JP2016118904A - Information processing device, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mechanism that records a variety of information when an accident occurs and thereby serves accident cause investigation.SOLUTION: In an information processing system, an on-vehicle terminal 100 mounted on a vehicle and an information processing device (server device) 200 are communicatively connected. In response to the detection of an impact, the on-vehicle terminal 100 transmits video data to the information processing device 200. The information processing device 200 receives the transmitted video data, and stores the received video data. It associates and stores information with other information when it can determine that the information is from the same accident.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program.

  In order to find out the cause of a traffic accident, a camera (so-called drive recorder) is mounted on a car and an image around the vehicle at the time of the accident is recorded. The recorded video is checked after the accident, and the situation and cause of the accident are analyzed and the partner of the accident is identified.

  Patent Document 1 describes a mechanism for capturing an object approaching the host vehicle in a drive recorder that captures the vicinity of the host vehicle, and switching to a more detailed shooting mode when the approaching object is captured. Yes.

JP 2009-230343 A

  By using video shot by a drive recorder, the cause of a traffic accident can be investigated efficiently. However, it is difficult to identify the cause of an accident that could not be recorded as a video, such as an accident that occurred in the blind spot of a drive recorder.

  Also, in investigating the cause of an accident, information on the state of the host vehicle (whether it is running or stopped) is also important.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism useful for investigating the cause of an accident by recording various information at the time of the occurrence of the accident.

  The present invention is an information processing system in which an in-vehicle terminal mounted on a vehicle and an information processing apparatus are communicably connected, and the in-vehicle terminal detects an impact by the detecting means and the detecting means. In response thereto, a transmission means for transmitting video data to the information processing apparatus, wherein the information processing apparatus receives the video data transmitted by the transmission means of the in-vehicle terminal, and the reception Storage means for storing video data received by the means.

  The present invention is also an information processing method in an information processing system in which an in-vehicle terminal mounted on a vehicle and an information processing apparatus are connected so as to communicate with each other, wherein the detecting means of the in-vehicle terminal detects an impact; A transmission step of transmitting video data to the information processing apparatus in response to the transmission means of the in-vehicle terminal detecting an impact by the detection step, and the reception means of the information processing device includes the A receiving step of receiving video data transmitted by a transmitting step of the in-vehicle terminal, and a storage step of storing the video data received by the receiving step unit of the storage unit of the information processing apparatus are provided. .

  According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing system in which an in-vehicle terminal mounted on a vehicle and an information processing apparatus are connected to be able to communicate with each other. In response to the detection, the video data is made to function as a transmission unit that transmits to the information processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus receives the video data transmitted by the transmission unit of the in-vehicle terminal; and It is characterized by functioning as storage means for storing video data received by the reception means.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a mechanism useful for investigating the cause of an accident by recording various information at the time of occurrence of the accident.

The figure which shows the system configuration | structure and outline | summary of this invention Diagram showing hardware configuration of each device Block diagram showing functional outline of in-vehicle terminal and server device Flow chart showing accident information registration process The figure which shows an example of the table in which the collision information was registered The figure which shows an example of the table where the accident partner specific distance was registered The figure which shows an example of the table in which accident association information was registered Figure showing an example of the accident information search screen A figure showing an example of the accident information search result screen Flow chart showing accident information search processing

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration and an outline of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing system of the present invention is configured such that a device (an in-vehicle terminal 100) installed in an automobile such as a navigation system and a server device 200 (information processing device) are communicably connected via a network 101. In addition, the server device 200 and the search terminal 300 are connected to be communicable.

The in-vehicle terminal 100 can acquire position information from a GPS satellite.
The processing outline of the present invention will be described below.

  First, when the in-vehicle terminal 100 detects an impact due to the occurrence of an accident or the like, the vehicle information (speed, number (identification information), position information, etc.), date and time information, and the like are transmitted to the server device 200.

  In addition, a video (moving image or still image) taken by a camera installed in the vehicle is transmitted to the server device 200.

  The server device 200 stores information and video received from the in-vehicle terminal 100. At this time, information that can be determined to be the same accident among the information received from the plurality of in-vehicle terminals 100 is stored in association with each other. For example, when the date information is the same or when the position information is the same, the information received from each in-vehicle terminal 100 is stored in association with each other.

Then, when the search terminal 300 receives an input of the search condition from the user and transmits the search condition to the server apparatus 200, the server apparatus 200 searches the information stored by the search condition and sends the search result to the search terminal 300. Send.
The search terminal 300 displays the received search result.

  The above is the outline of the processing in the information processing system of the present invention. Details of the processing will be described below.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of an information processing apparatus applicable to the in-vehicle terminal 100, the server apparatus 200, and the search terminal 300.

  In FIG. 2, reference numeral 201 denotes a CPU that comprehensively controls each device and controller connected to the system bus 204. Further, the ROM 203 or the external memory 211 is necessary to realize a BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) or an operating system program (hereinafter referred to as an OS), which is a control program of the CPU 201, or a function executed by each server or each PC. Various programs are stored.

  A RAM 202 functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 201. The CPU 201 implements various operations by loading a program necessary for execution of processing from the ROM 203 or the external memory 211 into the RAM 202 and executing the loaded program.

  An input controller 205 controls input from the input device 209 or the like. A video controller 206 controls display on a display device 210 such as a liquid crystal display. The display device is not limited to a liquid crystal display, and may be a CRT display or the like. These are used by clients as needed.

  A memory controller 207 is connected to the hard disk (HD), flexible disk (FD), or PCMCIA card slot for storing a boot program, various applications, font data, user files, editing files, various data, etc. via an adapter. The access to the external memory 211 such as a compact flash (registered trademark) memory is controlled.

  A communication I / F controller 208 connects and communicates with an external device via a network (for example, the LAN 400 shown in FIG. 1), and executes communication control processing in the network. For example, communication using TCP / IP is possible.

  Note that the CPU 201 enables display on the display device 210 by executing outline font rasterization processing on a display information area in the RAM 202, for example. Further, the CPU 201 enables a user instruction with a mouse cursor (not shown) on the display device 210.

  Various programs that operate on the hardware are recorded in the external memory 211 and are executed by the CPU 201 by being loaded into the RAM 202 as necessary.

  The printer controller 212 controls a printing machine such as a thermal dot line type printer 213.

  The scanner controller 214 controls a discriminator such as the scanner 215.

  It should be noted that not all devices have these configurations, and it is only necessary to provide necessary devices.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the in-vehicle terminal 100 and the server device 200.

  The collision detection unit 311 in the in-vehicle terminal 100 has a function of detecting an impact on a vehicle on which the in-vehicle terminal is mounted.

  The GPS information acquisition unit 312 has a function of acquiring position information of a vehicle on which the in-vehicle terminal is mounted from a GPS satellite.

  The vehicle speed acquisition unit 313 has a function of acquiring the speed of the vehicle on which the in-vehicle terminal is mounted.

  The transmission unit 314 has a function of transmitting information such as a video around the vehicle, position information, vehicle speed, and information for identifying the vehicle to the server device 200 in response to the impact detected by the collision detection unit 311. .

  The receiving unit 321 of the server device 200 has a function of receiving information transmitted from the transmitting unit 314 of the in-vehicle terminal 100.

  The storage unit 322 stores information received by the receiving unit 321. At this time, information that can be determined to be the same accident is stored in association with each other.

  The search unit 323 searches the information stored in the storage unit 322 according to the search condition specified from the search terminal 300.

  The output unit 324 outputs the search result so that the search result can be displayed on the display unit of the search terminal 300.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an accident information registration process performed by the in-vehicle terminal 100 and the server device 200.

  Note that steps S401 to S407 in FIG. 4 are processes in which the CPU 201 of the in-vehicle terminal 100 reads and executes a predetermined control program.

  Also, steps S408 to S413 in FIG. 4 are processes in which the CPU 201 of the server device 200 reads and executes a predetermined control program.

  In step S401, the CPU 201 of the in-vehicle terminal 100 is activated by a user operation or the like.

  In step S402, the CPU 201 of the in-vehicle terminal 100 determines whether a collision (impact) has been detected. If a collision is detected, the process proceeds to step S403.

  In step S403, the CPU 201 of the in-vehicle terminal 100 acquires a video (moving image or still image) around the vehicle from a camera installed in the vehicle.

  It is assumed that the camera is always activated, and when an impact is detected, video for a certain time before and after that is recorded. Then, the in-vehicle terminal 100 acquires the recorded video.

  In step S404, the CPU 201 of the in-vehicle terminal 100 acquires position information from the GPS satellite and records the current position.

  In step S405, the CPU 201 of the in-vehicle terminal 100 acquires identification information of the own vehicle.

  In step S406, the CPU 201 of the in-vehicle terminal 100 acquires the speed when the impact is detected (or just before the impact is detected).

  In step S407, the CPU 201 of the in-vehicle terminal 100 transmits the information acquired in steps S403 to S406 and the date / time information to the server apparatus 200.

  In step 408, the CPU 201 of the server device 200 receives information transmitted from the in-vehicle terminal 100.

  In step S409, the CPU 201 of the server apparatus 200 stores the information received in step S408 in the storage area.

  In step S410, CPU201 of server apparatus 200 acquires position information (GPS information) and date information among the information received by step S408.

  In step S411, the CPU 201 of the server apparatus 200 determines whether there is information on the other party of the accident using the position information and date / time acquired in step S410.

  For example, if there is information whose position information matches the date and time, it can be determined that the party is the same accident.

  Even if they do not match, if the positions are very close, it can be determined that the parties are involved in the same accident.

  If there is information on the other party of the accident (information on the party of the same accident) (step S411: YES), the process proceeds to step S412.

  If there is no information on the other party of the accident (information on the party of the same accident) (step S411: NO), the process of this flowchart is terminated.

  In step S412, the CPU 201 of the server device 200 generates information in which the information determined to be the information of the party in the same accident in step S412 is associated with the information acquired in step S408.

  In step S413, the CPU 201 of the server device 200 stores the information generated in step S412.

  Through the above processing, information (video, vehicle speed, etc.) acquired from the accident party can be associated and stored.

  5 to 7 are data tables showing an example of information stored in the storage area of the server device 200.

  In FIG. 5, the information stored in step S409 is registered.

  As shown in FIG. 5, information such as a vehicle ID, moving image information (video data), GPS information, and vehicle speed is registered.

  When the in-vehicle terminal 100 acquires the vehicle speed information and the vehicle speed information is registered in the server device 200, for example, whether the vehicle has stopped and another vehicle has collided, or the vehicle has collided with another vehicle. It is possible to guess whether it was done.

  FIG. 6 is a table for estimating the distance to the accident partner.

  In step S411, the distance from the other party's vehicle is estimated using the vehicle speed information received in step S408 and the table shown in FIG. 6, and the estimated distance and the position information received in step S408 are used. Search for the other party's information.

  FIG. 7 is a table showing the information associated in step S413.

  In the example shown in FIG. 7, collision information IDs: 0001 and 0002 are associated with each other as information regarding the accident with the accident ID: A001.

  In FIG. 7, only two pieces of information are associated, but three or more pieces of information may be associated. That is, in the case of an accident involving three or more vehicles, three or more pieces of information are associated.

  Next, search result display processing in the search terminal 300 and the server device 200 will be described with reference to FIG.

  Of the processes shown in FIG. 10, the processes of steps S1001, S1002, and S1006 to S1009 are processes in which the CPU 201 of the search terminal 300 reads and executes a predetermined control program.

  The processing from step S1003 to S1005 is processing in which the CPU 201 of the server device 200 reads and executes a predetermined control program.

  In step S1001, the CPU 201 of the search terminal 300 accepts a search condition specification from the user.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of a screen that accepts specification of search conditions. The screen shown in FIG. 8 indicates that the search is possible from the vehicle ID and the date of the accident.

  In step S1002, the CPU 201 of the search terminal 300 transmits the specified search condition to the server device in response to the user pressing the search button shown in FIG.

  In step S1003, the CPU 201 of the server apparatus 200 receives the search condition transmitted from the search terminal in step S1002.

  In step S1004, the CPU 201 of the server device 200 searches the data shown in FIG. 5 based on the search condition received in step S1003.

  In step S1005, the CPU 201 of the server device 200 transmits the search result in step S1004 to the search terminal 300.

  In step S1006, the CPU 201 of the search terminal 300 receives the search result transmitted from the server apparatus 200 in step S1005.

  In step S1007, the CPU 201 of the search terminal 300 displays the search result received in step S1006 on the display unit.

  An example of the screen on which the search result is displayed is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, the data registered in the table shown in FIG. 5 is displayed according to the correspondence registered in the table shown in FIG.

In step S1008, the CPU 201 of the search terminal 300 receives a video playback instruction from the user via the search result display screen, and plays back the video that has received the instruction (S1009).
Then, the process shown in this flowchart is terminated.

  As described above, by displaying the associated accident information together, the situation at the time of the accident can be confirmed from a plurality of viewpoints. As a result, it is possible to improve the accuracy and efficiency of investigation of the cause of the accident.

  Further, the program in the present invention is a program for causing a computer to execute the processes of FIGS. The program in the present invention may be a program for each process in FIGS. 4 and 10.

  As described above, a recording medium that records a program that implements the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus stores the program stored in the recording medium. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention can also be achieved by reading and executing.

  In this case, the program itself read from the recording medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the recording medium recording the program constitutes the present invention.

  As a recording medium for supplying the program, for example, a flexible disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, DVD-ROM, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, EEPROM, silicon A disk or the like can be used.

  Further, by executing the program read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS (operating system) operating on the computer based on an instruction of the program is actually It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by performing part or all of the processing and the processing is included.

  Furthermore, after the program read from the recording medium is written to the memory provided in the function expansion board inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion board is based on the instructions of the program code. It goes without saying that the case where the CPU or the like provided in the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

  The present invention may be applied to a system constituted by a plurality of devices or an apparatus constituted by a single device. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to a case where the present invention is achieved by supplying a program to a system or apparatus. In this case, by reading a recording medium storing a program for achieving the present invention into the system or apparatus, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

  Furthermore, by downloading and reading a program for achieving the present invention from a server, database, etc. on a network using a communication program, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention. In addition, all the structures which combined each embodiment mentioned above and its modification are also included in this invention.

100 vehicle-mounted terminal 101 network 200 server 300 search terminal

Claims (8)

An information processing system in which an in-vehicle terminal mounted on a vehicle and an information processing device are connected to be communicable,
The in-vehicle terminal is
Detection means for detecting the impact;
In response to detecting an impact by the detection means, transmission means for transmitting video data to the information processing apparatus;
With
The information processing apparatus includes:
Receiving means for receiving video data transmitted by the transmitting means of the in-vehicle terminal;
Storage means for storing video data received by the receiving means;
An information processing system comprising: The in-vehicle terminal transmission means further includes:
The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein information for identifying a vehicle on which the in-vehicle terminal is mounted is transmitted to the information processing apparatus. The in-vehicle terminal transmission means further includes:
The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the position information of the vehicle when an impact is detected by the detection unit is transmitted. The in-vehicle terminal transmission means further includes:
The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a speed of the vehicle when an impact is detected by the detection unit is transmitted.   5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein information that can be determined to be the same accident among information received by the receiving unit is stored in association with each other. 6. The information processing system described. The information processing apparatus is communicably connected to a search terminal,
Search means for searching for information stored in the storage means in accordance with a search condition specified from the search terminal;
The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: An information processing method in an information processing system in which an in-vehicle terminal mounted on a vehicle and an information processing device are connected to be communicable,
A detection step in which the detection means of the in-vehicle terminal detects an impact;
A transmission step of transmitting video data to the information processing device in response to the transmission means of the in-vehicle terminal detecting an impact by the detection step;
With
A receiving step in which the receiving means of the information processing device receives the video data transmitted by the transmitting step of the in-vehicle terminal;
A storage step in which the storage means of the information processing apparatus stores the video data received by the reception step means;
An information processing method comprising: In an information processing system in which an in-vehicle terminal mounted on a vehicle and an information processing device are connected to be able to communicate with each other,
The in-vehicle terminal
Detection means for detecting the impact;
In response to detecting the impact by the detection means, function as a transmission means for transmitting video data to the information processing apparatus,
The information processing apparatus;
Receiving means for receiving video data transmitted by the transmitting means of the in-vehicle terminal;
A program that functions as storage means for storing video data received by the receiving means.

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