JP2002279233A - Vehicle evaluation system and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to more precisely evaluate a vehicle condition. SOLUTION: This vehicle evaluation system has a first evaluation means 21 of evaluating a vehicle to be evaluated based on the history of maintenance information, a second evaluation means 22 of evaluating the vehicle based on the specific information of the vehicle, and an overall evaluation means 23 of making an overall evaluation on the vehicle condition based on the evaluation by first and second evaluation means 21, 22. It is thus possible to make a more precise evaluation of the vehicle condition.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a vehicle evaluation system for evaluating the state of a vehicle and a computer-readable recording medium storing a program capable of evaluating the state of the vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, in the case of assessing a car, general assessment items that can be grasped by the assessor (buyer) from the appearance of the car and the contents of the verification of the car, for example, vehicle type, year, etc. The condition of the vehicle is evaluated based on the formula, presence / absence of equipment, mileage, degree of damage to the body, accident history, and the like, and an assessment is made.

[0003]

By the way, in the case of automobiles, maintenance and inspection and replacement of parts and oil accompanying the maintenance and inspection are carried out in order to maintain the performance for safe driving.
Not all vehicles are equally distributed, and the degree of implementation varies by individual vehicle. In other words, a car that performs regular maintenance and inspection and replaces parts etc. at an appropriate timing is different from a car that does not have the same appearance in terms of safety and durability even if it has the same appearance. There is a superiority.

[0004] However, it is practically impossible to grasp the past maintenance results from the appearance of the automobile. For this reason, in the conventional assessment, the actual superiority of the car can be evaluated only based on the general evaluation item in a form ignoring the vehicle, and as a result, there is a problem that an assessment based on a rough evaluation is easily performed. .

[0005] Further, since the person who receives the assessment (seller) has no data that can be presented to the buyer other than the above-mentioned general evaluation items, even if the vehicle has sufficient maintenance performance, The same treatment as that described above is performed, and the evaluation tends to be kept low. On the other hand, it is too cumbersome for the seller to keep the slips in order to claim maintenance performance, and to take out those slips and explain them to the buyer at the time of the assessment, which is too complicated for both the seller and the buyer. Burdensome.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to enable more accurate evaluation of a vehicle state. Another object is to make it easy to obtain data supporting the evaluation of the state of the vehicle.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, a maintenance information storage section for storing maintenance information on a vehicle to be evaluated, and a maintenance information storage section for the vehicle except the maintenance information are provided. A vehicle information storage unit that stores the unique information; a first evaluation unit that evaluates the vehicle based on a history of the maintenance information stored in the maintenance information storage unit; and a vehicle information storage unit that stores the vehicle information stored in the vehicle information storage unit. A second evaluation unit that evaluates the vehicle based on the unique information; and a comprehensive evaluation unit that comprehensively evaluates a state of the vehicle based on the evaluations by the first and second evaluation units. To provide a vehicle evaluation system. According to the present invention described in claim 2, the first
The evaluation means is based on a history of maintenance information including at least one of maintenance / inspection information, part replacement information, and oil replacement information stored in the maintenance information storage unit. 3. The vehicle evaluation system according to claim 1, wherein
According to the third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a scheduled replacement product information storage unit that stores information on a scheduled replacement product related to the vehicle to be evaluated, and the first evaluation unit further stores the scheduled replacement product information storage unit. 3. The vehicle evaluation system according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle is evaluated based on the stored information on the item to be replaced. According to the present invention, the history of the maintenance information relating to the vehicle to be evaluated, the unique information of the vehicle, and the comprehensive evaluation by the comprehensive evaluation means are aggregated, and the aggregated information can be visually displayed. The vehicle evaluation system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising output means for outputting to the output device. In the present invention as set forth in claim 5, the output means can further output information on the item to be exchanged stored in the item to be exchanged information storage unit as one of the aggregated information. A vehicle evaluation system according to claim 4 is provided. According to the present invention described in claim 6, a step of extracting a history of the maintenance information on the vehicle to be evaluated from the maintenance information storage unit, and evaluating the vehicle based on the history, and the step of: Extracting the unique information of the vehicle excluding the information, evaluating the vehicle based on the unique information, and comprehensively evaluating the state of the vehicle based on the evaluation in each of the steps; A computer-readable recording medium on which a program capable of evaluating the above is recorded. In the present invention according to claim 7, a step of reading a history of maintenance information on the vehicle to be evaluated from the maintenance information storage unit, a step of reading unique information of the vehicle from the vehicle information storage unit, The history of the read maintenance information and the unique information of the vehicle, and the comprehensive evaluation in the comprehensive evaluation step are aggregated, and the aggregated information is
7. A computer-readable recording medium according to claim 6, wherein the program includes a step of outputting to any output device that can be visually displayed.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in more detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle evaluation system according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a vehicle evaluation system 10 according to the present embodiment includes a CPU 11 serving as a main control unit functioning as a computer, a storage unit 12 such as a memory and a hard disk drive, and various types of processing performed via the CPU 11. Output device 13 for visually displaying and outputting information
And an input device 14 used for inputting various kinds of information stored in the storage means 12.

The storage means 12 includes, for example, a magnetic disk such as a flexible disk, an optical disk such as a CD-ROM, a DVD, an MO, an M, which is mounted on a drive of a corresponding type provided in the vehicle evaluation system 10.
Recording media such as magneto-optical disks such as D and semiconductor cards such as IC cards are also included. The output device 13 includes:
For example, a device capable of visually displaying various information (data) processed via the CPU 11, such as a display such as a CRT or an LCD, or a printer is included. The input device 14 includes, for example, devices such as a keyboard, a mouse, a scanner, and a digital camera that can input various information (data) such as characters and images stored in the storage unit 12 and control signals to the CPU 11. .

In the storage means 12 of this embodiment, a program functioning as a control unit 20 of the vehicle evaluation system 10 is stored, and a maintenance information storage unit 30
Vehicle information storage unit 40, replacement product information storage unit 50, first
And second evaluation table storage units 60 and 70 and a comprehensive evaluation table storage unit 80.

The program constituting the control unit 20 according to the present embodiment has first and second evaluation means 21 and 22, a comprehensive evaluation means 23, and an output means 24. The first evaluation unit 21 has a function of evaluating a vehicle based on a history of maintenance information stored in a maintenance information storage unit 30 described later. The second evaluation unit 22 has a function of evaluating a vehicle based on vehicle specific information stored in a vehicle information storage unit 40 described below. The comprehensive evaluation means 23 has a function of comprehensively evaluating the state of the vehicle based on the evaluations by the first and second evaluation means 21 and 22. The output unit 24 has a function of outputting the aggregated information to an arbitrary output device 13 as an evaluation result by the comprehensive evaluation unit 23. The operation of each of these units will be described later.

The maintenance information storage section 30 stores maintenance information on the vehicle to be evaluated. The “maintenance information” here includes the date when the maintenance was performed on the vehicle, the mileage of the vehicle at that time, the content of the maintenance, and the like. Maintenance storage unit 30
On the other hand, what kind of maintenance information is stored from among various types of maintenance for the vehicle can be appropriately selected. In the present embodiment, the following information considered to be particularly important in evaluating the state of the vehicle is stored. Used as maintenance information. That is, information on the implementation of legal and / or arbitrary maintenance / inspection (maintenance / inspection information), information on the implementation of vehicle component replacement including repair (part replacement information), and replacement of engine oil, oil element, etc. (Oil change information) related to the implementation of the above.

The vehicle information storage section 40 stores the unique information of the vehicle to be evaluated excluding the maintenance information described above. Here, the “specific information of the vehicle” includes information for specifying the vehicle and attribute information of the vehicle. The information for specifying the vehicle includes, for example, the vehicle type, year, model, registration date, registration number, body number, drive system, transmission system, displacement, body color, and the like. Examples of vehicle attribute information include equipment such as air conditioners, power steering, aluminum wheels, braking systems, car navigation systems, aero parts, etc., mileage, area of use, degree of body damage, accident history, etc. Is mentioned.

The replacement product information storage unit 50 stores information on the replacement product related to the vehicle to be evaluated. The term "information about items to be replaced" as used herein refers to parts and other parts predicted by comparing the standard service life of consumables such as engine oil and brake pads with the maintenance status of the vehicle, and the replacement time. The exchange time includes the date on which the exchange is scheduled and the mileage. Further, it is preferable that the information on the item to be replaced includes information on an approximate cost required for replacing the item to be replaced, for reference when determining the monetary value of the vehicle. The above-described maintenance information, vehicle-specific information, and information on items to be replaced are stored in the storage units 30 to 50 in association with the respective vehicles.

In the first evaluation table storage section 60, evaluation points assigned according to the degree of maintenance and inspection, the degree of parts replacement, and the like are tabulated and stored. The storage unit 6
The first evaluation table stored in “0” is referred to in the evaluation by the first evaluation means 21.

In the second evaluation table storage unit 70, evaluation points assigned in correspondence with the degree of the basic value or the degree of the equipment determined from the vehicle type, the model year and the like are tabulated and stored. I have. The second evaluation table stored in the storage unit 70 is referred to in the evaluation by the second evaluation unit 22.

In the comprehensive evaluation table storage section 80, evaluation points assigned to the evaluation data in the first and second evaluation means 21 and 22 are stored in a table. The comprehensive evaluation table stored in the storage unit 80 is
It is referred to in the comprehensive evaluation by the comprehensive evaluation means 23.

The program constituting the control unit 20, the maintenance information storage unit 30, the vehicle information storage unit 40, the item to be replaced information storage unit 50, the first and second evaluation table storage units 60 and 70, Evaluation table storage unit 8
0 is set in the storage means 12, but it is not always necessary to set all of them in a common recording medium. It is also possible to set different recording media.

Next, an example of the operation of the vehicle evaluation system 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. When the power for operating the system 10 is turned on, for example, the vehicle evaluation system 10 starts the program of the present embodiment functioning as the control unit 20 and first evaluates the display on the display as the output device 13. A screen for prompting input of information (for example, vehicle registration number or the like) for specifying a vehicle to be displayed is displayed (step 100).

When the user of the vehicle evaluation system 10 inputs a vehicle registration number or the like by operating a keyboard or the like as the input device 14 in accordance with the input screen, vehicle information is entered based on the entered vehicle registration number and the like. Storage unit 4
Then, it is checked whether or not there is information on the vehicle in question (step 101). If the result of the check indicates that there is no information on the vehicle, the input screen is displayed again on the display together with a message indicating that there is no information on the vehicle. On the other hand, when there is information on the vehicle, the process related to the evaluation of the vehicle by the first and second evaluation units 21 and 22 constituting the program of the present embodiment is executed. It should be noted that, of the processing by the first and second evaluation means 21 and 22, which processing is to be prioritized can be arbitrarily set.
It is also possible to set so that the processes by the first and second evaluation means 21 and 22 are executed simultaneously and in parallel.

In this embodiment, first, the first evaluation means 2
1 is executed. This first evaluation means 21
First, the maintenance information storage unit 30 is accessed based on the registration number or the like of the vehicle input on the input screen, and the maintenance / inspection information of the vehicle stored in the storage unit 30 as the maintenance information. Then, the part replacement information and the oil replacement information are searched, and the history of each piece of the information is extracted (step 102). Further, it accesses the to-be-replaced item information storage unit 50 to search and extract information on the to-be-replaced item relating to the vehicle, which is stored in the storage unit 50 (step 103).

Next, the first evaluation table storage unit 60 is accessed, and the first evaluation table stored in the storage unit 60 and the maintenance information of the vehicle extracted in steps 102 and 103 described above are read. (Maintenance / inspection information, parts replacement information and oil replacement information) and the information on the scheduled replacement product are compared with each other to evaluate the state of the vehicle based on the history of the maintenance information of the vehicle and the information on the scheduled replacement product (step 104).

More specifically, in the first evaluation, the degree of maintenance and inspection of the vehicle, the degree of parts replacement, the degree of oil replacement, the presence or absence of a replacement product, and the like are evaluated. For example, in the evaluation of the maintenance / inspection degree, the history of the maintenance / inspection information of the vehicle is compared with the first evaluation table stored in the first evaluation table storage unit 60, and the maintenance / inspection is periodically performed. Evaluate according to the degree of maintenance and inspection so that the vehicle receiving the vehicle has a higher evaluation score. More specifically, in the first evaluation table, as the evaluation points related to maintenance and inspection, vehicles that have undergone only statutory periodic inspection and vehicle inspection are set to “3”,
Further, for vehicles that have undergone arbitrary maintenance and inspection, evaluation points of "4" and "5" are set according to the degree. On the other hand, for vehicles that have undergone only vehicle inspection and have not undergone legal regular inspections or arbitrary maintenance inspections, evaluation scores of “2” and “1” are set according to the degree. Then, by referring to the first evaluation table, an evaluation point corresponding to the history of the maintenance / inspection information of the vehicle is given.

In the evaluation of the degree of component replacement and the degree of oil replacement, the history of the part replacement information and the history of the oil replacement information of the vehicle are stored in the first evaluation table storage unit 60 in the first evaluation. As compared with the table, the vehicle is changed according to the degree of parts replacement or oil replacement so that a vehicle whose parts, engine oil and the like are replaced at an appropriate time has a higher evaluation point.

In the evaluation of the necessity of the replacement product, the information on the replacement product of the vehicle is compared with the first evaluation table stored in the first evaluation table storage unit 60 to replace the vehicle. The vehicle is evaluated in accordance with the number of items to be replaced and the like so that the vehicle whose quantity is small, the replacement time is not near, and the cost of replacement is small, the higher the evaluation point.

Then, the first evaluation means 21 finally adds the evaluation points in each of the above evaluations, and gradually evaluates the state of the vehicle according to the total points. The evaluation result by the first evaluation unit 21 is stored in a predetermined area such as a memory or a hard disk drive that constitutes the storage unit 12.

Next, the processing by the second evaluation means 22 is executed. The second evaluation unit 22 first accesses the vehicle information storage unit 40 based on the registration number or the like of the vehicle input on the input screen, and stores the vehicle information stored in the storage unit 40. The unique information is searched for and extracted (step 105).

Next, the second evaluation table storage unit 70 is accessed, and the second evaluation table stored in the storage unit 70 is compared with the vehicle-specific information extracted in step 105. Then, the state of the vehicle based on the unique information of the vehicle is evaluated (step 106).

Specifically, in the second evaluation, the degree of the basic value determined from the vehicle type and the model year of the vehicle,
Evaluate the degree of equipment, mileage, degree of body damage, presence or absence of accident history, etc. For example, in the evaluation of the degree of the basic value, the data such as the vehicle type and the model year in the specific information of the vehicle is compared with the second evaluation table stored in the second evaluation table storage unit 70. In general, the evaluation is made in accordance with the basic elements such as the vehicle type and the model year so that the better the basic elements are, the higher the evaluation point becomes.

In the evaluation of the degree of equipment, the data on the equipment in the unique information of the vehicle is compared with the second evaluation table stored in the second evaluation table storage unit 70, and standardized. Vehicles equipped with special equipment such as car navigation systems and aero parts in addition to the above equipment are evaluated according to the degree of equipment so that the evaluation points are higher.

In the evaluation of the travel distance, the data on the travel distance in the unique information of the vehicle is compared with the second evaluation table stored in the second evaluation table storage unit 70 to compare the travel distance. The evaluation is made according to the traveling distance so that the shorter the vehicle, the higher the evaluation point.

In the evaluation of the degree of damage to the body, the data relating to the degree of damage to the body in the vehicle-specific information is stored in the second evaluation table stored in the second evaluation table storage unit 70. In comparison, evaluation is made according to the degree of damage to the body such that a vehicle with less damage to the body has a higher evaluation score.

In the evaluation of the presence or absence of an accident history,
The data on the accident history in the vehicle-specific information
As compared with the second evaluation table stored in the evaluation table storage unit 70, the evaluation is made according to the accident history such that the vehicle having no accident history has a higher evaluation score.

Then, similarly to the first evaluation means 21, the second evaluation means 22 adds the evaluation points in each of the above evaluations, and depending on the total score,
The state of the vehicle is evaluated step by step. In addition, the second
The evaluation result by the evaluation means 22 is also
Similarly to the above, the information is stored in a predetermined area such as a memory or a hard disk drive that constitutes the storage unit 12.

When the processing by the first and second evaluation means 21 and 22 is completed, next, the processing by the comprehensive evaluation means 23 is executed. The comprehensive evaluation means 23 first reads the evaluation data in the first and second evaluation means 21 and 22 stored in a predetermined area of the storage means 12. Then, it accesses the comprehensive evaluation table storage unit 80, compares the comprehensive evaluation table stored in the storage unit 80 with the read evaluation data, and comprehensively evaluates the state of the vehicle (step 107). In this comprehensive evaluation, a comprehensive evaluation is performed according to each of the first and second evaluation means 21 and 22 so that the higher the evaluation of the vehicle is, the higher the evaluation is, and the state of the vehicle is evaluated stepwise. . Then, the evaluation result by the comprehensive evaluation unit 23 is also stored in a predetermined area such as a memory or a hard disk drive that constitutes the storage unit 12, similarly to the first and second evaluation units 21 and 22.

When the processing by the comprehensive evaluation means 23 is completed, the output means 2 outputs the evaluation result.
4 is executed. When outputting the evaluation result of the vehicle, the output unit 24 first outputs maintenance information (maintenance / inspection information) related to the vehicle from the maintenance information storage unit 30, the vehicle information storage unit 40, and the scheduled replacement information storage unit 50. , Parts replacement information and oil replacement information)
, The information on the vehicle specific information and the information on the item to be replaced are read, and the evaluation result by the comprehensive evaluation means 23 stored in a predetermined area of the storage means 12 is read. Then, the read information is aggregated, and the aggregated information is output to the display as the output device 13 in the form of, for example, a “general chart” as shown in FIG.

According to the "general chart", in FIG. 3, part A of the vehicle specific information, part replacement information in part B, oil replacement information in part C, and maintenance and inspection in part D are shown in FIG. The information is information about the item to be replaced in part E, part of the vehicle-specific information in part F, the evaluation by the second evaluation means 22 in part G, and the total state of the vehicle by the comprehensive evaluation means 23 in part H. Each rating is displayed. Therefore, at a glance at this chart, the state of the vehicle to be evaluated can be grasped in detail.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The first evaluation means makes it possible to evaluate the maintenance performance which was difficult to grasp by the conventional assessment, and the second evaluation means makes it possible to evaluate the ability of the person who evaluates general evaluation items. Regardless of the presence or absence, a certain level of objective evaluation without subjectivity is possible.
Furthermore, since the overall evaluation means evaluates the state of the vehicle by integrating the two evaluations, more accurate evaluation is possible. Further, detailed data supporting the evaluation of the state of the vehicle can be obtained by the output unit. In addition, the user simply inputs information for identifying the vehicle to be evaluated,
The evaluation of the vehicle condition can be obtained very easily, and the data supporting the evaluation can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a configuration of a vehicle evaluation system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the operation of the vehicle evaluation system of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an evaluation result output by an output unit according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vehicle evaluation system 11 CPU 12 Storage means 13 Output device 14 Input device 20 Control part 21 First evaluation means 22 Second evaluation means 23 Total evaluation means 24 Output means 30 Maintenance information storage part 40 Vehicle information storage part 50 Replacement schedule Product information storage unit 60 First evaluation table storage unit 70 Second evaluation table storage unit 80 Overall evaluation table storage unit

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A maintenance information storage unit for storing maintenance information related to a vehicle to be evaluated, a vehicle information storage unit for storing unique information of the vehicle excluding the maintenance information, and a maintenance stored in the maintenance information storage unit. A first evaluation unit that evaluates the vehicle based on a history of information; a second evaluation unit that evaluates the vehicle based on unique information of the vehicle stored in the vehicle information storage unit; A vehicle evaluation system, comprising: comprehensive evaluation means for comprehensively evaluating the state of the vehicle based on the evaluation by the second evaluation means. 2. The maintenance information according to claim 1, wherein the first evaluation means includes at least one of maintenance / inspection information, part replacement information, and oil replacement information stored in the maintenance information storage unit. The vehicle evaluation system according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation target vehicle is evaluated based on the history of the vehicle. 3. A replacement product information storage unit for storing information on a replacement product related to the vehicle to be evaluated, wherein
3. The vehicle evaluation system according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation unit further evaluates the vehicle based on information on the replacement item stored in the replacement item information storage unit. 4. 4. An arbitrary output device that integrates the history of the maintenance information relating to the vehicle to be evaluated, the unique information of the vehicle, and the comprehensive evaluation by the comprehensive evaluation means and visually displays the aggregated information. The vehicle evaluation system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising output means for outputting. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output unit further stores information on the product to be replaced stored in the product to be replaced information storage unit.
The vehicle evaluation system according to claim 4, wherein the system can be output as one of the integrated information. 6. A step of extracting a history of maintenance information relating to the vehicle to be evaluated from the maintenance information storage unit, and evaluating the vehicle based on the history; Extracting the unique information and evaluating the vehicle based on the unique information; and comprehensively evaluating the state of the vehicle based on the evaluation in each of the steps, and evaluating the state of the vehicle. Computer-readable recording medium that records a program that can be used. 7. A step of reading a history of maintenance information on the vehicle to be evaluated from the maintenance information storage unit, a step of reading unique information of the vehicle from the vehicle information storage unit, and the maintenance information read in each of the steps. A program that includes a step of aggregating the history of the vehicle and the unique information of the vehicle and the overall evaluation in the overall evaluation step, and outputting the aggregated information to any output device that can be visually displayed. 7. The computer-readable recording medium according to item 6.