DE102016210140A1 - Method for determining a right to use a vehicle, operating method for a vehicle and vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for determining a right to use a vehicle (1), in which: (A) representative of a visual detection of a specific spatial area (10) for a movement of a person (20) located in the specific spatial area (10) Determining data (B) the data representative of the movement of the person (20) are compared with data representative of at least one gait profile; and (C) depending on a result of the comparison (B), determines a usage right on the vehicle (1) and in particular in the vehicle (1) is set.

Description

The present invention relates to a method for determining a right of use of a vehicle, an operating method for a vehicle and a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, a passenger car or the like.

It is known to use detection means to allow persons access to a vehicle and to use it accordingly. So far, certain identification means, such as mechanical or magnetic keys or the like are used for this purpose. It is tacitly assumed that the owner of the respective means of identification is also the owner of a corresponding right of use.

A disadvantage of this conventional method is the need to carry the appropriate means of identification, as well as the susceptibility to misuse.

The invention is based on the object of specifying a method for determining a right to use a vehicle, an operating method for a vehicle and a vehicle as such, in which the access and use authorization of a vehicle can be determined in a particularly simple manner and in a reliable manner can be determined.

The object underlying the invention is in a method for determining a right of use of a vehicle according to the invention with the features of independent claim 1, in an operating method for a vehicle according to the invention with the features of independent claim 9 and in a vehicle according to the invention with the features of independent claim 10 solved. Advantageous developments are also the subject of the respective dependent claims.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of determining a usage right on a vehicle, comprising: (A) optically detecting a particular spatial area, particularly in the vicinity of the vehicle, for movement of a person located in the particular spatial area (B) comparing the data representative of the movement of the person with data representative of at least one gait profile; and (C) determining a usage right on the vehicle depending on a result of the comparison and, in particular, setting it in the vehicle.

On the basis of the evaluation of a movement of persons in the monitored area, for example by simply going to the vehicle - assuming an access authorization to the vehicle - a corresponding right to use the vehicle can be determined and implemented in the vehicle, without the user, for example Driver himself, must take additional measures. In this case, by selecting the spatial area, for example in the vicinity of the vehicle, the vehicle can already be opened at the approach of the authorized person.

The optical detection can be performed with high accuracy when one or more cameras are used.

In an advantageous development of the method according to the invention, a camera installed on or in the vehicle, in particular a camera of a parking assistance system, and / or a camera externally arranged and connectable to the vehicle for communication, in particular a surveillance camera, e.g. a parking lot, to be used.

This means that imaging systems already installed on the vehicle and often used today can be used.

Alternatively or additionally, the coupling to imaging systems outside the vehicle is possible via a corresponding communication channel. These are common, for example, in parking lots, for example in the area of shopping centers or the like, or in parking garages and could be used profitably.

For a particularly accurate determination of the data representative of the movement, ie in particular the gait characteristics, according to another preferred embodiment of the method according to the invention in the optical detection, in determining the representative of the movement of the person data and / or comparing a system and / or a method of machine vision and / or recognition is used.

In order to increase the flexibility of the method, a plurality of persons can be registered in the vehicle with their corresponding gear profiles. The registered gait profiles can also be created purely temporarily, if, for example, a certain person should only be able to exercise one or more usage rights on the vehicle for a limited time.

For this purpose, according to a further advantageous embodiment of the method according to the invention, it is provided that the data representative of the movement of the person are compared with a plurality of gear profiles from a list of gear profiles assigned to the vehicle and / or a specific usage profile is or will be associated with a particular gear profile.

Although the usage rights assigned to the respective gear profile can be restricted to the access to the vehicle, that is to say the possibility of opening the vehicle, any other embodiments are also suitable.

For example, certain functions in the vehicle may be fully or partially enabled or disabled depending on the person.

• – eine oder mehrere bestimmte Fahrzeugtüren, eine Heckklappe und/oder eine Motorhaube zu öffnen,
• – ein oder mehrere Fahrzeugaggregate zu betätigen, insbesondere ein oder mehrere Fensterheber, ein Schiebedach, eine Klimaanlage oder einen Abschnitt davon und/oder ein Unterhaltungssystem oder einen Teil davon und/oder
• – einen Antrieb des Fahrzeugs in Betrieb zu nehmen.

In an advantageous development of the method according to the invention, it is therefore provided that a respective usage right comprises or prevents a right,

• To open one or more specific vehicle doors, a tailgate and / or a bonnet,
• - To operate one or more vehicle units, in particular one or more windows, a sunroof, an air conditioner or a portion thereof and / or an entertainment system or a part thereof and / or
• - To put a drive of the vehicle in operation.

For example, in certain scenarios it may be considered that only certain doors on the vehicle can be opened in connection with children, for example on the side facing away from the lane or only in the rear of the vehicle and / or that certain vehicle functions and units are located inside the vehicle Do not operate or operate the vehicle. In particular, it may be thought to suppress the starting of the vehicle when there are only children in the vehicle.

• – bei Anwesenheit mehrerer Personen ein gemeinsames Nutzungsrecht bestimmt und/oder gesetzt wird, welches insbesondere begrenzt ist auf gemeinsame Teilrechte aus allen Nutzungsrechten der einzelnen Personen, und/oder
• – eine gesperrte Nutzung für das Fahrzeug bestimmt und/oder gesetzt wird, falls die für die Bewegung repräsentativen Daten zu mindestens einer Person mit keinem Gangprofil vergleichbar sind, wobei die gesperrte Nutzung insbesondere den Betrieb eines Antriebs und/oder ein Öffnen des Fahrzeugs unterbindet.

A particularly flexible embodiment of the method according to the invention results if, in addition or alternatively, a respective usage right is determined and / or set for a certain period of time,

• - in the presence of several persons a common right of use is determined and / or set, which is limited in particular to common rights of all rights of use of the individual persons, and / or
• A locked usage for the vehicle is determined and / or set if the data representative of the movement is not comparable to at least one person with no gait profile, the disabled use in particular prohibiting the operation of a drive and / or opening the vehicle.

• (i) Gangbewegung, -rhythmus und/oder -tonus,
• (ii) Schrittfolge
• (iii) Körperhaltung,
• (iv) Konturbewegung,
• (v) Kleidungswurf und/oder -fall und/oder

in Bezug auf deren zeitliche Entwicklung. For a particularly accurate and flexible derivation and representation of the data representative of the movement of a person, it is provided according to another development of the method according to the invention that the data representative of a respective gait profile comprise characteristics with respect to

• (i) gait movement, rhythm and / or tone,
• (ii) step sequence
• (iii) posture,
• (iv) contour movement,
• (v) Dressing and / or dropping and / or

in terms of their temporal evolution.

• (i) biometrische Charakteristika einer oder mehrerer Personen, die vorzugsweise beim optischen Erfassen mit bestimmt werden, und/oder
• (ii) künstliche Identifikationsmittel, z.B. mechanische oder magnetische Schlüssel, RFID-Mittel, optisch erfassbare Marken und/oder Ausweismittel.

To increase the accuracy of the method according to the invention can be accessed in addition to other means of identification. Thus, in another embodiment of the method according to the invention, additional identification means are used for determining and / or setting a usage right, in particular

• (i) biometric characteristics of one or more persons, which are preferably determined during optical detection, and / or
• (ii) artificial identification means, eg mechanical or magnetic keys, RFID means, optically detectable marks and / or identification means.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an operating method for a vehicle, in particular for a motor vehicle, a passenger car or the like.

In the operating method for a vehicle according to the invention, a respective operating mode of the underlying vehicle is wholly or partially releasable and / or lockable depending on a set right of use.

Core idea of the operating method is to determine a respective right of use according to the inventive method for determining a right of use of a vehicle and optionally set.

The invention additionally provides a vehicle, and in particular a motor vehicle, a passenger car or the like, whose respective operating mode can be wholly or partially released and / or blocked in dependence on a set right of use.

The respective right of use is determined and / or settable in the context of the operating method according to the invention and in particular using the method according to the invention for determining a right of use on the vehicle.

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Further details, features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and the figures.

1 shows as a single figure in a schematic view an arrangement with a vehicle according to the invention, which can be used in connection with the inventive method.

The following will be with reference to the sole 1 Embodiments of the invention described in detail. Identical and equivalent as well as equivalent or equivalent elements and components are designated by the same reference numerals. Not in every case of their occurrence, the detailed description of the designated elements and components is reproduced.

The illustrated features and other properties can be isolated in any form from each other and combined with each other, without departing from the gist of the invention.

1 shows a schematic view of the use of a vehicle according to the invention 1 in connection with an embodiment of the method according to the invention for determining a right to use the vehicle and an embodiment of the operating method according to the invention for the vehicle 1 ,

The vehicle 1 is equipped with two cameras 30 outdoors or on the body 2 , These outdoor cameras 30 of the vehicle 1 For example, they may be part of a park assist system or the like. The outdoor cameras 30 are furnished, a spatial proximity 10 around the vehicle 1 to visually capture.

The outdoor cameras 30 are via control and communication lines 44 with a control device 40 connected, which is set up and has means, the inventive method for determining a right of use of the vehicle 1 and / or the operating method for the vehicle 1 perform.

Alternatively or additionally, via a communication device 42 , which also with the control device 40 via a control and communication line 44 is connected, even on an external camera 31 be accessed. This external camera 31 can for example be in an underground car park, in a parking lot or the like and also via its own communication device 32 feature.

In the in 1 illustrated situation are three people 20 . 21 and 22 to recognize. At the persons 20 and 22 is it for use on the vehicle 1 identifiable persons. However, the person leaves 22 not identify because they are not yet in the specific spatial area 10 in which a monitoring in relation to the vehicle 1 he follows.

The person is against it 20 for which a suitable gear profile in the vehicle 1 is deposited in the detected specific spatial area 10 of the vehicle 1 and can either via the outdoor cameras 30 at the vehicle 1 or via the external camera 31 and the communication channel by means of the communication devices 32 and 42 be recorded and identified to a corresponding right to use the vehicle 1 and in particular access to the vehicle 1 to enable.

The person 21 is also located in the monitored spatial area 10 around the vehicle 1 , It is, however, for the person 21 no assignable gearing profile with a corresponding right of use. Is the person? 21 so alone in the monitored spatial area 10 so will the vehicle 1 Not open.

Is the vehicle 1 already open, so can approach the unauthorized person 21 if necessary, the vehicle 1 be closed in order to prevent unauthorized access. However, this can be linked to other criteria, so that no people are trapped inside and / or the vehicle is not accidentally locked and then can not be opened.

These and other features and characteristics of the present invention will be further elucidated with reference to the following statements:
According to the invention, the gait recognition should be used, in particular as a biometric method. Characteristics of the human gait are analyzed to persons 20 . 21 . 22 to clearly identify. The information obtained in the analysis is done with known records of persons 20 . 21 . 22 adjusted.

• • das maschinelle Sehen und/oder Erkennen
• • die Verwendung von Bodensensoren und
• • die Nutzung von tragbaren Sensoren

The following three methods of analysis are conceivable for the gear recognition:

• • machine vision and / or recognition
• • the use of ground sensors and
• • the use of portable sensors

A clear identification of persons 20 . 21 . 22 is possible because the human gear for each person 20 . 21 . 22 is unique.

However, there are factors that affect human gait and thus make identification difficult.

• • die Kleidung und das Schuhwerk,
• • das Lauftempo,
• • etwaige kurzfristige oder temporäre gesundheitliche Handicaps und
• • die Variation des Körpergewichts

In particular, have influence

• • clothes and footwear,
• • the running speed,
• • any short-term or temporary health handicaps and
• • the variation of body weight

In general, the access authorization for a motor vehicle has hitherto mostly taken place via a mechanical or electronic key. The driver or user must act actively to open the vehicle.

One idea of the invention is to recognize the characteristics of the human gangs and to use the determined characteristics to obtain an access authorization and / or other use on a motor vehicle 1 and, if necessary, to make vehicle access even safer by combining it with other means of access as an additional authentication method.

For this purpose, the analysis method of machine vision and / or recognition can be, for example, an external camera 30 at the vehicle 1 use.

Thus, the system is capable, without additional user or driver intervention, of the vehicle 1 to open when a person with access authorization to the vehicle 1 approaches.

The camera system 30 . 31 All passers-by have to be in a certain area 10 check and match with person profiles that provide access to the vehicle 1 to have. This may possibly be done only when approaching the vehicle, so that the camera system 30 . 31 not all persons all the time 20 . 21 must capture.

A conceivable embodiment of the invention would be to create different classes of person profiles. For example, the "Children" group only has access to the rear seats and the vehicle 1 can not be started yet.

• – Der Fahrer oder Nutzer muss sich nicht aktiv mit der Öffnung des Kraftfahrzeugs beschäftigen.
• – Ein Diebstahl des Fahrzeugs wird erschwert.
• – Es sind keine zusätzlichen Mittel für den Fahrzeugzugang nötig, diese können aber zusätzlich genutzt werden.

Among other things, the following advantages arise:

• - The driver or user does not have to actively deal with the opening of the motor vehicle.
• - A theft of the vehicle is difficult.
• - There is no need for additional vehicle access, but these can be used additionally.

• (a) dass sich der Gang geändert, z.B. im Zusammenhang mit einem lernenden System und/oder über Profilupdates, und/oder
• (b) dass der Gang auf Grund einer Verletzung und/oder Krankheit verändert ist, es sich aber um eine zugelassene Person handelt, weil ein oder mehrere weitere Authentifizierungsverfahren die Personen verifiziert haben.

In a development can be determined in the gear recognition with a combination of another authentication method,

• (a) that the gear has changed, eg in connection with a learning system and / or profile updates, and / or
• (b) that the procedure has changed due to an injury and / or illness, but it is an authorized person because one or more other authentication procedures have verified the persons.

That is, the system recognizes atypical gait as injury and / or disease and reacts accordingly, e.g. it offers the user the option not to use the gear recognition as an authentication method for a certain period of time, or proposes in a highly automated driving to use as far as possible the automatic driving mode and to reduce a manual driving to the minimum, as by the injury is possibly stressful for the driver.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

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vehicle

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body

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spatial area

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Person, identifiable

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Person, unidentifiable

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Person, identifiable, but out of reach

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(at the vehicle 1 installed) camera

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external camera

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communicator

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control device

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communicator

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Control and communication line

Claims (10)

Method for determining a right to use a vehicle ( 1 ), in which: (A) from an optical detection of a specific spatial area ( 10 ) - especially in the neighborhood of the vehicle ( 1 ) - for a movement in the given spatial area ( 10 ) person ( 20 ) representative data are determined, (B) that for the movement of the person ( 20 ) are compared with data representative of at least one gait profile and (C) depending on a result of the comparison (B) a right of use on the vehicle ( 1 ) determined and in particular in the vehicle ( 1 ) is set. Method according to Claim 1, in which, during optical detection (A), an on or in the vehicle ( 1 ) installed camera ( 30 ), in particular a camera ( 30 ) of a parking assistance system, and / or - a vehicle ( 1 ) arranged externally and with the vehicle ( 1 ) for communication connectable camera ( 31 ), in particular a surveillance camera, such as a parking lot, is used. Method according to one of the preceding claims, in which, in the case of optical detection (A), when determining the movement of the person ( 20 ) and / or comparing (B) using a system and / or method of machine vision and / or recognition. Method according to one of the preceding claims, wherein in the comparison (B): - the movement of the person ( 20 ) representative data with a plurality of gear profiles from a list the vehicle ( 1 ) associated gait profiles are compared and / or - a specific usage profile is or will be associated with a particular usage. Method according to one of the preceding claims, in which a respective right of use includes or prevents a right - to open one or more specific vehicle doors, a tailgate and / or a bonnet, - to actuate one or more vehicle aggregates, in particular one or more window regulators Sunroof, an air conditioning system or a section thereof and / or an entertainment system or a part thereof and / or - a drive of the vehicle ( 1 ) to put into operation. Method according to one of the preceding claims, in which: - a respective usage right is determined and / or set for a certain period of time, - in the presence of several persons ( 20 ) a common right of use is determined and / or set, which in particular is limited to common partial rights from all rights of use of the individual persons ( 20 ), and / or - a locked usage for the vehicle is determined and / or set if the data representative of the movement is not comparable to at least one person with no gait profile, the disabled usage in particular the operation of a drive and / or opening the vehicle is prevented.  Method according to one of the preceding claims, in which the data representative of a respective gait profile comprise characteristics with respect to (i) gait movement, rhythm and / or tone, (ii) step sequence (iii) posture, (iv) contour movement, (v) Dressing and / or dropping and / or their temporal evolution. Method according to one of the preceding claims, in which additional identification means are used for determining and / or setting a usage right, in particular (i) biometric characteristics of one or more persons ( 20 ), which are preferably determined during the optical detection (A), and / or (ii) artificial identification means, eg mechanical or magnetic keys, RFID means, optically detectable marks and / or identification means. Operating procedure for a vehicle ( 1 ), in which: - a respective operating mode of the vehicle ( 1 ) is wholly or partially releasable and / or lockable depending on a set right of use and - in which a respective right of use with a method according to one of claims 1 to 8 is determined and / or set. Vehicle ( 1 ), in particular motor vehicle, passenger car or the like: - whose respective operating mode is wholly or partially releasable and / or lockable depending on a set right of use and - in which a respective right of use with a method according to one of claims 1 to 9 determinable and / or settable is.

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