JP2011063055A - Data acquisition control device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To acquire transfer data so that equipment of a vehicle may perform necessary operations without delay. <P>SOLUTION: This data acquisition control device 1 for a vehicle includes a control part 2 and a communication part 3. The control part 2 acquires the kind of data from a cellular phone 5, determines priority according to the kind of the acquired data, successively acquires data from data of the kind of the determined higher priority to data of the kind of the determined lower priority and gives a setting command following to the acquisition completion for every acquisition of data. As a result, transfer data can be acquired so that the equipment of the vehicle may perform necessary operations without delay. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicular data acquisition control device that acquires and controls data relating to setting of various devices used in a vehicle when data is transferred between the vehicles.

  Conventionally, there is a technique described in Patent Document 1 as a technique for setting a driver-use device so as to match a driver (user) body shape in a vehicle. This technology stores vehicle device data (seat position, air conditioner temperature, door mirror angle, etc.) set for the vehicle in a portable recording medium (portable device, data memory, etc.) as each user's preference. When the vehicle is used, the vehicle device data of the portable recording medium is read to control the vehicle device. In this way, the vehicle can be driven in a usage environment suitable for each user.

JP 2002-104105 A

  By the way, recently, drivers and passengers put navigation data, music data, video data, phone book data, etc. into a portable recording medium, and bring this portable recording medium into the vehicle. The function of transferring data to the vessel is increasing. For this reason, the amount of data transferred between the portable recording medium and the vehicle-mounted device is rapidly increasing. This also increases the time required for data transfer. Here, conventionally, since data is transferred in a predetermined order, there is a possibility that the data transfer is not completed during the operation of the device. For this reason, there is a concern that the data transfer is not completed before the user uses the vehicle equipment, and the user is forced to wait for the data transfer to end.

  In addition to the amount of data, if the user brings multiple portable recording media, or if multiple passengers bring portable recording media, the number of data to be transferred to the vehicle increases, and the order of data transfer There will be a wait, and there will be devices that can be used immediately and devices that cannot be used. In this case, for example, seats, steering, and the like related to driving must be avoided unless the driver gets into the vehicle and becomes ready for use.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and a purpose thereof is a vehicle data acquisition control device capable of acquiring transfer data so that a necessary operation of a vehicle device can be performed without delay. Is to provide.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the type of data from a portable recording medium is acquired by the data type acquisition unit, and the priority of the acquired recording medium is acquired by the priority order determination unit. The priority order is determined according to the type of data, and the control means, for each data, in the order of the data of the type sequentially lower from the high priority type data determined by this priority order determination means, Since data is acquired and a setting command corresponding to the acquired data is issued following completion of the data acquisition, the data type with high urgency of setting is preset in a high priority order. The urgent type data of the setting can be acquired first, and the setting corresponding to this data can be performed immediately, and after setting the urgent device, the urgent setting Data not high type, can be obtained To sequentially slowly. As a result, the transfer data can be acquired so that the necessary operation of the vehicle equipment can be performed without delay.

  In this case, the type of data includes a type related to vehicle driving and a type not related to vehicle driving, and the priority determination means determines the type related to vehicle driving to a high priority. You may make it do (Invention of Claim 2). In this way, highly urgent and important vehicle driving-related data can be acquired first and the driving-related setting can be immediately performed, and the vehicle can be started without delay.

  Further, in this case, the types of data related to the vehicle driving include vehicle environment setting related data relating to seat setting, mirror setting or steering setting, route calculation condition setting, navigation setting related data such as memory location registration data, and the like. Yes, the types of data not related to vehicle driving include personal profile related data such as phone book data and bookmark data, and multimedia related data such as music data and image data. The priority order may be determined in the order of related data, navigation setting related data, personal profile related data, and multimedia related data (invention of claim 3).

  In this way, vehicle environment setting-related data relating to seat settings, mirror settings, steering settings, etc., which are highly urgent and important, can be acquired first and set immediately. As a result, a vehicle environment suitable for the user can be set. It can be set quickly and can be started without delay in the driving environment that suits the user, and then the navigation setting, personal profile setting, multimedia setting, where the urgency and importance are gradually reduced Can be performed in a generous amount of time.

The block diagram of the electric constitution which shows one Embodiment of this invention Flow chart showing the control contents of the control unit The figure which shows the example of movement of the data which is preserved in the cellular phone Diagram showing the relationship between various data and priority

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 schematically shows a vehicle data acquisition control device 1 mounted on a vehicle and a configuration related thereto. The vehicle data acquisition control device 1 includes a control unit 2 and a communication unit 3.

  The control unit 2 corresponds to a data type acquisition unit, a priority order determination unit, and a control unit. The control unit 2 includes a microcomputer including a CPU 2a, a ROM 2b, a RAM 2c, a data memory 2d, and the like, and includes a connection port 2e. The connection port 2e is detachably connected to the nonvolatile memory 4 as an external storage means. Examples of the nonvolatile memory 4 include various memory cards such as CompactFlash (registered trademark) and SD memory card (registered trademark), storage devices represented by portable fixed disk devices, portable hard disk drives, and the like. It can be used.

  The communication unit 3 communicates with a mobile phone 5 having a function as a portable recording medium. As the communication method, for example, a Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication method is used.

  Further, the control unit 2 can transmit setting commands to various vehicle equipment control units 7 via the in-vehicle LAN 6. The various vehicle equipment control unit 7 includes a seat control unit, a steering control unit, a room mirror control unit, a side mirror control unit, a steering control unit, an air conditioner control unit, a navigation control unit, a personal profile control unit, a multimedia control unit, and the like. It is included.

  The seat control unit moves the seat back and forth in accordance with a setting procedure command from the control unit 2, adjusts the seat height by moving the seat up and down, and adjusts the seat back angle. The room mirror control unit adjusts the left and right angles and the vertical angle of the room mirror. Furthermore, the side mirror control unit adjusts the left and right angles and the vertical angle of the side mirror.

The steering control unit moves the steering up and down to adjust its height. The air conditioner control unit adjusts the set temperature of the air conditioner or selects and sets the setting air outlet.
The navigation control unit sets map screen setting data, sets route calculation conditions, and sets memory location registration data in the navigation device.
The personal profile controller stores phonebook data and bookmark data as personal profile related data in the data memory 2d.

The multimedia control unit stores music data, image data, or photo data in the memory of the multimedia device or the data memory 2d.
The data memory 2d of the control unit 2 stores a data type-priority data table in which data types are associated with priorities, and the data memory 2d functions as a priority storage unit. . The contents of this priority are as shown in FIG. That is, the data types roughly include a type related to vehicle driving and a type not related to vehicle driving.

Furthermore, the types of data related to the vehicle driving include vehicle environment setting related data related to seat setting, mirror setting, steering setting, and the like, and navigation setting related data.
Further, as data of a type not related to vehicle driving, there are multimedia related data such as personal profile related data, music data setting and image data setting.
The vehicle environment setting related data includes seat / mirror / steering setting data and air conditioner setting data.

The navigation setting related data includes map screen setting data, route calculation condition setting data, memory location registration data, and the like.
The personal profile related data includes phone book data and bookmark data.

The multimedia-related data includes music data and image / photo data.
The data size of each of the above data increases in the order of vehicle environment setting related data, navigation setting related data, personal profile related data, and multimedia related data. Therefore, the priority order is also the order in which the time is increased from the start of data acquisition to the completion of data acquisition.

  In addition, the priority order according to the data type is as follows: vehicle environment setting related data is “1”, navigation setting related data is “2”, personal profile related data is “3”, and multimedia related data is “4”. Although they are set in order, in this embodiment, the priority within a group is set by further subdividing.

That is, in the vehicle environment setting related data with the priority “1”, among these, the seat / mirror / steering setting data is the intra-group priority “1” (1-1), and the air conditioner setting data is the intra-group priority “2”. (1-2).
Among the navigation setting related data with the priority “2”, the map screen setting data is the intra-group priority “1” (2-1), and the route calculation condition setting data is the intra-group priority “2” (2-2). ), The memory location registration data is in-group priority “3” (2-3).

Among the personal profile related data with the priority “3”, the phone book data has the intra-group priority “1” (3-1), and the bookmark data has the intra-group priority “2” (3-2). Yes.
Also, among the multimedia related data with the priority “4”, the music data has the group priority “1” (4-1), and the image / photo data has the group priority “2” (4-2). It has become.

  The reason for the above priority order is as follows. That is, in the vehicle, unless the device setting related to vehicle driving is performed early, the driver's driving posture cannot be optimized and the driving start is also delayed. Therefore, it is better to increase the acquisition of data related to vehicle driving as a priority. On the other hand, the acquisition of phone book data and music data has a large data size and takes a long time to acquire in the first place, and there is little influence on the movement that is the original purpose of the vehicle due to the delay in acquiring these data. Therefore, the priority is lowered. Thus, by lowering the priority order of these telephone directory data and music data, it is possible to obtain data at the timing when the CPU usage rate is low.

  In addition, navigation map screen setting data, route calculation condition setting data, and memory location registration data are required immediately after the navigation is started. Among these, the setting data related to the map screen is more than any other setting data. Need to get first. The memory location and route calculation condition data need only be acquired before the user takes any action (for example, destination search or setting, subsequent route search, etc.).

  Now, to the mobile phone 5, data related to various types of equipment used for the vehicle is transferred by Bluetooth communication from the vehicle-mounted device A <b> 1 of the transportable vehicle A (including the vehicle data acquisition control device 1 of the present embodiment). Has been remembered. This data includes vehicle / environment setting related data such as seat / mirror / steer setting data (seat front / rear position, seat height, seat back angle, rear mirror left / right angle and vertical angle, side mirror left / right angle and vertical angle, Data on steering wheel height, etc.) and air conditioner setting data (data on air conditioner set temperature, outlet selection, etc.). The navigation setting related data includes map screen setting data, route calculation condition setting data, and memory location registration data. Further, the personal profile related data includes phone book data and bookmark data. Further, the multimedia-related data includes music data and image / photo data. Further, each data includes a code indicating its type.

  The mobile phone 5 is registered in the vehicle-mounted device B1 (including the vehicle data acquisition control device 1 of the present embodiment) of the transportable vehicle B, so that the vehicle-mounted device B1 of the transportable vehicle B is registered. The vehicle data acquisition control device 1 can communicate with the vehicle data acquisition control device 1.

  Now, the control contents of the control unit 2 will be described. When the user gets into the transportable vehicle B with the mobile phone 5 described above and turns on the accessory switch of the vehicle B, the control shown in the flowchart shown in FIG. In step S1, it is searched whether or not a registered portable medium (a portable recording medium having a Bluetooth communication function) is in the communication area. If it is determined in step S2 that there is a portable medium (cellular phone 5 in this embodiment), the process proceeds to step S3, and a communication path establishment process with the portable medium is performed.

  When it is determined in step S4 that the communication path has been successfully established, the process proceeds to step S5, and the data type is acquired from the data stored and stored in the mobile phone 5 that is a portable medium. In this case, since the memory size indicating the data type in one data is extremely small, the acquisition of the data type is performed in a very short time.

  In the next step S6, it is determined whether or not the data type is valid data for the host vehicle (usable data or data that is not reacquired), and further, a priority order is determined for the data type. In this case, the priority order is determined by comparing the acquired data type with the data type-priority data table stored in the data memory 2d of the control unit 2 of the host vehicle.

  In the next step S7, data of the determined data type having a higher priority is sequentially specified, and in step S8, the specified data is acquired. When the acquisition of the data is completed (determined in step S9), the process proceeds to step S10, and the acquired data is converted into the own vehicle data format. In step S11, the corresponding device control unit is transferred to the corresponding data. Send a setting command (issue a setting command).

In the next step S12, it is determined whether or not the acquisition of all data has been completed. If not, the process returns to step S7.
In step S8, when the acquired data type includes a plurality of data of the same type, the above-described intra-group priority is adopted.

  In step S8, if the acquired data is seat / mirror / steering setting data, in step S11, based on the seat / mirror / steering setting data, the seat front / rear position, the seat height, and the seat back angle , Setting commands related to setting data related to the left and right angle and vertical angle of the rearview mirror, left and right angle and vertical angle of the side mirror, left and right angle and vertical angle of the rearview mirror, left and right angle and vertical angle of the side mirror, steering wheel height, etc. The various vehicle equipment control section 7 controls the corresponding equipment such as the seat, the rearview mirror, the side mirror, and the steering so that they are set to the set positions indicated by the data.

  In step S8, the data acquired next to the seat / mirror / steering setting data is, for example, map setting data, route calculation condition setting data, and memory location registration data of navigation setting related data. In step S11, a setting command related to these data is output to the various vehicle equipment control units 7. Thereby, in the various vehicle equipment control part 7, the setting process according to map screen setting data is performed first, then the setting process according to route calculation condition setting data is performed, and the setting process according to memory location registration data is performed. Will be executed.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the function of the control unit 2 as the data type acquisition unit acquires the type of data from the mobile phone 5 that is a portable recording medium, and the control unit 2 similarly determines the priority order. The priority is determined according to the type of the acquired data by the function as the means, and the data of the lower order from the data of the higher priority type determined by the function as the control means of the control unit 2 In this order, data is acquired for each data and a setting command corresponding to the acquired data is issued following completion of data acquisition. Therefore, a highly urgent data type is set to a high priority in advance. Therefore, it is possible to acquire the data of the type with high urgency of the setting first and immediately set the data according to this data. Over others, to get slowly after you make a certain urgency, it is possible to perform a setting that does not the urgency so much need. As a result, the transfer data can be acquired so that the necessary operation of the vehicle equipment can be performed without delay.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the data types include a type related to vehicle driving and a type not related to vehicle driving, and the priority determination means relates to the vehicle driving. Since the type is determined to be a high priority, it is possible to obtain vehicle-related data with high urgency and importance first, and immediately set the relevant driving-related data, so that the vehicle can be started without delay. It can be carried out.

  Also, according to the present embodiment, the types of data related to vehicle driving include vehicle environment setting related data relating to seat setting, mirror setting or steering setting, navigation such as route calculation condition setting and memory location registration data. There are setting-related data, and the types of data not related to vehicle driving include personal profile-related data such as phone book data and bookmark data, and multimedia-related data such as music data and image data. Since the priority is determined in the order of vehicle environment setting related data, navigation setting related data, personal profile related data, and multimedia related data, the urgent and important seat setting, mirror setting or steering setting Vehicle environment settings related to Acquires communication data first it is possible to set immediately, this result, the vehicle environment that matches the user can quickly set can be performed without delay start of operation in the operating environment suitable for the user. After that, the navigation setting, personal profile setting, and multimedia setting can be performed in a spare time, where the urgency and importance are gradually reduced.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, You may implement as changed as follows. Although not described in the above-mentioned flowchart, when another recording medium is connected during data acquisition, the priority is reviewed each time, and data with a higher priority type than the data being acquired is earlier in operation timing If there is, the data may be acquired by interrupting.

Further, only the difference may be acquired so that the data acquired in the past does not overlap.
Further, the portable recording medium may be a nonvolatile memory 4 or the like. Various data other than the above-described data can be considered.

  In the drawings, reference numeral 1 denotes a vehicle data acquisition control device, 2 denotes a control unit (data type acquisition means, priority order determination means, control means), 5 denotes a mobile phone (recording medium), and 7 denotes various vehicle equipment control units.

Claims (3)

A vehicle data acquisition control device mounted on a vehicle that performs setting processing according to acquired data,
Data type acquisition means capable of acquiring the type of data from a portable recording medium;
Priority order determining means for determining priority according to the data type of the recording medium acquired by the data type acquiring means;
The data is acquired for each data in the order of the lower priority type data from the higher priority type data determined by the priority determination means, and the acquired data is obtained after the completion of the data acquisition. A vehicle data acquisition control device, comprising: a control unit that sequentially issues a corresponding setting command. The types of data include types related to vehicle driving and types not related to vehicle driving,
2. The vehicle data acquisition control device according to claim 1, wherein the priority order determining means determines a type related to the vehicle driving to a high priority order. As the types of data related to the vehicle driving, there are vehicle environment setting related data related to seat setting, mirror setting or steering setting, and navigation setting related data such as route calculation condition setting data and memory location registration data. Types of data not related to driving include personal profile related data such as phone book data and bookmark data, and multimedia related data such as music data and image data,
3. The vehicle data acquisition control according to claim 2, wherein the priority order determining unit determines the priority order in the order of vehicle environment setting related data, navigation setting related data, personal profile related data, and multimedia related data. apparatus.

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