JP2022119035A - Assessment device for used vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an assessment device that can accurately assess the price of a used vehicle to be assessed.SOLUTION: An assessment device 2 executes: a step S1 of acquiring vehicle information on a used vehicle 1 to be assessed (vehicle manufacturer name, vehicle model, manufacture year, grade of equipment, and paint color) and use history information on the used vehicle 1 (failure diagnosis result, maintenance record, travel time, travel area, travel load, and components of exhaust gas); a step 2 of acquiring travel information (appearance of used vehicle 1, behavior of used vehicle 1, movement of components of used vehicle 1, color of exhaust gas from used vehicle 1, and sound emitted from used vehicle 1) in association with causing the used vehicle 1 to actually travel on a test driving source 3; and a step 3 of assessing the price of the used vehicle 1 based on the pieces of information acquired in the steps.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to a used vehicle assessment device.

For example, in Patent Document 1, "a maintenance status database that stores past maintenance status data such as consumable parts replacement data, inspection maintenance data, accident and failure data, and on-vehicle computer data for used vehicles, manufacturer name, vehicle model, etc. , type, grade, model year, paint color, exterior condition, etc. A first calculation means for calculating a basic evaluation value based on assessment item data, and a second calculation means for calculating a maintenance status evaluation value based on maintenance status data. and a fourth calculation means for calculating a price evaluation from the basic evaluation value and the maintenance status evaluation value”.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-259753

In Patent Literature 1, since the running information is not obtained by actually driving the used vehicle, there is room for improvement in assessing the vehicle with higher accuracy.

In view of such circumstances, it is an object of the present invention to provide an appraisal device capable of accurately assessing the price of a used vehicle to be assessed.

The used vehicle assessment device according to the present invention includes vehicle information (vehicle manufacturer name, vehicle model, year of manufacture, equipment grade, paint color) related to the used vehicle to be assessed, usage history information of the used vehicle (failure diagnosis results, a step of acquiring maintenance records, driving time, driving area, driving load, components of exhaust gas); behavior, movement of each component of the used vehicle, color of exhaust gas from the used vehicle, sound emitted from the used vehicle); and performing an assessing step.

According to this configuration, the traveling information is acquired by actually driving the used vehicle to be assessed, and the used vehicle to be assessed is assessed, so that the used vehicle to be assessed can be assessed with high accuracy. be able to.

By the way, in the step of acquiring the vehicle information and the usage history information, the assessment device may further acquire information (name, address, telephone number) regarding the owner of the used vehicle to be assessed.

In addition, before the step of acquiring the travel information, the assessment device provides the latest economic information that affects the market trend of the used vehicle, the accident history information of the used vehicle, the automobile insurance utilization history information of the used vehicle, It can be configured to further execute a step of acquiring reference assessment information of the used vehicle.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an assessment device capable of accurately assessing the price of a used vehicle to be assessed.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a used vehicle assessment apparatus according to the present invention; FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a test driving course for actually driving a used vehicle; 4 is a flowchart for explaining an assessment procedure by the used vehicle assessment device;

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 3 show one embodiment of the invention. In the figure, 1 is a used vehicle, 2 is an assessment device for the used vehicle 1, and 3 is a test driving course.

A used vehicle 1 is equipped with a storage device 1a. The storage device 1a may be a data logger that stores usage history information.

The usage history information includes failure diagnosis results of the used vehicle 1, maintenance records (including inspection, repair, and parts replacement), travel time, travel area, travel load, and components of exhaust gas.

The failure diagnosis results are acquired by diagnosis programmed in various control units (not shown) mounted on the used vehicle 1, and stored in the storage device 1a, for example.

In addition, the running time includes not only the running distance but also the state of stopping due to idling. Therefore, when the idling time is long even if the mileage is short, it means that each component of the vehicle is under load. get faster. Therefore, the information about the running time is useful information for appropriately determining the degree of deterioration of each component of the vehicle.

Also, the driving area is stored in data loggers of various control units (not shown) mounted on the used vehicle 1 using GPS (Global Positioning System). In other words, according to the information about the driving area, it is possible to grasp that the vehicle was used in a heavy snowfall area even though the vehicle was purchased in a non-heavy snowfall area. Therefore, the information about the driving area is useful information for appropriately determining the degree of deterioration of each component of the vehicle.

Further, the running load is a heavy load on each component of the vehicle when the used vehicle 1 is in a daily driving condition, that is, when the daily driving is very rough, such as a sudden acceleration or a sudden braking. Therefore, the information about the running load is useful information for appropriately determining the degree of deterioration of each component of the vehicle.

In addition, the components of the exhaust gas are CO and HC emitted from the used vehicle 1, and are measured by an exhaust gas tester 21e described below. is determined. Therefore, the information on the components of the exhaust gas (information on determining whether or not the automobile exhaust gas regulation values are met) is useful information for determining the degree of deterioration and the presence or absence of failures of components related to purification of the exhaust gas.

The assessment device 2 includes, for example, an input device 21, a database 22, a control device 23, and the like.

The input device 21 has a manual operation unit 21a (keyboard or touch panel), a microphone 21b for voice input, a scanner 21c, a communication port 21d, and an exhaust gas tester 21e, and receives various types of information input therefrom. It is transmitted to the control device 23 described below.

The manual operation unit 21a inputs vehicle information and owner information of the used vehicle 1 by manual operation. The vehicle information includes vehicle manufacturer name, vehicle model, manufacturing year, equipment grade, and paint color. The owner information is name, address, and telephone number.

The microphone 21b inputs the vehicle information and the owner information by voice.

The scanner 21c reads items such as a vehicle inspection certificate in which the vehicle information is described.

The communication port 21d is wirelessly or wiredly connected to the following first to sixth imaging devices 11 to 16, various electronic devices, various sites on the Internet, and various servers. and information (usage history information, latest economic information, accident history information, automobile insurance usage history information) necessary for appraisal of the used vehicle 1 are received.

Examples of the various electronic devices include a storage device 1a mounted on the used vehicle 1 to be assessed, and a communication terminal owned by the owner of the used vehicle (so-called smart phone, personal computer).

Examples of the various sites include sites that display the latest economic information (information that affects the market trend of the used vehicle 1).

Examples of the various servers include a server of the Traffic Safety Association of the police that stores vehicle accident history information, and a server of an automobile insurance company that stores automobile insurance usage history.

The exhaust gas tester 21e is inserted into the muffler of the used vehicle 1 to measure the components (CO and HC) of the exhaust gas from the used vehicle 1 to check whether or not it conforms to automobile exhaust gas regulation values. The result of this inspection (whether or not the automobile exhaust gas regulation value is met) is transmitted to the control device 23 and stored in the internal memory of the control device 23 .

In addition, instead of the exhaust gas tester 21e, when the inspection results of an exhaust gas sensor (not shown) equipped on the used vehicle 1 are stored in an in-vehicle data logger (not shown), the inspection result history of the data logger may be read from the communication port 21d.

The database 22 stores reference appraisal information of the used vehicle 1 and is read by the control device 23 described below.

As the standard assessment information, the standard price (also referred to as the standard assessment price) for each vehicle specified by vehicle information (for example, vehicle manufacturer name, vehicle model, year of manufacture, equipment grade and paint color) at the time of new vehicle for each commercial vehicle. ), and a rating rank of the body identified by external condition, degree of failure, and degree of accident.

The control device 23 executes various processes based on a program for appraising the used vehicle 1, which will be described later in detail.

Although not shown in detail, the control device 23 is a generally known ECU (Electronic Control Unit), which includes a central processing unit (CPU), a nonvolatile storage device (Read Only Memory: ROM), It has a temporary memory (random access memory: RAM) and the like.

The ROM stores various control programs, maps referred to when executing the various control programs, and the like. The CPU executes arithmetic processing based on various control programs and maps stored in the ROM. The RAM is a memory that temporarily stores the calculation result of the CPU, data input from each sensor, and the like.

In this embodiment, the control device 23 is a computer connected to the input device 21 by wire or wirelessly so as to be capable of two-way communication. It is equipped with a manual operation unit for receiving manual operations by an operator, a display for displaying various information, a printer for printing various information, and so on.

This control device 23 stores the assessment result of the used vehicle 1 and presents the assessment result to the owner of the used vehicle 1 on the screen of the display or presents the assessment document printed by the printer. Run.

The test driving course 3 is a closed course for obtaining driving information by actually driving the used vehicle 1 when assessing it, and includes straight roads, curved roads, uneven roads, and the like.

The traveling information includes the appearance of the used vehicle 1 to be assessed, the behavior of the used vehicle 1, the movement of each component of the used vehicle 1, the sound emitted from the used vehicle 1, and the color of the exhaust gas from the used vehicle 1. .

The information on the appearance of the used vehicle 1 is useful for recognizing the paint condition of the body of the used vehicle 1, locations of scratches, water repellency of the body, and the like.

The information about the behavior of the used vehicle 1 is useful for determining whether there is an abnormality in suspension movement, headlight movement, and headlight wiper movement, for example.

The information about the sound emitted from the used vehicle 1 is useful for determining whether or not there is an abnormal sound from the engine (for example, knocking sound, rotation sound of various pulleys) or from the suspension.

Information about the color of the exhaust gas from the used vehicle 1 is useful, for example, in determining whether or not there is an abnormality in the engine.

For example, if the color of the exhaust gas is white, it may be determined that the oil seal or piston ring in each part of the cylinder head needs to be replaced because the engine oil level is high or the engine oil level is low. be possible.

Further, if the exhaust gas is black, it is determined that the reason is that the amount of gasoline is large relative to the amount of intake air, and that the air cleaner, or the sensor of the intake system or the sensor of the fuel system needs to be replaced. becomes possible.

At predetermined positions on the test driving course 3, the assessment device 2 (the input device 21, the database 22, the control device 23) and the first to sixth imaging devices 11 to 16 are installed.

Specifically, on the test driving course 3, the input device 21 of the assessment device 2 described above is installed on the right side of the entrance point (start position), and the database 22 described above is installed at the exit point (final stop position). and a control device 23 are installed.

The first to sixth photographing devices 11 to 16 are installed at a plurality of locations (for example, six locations) on the test driving course 3, and are operated according to the running of the used vehicle 1 (appearance of the used vehicle 1, used vehicle 1 behavior, movement of each component of the used vehicle 1, color of exhaust gas from the used vehicle 1), and recording function for recording sound emitted from the used vehicle 1, and driving information (the above The photographed information and the recorded information) are input to the control device 23 via the communication port 21d.

Specifically, the first photographing device 11 is installed on the left side (first information acquisition point 31) of a position advanced by a predetermined distance from the entrance point on the test driving course 3. The front part of the used vehicle 1 and the left side of the used vehicle 1 passing through the first information acquisition point 31 can be photographed.

The second photographing device 12 is installed on the right side of the entrance of the first corner (the second information acquisition point 32) on the test driving course 3, and the front part of the used vehicle 1 when heading to the entrance of the first corner, The left side of the used vehicle 1 passing through the entrance can be photographed.

The third photographing device 13 is installed on the left side of the middle of the second corner (the third information acquisition point 33) on the test driving course 3, and the front part of the used vehicle 1 when heading to the middle of the second corner The right side of the used vehicle 1 passing through the middle of the road can be photographed.

The fourth photographing device 14 is installed on the left side of the exit of the second corner (fourth information acquisition point 34) on the test driving course 3, and photographs the left side of the used vehicle 1 passing through the exit of the second corner. can do.

The fifth photographing device 15 is installed on the right side of the entrance of the third corner (the fifth information acquisition point 35) on the test driving course 3, and the front part of the used vehicle 1 heading for the entrance of the third corner and the entrance The right side of the used vehicle 1 passing through can be photographed.

The sixth photographing device 16 is installed on the left side of the exit of the third corner on the test driving course 3 (sixth information acquisition point 36), and the front part of the used vehicle 1 when passing the exit of the third corner or the left side of the used vehicle 1 passing through the exit.

Next, the procedure and processing for assessing the used vehicle 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, as the procedure for assessing the used vehicle 1 in this embodiment, the owner drives the used vehicle 1, moves it to the entrance point of the test driving course 3, stops it, and uses the input device 21 at this stop position. acquires vehicle information, owner information and usage history information relating to the used vehicle 1 to be assessed (step S1). The acquired information is stored in a memory (not shown) inside the control device 23 .

The vehicle information includes vehicle manufacturer name, vehicle model, manufacturing year, equipment grade, and paint color. The owner information is name, address, and telephone number. The usage history information includes failure diagnosis results, maintenance records including inspections, repairs, and parts replacement, driving time, driving area, driving load, and whether or not the vehicle complies with automobile exhaust gas regulation values based on exhaust gas components.

In this step S1, when the owner of the used vehicle 1 stops at the entrance point of the test driving course 3 and operates the manual operation unit 21a of the input device 21 to execute the assessment start mode, A message "Please input vehicle information and owner information" is displayed on the manual operation unit 21a of the input device 21. FIG.

Along with this, when the vehicle information and owner information are input by the manual operation unit 21a or by reading the descriptions of the vehicle inspection certificate with the scanner 21c, the manual operation unit 21a of the input device 21 displays the "usage history". Please enter your information." is displayed. Along with this, the communication port 21d of the input device 21 is connected to the storage device 1a of the used vehicle 1, for example, by radio, and the usage history information is read from the storage device 1a, and the inspection result is read from the exhaust gas tester 21e.

In step S1, when the used vehicle 1 is stopped at the entrance point of the test driving course 3, for example, a message such as "Would you like to start assessment?" can be In such a case, when the owner manually operates the manual operation unit 21a to select "start assessment", the processing shifts to input of vehicle information, owner information and usage history information as described above. You may make it

Next, the latest economic information is obtained from a predetermined site through the Internet, the accident history information and automobile insurance usage history information are obtained from a predetermined server through the Internet, and the standard assessment information is obtained from the database 22 (step S2). . The acquired information is stored in a memory (not shown) inside the control device 23 .

The reference appraisal information is the reference price for each vehicle specified by the vehicle information when the vehicle was new, and the evaluation rank of the body.

After that, the used vehicle 1 is actually driven on the test driving course 3, and driving information is acquired (step S3). The acquired information is stored in a memory (not shown) inside the control device 23 .

The traveling information includes the appearance of the used vehicle 1, the behavior of the used vehicle 1, the movement of each component of the used vehicle 1, the color of the exhaust gas from the used vehicle 1, and the recorded information of the sound emitted by the used vehicle 1.

In this step S3, after the end of step S2, the manual operation unit 21a of the input device 21 displays a message regarding "how to drive". Along with this, when the owner makes an operation input to confirm the message, the manual operation unit 21a of the input device 21 displays a message such as "Please start running." Along with this, when the owner inputs an operation to confirm the message, the first to sixth information acquisition points 31 to 31 of the test driving course 3 are activated by activating the first to sixth photographing devices 11 to 16. 36, the running information of the used vehicle 1 is acquired one by one.

Then, for example, when the used vehicle 1 reaches the exit point of the test driving course 3, the vehicle information, owner information and usage history information acquired in step S1, the latest economic information and accident history information acquired in step S2, The price of the used vehicle 1 is assessed based on the automobile insurance usage history information, the reference assessment information, and the travel information acquired in step S3 (step S4). This assessment result is stored in a memory (not shown) inside the control device 23 .

In step S4, in addition to assessing the price of the used vehicle 1, an assessment document describing the details of the assessment may be created.

After that, the owner of the used vehicle 1 is notified of the price assessed in step S4. This notification may be given verbally by an operator placed at the exit point of the test driving course 3, displayed on a display (not shown) provided in the control device 23, or owned by the owner of the used vehicle 1. It can be in a form of transmitting to a communication terminal (so-called smart phone, personal computer).

As described above, the used vehicle 1 assessment procedure of the embodiment according to the present invention acquires the vehicle information, owner information, and usage history information of the used vehicle 1 to be assessed at the entrance of the test driving course 3, After acquiring information, accident history information, automobile insurance usage history information, and standard assessment information, the traveling information of the used vehicle 1 is acquired in the course of traveling on the test traveling course 3, and at the exit of the test traveling course 3, each of the above acquired The price of the used vehicle 1 is assessed based on the information.

As described above, according to the embodiment to which the present invention is applied, the used vehicle 1 to be assessed is actually driven to obtain travel information, and the used vehicle 1 to be assessed is assessed. The target used vehicle 1 can be assessed with high accuracy.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be modified as appropriate within the scope of the claims and equivalents thereof.

(1) In the above embodiment, an example in which owner information is acquired in step S1 is given, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, owner information is not acquired in step S1. Forms are also included in the present invention.

(2) The present invention also includes a form in which step S2 is eliminated in the above embodiment.

(3) In the above embodiment, after step S2, a communication terminal (a so-called smart phone, personal computer) owned by the owner of the used vehicle 1 is connected to the communication port 21d wirelessly or by wire, and the communication terminal is purchased. You may make it acquire the payment history information of a motor vehicle related part. In this case, it is possible to recognize the maintenance history or dress-up history of the used vehicle 1 to be assessed based on the payment history information.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be suitably used in a used vehicle assessment device.

1 used vehicle
1a storage device 2 assessment device
21 input device
21a manual operation unit
21b Mike
21c Scanner
21d communication port
21e Exhaust gas tester
22 databases
23 control device 3 test driving course
31 to 36 1st to 6th information acquisition points 11 to 16 1st to 6th imaging devices

Claims (1)

Vehicle information on the used vehicle to be assessed (vehicle manufacturer name, vehicle model, year of manufacture, equipment grade, paint color), usage history information of the used vehicle (failure diagnosis results, maintenance records, driving time, driving area, driving load , components of the exhaust gas);
Along with actually running the used vehicle on the test driving course, the driving information (the appearance of the used vehicle, the behavior of the used vehicle, the movement of each component of the used vehicle, the color of the exhaust gas from the used vehicle, the a step of obtaining a sound emitted from a used vehicle);
and a step of assessing the price of the used vehicle based on the information acquired in each of the steps.

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