JP2008269087A - Evaluation system for vehicle condition - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an evaluation system allowing an unskilled person to accurately and easily evaluate a damaged condition caused in a vehicle such as a used car and the like. <P>SOLUTION: The evaluation system for a vehicle condition is provided with a storage means 2, a control means 3, an input means 4, and a display means 5. The storage means 2 stores respective pieces of component information, damage type information, and demerit index information of a model vehicle. The component information includes image information of respective components of the model vehicle, the damage type information includes image information of damage types, and the demerit index information includes demerit indexes meeting the damaged conditions. The control means reads the component information of the model vehicle from the storage means 2 to display it, reads a plurality of damage type images as to the selected specific part to display them, reads a plurality of demerit indexes corresponding to the selected specific damage types from the storage means to display them, stores the selected specific demerit indexes in the storage means 2, and sums up the indexes of the respective parts of a vehicle to be evaluated for displaying a total demerit index of the vehicle to be evaluated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for evaluating the damage situation of a vehicle, and more particularly to a system suitable for evaluating the damage situation of a used car using the Internet.

  When buying and selling a used car, it is necessary to determine the vehicle price (vehicle value) by evaluating the damage status such as scratches and deformations in the exterior and interior of the vehicle, in addition to its model, age and mileage. A conventional method for evaluating the damage status of a vehicle is to prepare a check sheet that lists the evaluation items for each part of the vehicle, and enter the damage status of each part of the vehicle to be evaluated on the check sheet. A preset deduction index is entered according to the damage situation of each part, and the vehicle price that seems to be appropriate is calculated based on the total deduction index obtained by adding them together.

However, it takes a lot of time and labor to fill in the check sheet with the damage status of each part in the vehicle and the deduction index corresponding to the damage situation, so there is a problem that productivity is low. In addition, considerable experience and a lot of knowledge are required to evaluate the damage status of each part of the vehicle without comparison. Therefore, it is difficult to evaluate the vehicle state with high reliability unless it is a skilled evaluator having such skills. Furthermore, even those skilled in the art have disliked the lack of objectivity in evaluation due to individual differences in evaluation.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new vehicle state evaluation system for solving these problems.

  The vehicle state evaluation system of the present invention that solves the above-described problems includes storage means, control means, input means, and display means. The storage means stores each piece of information about the model vehicle, damage type information and deduction index information, each piece of information includes image information representing each portion of the model vehicle as an image, and each piece of damage type information includes Includes image information representing a plurality of damage types as images, and the deduction index information includes a deduction index corresponding to the damage state. Then, the control means reads out each part information of the model vehicle from the storage means and displays it on the display means, and stores a plurality of damage type images for the specific part selected by the input means from the displayed each part. Control for reading out from the means and displaying on the display means, and reading out from the storage means a plurality of deduction points corresponding to the specific damage type selected by the input means from the damage type image for the displayed specific portion and display means The control to display in the display, the control to store a specific deduction index selected by the input means from the displayed deduction points in the storage means, and the total deduction index of each part for the evaluation vehicle And a control for displaying the deduction index on the display means (claim 1).

  In the vehicle state evaluation system, the input means can select at least one of the exterior, interior, maintenance and structure of the model vehicle, and the control means can store each partial information belonging to the selected section from the storage means. It can comprise so that it may control to read and to display on a display means (Claim 2).

  In any one of the vehicle state evaluation systems, the image of each part of the model vehicle can be a photographic image or a graphic image.

  Furthermore, in any one of the vehicle state evaluation systems described above, the deduction index can be configured by adding the reference index and the damage index corresponding to the damage status.

In any one of the above-described vehicle state evaluation systems, it is possible to set an upper limit for the deduction index of each part and not deduct any more.
Further, in any one of the vehicle state evaluation systems, evaluation rank information corresponding to the total deduction index and content information of the evaluation rank are stored in the storage means, and the control means selects an evaluation rank from the total deduction index of the evaluation vehicle, The evaluation rank and the contents of the evaluation rank can be displayed on the display means (claim 6).

  According to the vehicle state evaluation system of the present invention as set forth in claim 1, when a specific part is selected by the input means from the respective pieces of partial information of the model vehicle displayed on the display means, a plurality of the specific parts are selected. The damage type image is displayed on the display means. When the same image as the damage type existing in the evaluation vehicle is selected from the displayed damage type images by the input means, a plurality of deduction indices corresponding to the selected damage type are displayed on the display means. Then, when the one corresponding to the damage situation existing in the evaluation vehicle is selected from the displayed deduction indices, it is stored in the storage means. And since the total deduction index of the evaluation vehicle which added the deduction index of each part memorize | stored in the memory | storage means is displayed on a display means, vehicle evaluation can be performed based on the total deduction index.

  In this way, by selecting each partial information of the model vehicle stored in the storage means in advance, selecting the damage type, and selecting a deduction index according to the damage situation, evaluation is possible even without special experience or knowledge. It is possible to easily and accurately evaluate the vehicle damage situation.

  In the vehicle state evaluation system, as described in claim 2, the input means can select at least one of the exterior, interior, maintenance, and structure of the model vehicle, and the control means can select the selected section. It is possible to perform control to read out each piece of partial information belonging to the storage means and display it on the display means. Since it can evaluate for every division if comprised in this way, selection of the specific part which should be evaluated becomes easy, and an evaluation procedure can be standardized.

  In any one of the vehicle state evaluation systems, the image of each part of the model vehicle can be a photographic image or a graphic image. In this way, the use of a photographic image or graphic image has an advantage that a specific portion to be selected can be intuitively discriminated visually, thereby reducing the labor and time required for selection and avoiding a mistake in selecting a damage situation. .

  Furthermore, in any one of the above-described vehicle state evaluation systems, as described in claim 4, the deduction index can be configured by adding the reference index and the damage index corresponding to the damage state. If comprised in this way, even if it is a damage | wound of the same magnitude | size, the evaluation according to the importance of each part, how to stand out, etc. can be performed, and it can approximate to the evaluation accepted substantially or commercially. In addition, the deduction index information 12 (table of FIG. 6) common to each part can be used, and it becomes easy to handle.

In any one of the above-described vehicle state evaluation systems, as described in claim 5, an upper limit is set for the deduction index of each part, and no further deductions can be made. With this configuration, it is possible to avoid the inconvenience of adding deduction points beyond the replacement of parts in each part, and to prevent the inconvenience of inappropriately lowering the evaluation.
Furthermore, in any one of the vehicle state evaluation systems described above, as described in claim 6, evaluation rank information corresponding to the total deduction index and content information of the evaluation rank are stored in the storage means, and the control means is a comprehensive evaluation vehicle. An evaluation rank can be selected from the deduction index, and the evaluation rank and the contents of the evaluation rank can be displayed on the display means. If comprised in this way, since the content of evaluation rank can be standardized, the judgment criteria of evaluation rank without an individual difference can be easily and objectively transmitted to a third party.

  Next, the best embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a terminal computer device on the user side for configuring the vehicle state evaluation system of the present invention using the Internet. The computer device 1 is composed of a portable notebook personal computer or a portable terminal device having similar performance, and the terminal device is connected to the management device 6 via the Internet using a communication line at the place where the evaluation vehicle is arranged. The information related to the model vehicle stored in the management device 6 can be read, the status information of the evaluation vehicle can be input, and the like. Here, the model vehicle means a virtual vehicle used as means for searching for an image of a damaged part, and the evaluation vehicle means a vehicle to be evaluated.

  The computer device 1 is provided with a storage means 2, a control means 3, an input means 4 and a display means 5. The control means 3 comprising a CPU or the like is connected to a management device 6 comprising another computer device via a communication line. Can be connected directly. The storage means 2 is composed of a rewritable memory or a magnetic disk, the input means 4 is composed of a keyboard and a mouse, and the display means 5 is composed of a liquid crystal display.

  In addition to the system program and control program, the storage means 2 stores information related to the model vehicle and information related to the evaluation vehicle. As shown in FIG. 2, the information on the model vehicle includes each piece of information 10, damage type information 11, deduction index information 12, evaluation rank information 13, and evaluation rank content information 14. The information related to the evaluation vehicle includes evaluation vehicle information 15, which includes information for specifying the evaluation vehicle, evaluation results, and the like.

  FIG. 3 is an example of each piece of partial information 10. Each piece of partial information 10 in FIG. 3 exemplifies each piece of partial information about the exterior of the model vehicle. The partial information 10 can be image information including a drawing of the model vehicle developed from the outside. Each part is provided with an identification code (or index) such as a number. Each part of the exterior to be stored includes a front bumper, a front grille, a windshield, a headlight, a bonnet, a front door, a rear door, a rear glass, a trunk, a taillight, a roof and the like.

  When each partial information 10 is an interior of a model vehicle, for example, it can be image information composed of a drawing in which the inside of the model vehicle is developed, and each of the developed internal parts is assigned an identification code. . Stored interior parts include driver seats and passenger seats, interior materials such as ceilings, floors, interior linings, steering wheel, operation parts such as instruments and side brakes, audio, car navigation, TV information, etc. Equipment etc. are included.

  When each piece of information 10 is for maintenance of a model vehicle, it can be image information composed of drawings in which main parts of the model vehicle are developed, and each part of the developed main parts is assigned an identification code. . The memorized maintenance parts include engine, mission, clutch, brake, steering, underbody, fan belt, battery, door lock, pedal, muffler, air conditioner, etc.

  When each part information 10 is a model vehicle structure, it can be image information composed of a drawing in which the main structure part of the model vehicle is developed, and each part of the developed main structure is given an identification code. The Each part of the stored structure includes a front pillar, a front inside panel, a center floor panel, a center pillar, a rear floor, a rear cross member, a back panel, a radiator core supporter, and the like.

  FIG. 4 is an example of the damage type information 11. FIG. 4 illustrates four types of damage occurring on the front door right 6 in the exterior. FIG. 4A shows an example of a line flaw 21, FIG. 4B shows an example of a dent 22, and FIG. c) is an example of the rust 23, and FIG. 4 (d) is an example of the paint peeling 24. Note that the number of types of damage is not limited to four, and a necessary number is stored. Further, the damage type information 11 is displayed in color by an example.

  5 and 6 are examples of the deduction index information 12. The deduction index information 12 includes a reference index 30 shown in FIG. 5 and a damage index 31 corresponding to the damage situation shown in FIG. 6, and these are combined to constitute a deduction index. For example, when the front door right 6 of the evaluation vehicle is damaged, regardless of the degree of damage, 4 points are added as the reference index 30 from the table of FIG. In this case, since 6 points are added as damage index 31 from the table of FIG. 6, a deduction of 4 + 6 = 10 points is added to this front door. The contents of FIGS. 5 and 6 are stored in the storage means 2, but the contents of FIG. 5 and the character information in the left half of FIG. The control means 3 can be configured not to display other numerical information that is not selected.

  FIG. 7 is an example of the evaluation rank information 13. The rank corresponding to the total deduction index summed based on the damage of each part such as exterior and interior is set in advance as the evaluation rank information 13, and for example, when the total deduction index is 30 points, the rank corresponds to the table of FIG. The evaluation rank is 4 points.

  FIG. 8 is an example of the evaluation rank content information 14. The table of FIG. 8 shows the content information of the evaluation rank determined based on FIG. 7. For example, in the case of the evaluation rank 4, the content is “damage is not conspicuous”. By displaying the detailed evaluation contents on the display means 5, it is possible to easily and objectively communicate the evaluation criteria for the evaluation rank without individual differences to a third party as described above.

  FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 are flowcharts for explaining the procedure for evaluating the vehicle damage state by the vehicle state evaluation system. Next, a method for evaluating the vehicle damage status will be described based on these flowcharts and other drawings. First, when the computer apparatus 1 is activated and connected to the management apparatus 6 via a communication line (not shown), a menu screen 40 shown in FIG. The menu screen 40 displays four menus of exterior, interior, maintenance, and structure, and an input menu for evaluation vehicle information.

  When the “Evaluation vehicle input” button is first selected (clicking with the input means 4, the same applies hereinafter), a screen for inputting information for identifying the evaluation vehicle such as the chassis number and the format is displayed on the display means 5. The information of the evaluation vehicle is input from the input means 4 there. When the input is completed and the “Done” button is selected, the control means 3 stores the inputted information of the evaluation vehicle in the storage means 2 and returns the display of the display means 5 to the menu screen which is the initial screen. Next, one of four menus of exterior, interior, maintenance, and structure is selected. In some cases, in order to simplify the system, only the exterior and interior, or other 2 or 3 combinations may be used.

  For example, when there is only one line scratch of about 15 cm in one place on the right side of the front door 6 in the evaluation vehicle, “Exterior” is first selected in step S1 of FIG. The control means 3 confirms the exterior selection in step S2, and displays a development view (each partial information 10) of the exterior of the model vehicle shown in FIG. 3 on the display means 5 in step S3. Next, when the identification code (6) given to the front door right 6 portion in FIG. 3 is selected in step S4, the control means 3 in step S5 shows the type of damage that occurs on the front door right 6 shown in FIG. Damage type information 11) is displayed on the display means 5.

  Next, the front door right 6 having the line flaw 21 displayed in FIG. 4A is selected in step S6. The control means 3 confirms the selection and displays the deduction index information 12 shown in FIG. 6 on the display means 5 in step S7. Next, in step S8, when a portion of one line scratch 20cm × 20cm or less in FIG. 4 is selected, the control means 3 causes the basic index 4 points of the front door right 6 shown in FIG. 5 and the deduction index shown in FIG. The six points are added together, and the deduction index is stored in the storage means 2 as the evaluation vehicle information 15. Specifically, the input evaluation vehicle information is recorded in an evaluation item column of a file storing the information.

  Next, in step S10, the control means 3 displays on the display means 5 a message urging confirmation of whether or not the exterior damage evaluation has been completed, and selection buttons of “complete” and “incomplete”. If it is completed, select “Complete”. If it is not completed, select “Incomplete”. If "completed" is selected, the control means 3 returns to step S1 and waits for the next selection. If "uncompleted" is selected, the control means 3 returns to step S3 and the model vehicle shown in FIG. A developed view of the exterior (each piece of partial information 10) is displayed on the display means 5.

  When damage is present at a plurality of locations of the exterior portion, the above-described “exterior” evaluation operation is repeated. At that time, the control means 3 accumulates the deduction index added based on the damage at the plurality of locations in step S9 every time the operation is repeated. Then, the overall deduction index of the exterior is stored as evaluation vehicle information 15 in the storage means 2. As will be described later, when the maximum limit index determined for each part (each part) is exceeded, the maximum value (part replacement index) is fixed.

  After confirming that all the exterior portions have been evaluated, if “complete” is selected in step S10, the control means 3 returns to step S1 as described above and enters the primary standby state. Therefore, if the damaged part of the evaluation vehicle exists only on the exterior, “end evaluation” displayed on the menu screen is selected to close the menu screen. If the “end evaluation” button is selected, the control means 3 shifts to control after step S17 in FIG.

  On the other hand, when the damage evaluation of the evaluation vehicle covers interior decoration or maintenance, any one of them is further selected on the menu screen. For example, if “interior” is selected, the control means 3 confirms the selection of the interior in step S11 and moves to an interior subroutine for evaluating the interior in step S12. If “maintenance” is selected, the control means 3 selects the maintenance in step S13. After confirming, the process proceeds to the maintenance subroutine for evaluating the maintenance in step S14. When "Structure" is selected, the control means 3 confirms the structure selection in step S15, and proceeds to the structure subroutine for evaluating the structure in step S16. The contents of the interior subroutine, the maintenance subroutine, and the structure subroutine are configured in the same manner as each step for evaluating the exterior.

  When all evaluations for the evaluation vehicle are completed, the menu screen of step S1 is returned as described above. When the “evaluation end” button displayed there is selected, the control means 3 changes from arrow A to step S17 shown in FIG. The total deduction index of the evaluation vehicle is calculated by integrating the deduction indices for the exterior and interior. Next, the control means 3 determines the evaluation rank of the evaluation vehicle based on the evaluation rank information 13 of FIG. 7 stored in the storage means 2 in step S18.

  Next, the control means 3 reads the evaluation rank content information 14 of FIG. 8 memorize | stored in the memory | storage means 2 in step S19, and displays the determined evaluation rank and its content on the display means 5. FIG. For example, in the case of evaluation 5, “evaluation rank 5 damage is minor” is displayed. Next, when the system end button on the screen is selected, the evaluation system stops.

  In the description so far, the evaluation rank is determined by integrating the deduction index of each part of the evaluation vehicle. However, for example, when the front door is severely damaged, it is often repaired. In such a case, it is reasonable to lower the evaluation rank by an amount corresponding to the front door replacement cost.

On the other hand, if the damaged front doors are added together as a deduction index, the evaluation rank of the vehicle to be evaluated becomes a significant drop exceeding the front door replacement cost, which is not actually preferable. In such a case, a maximum value is set for the deduction index. In this case, the integrated value does not exceed the upper limit in step S of the flowchart of FIG. That is, the upper limit value for each part in FIG. 3 is determined in advance, the upper limit value is compared with the integrated value, and when the upper limit value exceeds the integrated value, the value is fixed to the upper limit value (Invention of Claim 5) ).
In the above description, an ordinary passenger car has been described as an example, but various vehicles such as light cars, trucks, and buses can be handled. In that case, vehicle type information and vehicle type-specific deduction coefficient information may be added to the storage means 2 of FIG.

  The vehicle state evaluation system of the present invention can be used as a system for easily determining the evaluation rank when buying and selling used cars.

The block diagram of the computer apparatus for comprising the vehicle state evaluation system of this invention. The figure explaining the memory content of the memory | storage means 2 shown in FIG. The figure which shows the example of each partial information. The figure which shows the example of the damage classification information 11. FIG. The figure which shows the example of the basic | foundation index 30 contained in the deduction index information 12. FIG.

The figure which shows the example of the damage index 31 contained in the deduction index information 12. FIG. The figure which shows the evaluation rank information 13. FIG. The figure which shows the example of the evaluation rank content information 14. FIG. Flow chart for explaining the procedure for evaluating the vehicle damage status (1) Flow chart for explaining the evaluation procedure of vehicle damage status (2) The figure which shows the example of a menu screen.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Computer apparatus 2 Memory | storage means 3 Control means 4 Input means 5 Display means 6 Management apparatus

10 Each partial information 11 Damage type information 12 Deduction index information 13 Evaluation rank information 14 Evaluation rank content information 15 Evaluation vehicle information

20 Front bumper 21 Line scratch 22 Depression 23 Rust 24 Paint peeling 30 Standard index 31 Damage index 41 Menu screen

Claims (6)

A system for evaluating a vehicle state, comprising storage means (2), control means (3), input means (4) and display means (5),
The storage means (2) stores each piece of information (10), damage type information (11), and deduction index information (12) about the model vehicle, and each piece of information (10) is stored in each part of the model vehicle. The damage type information (11) includes image information representing a plurality of damage types for each part, and the deduction index information (12) is a deduction index corresponding to the damage situation. Including
The control means (3) reads each part information (10) of the model vehicle from the storage means (2) and displays it on the display means (5), and input means from the displayed each piece of part information (10) A control for reading a plurality of damage type images for the specific part selected in (4) from the storage means (2) and displaying them on the display means (5), and inputting from among the damage type images for the displayed specific part A control for reading a plurality of deduction indexes corresponding to the specific damage type selected in the means (4) from the storage means (2) and displaying them on the display means (5), and an input means (from the displayed deduction indices) The total deduction index of the evaluation vehicle is displayed on the display means (5) by adding the specific deduction index selected in 4) to the storage means (2) and the deduction index of each part for the evaluation vehicle. And a vehicle state evaluation system configured to perform control.   In claim 1, the input means (4) can select at least one of the exterior, interior, maintenance and structure of the model vehicle, and the control means (3) can select each piece of partial information belonging to the selected section ( 10. A vehicle state evaluation system configured to perform control of reading 10) from the storage means (2) and displaying it on the display means (5).   3. The vehicle state evaluation system according to claim 1, wherein the image of each part of the model vehicle is a photographic image or a graphic image.   4. The vehicle state evaluation system according to claim 1, wherein the deduction index is constituted by adding a reference index (30) and a damage index 31 corresponding to a damage state.   5. The vehicle state evaluation system according to claim 1, wherein an upper limit is set for a deduction index of each portion and no further deduction is performed.   The storage means (2) stores evaluation rank information (13) and evaluation rank content information (14) corresponding to the total deduction index, and the control means (3) An evaluation system for a vehicle state, wherein an evaluation rank is selected based on an overall deduction index of an evaluation vehicle, and the evaluation rank and the content of the evaluation rank are controlled to be displayed on the display means (5).

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