JP2010170502A - Device, method and program for controlling equipment operation - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an equipment operation control device for appropriately controlling whether or not equipment operation by a user inside a vehicle is permissible in accordance with a current stopping scene. <P>SOLUTION: The equipment operation control device is a device for controlling equipment operation by a user inside a vehicle. A plurality of stopping scenes are set in association with vehicle information and map information obtained from a vehicle. In a stopping scene determination part 9 of the controller 1, a current stopping scene of the vehicle is determined from among a plurality of stopping scenes on the basis of the current vehicle information and map information obtained from the vehicle. Also, in an operation permission determination part 13 of the controller 1, it is determined whether or not a user's equipment operation inside the vehicle is permissible in accordance with the current stopping scene. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a device operation control device having a function of controlling a user's device operation in a vehicle.

  When a driver operates a device (such as a car navigation device or a mobile phone) while driving the vehicle, the driver's attention is directed toward the device operation, and thus the driver's attention to driving is reduced. Therefore, it is desirable to limit the driver's device operation while the vehicle is driving.

By the way, according to the standards of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, providing information to the driver while the vehicle is driving is regulated, and conventionally providing information to present the information to the driver in a form corresponding to the driving state of the vehicle. Devices have been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this conventional information providing apparatus, when the vehicle is traveling, information is presented by voice, and the information is transmitted without guiding the line of sight to the driver. On the other hand, when the vehicle is stopped, information is presented by text and images, and detailed information is transmitted to the driver.
JP 2008-201217 A

  However, even if it is simply “stopped”, there are various situations (such as waiting for a right turn at an intersection where there is no signal or a safe stop on the shoulder of the road) when the vehicle is stopped (stop scene). is there. However, the conventional information presentation apparatus does not consider any difference between the stop scenes, and does not assume any control of the device operation in the vehicle according to various stop scenes. .

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a device operation control device that can appropriately control a user's device operation in a vehicle according to various stopping scenes. .

  The device operation control device of the present invention is a device for controlling a device operation of a user in a vehicle, and a plurality of stop scenes are set in association with vehicle information and map information that can be acquired from the vehicle. The apparatus includes a stop scene determination means for determining a current stop scene of the vehicle from the plurality of stop scenes based on current vehicle information and map information acquired from the vehicle, and the current Operation permission determining means for determining whether or not to allow the user to operate the device in the vehicle according to a stop scene.

  Thereby, based on the current vehicle information and map information acquired from the vehicle, the current stop scene is determined from a plurality of stop scenes. And the permission control of a user's apparatus operation in a vehicle is appropriately performed according to the present stop scene.

  The device operation control device of the present invention further includes a safety level estimation unit that estimates a safety level for the current stop scene based on current vehicle information and map information acquired from the vehicle, The operation permission determining means may determine whether or not to allow the user to operate the device in the vehicle according to the safety level.

  Thereby, the safety degree is estimated for the current stop scene based on the current vehicle information and map information acquired from the vehicle. And the permission control of a user's apparatus operation in a vehicle is appropriately performed according to the safety degree of the present stop scene.

  The device operation control device of the present invention further comprises scene end determination means for determining whether or not the current stop scene has ended based on current vehicle information acquired from the vehicle, and the operation permission The determining means may determine whether or not to allow the user to operate the device in the vehicle in accordance with the stop scene end determination result.

  Thereby, based on the current vehicle information acquired from the vehicle, it is determined whether or not the current stop scene has ended. And the permission control of a user's apparatus operation in a vehicle is appropriately performed according to the completion | finish determination result of a stop scene.

  In the device operation control device of the present invention, the vehicle information includes at least information on a vehicle speed, and the scene end determination unit is configured when the current vehicle speed of the vehicle is equal to or lower than a predetermined reference speed. Even if there is a change larger than a predetermined reference change in other information included in the vehicle information, it may be determined that the current stop scene has ended.

  As a result, even when the current vehicle speed of the vehicle is below the reference speed (for example, 0 km / h), when other vehicle information has changed (for example, when the inter-vehicle distance from the previous vehicle has increased). ), It is determined that the stop scene has ended. In this manner, taking into consideration information other than the vehicle speed, the end determination of the vehicle stop scene is appropriately performed.

  In the device operation control device of the present invention, the vehicle information includes at least vehicle speed information, and the scene end determination unit is configured to detect when the current vehicle speed of the vehicle exceeds a predetermined reference speed. Even if there is no change larger than a predetermined reference change in other information included in the vehicle information, it may be determined that the current stop scene has not ended.

  As a result, even when the current vehicle speed of the vehicle exceeds a reference speed (for example, 0 km / h), the other vehicle information has not changed much (for example, the inter-vehicle distance with the previous vehicle has changed only slightly). In such a case, it is determined that the stop scene has not ended. In this manner, taking into consideration information other than the vehicle speed, the end determination of the vehicle stop scene is appropriately performed.

  The device operation control method of the present invention is a method for controlling a user's device operation in a vehicle, wherein a plurality of stop scenes are set in association with vehicle information and map information that can be acquired from the vehicle, The method includes determining a current stop scene of the vehicle from the plurality of stop scenes based on current vehicle information and map information acquired from the vehicle, and according to the current stop scene. Determining whether or not to allow the user to operate the device in the vehicle.

  This method also determines the current stop scene from a plurality of stop scenes based on the current vehicle information and map information acquired from the vehicle. And the permission control of a user's apparatus operation in a vehicle is appropriately performed according to the present stop scene.

  The program of the present invention is a program for controlling a user's device operation in a vehicle, and a plurality of stop scenes are set in association with vehicle information and map information that can be acquired from the vehicle, The program includes a process of determining a current stop scene of the vehicle from the plurality of stop scenes based on the current vehicle information and map information acquired from the vehicle; Accordingly, a process for determining whether or not to allow the user to operate the device in the vehicle is executed.

  Also with this program, the current stop scene is determined from a plurality of stop scenes based on the current vehicle information and map information acquired from the vehicle. And the permission control of a user's apparatus operation in a vehicle is appropriately performed according to the present stop scene.

  According to the present invention, the current stop scene is determined by determining the current stop scene from a plurality of stop scenes and determining whether the user operates the device in the vehicle according to the current stop scene. Accordingly, it is possible to appropriately control whether or not the user operates the device in the vehicle.

  Hereinafter, an apparatus operation control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, a case where device operations such as a car navigation device and a mobile phone are controlled in a stopped vehicle is illustrated. Such a control function for device operation is realized by a program stored in the memory or HDD of the apparatus.

  First, the configuration of the device operation control apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the device operation control apparatus. As shown in FIG. 1, the device operation control device 1 provides information to a vehicle information acquisition unit 2 for acquiring vehicle information, a map information acquisition unit 3 for acquiring map information, and a driver of the vehicle. The control part 4 which performs the various processes for this is provided. The control unit 4 is composed of a CPU, a microcomputer, and the like.

  The vehicle information acquisition unit 2 has a function of acquiring information on the current position of the vehicle as vehicle information from the GPS device 5 mounted on the vehicle. This vehicle information acquisition unit 2 is used for vehicles such as vehicle speed, left / right winker (left / right turn SW) on / off, rudder angle, hazard lamp on / off, acceleration immediately before stopping, brake pressure, and side brake on / off. A function of acquiring information from a vehicle sensor 6 mounted on the vehicle is provided. The vehicle information acquisition unit 2 is mounted on the vehicle with vehicle information such as the distance between the vehicle ahead, the presence / absence of a stop line in front of the vehicle, the presence / absence of a crosswalk in front of the vehicle, and the presence / absence of a signal in front of the vehicle. A function of obtaining from the in-vehicle camera 7 is provided. In this Embodiment, the vehicle information acquisition part 2 acquires these vehicle information via vehicle-mounted LAN (CAN, AVC-LAN, BEAN etc.) which is not shown in figure.

  The map information acquisition unit 3 has a function of acquiring map information from a map information DB 8 constituted by a large capacity HDD or the like. This map information includes information such as the position of the intersection (such as latitude and longitude), the road type (such as a highway, a national road, and a prefectural road), and the degree of difficulty of the intersection (determined by the shape of the road). . Further, the map information may include information such as the presence / absence of a stop line at the intersection, the presence / absence of a pedestrian crossing at the intersection, and the presence / absence of a signal at the intersection.

  The control unit 4 includes a stop scene determination unit 9 that determines a current stop scene based on current vehicle information and map information acquired from the vehicle. The stop scene determination unit 9 has a function of acquiring stop scene information from a stop scene DB 10 constituted by an HDD, a memory, or the like. This stop scene information is information indicating the association of vehicle information and map information for a plurality of stop scenes, and is preset and stored in the stop scene DB 10 in the present embodiment. The stop scene determination unit 9 refers to the stop scene information and determines the current stop scene from a plurality of stop scenes.

  Here, the stop scene information will be described more specifically with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of stop scene information. For example, in FIG. 2, the stop scene “Waiting for a left turn at the head of an intersection with a signal” is “vehicle speed, intersection determination (whether the current position of the vehicle is near the intersection), left turn SW, rudder angle, inter-vehicle distance It is associated with the information “distance, distance to intersection, presence / absence of signal”.

  In the “stop scene” column of FIG. 2, X is an integer greater than or equal to 4 (4, 5,...), And in the “steering angle θ” column, θ1 and θ2 are arbitrary constants. In the “inter-vehicle distance D” column, D1 and D2 are arbitrary constants, and in the “distance L to intersection” columns, L1 to L7 are arbitrary constants. Furthermore, in the column of “acceleration immediately before stopping α”, α1 is an arbitrary constant.

  For example, “vehicle speed: 0 km / h, intersection determination: TRUE (current position: near the intersection), left turn SW: TRUE (left winker: on), rudder angle θ: 0 ≦ θ ≦ θ1 (for example, θ1 = 540 °), Inter-vehicle distance D: D ≧ D2 (for example, D2 = 10 m), distance to intersection L: L ≦ L1 (for example, L1 = 3 m), signal presence / absence: TRUE (signal: present) ” The section 9 determines that the current stop scene is “waiting for a left turn at the head of an intersection with a signal”.

  In the case of “vehicle speed: 0 km per hour, stop line presence / absence: TRUE (stop line: present)”, the stop scene determination unit 9 determines that the current stop scene is “pause on stop line”. In the case of “vehicle speed: 0 km / h, crosswalk presence / absence: TRUE (crosswalk: present)”, the stop scene determination unit 9 determines that the current stop scene is “stop before the crosswalk”. Furthermore, in the case of “vehicle speed: 0 km / h, acceleration immediately before stopping α ≦ α1 (for example, α1 = −5 m / second / second)”, the stopping scene determination unit 9 determines that the current stopping scene is “suddenly stopping”. In the case of “vehicle speed: 0 km / h, hazard lamp: TRUE (hazard lamp: on)”, the stop scene determination unit 9 determines that the current stop scene is “safe stop”.

As shown in FIG. 1, the control unit 4 includes a safety level estimation unit 11 that estimates the safety level of the current stop scene based on current vehicle information and map information acquired from the vehicle. The safety level estimation unit 11 calculates the safety level F of the current stop scene using the following Equation 1.
F = a × Fr + b × Fd (Formula 1)
Note that a and b are predetermined constants.

Fr is a safety factor increase / decrease parameter of road factors (intersection difficulty, presence / absence of pedestrian crossing, road difficulty, etc.), and is calculated by the following equation (2).
Fr = a1 × intersection difficulty + a2 × crosswalk presence + a3 × road difficulty (Formula 2)
A1 to a3 are predetermined constants.

  Here, the difficulty level of the intersection is determined from the shape of the intersection (T-junction, crossroad, five-way, six-way, etc.). The road difficulty level is determined by the type of road (highway expressway, general national road, major local road, general prefectural road, general city road, town and village road, etc.) and the number of lanes (1 lane, 2 lanes, 3 lanes, etc.) Is done.

Fd is a driver factor safety degree increase / decrease parameter Fd (brake pressure, side brake, etc.), and is calculated by the following equation (3).
Fd = b1 × brake pressure + b2 × side brake (Formula 3)
B1 and b2 are predetermined constants.

  Here, the brake pressure is a numerical value indicating the degree of depression of the brake pedal, and the side brake is a numerical value indicating whether or not the side brake is applied (for example, the side brake is applied = 1, the side brake is applied). None = 0).

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 1, the control part 4 is provided with the scene completion | finish determination part 12 which determines whether the present stop scene was complete | finished based on the present vehicle information acquired from the vehicle. In principle, when the current vehicle speed is no longer 0 km / hour (when the vehicle starts to move), the scene end determination unit 12 determines that the current stop scene has ended, and the current vehicle speed is 0 km / hour. In the case (when the vehicle is not moving), it is determined that the current stop scene does not end.

  However, the scene end determination unit 12 does not change the vehicle information when the current vehicle speed is 0 km / hour (when the vehicle is not moving) (for example, the previous vehicle is When the vehicle starts moving and the “distance between vehicles” becomes large, or when the “signal” turns blue, it is determined that the current stop scene has ended.

  In addition, the scene end determination unit 12 does not change much other vehicle information (for example, the previous vehicle and the previous vehicle) even when the current vehicle speed is no longer 0 km / hour (when the vehicle starts moving). If the “inter-vehicle distance” of the vehicle does not change so much, or if the “vehicle speed” is shorter than 0 km / hour, for example, it is determined that the current stop scene has not ended.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 1, the control unit 4 determines whether or not to allow the user to operate the device in the vehicle according to the current stop scene (including the stop determination result of the stop scene) and the safety level. An operation permission determining unit 13 for determining is provided. In addition, the device operation control device 1 includes a device control unit 16 that controls the operation of devices in the vehicle (the car navigation device 14 and the mobile phone 15). The device control unit 16 has a function of controlling the operations of the car navigation device 14 and the mobile phone 15 from the outside based on the determination by the operation permission determination unit 13. For example, in the case of “Waiting for a right turn at an intersection without a signal” and “safety level is low”, devices such as the car navigation device 14 and the mobile phone 15 are controlled to prohibit the acceptance of the operation by the user. The In the case of “safe stop on the shoulder” and “high safety level”, devices such as the car navigation device 14 and the mobile phone 15 are controlled so as to allow the user to accept the operation.

  For example, when the vehicle stops at a high degree of danger, device control is performed so that the user cannot perform navigation operations, air conditioning operations, and window opening / closing operations. In addition, when the vehicle stops with a high degree of danger, device control that automatically applies a side brake may be performed. In addition, when stopping at a high degree of danger, a warning that it is necessary to pay attention to the front (a warning when attention is not paid to the front) may be issued.

  In addition, when it is determined that the stop scene has ended, device control may be performed so that devices such as the car navigation device 14 and the mobile phone 15 cannot be operated. Furthermore, when it is determined that the stop scene has ended, control for turning off the video of a car television or the like, or control for notifying the vehicle to start by video or audio may be performed.

  In this case, whether or not the device can be operated may be notified to the driver by an LED display or an icon display in an area such as an instrument panel (instrument panel). As a result, it is possible to realize that the driver cannot operate before operating the device.

  Moreover, this equipment operation control apparatus 1 is provided with the function to confirm from the movement of a driver | operator's eyes | visual_axis whether the driver is performing the safety check which should be performed before starting a vehicle in each stop scene. If it is determined that the driver has not confirmed the safety, a warning is issued to confirm the safety. For example, when it is determined that the driver does not see the signal in a stop scene of “Waiting for the signal at the head at the intersection where there is a signal”, a warning is given to confirm the signal. In addition, when it is determined that the driver has not confirmed the left and right in the “pause” stop scene, a warning that the right and left confirmation is performed is issued.

  The device operation control device 1 also has a function of predicting the length of the stop scene (length of time) from information such as a signal, and permits device operations that can be achieved with the length of the stop scene. As described above, the operation of devices such as the car navigation device 14 and the mobile phone 15 is controlled.

  About the apparatus operation control apparatus 1 comprised as mentioned above, the operation | movement is demonstrated using drawing.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of the device operation control apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, when information is provided to a driver of a stopped vehicle, first, current vehicle information and map information are acquired from the vehicle (S1, S2). Then, the current stop scene is determined using the current vehicle information and the map information (S3), and the safety level of the current stop scene is estimated using the current vehicle information and the map information. (S4). Further, using the current vehicle information, it is determined whether or not the current stop scene has ended (S5).

  Then, according to the current stop scene (including the stop determination result of the stop scene) and the safety level, it is determined whether to allow the user to operate the device in the vehicle (S6). The operation of the navigation device 14 or the mobile phone 15 is controlled (S7).

  According to such a device operation control apparatus of the present embodiment, the current stop scene is determined from a plurality of stop scenes, and whether or not the user operates the device in the vehicle according to the current stop scene. By determining the above, it is possible to appropriately perform permission control of user operation of the device in the vehicle according to the current stop scene.

  That is, in the present embodiment, the current stop scene is determined from a plurality of stop scenes based on the current vehicle information and map information acquired from the vehicle. And the permission control of a user's apparatus operation in a vehicle is appropriately performed according to the present stop scene.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment, the safety degree estimation about the present stop scene is performed based on the present vehicle information and map information which were acquired from the vehicle. And the permission control of a user's apparatus operation in a vehicle is appropriately performed according to the safety degree of the present stop scene.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment, based on the present vehicle information acquired from the vehicle, it is determined whether the present stop scene was complete | finished. And the permission control of a user's apparatus operation in a vehicle is appropriately performed according to the completion | finish determination result of a stop scene.

  In the present embodiment, even when the current vehicle speed of the vehicle is equal to or lower than the reference speed (for example, 0 km / h), when other vehicle information has changed (for example, the inter-vehicle distance from the previous vehicle is If it becomes larger), it is determined that the stop scene has ended. In this manner, taking into consideration information other than the vehicle speed, the end determination of the vehicle stop scene is appropriately performed.

  Further, in the present embodiment, even when the current vehicle speed of the vehicle exceeds a reference speed (for example, 0 km / h), when other vehicle information has not changed much (for example, the inter-vehicle distance from the previous vehicle is If it has changed only slightly), it is determined that the stop scene has not ended. In this manner, taking into consideration information other than the vehicle speed, the end determination of the vehicle stop scene is appropriately performed.

  The embodiments of the present invention have been described above by way of example, but the scope of the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and can be changed or modified in accordance with the purpose within the scope of the claims. is there.

  As described above, the device operation control device according to the present invention has an effect that it is possible to appropriately perform permission control of device operation of the user in the vehicle according to the current stop scene, It is useful as a device for controlling the operation of equipment such as a car navigation device and a mobile phone in a vehicle.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the apparatus operation control apparatus of this Embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of stop scene information (association of vehicle information and map information about a plurality of stop scenes). It is a flowchart for demonstrating the flow of operation | movement of the apparatus operation control apparatus of this Embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Apparatus operation control apparatus 2 Vehicle information acquisition part 3 Map information acquisition part 4 Control part 5 GPS apparatus 6 Vehicle sensor 7 Car-mounted camera 8 Map information DB
9 Stop Scene Judgment Unit 10 Stop Scene DB
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Safety degree estimation part 12 Scene end determination part 13 Operation permission determination part 16 Equipment control part

Claims (7)

An apparatus for controlling a user's device operation in a vehicle,
A plurality of stop scenes are set in association with vehicle information and map information that can be acquired from the vehicle,
The device is
Based on the current vehicle information and map information acquired from the vehicle, stop scene determination means for determining the current stop scene of the vehicle from the plurality of stop scenes;
Operation permission determining means for determining whether or not to allow the user to operate the device in the vehicle according to the current stop scene;
A device operation control device comprising: Based on the current vehicle information and map information acquired from the vehicle, further comprising a safety level estimation means for estimating a safety level for the current stop scene,
The apparatus operation control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the operation permission determining unit determines whether to permit a user's apparatus operation in the vehicle according to the safety level. A scene end determination means for determining whether or not the current stop scene has ended based on the current vehicle information acquired from the vehicle;
The said operation permission determination means determines whether the user's apparatus operation in the said vehicle is permitted according to the completion | finish determination result of the said stop scene, The Claim 1 or Claim 2 characterized by the above-mentioned. Equipment operation control device. The vehicle information includes at least vehicle speed information,
The scene end determination means may determine that when the current vehicle speed of the vehicle is equal to or lower than a predetermined reference speed, other information included in the vehicle information has a change larger than a predetermined reference change. The apparatus operation control device according to claim 3, wherein it is determined that the current stop scene has ended. The vehicle information includes at least vehicle speed information,
If the current vehicle speed of the vehicle exceeds a predetermined reference speed, the scene end determination means may determine that other information included in the vehicle information has not changed more than a predetermined reference change. The apparatus operation control device according to claim 3, wherein it is determined that the current stop scene has not ended. A method for controlling user equipment operations in a vehicle,
A plurality of stop scenes are set in association with vehicle information and map information that can be acquired from the vehicle,
The method
Based on the current vehicle information and map information acquired from the vehicle, determining the current stop scene of the vehicle from the plurality of stop scenes;
Deciding whether to allow the user to operate the device in the vehicle according to the current stop scene;
A device operation control method comprising: A program for controlling a user's device operation in a vehicle,
A plurality of stop scenes are set in association with vehicle information and map information that can be acquired from the vehicle,
The program is stored in a computer.
Based on the current vehicle information and map information acquired from the vehicle, a process of determining the current stop scene of the vehicle from the plurality of stop scenes;
In accordance with the current stop scene, a process for determining whether or not to allow user operation of the device in the vehicle;
A program characterized by having executed.