JP2016147600A - Travel information acquisition system, communication terminal device, server device, computer program, travel information acquisition method, and meter panel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a false declaration of travel information of a vehicle by a simple structure.SOLUTION: A travel information acquisition system includes: an image capturing part for capturing an image of travel information displayed in a vehicle together with an image of vehicle identification information capable of identifying the vehicle; and an image recognition part capable of recognizing the travel information and the vehicle identification information based on the image captured by the image capturing part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a travel information acquisition system, a communication terminal device, a server device, a computer program, a travel information acquisition method, and a meter panel.

In recent years, “telematics insurance” that varies based on the mileage of a vehicle and the driving situation (safe driving, eco driving, etc.) has started to spread. However, in telematics insurance, since the mileage is self-reported by the insured, there is a problem in that the mileage is falsely reported or an incorrect value is reported.
Therefore, as a mechanism for reporting the accurate mileage to the insurance company, a method of outputting information including the mileage flowing in the network inside the vehicle to the outside, and the mileage displayed on the meter panel in the vehicle are imaged with a camera And the method of recognizing a travel distance from the captured image is proposed (refer patent document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-173868

However, when the information in the network in the vehicle is output to the outside, there is a problem that the mechanism becomes complicated and the apparatus becomes expensive. In addition, when the mileage displayed on the meter panel in the vehicle is imaged with a camera, a false declaration is made by imaging the mileage displayed on the meter panel of a vehicle different from the insured vehicle with the camera. There is a possibility.
The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object thereof is to prevent unauthorized reporting of vehicle travel information with a simple configuration.

  The travel information acquisition system according to an aspect of the present invention includes: an imaging unit that captures travel information displayed in a vehicle together with vehicle identification information that can identify the vehicle; and the travel based on a captured image of the imaging unit. It is a driving | running | working information acquisition system provided with the image recognition part which can recognize information and the said vehicle identification information.

  The communication terminal device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: an imaging unit that captures driving information displayed in a vehicle together with vehicle identification information that can identify the vehicle; and the driving information based on a captured image of the imaging unit. And an image recognition unit capable of recognizing the vehicle identification information, and a communication unit capable of transmitting transmission information including the travel information recognized by the image recognition unit and the vehicle identification information to an external device. Device.

  The server device according to an aspect of the present invention includes an acquisition unit that acquires a captured image obtained by capturing travel information displayed in a vehicle together with vehicle identification information that can identify the vehicle, and the imaging acquired by the acquisition unit. An image recognition unit capable of recognizing the travel information and the vehicle identification information based on an image.

  A computer program according to an aspect of the present invention is a computer program for causing a computer to execute image processing of a captured image obtained by capturing travel information displayed in a vehicle together with vehicle identification information capable of identifying the vehicle. The computer includes an image recognition unit capable of recognizing the travel information and the vehicle identification information based on a captured image of the imaging unit, and a transmission including the travel information recognized by the image recognition unit and the vehicle identification information. It is a computer program for functioning as a communication part which can transmit information to an external device.

  A computer program according to an aspect of the present invention is a computer program for causing a computer to execute image processing of a captured image obtained by capturing travel information displayed in a vehicle together with vehicle identification information capable of identifying the vehicle. An acquisition unit that acquires a captured image obtained by capturing the traveling information displayed in the vehicle together with vehicle identification information capable of identifying the vehicle, and the traveling information based on the captured image acquired by the acquisition unit. And a computer program for functioning as an image recognition unit capable of recognizing the vehicle identification information.

  In the travel information acquisition method according to one aspect of the present invention, the imaging unit captures the travel information displayed in the vehicle together with the vehicle identification information that can identify the vehicle, and the image recognition unit A travel information acquisition method including a second step of recognizing the travel information and the vehicle identification information based on a captured image of an imaging unit.

  The meter panel which concerns on 1 aspect of this invention is a meter panel which displays the driving information of a vehicle, Comprising: The meter panel provided with the display part which displays the vehicle identification information which can identify the said vehicle adjacent to the said driving information. is there.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent unauthorized reporting of vehicle travel information with a simple configuration.

It is a block diagram showing the whole run information acquisition system composition concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is the schematic which shows an example of a meter panel. It is explanatory drawing which shows the driving information acquisition method of a meter panel. It is a figure which shows the data format of transmission information. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the driving | running | working information acquisition system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the data format of the transmission information of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of installation of the IC tag of the driving | running | working information acquisition system which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the driving | running | working information acquisition system of 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the other method of reading vehicle ID from the IC tag of 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the character information displayed on the portable terminal device of 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the character information displayed on the portable terminal of 3rd Embodiment.

[Description of Embodiment of the Present Invention]
First, the contents of the embodiment of the present invention will be listed and described.
(1) The travel information acquisition system according to the present embodiment is based on an image capturing unit that captures travel information displayed in a vehicle together with vehicle identification information that can identify the vehicle, and the captured image of the image capturing unit. An image recognition unit capable of recognizing travel information and the vehicle identification information.
According to the travel information acquisition system, the travel information displayed in the vehicle is imaged together with the vehicle identification information that can identify the vehicle, so that the travel information and the vehicle identification information are based on the captured image. Can be recognized by the image recognition unit. Thus, the vehicle that is the generation source of the travel information recognized by the image recognition unit can be specified from the vehicle identification information recognized together with the travel information. Therefore, with a simple configuration, it is possible to prevent unauthorized reporting of travel information of a vehicle different from the vehicle to be reported.

(2) In the travel information acquisition system, the imaging unit, the image recognition unit, and a communication unit capable of transmitting transmission information including the travel information and the vehicle identification information recognized by the image recognition unit to the outside. It is preferable to further include a communication terminal device having a server device having an acquisition unit that acquires the transmission information transmitted by the communication unit of the communication terminal device.
In this case, the communication terminal device transmits the travel information and vehicle identification information recognized by the own device to the server device, so that the server device easily identifies the vehicle that is the generation source of the travel information from the vehicle identification information. be able to.

(3) In the travel information acquisition system, a communication terminal device having the imaging unit and a communication unit capable of transmitting transmission information including a captured image of the imaging unit to the outside, and a communication unit of the communication terminal device transmit It is preferable to further include a server device including an acquisition unit that acquires the transmission information and the image recognition unit.
In this case, the communication terminal device can be configured simply because the image recognition unit is not necessary.

(4) In the travel information acquisition system, it is preferable that the travel information includes information indicating a travel distance of the vehicle.
In this case, since the vehicle which is the generation source of the information indicating the travel distance recognized by the image recognition unit can be specified from the vehicle identification information recognized together with the information, the travel of a vehicle different from the vehicle to be reported It is possible to prevent illegal reporting of the distance.

(5) In the travel information acquisition system, the travel information preferably includes information indicating a travel distance type that can identify whether the travel distance is a trip meter or an odometer.
In this case, it is possible to identify whether the information indicating the travel distance is the trip meter or the odometer by the information indicating the travel distance. For example, when the odometer is used as the information indicating the travel distance, the trip is erroneously performed. When the meter is imaged, a warning or the like can be given to the photographer.

(6) In the travel information acquisition system, the imaging unit captures a travel distance of one of the trip meter and the odometer, and the image recognition unit recognizes the travel recognized from the captured image. Based on the information indicating the distance type, it is determined whether or not the imaging unit is capturing the one travel distance, and if the determination result is negative, meter warning information is generated to warn that effect. Is preferred.
In this case, it is possible to easily grasp that the one travel distance is not imaged by warning the photographer with the meter warning information generated by the image recognition unit.

(7) In the travel information acquisition system, the travel information includes a plurality of pieces of information that are switched and displayed in a single display area, and the image recognition unit recognizes information about the display area recognized from the captured image. Based on the above, it is preferable to determine whether or not the image capturing unit is capturing desired information in the display area, and to generate warning information to warn that if the determination result is negative.
In this case, it is possible to easily grasp that the desired information is not captured by warning the photographer with the warning information generated by the image recognition unit.

(8) In the travel information acquisition system, the travel information may include information indicating a driving situation of the vehicle.
In this case, since the vehicle that is the generation source of the information indicating the driving situation recognized by the image recognition unit can be specified from the vehicle identification information recognized together with the information, driving of a vehicle different from the vehicle to be reported Information indicating the situation can be prevented from being illegally reported.

(9) In the travel information acquisition system, the travel information may include information indicating a vehicle state of the vehicle.
In this case, since the vehicle which is the generation source of the information indicating the vehicle state recognized by the image recognition unit can be specified from the vehicle identification information recognized together with the information, the vehicle of a vehicle different from the vehicle to be declared It is possible to prevent the information indicating the state from being illegally reported.

(10) In the travel information acquisition system, it is preferable that the transmission information includes ID information of the communication terminal device.
In this case, the communication terminal device that is the transmission source of the transmission information can be easily specified by the ID information included in the transmission information.

(11) In the travel information acquisition system, it is preferable that the transmission information includes date / time information indicating an imaging date / time of the captured image.
In this case, since the imaging date / time of the captured image can be specified by the date / time information included in the transmission information, it is possible to prevent the traveling information having the old imaging date from being illegally reported. In particular, when travel information captured in the past is reported, it is effective because it is difficult to detect an unauthorized report only with vehicle identification information and travel information.

(12) It is preferable that the travel information acquisition system further includes a storage unit that stores, for each vehicle type, information indicating a display position of the travel information in the vehicle.
In this case, for example, when imaging the traveling information of the vehicle together with the vehicle identification information, the imaging unit can guide the imaging position of the display position corresponding to the vehicle type of the vehicle. Further, the image recognition unit can easily recognize the position of the travel information in the captured image of the imaging unit based on the information indicating the display position stored in the storage unit.

(13) The communication terminal device according to the present embodiment is configured to capture travel information displayed in a vehicle together with vehicle identification information that can identify the vehicle, and the travel information based on a captured image of the image capture unit. And an image recognition unit capable of recognizing the vehicle identification information, and a communication unit capable of transmitting transmission information including the travel information recognized by the image recognition unit and the vehicle identification information to an external device.
According to the communication terminal device, the image capturing unit captures the travel information displayed in the vehicle together with the vehicle identification information that can identify the vehicle, and thereby displays the travel information and the vehicle identification information based on the captured image. It can be recognized by the recognition unit. As a result, the vehicle that is the generation source of the travel information recognized by the image recognition unit can be identified from the vehicle identification information recognized together with the travel information, so that the travel information of the vehicle is illegally reported with a simple configuration. Can be prevented.

(14) The server device of the present embodiment includes an acquisition unit that acquires a captured image obtained by capturing travel information displayed in a vehicle together with vehicle identification information that can identify the vehicle, and the imaging acquired by the acquisition unit. An image recognition unit capable of recognizing the travel information and the vehicle identification information based on an image.
According to the server device, when the acquisition unit acquires the captured information obtained by capturing the traveling information displayed in the vehicle together with the vehicle identification information capable of identifying the vehicle, the traveling information and the vehicle identification information are based on the captured image. Can be recognized by the image recognition unit. Thus, the vehicle that is the generation source of the travel information recognized by the image recognition unit can be specified from the vehicle identification information recognized together with the travel information. Therefore, with a simple configuration, it is possible to prevent unauthorized reporting of travel information of a vehicle different from the vehicle to be reported.

  (15) The computer program of this embodiment is a computer program executed in the above-described communication terminal device. Therefore, the computer program of this embodiment has the same operational effects as the above-described communication terminal device.

  (16) The computer program of this embodiment is a computer program executed in the above-described server device. Therefore, the computer program of this embodiment has the same operational effects as the above-described communication terminal device.

  (17) The travel information acquisition method of this embodiment is a travel information acquisition method executed in the above-described travel information acquisition system. Therefore, the driving information acquisition method of this embodiment has the same effects as the driving information acquisition system described above.

(18) The meter panel of the present embodiment is a meter panel that displays vehicle travel information, and includes a display unit that displays vehicle identification information that can identify the vehicle adjacent to the travel information.
According to the meter panel, since the vehicle identification information is displayed adjacent to the travel information, the travel information can be imaged together with the vehicle identification information. Then, by recognizing the travel information and the vehicle identification information based on the captured image, the vehicle that is the generation source of the recognized travel information can be specified from the vehicle identification information recognized together with the travel information. it can. Therefore, with a simple configuration, it is possible to prevent unauthorized reporting of travel information of a vehicle different from the vehicle to be reported.

[Details of the embodiment of the present invention]
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
<First Embodiment>
<Overall system configuration>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a travel information acquisition system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the travel information acquisition system according to the present embodiment is used in, for example, a system that calculates the insurance premium for car insurance based on the travel distance of the vehicle, the degree of safe driving of the vehicle, the degree of fuel consumption, and the like. Is.

The travel information acquisition system includes a mobile terminal 1 that is a communication terminal device and a server device 2 that can communicate with the mobile terminal 1. Examples of the mobile terminal 1 include a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet computer, and a laptop computer.
In the present embodiment, a commercially available portable terminal 1 is exemplified as the communication terminal device, but a communication terminal dedicated to this system may be used.

<Mobile terminal>
The mobile terminal 1 includes an imaging unit 11, a control unit 12, a communication unit 13, and a storage unit 14. The control unit 12 includes one or more microcomputers, and is connected to the imaging unit 11, the communication unit 13, and the storage unit 14 via an internal bus. The control unit 12 controls operations of these hardware units.

  The imaging unit 11 captures driving information displayed on the meter panel 3 (see FIG. 2) in the vehicle together with vehicle identification information that can identify the vehicle. Details thereof will be described later.

The control unit 12 includes a processor (CPU: Central Processing Unit) that performs imaging control of the imaging unit 11 and communication control of the communication unit 13.
The control unit 12 can recognize the travel information and the vehicle identification information based on a captured image captured by the imaging unit 11 as a functional unit achieved by executing a computer program for image processing to be described later. It has an image recognition unit 12A.

  An antenna 15 for wireless communication is connected to the communication unit 13. The communication unit 13 wirelessly transmits transmission information S1 including travel information and vehicle identification information recognized by the image recognition unit 12A to the server device 2.

The storage unit 14 includes a storage device such as a ROM or a RAM connected to the control unit 12. The storage unit 14 stores a computer program for communication control executed by the control unit 12, a computer program for image processing executed by the image recognition unit 12A, and the like.
Moreover, the memory | storage part 14 has memorize | stored the display position information which shows each display position of the said driving | running | working information and the said vehicle identification information in the meter panel 3 for every vehicle model.

<Server device>
The server device 2 is installed in, for example, an automobile insurance company, and includes a communication unit (acquisition unit) 21, a control unit 22, and a storage unit 23. The control unit 22 includes one or more microcomputers, and is connected to the communication unit 21 and the storage unit 23 via an internal bus. The control unit 22 controls operations of these hardware units.

The communication unit 21 has a function of performing wireless communication or wired communication with the mobile terminal 1. The communication unit 21 receives the transmission information S1 transmitted from the mobile terminal 1.
The storage unit 23 includes a hard disk, a semiconductor memory, and the like. The storage unit 23 stores the transmission information S1 received by the communication unit 21.

  For the transmission information S1 stored in the storage unit 23, the control unit 22 identifies the vehicle that is the generation source of the travel information included in the transmission information S1 from the vehicle identification information included in the transmission information S1 together with the travel information. And a function for calculating insurance premiums from the travel information of each transmission information S1.

<Meter panel>
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the meter panel 3 on which traveling information and the like are displayed. The meter panel 3 includes a speedometer 30, first to fourth display units 31 to 34 that display traveling information, and a fifth display unit 35 that displays vehicle identification information.
The 1st display part 31 displays the travel distance of any one of the trip meter which shows the travel distance of a specific area, and the odometer which integrated | accumulated the travel distance by operating the operation switch which is not shown in figure.

  The second display unit 32 displays a travel distance type that can identify whether the travel distance displayed on the first display unit 31 is a trip meter or an odometer. Specifically, the second display unit 32 displays either “OD” or “Trip” as the travel distance type. “OD” indicates an odometer, and “Trip” indicates a trip meter. The display switching of “OD” and “Trip” is automatically switched when the operation switch is operated.

The 3rd display part 33 displays the information which shows the driving condition of a vehicle. The 3rd display part 33 of this embodiment displays the safe driving degree of a vehicle as information which shows a driving condition. The degree of safe driving is represented by a numerical value based on, for example, the number of times of rapid braking or sudden steering, and a higher numerical value is displayed on the third display unit 33 as the degree of safe driving is higher. .
The 4th display part 34 displays the information which shows the vehicle state of a vehicle. The 4th display part 34 of this embodiment displays the fuel consumption level of a vehicle, for example as information which shows a vehicle state. The fuel consumption level is represented by a numerical value based on, for example, the accelerator opening degree or the engine speed, and the higher the fuel consumption level, the higher the numerical value displayed on the fourth display unit 34.

The fifth display unit 35 displays, for example, a liquid crystal display of a two-dimensional code (vehicle identification information) such as a QR code (registered trademark) that can identify individual vehicles. The fifth display unit 35 is disposed adjacent to the first to fourth display units 31 to 34.
Note that the fifth display unit 35 may display a one-dimensional barcode or an encrypted multi-digit alphanumeric character in addition to the two-dimensional code. In addition to the liquid crystal display, the fifth display unit 35 may be a sticker having a surface printed with a two-dimensional code, a one-dimensional barcode, or an encrypted alphanumeric character. In this case, even if it is an existing vehicle, it is possible to adopt this system by pasting the above-mentioned seal, and a vendor (insurance company, etc.) who wants to provide services using this system may distribute the above-mentioned seal. it can.

<How to obtain travel information from the meter panel>
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a method for acquiring travel information of the meter panel 3. Hereinafter, the traveling information acquisition method will be described. In addition, the display information (1st display part 31 is an odometer) of the 1st-4th display parts 31-34 of the meter panel 3 shall be acquired here as driving | running | working information.

  First, the control unit 12 of the mobile terminal 1 displays and guides the travel information and the display position of the two-dimensional code to be imaged on the meter panel 3 on the liquid crystal display panel 10 of the mobile terminal 1. Here, a plurality of guide frames 41 to 45 formed slightly larger than the respective display units 31 to 35 are displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 10 at the respective display positions of the first to fifth display units 31 to 35 which are imaging targets. To do. In that case, since the control part 12 can display the guide frames 41-45 correctly based on the information which shows the display position of each display part 31-35 memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 12, an image picker is It is possible to easily grasp the traveling information of the imaging target.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the mobile terminals are arranged so that the corresponding display units 31 to 35 are arranged in the guide frames 41 to 45 displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 10 of the mobile terminal 1. 1 is moved to adjust the imaging position. And after adjusting an imaging position, the 1st-4th display parts 31-34 which display driving | running | working information are imaged by the imaging part 11 of the portable terminal 1 with the 5th display part 35 which displays a two-dimensional code. To do. The captured image is temporarily stored in the storage unit 14.

  Next, the image recognition unit 12A of the mobile terminal 1 recognizes display information on each of the display units 31 to 35 based on the captured image. As a recognition method, for example, the shape and each number of each display unit 31 to 35 are registered in advance in the storage unit 12 as a model image, and the image of each display unit 31 to 35 in the captured image corresponds to this. The model image can be recognized by pattern matching.

At that time, the image recognition unit 12 </ b> A can easily recognize the positions of the display units 31 to 35 in the captured image of the imaging unit 11 based on the display position information stored in the storage unit 12.
Further, the image recognition unit 12A determines whether the odometer is captured as the travel distance of the first display unit 31 based on the recognized travel distance type of the second display unit 32, and the determination result is negative. In other words, if it is determined that the travel distance of the first display unit 31 is a trip meter, meter warning information composed of characters and voices for generating a warning to that effect is generated.

Each information such as the travel distance and the travel distance type is individually displayed in a plurality of display areas (first to fourth display units 31 to 35), but is switched to a single display area. May be.
In this case, the image recognition unit 12A determines whether or not desired information in the display area is captured based on the recognized information in the display area, and if the determination result is negative, that fact Warning information composed of characters and voices for generating the warning is generated.

  Next, the control unit 12 of the mobile terminal 1 sends the transmission information S1 including the display information of the first to fifth display units 31 to 35 recognized by the image recognition unit 12A to the server device 2 by the communication unit 13. Wireless transmission.

<Data format of transmission information>
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a data format of the transmission information S1 that the mobile terminal 1 wirelessly transmits. The transmission information S1 includes data areas of “communication terminal ID”, “travel information”, “two-dimensional code”, and “date / time information”.
The “communication terminal ID” is an area for storing ID information of the mobile terminal 1. The “travel information” is an area for storing display information of the first to fourth display units 31 to 34 recognized by the image recognition unit 12A. The “two-dimensional code” is an area for storing a two-dimensional code that is display information of the fifth display unit 35 recognized by the image recognition unit 12A. “Date / time information” is an area for storing date / time information indicating the imaging date / time (including year and month) taken by the imaging unit 11.

The “travel information” includes data areas of “travel distance”, “travel distance type”, “safe driving degree”, and “fuel consumption degree”.
The “travel distance” stores a numerical value of the travel distance, which is display information of the first display unit 31 recognized by the image recognition unit 12A. The “travel distance type” stores a travel distance type that is display information of the second display unit 32 recognized by the image recognition unit 12A.

  In the “safe driving degree”, a numerical value of the safe driving degree that is display information of the third display unit 33 recognized by the image recognition unit 12A is stored. In the “fuel consumption level”, a numerical value of the fuel consumption level which is display information of the fourth display unit 34 recognized by the image recognition unit 12A is stored.

The transmission information S1 wirelessly transmitted by the mobile terminal 1 is received by the communication unit 21 of the server device 2. The received transmission information S1 is stored in the storage unit 23 of the server device 2.
The transmission information S1 includes date and time information indicating the imaging date and time of the imaging unit 11. If this date and time information is not included, the date and time when the server device 2 received the transmission information S1 and You may memorize | store time in the memory | storage part 23 as an imaging date.
And the control part 22 of the server apparatus 2 contains the vehicle which is the generation | occurrence | production source of the driving | running | working information contained in the transmission information S1 with respect to the transmission information S1 memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 23 in the transmission information S1. The insurance premium is calculated based on the travel distance, the degree of safe driving, and the degree of fuel consumption included in each transmission information S1.
The mobile terminal 1 may specify the vehicle that is the generation source of the travel information.

<About effects>
As described above, according to the travel information acquisition system of the present embodiment, the imaging unit 11 of the mobile terminal 1 captures the travel information displayed in the vehicle together with the two-dimensional code that can identify the vehicle, thereby capturing the travel information. Based on the image, the travel information and the two-dimensional code can be recognized by the image recognition unit 12A of the mobile terminal 1. Thereby, the vehicle which is the generation source of the travel information recognized by the image recognition unit 12A can be specified from the two-dimensional code recognized together with the travel information. Therefore, with a simple configuration, it is possible to prevent the insurance company from illegally reporting travel information of a vehicle different from the vehicle to be declared.

In addition, since the mobile terminal 1 transmits the travel information and the two-dimensional code recognized by the mobile terminal 1 to the server device 2, the server device 2 can easily identify the vehicle that is the generation source of the travel information from the vehicle identification information. can do.
Further, since the travel information includes information indicating the travel distance of the vehicle, the vehicle that is the generation source of the information indicating the travel distance recognized by the image recognition unit 12A is specified from the two-dimensional code recognized together with the information. Can do. Therefore, with a simple configuration, it is possible to prevent the insurance company from illegally reporting the travel distance of a vehicle different from the vehicle to be declared.

  In addition, according to the travel distance type included in the travel information, it is possible to identify whether the information indicating the travel distance is a trip meter or an odometer, for example, when using an odometer as information indicating the travel distance, When the imaging unit 11 erroneously captures information indicating a trip meter, a warning can be given to the photographer.

  Further, the image recognition unit 12A determines whether or not the imaging unit 11 is imaging the odometer that is the imaging target based on the travel distance type recognized from the captured image, and if the determination result is negative, the meter Since the warning information is generated, it is possible to easily grasp that the odometer is not imaged by warning the photographer with the meter warning information generated by the image recognition unit 12A.

  In addition, when a plurality of pieces of information such as a travel distance and a safe driving degree are switched and displayed in a single display area, the image recognition unit 12A performs the display based on the information of the display area recognized from the captured image. It is determined whether or not desired information of the area is displayed, and warning information is generated if the determination result is negative. Thereby, it is possible to easily grasp that desired information is not captured by warning the photographer with the warning information generated by the image recognition unit 12A.

  Further, since the driving information includes information indicating the degree of safe driving of the driver, the vehicle that is the generation source of the information indicating the degree of safe driving recognized by the image recognition unit 12A is determined from the two-dimensional code recognized together with the information. Can be identified. Therefore, with a simple configuration, it is possible to prevent an insurance company from reporting an incorrect degree of safe driving of a vehicle different from the vehicle to be declared.

  Further, since the traveling information includes information indicating the degree of fuel consumption of the vehicle, the vehicle that is the generation source of the information indicating the degree of fuel consumption recognized by the image recognition unit 12A is specified from the two-dimensional code recognized together with the information. Can do. Therefore, with a simple configuration, it is possible to prevent the insurance company from reporting the fuel consumption level of a vehicle different from the vehicle to be declared to the insurance company.

Further, since the transmission information S1 includes the ID information of the portable terminal 1, the portable terminal 1 that is the transmission source of the transmission information S1 can be easily specified by the ID information included in the transmission information S1.
Since the transmission information S1 includes date / time information indicating the imaging date / time captured by the imaging unit 11, the date / time information included in the transmission information S1 can identify the imaging date / time. It is possible to prevent the company from being illegally declared. In particular, when travel information captured in the past is reported, it is effective because it is difficult to detect an illegal report only with a two-dimensional code or travel information.

  In addition, since the storage unit 14 of the mobile terminal 1 stores display position information indicating the display position of the travel information in the vehicle for each vehicle type, for example, the imaging unit 11 stores the vehicle travel information in two dimensions. When the image is taken together with the code, the display position corresponding to the vehicle type of the vehicle can be guided to the photographer. Further, the image recognition unit 12A can easily recognize the position of the travel information in the captured image of the imaging unit 11 based on the display position information stored in the storage unit 14.

Second Embodiment
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the travel information acquisition system according to the second embodiment. The travel information acquisition system of this embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that an image recognition unit is provided in the server device 2.

  Specifically, the control unit 12 of the mobile terminal 1 of the present embodiment does not have the image recognition unit 12A (see FIG. 1) of the first embodiment. For this reason, the communication unit 13 of the mobile terminal 1 wirelessly transmits the transmission information S <b> 1 including the captured image of the imaging unit 11 to the server device 2.

  The control unit 22 of the server device 2 according to the present embodiment is a function unit that is achieved by executing a computer program for image processing to be described later, based on the captured image captured by the imaging unit 11 and vehicle information. An image recognition unit 22A capable of recognizing information is included.

The storage unit 23 of the server device 2 stores a computer program for image processing executed by the image recognition unit 22A.
Moreover, the memory | storage part 23 has memorize | stored the display position information which shows each display position of the driving | running | working information in the meter panel 3, and vehicle identification information for every vehicle model.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a data format of the transmission information S1 wirelessly transmitted by the mobile terminal 1 according to the present embodiment. The transmission information S1 includes a “communication terminal ID” that is an area for storing ID information of the portable terminal 1, an “image information” that is an area for storing data of a captured image captured by the imaging unit 11, and the captured image. And “date and time information” indicating the imaging date and time.

The communication unit 21 of the server device 2 receives the transmission information S1 transmitted from the mobile terminal 1. And the memory | storage part 23 of the server apparatus 2 memorize | stores the transmission information S1 which the communication part 21 received.
22 A of image recognition parts of the server apparatus 2 are the 1st-5th display parts 31-35 in the picked-up image of the imaging part 11 based on "image information" contained in transmission information S1 memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 23 (FIG. 2) is recognized. Since the recognition method is the same as that of the first embodiment, its details are omitted.

The control unit 22 of the server device 2 stores the display information of the first to fifth display units 31 to 35 recognized by the image recognition unit 22A in the storage unit 23 together with the corresponding transmission information S1.
In addition, the point which abbreviate | omitted description in 2nd Embodiment is the same as that of 1st Embodiment.

As described above, according to the travel information acquisition system of the present embodiment, the imaging unit 11 of the mobile terminal 1 captures the travel information displayed in the vehicle together with the two-dimensional code that can identify the vehicle, thereby capturing the travel information. The travel information and the two-dimensional code can be recognized by the image recognition unit 22A of the server device 2 based on the image. Thereby, the vehicle which is the generation source of the travel information recognized by the image recognition unit 22A can be specified from the two-dimensional code recognized together with the travel information. Therefore, with a simple configuration, it is possible to prevent the insurance company from illegally reporting travel information of a vehicle different from the vehicle to be declared.
Further, since the mobile terminal 1 does not need to be provided with an image recognition unit, it can have a simple configuration.

<Third Embodiment>
The travel information acquisition system according to the third embodiment (FIGS. 7 and 8) is a modification of the first embodiment, and instead of displaying the vehicle identification information as a two-dimensional code, the vehicle identification information is embedded in the IC tag. The method is adopted.

  FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an installation example of the IC tag of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7, the IC tag 4 of this embodiment is affixed on the upper surface of the dashboard 5 of the vehicle. The IC tag 4 is capable of short-range wireless communication compliant with, for example, NFC (Near Field Communication). In the IC tag 4, a vehicle ID (vehicle identification information) that can identify the vehicle is written in advance.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the travel information acquisition system of this embodiment. In the travel information acquisition system of the present embodiment, the mobile terminal 1 has a tag reader unit 16 that can wirelessly communicate with the IC tag 4. The tag reader unit 16 can read the vehicle ID written in the IC tag 4 by wireless communication with the IC tag 4.

The storage unit 14 of the portable terminal 1 temporarily stores a computer program for communication control with the IC tag 4 executed by the control unit 12 and a vehicle ID read by the tag reader unit 16.
As shown in FIG. 7, the portable terminal 1 according to the present embodiment is detachably attached to an attachment portion 6 fixed near the IC tag 4 on the upper surface of the dashboard 5. Accordingly, the mobile terminal 1 can wirelessly communicate with the IC tag 4 while being attached to the attachment portion 6.

As a method of reading the vehicle ID from the IC tag 4, there is a method of reading the vehicle ID by automatically performing wireless communication between the tag reader unit 16 of the mobile terminal 1 and the IC tag 4 in the state shown in FIG.
In this case, after the mobile terminal 1 has read the vehicle ID, the mobile terminal 1 is removed from the attachment portion 6, and the travel information of the meter panel 3 is displayed by the imaging unit 11 of the mobile terminal 1. What is necessary is just to image the 1st-4th display parts 31-34 (refer FIG. 2).

As another method of reading the vehicle ID from the IC tag 4, there is also a method of reading the portable terminal 1 on the IC tag 4 as shown in FIG. 9.
In this case, first, the control unit 12 of the mobile terminal 1 activates the computer program stored in the storage unit 14, and displays the liquid crystal display panel 10 of the mobile terminal 1 on the liquid crystal display panel 10 as shown in FIG. The user is notified by displaying character information such as “Please let the IC tag be recognized” or by guidance voice.

  When the user places the mobile terminal 1 on the IC tag 4 in accordance with the display of the character information, the tag reader unit 16 of the mobile terminal 1 reads the vehicle ID of the IC tag 4. Thereafter, the control unit 12 notifies the user by displaying text information such as “Please shoot the travel information” or guidance voice as shown in FIG. 11, for example.

The user images the first to fourth display units 31 to 34 (see FIG. 2) on which the travel information of the meter panel 3 is displayed by the imaging unit 11 of the portable terminal 1 according to the display of the character information. It ’s fine.
In this way, by guiding the mobile terminal 1 by displaying character information or the like, a method of reading the vehicle ID by placing the mobile terminal 1 on the IC tag 4 can be easily performed.
In addition, the point which abbreviate | omitted description in 3rd Embodiment is the same as that of 1st Embodiment.

As described above, according to the travel information acquisition system of the present embodiment, the vehicle that is the generation source of the travel information imaged by the imaging unit 11 can be specified by the vehicle identification information read from the IC tag 4 by the tag reader unit 16. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the travel information of a vehicle different from the vehicle to be reported from being illegally reported.
Further, since the vehicle identification information is embedded in the IC tag 4, it is not necessary to image the traveling information together with the vehicle identification information as in the first and second embodiments. For this reason, the freedom degree of the installation place of IC tag 4 can be raised.

<Other variations>
The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the meanings described above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.
For example, in the above embodiment, the travel information includes the travel distance, the degree of safe driving, and the degree of fuel consumption, but at least one of them may be included.

  Moreover, although the driving information acquisition system of the said embodiment demonstrated the case where it applied to the system which calculates the insurance premium of automobile insurance based on driving | running | working information, for example, a transportation company and a taxi company set the driving distance of their vehicles. The present invention may be applied to other systems such as a monitoring system.

  Moreover, although the meter panel 3 of the said embodiment is displaying separately the 1st-4th display parts 31-34 which display driving information, and the 5th display part 35 which displays vehicle identification information, 5 At least one of the travel distance, the degree of safe driving, and the degree of fuel consumption may be displayed as a two-dimensional code together with the vehicle identification information on the display unit 35.

1 Mobile terminal (communication terminal device)
2 Server device 3 Meter panel 4 IC tag 5 Dashboard 6 Attaching part 10 Liquid crystal display panel 11 Imaging part 12 Control part 12A Image recognition part 13 Communication part 14 Storage part 15 Antenna 16 Tag reader part 21 Communication part (acquisition part)
22 control part 22A image recognition part 23 storage part 30 speedometer 31 1st display part 32 2nd display part 33 3rd display part 34 4th display part 35 5th display part 41-45 guide frame S1 transmission information

Claims (18)

An imaging unit that images driving information displayed in the vehicle together with vehicle identification information capable of identifying the vehicle;
A travel information acquisition system comprising: an image recognition unit capable of recognizing the travel information and the vehicle identification information based on a captured image of the imaging unit. A communication terminal device including the imaging unit, the image recognition unit, and a communication unit capable of transmitting transmission information including the travel information and the vehicle identification information recognized by the image recognition unit to the outside;
The travel information acquisition system according to claim 1, further comprising: a server device having an acquisition unit that acquires the transmission information transmitted by the communication unit of the communication terminal device. A communication terminal device having the imaging unit and a communication unit capable of transmitting transmission information including a captured image of the imaging unit to the outside;
The travel information acquisition system according to claim 1, further comprising: an acquisition unit that acquires the transmission information transmitted by a communication unit of the communication terminal device; and a server device that includes the image recognition unit.   The travel information acquisition system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the travel information includes information indicating a travel distance of the vehicle.   The travel information according to claim 4, wherein the travel information includes information indicating a travel distance type capable of identifying whether the travel distance is a trip meter indicating a distance in a specific section or an odometer indicating a total distance traveled. Acquisition system. The imaging unit captures the travel distance of either the trip meter or the odometer,
The image recognition unit determines whether or not the imaging unit is capturing the one travel distance based on information indicating the travel distance type recognized from the captured image, and the determination result is negative. The travel information acquisition system according to claim 5, wherein meter warning information is generated to warn that in some cases. The travel information includes a plurality of information that is switched and displayed in a single display area,
The image recognition unit determines whether the imaging unit is capturing desired information of the display region based on the information of the display region recognized from the captured image, and the determination result is negative. The travel information acquisition system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein warning information is generated to warn that in some cases.   The travel information acquisition system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the travel information includes information indicating a driving situation of the vehicle.   The travel information acquisition system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the travel information includes information indicating a vehicle state of the vehicle.   The travel information acquisition system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the transmission information includes ID information of the communication terminal device.   The travel information acquisition system according to any one of claims 2, 3, and 10, wherein the transmission information includes date and time information indicating an imaging date and time of the captured image.   The travel information acquisition system according to any one of claims 1 to 11, further comprising a storage unit that stores information indicating a display position of the travel information in the vehicle for each vehicle type. An imaging unit that images driving information displayed in the vehicle together with vehicle identification information capable of identifying the vehicle;
An image recognition unit capable of recognizing the travel information and the vehicle identification information based on a captured image of the imaging unit;
A communication terminal device comprising: a communication unit capable of transmitting transmission information including the travel information recognized by the image recognition unit and the vehicle identification information to an external device. An acquisition unit for acquiring a captured image obtained by capturing the traveling information displayed in the vehicle together with vehicle identification information capable of identifying the vehicle;
A server apparatus comprising: an image recognition unit capable of recognizing the travel information and the vehicle identification information based on the captured image acquired by the acquisition unit. A computer program for causing a computer to execute image processing of a captured image obtained by capturing driving information displayed in a vehicle together with vehicle identification information capable of identifying the vehicle,
An image recognition unit capable of recognizing the travel information and the vehicle identification information based on a captured image of the imaging unit;
A computer program for causing transmission information including the travel information and vehicle identification information recognized by the image recognition unit to function as a communication unit capable of transmitting to an external device. A computer program for causing a computer to execute image processing of a captured image obtained by capturing driving information displayed in a vehicle together with vehicle identification information capable of identifying the vehicle,
An acquisition unit that acquires a captured image obtained by capturing a computer with travel information displayed in the vehicle together with vehicle identification information capable of identifying the vehicle;
A computer program for functioning as an image recognition unit capable of recognizing the travel information and the vehicle identification information based on the captured image acquired by the acquisition unit. A first step in which an imaging unit images driving information displayed in the vehicle together with vehicle identification information capable of identifying the vehicle;
A travel information acquisition method comprising: a second step in which an image recognition unit recognizes the travel information and the vehicle identification information based on a captured image of the imaging unit. A meter panel that displays vehicle driving information,
A meter panel comprising a display unit that displays vehicle identification information that can identify the vehicle adjacent to the travel information.

Images