JP2018115448A - Vehicular information management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cause other users, other than the owner, not to access information on the owner of a vehicle.SOLUTION: A vehicular information management system includes a reception unit that receives, from a key, an unlock request including information indicating a type of the key, a lock control unit that unlocks the key of a vehicle in response to the unlock request, and a display control unit that is caused to display information on the owner if the type of the key is for the owner of the vehicle and not to display the information on the owner if the type of the key is not for the owner of the vehicle.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle information management system.

  Conventionally, for example, in a car navigation system for a vehicle, information related to personal privacy such as a home position, a destination history, a travel history, and a telephone history is stored. Thereby, the user can easily perform a destination setting operation of a car navigation system and a call outgoing operation.

  Conventionally, there is known a so-called car sharing system in which a plurality of users can sequentially use one vehicle (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2009-127284 A

  However, for example, in conventional car navigation systems, when renting or borrowing one vehicle or sharing a car, privacy information such as the location of the vehicle owner's home, telephone history, etc. is seen by other users. There is a problem that it will be.

  Then, in view of the said subject, it aims at providing the technique which can prevent other users other than an owner browsing the information regarding the owner of a vehicle.

  In order to achieve the above object, a vehicle information management system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a receiving unit that receives an unlock request including information indicating a type of the key from a key; and responding to the unlock request. The lock control unit for unlocking the vehicle key, and if the type of the key is for the owner of the vehicle, display information about the owner, and if the type of the key is not for the owner of the vehicle, And a display control unit that controls not to display information regarding the owner.

  According to this vehicle information management system, by restricting the disclosure of information related to the user according to the key used for unlocking the vehicle, the information related to the vehicle owner is not viewed by other users than the owner. It becomes possible to do so.

  According to the present embodiment, it is possible to prevent other users other than the owner from browsing information related to the vehicle owner.

It is a figure which shows the vehicle carrying the vehicle information management system which concerns on embodiment. It is a functional block diagram of ECU which concerns on embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a process of ECU. It is a flowchart which shows another example of a process of ECU.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a vehicle 10 equipped with a vehicle information management system 100 according to the embodiment.

  The vehicle 10 is, for example, an HV (Hybrid Vehicle) vehicle, a PHV (Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle) vehicle, an EV (Electric Vehicle) vehicle, a gasoline engine vehicle, or a diesel engine vehicle.

  The vehicle information management system 100 includes an ECU (Electric Control Unit) 110, a key 120, and a navigation device 130.

  ECU110 is a control part of information management system 100 for vehicles, and performs processing which manages information according to a user. The ECU 110 is configured as a microcomputer including a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random access memory), an auxiliary storage device, and the like connected to each other via a bus (not shown). Good. Various programs executed by the CPU may be stored in the ROM or the auxiliary storage device.

  In FIG. 1, ECU 110 is shown separately from navigation device 130, but ECU 110 may be incorporated in navigation device 130. In this case, ECU 110 may be an ECU (navigation ECU) of navigation device 130, in other words, ECU 110 may be integrated with the ECU of navigation device 130.

  The key 120 is a key for locking and unlocking the door or the like of the vehicle 10, and is, for example, a smart key or a smartphone in which key information is registered. Here, the smart key is a key for unlocking and locking the door of the vehicle 10 by performing predetermined wireless communication with the vehicle 10.

  The key 120 transmits information indicating the type of the key 120 included in communication data for requesting the unlocking of the vehicle 10. When the key 120 is a smart key and the mechanical key is removed, information indicating that is included in the communication data requesting to unlock the vehicle 10 and transmitted. The mechanical key is a key that can be removed from the smart key. For example, when leaving the vehicle 10 to another user, the keys such as a glove box and a trunk can be unlocked only by the mechanical key. Can do.

  For example, the navigation device 130 detects the latitude and longitude of the current location of the vehicle 10 based on a signal acquired from a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite, and outputs position data representing the latitude and longitude of the current location. As an example, the navigation device 130 is disposed near the center of the dashboard of the vehicle 10 and may be integrated with an operation unit of an audio or air conditioner.

  The navigation device 130 stores a preset location of the owner of the vehicle 10 and performs route guidance for the home in accordance with the user's operation. The navigation device 130 stores a destination history set according to a user's operation, a phone number history transmitted hands-free using the user's mobile phone, a travel history of the vehicle 10, and the like.

  In addition, the navigation apparatus 130 and ECU110 may be connected so that data communication is possible, for example by CAN (Controller Area Network).

<Functional configuration>
Next, a functional configuration of the ECU 110 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the ECU 110 according to the embodiment. The ECU 110 includes a receiving unit 111, a lock control unit 112, a determination unit 113, a display control unit 114, and a data management unit 115. Each of these units is realized by processing that one or more programs installed in the ECU 110 cause the CPU of the ECU 110 to execute.

  The receiving unit 111 receives an unlock request including information indicating the type of the key 120 from the key 120.

  The lock control unit 112 unlocks a key such as a door of the vehicle 10 in response to an unlock request from the key 120. The lock control unit 112 locks a key such as a door of the vehicle 10 in response to a lock request from the key 120.

  The determination unit 113 determines whether the type of the key 120 is for the owner of the vehicle 10.

  When the type of the key 120 determined by the determination unit 113 is for the owner of the vehicle 10, the display control unit 114 displays information on the owner such as the position of the home, the history of the destination, the travel history, and the telephone history. Then, the navigation device 130 is controlled to display. When the type of the key 120 determined by the determination unit 113 is not for the owner of the vehicle 10, the display control unit 114 controls the navigation device 130 not to display information regarding the owner.

  The data management unit 115 stores information such as a home position, a destination history, a travel history, and a telephone history in association with the user of the key 120.

<Processing>
Next, processing of the vehicle information management system 100 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing of the ECU 110.

  In step S <b> 101, the receiving unit 111 receives a request to unlock the door of the vehicle 10 from the key 120. Here, the door 10 unlocking request includes information indicating the type of the key 120.

  Subsequently, in step S102, the lock control unit 112 unlocks a key such as a door of the vehicle.

  Subsequently, in step S103, the determination unit 113 determines the type of the key 120 that has transmitted the unlock request. Here, the determination unit 113 determines whether the key is an owner key based on the information indicating the type of the key 120 received in step S101. For example, in the case of a normal key, the determination unit 113 determines that the key is an owner key, and in the case of a car share key, a key from which a mechanical key is removed, or the like, it is not an owner key. judge.

  When the type of the key 120 is an owner key (step S103: owner key), in step S104, the display control unit 114 causes the navigation device 130 to display information in the normal mode, and ends the process.

  Here, the display control unit 114 may not allow the navigation device 130 to restrict the disclosure of information in the normal mode. That is, in the normal mode, the display control unit 114 may display information related to users other than the owner. As a result, the owner can also see the destination history, travel history, telephone history, etc. when the vehicle 10 is lent to another user.

  If the type of the key 120 is not an owner key (step S103: a key other than the owner key), in step S105, the display control unit 114 causes the navigation device 130 to display information in the privacy management mode, and ends the process. Here, in the privacy management mode, the display control unit 114 does not cause the navigation device 130 to display information on the owner, such as the home position, the destination history, the travel history, and the telephone history. Thereby, it is possible to prevent other users other than the owner from browsing information related to the owner of the vehicle.

<Modification>
In FIG. 3 described above, an example in which the owner lends and borrows the vehicle 10 with another user has been described. Below, with reference to FIG. 4, the example in the case of using the vehicle 10 with a some user by car sharing etc. is demonstrated. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating another example of the processing of the ECU 110. Hereinafter, differences from FIG. 3 will be described.

  Steps S201 through S204 are the same as steps S101 through S104 in FIG. However, the unlock request received in step S201 includes information indicating the type of the key 120 and information indicating the user of the key 120.

  When the type of the key 120 is not the owner key (step S203: a key other than the owner key), in step S205, the display control unit 114 causes the navigation device 130 to display information in the privacy management mode.

  Subsequently, in step S206, the display control unit 114 informs the navigation device 130 based on the information indicating the user of the key 120 received in step S201, the home position, the destination history, and the travel history for only the user. Display information such as phone history. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the information regarding the owner and other users from being displayed on the user.

<Summary>
According to the above-described embodiment, the disclosure of information about the user is limited according to the key 120 used for unlocking the vehicle 10. Thereby, for example, a user can be prevented from browsing information about other users.

  As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to such specific embodiment, In the range of the summary of this invention described in the claim, various deformation | transformation・ Change is possible.

  Each functional unit of the ECU 110 may be realized by cloud computing including, for example, one or more computers. In this case, for example, the data management unit 115 or the like may be provided in the cloud. Further, at least a part of each functional unit of the ECU 110 may be provided in the navigation device 130. In this case, for example, the data management unit 115 or the like may be provided in the navigation device 130.

10 Vehicle 100 Vehicle Information Management System 110 ECU
111 Reception Unit 112 Lock Control Unit 113 Determination Unit 114 Display Control Unit 115 Data Management Unit 120 Key 130 Navigation Device

Claims (1)

A receiving unit for receiving an unlocking request including information indicating the type of the key from the key;
In response to the unlock request, a lock control unit that unlocks the vehicle key;
A display control unit that controls to display information about the owner if the key type is for the owner of the vehicle, and not to display information about the owner if the key type is not for the owner of the vehicle; ,
A vehicle information management system comprising:

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