DE102017200373A1 - Protection method, protection system and vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a protection method for a vehicle (1) and in particular for a motor vehicle against undesired operation, in which evaluating characteristic variables, creating a current usage and operating profile, comparing with target profiles and / or initiating protective measures as an outsourced action takes place or takes place outside the vehicle (1) and / or in which the characteristic quantities detected for the use and / or operation of the vehicle (1) are characteristic data for a user from a smart device (20) and / or from a user detection unit ( 30).

Description

The present invention relates to a protection method, a protection system and a vehicle. In particular, the present invention relates to a protection method and a protection system for a vehicle, and in particular for a motor vehicle against unwanted operation, as well as a vehicle and in particular a motor vehicle, which are usable in connection with such a protection method or protection system.

Methods are known which are intended to protect a vehicle and in particular a motor vehicle against undesired startup and in particular against theft. In this case, for example, a current operation is detected and compared with the usual operation for an authorized user to initiate appropriate action in the event of a mismatch, for example an alarm or the like.

The problem with the conventional approach is the additional resources requiring desire to personalize user profiles stronger in order to avoid false alarms better.

The invention is based on the object of specifying a protection method, a protection system and a vehicle in which even the protective function is improved while avoiding false alarms with particularly simple means and without any effort in the area of an underlying vehicle to be protected.

The object underlying the invention is in the protection method for a vehicle according to the invention with the features of independent claim 1 and alternatively with the features of independent claim 3, in a protective system for a vehicle according to the invention with the features of independent claim 9 and in a vehicle according to the invention solved with the features of independent claim 10. Advantageous developments are the subject of the respective dependent claims.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a protection method for a vehicle and in particular for a motor vehicle against undesired operation is provided, in which one or more variables characteristic of the use and / or operation of the vehicle are detected and evaluated from the evaluation current user and / or operating profile is created, the current usage and / or operating profile is compared with one or more stored target profiles and depending on a comparison result, a protective measure is initiated.

In a first view of the present invention, the evaluation and, if necessary, the storage of the characteristic variables, the creation of the current usage and / or operating profile, the comparison with target profiles and / or the initiation of protective measures take place as an outsourced action outside the vehicle. That is, according to this first alternative of the present invention, the processing effort within a vehicle to be protected is reduced by offloading one or more processing operations as an outsourced action from the vehicle. In addition, due to the external nature of the delivered action, additional external resources can be integrated. These additional resources may also include additional data sources.

According to a second alternative view of the present invention, the characteristic quantities detected for use and / or operation of the vehicle for a user comprise characteristic data from a smart device and / or from a user detection unit. That is, in accordance with this alternative view of the present invention, data sources are involved that are concretely related to a current potential or actual user of the vehicle, for example, by incorporating a smart device of the respective person and / or by the respective person through the user detection unit actually detected and possibly recognized or classified as unknown.

The two alternative core concepts of the present invention can be combined with each other, so that according to the inventive combination (i) characteristic data from a smart device and / or a user detection unit are used as characteristic variables for a user and (ii) additionally one or more specific processing steps and In particular, data is stored as an outsourced action outside the vehicle. These measures result in a particularly high degree of reliability of the protection method according to the invention, without the apparatus complexity and / or the processing outlay being increased or excessively increased in a vehicle to be protected.

In a preferred embodiment of the protection method according to the invention, the expenditure on equipment and / or processing effort can be further reduced in each case involved vehicle to be protected by a respective outsourced action in a backend unit and / or in a cloud area in each case outside the vehicle and in particular values of the detected characteristic sizes and / or thereof derived values or quantities are transferred to a unit outside the vehicle.

There are many possibilities for the use of smart devices and / or user detection units.

A smart device may, for example, be understood to mean any device of an active or passive nature which is assigned to a person and is suitable for providing and / or transmitting data in connection with the person, for example for an identification.

Thus, it is provided in another advantageous development of the protection method according to the invention that a mobile telephone, a tablet, a clock and / or an RFID unit and / or a user detection unit a camera, a biometric sensor unit and / or another sensor unit are detected as a smart device, in particular in the vicinity of the vehicle, when approaching the vehicle and / or inside the vehicle.

A particularly high degree of operational reliability arises in the protection method according to the invention if, according to another preferred embodiment, the data characteristic of a user from a smart device and / or from a user detection unit are used as additional data for a user profile, in particular besides characteristic data acquired Sizes relating to the operation, use, operation, condition of the vehicle and / or their evolution over time. This means that, in addition to the data from the smart device and / or a user detection unit, for example, the driving habits characteristic of a user can also be incorporated in the creation of a user profile.

In order to protect a vehicle against being put into operation, the protection method according to the invention offers a multitude of possibilities, it being possible in principle to influence all operating states of the vehicle as a whole or even individual units. Additionally or alternatively, any alarm functions can be considered.

Thus, it is provided according to another preferred embodiment of the protection method according to the invention that as a protective measure (a) an alarm is executed or initiated, in particular on or in the vehicle, on a smart device, in particular a person registered as authorized for the vehicle, and / or or in an external unit, in particular at an authority, and / or (b) causes, restricts, suppresses and / or prevents one or more operating states of the vehicle.

An authority involved in the alert may be, for example, a security guard, garage or car park personnel, police or the like.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, a protection system for a vehicle and in particular for a motor vehicle against undesired operation is also provided.

The protection system according to the invention is set up to carry out a protection method according to the present invention.

For this purpose, the protection system according to the invention may have a corresponding interface in a preferred embodiment.

The interface is advantageously set up for the integration of the vehicle into the protection system and for outsourced vehicle-external actions for transferring data from the vehicle and / or devices assigned to the vehicle and / or for capturing data for a user from a smart device and / or from a user detection unit.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vehicle and in particular a motor vehicle which is set up to be used in a protection method according to the invention and / or at least to carry out parts of such a protection method.

For this purpose, an interface is formed in an advantageous embodiment of the vehicle according to the invention, which is adapted for integration of the vehicle in a protection system according to the invention and / or for a user characteristic data acquisition from a smart device and / or from a user detection unit.

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• 1 zeigt in schematischer Seitenansicht eine Ausführungsform eines erfindungsgemäßen Schutzsystems unter Verwendung einer Ausführungsform des erfindungsgemäßen Fahrzeugs.

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

• 1 shows a schematic side view of an embodiment of a protection system according to the invention using an embodiment of the vehicle according to the invention.

The following will be with reference to 1 Embodiments and the technical background 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 appearance is the detailed description of the reproduced designated elements and components.

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 side view of an embodiment of a protection system according to the invention 100 using an embodiment of the vehicle according to the invention 1 , In this arrangement, an embodiment of the protection method according to the invention can be used.

The protection system according to the invention 100 according to 1 is formed in this case by a vehicle 1 and an external entity formed by a cloud area 50 and an external detection and control unit 40 which is also known as the backend unit.

The cloud area 50 and the backend unit 40 serve the external communication and processing related to the vehicle 1 recorded and externally transmitted data.

The vehicle 1 even has a body 2 , a drive 3 as well as by the drive 3 drivable wheels 4 on.

To capture quantities relating to the operation, condition and / or operation of the vehicle 1 are over a bus 15 sensors 11 . 12 and 13 with an internal detection and control unit 10 effectively connected.

At the sensor 11 it may be GPS and / or an orientation and / or position sensor. Furthermore, a plurality of sensors may be provided, the direct operating parameters of the vehicle 1 capture, such as a state of the drive 3 by means of the sensor 12 and / or a condition of the wheel 4 and the wheel movement through the sensor 13 ,

Operating, operating and status parameters recorded in this way allow the creation of a user profile, in particular over the course of time.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the internal detection and control unit is implemented 10 a transfer of data relating to acquired values of the measurements and / or with respect to variables derived therefrom to the cloud area externally 50 and / or to the backend unit 40 ,

Alternatively or additionally, an improvement of the profiling and profile evaluation according to the invention is achieved in that from a smart device 20, for example a mobile phone or tablet, and / or from a user detection unit 30 characteristic data for a user are recorded and / or adopted. This allows a greater personalization of user profiles, especially if the characteristic data for a user from the smart device 20 and / or from the user detection unit 30 in addition to quantities or parameters relating to the use, operation, condition and / or operation of the vehicle 1 be used.

As already mentioned above, the interaction of the at least partial external processing on the one hand and the - possibly additional - detection of characteristic data for a user from a smart device 20 and / or a user detection unit 30 on the other hand, particularly advantageous, because an improved characterization of user profiles to reduce false alarms without increased effort in the area of the vehicle itself is achieved.

These and other features and characteristics of the present invention will be further elucidated with reference to the following statements:

Today's anti-theft mechanisms are largely limited to accelerated, touch or tilt sensors in the locked, off-vehicle condition or, for example, code entry immobilizers prior to starting the engine.

Furthermore, systems are also known which generate reference profiles of authorized vehicle users on the basis of driver data parameters in an in-vehicle control unit or a data memory and take certain measures in the event of unauthorized use.

These parameters include, for example, the engine speed, tachometer signals, steering angle and accelerator pedal position. Also, certain motion profiles and habits of authorized users - e.g. on known routes - can be used for profiling.

The aim of the invention is, in addition to the previously mentioned parameters of driving behavior in the course of the progressing automation of the general life and the interior of a vehicle to collect more data that can be used to create better individualized driver reference profiles.

These include, for example, data from mobile telephones and other SmartDevices 20, watches, tablets or the like, in particular with a comparison of the number registered in the vehicle with the telephone numbers stored in the memory or the motion profiles of the vehicle 1 and mobile devices.

Also conceivable is a camera recognition, possibly additionally with a view of the driver's seat.

In contrast to the known procedure, these data are not stored directly in internal control units 10 in the vehicle 1 evaluated, but first via a wireless connection to an external entity, in particular to a cloud network 50 eg HERE Global BV or another backend unit 40 Posted.

There, the data may be combined with other information from additional sources, e.g. from a smartphone.

In the backend 40 The evaluation then takes place, for example in the sense of a categorization, and the comparison with existing, stored reference profiles for the specific vehicle 1 ,

If an unauthorized use, e.g. If a potential theft has been detected, measures such as system shutdown or alerting the owner and / or the police could be initiated.

The increasingly precise determination of reference profiles includes the data processing in the sense of a machine learning (machine learning), possibly over a longer, initially indeterminate period.

Thus, main aspects of the invention are (i) the use of additional data (i) from smart devices 20 eg from mobile phones, and / or optionally (ii) from camera images or other detectors and / or (iii) their further processing in an external memory instead of internal, in-vehicle control units.

The aim is also the application as theft detection.

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vehicle

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Drive, engine

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wheel

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sensor

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sensor

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bus

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Smart Device

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User detection unit

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Backend unit, external detection and control unit

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(external) database unit

50

Cloud area

100

protection system

Claims (10)

Protection method for a vehicle (1) and in particular for a motor vehicle against unwanted operation, in which one or more variables characteristic of the use and / or operation of the vehicle (1) are recorded and evaluated, - a current usage and / or operation profile is created from the evaluation, - the current usage and / or operating profile is compared with one or more stored nominal profiles and - In response to a comparison result, a protective measure is initiated, wherein the evaluation of the characteristic variables, the creation of the current use and / or operating profile, the comparison with target profiles and / or the initiation of protective measures as a spun-off action outside the vehicle (1) take place , Protection method according to Claim 1 in which the for the use and / or for the operation of the vehicle (1) detected characteristic quantities for a user characteristic data from a smart device (20) and / or from a user detection unit (30). Protection method for a vehicle (1) and in particular for a motor vehicle against unwanted operation, in which one or more variables characteristic of the use and / or operation of the vehicle (1) are recorded and evaluated, - a current usage and / or operation profile is created from the evaluation, - the current usage and / or operating profile is compared with one or more stored nominal profiles and a protective measure is initiated as a function of a comparison result, wherein the characteristic values recorded for the use and / or operation of the vehicle (1) are characteristic data for a user from a smart device (20) and / or from a user detection unit (30) exhibit. Protection method according to Claim 3 in which the evaluation (S3) of the characteristic quantities, the creation (S4) of the current usage and / or operating profile, the comparison (S5) with target profiles and / or the initiation (S6, S7, S8) of protective measures as an outsorted action take place outside the vehicle (1). Protection method according to Claim 1 . 2 or 4 in which - a respective outsourced action takes place in a backend unit (40) and / or in a cloud area (50) respectively outside the vehicle (1) and - in particular values of the detected characteristic variables and / or values or values derived therefrom Unit (40, 50) outside the vehicle (1) are transmitted. Protection method according to one of the preceding claims, provided that Claim 2 or 3 in the back-related, in which - as a smart device (20) a mobile phone, a tablet, a clock and / or an RFID unit and / or - as a user detection unit (30) a camera and / or a biometric sensor unit are detected, in particular in the vicinity of the vehicle (1), when approaching the vehicle (1) and / or inside the vehicle (1). Protection method according to one of the preceding claims, provided that Claim 2 or 3 in which - the characteristic data for a user from a smart device (20) and / or from a user detection unit (30) are used as additional data for a user profile, - in particular next to recorded data on characteristic variables relating to the operation, Operation, the state of the vehicle (1) and / or their development over time. Protection method according to one of the preceding claims, in which as a protective measure an alarm is executed or initiated, in particular on or in the vehicle (1), on a smart device (20), in particular of a person registered as authorized for the vehicle (1), and / or on or in an external unit (40, 50 ), in particular an authority, and / or - One or more operating conditions of the vehicle (1) causes, restricted, suppressed and / or prevented. Protection system (100) for a vehicle (1) and in particular for a motor vehicle against unwanted operation, - which is adapted to carry out a method according to one of the preceding claims, and - Which in particular has an interface (10, 40, 50) which is set up for the integration of the vehicle (1) in the protection system (100) and for outsourced external actions for the acquisition of data from the vehicle (1) and / or assigned by the vehicle facilities and / or for detecting for a user characteristic data from a smart device (20) and / or from a user detection unit (30). Vehicle (1) and in particular motor vehicle, - which is set up in a method according to one of Claims 1 to 8th to be used and / or at least perform parts of such a method, and - which in particular has an interface (10) which is set up - for incorporating the vehicle (1) into a protection system (100) Claim 9 and / or - for capturing for a user characteristic data from a smart device (20) and / or from a user detection unit (30).

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