JP2006192921A - Vehicle control device and vehicle control system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide vehicle control device and vehicle control system allowing a third person without a key to move a vehicle parked on a road surface, etc. <P>SOLUTION: This vehicle control device is provided with a personal information acquiring means for acquiring personal information on the third person, and communicates with a portable terminal possessed by a manager of the vehicle when the device acquires the personal information on the third person. When the manager of the vehicle allows moving of the vehicle by the third person, lock of the vehicle is released by a remote control to start an engine. Since the vehicle control device acquires the personal information on the third person, the information is used to specify the third person when the vehicle is suffered from a theft, etc. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle control device and a vehicle control system that permit a start of a vehicle engine by remote control.

  When a disaster such as an earthquake occurs, the vehicle traveling on the road stops, and the driver parks the vehicle on the road and evacuates. At this time, in order to prevent theft of the vehicle, the vehicle is often locked, and it is difficult to forcibly move the vehicle parked on the road when it becomes an obstacle to traffic. In particular, when a fire breaks out, it may happen that emergency vehicles such as fire engines are blocked.

  Therefore, especially during a disaster, it is required to leave the key in the vehicle and leave the vehicle without locking the door, but there is a fear of theft. Also, if it is not during a disaster, it is normal to leave the vehicle after locking.

  When a vehicle is parked on the road, it may become an obstacle such as passage of an emergency vehicle. In this case, a system in which a third party can move a vehicle that becomes an obstacle to passage is demanded.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle control device and a vehicle control system that allow a third party who does not have a key to move a vehicle parked on a road or the like.

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention

The present invention for solving the above problems is as follows.
A vehicle control device that controls a vehicle engine by communication with a mobile terminal from a location away from the vehicle,
Personal information acquisition means for acquiring personal information of a third party who intends to move a stopped vehicle;
A storage unit for storing information for communicating with a mobile terminal carried by a manager of the vehicle;
When acquiring personal information of a third party, a vehicle communication unit that communicates with the terminal communication unit of the mobile terminal,
A vehicle engine control unit that controls start and stop of the engine of the vehicle based on a received signal from the portable terminal by operating the portable terminal that can remotely control the engine of the vehicle;
including.

  According to the above configuration, for example, when a third party other than the vehicle administrator who wants to move a vehicle parked on the road in the event of a disaster or the like causes the personal information acquisition means to read the personal information, the vehicle communication unit Can notify the mobile terminal carried by the manager of the vehicle. If the mobile terminal is, for example, a well-known mobile phone, the phone number and the like are stored in the storage unit and can be notified by the vehicle communication unit. And the engine of a vehicle can be started and stopped by remote control from the portable terminal which the manager of a vehicle carries.

Further, the vehicle control device includes a door lock control unit that controls locking / unlocking of the lock of the vehicle door,
Based on the signal from the portable terminal carried by the vehicle manager, the vehicle door is locked and unlocked. Thereby, the door lock can be released and the engine can be started by a remote operation by operating the mobile terminal from a place away from the vehicle by the manager of the vehicle. A third person can open the door of the vehicle, get on the vehicle, drive the vehicle, and move it.

  Specifically, the personal information acquisition means includes physical information acquisition means for acquiring physical information specific to an individual. More specifically, the body information acquisition means includes a cornea recognition sensor that is installed outside the vehicle and captures a retina or iris image, a fingerprint recognition sensor that detects a fingerprint, and a vein recognition sensor that recognizes a blood vessel pattern of a palm. Including at least one of the following. Since these physical characteristics differ from person to person, they are effective for identifying the individual. By obtaining this information, if a third party authorized to move the vehicle exploits it and steals the vehicle or damages the equipment, it is important to identify the third party. Evidence.

  The personal information acquisition means includes personal identification information acquisition means for acquiring personal identification information including at least the name of the individual. More specifically, the personal identification information acquisition means has an IC card reading unit installed outside the vehicle for reading an IC card in which the personal identification information is recorded. Further, an IC may be incorporated in the driver's license.

  The personal identification information is a name, address, date of birth, etc. for identifying an individual. When the vehicle control apparatus acquires these pieces of information, when a problem occurs when the third party moves the vehicle, the information becomes information for identifying the third party.

The vehicle control device includes a photographing unit that is mounted on the vehicle and monitors the situation when the vehicle is moved by a third party,
When the vehicle is moved by a third party, the vehicle control device can transmit a video or an image from the photographing unit to the mobile terminal from the vehicle communication unit, and can browse the video or the image on the display unit of the mobile terminal. The photographing unit is installed inside the vehicle and photographs a third party that moves the vehicle. Furthermore, the photographing unit is installed outside the vehicle, and photographs a state outside the vehicle when a third party moves the vehicle.

  By taking a picture of the interior of the vehicle with the imaging unit, when a third party moves the vehicle, the administrator of the vehicle can check whether the equipment or equipment in the vehicle will be stolen or damaged. Can be monitored. Moreover, since the situation around the vehicle can be monitored by photographing outside the vehicle, it is possible to monitor whether or not a third party moves the vehicle to an arbitrary place.

And the vehicle control system of this invention for solving the said subject is
A vehicle control device;
An information management unit comprising: a center communication unit capable of communicating with the vehicle communication unit of the vehicle control device; an information acquisition unit that acquires predetermined information via the center communication unit; and an information storage unit that accumulates the information;
The vehicle control device transmits predetermined information to the information management means. Specifically, the vehicle control device may be configured to transmit the acquired third-party personal information and vehicle-specific information specific to the vehicle for identifying the vehicle to the information management means.

  By transmitting these information to the information management means, for example, when a third party who is permitted to move the vehicle gets on and off as it is, the information sent to the information management means is the third party. It becomes a clue to discover.

  In addition, the vehicle control device has a current position detection unit that detects the current position of the vehicle, and transmits the current position detected by the current position detection unit to the information management unit. Since the current position of the vehicle is transmitted from the vehicle to the information management means, it becomes a clue to discover the vehicle when the vehicle is stolen by a third party.

  Furthermore, the information management means has a notification means for providing a third party personal information to the public institution when a predetermined emergency signal is received from the portable terminal. A public institution refers to, for example, the police, and is used as evidence when a third party is discovered by stealing or damaging a vehicle by transmitting the third party's personal information to the police. it can.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of the vehicle control system. This system includes a vehicle control device 100 mounted on a vehicle 90 and an information management center 14 that manages personal information of a person who moves the vehicle 90. Furthermore, the portable terminal 71 which a vehicle user (manager of a vehicle) possesses and communicates with the vehicle control apparatus 100 is provided.

  The vehicle control device 100 is installed in the vehicle 90, acquires personal information of a third party who intends to move the vehicle 90 when the vehicle is stopped, and sends the personal information to the information management center 14 as information management means. Send. In addition, vehicle-specific information such as the current location of the vehicle 90, a registration number, and a vehicle type is also transmitted to the information management center 14. Furthermore, the vehicle control apparatus 100 communicates with the mobile terminal 71 possessed by the vehicle user away from the vehicle, and transmits personal information of the third party and information about the vehicle. A third party and the user of the vehicle can talk via the vehicle control device 100 and the portable terminal 71. The vehicle control device 100 can control start / stop of the engine of the vehicle by a received signal from the mobile terminal 71 when a user who has talked with a third party operates the mobile terminal 71. That is, the mobile terminal 71 possessed by the user can be remotely operated. In addition, the network which can connect the vehicle control apparatus 100 and the portable terminal 71 does not provide restrictions in particular, such as a public network or the Internet.

  The information management center 14 communicates with the vehicle control device 100 to acquire and manage personal information of a third party who intends to move the vehicle acquired by the vehicle control device 100 and information about the vehicle to be moved. In addition, when a vehicle user determines that a third party who is permitted to move the vehicle by the vehicle user has performed a malicious act, the third party information and vehicle information obtained in response to an instruction from the vehicle user Is notified to a public organization 95 such as the police through a public network, a communication network such as the Internet.

  The portable terminal 71 is owned by a user of a vehicle away from the vehicle 90, acquires personal information of a third party who intends to move the parked vehicle 90, and Is possible. When the user permits the third party to move the vehicle 90, the user can control the door lock and the engine of the vehicle 90 by operating the portable terminal 71. That is, the control of the vehicle 90 can be remotely operated. In addition, when a third party permitted to move the vehicle 90 tries to steal the vehicle or performs some kind of malicious act, the information management center 14 or the public organization 95 such as the police may be contacted. it can.

  The public organization 95 such as the police who has obtained information such as theft from the information management center 14 or a vehicle user can start searching for the vehicle with reference to the position information of the vehicle 90 and the like.

  FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the vehicle control device. This vehicle control device 100 acquires information on a position detector 1, a sensor unit 9 of physical information acquisition means for acquiring physical information of a third party who intends to move the vehicle, and information on an IC chip provided in the driver's license. A reader unit 10 for personal identification information acquisition means, a camera 11 for photographing the vehicle interior and the periphery of the vehicle, an engine control unit 15 for controlling start / stop of the engine, a door lock control unit 16 for controlling a door lock, an operation unit 17, A storage unit 18, a call unit 19 for performing a voice call, a display unit 20, and a control circuit 8 connected to these units are provided.

  A position detector 1 as current position detecting means has a well-known geomagnetic sensor 2, a gyroscope 3, a distance sensor 4, and a GPS receiver 5 for GPS that detects the position of a vehicle based on radio waves from a satellite. is doing. Since these sensors 2, 3, 4, and 5 have errors of different properties, they are configured to be used while being complemented by a plurality of sensors. Depending on the accuracy, a part of the sensors described above may be used, and further, a steering rotation sensor, a wheel sensor of each rolling wheel, or the like may be used.

  The current position detected by these position detectors is transmitted from the vehicle control device 100 to the information management center 14 as information for specifying the location of the vehicle when a third party moves the vehicle.

  The sensor unit 9 constituting the physical information acquisition means, which is a personal information acquisition means, is installed outside the vehicle to acquire third party information. The fingerprint recognition sensor for detecting fingerprints, the blood vessels of palms and fingers It comprises a vein recognition sensor for recognizing patterns and the like, a cornea recognition sensor for taking a retina or iris (iris) image and the like.

  The cornea recognition sensor has a camera or the like and captures an image of the retina or iris (iris). For example, a camera for retinal photography is provided outside the vehicle, and an image of the retina or iris (iris) is acquired as personal information of a third party. When an iris image is used, the personality of the pattern or color is acquired and used as personal information. The iris pattern is used as an authentication method for identifying an individual, and has an advantage that it can be reliably identified with a low misidentification rate. For this reason, by acquiring this information, when a third party steals or damages the vehicle later, it can be useful information for identifying the third party. Iris can be taken using a normal camera. The image acquired by the cornea recognition sensor is output to the control unit 8.

  The fingerprint sensor recognizes a fingerprint of a third party who wants to move the vehicle, and is disposed outside the vehicle, for example, on the door of the vehicle. The fingerprint sensor is a sensor that reads the fingerprint of the third party, and for example, an optical type, a pressure sensitive type, a semiconductor capacitance type, or the like is used. For example, in an optical fingerprint sensor, a finger touching the sensor surface is irradiated with light, and the fingerprint is read from the difference in reflectance. The fingerprint sensor reads the fingerprint touched on the sensor surface and outputs the fingerprint data to the control unit 8.

  The vein recognition sensor recognizes a blood vessel pattern of a palm or a finger. An infrared light source, an image sensor, and the like are provided, and a finger or palm that is a recognition target is irradiated with infrared light by the infrared light source. Since infrared light is absorbed by blood hemoglobin, the blood vessel pattern can be detected by an image sensor. The blood vessel pattern acquired by the vein recognition sensor is output to the control unit 8.

  As the sensor unit 9, one of these sensors may be provided. However, when a plurality of sensors are provided in combination, third party information can be obtained more. It becomes easier to identify the three parties.

  The reader unit 10 constituting the personal identification information acquisition unit, which is a personal information acquisition unit, can read an IC card, and a third party causes the reader unit 10 to read the IC card (driver's license with an IC chip). By this, information of a third party can be obtained. A driver's license as an IC card with an IC chip has a memory composed of a well-known flash memory that can store and read information, and the name, address, date of birth, etc. of the IC card holder are personally specified. It is recorded as information.

  The engine control unit 15 is connected to the engine of the vehicle and can control starting and stopping of the engine. The door lock control unit 16 is connected to a vehicle door lock and can lock and unlock the door. When the user locks the door when leaving the vehicle, the door lock can be released or locked by being remotely operated by the portable terminal.

  A camera 11 serving as a photographing unit is installed outside the vehicle and inside the vehicle. An example of the camera installation location is shown in FIG. The cameras 11a and 11b installed in the vehicle are for displaying passengers in the vehicle, and are for the vehicle manager to monitor with the portable terminal 71 when a third party runs the vehicle 90.

  The face photographing camera 11a installed in the vehicle is, for example, a CCD camera, and when a face of a third party permitted to move the vehicle is in the vehicle (particularly in the driver's seat), It is provided in the instrument panel in the car. This is to monitor whether a third party performs untrustworthy behavior. The camera 11b installed on the ceiling is for monitoring the entire interior of the vehicle.

  The camera 11c outside the vehicle is for acquiring a place where the vehicle 90 travels, and is provided, for example, on a ceiling part outside the vehicle 90. The vehicle exterior camera 11c includes a drive unit, and the drive unit is capable of photographing all directions around the vehicle with the camera 11c. A rotation stage on which the camera 11c is installed, a motor that rotates the rotation stage, and And a rotation control unit that controls the rotation of the rotation stage. When the vehicle manager operates from the portable terminal 71, the shooting direction of the camera 11c can be changed to a desired direction. As a result, the vehicle manager who is away from the vehicle 90 can examine where the vehicle is with reference to the video from the camera 11c when the vehicle 90 is stolen. .

  The operation unit 17 is for a user to perform various settings and operations, and is configured as a mechanical switch, for example. By operating the operation unit 17, the number of the mobile terminal 71 (for example, if the mobile terminal is a general mobile phone, the phone number) can be stored in the storage unit.

  The storage unit 18 includes a known flash memory that can be stored and read, and stores information necessary for the operation of the vehicle control device 100. As information memorize | stored, it is information, such as the number of the portable terminal 71 which the user who communicates by the communication part 13 owns, for example.

  The call unit 19 is used to make a call with a manager of a vehicle carrying the portable terminal 71, and is configured by a voice input device, a voice output device (speaker), and the like.

  The display unit 20 includes a display lamp that displays an operation state, and notifies the operation state by lighting the lamp. Further, it may be configured by a liquid crystal display or the like, and the operation status may be displayed by characters, symbols or the like.

  The communication unit 13 communicates with the information management center 14 and transmits information read by the sensor unit 9 and the reader unit 10 to the information management center 14. In addition, it communicates with the portable terminal 71 of the vehicle manager so that a third party and the owner can communicate with each other.

  The control unit 8 of the vehicle control apparatus 100 is configured as a normal computer, and includes a well-known CPU 31, ROM 32, RAM 33, I / O 34 and a bus line 35 for connecting these configurations as shown in FIG. The control circuit 8 constitutes personal information acquisition means.

  The CPU 31 controls the program and data stored in the ROM 32 and RAM 33. As shown in FIG. 3, the ROM 32 has an operating system (hereinafter referred to as OS) 32s, an information acquisition program 32a for acquiring personal information of a third party operating on the OS 32s, a mobile terminal possessed by the user, and a second terminal. A communication program 32b for communicating with the information management center for accumulating personal information of the three parties and a vehicle control program 32c for controlling the vehicle door lock and engine are stored.

  Further, the information acquisition program 32a has an information acquisition program work memory 33a as a work area on the OS 32s, and the communication program 32b has a communication program work memory 33b as a work area. Operates with the work memory 33c for the vehicle control program as a work area. Furthermore, the work memory 33s of the OS 32s is formed in the RAM 33.

  By having such a configuration, the vehicle control apparatus 100 is configured to monitor mode when the driver locks the vehicle 90 and leaves the vehicle 90 after the information acquisition program 32a is activated by the CPU 31 of the control unit 8. And wait. When a third party who wants to move the vehicle 90 tries to have the sensor unit 9 and the reader unit 10 acquire information, the information acquisition program 32a acquires the information and uses the communication program 32b to manage the management center. 14 to send. Further, the information acquisition program 32a, based on the satellite data obtained from the GPS receiver 5 of the position detector 1 and the current position of the vehicle at this time, sends the position information of the vehicle 90, the vehicle number, Send vehicle type information.

  Furthermore, the vehicle control apparatus 100 communicates with the portable terminal 71 possessed by the owner of the vehicle by the communication program 32b. The acquired personal information of the third party is transmitted to the portable terminal 71 by the communication program 32b. Furthermore, it is possible for a third party to make a call with the vehicle manager who owns the portable terminal 71. As a result, the administrator can make a call with a third party and determine whether to allow the third party to move the vehicle.

  Next, the portable terminal 71 will be described with reference to FIG. The portable terminal 71 includes a communication unit 72 that communicates with the information management center 14 and the vehicle control device 100, a display unit 73 that displays images and images received by the communication unit 72, a voice input device, and a voice output device (speaker). A call unit 74, an operation unit 75 for inputting a telephone number and instructing remote operation, and a control unit 78 for controlling these. The portable terminal 71 may be a well-known cellular phone, or a personal computer, a PDA (Personal Data Assistant: portable information terminal), or the like, as long as it has a function of performing wireless communication by telephone call or remote operation. For example, when using a mobile phone having a function capable of communicating with the vehicle control device, communication is performed using a well-known telephone communication network.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the information management center 14 includes a server 25 composed of known computers, workstations, etc., a transmission / reception device 22 as a center communication unit, databases 60c, 60d, 60e as information storage means, and the like. Yes. The information management center 14 receives third party information read by the sensor unit 9 and the reader unit 10 of the vehicle control device 100 from the transmission / reception device 22. In the management center 14, various data transmitted by the vehicle control device 100 are stored in the storage device 60 as a database by a program operating on the server 25.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the information server 25 of the information management center 14. The information server 25 includes a CPU 51, a ROM 52, a RAM 53, and an input / output interface (I / O) 54. The information server 25 includes a computer main body 50 that is connected so as to be able to transmit and receive via a bus line 55. Alternatively, via an input device such as a mouse 57, a recording medium reading means such as a CD-ROM drive 58 or a floppy (registered trademark) disk drive (hereinafter referred to as FDD) 59, an HDD (hard disk drive) 60, and a monitor control unit 61. The whole is constructed as a computer system to which a monitor 62, a printer 63 to be connected, a network control unit 64 and the like for communicating with the transmission / reception device 22 and the like are connected. Instead of the CD-ROM drive 58, a DVD-ROM drive or the like may be used.

  The HDD 60 stores an operating system program (hereinafter referred to as OS) 60a and an information server program 60b. The information server program 60b operates with the information server work memory 53b secured in the RAM 53 on the OS 60a as a work area in order to realize the function as an information server. This is stored in, for example, a CD-ROM 65 in a computer-readable state and installed in a predetermined storage area on the HDD 60. The RAM 53 is also formed with a work memory 53a for the OS 60a.

  In addition, a user information database 60c, a personal information database 60d, and a vehicle information database 60e are constructed in the HDD 60. The user information database 60c is a database in which information related to the mobile terminal 71 (telephone number and the like), the name of the manager possessed, etc. are registered. The personal information database 60d stores personal information of a third party who is permitted by the vehicle user to move the vehicle. The vehicle information database 60e stores the vehicle type and registration number of the vehicle.

  With this configuration, the information server 25 functions as an information server after executing necessary initialization processing when the information server program 60b is activated by the CPU 51 of the computer main body 50. Thereafter, when personal information of a third party is transmitted from the vehicle control device 100 via the transmission / reception device 22, the processing stored in the information server program 60b is executed and stored in the personal information database 60d as personal information. Saved.

  In addition, the management center 200 is configured to be able to transmit third party information to a public organization 95 such as the police in response to an instruction from the portable terminal 71 possessed by the manager of the vehicle 90. That is, when a third party who is permitted to move the vehicle 90 performs an untrustworthy action and receives an instruction from an administrator who monitors the behavior by a camera or the like, the server 25 of the information management center 14 receives information from the public, such as the police. The third party information is provided to the target organization 95. Based on this, the public institution 95 such as the police starts searching for the vehicle 90.

  About the above vehicle control system, a process is demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG. When the user (vehicle manager) stops the vehicle 90 and gets off and locks the door (S1), the vehicle control device 100 installed in the vehicle detects the door lock and enters the monitoring mode (S2). The door is locked by an electronic key such as a mechanical key or a wireless key that is inserted into a normal key cylinder and locked / unlocked. The monitoring mode is a state in which personal information can be read by a third party. For example, when a user parks a vehicle on the road due to a disaster and evacuates away from the vehicle, if the vehicle becomes an obstacle to the passage of an emergency vehicle, a third party other than the user of the vehicle In this way, the vehicle can be moved.

  That is, a third party who wants to move the vehicle 90 approaches the vehicle 90, and the physical information, which is personal information of the sensor unit 9 provided outside the vehicle 90, is stored in the card reader unit 10. The personal identification information is read (S3). The body information refers to a fingerprint or the like as described above. The personal identification information indicates the name, address, etc. recorded on the driver's license built in the IC. These pieces of information are transmitted from the communication unit 13 to the information management center (management station) 14 when the control unit 8 of the vehicle control device 100 executes the information acquisition program 32a and the communication program 32b (S4).

  Furthermore, the vehicle control device 100 communicates with the mobile terminal 71 carried by the user of the vehicle, transmits third party information, and enables the third party to make a call with the user (S5). When the third party and the user make a call and the user permits the third party to move the vehicle (S6: YES), the user operates the portable terminal 71 to instruct the release of the door lock. Can do. The vehicle control apparatus 100 that has received the user's operation signal issues a door lock release signal to the door lock control unit 16 by the CPU 31 executing the vehicle control program 32c, thereby releasing the door lock (S7). . As a result, a third party can get on the vehicle.

  Subsequently, when the CPU 31 executes the vehicle control program 32c, an engine start signal is issued to the engine control unit 15, whereby the vehicle engine is started. That is, the vehicle engine is started by a remote operation from the user's portable terminal 71 (S8). This allows a third party to drive and move the vehicle.

  The user can monitor the situation of the third party, the inside of the vehicle, and the outside of the vehicle while the third party moves the vehicle by the camera 11 installed inside and outside the vehicle. When a third party tries to steal the vehicle, damages the vehicle, or a problem occurs (S10: YES), the user monitored by the camera 11 operates the portable terminal 71 to the information management center 14. A contact can be made (S14).

  In the information management center 14 that has received the emergency signal from the portable terminal 71, the server 25 acquires the third party information from the personal information database 60d, and the transmission / reception device 22 sends the third party information to the public organization 95 such as the police. Send information. Information such as the vehicle number recorded in the vehicle information database 60e is also transmitted (S15).

  Further, the user may transmit an emergency signal directly from the portable terminal 71 to the public organization 95 such as the police. In this case, since personal information of a third party is transmitted to the mobile terminal 71, this information is transmitted to the public institution 95.

  A public organization such as the police, which has been contacted by the information management center 14 or the user, obtains personal information of a third party and current position information of the vehicle, and starts searching for the vehicle.

  If there is no particular problem (S10: NO) and the movement of the vehicle by a third party is completed (S11: YES), the user stops the engine by remote operation with the portable terminal 71 (S12). Further, it is confirmed by the camera 11 or the like that the third party has gone out of the vehicle, and the user locks the door by remote operation using the portable terminal 71 (S13).

  As described above, according to the vehicle control device and the vehicle control system of the present invention, when a third party wants to move the vehicle urgently, the vehicle administrator is contacted, and the vehicle administrator remotely operates, The engine can be started by releasing the door lock. In this case, since the vehicle control device acquires physical information and personal identification information for identifying a third party, the third party can be identified even when the vehicle is stolen.

The figure explaining the whole structure of a vehicle control system. The figure explaining a vehicle control apparatus. The figure explaining the control part of a vehicle control apparatus. The figure explaining installation of a camera. The figure explaining a portable terminal. The figure explaining an information management center. The flowchart explaining the process by a vehicle control system.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 8 Control part 9 Sensor part 10 Reader part 11 Camera 14 Information management center 25 Server 71 Portable terminal 90 Vehicle 100 Vehicle control apparatus

Claims (14)

A vehicle control device that controls an engine of the vehicle by communication with a mobile terminal from a location away from the vehicle,
Personal information acquisition means for acquiring personal information of a third party who intends to move the stopped vehicle;
A storage unit for storing information for communicating with the portable terminal carried by the manager of the vehicle;
When acquiring the personal information of the third party, a vehicle communication unit that communicates with a terminal communication unit of the mobile terminal,
A vehicle engine control unit for controlling start and stop of the engine of the vehicle based on a received signal from the portable terminal by operation of the portable terminal capable of remotely operating the engine of the vehicle;
The vehicle control apparatus characterized by including. The vehicle control device includes the door lock control unit that controls locking / unlocking of the vehicle door lock,
The vehicle control device according to claim 1, wherein the door lock of the vehicle is locked / unlocked based on a signal from the portable terminal carried by a manager of the vehicle.   The vehicle control device according to claim 1, wherein the personal information acquisition means includes physical information acquisition means for acquiring physical information specific to an individual.   The physical information acquisition means includes at least one of a cornea recognition sensor that is installed outside a vehicle and captures a retina or iris image, a fingerprint recognition sensor that detects a fingerprint, and a vein recognition sensor that recognizes a blood vessel pattern of a palm. The vehicle control apparatus of any one of Claim 1 thru | or 3 containing.   The vehicle control device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the personal information acquisition means includes personal identification information acquisition means for acquiring personal identification information including at least a person's name.   The vehicle control device according to claim 5, wherein the personal identification information acquisition unit includes an IC card reading unit installed outside a vehicle that reads an IC card in which the personal identification information is recorded.   The vehicle control device according to claim 6, wherein the IC card is a driver's license with a built-in IC. The vehicle control device includes a photographing unit that is mounted on the vehicle and monitors the state when the vehicle is moved by a third party,
When the vehicle is moved by a third party, the vehicle control device transmits a video or an image by the photographing unit from the vehicle communication unit to the portable terminal, and the video or the image is displayed by the display unit of the portable terminal. The vehicle control device according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle control device can be viewed.   The vehicle control device according to claim 8, wherein the photographing unit is installed in a vehicle of the vehicle and photographs the third party that moves the vehicle.   The vehicle control device according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the photographing unit is installed outside the vehicle and photographs a state outside the vehicle when the third person moves the vehicle. The vehicle control device according to any one of claims 1 to 10,
Information management comprising: a center communication unit capable of communicating with the vehicle communication unit of the vehicle control device; an information acquisition unit for acquiring predetermined information via the center communication unit; and an information storage unit for storing the information Means,
And the vehicle control device transmits predetermined information to the information management means.   The vehicle control system according to claim 11, wherein the vehicle control device transmits the acquired personal information of the third party and vehicle specific information specific to the vehicle for specifying the vehicle to the information management unit.   The vehicle according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the vehicle control device includes a current position detection unit that detects a current position of the vehicle, and transmits the current position detected by the current position detection unit to the information management unit. Control system.   The said information management means has a notification means which provides the said third party's personal information and notifies to a public organization, when a predetermined emergency signal is received from the said portable terminal. The vehicle control system described in 1.

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