JP7322392B2 - Vehicle-mounted device, vehicle control method, and program - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an in-vehicle device, an automobile control method, and a program, and more particularly to technology for reducing the risk of automobile accidents.

In Japan, which is a super-aging society, car driving by dementia patients has become a big social problem. A dementia patient cannot renew a driver's license for a car, but before the renewal, the driver's license will not expire, so he/she can drive a car. In the unlikely event that a dementia patient drives a car and an accident occurs, the car insurance will not apply. As a result, a claim for compensation for damages is made against the family, and the burden on the family of the elderly person becomes very large.

By the way, as a technology that considers the health and mental condition of passengers such as drivers and passengers, Patent Document 1 discloses input information including image data, position information, Internet information, and health maintenance related to the health of passengers. Management means for managing information and health abnormality phrase information; Route guidance function means for generating traveling route information indicating a traveling route from a starting point to a destination based on position information; state estimation means for estimating the health and mental state of the passenger, providing the driving route information generated by the driving route guidance function means to an output device so that it can be displayed in a visible form; This document describes a safe driving support system that, when it is determined that an abnormality has occurred in a passenger by a means, provides an output device to that effect and makes it possible to report it. According to this safe driving support system, it is possible to infer and determine an abnormality related to the physical condition or mental condition of the passenger during driving, and to promptly notify the driver of the abnormality.

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However, the system of Patent Literature 1 determines and notifies the passenger of an accident while driving. may not be determined. Then, the accident risk by dementia patients cannot be reduced.

The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and makes it possible to control the drive of an automobile engine (driving unit) based on the driver's health information, thereby helping patients with specific medical conditions. An object of the present invention is to provide an in-vehicle device, an automobile control method, and a program capable of reducing the risk of automobile accidents.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a first invention provides information acquisition means for acquiring health information including a medical history or medical condition recorded in a portable recording medium, and determining whether or not driving is possible based on the health information. and vehicle drive control means for controlling the drive unit of the vehicle so that it cannot be driven when the determination means determines that the vehicle cannot be driven, wherein the determination means has a predetermined medical history or medical condition registered in advance. is identical with the medical history or the medical condition included in the health information, it is determined that the vehicle cannot drive .

According to the first invention, an in-vehicle device acquires health information including a medical history or medical condition recorded in a portable recording medium, determines whether driving is possible or not based on the health information, and determines that driving is impossible. If it does, control the drive unit of the car so that it cannot be driven. This makes it possible to provide an in-vehicle device capable of reducing the risk of car accidents for patients with specific medical conditions. In addition, a patient who has a pre-registered medical history or medical condition is determined to be incapable of driving and cannot drive the drive unit of the automobile, thereby eliminating the patient's accident risk.

In the first invention, the recording medium records the age of the driver and the most recent medical examination date, and based on a predetermined age condition and the number of days since the most recent medical examination date, It is desirable to further provide a warning means for warning by As a result, even if the driver does not have a medical history or condition, a warning can be issued if the age or the number of days elapsed since the most recent medical checkup date do not meet the conditions.

Furthermore, when the age of the driver or the number of days elapsed since the medical examination date does not satisfy a predetermined condition, the warning means sounds a warning sound, and the vehicle drive control means controls the driving of the vehicle. It is desirable to drive the As a result, it is possible to drive the vehicle after issuing a warning, so that it is possible to encourage the driver to undergo a health checkup.

Moreover, it is desirable to further include registration means for registering a medical history or medical condition for determining whether driving is possible or not. As a result, it is possible to freely set and register the conditions for determining whether driving is possible or not, and it is possible to provide an in-vehicle device that is easy to use.

In the first invention, the recording medium is an IC card-type patient registration card, further comprising a card reader for reading information recorded on the IC card-type patient registration card, and the information acquisition means is configured to read the information recorded on the IC card-type patient registration card using the card reader. It is desirable to read the health information recorded on the IC card type patient registration card . As a result, an IC card capable of recording information can be used as a patient registration card and used as a recording medium of the present invention.

Moreover, it is preferable that the in-vehicle device of the first invention comprises position information obtaining means for obtaining position information, and notification means for notifying the obtained position information to pre-registered contacts. As a result, it is possible to acquire the location information of the car and notify it to the contact information registered in advance. The family can know the driving situation of the elderly by putting it on.

In a second aspect of the invention, a computer mounted on a vehicle acquires health information including a medical history or condition recorded in a portable recording medium, and determines whether driving is possible or not based on the health information. and controlling the drive unit of the automobile so that it cannot be driven when it is determined that the vehicle cannot be driven, and in the determining step, the health information includes a predetermined medical history or medical condition registered in advance. In the vehicle control method, it is determined that the vehicle cannot be driven when the history or the condition of the vehicle matches the medical history or the medical condition .

According to the second invention, a computer mounted on a vehicle acquires health information including a medical history or medical condition recorded in a portable recording medium, determines whether driving is possible or not based on the health information, When it is determined that the vehicle cannot be driven, the driving part of the vehicle is controlled so that it cannot be driven. This makes it possible to reduce the risk of motor vehicle accidents for patients with certain medical conditions. In addition, a patient who has a pre-registered medical history or medical condition is determined to be incapable of driving and cannot drive the drive unit of the automobile, thereby eliminating the patient's accident risk.

A third aspect of the present invention is information acquisition means for acquiring health information including a medical history or medical condition recorded in a portable recording medium, and determining whether driving is possible or not based on the health information. and vehicle drive control means for controlling the drive unit of the vehicle so that it cannot be driven when the determination means determines that the vehicle cannot be driven , wherein the determination means is registered in advance. The program determines that the vehicle cannot be driven when a predetermined medical history or medical condition matches the medical history or medical condition included in the health information.

The third invention enables a computer to function as the in-vehicle device of the first invention.

The present invention makes it possible to control the driving of an automobile engine (driving unit) based on the driver's health information, thereby reducing the risk of automobile accidents for patients with specific medical conditions. , an automobile control method and a program can be provided.

Configuration diagram of in-vehicle system 1 FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the in-vehicle device 3; Block diagram showing the functional configuration of the in-vehicle device 3 A flow chart showing the flow of card processing in a hospital system Flowchart showing the flow of operation control processing in the in-vehicle system 1 A diagram explaining the function to notify a remote family member of the driving situation of a car

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an in-vehicle system 1 according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of an in-vehicle device 3, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the in-vehicle device 3.

As shown in FIG. 1, the in-vehicle system 1 includes an in-vehicle device 3 connected to a card R/W (Reader/Writer) 15 and an IC card-type patient registration card 5 .

The IC card type patient registration card 5 uses an IC card capable of recording a large amount of information as a patient registration card. Patient information is recorded on the IC card-type patient registration card 5 using an IC card R/W provided in the hospital system. The information recorded in the IC card type examination ticket 5 includes, for example, medical history, current medical condition, health information such as allergy information, date of most recent medical examination, patient's name, date of birth, and the like.

The in-vehicle device 3 is a device mounted on a vehicle and connected to a vehicle drive unit 7 (engine, motor). The in-vehicle device 3 can be implemented by a computer configured by connecting the control unit 11, the storage unit 12, the input unit 13, the display unit 14, and the card R/W 15 via the bus 19 or the like. However, without being limited to this, various configurations can be appropriately adopted.

The control unit 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like. The CPU calls a program stored in the storage unit 12, ROM, recording medium, or the like to a work memory area on the RAM and executes it, drives and controls each unit connected via the bus 19, and executes processing performed by the in-vehicle device 3. Realize

The storage unit 12 is a flash memory, a HDD (Hard Disk Drive), or the like, and stores programs executed by the control unit 11, data necessary for executing the programs, an OS (Operating System), and the like. As for programs, a control program corresponding to the OS and an application program for causing the in-vehicle device 3 to execute processes described later are stored. These program codes are read by the control unit 11 as necessary, transferred to the RAM, read by the CPU, and executed as various means.

The input unit 13 includes a touch panel, various buttons, and the like, and inputs input signals to the control unit 11 .
The display unit 14 is implemented by a display with a touch panel that also serves as the input unit 13, or the like. The display unit 14 displays various screens related to user's operations and selections, and accepts user's input of instructions and the like by touch operations on the screen.

The card reader/writer 15 is a contact or non-contact type IC card reader/writer, reads information recorded in the IC card-type patient registration card 5, transmits the information to the control unit 11 of the vehicle-mounted device 3, and controls the vehicle-mounted device 3. The predetermined information instructed by the unit 11 is written in the IC card type patient registration card 5. - 特許庁
A bus 19 is a path through which control signals, data signals, etc. are exchanged between units.

Next, the functional configuration of the in-vehicle device 3 according to the present invention will be described.
The control unit 11 of the in-vehicle device 3 has an information acquisition unit 21 , a determination unit 22 and an automobile drive control unit 23 . The storage unit 12 also stores a list of medical conditions 24 and operating conditions 25 . The medical condition list 24 and the operating conditions 25 may be preset default information, or may be set and registered by the user.

The information acquisition unit 21 reads the patient information (including health information) recorded in the IC card-type patient registration card 5 using the card R/W 15 and sends it to the determination unit 22 .

The determination unit 22 determines whether or not the driver may drive based on the health information acquired by the information acquisition unit 21 . Specifically, the determining unit 22 refers to the medical condition list 24 stored in the storage unit 12, and if the medical history or medical condition included in the medical condition list 24 matches the medical history or medical condition included in the health information, It is determined that the vehicle cannot be driven. In addition, even if the medical history or the medical condition included in the medical condition list 24 is not included in the health information, the determination unit 22 refers to the operating condition 25 stored in the storage unit 12 and determines whether the operating condition 25 is set. If the conditions are not met, it is determined that the vehicle cannot be driven, or a warning is issued. The driving conditions include, for example, the age of the driver and the number of days elapsed since the date of receiving the health checkup. Specifically, for example, if the driver is 65 years old or older and one year or more has passed since the most recent medical examination date, a warning is issued. If the driver is 65 years of age or older and one and a half years have passed since the most recent medical checkup date, it is determined that the driver cannot drive. It should be noted that the medical history, medical condition, age, and number of days from the date of medical examination for determining whether driving is possible are arbitrary. The in-vehicle device 3 allows the user to set and register a medical history, medical condition, age, or number of days from the date of medical examination (contents of medical condition list 24 and driving conditions 25) for determining whether driving is possible or not. A portion 26 is preferably provided.

When the determination unit 22 determines that the vehicle cannot be driven, the vehicle drive control unit 23 sends an instruction to the vehicle drive unit 7 (engine, motor) not to drive the vehicle drive unit 7 (engine, motor).

Next, the operation of the in-vehicle system 1 of the present invention will be described.
First, referring to FIG. 4, the process of writing information to the IC card-type patient registration card 5 will be described.
In a hospital system, a control unit of a computer (not shown) installed in a hospital reads a program and data relating to the processing shown in FIG. 4 from a storage unit and executes processing based on this program and data.

When the operator of the hospital system holds the patient's IC card-type patient registration card 5 over the card R/W 15 (step S101), the hospital system computer reads out the patient's registration card number from the IC card-type patient registration card 5, and records the medical examination in the patient information DB. Information corresponding to the ticket number is referred to (step S102). The computer allows the operator to select whether to write the referred patient information in the IC card type patient registration card 5 or display it (step S103).

At step S103, when the operator selects write (step S103; write), the computer writes the patient information referred to at step S102 to the IC card-type patient registration card 5 (step S104). The patient information includes health information such as the patient's name, date of birth, medical history, current medical condition, date of most recent health checkup, and the like.

In step S103, when the operator selects display (step S103; display), the computer displays the patient information (patient name, date of birth, medical history, current medical condition, most recent health checkup date, etc.) referred to in step S102. health information) is displayed on the display of the terminal (step S105).
By the above processing, patient information including health information is written in the IC card type patient registration card 5 .

Next, vehicle control processing executed by the vehicle-mounted system 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
The control unit 11 of the in-vehicle device 3 of the in-vehicle system 1 reads the program and data regarding the processing shown in FIG. 5 from the storage unit 12, and executes the processing based on this program and data.

When the driver holds the IC card-type patient registration card 5 over the card R/W 15 of the vehicle-mounted device 3 (step S201), the control unit 11 of the vehicle-mounted device 3 refers to the health information recorded in the IC card-type patient registration card 5. (Step S202).

The control unit 11 reads out the list of medical conditions 24 stored in the storage unit 12, and includes the medical history of the patient (driver) recorded in the health information referred to in step S202, among the diseases and medical conditions in the list of medical conditions 24. It is determined whether or not there is a match with the current medical condition (step S203). If there is a disease or medical condition in the medical condition list 24 that matches the medical history or current medical condition recorded in the IC card-type patient registration card 5 (step S203; Yes), the control unit 11 starts driving the automobile. An instruction is sent not to drive the unit 7 (engine, motor) (step S204). As a result, when the driver has a predetermined medical history or a predetermined medical condition, the engine or motor of the automobile does not run and the driver cannot drive. Therefore, the accident risk can be avoided.

Further, when there is no disease or condition in the list of medical conditions 24 that matches the medical history or current medical condition recorded in the IC card-type patient registration card 5 (step S203; No), the control unit 11 causes the storage unit 12, and determines whether or not the operating conditions are satisfied. Specifically, for example, if the person is 65 years of age or older and one and a half years or more have passed since the most recent medical examination reception date, driving is prohibited (step S205). In step S205, the control unit 11 reads out the date of birth of the driver from the patient information recorded in the IC card-type patient registration card 5 and obtains the current age. If the driver is 65 years of age or older, the control unit 11 obtains the information on the date of the most recent medical checkup from the IC card-type patient registration card 5, and compares it with the current date to determine the date of the most recent medical checkup. Determine whether or not more than half the time has passed. If one and a half years or more have passed since the last health checkup date (step S205; Yes), the control unit 11 transmits an instruction not to drive the automobile driving unit 7 (engine, motor) (step S204). .

If the driver is under 65 years of age or less than one and a half years have passed since the date of the most recent medical examination (step S205; No), the process proceeds to step S206.

In step S206, it is determined whether or not the driver is 65 years of age or older and one year or more has passed since the most recent medical checkup date. If this condition is satisfied (step S206; Yes), the control unit 11 issues a warning (such as ringing a warning sound, step S207), and terminates the process. That is, an instruction not to drive the vehicle drive unit 7 (engine, motor) is issued, and the vehicle can be driven after issuing a warning.

Further, in step S206, if the driver is 65 years old or older and one year or more has passed since the most recent medical checkup date (step S206; No), that is, if the driver is 65 years old If the age is less than 1 year, or if it is less than 1 year since the most recent health checkup date, the process ends. That is, the vehicle driving unit 7 (engine, motor) is not instructed not to be driven, and the vehicle can be driven.

As described above, the in-vehicle device 3 of the in-vehicle system 1 of the present embodiment determines whether or not driving is possible based on the health information recorded in the IC card type examination ticket 5. controls the automobile drive unit 7 (engine, motor) so that it cannot be driven. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the driver from driving when the health condition of the driver corresponds to a predetermined medical history or medical condition set in advance. It is also possible to enable the engine to be driven after issuing a warning based on the driver's age condition and the number of days that have passed since the most recent health checkup date.

Thus, according to the in-vehicle device of the present invention, it is possible to control the drive of the automobile drive unit 7 based on conditions such as the driver's health information and age, thereby enabling patients with specific medical conditions and medical histories to It is possible to reduce the risk of car accidents for drivers who meet certain conditions.

It should be noted that the in-vehicle system 1 of the present invention preferably has a function of notifying the terminal 8 of the driver's family or the like so that the driver's family or the like can check the driving situation of the vehicle. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the driving status notification function. An automobile 70 driven by a driver is provided with an in-vehicle device 3 . The in-vehicle device 3 includes a GPS (Global Positioning System) device, and can acquire position information (latitude and longitude) from the GPS 9 . Also, the in-vehicle device 3 communicates with the server 6 via the network and transmits the position information of the vehicle 70 to the server 6 . The server 6 notifies the position information of the automobile 70 to the terminal 8 of the family registered in advance. A terminal 8 of a family member or the like can receive information on the current position of the vehicle 70 from the server 6 by inquiring about the driving information of the vehicle 70 to the server 6 . With this function, for example, a family member of the elderly person can confirm the driving situation from the position information of the automobile 70 of the elderly person.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the in-vehicle system 1 is installed in the automobile 70 and used has been shown, but the in-vehicle system 1 of the present invention can also be introduced and used in shops such as insurance, real estate, and banks. can. In this case, by reading out the health information of the purchaser of the financial product from the IC card type examination card 5 with the card R/W 15 of the in-vehicle device (computer) 3, the health information of the purchaser of the financial product can be grasped at the store. . Therefore, it is possible to quickly present the examination result of the financial product to the customer. In addition, by introducing the in-vehicle system 1 into the pharmacy and reading the information on the IC card-type examination ticket 5 with the card R/W 15 of the in-vehicle device (computer) 3, the pharmacy can know the purchaser's health information. . Therefore, it is possible to quickly conduct an inquiry when purchasing a prescription drug.

In the above-described embodiment, the IC card-type patient registration card 5 is used as a recording medium on which health information is recorded. A memory may be used as the recording medium of the present invention.

Moreover, the present invention can be applied not only to elderly people and dementia patients, but also to drivers of taxis, buses, and the like. That is, when a driver of a taxi, bus, or the like is on duty, the in-vehicle device 3 mounted on the taxi or bus reads the IC card-type examination ticket 5 of the driver, and if the driver has a predetermined medical history or condition, or has a recent medical condition, When the number of days elapsed from the date of medical examination exceeds a predetermined number of days, the user is prohibited from driving a taxi or a bus, or issues a warning. This makes it possible to manage the health condition of drivers and greatly reduce the risk of accidents involving taxis and buses.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention is not limited to such examples. It is obvious that a person skilled in the art can conceive of various modifications or modifications within the scope of the technical ideas disclosed in the present application, and these also belong to the technical scope of the present invention. Understood.

1 ……………… In-vehicle system 3 ……………… In-vehicle device 5 ……………… IC card type examination ticket 7 ……………… Automobile driving unit 11 ……………… Control unit 12 … …………Storage unit 13…………Input unit 14…………Display unit 15…………Card reader/writer
19 ………… Bus 21 ………… Information Acquisition Unit
22 ………… Judgment unit 23 ………… Automobile drive control unit 24 ………… List of medical conditions 25 ………… Operating conditions 26 ……………… Registration unit

Claims (8)

an information acquiring means for acquiring health information including a medical history or medical condition recorded on a portable recording medium;
determination means for determining whether driving is possible or not based on the health information;
a motor vehicle drive control means for controlling the drive unit of the motor vehicle so that it cannot be driven when the determination means determines that the motor vehicle cannot be driven;
with
The determination means determines that driving is impossible when a predetermined medical history or condition registered in advance matches the medical history or condition included in the health information.
An in-vehicle device characterized by: The recording medium records the driver's age and the most recent medical examination date,
2. The in-vehicle device according to claim 1 , further comprising warning means for giving a warning based on a predetermined age condition set in advance and the number of days that have passed since the most recent medical checkup date. When the age of the driver or the number of days elapsed since the date of the medical examination does not satisfy a predetermined condition, the warning means sounds a warning sound, and the vehicle drive control means causes the drive unit to operate. 3. The vehicle-mounted device according to claim 2 , wherein the vehicle-mounted device is driven. 4. The in-vehicle device according to claim 1, further comprising registration means for registering a medical history or medical condition for determining whether driving is possible or not. The recording medium is an IC card type patient registration card,
further comprising a card reader for reading information recorded in the IC card-type patient registration card;
5. The in-vehicle device according to claim 1 , wherein the information acquisition means reads the health information recorded in the IC card-type patient registration card by the card reader. a location information acquiring means for acquiring location information;
notification means for notifying the acquired location information to pre-registered contacts;
The in-vehicle device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , further comprising: A computer installed in the vehicle
obtaining health information including a medical history or medical condition recorded on a portable recording medium;
a step of determining whether driving is possible or not based on the health information;
a step of controlling the drive unit of the automobile so that it cannot be driven when it is determined that the vehicle cannot be driven;
including
In the determining step, if a predetermined medical history or medical condition registered in advance matches the medical history or medical condition included in the health information, it is determined that driving is impossible.
An automobile control method characterized by: computer installed in the vehicle
information acquisition means for acquiring health information including medical history or medical conditions recorded in a portable recording medium;
determination means for determining whether driving is possible or not based on the health information;
Vehicle drive control means for controlling the drive unit of the vehicle so that it cannot be driven when the determination means determines that the vehicle cannot be driven;
A program for functioning as
The determination means determines that driving is impossible when a predetermined medical history or condition registered in advance matches the medical history or condition included in the health information.
A program characterized by

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