JPH11282530A - Vehicle operation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle operation system for allowing a vehicle to automatically run without limiting the owner. SOLUTION: In this vehicle operation system 10, each information of a card PC 30 for preliminarily storing designation data such as scheduled information and of a CD-ROM 34 for preliminarily storing the passing point information such as map information are inputted to a computer 14 loaded on an automatic vehicle which can be controlled by a computer. Then, a route to the destination is set by the computer 14 based on the inputted information for allowing the vehicle to automatically run. The passing point information is stored in an RAM 28 of the computer 14 while the vehicle is running, and the vehicle is allowed to automatically return to the start point based on the information in the RAM.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle operation system and, more particularly, to a vehicle operation system capable of automatically driving an automobile without limiting its owner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional automobile has a clear owner, and can only be operated with a key unique to the automobile, such as opening a locked door and starting an engine. Was difficult to perform.

[0003]

As described above, in a conventional automobile, only a person who has a specific key (key) can operate the car. For example, in a general rental car system, the car is not operated. The borrower can drop off the car when he arrives at the destination, but he uses manned land transport to return the dropped-out car to the starting point. For this reason, there have been problems that the vehicle operation becomes complicated and the management cost increases.

[0004] Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle operation system capable of automatically driving a vehicle without limiting the owner.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a vehicle operation system using an automatic traveling vehicle capable of computer-controlling an engine, a steering wheel, a brake, and the like necessary for traveling, and a computer provided in the vehicle and a computer. First input means for inputting the ground data, and second input means for inputting the passing point information to the computer, the computer automatically sets a route to the destination and travels automatically. This is a vehicle operation system for storing and automatically traveling to a departure place according to information in the memory.

[0006]

In a vehicle operation system using an automatic traveling vehicle which can be controlled by a computer, destination data is inputted to a computer mounted on the vehicle by a first input means.
Passing point information is input by the second input means, and further, a route to the destination is set by the computer, automatic traveling is performed, and the automatic return traveling to the departure point is performed according to the passing point information stored in the memory during automatic traveling.

[0007]

According to the present invention, it is possible to use a vehicle such as an automobile without restricting the owner and freely drop it off at the destination, and furthermore, based on the route according to the personal information of the user. The vehicle can be automatically driven back to the departure point by a position detection device (GPS) or the like. The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of embodiments with reference to the drawings.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A vehicle operation system 10 of this embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 includes an autonomous vehicle 12 such as an automobile which can be automatically controlled by computer control, a computer 14 mounted on the vehicle 12, and a computer 14 18, steering 20, brake 22, which are controlled via control interface 16 based on commands from
And the door 24 and the like.

The computer 14 includes a ROM 26 for storing necessary programs and a RAM 28 for comparing stored information and other data processing. This R
The AM 28 stores map information as passing point information via a card type personal computer 30 (hereinafter, referred to as “card PC”) and a CD drive 32 in which schedule information including destination data and other related information are stored in advance. Data necessary for traveling is input from the CD-ROM 34 stored in advance. The computer 14 has a CPU
The CPU 36 has a card PC 30 and a C
The arithmetic processing is performed based on the input information respectively input from the D-ROM 34, and the traveling route to the destination is set.

As shown in FIG. 3, the card PC 30 has a ROM 38 for storing personal information and authentication information in advance, a RAM 40 for storing schedule information and travel information including destination data,
It includes an input / output unit 42 and a CPU 44 that performs arithmetic processing by comparing input / output information with stored information. The schedule information including the destination data stored in the card PC 30 is temporarily stored in the RAM 28 of the computer 14. Computer 14
Receives a position radio wave from a GPS satellite 48 via a position detection device 46 (hereinafter, referred to as “GPS”) and
The automatic traveling vehicle 12 equipped with the C30 is sequentially guided to a destination based on the schedule information stored in the RAM 28. Similarly, the passing point information (travel route information)
The running information is sequentially stored in the RAM 28 and the RAM 40 in the card PC 30.

Since the passing point information during traveling on the outward path is sequentially stored as traveling information on the card PC 30, the traveling information is read from the card PC 30 and temporarily stored in the RAM 28 on the returning path. Computer 14
As in the case of the outbound route, the GPS satellite 4 via the GPS 46
8, the automatic traveling vehicle 12 equipped with the card PC 30 is sequentially guided to points based on the traveling information stored in the RAM 28, and is automatically driven to return to the starting point.

Referring to FIG. 4, in the vehicle operating system 10 of the embodiment of FIG. 1, first, in step S1, the card PC
It is determined whether the computer 30 has been inserted into the computer 14 mounted on the self-driving vehicle 12, and if "NO", the process proceeds to step S1.
Return to If the decision result in the step S1 is "YES", the destination data stored in the card PC 30 is inputted to the RAM 28 of the computer 14 in a step S3, and the map data stored in the CD-ROM 34 in a step S5. The data is stored in the RAM 28 of the computer 14.
To enter. In step S7, steps S3 and S
In step 5, the CPU 36 performs arithmetic processing based on the destination data and the map data taken into the RAM 28 of the computer 14 to set a traveling route to the destination.

In step S9, automatic traveling is performed according to the traveling route set in step S7, and in step S1
In step 1, the position information obtained by the GPS 46 is stored in the RAM 28 of the computer 14 as history data.
In step S13, the CPU 36 of the computer 14 compares the history data stored in the RAM 28 with the destination data stored in the card PC 30, and determines whether or not the destination is a destination. Step S9
Return to and continue the automatic driving.

The result of the determination in step S13 is "YE
S ", the driving data is stored in the card P in step S15.
It is stored in the RAM 40 in C30, and it is determined in step S17 whether the card PC 30 has been removed. If "NO", the process returns to step S17 again. In step S17, "YE
If "S", it is determined in step S19 whether or not the occupant of the autonomous vehicle 12 has stepped down and opened and closed the door 24. If "NO", the process returns to step S19 again. If "YES" is determined, the automatic traveling vehicle 12 is caused to automatically return to the departure place in step S21, and a series of operations is completed.

Although the destination data is input to the computer 14 using the card PC 30 in the embodiment, a simple memory card or a magnetic card may be used instead of the card PC 30 as long as the destination data can be input and set. .
In addition, since the card PC 30 also has a credit function, when a rental car is used or the like, electronic payment can be made possible by collecting the amount of money used and distance information and sending the data to the computer 14. Furthermore, this card PC30
If you store car seat position, reclining angle, audio and air conditioning settings, and other personal information in the personal information registered in the PC, you can drive the car according to the preferences of the user who owns the PC card can do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a card PC used in the embodiment in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of automatic traveling in the embodiment of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Vehicle operation system 12 ... Autonomous vehicle 14 ... Computer 18 ... Engine 20 ... Steering 22 ... Brake 28 ... RAM 30 ... Card PC 34 ... CD-ROM 36 ... CPU

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An engine, steering,
A vehicle operation system using an automatic traveling vehicle that can control a brake or the like by a computer, comprising: a computer provided in the vehicle; first input means for inputting destination data to the computer; 2 comprising input means, the computer sets a route to the destination, automatically travels, stores the passing point information in a memory during automatic travel, and automatically travels to a departure place according to the information in the memory. Vehicle operation system. 2. The vehicle operation system according to claim 1, wherein said first input means is a card-type personal computer that stores schedule information including said destination. 3. The vehicle operation system according to claim 1, wherein the computer stores driving data after arriving at the destination.