WO2019131113A1

WO2019131113A1 - Information provision device of saddle-type vehicle, saddle-type vehicle, and method for providing information for saddle-type vehicle

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Publication number: WO2019131113A1
Application number: PCT/JP2018/045491
Authority: WO
Inventors: 雅幸比留川; 智之武若
Original assignee: 本田技研工業株式会社
Priority date: 2017-12-26
Filing date: 2018-12-11
Publication date: 2019-07-04

Abstract

This information provision device of a saddle-type vehicle specifies a stopping situation of a saddle-type vehicle, and, in the case of a stopping situation in which the saddle-type vehicle is stopped for at least a prescribed period of time, provides information pertaining to the stop position of the saddle-type vehicle.

Description

Information providing apparatus for straddle type vehicle, straddle type vehicle, and information provision method for straddle type vehicle

The present invention relates to an information provision device for a straddle-type vehicle, a straddle-type vehicle, and an information provision method for a straddle-type vehicle, and more particularly to information provision technology in a straddle-type vehicle.

With the spread of information provision services, a variety of information is to be displayed using display functions such as car navigation systems mounted on vehicles. Patent Document 1 describes a method of displaying an advertisement on a screen of a display device mounted on a vehicle in response to the vehicle reaching a predetermined position. Patent Document 2 describes a method of forming an advertisement area on a screen of a display device mounted on a vehicle and displaying an advertisement together with a map. Further, Patent Literature 3 and Patent Literature 4 describe a method of displaying information on a display screen of a vehicle when the vehicle is stopped according to a traffic light.

JP, 2010-113365, A JP, 2015-099017, A JP, 2011-207268, A Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2016-099840

The methods described in Patent Documents 1 to 4 are not necessarily suitable for small vehicles such as straddle-type vehicles (electric motorcycles, etc.) in which the driver's sight line movement during traveling is greater than that of passenger cars. There was a problem.

The present invention provides information providing technology suitable for small vehicles.

An information providing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is an information providing apparatus for a straddle-type vehicle, and identifies the stop status of the straddle-type vehicle, and the stop status in which the straddle-type vehicle stops for a predetermined time or more. And providing information related to the stop position of the straddle-type vehicle.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide information suitable for a small vehicle.

Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. In the attached drawings, the same or similar configurations are denoted by the same reference numerals.

The accompanying drawings are included in the specification, constitute a part thereof, show embodiments of the present invention, and are used together with the description to explain the principle of the present invention.
It is a figure showing an example of composition of a straddle type vehicle which has an information offer device. It is a figure which shows the example of arrangement | positioning of an information provision apparatus. It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the service using the straddle-type vehicle which has an information provision apparatus. It is a figure which shows the hardware structural example of an information provision apparatus. It is a figure which shows the function structural example of an information provision apparatus. It is a figure which shows the example of the flow of the process which an information provision apparatus performs. It is a figure which shows the example of the flow of the process which an information provision apparatus performs. It is a figure which shows the example of the flow of the process which an information provision apparatus performs. It is a figure which shows the example of the information which an information provision apparatus provides. It is a figure which shows the example of the information which an information provision apparatus provides. It is a figure which shows the example of the information which an information provision apparatus provides. It is a figure which shows the example of the information which an information provision apparatus provides. It is a figure which shows the example of the information which an information provision apparatus provides. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the system which gives priority to provision information.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Structure of straddle-type vehicle)
FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of a straddle-type vehicle according to the present embodiment. FIG. 1 shows an example of a scooter type straddle-type electric vehicle (hereinafter referred to as “electric motorcycle 1”) having a low floor. The electric two-wheeled vehicle 1 is provided between the steering handle 101, the seat 102 on which the driver sits, and the steering handle 101 and the seat 102 so that the driver can carry his / her foot and the battery 120 from above It has a low floor floor 103 to cover. The electric motorcycle 1 has one front wheel 111 which is a steering wheel and one rear wheel 112 which is a driving wheel. Further, a straddle type vehicle other than that shown in FIG. 1 may be used. For example, in place of a two-wheeled vehicle, a three-wheeled vehicle, a four-wheeled vehicle, or the like may be used. The motive power is not limited to the electric motor, but may be an internal combustion engine or a combination of an internal combustion engine and an electric motor.

In the electric motorcycle 1, the electric motor 131 built in the swing arm 104 is driven by the power supplied from the battery 120, and the rotational power when the electric motor 131 is driven is transmitted to the rear wheel 112. Run. The traveling of the electric motorcycle 1 is controlled, for example, by a control unit disposed at an appropriate position such as in the swing arm 104, in the article storage box 105 below the seat 102, and inside the side covers 106 on the left and right.

The electric motorcycle 1 further includes an information providing device 2. The information providing device 2 is a device capable of providing various information to the driver of the electric motorcycle 1 (or a passenger of the electric motorcycle 1 or a person around the user) by screen display or voice output, for example, the display 2a And a voice output device such as a speaker 2b. FIG. 2 shows an example of the arrangement position of the information providing device 2 when viewed from the driver side. The information providing device 2 can be installed, for example, between the left and right steering handles 101, and can be disposed on the front lower side as viewed from the driver. With such an arrangement, the driver can visually recognize the information providing device 2 within the range of the normal line-of-sight movement performed by meter confirmation or the like at the timing when the electric motorcycle 1 stops. The information providing device 2 may not be provided in advance in the electric motorcycle 1. For example, the information providing device 2 is independent of the electric two-wheeled vehicle 1 (for example, externally attached) for controlling the display device such as a device for car navigation and the voice output device provided in advance to the electric two-wheeled vehicle 1 to present information. ) May be an apparatus. The information providing device 2 acquires information on the state of the electric motorcycle 1 from the electric motorcycle 1 and executes information provision control based on the information.

In the present embodiment, the information providing device 2 identifies the stop condition of the electric motorcycle 1 and performs processing to provide information related to the stop position when the electric motorcycle 1 is in the stop condition of stopping for a predetermined time or more. Run. For example, the information providing device 2 is a process for providing information associated with the stop position when the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped based on the stop signal of the traffic light and is expected to stop as it is for a predetermined time or longer. Run. As a specific example, the information providing device 2 executes display processing of an advertisement of a facility or the like existing near the stop position. In addition, the information providing device 2 executes an audio output process such as “00 intersection. ΔΔ dental is near □□ building” in addition to the screen display of information or in some cases instead of the screen display of information. May be As described above, when the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped for a sufficiently long time, the information providing device 2 performs processing for providing information such as an advertisement to the passenger. That is, the information providing device 2 provides information when the driver has enough time to view the screen or listen to the voice guidance, while the driver observes the surroundings such as before starting. If it is a necessary condition, it does not provide information. Thus, in a vehicle such as a two-wheeled vehicle (small-sized vehicle) where the driver's eye movement is relatively large, the information can be used at a timing suitable for the driver or the like to grasp information such as advertisements. It becomes possible to offer.

An example of the usage condition of the electric motorcycle 1 having the information providing device 2 will be described with reference to FIG. In one example, the electric motorcycle 1 is prepared for rental (for sharing). In this case, the vehicle rental management company 301 manages the electric motorcycle 1. The user 303 makes a contract with the vehicle rental management company 301 via the communication network 305 using, for example, a mobile phone, and borrows and uses the electric motorcycle 1 for rental / share. In one example, the vehicle rental management company 301 concludes a contract with the advertiser 302 for each position such as an intersection or a traffic light, and in response to payment of a fee from the advertiser 302, its position and its position prepared by the advertiser 302. Relating information (advertisement) related to and registered. The vehicle rental management company 301 acquires, for example, the information of the latitude and longitude about the position to which the information is provided based on the map information provided by the map information service company 304, and the information of the latitude and longitude and the information to be provided. Associate and register. In this case, the vehicle rental management company 301 receives, via the communication network 305, the information of the latitude and longitude acquired by the electric motorcycle 1 based on the positioning satellite 307 of the GPS. Then, the vehicle rental management company 301 transmits the communication network 305 to the information providing device 2 when the received latitude and longitude of the electric motorcycle 1 is within a predetermined range from the latitude and longitude of the position where the information is provided. To send the information to be provided. The information providing device 2 receives the information to be provided via the communication network 305, and executes processing for providing the information when the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped for a sufficiently long period at the information providing position. Note that the vehicle rental management company 301 may associate and register the information that can identify the traffic signal with the provision target information. In this case, for example, the information providing device 2 is approaching the traffic light based on the information obtained by receiving the beacon transmitted from the wireless device 308 of the traffic light 306 or the information of the latitude and longitude obtained by the positioning such as GPS. It identifies and transmits the information of the signal to the vehicle rental management company 301. Then, the vehicle rental management company 301 transmits the information registered in association with the traffic signal to the information providing device 2 via the communication network 305. In addition, the specification of the position may be, for example, acquiring information capable of identifying an intersection by road-to-vehicle communication, the electric two-wheeled vehicle 1, or information other than the one by the positioning satellite 307 and the one by the beacon from the wireless device 308 of the traffic light 306. It may be performed by information recognition or the like based on an image captured by a camera provided in the providing device 2. The vehicle rental management company 301 may transmit to the information providing apparatus 2 the provision target information registered in association with the position, regardless of the method of specifying the position where the electric motorcycle 1 stops for a sufficiently long period of time. it can.

As described above, the vehicle rental management company 301 provides the information (advertisement) related to the stop position of the electric motorcycle 1 to the information providing device 2 of the electric motorcycle 1, thereby obtaining compensation for the provision of the information. be able to. Then, the vehicle rental management company 301 can provide services such as, for example, giving preferential treatment to the rental fee of the vehicle or improving the point return rate, using the obtained price. For example, the vehicle rental management company 301 prepares a first model to which information such as an advertisement is provided and a second model to which information is not provided as the electric motorcycle 1 to be rented, and the second model is a second model. It can be offered at a preferential rate than the model of. In addition, the vehicle rental management company 301 can also use the obtained price for the procurement of vehicles. Information such as the above-described advertisement may be provided to the individually owned electric motorcycle 1 as well. In this case, the individual who owns the electric motorcycle 1 can be given benefits such as, for example, suppression of the selling price of the electric motorcycle 1, reduction of fees such as maintenance costs, discount of parts prices, and addition of points on point cards. . Note that the advertisement fee paid by the advertiser 302 to the vehicle rental management company 301 is, for example, the time when the information providing device 2 is operating in the electric motorcycle 1, the number of times the advertisement is actually displayed on the information providing device 2, etc. It can be decided accordingly.

In the above description, although the example in which the vehicle rental management company 301 provides the information providing service has been described, the present invention is not limited thereto, and another enterprise may provide the information providing service. That is, the executor may be different between vehicle rental and information provision. In this case, for example, the vehicle rental management company 301 can obtain, from the information providing service provider, compensation for providing a place for providing information such as an advertisement.

Subsequently, the configuration of the information providing apparatus 2 as described above and an example of the flow of processing executed by the information providing apparatus 2 will be described.

(Configuration of information provision device)
FIG. 4 shows an example of the hardware configuration of the information providing device 2. The information providing device 2 includes, for example, a CPU 401, a memory 402, a storage device 403, a communication circuit 404, and an input / output circuit 405. The CPU 401 executes, for example, a program stored in the memory 402 to execute processing to be described later and control of the entire information providing apparatus 2. Note that the CPU 401 may be replaced by any one or more processors such as an MPU or an ASIC. The memory 402 holds a program for causing the information providing device 2 to execute various processes, and functions as a work memory at the time of program execution. The memory 402 is, in one example, a RAM (random access memory) or a ROM (read only memory). The storage device 403 holds various information such as, for example, map information for a navigation system. The communication circuit 404 executes various processes such as radio frequency related to wireless communication and processes in baseband, acquires various information from an external communication apparatus (for example, a wireless communication apparatus on the road) by wireless communication, and Various information such as position information can be transmitted to the communication device. Note that the information (for example, information to be provided) acquired by the communication circuit 404 is stored in, for example, the memory 402 or the storage device 403. The input / output circuit 405 can execute, for example, provision of information such as screen display and sound output, and reception of an input such as a driver's operation. The input / output circuit 405 can receive input from various sensors provided in the electric motorcycle 1. For example, the rotation amount of the motor, the positioning result by the positioning system such as GPS, information indicating the surrounding situation by the camera etc., information indicating whether or not the steering handle 101 is gripped, the pressure distribution on the seat 102 and the driver side Information indicating the driver's posture as a result of imaging may be input to the information providing device 2 via the input / output circuit 405. Based on these pieces of information, the CPU 401 of the information providing device 2 can execute processing such as determination as to whether or not the electric motorcycle 1 stops for a predetermined time or more, determination of a stop position, and determination of information to be provided.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the functional configuration of the information providing device 2. The information providing device 2 includes, in one example, a stop state obtaining unit 501, a provided information obtaining unit 502, and an information providing processing unit 503.

The stop condition acquisition unit 501 specifies the stop condition of the electric motorcycle 1. In one example, when the rotation of the motor of the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped, the stop state acquisition unit 501 determines that the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped, and accordingly the stop state is maintained for a predetermined time or more. Determine Note that the stop state acquisition unit 501 may determine whether the electric two-wheeled vehicle 1 is stopped, for example, according to whether or not the moving speed of the electric two-wheeled vehicle 1 is 0, not the rotation of the motor. .

The stop condition acquisition unit 501 determines whether the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped for a predetermined time or more, for example, as a result of monitoring of the surrounding condition by information obtained by wireless communication or optical wireless communication or by a sensor such as a camera. It can be determined based on the information. For example, the stop condition acquisition unit 501 may indicate whether the stop position of the electric motorcycle 1 is an intersection, the presence or absence of a traffic light, and a state in which the driver can immediately drive the electric motorcycle 1. Based on the acquired information, it is determined whether or not the electric motorcycle 1 is in a stop state for stopping for a predetermined time or more.

For example, from the wireless device 308 provided at the intersection where the traffic light 306 is installed, the stop status acquisition unit 501 acquires information of a signal (stop signal or progress permission signal) indicated at the intersection by wireless communication. It can be recognized that the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped at the stop signal. Furthermore, when the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped by the stop signal, the stop state acquisition unit 501 can acquire the timing at which the traffic signal switches to the advance permission signal by wireless communication. According to this, from the current time and the acquired timing, the remaining time in which the electric motorcycle 1 maintains the stopped state can be specified. The stop condition acquisition unit 501 can specify, based on the remaining time, whether or not the electric motorcycle 1 is in a stop condition in which it stops for a predetermined time or more. The wireless signal from the wireless device at the intersection may be transmitted at a predetermined cycle in one example, and the information providing device 2 may be configured to acquire at least one of the transmitted wireless signals. Note that the information providing device 2 itself may not be equipped with a wireless device. For example, a wireless device provided in the electric motorcycle 1 or a wireless device that can be externally attached to the information providing device 2 may be used. In addition, for example, information of travel history of a large number of vehicles entering the intersection is collected in a network server accessible from the information providing device 2, and statistical information such as average stop time and most frequent stop time at the intersection May be identified. In this case, when the information providing device 2 approaches an intersection or stops at the intersection, the network server is accessed by wireless communication to acquire statistical information, and the stop state acquisition unit 501 acquires the statistical information. The stop time length of the electric motorcycle 1 can be estimated. In this case, the information providing device 2 may be configured to, for example, notify the network of information according to the position where the electric motorcycle 1 is traveling, and acquire statistical information on intersections around the information.

In addition, the stop state acquisition unit 501 may, for example, continuously capture the surrounding environment with a camera, and determine whether the electric motorcycle 1 has stopped based on a stop signal of a traffic light at an intersection or the like. In addition, the stop state acquisition unit 501 can specify an elapsed time from the timing when the traffic signal presented the stop signal to the time when the electric motorcycle 1 stops, and can specify the remaining time for the electric motorcycle 1 to maintain the stop state. The stop condition acquisition unit 501 can specify, based on the remaining time, whether or not the electric motorcycle 1 is in a stop condition in which it stops for a predetermined time or more.

In addition, the stop condition acquisition unit 501 may, for example, indicate whether or not the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped for a predetermined time or more of the caution information such as whether or not the turn indicator (winker or blinker) is operating. It can be used to identify. That is, it is estimated that the driver of the electric motorcycle 1 has the intention to turn right or left and pays more attention to the surroundings when the direction indicator is stopped while operating. Similarly, for example, the stop state acquisition unit 501 acquires, as caution information, the driver's line of sight information acquired by, for example, the helmet worn by the driver, and performs an operation (for example, preparation operation) for the driver to turn It can be determined if it is included. Then, in a situation where it is considered that the driver has an intention to turn to the left based on such caution information, the stop condition acquisition unit 501 is not a stop condition in which the electric motorcycle 1 stops for a predetermined time or more. It can be judged. It should be noted that the determination of the presence or absence of turning to the left or right is not used in the determination of whether or not the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped for a predetermined time or more, and is directly used in the determination of whether to provide information described later It may be done. That is, the information providing device 2 determines the presence or absence of the intention of turning to the left or right separately from the determination of whether or not the electric motorcycle 1 is in the stopping state of stopping for a predetermined time or more. In the above, it may be decided not to provide information regardless of the determination result of the former.

The stop state acquisition unit 501 specifies the position at which the electric motorcycle 1 is currently stopped based on, for example, the positioning result by GPS or the like, and stops at any other position whether it is stopped at an intersection or not It may be determined whether it is present. In addition, the stop condition acquisition unit 501 may be stopped in the state of entering an intersection or stopped near the stop line of the intersection according to, for example, highly accurate positioning and sensing results of the surrounding environment, and may be right turn lane You may specify which lane you are stopping, such as a left lane or a left lane. For example, when the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped in a state where the electric motorcycle 1 has entered an intersection beyond a stop line, the stop state acquisition unit 501 can determine that the vehicle is waiting for turning to the left or right and the stop time is short. In addition, when the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped near the stop line of the intersection, the stop condition acquisition unit 501 stops the electric motorcycle 1 for a predetermined time or more based on the information of the traffic light, for example, as described above. It can be determined. In addition, for example, when the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped in the right turn lane, the stop state acquisition unit 501 is electrically driven according to, for example, the time until the traffic signal indicates the right turn signal even if the turn indicator is activated. It may be determined whether the two-wheeled vehicle 1 stops for a predetermined time or more. That is, even if attention information such as a turn signal is obtained, it is determined whether or not the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped for a predetermined time or more according to the situation of the lane etc. during stop. May be

In addition, the stop state acquisition unit 501 may determine whether or not the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped for a predetermined time or more according to whether the driver of the information providing device 2 has performed an operation. That is, when the driver releases the steering wheel 101 and operates the information providing device 2 while the driver is stopping the electric motorcycle 1, the stop condition acquisition unit 501 takes a predetermined time or more. It may be determined that the vehicle is in a stop condition to stop. Note that the stop state acquisition unit 501 specifies, for example, using a sensor whether or not the steering handle 101 is released, and whether or not the hand is continuously released from the steering handle 101 for a fixed time, It may be determined whether or not the electric motorcycle 1 is in a stop state in which it stops for a predetermined time or more. In addition, the stop condition acquisition unit 501 is a stop condition in which the electric motorcycle 1 stops for a predetermined time or more based on, for example, information on the driver's posture based on the pressure distribution on the seat 102 and the result of imaging the driver side. It may be determined whether or not. For example, a statistical value of a value (for example, pressure distribution in a seat) indicating the posture taken by the driver in the stop situation where the electric motorcycle stops for a predetermined time or more, and the driver's posture when the electric motorcycle 1 is actually stopped Such a determination can be made by comparing with the indicated value.

The provided information acquisition unit 502 relates to the stop position of the electric motorcycle 1 by wireless communication or optical wireless communication, for example, when it is determined by the stop condition acquisition unit 501 that the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped for a predetermined time or more. Get the information you want. For example, the provided information acquisition unit 502 acquires information related to the intersection in the stop situation in which the electric motorcycle 1 stops at the intersection for a predetermined time or more. Further, the provided information acquisition unit 502 can acquire information related to the traffic light under the stop condition in which the electric motorcycle 1 stops for a predetermined time or more at the intersection where the traffic light is installed. The provided information acquisition unit 502 may acquire information after stopping at an intersection or the like, or, for example, at an intersection by acquiring information within a predetermined distance from the position where the electric motorcycle 1 is traveling. Before stopping, information related to the intersection may be obtained.

In one example, the provided information acquisition unit 502 acquires an advertisement as information to be provided. However, not only advertisements but also other information may be provided. For example, information such as sightseeing spots and historical information may be provided.

When the stop condition acquisition unit 501 determines that the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped for a predetermined time or more, the information provision processing unit 503 determines that the information acquired by the provided information acquisition unit 502 is the driver (or, in some cases, the passenger Perform processing to provide the crew with the The information provision processing unit 503 can provide, for example, information indicating the stop position at which the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped by screen display, voice output, and the like, together with the information acquired by the provision information acquisition unit 502. According to this, the driver can recognize the relationship between the position where he / she exists and the information acquired by the provided information acquisition unit 502, and the information can be more easily stored in the driver's memory. In addition, the information provision processing unit 503 may, for example, provide the information acquired by the provided information acquisition unit 502 as well as the position information corresponding to the information (for example, the location of the advertiser regarding the advertisement) by screen display or voice output. Good.

In addition, when the information is provided based on the remaining time when the traffic light indicates the stop signal, the information provision processing unit 503 performs information at a second timing before the first timing when the traffic light switches to the progress permission signal. May stop providing In addition, the information provision processing unit 503 can provide information indicating that the traffic signal is switched to the progress permission signal after the provision of the information is stopped. That is, before the traffic signal switches to the progress permission signal, the information provision processing unit 503 can end the information provision and provide the driver with information such as “the signal turns blue”. Thereby, the driver can perform the operation corresponding to the progress permission signal with a margin. In addition, the information provision processing unit 503 is information indicating that the traffic signal has been switched to the travel permission signal when the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped even when the first timing at which the traffic signal switches to the travel permission signal comes. May be provided. According to this, even if the driver looks at the information providing device 2 at the timing when the traffic signal is switched to the travel permission signal, the driver can immediately perform the operation for starting.

Further, the information provision processing unit 503 can immediately stop the provision of information when, for example, attention information such as the operation of the direction indicator is detected while providing the information. That is, even if the stop condition acquisition unit 501 once determines that the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped for a predetermined time or more, the information provision processing unit 503 determines that the electric vehicle 1 does not stop for a predetermined time or more due to a subsequent change in conditions. In the event of a situation, the provision of information may be suspended. Such a situation change may occur, for example, when an emergency vehicle is approaching. That is, it may be assumed that the driver moves the electric motorcycle 1 as the emergency vehicle approaches. For this reason, the information provision processing unit 503 can immediately stop the provision of information by the occurrence of the caution information that the emergency vehicle is approaching. In addition, when a vehicle other than the emergency vehicle approaches, the driver may need to avoid the situation. For this reason, even if it is not an emergency vehicle, it may be treated as caution information that another vehicle is approaching, and provision of information may be stopped as the other vehicle approaches. In addition, these are an example and provision of information can be stopped also by other situation change.

The information provision processing unit 503 can execute at least one of screen display processing and audio output processing. The information provision processing unit 503 can output, for example, sound corresponding to the provided information by reproducing sound data corresponding to the visual information acquired by the provided information acquisition unit 502. The audio data may be acquired as the provision target information by the provision information acquisition unit 502, or may be acquired by converting the character data included in the visual information to be provided.

(Flow of processing)
Subsequently, an example of the flow of processing executed by the information providing device 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6, 7A to 7B, and 8A to 8E. FIG. 6 is an example of processing of whether the information providing device 2 satisfies the condition for providing information. In addition, although the example in case the electric two-wheeled vehicle 1 stops by a traffic light is shown below, it is not restricted to this. That is, as described above, when it can be determined that the electric motorcycle 1 stops for a predetermined time or more, determination based on other criteria may be performed instead of the determination regarding the stop by the traffic light. In addition to this, the process to be described later is an example, and a part or all of the process may be replaced with another process or omitted, and the order of each process is It may be performed in an order different from that illustrated or may be performed concurrently. In addition, although the information provision apparatus 2 shall perform both screen display and an audio | voice output below, only any one of these may be performed. Further, in the following, it is assumed that the information providing device 2 initially displays a screen indicating map information and the position of the electric motorcycle 1 as shown in FIG. 8A. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that a screen as shown in FIG. 8A is displayed in a state where information is not provided.

The information providing device 2 monitors the motor rotation number of the electric motorcycle 1 and provides information in response to the motor rotation number becoming 0 (the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped) (YES in S601). Moving to the determination of further conditions. That is, while the electric motorcycle 1 is moving and the motor rotational speed is not 0 (NO in S601), the information providing device 2 does not shift to subsequent processing, and information related to the position of the electric motorcycle 1 Do not provide. The determination as to whether or not the electric motorcycle 1 has stopped may be performed based on the moving speed or the presence or absence of the brake operation, instead of or in addition to the determination based on the rotation amount of the motor. If the information providing device 2 determines that the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped (YES in S601), the information providing device 2 then determines whether the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped by the stop signal (S602). Then, when the information providing device 2 is stopped due to a factor other than the signal (NO in S602), the information providing device 2 does not perform information provision without executing the subsequent processing. On the other hand, when the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped by the signal (YES in S602), the process proceeds to S603. Even when the information providing device 2 is stopped due to a factor other than a signal (NO in S602), for example, the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped and the driver releases the steering handle 101, etc. If the predetermined condition is satisfied, the process may be moved to S603.

In S603, it is determined whether the position at which the electric motorcycle 1 has stopped is the information provision position (for example, the position where an advertisement is displayed). The information provision position has a certain range, and the information provision device 2 can determine in S603 whether the electric motorcycle 1 has stopped within the range. Although the information provision position may be a range including an intersection in one example, the information provision position may be set on a road other than the intersection. If the stop position of the electric motorcycle 1 is not the information provision position (NO in S603), the information provision device 2 returns the process to S601 because there is no information to be provided. In this case, after returning the process to S601, the process of FIG. 6 may be interrupted until the electric motorcycle 1 moves once. This can prevent the processing of S601 to S603 from being repeated unnecessarily at a position other than the information provision position. When the stop position of the electric motorcycle 1 is the information provision position (YES in S603), the information provision device 2 subsequently performs attention such as that the turn indicator of the electric motorcycle 1 is operating or the emergency vehicle approaches. It is determined whether there is information (S604). Then, if there is caution information such as that the direction indicator is in operation (YES in S604), the information providing device 2 returns the process to S601 without providing the information. In S604, for example, the direction indicator is in a situation where the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped at the stop line of a traffic light with a turn etc. signal, etc., or in a situation where it is staying near the stop line of the right turn lane or left turn lane. When it is specified that a predetermined situation is specified, such as when operating, it may be determined that there is no warning information. If there is no caution information (NO in S604), the information provision device 2 shifts the processing to the processing of FIGS. 7A to 7B.

FIGS. 7A to 7B show an example of the flow of processing when providing information when it is determined that the stopped state of the electric motorcycle 1 satisfies the certain information provision condition. First, the information providing device 2 acquires the time (remaining time T) in which the stop signal, which is the reason for stopping the electric motorcycle 1, is maintained (S701). The remaining time T may be acquired, for example, by road-to-vehicle communication by wireless communication or optical wireless communication, or may be acquired based on observation results of the surrounding environment by a sensor such as a camera of the electric motorcycle 1. The information providing device 2 determines whether the remaining time T is a time sufficient for providing information, for example, by comparing whether or not the remaining time T is equal to or more than the threshold T1 (S702). The threshold T1 may be set for each provision target information. For example, when the amount of information is large, T1 may be set large, and when the amount of information is small, T1 may be set small. When the remaining time is insufficient (NO in S702), the information providing device 2 returns the process to FIG. 6 without providing the information. On the other hand, when the remaining time is sufficient (YES in S702), the information providing device 2 initializes a timer and starts clocking (S703). Although the timer will be described here as a count-up timer, it may be, for example, a countdown timer in which the initial value is set to a value based on T.

After that, the information providing device 2 acquires provision target information (for example, advertisement information) (S704), and provides the acquired information (S705). An example of information provision by the information provision device 2 is shown in FIG. 8B. As shown in FIG. 8B, information related to the position where the electric two-wheeled vehicle 1 stopped (the intersection at the third intersection) ("This is the intersection at the third intersection, there is a 歯科 dental care for safe kind treatment.") Is displayed on the screen Provided by The provision target information may be acquired in advance, for example, while the electric motorcycle 1 is traveling. That is, it is sufficient if the information is provided in accordance with the determination that the condition for providing information is satisfied, and the timing when the information is acquired may be any timing. Also, the acquired information may be part of the provided information. For example, in the example of FIG. 8B, the information providing device 2 acquires only the information of "reliable kindness treatment △ dental care", and the information accompanying the name of the intersection ("○ ○ 3-chome intersection") and the provision target information It is possible to add ("There is." Etc.) to generate the information to be provided ("There is an intersection on the third corner, there is a 歯科 dental for safe and kind treatment."). Further, as shown in FIG. 8B, not only screen display but also audio output can be performed. This sound may be output from the speaker 2 b provided in the information providing device 2 or may be output from a speaker provided in a helmet worn by the driver. Moreover, as shown to FIG. 8B, the information regarding the position where the electric two-wheeled vehicle 1 stopped can also be displayed collectively. As a result, by providing the driver with the relationship between the position and the information, it is possible to increase the probability that the information can be fixed in the driver's memory.

While providing information, the information providing device 2 monitors whether or not warning information such as the turn indicator of the electric motorcycle 1 is activated or the emergency vehicle approaches (S706). That is, it is determined whether or not attention information has been generated so as not to continue providing information thereafter, such as whether or not the direction indicator has been operated after the driver of the electric motorcycle 1 has stopped the electric motorcycle 1. Be done. If such caution information is generated (YES in S706), the information provision device 2 ends the information provision (S707), resets the timer (S708), and returns the process to FIG. The information providing device 2 continues this monitoring until the information provision of S 705 ends (while NO in S 709). When the information provision apparatus 2 ends the information provision of S705 (YES in S709), the information provision apparatus 2 provides information of a position corresponding to the provision target information (S710). FIG. 8C shows an example of a screen in which the position corresponding to the provision target information is displayed by the mark of the asterisk. In the position display here, for example, highlighting may be performed by blinking of a mark indicating the position. Further, the display of the position corresponding to the provision target information may be started before the end of the information provision. FIG. 8B shows an example in which the position corresponding to the information to be provided is displayed by the mark of the star together with the information provision. When the position corresponding to the provision target information is displayed together with the information provision, the display of the position corresponding to the provision target information may be maintained as in the screen of FIG. 8C after the end of the information provision. According to this, even if the display information disappears when the driver looks at the screen, for example, the relationship between the provided information and the corresponding position is recognized from the information obtained by voice and the position display. Can.

Thereafter, the information providing device 2 determines whether the timer value started in S703 has reached the predetermined value T2 (S711). Here, the predetermined value T2 is determined, for example, to be a timing that is earlier by a predetermined time ΔT than the time when the stop signal becomes the advance permission signal. That is, it can be determined as T2 = T-ΔT. In this case, in S711, it is determined whether the time until the traffic signal becomes the advance permission signal has become equal to or less than the predetermined time ΔT. The information providing device 2 maintains the screen display of FIG. 8C, for example, while the timer value reaches the predetermined value T2 (while the timer value reaches the predetermined value T2) (while the timer value reaches the predetermined value T2 (S711). In YES), screen display and voice output of the start standby message are performed (S712). The screen display of the start standby message is, in one example, superimposed on the screen that has been displayed so far. FIG. 8D shows an example of screen display in this case. At this time, the information providing device 2 may provide information on the time until the traffic signal switches to the start permission signal. Thereafter, the information providing device 2 monitors whether or not the timer value has reached the remaining time T acquired in S701 (S713), and if the timer value has reached the remaining time T (YES in S713), S710. The position display corresponding to the provision target information displayed in step S1 ends (S714). Note that after the timer value reaches T2, the position indication corresponding to the provision target information may be gradually erased (fade out) while the timer value reaches T. Thereafter, the information providing device 2 determines whether the electric motorcycle 1 has started to move, that is, whether the number of revolutions of the motor is not zero (S715). Then, when the electric motorcycle 1 starts moving (YES in S715), the information providing device 2 ends the display of the start standby message (S716), resets the timer (S717), and returns the process to FIG. . On the other hand, when the electric motorcycle 1 does not start moving (NO in S715), the information providing device 2 performs screen display and voice output to emphasize that the traffic signal has been switched to the progress permission signal (S718). In this case, such highlighting may be performed superimposed on the start standby message displayed in S712, or such highlight display may be performed after the start standby message is deleted. An example of such highlighting is shown in FIG. 8E. At this time, the map information may be erased as well, and only highlighting of switching to the progress permission signal may be performed. If the electric motorcycle 1 starts after such highlighting (YES in S719), the information providing device 2 ends such display (S720), resets the timer (S717), and displays the process. Return to 6. On the other hand, the information providing device 2 can continue highlighting while the electric motorcycle 1 is not starting (NO in S719).

7A to 7B show an example in which the information providing device 2 performs timekeeping using a timer, such a timer may not be used. For example, when the information providing device 2 can acquire information such as the status of a traffic light at an extremely short interval, the determinations of S711 and S713 may be performed based on the information acquired as described above. Further, when the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped at an intersection or the like without a traffic signal, the driver specified by the holding condition of the steering wheel 101, whether the information providing device 2 is operated or a sensor provided on the seat 102 etc. Information is provided when a sufficient time for which information can be provided is secured by the attitude and operation of the vehicle, and the information provision may be ended when the driver is in a state of starting the electric motorcycle 1. Good.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the information providing device 2 can provide information in a format suitable for a small-sized vehicle (a straddle-type vehicle) such as the electric motorcycle 1. Although the scooter-type electric motorcycle is described in the above embodiment, the above-described information providing device 2 can be applied to other types of vehicles. That is, for example, the present invention can be applied to straddle-type vehicles such as motorcycles, scooters, oscillating three-wheels, and small four-wheeled vehicles. The above-described information providing device 2 can be applied to a vehicle powered by, for example, an internal combustion engine, a hybrid, a fuel cell, etc., as well as the electric motorcycle.

Note that registration of a plurality of pieces of information (advertisements) may be permitted for one base (for example, an intersection). In this case, when the electric motorcycle 1 is stopped for a predetermined time or more at a base where a plurality of advertisements are registered, the information providing device 2 is based on the information related to the driver of the electric motorcycle 1. The plurality of advertisements can be prioritized and provided from high priority advertisements. FIG. 9 shows an example of a system 901 (a system possessed by an information providing organization) that assigns priorities. In addition, in FIG. 9, since it is the same as that of FIG. 3 about components other than the system 901, it abbreviate | omits about detailed description here. The system 901 is, in one example, configured by or including a server, and stores customer information 902 about a user (driver) in the server. The customer information 902 may include attribute data 903 and preference data 904 associated with the user (driver). The attribute data 903 is, for example, age, gender, occupation, hobbies, etc. which the user arbitrarily registers by himself after the contract with the operating company. In addition, the preference data 904 may be information collected from a destination of a vehicle used by the driver (for example, via the communication unit 905). The system 901 can estimate the user's interest from the attribute data 903 and the preference data 904, and can give priority by ranking information based on the estimation result. These pieces of information are protected by the advanced security system 906 so that the relationship with the customer can not be known except for the service provided to the customer by the management company.

The system 901 is prioritized according to the attribute data 903 and the preference data 904 of the customer from the advertisement list 908 associated with the position information stored in the server by the arithmetic processing unit 907 such as artificial intelligence (AI). Grant Then, the system 901 provides the advertisement to the provided information acquisition unit 502 of the information providing device 2 through the communication unit 905 and the communication network 305 in the order of the order.

Advertisements to be provided are usually provided in consideration of advertisement effects. In addition, when the stop time spans a long time, such as stopping twice at the same traffic light due to traffic congestion etc., a second advertisement with different priority from the first is offered as the second advertisement. You may

In addition, when the stop time of the traffic light is long, provision of two or more advertisements may be performed according to the priority at one stop. The provision time of the plurality of advertisements may be determined by the system of the information provider or the AI or the like provided by the information provision apparatus 2 at which the advertisement effect can be appropriately obtained.

Although FIG. 9 shows an example in which the organization having the system 901 for providing information is a company different from the vehicle rental management company 301, the information providing organization may belong to the vehicle rental management company 301. .

Further, the advertisement fee in the case where a plurality of advertisements are registered at one site (intersection) may be determined by being added to the basic fee according to the number of times the advertisement is actually made.

By prioritizing the provided information (advertisement) according to the customer information and providing the information according to the order, it is possible to provide from the advertisement that is easy to obtain the interest of the customer (driver).

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1. The information providing apparatus of the above embodiment is:
An information providing device for a saddle-ride type vehicle,
Identify the stop condition of the straddle-type vehicle,
The information related to the stop position of the straddle-type vehicle is provided when the straddle-type vehicle is in a stop state stopping for a predetermined time or more.
It is characterized in that it is configured.

According to this embodiment, appropriate and effective information can be provided according to the characteristics of driving of a small vehicle such as a straddle-type vehicle.

2. The information providing apparatus of the above embodiment is:
Providing information related to the stop position together with position information of the stop position,
It is characterized by

According to this embodiment, by providing the information related to the stop position together with the position information on the stop position, it is possible to strongly impress the occupant such as the driver with the information related to the stop position. That is, the provision of the information makes it easy for the passenger to recall information provided in association with the position when passing through the position later.

3. The information providing apparatus of the above embodiment is:
The information related to the position of the traffic light is provided as the information related to the stop position when the straddle-type vehicle is in the stop state where the straddle-type vehicle is stopped by the stop signal of the traffic light.
It is characterized by

According to this embodiment, by providing the information related to the traffic light, it is possible to strongly impress the passenger such as the driver with the information related to the traffic light (intersection). That is, when the vehicle passes through the intersection where the traffic light is installed, the passenger can easily recall the information provided in connection with the traffic light by the provision of the information.

4. The information providing apparatus of the above embodiment is:
As the stop condition, a first timing at which the traffic signal is switched from the stop signal to the advance permission signal is specified, and provision of information related to the stop position is stopped at a second timing before the first timing. Providing information indicating that the traffic light then switches to the progress enable signal,
It is characterized by

According to this embodiment, it is possible to allow the driver to prepare for starting before the traffic signal switches to the travel permission signal.

5. The information providing apparatus of the above embodiment is:
In the stop condition where the straddle-type vehicle is stopped even though the traffic light is switched to the travel permission signal at the first timing, the traffic light is switched to the travel permission signal Provide the information shown
It is characterized by

According to this embodiment, it is possible to prevent the driver's start operation from being delayed due to the information provision by prompting the start after the traffic signal is switched to the progress permission signal.

6. The information providing apparatus of the above embodiment is:
Providing information related to the position of the intersection when the straddle-type vehicle is in a stopped state at the intersection;
It is characterized by

According to this embodiment, by providing the information related to the intersection, it is possible to strongly impress the occupant such as the driver with the information related to the intersection. That is, the crew members can easily recall information provided in association with the intersection when passing through the intersection later by the provision of the information.

7. The information providing apparatus of the above embodiment is:
If the straddle-type vehicle is in a stop condition stopping while operating a turn indicator, it does not provide information related to the stop position;
It is characterized by

According to this embodiment, in a situation where the intention of the driver to turn right or left is estimated, by not providing information, it is possible to prevent the driver from monitoring surrounding areas and to drive the vehicle smoothly. become able to.

8. The information providing apparatus of the above embodiment is:
The information related to the stop position is advertisement information.
It is characterized by

According to this embodiment, since the advertisement linked to the position is provided, the impression can be strongly given to the occupant.

9. The information providing apparatus of the above embodiment is:
Configured to output at least one of image information and audio information as the information related to the stop position;
It is characterized by

According to this embodiment, since the occupant is provided with at least one of visual information and auditory information, it is possible to strongly impress the information on the occupant's memory.

10. The information providing apparatus of the above embodiment is:
At least one of display means for displaying image information and output means for outputting audio information,
It is characterized by

According to this embodiment, since information display and voice output can be performed inside the information providing device, it is possible to speed up and increase the processing accuracy.

11. The information providing apparatus of the above embodiment is:
The information related to the stop position is information registered for each intersection or traffic light,
It is characterized by

According to this embodiment, the information provision efficiency can be improved by efficiently registering the information at a position where the straddle-type vehicle is likely to stop.

12. The information providing apparatus of the above embodiment is:
The information registered for each intersection or traffic light is an advertisement registered in response to payment of a fee corresponding to the provision of the information.
It is characterized by

According to this embodiment, it is possible to operate a system for providing information to a straddle-type vehicle with an advertisement charge.

13. The information providing apparatus of the above embodiment is:
The information related to the stop position is information selected from among a plurality of provision candidates based on the information related to the vehicle user.
It is characterized by

According to this embodiment, the provided information (advertisement) can be prioritized according to the customer information and provided in the order, so that it can be provided from the advertisement that easily gets the interest of the customer (driver).

14. The information providing apparatus of the above embodiment is used for a rental or sharing straddle-type vehicle.
It is characterized by

According to this embodiment, information can be widely provided to an unspecified number of occupants.

15. The straddle-type vehicle of the above embodiment is:
It has at least one of the above-mentioned information provision device, display means for displaying image information, and output means for outputting audio information.

According to this embodiment, a straddle-type vehicle is provided in which appropriate and effective information is provided in accordance with the characteristics of driving. Such a vehicle can be used for applications such as reduction of vehicle purchase price and vehicle rental price.

16. The information provision method of the above embodiment is:
An information providing method performed by an information providing device for a straddle-type vehicle, comprising:
Identifying a stop condition of the straddle-type vehicle;
Providing information related to the stop position of the straddle-type vehicle when the straddle-type vehicle is in a stop state stopping for a predetermined time or more;
It is characterized by having.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the following claims are attached to disclose the scope of the present invention.

The present application claims priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2017-250035 filed on Dec. 26, 2017, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Claims

An information providing device for a saddle-ride type vehicle,
Identify the stop condition of the straddle-type vehicle,
The information related to the stop position of the straddle-type vehicle is provided when the straddle-type vehicle is in a stop state stopping for a predetermined time or more.
An information provision device for a straddle-type vehicle, characterized in that it is configured as follows.
Providing information related to the stop position together with position information of the stop position,
The information providing apparatus for a straddle-type vehicle according to claim 1, characterized in that:
The information related to the position of the traffic light is provided as the information related to the stop position when the straddle-type vehicle is in the stop state where the straddle-type vehicle is stopped by the stop signal of the traffic light.
The information providing device for a straddle-type vehicle according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that
As the stop condition, a first timing at which the traffic signal is switched from the stop signal to the advance permission signal is specified, and provision of information related to the stop position is stopped at a second timing before the first timing. Providing information indicating that the traffic light then switches to the progress enable signal,
The information providing apparatus for a straddle-type vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the information is provided.
In the stop condition where the straddle-type vehicle is stopped even though the traffic light is switched to the travel permission signal at the first timing, the traffic light is switched to the travel permission signal Provide the information shown
The information provision apparatus for a straddle-type vehicle according to claim 4, wherein
Providing information related to the position of the intersection when the straddle-type vehicle is in a stopped state at the intersection;
The information providing device for a straddle-type vehicle according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that
If the straddle-type vehicle is in a stop condition stopping while operating a turn indicator, it does not provide information related to the stop position;
The information provision apparatus for a straddle-type vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that:
The information related to the stop position is advertisement information.
The information provision apparatus for a straddle-type vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that:
Configured to output at least one of image information and audio information as the information related to the stop position;
The information provision apparatus for a straddle-type vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that:
At least one of display means for displaying image information and output means for outputting audio information,
The information provision apparatus for a straddle-type vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that:
The information related to the stop position is information registered for each intersection or traffic light,
11. An information providing apparatus for a straddle-type vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that:
The information registered for each intersection or traffic light is an advertisement registered in response to payment of a fee corresponding to the provision of the information.
The information providing apparatus for a straddle-type vehicle according to claim 11, characterized in that:
The information related to the stop position is information selected from among a plurality of provision candidates based on the information related to the vehicle user.
13. An information providing apparatus for a straddle-type vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that:
The information providing device is used for a rental or sharing straddle-type vehicle.
The information providing device for a straddle-type vehicle according to claim 11 or 12, characterized in that
A straddle-type vehicle comprising at least one of the information providing device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, display means for displaying image information, and output means for outputting audio information.
An information providing method performed by an information providing device for a straddle-type vehicle, comprising:
Identifying a stop condition of the straddle-type vehicle;
Providing information related to the stop position of the straddle-type vehicle when the straddle-type vehicle is in a stop state stopping for a predetermined time or more;
An information providing method characterized by comprising: