rendezvous of the dispatched vehicle and the user at a meeting point. The rendezvous assistance device includes a message generator that generates a message that requests the user to do a gesture, a vehicle controller that determines timing of transmission of the message, and a vehicle communicator that transmits a message to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a mobile communicator that receives a message from the rendezvous assistance device and a notification unit that notifies the user of a request to do a gesture in accordance with the message.