JP2015158451A - Meteorological observation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a meteorological observation system capable of more accurately identifying a local weather condition.SOLUTION: The meteorological observation system comprises: a plurality of vehicles 100 each of which acquires predetermined weather related information associated with a weather condition around the own vehicle 100 among control information on on-vehicle devices 2 to 6 used by a main control unit 10 to exert a control relating to the own vehicle 100, which associates positional information on the own vehicle 100 with the weather related information, and which wirelessly transmits the weather related information and the positional information to outside of the own vehicle 100; and a meteorological observation device 200 wirelessly receiving the information from each of the vehicles 100, and identifying a weather condition in an area where each vehicle 100 is present on the basis of the received weather related information and the received positional information.

Description

  The present invention relates to a weather observation system.

  A conventional weather observation system, for example, installs meteorological observation facilities with barometers, etc., fixed at multiple locations, collects data measured by each weather observation facility at the meteorological center, collects the collected data and each weather observation Based on the location of the facility, weather observations, weather forecasts, etc. are performed (Patent Document 1, etc.). In this case, the size of the area targeted for meteorological observation and weather forecast and the high accuracy of meteorological observation and weather forecast depend on the state where the meteorological observation facility is installed. In other words, if the area where the weather observation facility is installed is large, the area subject to the weather observation and weather forecast becomes wider, and if there are many places where the weather observation facility is installed, the corresponding amount The accuracy of meteorological observations and weather forecasts will increase because weather data from many locations can be acquired.

JP 2002-342502 A

  However, when a weather observation facility is fixed and installed, data cannot be acquired in an area between two weather observation facilities that are adjacent to each other, so it cannot be denied that the accuracy of weather forecast is inferior. Under such circumstances, the conventional weather forecast system has a problem that it is difficult to accurately perform a weather forecast for a relatively small area, that is, a local weather forecast. In addition, there are many installation costs and maintenance costs for meteorological observation facilities.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a weather observation system that makes it possible to specify a local weather situation more accurately.

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention

In order to solve the above problems, the weather observation system of the present invention is
Including weather-related information acquisition means for acquiring predetermined weather-related information related to weather conditions around the host vehicle, position information acquisition means for acquiring position information of the host vehicle, the weather-related information, and the position information A plurality of vehicles having transmission means for wirelessly transmitting transmission information outside the vehicle;
A weather observation device having receiving means for wirelessly receiving the transmission information from the plurality of vehicles, and a weather condition specifying means for specifying a weather condition based on the received transmission information;
It is characterized by providing.

  According to the configuration of the present invention, weather related information can be acquired from a large number of vehicles traveling in each area, and the weather condition of the area can be specified. In other words, because the vehicle takes the place of the observation facility and collects weather-related information, the number of observation points in the area is not one, but it is very large, and even in a local area, it is sufficiently high. Accurate weather conditions can be specified. In addition, weather-related information can be detection information and operation information of automatic air conditioners and wiper devices that are normally installed in normal vehicles, so there is a need to install a special weather observation device on the vehicle. Instead, it is only necessary to add a configuration for transmitting the detection information and operation information to the outside. As in the past, there is no problem regarding the installation cost for installing the weather observation facility and the maintenance cost after the installation.

The block diagram which showed one Embodiment of the weather observation system of this invention. The block diagram which showed the structure of the vehicle in the weather observation system of FIG. The block diagram which showed simply the structure of the weather observation system of FIG. The flowchart which showed the weather related information transmission process which each vehicle performs. The figure which showed an example of the transmission information transmitted by the process of FIG. The flowchart which showed the flow of the weather condition specific process which a weather observation apparatus performs. The figure which showed an example of the result of having classified the transmission information from a vehicle for every area in a weather observation apparatus. The figure which showed an example of the weather condition specified in the weather observation apparatus. The flowchart which showed the flow of the process which alert | reports the weather condition which the weather observation apparatus specified on the vehicle side. The figure which showed an example of the method of specifying the weather after predetermined time.

  An embodiment of a weather observation system of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the weather observation system 1 according to the present embodiment is configured such that a plurality of vehicles 100 and a weather observation device 200 that forms a weather information center outside the vehicle communicate with each other via a predetermined external communication unit 300. Configured to be possible.

  Each vehicle 100 includes various in-vehicle devices 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 that execute control related to the host vehicle 100. The main control unit 10 on the vehicle 100 side in the weather observation system 1 is communicably connected to the control units 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 of the in-vehicle devices 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 respectively. The control information used for the control can be acquired by communication. The main control unit 10 is connected to the wireless communication device 11 and is connected to the external communication means 300 via the wireless communication device 11. In addition, each control part 10-60 is comprised mainly by a known microcomputer.

  The in-vehicle device 2 is a vehicle navigation device. A control unit (navigation control unit) 20 of the navigation apparatus 2 includes a position detection unit (a GPS receiver that receives a GPS signal, a vehicle speed sensor, a gyro sensor, etc.) 21 that detects the current position of the vehicle 100, and a display unit (for example, a liquid crystal display). Display device 22), audio output unit 23, and storage unit 24 that stores road map data, navigation programs, and the like. When the navigation control unit 20 executes the navigation program, the navigation control unit 20 searches the route to the set destination based on the road map data stored in the storage unit 24, and displays so as to travel along the searched route. Guidance is provided using screen display at the unit 22 or voice output at the voice output unit 23.

  The position detection unit 21 receives position information (position data) indicating the position of the host vehicle 100 and date / time data indicating the current date / time (date and time) based on reception of a GPS satellite signal transmitted from a GPS satellite. It has a GPS receiving circuit (position information generation means and date / time information generation means) to generate, and also functions as a date / time detection unit. The position information may be calculated based on detection information of other information (for example, detection information of a vehicle speed sensor or a gyro sensor, road map data, or the like) as well as the received GPS satellite signal.

  The in-vehicle device 3 is a vehicle air conditioner. The control unit (air conditioning control unit) 30 of the air conditioner 3 executes air conditioning output based on inputs from various air conditioning sensors 31 and an air conditioning operation unit 32, and at least air conditioning in the auto mode and the manual mode. Output is possible. In the auto mode, the input information of the set temperature by the temperature setting operation unit included in the air conditioning operation unit 32, the inside air temperature sensor 31A for detecting the temperature inside the vehicle interior, the outside air temperature sensor 31B for detecting the outside air temperature, and the engine cooling water A water temperature sensor (not shown) for detecting the temperature, a solar radiation sensor 31C for detecting the amount of solar radiation that illuminates the vehicle, a humidity sensor 31D for detecting the humidity outside the vehicle, and a window glass temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the window glass (here, the front glass) Based on the output information of the air-conditioning sensor 31 such as 31E, the air-conditioning drive unit 33 is driven and controlled so that the in-vehicle temperature approaches the set temperature, and the blowout temperature adjustment, the air volume adjustment, and the blowout port switching are performed. In the manual mode, the air-conditioning control unit 30 drives and controls the corresponding air-conditioning drive unit 33 so that the air-conditioning output according to the setting contents of the various air-conditioning operation units 32 is performed, so that the setting of the blowing temperature and the air volume and the switching of the blowing port are performed. Do.

  The air conditioning drive unit 33 includes a defroster drive unit that removes fogging of the window glass (in this case, either or both of the windshield and the rear glass) (a drive unit that blows out an air-conditioned airflow or a heat ray). 33D is also included. In the auto mode, when the humidity sensor 31D or the window glass temperature sensor 31E is used and the detection information of one or both of the sensors 31D and 31E exceeds a predetermined level at which attention should be paid to window fogging or window freezing, the defroster You may make it drive the drive part 33D. Further, here, a defroster operation unit (defroster switch) 32D is provided as the air conditioning operation unit 32, and the defroster drive unit 33D can be driven manually.

  The air-conditioning drive unit 33 includes an inside / outside air switching damper for switching between the inside air inlet for circulating the inside air (inside air) and the outside air inlet for taking in air outside the vehicle (outside air). An inside / outside air switching drive unit (motor) 33F for driving (not shown) is also included. The air conditioning control unit 30 switches the inside / outside air to either the inside air side or the outside air side in accordance with the operation input state of the inside / outside air switching operation unit (inside / outside air switching switch) 32F included in the air conditioning operation unit 32. The corresponding motor 121 is driven and controlled so that the damper falls. On the other hand, when the clean mode is set, the air conditioning control unit 30 exhausts a predetermined gas (CO (carbon monoxide), NOx (nitrogen oxide), HC (hydrocarbon), etc.) contained in the outside air. When the detected amount exceeds a predetermined level, the inside / outside air switching damper 115 falls to the inside air side when the gas detection unit 31F (exhaust gas sensor such as a CO sensor, NOx sensor, and HC sensor) detects the gas). Thus, the inside / outside air switching drive unit 33F is driven. The setting of the clean mode and the mode setting such as switching between the auto mode and the manual mode are performed based on an operation to a predetermined mode setting operation unit (auto switch or clean switch) included in the air conditioning operation unit 32. Performed by the control unit 30. The configuration may be such that the clean mode is set at the same time when the auto mode is set.

  The in-vehicle device 4 is a wiper device that wipes raindrops on the window glass (here, the front glass). The control unit (wiper control unit) 40 of the wiper device 4 drives a wiping drive unit (wiper motor) 42 that electrically drives the wiper based on an operation state of a wiping operation unit (wiper switch) 41 that receives a user operation. The drive mode of the wiping drive unit 42 is a stop mode, a first mode with a long drive cycle, a second mode with a short drive cycle, and a third mode with a short drive cycle, depending on the operation state of the wiping operation unit 41. One of the driving states of the auto mode is designated. The auto mode is a mode for driving the wiping drive unit 42 when the rain sensor 43 detects raindrops. The driving cycle may be varied according to the amount of raindrops detected by the rain sensor 43. For example, one of the stop mode and the first to third modes may be selected according to the detected amount of raindrops.

  The in-vehicle device 5 is a power window device. The control unit (power window control unit) 50 of the power window device 5 is an open / close drive unit (power window) that electrically drives a corresponding window glass based on an operation state of an open / close operation unit (power window switch) 51 that accepts a user operation. Motor) 52 is driven. The window windows that can be electrically opened and closed here are the front and left and right and left rear window windows, and the front seat driver seat is provided with an opening / closing operation portion 51 for all the front windows, On the left and right sides of the rear seats, opening / closing operation portions 51 for window glass for each seat are provided.

  The in-vehicle device 6 is a seat heater device. The control unit (seat heater control unit) 60 of the seat heater device 6 drives the heater 62 of the corresponding seat based on the operation state of the heater operation unit (seat heater switch) 61 that receives a user operation. The heater operation unit 61 is a switch for turning on / off the heater 62, but may include a temperature adjustment switch for changing the temperature level of the heater 62.

  Incidentally, the main control unit 10 executes the information transmission process of FIG.

  That is, the main control unit 10 first sets predetermined weather related information related to the weather conditions around the host vehicle 100 among the control information of the in-vehicle devices 2 to 6 used for the control related to the host vehicle 100. (S101, S102: Weather-related information acquisition means).

  The weather-related information includes operation information indicating the operation status of predetermined drive units 33D, 42, 52, and 62 mounted on the vehicle, and predetermined detection units 31A, 31B, 31C, and 31D mounted on the vehicle. , 31E, 31F, or both. In the present embodiment, both of them are used as weather related information.

  The operation information includes drive information indicating the drive status of the drive units 33D, 33F, 42, 52, and 62 of the in-vehicle devices 3 to 6, and operation units 32D, 32F, 41, and 51 or 61, or both of the operation information indicating the operation status. In the present embodiment, since the control units 30, 40, 50, 60 corresponding to the drive status and the operation status grasp the drive information or the operation information from the control units 30, 40, 50, 60. Communication is acquired as operation information. That is, each control part 30,40,50,60 functions as a vehicle equipment operation information acquisition part (refer FIG. 3).

  The detection information is detection information of the detection units 31A, 31B, 31C, 31D, 31E, and 31F of the in-vehicle devices 3 to 6. In this embodiment, since each control unit 30 corresponding to the detection information grasps the detection information, the detection information is obtained from each control unit 30 by communication. The detection information of the detection units 31A, 31B, 31C, 31D, 31E, and 31F is the outside air condition information indicating the outside air condition of the host vehicle 100 (here, the outside air temperature, the amount of solar radiation, the humidity, the glass temperature, and the exhaust gas concentration). Therefore, each control unit 30 functions as an outside air status information acquisition unit (see FIG. 3).

  Subsequently, the main control unit 10 acquires the position information and date / time information (date information and time information) of the host vehicle at the time of acquiring weather-related information from the control unit 20 (S103: position information acquisition unit and date / time information acquisition unit ( Time information acquisition means)).

  The position information and the date / time information are calculated by the navigation control unit 20 based on the detection information (GPS satellite signal) of the position detection unit 21, and the main control unit 10 acquires the communication from the navigation control unit 20. The acquisition timing of the position information and date / time information in the present embodiment is the time when the weather-related information is acquired. However, if it is close to the timing, it can be acquired at another timing. As for the date / time information, the weather observation apparatus 200 may function as date / time information acquisition means (time information acquisition means), such as the timing at which the weather observation apparatus 200 receives transmission information from the vehicle 100.

  Subsequently, the main control unit 10 creates transmission information by associating the acquired weather-related information, position information, and date and time information with each other as shown in FIG. 5 (in a linked form) (S104: Create transmission information). Means), and the transmission information is wirelessly transmitted to the outside (outside the vehicle) via the wireless communication device 11 (S105: vehicle-side transmission means). Note that the process of FIG. 4 is repeatedly executed at a predetermined cycle.

  The weather observation apparatus 200 includes a control unit 201 mainly composed of a known microcomputer, a display unit 202 that forms a display, an operation unit 203 such as a keyboard and a mouse, a storage unit 204 that forms an external storage device, A wireless communication device 205 for connecting to the communication means 300 is connected. The wireless communication device 205 receives the transmission information transmitted from many vehicles 100 existing at various points.

  The control unit 201 of the weather observation apparatus 200 executes the weather condition specifying process of FIG.

  That is, when the wireless communication device 205 receives the transmission information transmitted from the vehicle 100 (S201: a reception unit on the weather observation device side), the control unit 201 displays the received transmission information in the position included in the transmission information. Based on the information (here, latitude / longitude) and date / time information (date / time), sorting is performed for each predetermined area (S202: see FIG. 7).

  In addition, the area here does not define a wide range such as a city, but is an area divided more finely and can be defined in various shapes and sizes. The area in the present embodiment is a square area of 1 km square, and is defined in such a manner that these are arranged in a lattice pattern.

  Subsequently, the control unit 201 analyzes a large number of data sorted as described above, and identifies the weather condition (see FIG. 8) of each area (S203: weather condition identifying unit). In the present embodiment, based on each value of weather-related information received during a time range from the present to a predetermined time (for example, 2 minutes) among a plurality of transmission information from the vehicle 100 collected in each area. Then, the outside air condition and weather of each area are calculated, and these are specified as the current weather condition of each area. The weather conditions specified in the present embodiment are outside air conditions such as temperature, sunshine, and exhaust gas concentration, and weather.

  The outside air condition is calculated as an average value of the values indicated by the outside air condition information indicating each outside air condition (here, the outside air temperature, the amount of solar radiation, the humidity, the glass temperature, and the exhaust gas concentration) of the collected weather-related information. Here, the average value of the outside air temperature, the amount of solar radiation, and the exhaust gas concentration is calculated for each area as the outside air condition for each area.

  As for the weather, the weather is specified for each area based on the average information of each area calculated based on each collected weather related information (each outside air status information and each operation information). As for the average information, the average value (for example, the average value of numerical values such as the outside air status information) or the multiple values (for example, a plurality of types of operating conditions in each of the in-vehicle devices 3, 4, 5, 6) are indicated. It is possible to calculate as a maximum number of pieces of information such as each piece of operation information shown).

  Specifically, it is possible to specify whether or not the weather is clear (sunny weather condition) from the amount of solar radiation in the weather related information (outside air condition). In addition, the presence / absence of rainfall / snow can be specified from the operation information (operation status of each drive unit 33D, 42, 52, 62) of each in-vehicle device 3, 4, 5, 6 among the weather related information (details will be described later). Further, in the case of rain and snow, it is possible to specify whether it is raining or snowing from information indicating the outside temperature of the vehicle, the window glass temperature, etc. in the weather related information (outside air condition and operation information). By combining these, the weather can be identified from clear weather (cloudy weather), cloudy weather, rain (rainfall), and snow (snowfall).

  Here, a method for specifying the presence / absence of rain / snow from the operation information of each of the in-vehicle devices 3, 4, 5, 6 (drive units 33D, 42, 52, 62) will be described. Each driving unit 33D, 42, 52, 62 reflects the weather conditions in the operating states (ON) and stopped (OFF). For example, if the defroster drive unit 33D or the wiping drive unit 42 is operating, it is raining or snowing, if it is stopped, it is not raining or snowing, and if the power window is open, it is not at least raining or snowing. Etc. Therefore, the control unit 201 determines whether the average state of the operation information of the in-vehicle devices 3, 4, 5, 6 (drive units 33D, 42, 52, 62) is an operation state indicating rain or snowfall. The presence or absence of snow can be specified. In this embodiment, the weather is specified first for each vehicle 100, and then for each area based on the weather specified for each vehicle. For the specification of the weather for each vehicle, various weathers may be determined from the operation information and detection information of each in-vehicle device 3, 4, 5, 6 of the vehicle 100. The most frequent weather among the weathers determined from the operation information and detection information of each on-vehicle device 3, 4, 5, 6 is adopted as the weather of the vehicle 100. For specifying the weather for each area, the most frequent weather among the weathers specified by the vehicles in the area is adopted as the weather for the area. However, the method for specifying the weather in each area may be performed by other methods.

  Finally, the control unit 201 stores the weather condition (including weather) for each identified area in the storage unit 204. Note that the control unit 201 also stores / accumulates the transmission information from the vehicle 100 side that is sequentially received in the storage unit 204 in a form classified by a predetermined area and a predetermined date / time (S204). . Note that the process of FIG. 6 is repeatedly executed.

  In this way, in the weather observation apparatus 200, the latest weather situation is always specified for each area, and stored and accumulated in the storage unit 204. The weather observation apparatus 200 can read out past weather conditions stored and accumulated from the storage unit 204 and display the screen on the display unit 202.

  On the other hand, on the vehicle 100 side, the latest weather situation can be acquired from the weather observation apparatus 200 and notified to the in-vehicle user. This process will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, the main control unit 10 of the vehicle 100 accepts a predetermined weather information notification operation by a user (S111: operation accepting means). The weather information notification operation may be an input operation from an operation unit (not shown) of the navigation device 2, for example. That is, an input operation or the like for switching a navigation screen, an audio screen, or the like displayed on the display unit 22 to a predetermined weather notification screen can be performed. When the weather information notification operation is accepted (S111: Yes), a request signal for requesting the latest weather information is sent to the weather observation apparatus 200 via the wireless communication device 11 (S112).

  The control unit 201 of the weather observation apparatus 200 wirelessly receives the request signal via the wireless communication device 205 (S211: reception means on the weather observation apparatus side). When the request signal is wirelessly received (S211: Yes), the control unit 201 specifies the transmission source vehicle 100 and the area where the vehicle 100 currently exists (S212: vehicle presence area specifying unit). Then, the control unit 201 wirelessly transmits (replies) the weather identification information indicating the current weather condition of the identified area to the transmission source vehicle 100 via the wireless communication device 205 (S213: transmission unit on the weather observation apparatus side) ).

  When the main control unit 10 of the vehicle 100 wirelessly receives the weather specific information via the wireless communication device 11 (S113: vehicle-side receiving means), the area where the host vehicle 100 exists based on the received weather specific information. The latest weather situation (weather, outside temperature, solar radiation amount, exhaust gas concentration) is output to the user in the vehicle 100 in the form of audio output by the audio output unit 23 or screen display by the display unit 22 (S114: weather condition notification means).

  According to such a weather observation system 1 of the present embodiment, the weather condition of the area can be specified only by collecting control information of existing in-vehicle devices from a plurality of vehicles 100 existing in the area. In addition, since there are many vehicles in the area, a large amount of information is collected. As a result, weather conditions can be identified with high accuracy, and information is collected because vehicles are distributed in the area. The positions to be performed are also various positions in the area, and as a result, local weather information can be specified with high accuracy. That is, according to the meteorological observation system 1 of the present embodiment, each vehicle 100 existing in the area becomes a meteorological observation point, collects meteorological information at that point, and transmits the meteorological information to the meteorological observation apparatus 200. Since the observation apparatus 200 obtains weather information at various points and can identify the weather situation based on the weather information, the weather situation can be identified with high accuracy. Since the vehicle exists also in a narrow area, it is possible to specify the local weather condition with high accuracy. Also, since the vehicle serves as a weather observation facility, there is no burden of installation costs or maintenance costs.

  Further, according to the weather observation system 1 of the present embodiment, the weather situation is specified by the information collected from the vehicle traveling on the road, so that the weather situation on the road on which the vehicle travels is specified with the highest accuracy. . Then, the weather conditions specified with high accuracy are notified to users of the vehicles traveling on the road. That is, it is possible to notify the users who are traveling the vehicle of a particularly accurate weather situation.

  Moreover, according to the weather observation system 1 of the present embodiment, raindrops (rain sensor 43) and solar radiation (sunlight sensor 31C) are detected, and the detection result is transmitted to the weather identification device 200 in real time. . Since the presence or absence of raindrops or solar radiation is information directly indicating the weather, it is possible to specify the weather with higher accuracy by transmitting the information in real time and using it for specifying the weather.

  Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, this is merely an example, and the present invention is not limited to this, and the knowledge of those skilled in the art can be used without departing from the spirit of the claims. Various modifications such as addition and omission can be made based on this.

  Hereinafter, other embodiments and modifications of the present invention will be described. Note that detailed descriptions of functional units common to the above-described embodiment and similar functional units are omitted. In addition, the above-described embodiment and a plurality of modifications described below can be implemented in appropriate combination within a range that does not cause technical contradiction.

  In the above embodiment, only the operating (ON) and the stopping (OFF) are reflected in the operation information of each of the in-vehicle devices 3, 4, 5, 6 (drive units 33D, 42, 52, 62). Instead, some of the operating levels are indicated during the operation (for example, the stop mode and the first to third modes of the wiper device 4). In such a case, the main control unit 10 specifies not only the weather condition (for example, whether there is rainfall / snow) but also the level of the weather condition (for example, a level indicating the intensity of rainfall / snow), and observes the result of the weather observation. While configured to wirelessly transmit to the apparatus 200, the weather observation apparatus 200 receives a specific result (transmission information) indicating the level of weather conditions (for example, rain and snow) from each vehicle 100, and based on the reception results (for example, The average value of each received level is taken), and not only the weather condition (presence / absence of rainfall / snow) of each area, but also the level may be specified as the weather condition. In this case, when the vehicle 100 is informed of the weather condition (FIG. 9: S114), if it is notified that the weather in the area where the vehicle 100 exists is raining or snowing, the level of rain and snow is also informed. be able to. For this purpose, it is necessary to include the level of rainfall and snowfall in the weather identification information (FIG. 9: S213) transmitted from the weather observation apparatus 200 to the vehicle 100.

  In the above embodiment, the weather observation apparatus 200 specifies the current weather, but may specify the weather after a predetermined time. When the control unit (meteorological condition specifying means) 201 of the weather observation apparatus 200 periodically specifies the current weather in each area, the result is stored and accumulated in the storage unit 204 each time, so that the latest Based on the weather of each area and the weather of each area before a predetermined time stored in the storage unit 204, the weather after a predetermined time is specified (estimated). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, first, in the weather in each area (see the upper diagram in FIG. 10) and the current weather in each area (see the intermediate diagram in FIG. 10) before a predetermined time (for example, 15 minutes), it is raining. The outer edge shape of the snowfall region is specified, the rain / snow center position (x in the figure) as the center in the shape is specified, and the moving direction and moving distance of these center positions are specified. Then, the current weather condition in each area (see the middle diagram in FIG. 10) is slid from the center position by the identified movement direction and distance (lower diagram in FIG. 10). The state after the slide movement is specified as weather information after a predetermined time (for example, 15 minutes). Actually, the weather situation after a certain time will not slide into the current weather situation, but it is still sufficient as a result of a simple forecast of the weather after a certain time from now. it can. Note that other methods may be adopted as a method for specifying the weather after a predetermined time.

  In the above embodiment, when the vehicle 100 is notified of the weather situation specified by the weather observation apparatus 200, it is triggered by the reception of the weather information notification operation by the user of the vehicle. Notification may be made. For example, during traveling, it may be notified at a predetermined cycle (for example, every 30 minutes), or may be notified when a predetermined timing (for example, when the engine is started).

  In the above-described embodiment, the weather condition specified by the weather observation apparatus 200 is notified by the vehicle 100. However, instead of this notification process or in addition to this notification process, the specified weather condition is specified. You may perform the process which performs or guides the recommended control which a vehicle should perform in a weather condition. In this case, the meteorological observation apparatus 200 specifies recommended control to be executed by the vehicle for each area according to the weather situation specified by the control unit 201 in S203 (recommended control specifying means), and specifies according to each weather situation. The recommended control information related to the recommended control is configured to be wirelessly transmitted (transmitting means) to the vehicle existing in the corresponding weather condition area. On the other hand, when each vehicle 100 wirelessly receives the recommended control information wirelessly transmitted from the weather observation device 200 (receiving means), the main control unit 10 corresponds to the in-vehicle devices 2 to 6 based on the received recommended control information. (Recommended control execution means) to execute (recommended control execution means) to (or other devices may be), or when the recommended control is not executed in the corresponding in-vehicle devices 2 to 6 (may be other devices) The recommended information for recommending and guiding the execution is notified and output from predetermined notification units 22 and 23 such as screen display and voice (recommended control notification means). For example, during snowfall, the wiping drive unit 42 of the wiper device 4, the heater 62 of the seat heater device 6, and the air conditioning drive unit (defroster drive unit 33D and heating output drive unit) 33 of the air conditioner 3 are not driven. These can be driven or recommended.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Meteorological observation system 10 Main control part 2 Navigation apparatus 21 Position and date detection part 3 Air conditioning apparatus 31 Air conditioning sensor 32 Air conditioning operation part 33 Air conditioning drive part 4 Wiper apparatus 41 Wiping operation part 42 Wiping drive part 43 Rain sensor 5 Power Window device 51 Opening / closing operation unit 52 Opening / closing drive unit 53 Opening / closing state detection unit 6 Seat heater device 61 Heater operation unit 62 Heater (drive unit)
100 vehicle 200 meteorological observation device

Claims (9)

Including weather-related information acquisition means for acquiring predetermined weather-related information related to weather conditions around the host vehicle, position information acquisition means for acquiring position information of the host vehicle, the weather-related information, and the position information A plurality of vehicles having transmission means for wirelessly transmitting transmission information outside the vehicle;
A weather observation device having receiving means for wirelessly receiving the transmission information from the plurality of vehicles, and a weather condition specifying means for specifying a weather condition based on the received transmission information;
A meteorological observation system.   The weather observation system according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle includes time information acquisition means for acquiring time information, and the time information is included in the transmission information.   The meteorological observation system according to claim 1, wherein the weather related information acquisition unit acquires predetermined information among control information of in-vehicle devices of the host vehicle as the weather related information.   The weather observation system according to claim 3, wherein the weather-related information acquisition unit acquires operation information indicating an operation state of a predetermined drive unit of the host vehicle as the control information.   The weather observation system according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the weather-related information acquisition unit acquires detection information of a predetermined detection unit of the host vehicle as the control information.   The weather observation system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the weather condition specifying means specifies at least one of weather, temperature, sunshine, and exhaust gas concentration as the weather condition.   The weather observation system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the weather condition specifying unit estimates the weather after a predetermined time as the weather condition. The weather observation apparatus includes a transmission unit that wirelessly transmits weather identification information indicating the weather situation identified by the weather situation identification unit to the vehicle,
The said vehicle is provided with the receiving means which wirelessly receives the said weather specific information, and the weather condition alerting | reporting means which alert | reports the weather condition of the area where self exists based on the received weather specific information. The meteorological observation system according to any one of the above. The weather observation device includes a recommended control specifying unit that specifies a recommended control to be executed by the vehicle according to each weather situation specified by the weather situation specifying unit, and the recommended control specified according to each weather situation. Comprising a transmission means for wirelessly transmitting the recommended control information related to the vehicle existing in the area of the corresponding weather condition,
The vehicle has a receiving means for wirelessly receiving the recommended control information, and a recommended control executing means for executing the recommended control by a corresponding in-vehicle device based on the received recommended control information or the recommendation by a corresponding in-vehicle device. The weather observation system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising recommended control notification means for reporting and outputting recommended information for recommending execution of control from a predetermined notification unit.

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