JP6421406B2 - VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle control device and a vehicle control method.

  A technique is known in which the operation of an in-vehicle device suitable for the traveling environment of the host vehicle is presented to the occupant by learning the operation of the in-vehicle device according to the traveling environment (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Application No. 2009-173182

  However, since the conventional technology determines the operation of the in-vehicle device only in accordance with the traveling environment of the host vehicle, even if it is raining, the power window can be closed or the wiper can be operated. For example, even when it is raining, near the railroad crossing, half of the window is opened for alerting, and in the tunnel, the wiper operation is stopped to prevent chatter noise and rubber deterioration. There is a problem that the operation of the in-vehicle device cannot be appropriately controlled according to the traveling position of the host vehicle.

  The subject of this invention is providing the control apparatus for vehicles which can control operation | movement of vehicle equipment appropriately according to the running position of the own vehicle.

  The present invention stores a plurality of appropriate operations of in-vehicle devices suitable for the position attribute on the map and the driving environment, detects the current driving position and the driving environment of the host vehicle, and detects the current driving position of the host vehicle. The above-mentioned problem is solved by determining the operation of the in-vehicle device suitable for the position attribute and the traveling environment.

  According to the present invention, the operation of the in-vehicle device is determined based on the traveling position and the traveling environment of the host vehicle. For example, even when it is raining, the window is halved for alerting near the railroad crossing. In order to prevent chatter noise and rubber deterioration when opening or in a tunnel, the operation of the wiper can be stopped and the convenience of passengers can be improved.

It is a lineblock diagram of the control device for vehicles concerning this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the recommended operation | movement of the vehicle equipment suitable for a position attribute, and the recommended operation | movement of the vehicle equipment suitable for a driving environment. It is a figure for demonstrating the determination method of the appropriate operation | movement of vehicle equipment. It is a figure for demonstrating the update method of the appropriate operation | movement of vehicle equipment. It is a flowchart which shows the control processing of the vehicle equipment which concerns on this embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a vehicle control device 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle control apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment includes a traveling environment sensor 100 including an indoor temperature sensor 110, an outdoor temperature sensor 120, a humidity sensor 130, a sunshine sensor 140, and a raindrop sensor 150, and navigation. The apparatus 200 includes an in-vehicle device 300 including an intake door 310, a blower fan 320, an air conditioner 330, a defroster 340, a power window 350, and a wiper 360, an input device 400, a map database 500, and an in-vehicle control device 600. .

  The indoor temperature sensor 110 is installed in the vehicle interior and measures the temperature in the vehicle interior. The vehicle interior temperature measured by the room temperature sensor 110 is transmitted to the in-vehicle control device 600. The outdoor temperature sensor 120 is installed outside the vehicle and measures the temperature outside the vehicle. The temperature outside the vehicle measured by the outdoor temperature sensor 120 is also transmitted to the in-vehicle control device 600.

  The humidity sensor 130 measures the humidity outside the vehicle in the range of 0 to 100%. The humidity measured by the humidity sensor 130 is transmitted to the in-vehicle control device 600. Further, the sunshine sensor 140 measures the illuminance of the outside of the vehicle, and in this embodiment, measures the illuminance of the outside of the vehicle in four stages. The illuminance measured by the sunshine sensor 140 is transmitted to the in-vehicle control device 600. Moreover, the raindrop sensor 150 irradiates infrared light toward the lens provided in the raindrop sensor 150, and detects the amount of raindrop on the lens surface by detecting the attenuation amount of the irradiated infrared light attenuated by the raindrop. In the present embodiment, the raindrop sensor 150 detects the raindrop amount in four stages, and transmits the detected raindrop amount to the in-vehicle control device 600.

  The navigation device 200 has a GPS unit (not shown), detects the traveling position (latitude and longitude and altitude) of the host vehicle, and transmits the detected traveling position of the host vehicle to the in-vehicle control device 600. In addition, the navigation device 200 refers to the map information stored in the map database 500 to determine whether the traveling position of the host vehicle is near a predetermined position such as a railroad crossing, a tunnel, or a user registration point registered by an occupant. By detecting whether or not, the position attribute of the traveling position of the host vehicle is detected. The position attribute of the traveling position of the host vehicle detected by the navigation device 200 is also transmitted to the in-vehicle control device 600.

  Next, each in-vehicle device 300 will be described. The intake door 310 can be opened and closed by alternately switching the inside / outside air introduction port by the operation of the occupant or the control of the in-vehicle control device 600, thereby switching the air-conditioning mode between outside air introduction and inside air circulation.

  The blower fan 320 blows air into the passenger compartment by an occupant's operation or the control of the in-vehicle control device 600. Moreover, in this embodiment, the vehicle-mounted control apparatus 600 can adjust the rotational speed of the blower fan 320 in five steps. Note that the greater the frequency of the blower fan 320, the greater the amount of air blown into the vehicle compartment, and the smaller the frequency of the rotational speed, the smaller the amount of air blown into the vehicle interior.

  In the present embodiment, the air conditioner 330 and the defroster 340 can be switched ON / OFF by the operation of the occupant or the control of the in-vehicle control device 600.

  Furthermore, the power window 350 according to the present embodiment can be adjusted to be opened and closed by the operation of the occupant or the control of the in-vehicle control device 600. In particular, the in-vehicle control device 600 can adjust the opening degree of the window to 10 levels. Can be adjusted. In this embodiment, for example, the opening when the power window 350 is fully opened is displayed as 10/10, and the opening when the power window 350 is half opened is displayed as 5/10.

  The wiper 360 is operated by an occupant's operation or the control of the in-vehicle control device 600. In this embodiment, the wiper 360 is turned off, the LOW, HI, and the wiper 360 are continuously operated. It is possible to adjust in six stages of INT_1, INT_2, and INT_3 that are operated in an automatic manner.

  The input device 400 is, for example, a device such as a touch panel or joystick arranged on a display screen that can be manually input by the user, or a microphone that can be input by the user's voice. Information input by the input device 400 is transmitted to the in-vehicle control device 600.

  The map database 500 stores map information. In the present embodiment, the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the position attribute on the map such as a railroad crossing or a tunnel and the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the traveling environment such as temperature and humidity are stored in the map database 500. Are stored in advance. Here, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the recommended operation stored in the map database 500.

  For example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 2, the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the position attribute near “crossing” is illustrated. As a recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the position attribute near such a “crossing”, the intake door 310 is opened and air-conditioning is performed so that the driver can easily hear the sound outside the vehicle in order to alert the driver. The map database 500 stores that the mode is the outside air circulation and the window opening of the power window 350 is fully opened (10/10).

  Moreover, in the example shown in FIG. 2, as the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the traveling environment, the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the indoor temperature of 25 to 30 ° C. and the outdoor temperature of 20 to 25 ° C., The recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the humidity 80 to 90%, the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the illuminance 1/4, and the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the raindrop amount ¼ are exemplified. Yes.

  Specifically, as a recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for an indoor temperature of 25 to 30 ° C. and an outdoor temperature of 20 to 25 ° C., the intake door 310 is opened and the air conditioning mode is set to take in outdoor air. The map database 500 stores the outside air circulation, the rotation speed of the blower fan 320 is 3, the air conditioner 330 is turned off, the defroster 340 is turned off, and the opening degree of the power window 350 is 5/10 (half open). ing.

  Similarly, it is stored in the map database 500 that the opening degree of the power window 350 is 2/10 and the operation of the wiper 360 is INT2 as the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the humidity of 80 to 90%. . Further, as the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for illuminance 1/4, the rotation speed of the blower fan 230 is set to 2, and as the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the raindrop amount 1/4, the intake door 310 is closed and air-conditioning is performed. In the map database 500, the mode is set to the inside air circulation, the rotation speed of the blower fan 320 is set to 2, the air conditioner 330 is turned on, the defroster 340 is turned off, and the opening degree of the power window 350 is 5/10 (half open). It is remembered.

  Further, in the map database 500, when the position attribute on the map and the driving environment are comprehensively considered, the operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the position attribute on the map and the driving environment is regarded as the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300. I remember it. In the present embodiment, the map database 500 stores the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 in association with the map information.

  As will be described later, in the present embodiment, the in-vehicle control device 600 displays the map on the map based on the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the position attribute on the map and the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the travel environment. The appropriate operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the position attribute and the traveling environment is determined, and the determined appropriate operation of the in-vehicle device 300 is stored in the map database 500 in association with the map information of the traveling position of the host vehicle. As a result, the in-vehicle control device 600 performs an appropriate operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the position attribute of the traveling position of the host vehicle and the traveling environment based on the current traveling position and the traveling environment of the host vehicle from the map database 500. Can be acquired.

  Next, the in-vehicle control device 600 will be described. The in-vehicle control device 600 functions as a ROM (Read Only Memory) in which various programs are stored, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) as an operation circuit for executing the programs stored in the ROM, and an accessible storage device. RAM (Random Access Memory).

  And the vehicle-mounted control apparatus 600 implement | achieves a driving | running | working position acquisition function, a driving | running | working environment acquisition function, and a vehicle-mounted apparatus control function by running the program stored in ROM by CPU. Below, each function which the vehicle-mounted control apparatus 600 implement | achieves is demonstrated.

  The traveling position acquisition function of the in-vehicle control device 600 acquires the traveling position of the host vehicle detected by the navigation device 200. The travel position acquisition unit also acquires the position attribute of the travel position of the host vehicle detected by the navigation device 200.

  The traveling environment acquisition function of the in-vehicle control device 600 acquires the traveling environment of the host vehicle detected by the traveling environment sensor 100. More specifically, the travel environment acquisition function includes the indoor temperature from the indoor temperature sensor 110, the outdoor temperature from the outdoor temperature sensor 120, the humidity from the humidity sensor 130, the illuminance from the sunshine sensor 140, and the amount of raindrops from the rain sensor 150. Are acquired as the traveling environment of the host vehicle.

  The in-vehicle device control function of the in-vehicle control device 600 is stored in the map database 500 based on the travel position of the host vehicle acquired by the travel position acquisition function and the travel environment of the host vehicle acquired by the travel environment acquisition function. The appropriate operation of the in-vehicle device 300 is selected from among the appropriate operations of the in-vehicle device 300 being selected, and the appropriate operation of the in-vehicle device 300 that is suitable for the position attribute of the current traveling position of the host vehicle and the traveling environment is selected. 300. As described above, the map database 500 stores the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 for each position attribute and for each travel environment in association with the map information. Based on the position and the travel environment, the map database 500 can acquire the position attribute of the current travel position of the host vehicle and the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the travel environment.

The in-vehicle device control function also recommends the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the location attribute of the map place when the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 corresponding to the traveling position of the host vehicle is not stored in the map database 500. Based on the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the traveling environment, the appropriate operation of the in-vehicle device 300 corresponding to the traveling position of the host vehicle is determined. Specifically, the vehicle-mounted device control functions, the majority of the recommended operation of the vehicle equipment 3 00 suitable for location attributes of the map, the recommended operation of the vehicle equipment 3 00 suitable for running environment, the proper in-vehicle equipment 300 Determine the behavior.

  Here, FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a method of determining an appropriate operation of the in-vehicle device 300. FIG. 3 illustrates a method for determining the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 in the same position attribute and traveling environment as the scene example shown in FIG.

For example, in the example shown in FIG. 3, as the recommended operation of the intake door 310, “introduction of outside air” is “current crossing” that is the position attribute of the current traveling position of the host vehicle is the current traveling environment of the host vehicle. 'Inside air introduction' is stored for indoor temperature 25 to 30 ° C and outdoor temperature 20 to 25 ° C, and 'inside air circulation' is stored for raindrop amount ¼. In this case, the in-vehicle device control function determines “outside air introduction” as an appropriate operation of the intake door 310 by majority vote.

In the example shown in FIG. 3, as a recommended operation of the blower fan 320, the blower fan speed “3” is set for the indoor temperature 25 to 30 ° C. and the outdoor temperature 20 to 25 ° C., and the blower fan is set for the illuminance 1/4. The speed “2” stores the blower fan speed “2” with respect to the raindrop amount ¼. In this case, the in-vehicle device control function determines the blower fan speed “2” as the proper operation of the blower fan 320 by majority vote.

Similarly, in the example shown in FIG. 3, the recommended operation of the defroster 340 is “OFF” for the indoor temperature of 25 to 30 ° C. and the outdoor temperature of 20 to 25 ° C., and “OFF” for the raindrop amount ¼. Each is remembered. In this case, the in-vehicle device control function determines turning off the defroster 340 as an appropriate operation of the defroster 340 by majority vote.

Further, in the example shown in FIG. 3, as a recommended operation of the power window 350, the window opening degree “full open (10/10)” with respect to the position attribute “crossing” is an indoor temperature of 25 to 30 ° C. and an outdoor temperature of 20 to 25. The window opening degree 'half open (5/10)' with respect to ° C., the window opening degree '2/10' with respect to humidity 80 to 90%, and the window opening degree 'half open with respect to 1/4 of the raindrop amount (5 / 10) ′ is stored. In this case, the in-vehicle device control function determines the window opening “half open (5/10)” of the power window 350 as the proper operation of the power window 350 by majority vote.

  In addition, in the example shown in FIG. 3, as the recommended operation of the wiper 360, “INT_2” is stored for the humidity 80 to 90% and “INT_2” is stored for the raindrop amount ¼. The control function determines 'INT_2' as the proper operation of the wiper 360 by majority vote.

  Then, the in-vehicle device control function stores the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 determined by majority vote in the map database 500 in association with the map information corresponding to the travel position of the host vehicle together with the travel environment.

  In addition, the in-vehicle device control function has the largest number 2 in order to have the occupant select an appropriate operation of the in-vehicle device 300 when there are two or more recommended operations of the in-vehicle device 300 having the largest number in the majority decision. The above recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 is presented to the occupant via a display or a speaker (not shown).

  For example, in the example shown in FIG. 3, as the recommended operation of the air conditioner 330, when the indoor temperature is 25 to 30 ° C. and the outdoor temperature is 20 to 25 ° C., the “OFF” of the air conditioner 330 is for the humidity 80 to 90%. “ON” of the air conditioner 330 is stored. In this case, since the recommended operation of the air conditioner 330 having the largest number is two or more of “ON” and “OFF”, the in-vehicle device control function, for example, turns the operation of the air conditioner 330 on or off. Present a message to the passengers asking if they want to do so.

  When the occupant selects the recommended operation of one in-vehicle device 300 among the recommended operations of two or more in-vehicle devices 300 through the input device 400, the in-vehicle device control function The recommended operation of the selected in-vehicle device 300 is determined as the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the position attribute of the traveling position of the host vehicle and the traveling environment.

  Here, FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a method for updating the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300. In the example of the scene shown in FIG. 3, the in-vehicle device 300 updated with the input information input by the occupant and the input information. Shows the proper operation. For example, as described above, when information on whether to turn on or off the operation of the air conditioner 330 is presented to the occupant, as shown in FIG. 4, the occupant turns on the operation of the air conditioner 330. When the input information indicating that the vehicle is to be operated is input, the vehicle-mounted device control function turns ON the air conditioner 330 input by the occupant as the proper operation of the vehicle-mounted device 300 suitable for the position attribute of the traveling position of the host vehicle and the traveling environment. decide.

  In addition, when the in-vehicle device 300 is operated by the occupant, the in-vehicle device control function acquires the operation of the in-vehicle device 300 operated by the occupant as input information by the occupant, and updates the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 4, the proper operation of the intake door 310 (appropriate operation of the intake door 310 before the update) is determined as “introduction of outside air” by majority vote, but the occupant closes the intake door 310, When the air conditioning mode is changed to “inside air circulation”, the proper operation of the intake door 310 suitable for the current position attribute and traveling environment is updated from “outside air introduction” to “inside air circulation”.

  Similarly, in the example shown in FIG. 4, the proper operation of the power window 350 is determined to be the power window opening degree “5/10” by majority decision, but the opening degree of the power window 350 is set to “1/10” by the occupant. When it is changed to “,” the in-vehicle device control function updates the proper operation of the power window 350 suitable for the current position attribute and traveling environment from the window opening “5/10” to “1/10”. Further, in the example shown in FIG. 4, the operation of the wiper 360 is determined to be “INT_2” by majority decision, but when the occupant changes the operation of the wiper 360 from “INT_2” to “INT_3”, the current The proper operation of the wiper 360 suitable for the position attribute and the driving environment is updated from 'INT_2' to 'INT_3'.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 5, a control process for the in-vehicle device according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a control process of the in-vehicle device according to the present embodiment. 5 is executed by the in-vehicle control device 600 when, for example, the ignition is turned on.

  First, in step S101, the travel position and position attributes of the host vehicle are acquired by the travel position acquisition function. In the present embodiment, the travel position acquisition function can acquire the travel position of the host vehicle and the position attribute of the travel position of the host vehicle from the navigation device 200.

  In step S102, the travel environment of the host vehicle is acquired by the travel environment acquisition function. Specifically, the travel environment acquisition function includes the indoor temperature sensor 110, the outdoor temperature sensor 120, the outdoor temperature, the humidity sensor 130, the outdoor humidity, and the sunshine sensor 140, the vehicle exterior illuminance, and a raindrop sensor. The amount of raindrops is acquired from 150 as the traveling environment of the host vehicle.

In step S103, as shown in FIG. 3 , by the in-vehicle device control function, the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the position attribute of the current travel position of the host vehicle and the travel environment corresponds to the travel position of the host vehicle. It is determined whether the map information is stored in the map database 500 in association with the map information. When the current position attribute of the host vehicle and the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the driving environment are stored in association with the map information corresponding to the driving position of the host vehicle, the process proceeds to step S110, while If the current position attribute of the vehicle and the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the travel environment are not stored in association with the map information corresponding to the travel position of the host vehicle, the process proceeds to step S104.

  In step S104, the recommended operation suitable for the position attribute of the current traveling position of the host vehicle and the recommended operation suitable for the current traveling environment of the host vehicle are acquired from the map database 500 by the in-vehicle device control function. As shown in FIG. 4, the majority of recommended actions acquired from the map database 500 is performed.

  In step S105, the in-vehicle device control function determines whether or not there are two or more recommended operations having the largest number in the majority decision in step S104. When the most recommended operation is one, the process proceeds to step S106, and the most recommended operation is determined as the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 as shown in FIG. Then, after the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 is determined in step S106, the process proceeds to step S109, and the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 determined in step S106 is determined by the in-vehicle device control function according to the current traveling environment of the host vehicle. At the same time, it is associated with the map information corresponding to the current traveling position of the host vehicle and stored in the map database 500.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S105 that there are two or more recommended actions with the largest number, the process proceeds to step S107. In step S107, two or more recommended actions with the largest number are presented to the occupant by the in-vehicle device control function. On the other hand, when the occupant selects one recommended operation among the two or more recommended operations having the largest number via the input device 400, the occupant is controlled by the in-vehicle device control function in the subsequent step S108. The input recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 is determined as the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300. Then, the process proceeds to step S109, and the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 determined in step S107 is associated with the map information corresponding to the current traveling position of the own vehicle together with the current traveling environment of the own vehicle by the in-vehicle device control function. And stored in the map database 500.

  In step S110, among the appropriate operations of the plurality of in-vehicle devices 300 stored in the map database 500 by the in-vehicle device control function, the position attribute of the current traveling position of the host vehicle and the appropriateness of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the traveling environment. The operation is acquired.

  As described above, the map database 500 stores the position attribute on the map and the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the travel environment in association with the map information for each position attribute and for each travel environment. Therefore, the in-vehicle device control function is an appropriate operation of the in-vehicle device 300 corresponding to the current traveling position of the own vehicle among the appropriate operations of the in-vehicle device 300 associated with the map information, and the current traveling environment of the own vehicle. Appropriate operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the vehicle can be extracted from the map database 500. And in step S111, the process which makes the vehicle equipment 300 perform proper operation | movement of the vehicle equipment 300 acquired by step S110 by the vehicle equipment control function is performed.

  For example, in the example shown in FIG. 3, the position attribute of the traveling position of the host vehicle is close to the railroad crossing, so that the proper operation of the power window 350 is determined as the window opening “half open (5/10)”. In this case, even if it is raining, the in-vehicle device control function can cause the power window 350 to be half open (5/10), so that the occupant can be alerted near the railroad crossing.

  Subsequently, in step S112, it is determined whether or not the occupant has operated the in-vehicle device 300 by the in-vehicle device control function. When the occupant operates the in-vehicle device 300, the process proceeds to step S113, and as shown in FIG. 4, the operation of the in-vehicle device 300 operated by the occupant is used as input information to update the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300. Is done. On the other hand, when the operation of the in-vehicle device 300 is not performed by the passenger, the process proceeds to step S114 without updating the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300.

  For example, in the example shown in FIG. 4, although it is near a railroad crossing, it is raining, so that the window opening of the power window 350 is changed from “half open (5/10)” to “1/10” by the operation of the passenger. Has been changed. In this case, the in-vehicle device control function updates the proper operation of the power window 350 suitable for the position attribute and the driving environment from “half open (5/10)” to “1/10” in the future. In this traveling position, in a situation where it is raining, the power window 350 can be operated so as to have a window opening “1/10”.

  In step S114, a determination is made as to whether or not the ignition is off by the in-vehicle device control function. If the ignition is off, the control process of the in-vehicle device 300 shown in FIG. 5 is terminated. On the other hand, if the ignition is on, the process returns to step S101, and the above-described control process of the in-vehicle device 300 is repeatedly executed until the ignition is turned off.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the position attribute on the map and the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the travel environment are stored for each position attribute on the map and for each travel environment, and the current state of the host vehicle is stored. Based on the position attribute of the travel position and the travel environment, the position attribute of the current travel position of the host vehicle is acquired by acquiring the position attribute of the current travel position of the host vehicle and the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the travel environment. And the operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the traveling environment can be performed.

  In the present embodiment, the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 is stored in association with the map information, so that the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 can be easily acquired based on the travel position of the host vehicle. . Further, by associating the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 with the map information, even when the position attribute and the driving environment are the same at different driving positions, the in-vehicle device 300 can execute different operations for each driving position. The operation of the in-vehicle device 300 desired by the occupant can be automatically performed at the travel position desired by the occupant.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, by determining the appropriate operation of the in-vehicle device 300 based on the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the position attribute on the map and the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the traveling environment. The operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the current situation of the host vehicle can be appropriately determined. For example, when the position attribute of the traveling position of the host vehicle is “crossing”, the appropriate operation of the in-vehicle device 300 is determined in consideration of the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the position attribute. Even when it is raining, if the vehicle is located near the railroad crossing, it is possible to perform actions such as opening the power window 350 slightly to alert the passengers and improve the convenience of passengers. Can do.

In the present embodiment, the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 is determined based on the majority of the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the position attribute on the map and the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the travel environment. For example, when the operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the traveling environment is determined by learning the operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the traveling environment as in the conventional case, the operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the traveling environment is determined. There was a problem that it took time to learn. The learning results in a plurality of driving environments affect the operation of the in-vehicle device 300, such as closing the power window 350 when it is raining, and opening the power window 350 when the temperature inside the vehicle is high. Therefore, it may be difficult to appropriately learn the operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the traveling environment. In contrast, in the present embodiment, by determining the proper operation of the in-vehicle apparatus 300 by majority, it is determined properly and quickly the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for location attributes and running environment on the map it can.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when there are two or more recommended operations of the in-vehicle device 300 having the largest number in the majority decision, the recommended operations of the two or more in-vehicle devices 300 are presented to the occupant. When the recommended operation of one in-vehicle device 300 is selected, the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 selected by the occupant is determined as the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the current situation of the host vehicle. The appropriate operation of 300 can be determined as the operation desired by the occupant.

  In addition, in the present embodiment, when the in-vehicle device 300 is operated by the occupant, the operation of the in-vehicle device 300 operated by the occupant is acquired as input information, and the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 is updated. The proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 can be the operation desired by the occupant. For example, in the vicinity of “chicken farm”, “ranch”, “field”, etc., the passenger feels a strange smell such as fertilizer, so the power window 350 is closed and the operation of the intake door 310 is changed to “inside air circulation”. In this case, the operation of the in-vehicle device 300 operated by the occupant is used as input information to update the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 corresponding to this travel position, so that the host vehicle then travels at this point. In addition, the power window 350 can be automatically closed and the operation of the intake door 310 can be changed to the inside air circulation, so that the convenience of the passenger can be further improved.

  The embodiment described above is described for facilitating understanding of the present invention, and is not described for limiting the present invention. Therefore, each element disclosed in the above embodiment is intended to include all design changes and equivalents belonging to the technical scope of the present invention.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the scene where the host vehicle is located near the railroad crossing is described as an example of the position attribute of the host vehicle. However, the position attribute of the host vehicle is not limited to this, for example, “tunnel entrance” By storing the recommended action of the intake door 310 as “inside air circulation” for the position attribute with the vicinity, when the host vehicle enters the tunnel, the air conditioning mode is changed from “outside air introduction” to “inside air circulation”. It becomes easy to change automatically to ', thereby effectively preventing the air in the passenger compartment from being contaminated.

  Also, by storing the recommended operation of the wiper 360 as “OFF” for the position attribute near the “tunnel entrance”, it becomes easy to stop the operation of the wiper 360 in the tunnel. Can be prevented, blade deterioration can be stopped, and power consumption can be reduced.

  Furthermore, by storing the recommended action of the intake door 310 as “outside air introduction” for the position attribute near the “tunnel exit”, the air conditioning mode is set to “outside air introduction” when the vehicle leaves the tunnel. This makes it easier to set the air conditioning mode of the vehicle to the state before entering the tunnel. In this case, immediately after the host vehicle exits the tunnel, the travel position of the host vehicle may not be properly acquired by the navigation device 200. For example, an intake for an illuminance of a predetermined value or more (or headlights off) is taken. By storing the recommended operation of the door 310 as “outside air introduction”, the air conditioning mode can be appropriately returned to “outside air circulation” when the vehicle leaves the tunnel.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the indoor temperature, the outdoor temperature, the humidity, the illuminance, and the amount of raindrops are detected as the travel environment is exemplified, but the travel environment of the host vehicle is not limited to this, for example, an Internet line or The weather information may be detected as a traveling environment via a telephone communication line network. For example, when it is determined that the rain is based on the weather information, the recommended operation of the power window 350 is stored as 0/10, and when the rain is predicted based on the weather information, the power window 350 can be easily closed automatically. can do.

  Further, the comfort level is calculated based on the outdoor temperature detected by the outdoor temperature sensor 120 and the humidity outside the vehicle detected by the humidity sensor 130, and based on the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the calculated comfort level. It is good also as a structure which determines the appropriate operation | movement of the apparatus 300. FIG. Thereby, for example, when the comfort level is high, the in-vehicle device 300 may be operated so that the air conditioner 330 is turned off and the power window 350 is opened. Further, when the position attribute on the map changes from “urban area, residential area” to “suburb, resort area”, the above-described vehicle-mounted device 300 may be operated. Thereby, when the comfort level is high in the suburbs and resort areas, the operation of the air conditioner 330 and the blower fan 320 can be suppressed by taking in natural air, and as a result, the power consumption can be reduced.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 is determined by the majority of the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the position attribute on the map and the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the traveling environment. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration. For example, in the majority decision of the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the current position attribute of the host vehicle and the traveling environment, the rotation speed “2” of the blower fan 320 is the largest. However, if the number of times the rotation speed of the blower fan 320 is “3” in the proper operation of the blower fan 320 so far, the rotation speed “3” of the blower fan 320 is set as the proper operation of the blower fan 320. It is good also as a structure to determine.

  In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 is stored in association with the map information is illustrated. However, for example, the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 may be stored without being associated with the map information. . In this case, even if the host vehicle has never traveled, if the position attribute of the current travel position of the host vehicle and the proper operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the travel environment are stored, the in-vehicle device 300 The appropriate operation of the in-vehicle device 300 suitable for the position attribute of the current traveling position of the host vehicle and the traveling environment can be acquired without newly determining the appropriate operation.

  In addition, the map database 500 of the above-described embodiment is a storage unit of the present invention, the navigation device 200 is a travel position detection unit of the present invention, and the travel environment sensor 100 of the present invention is a travel environment detection unit of the present invention. The device 300 corresponds to the control means of the present invention, and the input device 400 corresponds to the input means of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Vehicle control apparatus 100 ... Running environment sensor
110 ... Indoor temperature sensor
120 ... Outdoor temperature sensor
130 ... Humidity sensor
140 ... Sunlight sensor
150 ... Raindrop sensor 200 ... Navigation device 300 ... In-vehicle device 310 ... Intake door 320 ... Blower fan 330 ... Air conditioner 340 ... Defroster 350 ... Power window 360 ... Wiper 400 ... Input device 500 ... Map database 600 ... In-vehicle control device

Claims (4)

A vehicle control device that controls the operation of an in-vehicle device,
Map information, recommended operation of the in-vehicle device suitable for the position attribute on the map, and recommended operation of the in-vehicle device suitable for the driving environment are stored in advance, and the map information for each predetermined position on the map Storage means for storing a plurality of appropriate operations of the in-vehicle device suitable for the position attribute and the traveling environment in association with
Travel position detection means for detecting a travel position of the host vehicle and detecting a position attribute corresponding to the travel position of the host vehicle by referring to the map information stored in the storage means;
Driving environment detection means for detecting the driving environment of the host vehicle;
Control means for operating the in-vehicle device of the host vehicle,
The control means includes
When the storage unit stores the proper operation of the in-vehicle device suitable for the position attribute of the current traveling position of the host vehicle and the traveling environment, the proper operation of the in-vehicle device is acquired from the storage unit and acquired . Proper operation of the in-vehicle device is executed by the in-vehicle device,
When the storage means does not store the position attribute of the current traveling position of the host vehicle and the proper operation of the in-vehicle device suitable for the traveling environment, the vehicle is suitable for the position attribute of the current traveling position of the host vehicle. Based on the recommended operation of the device and the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device suitable for the traveling environment of the current traveling position of the own vehicle, the in-vehicle device suitable for the position attribute of the current traveling position of the own vehicle and the traveling environment The proper operation of the vehicle-mounted device determined by the majority vote is stored in the storage means in association with the map information corresponding to the current traveling position of the host vehicle, and the stored operation is stored. A control apparatus for a vehicle, which causes the in-vehicle device to execute an appropriate operation of the in-vehicle device. The vehicle control device according to claim 1,
The occupant further includes input means for inputting predetermined input information,
When there are two or more recommended operations of the in-vehicle device having the largest number in the majority vote, the control means performs the recommended operation of one in-vehicle device out of the recommended operations of the two or more in-vehicle devices. To present the occupant so as to select the appropriate operation of the in-vehicle device suitable for the position attribute of the current traveling position and the traveling environment, and the recommended operation of the first in-vehicle device by the occupant via the input means When the vehicle is selected, the recommended operation of the selected in-vehicle device is determined as the proper operation of the in-vehicle device. The vehicle control device according to claim 1, wherein:
When the on-vehicle device is operated by an occupant, the control unit updates the proper operation of the on-vehicle device stored in the storage unit with the operation of the on-vehicle device operated by the occupant. A control apparatus for a vehicle. A vehicle control method for controlling the operation of an in-vehicle device in accordance with a position attribute of a host vehicle and a traveling environment,
A plurality of the in-vehicle devices suitable for the map information, the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device suitable for the position attribute on the map, the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device suitable for the travel environment, and the location attribute on the map and the travel environment Is stored in association with the map information for each predetermined position on the map,
When storing the position attribute of the current traveling position of the host vehicle and the proper operation of the in-vehicle device suitable for the traveling environment, the stored proper operation of the in-vehicle device is acquired, and the acquired proper operation of the in-vehicle device is acquired. Is executed by the in-vehicle device,
If the position attribute of the current traveling position of the host vehicle and the proper operation of the in-vehicle apparatus suitable for the traveling environment are not stored, the stored in-vehicle apparatus suitable for the position attribute of the current traveling position of the host vehicle is stored. The recommended operation and the recommended operation of the in-vehicle device suitable for the stored driving environment are acquired, and based on the acquired plurality of recommended operations of the in-vehicle device, the position attribute of the current driving position of the host vehicle and the driving environment The proper operation of the in-vehicle device suitable for the vehicle is determined by a majority vote, the proper operation of the in-vehicle device determined by the majority vote is stored in association with the map information corresponding to the current travel position of the host vehicle, and the storage A control method for a vehicle, which causes the in-vehicle device to execute an appropriate operation of the in-vehicle device.

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