JP2003137070A - Use managing method of automobile using portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology for performing use management of an automobile having high security using a portable terminal. SOLUTION: In the performing method of the use management of the automobile using the portable terminal, a use ID of a user authorized to use the automobile is registered in a storing device disposed in the automobile. When the automobile receives an engine starting command, it is determined whether the portable terminal is connected to the automobile. When the portable terminal is connected to the automobile, the user ID possessed to the portable terminal is obtained and collated with each user ID registered in the storing device. When the user ID is determined to be registered in the storing device as a result of the collation, starting of an engine is allowed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of performing use management such as security management and charging management of an automobile using a mobile terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In mobile terminals such as so-called third generation mobile phones (also called next generation mobile phones), UIM (User Ident
An IC card (also referred to as a personal information card in this specification) called "ity Module" is used. Personal information such as a telephone number is recorded in the UIM, which has an advantage that a roaming service in a service area having a different wireless connection method can be received.

On the other hand, in the prior art, it has not been possible to ensure the security of the automobile and to easily perform the billing etc. when using the service such as information utilization from the automobile.

[0004]

It is conceivable to use the personal information of the UIM as described above to manage the use of the vehicle such as ensuring the security of the automobile, but conventionally there has been no specific mechanism for that purpose.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a technique for managing the use of a vehicle with high security by using a mobile terminal having a UIM.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention can be configured as follows.

The invention according to claim 1 is a method of managing the use of an automobile using a portable terminal, wherein a user ID of a user who can use the automobile is registered in a storage device provided in the automobile. Every time the vehicle receives the engine start instruction, it is determined whether or not the mobile terminal is connected to the vehicle. If the mobile terminal is connected, the user ID of the mobile terminal is acquired, and the user ID is set as the above-mentioned. Each user ID registered in the storage device is collated, and as a result of collation, the user I
When it is determined that D is registered in the storage device,
Allow the engine to start.

According to the present invention, since the personal information stored in the portable terminal owned by the user is used, spoofing can be prevented and security can be ensured.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the mobile terminal has a personal information card in which the user ID is recorded.

The invention described in claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2.
In the above description, the ETC device provided in the automobile receives the ETC information, the ETC device calculates the billing information, and the automobile has the billing information calculated by the ETC device and the user held by the mobile terminal. The ID is transmitted to the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal transmits the billing information and the user ID to the billing server.

According to the present invention, since the billing information and the user ID are transmitted to the billing server, the billing server can bill the user having the user ID and the user who is permitted to use the automobile by the above method. Since the user ID of is used, security can be maintained.

The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2.
In the description above, when the vehicle receives an information acquisition request from an input device provided in the vehicle, the request is transmitted to the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal transmits the request to an information server, The automobile receives the information corresponding to the request from the mobile terminal, displays it on the display device provided in the automobile, displays the usage fee of the information on the display device, and inputs the confirmation of the usage fee. Then, the information including the user ID is transmitted to the information server via the mobile terminal.

According to the present invention, since the user ID is transmitted to the information server, the information server can request the charging server to charge the user based on the usage fee of the user. Further, since the user ID of the user who is permitted to use the car by the above method is used,
Security can be maintained.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect, the user ID is sent together with the request instead of transmitting the information including the user ID after the input for confirming the usage fee. You may make it transmit to the said information server via.

The invention according to claim 6 is the invention according to claim 4 or 5.
In the above description, the information server transmits information including the usage fee and the user ID to the billing server.
This allows the billing server to bill.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows the system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

The system shown in FIG. 1 is an automobile 1 having a control system according to the present invention, an ETC device 3 connected to the automobile, a portable terminal 5 connected to the automobile 1, an information server 7 and a billing server on the Internet. Have 9.

The configuration of a vehicle 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a configuration of a portion related to the control system according to the present invention in the vehicle, and detects the CPU 11 for executing control, insertion of an engine key, rotation, etc. to notify the CPU. Engine key unit 12, CP
An engine control unit 13 that controls the engine of the vehicle based on the control from U11, a memory 14 that stores owner information (owner) of the vehicle 1 and a control program, and an ETC device 3 that is connected to the ETC device 3. It has an interface 15, a mobile terminal interface 16 for connecting to the mobile terminal 5, a touch panel 17 for inputting information, and a display 18 for displaying information. The connection configuration of the control system of the automobile 1 is not limited to the configuration shown in FIG. 1, but may be, for example, a bus connection configuration. In addition, the program stored in the memory 14 is CP
The functions of the present invention are realized by being executed in U11.

The mobile terminal interface 16, the touch panel 17, and the display 18 are provided, for example, on the front panel of the driver's seat of the automobile. As the mobile terminal interface 16, various existing technologies such as a connector for electrically connecting to the mobile terminal 5 and an interface for communicating with the mobile terminal 5 by infrared rays can be used.

An ETC (electronic toll collection) device 3 is a device for automatic toll collection on expressways, and stores an ETC control unit 31 that outputs billing information based on ETC information from an external ETC system, and billing information. It has a memory card section 32 that operates. The billing information calculation process of the ETC control unit 31 is the same as the process of a normal ETC device, and the billing information is a charge for a predetermined traveling section. The memory card section 32 is not used in the present invention.

The mobile terminal 5 has a radio section 51 for transmitting and receiving signals by radio, a control section 52 for overall control, and an IC card (UIM) 53 for accumulating personal information of the user. The mobile terminal 5 is connected to the automobile 1 via the mobile terminal interface 16 of the automobile 1. In addition,
The present invention can be applied to any mobile terminal having a function of holding personal information without having the IC card 53.

The information server 7 is a server that provides information based on a request from the mobile terminal 5, and has a WWW server function, for example. The billing server 9 bills according to the user's use of information and use of ETC.

In order to use the information of the information server 7 on the automobile side, the web browser function of the mobile terminal 5 is used to request and obtain the information, and the touch panel 17 and the touch panel 17 of the automobile are sent via the mobile terminal interface 16. You may make it display and input on the display 18,
A web browser function may be provided in the control system of the vehicle, and the communication function of the mobile terminal 5 may be used to send and receive information. Hereinafter, a case where a web browser function is provided in the control system of the automobile will be described.

The outline of the operation of the above system will be described below.

When the user of the automobile 1 gives an instruction to start the engine with the engine key, the CPU 11 causes the IC card 53 to operate.
And the information in the memory 14 are compared, and if the user can use the vehicle, the engine control unit 13 is instructed to start the engine. Further, when using a toll road corresponding to ETC, the charging information sent from the ETC device 3 is sent to the charging server 9 together with the personal information recorded in the IC card 53. When information is used in the information server 7, personal information is transmitted from the automobile side to the information server 7, and the information server 7 charges the information server 7 to the charging server 9 using the information.

Next, the operation of the above system will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2 and the tables of FIGS.

First, the engine start is instructed to the CPU 11 by inserting the key of the automobile 1 into the engine key portion and rotating it by a predetermined angle (step 1). Then, it is determined whether or not the mobile terminal 5 is connected to the automobile 1 (step 2). Whether or not the mobile terminal 5 is connected to the automobile 1 can be determined, for example, by transmitting a predetermined signal to the mobile terminal 5 and whether or not there is a response from the mobile terminal 5.

Here, if the portable terminal 5 is not connected, a display indicating that the use is not permitted is displayed on the display 18 (step 3), and the process is terminated without starting the engine.

When the portable terminal 5 is connected to the automobile 1, user authentication is performed using the information in the IC card 53 and the owner list in the memory 14 (step 4). FIG. 3 shows an example of information recorded in the IC card 53. As shown in FIG. 3, the IC card 53 stores a user ID, a telephone number, and a user name. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the user ID of the user who can use the automobile is recorded in the memory 14.

In user authentication, the automobile reads the user ID in the IC card 53, and the user ID
Is present in the memory 14, and if the user ID is present in the memory 14, it is determined that the owner of the mobile terminal 5 having the user ID is permitted to use the automobile 1 (step 5). Yes). If the user ID does not exist in the memory 14, it is determined that the use is not permitted (No in step 5), and the use is not permitted is displayed (step 3).
The process ends. If the use is permitted, the engine control unit 13 starts the engine (step 6). The user ID of the user who is permitted to use is retained in memory as the in-use user ID and used for the subsequent processing.

Thereafter, if there is information use or toll road use, billing processing is performed at any time (steps 7 and 8). The process when the toll road is used will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, when the ETC device 3 receives ETC information (for example, information on a traveling section) (step 11),
The ETC control unit 31 calculates the billing information and sends the billing information to the automobile 1 via the ETC interface 15 (step 12). Then, the CPU 11 reads the user ID of the user who is currently using the automobile 1 from the memory 14 and adds it to the billing information, and passes it to the mobile terminal 5 via the mobile terminal interface 16. The mobile terminal 5 transmits the information from the wireless unit 51 to the billing server 9 (step 13). As described above, the ETC device 3
The process of calculating the billing information in is similar to that in the existing ETC device. As a result, the charging server 9 can know the ETC user and the usage amount, and can charge the user.

Next, the processing when the information of the information server 7 is used will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

By the operation of the program having the Web browser function stored in the memory 14, a menu selection type information input / output screen is displayed on the display 18 (step 21), and the user selects desired information from the touch panel 17. Then, (step 22), the request for the selected information and the user ID of the user are transmitted to the mobile terminal 51.
(Step 23), the information server 7 holds the user ID and the request, and sends the information corresponding to the request to the automobile side.

Then, the information is displayed on the display 18 (step 24). After using the information, the usage fee of the information sent from the information server is displayed on the display 18 (step 25), and the user presses the confirmation button or the like from the touch panel 17 to notify the information server 7 of the confirmation information. (Step 26). With this as a trigger, the information server 7 uses the information use date and time, the user I
Information including D, usage amount, etc. is transmitted to the billing server 9 (step 27). This allows the user to be charged. The user ID may be transmitted to the information server 7 when the confirmation button is pressed, without transmitting the user ID at the time of request.

FIG. 7 shows a table in the billing server 9. As shown in the figure, in the table, the date and time when the user used the information, the charge source, and the charge destination (user I
D) and the charge amount are recorded. Also, the information server 7
As shown in FIG. 8, has a table in which service contents and corresponding usage amounts are recorded. As a result, the charge amount corresponding to the service used can be determined.

The billing server 9 can record the billing amount for each user in addition to the use of information and the use of ETC. For example, by recording the usage charge of the mobile phone in the billing server 9, it becomes possible to charge the user the information usage charge and the ETC usage charge at the same time as charging the mobile phone usage charge.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications and applications are possible within the scope of the claims.

[0039]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the personal information stored in the UIM of the portable terminal owned by the individual is used, it cannot be prevented when only the information recorded in the automobile is used. It is possible to prevent spoofing and easily perform highly secure usage management.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of information recorded in an IC card 53.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of information recorded in a memory 14.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flowchart of processing when a toll road is used.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a process in the case of using the information of the information server 7.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of information recorded in a billing server 9.

8 is a diagram showing an example of information recorded in the information server 7. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 car 3 ETC device 5 mobile terminals 7 Information server 9 Billing server 11 CPU 12 Engine key section 13 Engine control unit 14 memory 15 ETC interface 16 Mobile terminal interface 17 Touch panel 18 display

Continuation of front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ identification code FI theme code (reference) H04B 7/26 H04B 7/26 F (72) Inventor Masako Kuroda 1-6, Uchiyukicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo EN In-Titi Communications Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Tomohiro Okada 1-1-6 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo NTT Communications Co., Ltd. F-term (Reference) 5K067 AA21 BB04 BB36 DD17 EE02 EE12 HH22 HH23

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A method of managing the use of an automobile using a portable terminal, wherein a user ID of a user who can use the automobile is registered in a storage device provided in the automobile, and the automobile starts an engine. When the instruction is received, it is determined whether or not the mobile terminal is connected to the automobile. If the mobile terminal is connected, the user ID of the mobile terminal is acquired, and the user ID is registered in the storage device. A method of collating with each user ID, and allowing the engine to start when it is determined that the user ID is registered in the storage device as a result of collation. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal has a personal information card in which the user ID is recorded. 3. The ETC device provided in the automobile is E
The TC information is received, the ETC device calculates the billing information, and the car transmits the billing information calculated by the ETC device and the user ID held by the mobile terminal to the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the method transmits the billing information and the user ID to a billing server. 4. When the vehicle receives an information acquisition request from an input device provided in the vehicle, the request is transmitted to the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal transmits the request to an information server. , The vehicle receives the information corresponding to the request from the mobile terminal, displays the information on the display device provided in the vehicle, and then displays the usage fee of the information on the display device to confirm the usage fee. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein upon input, information including the user ID is transmitted to the information server via the mobile terminal. 5. The user ID is transmitted to the information server via the portable terminal together with the request, instead of transmitting the information including the user ID after the input for confirming the usage fee. The method described in. 6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the information server transmits information including the usage fee and the user ID to a billing server.