JPWO2015056530A1 - Self-driving car, self-driving car anti-theft system, self-driving car anti-theft program, terminal control program, self-driving car rental method and self-driving car car sharing method - Google Patents

Abstract

In addition to preventing theft of automobiles, we will provide an autonomous vehicle that can also be used for arresting criminals and arresting criminals. More specifically, based on the theft detection means for detecting that the vehicle is in a stolen state and the detection of the theft in the theft detection means, the vehicle is automatically driven, An automatic driving vehicle comprising control means for controlling to move to a predetermined destination. During the movement of automatic operation, the door and window cannot be opened and closed, and the switching from the automatic operation mode to the manual operation mode is prohibited. In an autonomous driving vehicle without a manual driving mode, control is performed so that an input operation by a passenger is invalidated.

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic driving vehicle, an anti-theft system for an automatic driving vehicle, an anti-theft program for an automatic driving vehicle, a terminal control program, and a rental method for an automatic driving vehicle.

  Various anti-theft systems and anti-theft devices that can prevent theft of automobile vehicles have been proposed. For example, in Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2013-147202) and Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2013-126197), if authentication cannot be performed using a passcode or the like, driving of an automobile is disabled. Thus, it is disclosed to prevent theft of a vehicle of an automobile. Further, in Patent Document 3 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-225777) and Patent Document 4 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2011-116145), by preventing the criminal from getting into the driver's seat, the vehicle vehicle is stolen. It is disclosed to prevent.

  Also, an invention that records an image of the criminal and a voice of the criminal in order to help identify the criminal with respect to theft of the vehicle is also disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 5 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-320542). 2001-322533) and Patent Document 6 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-305136).

JP 2013-147202 A JP 2013-126197 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-225679 JP 2011-116145 A JP 2001-322533 A JP 2000-305136 A

  Conventional anti-theft devices and anti-theft systems prevent the car from being stolen by controlling the car so that it cannot run or preventing the thief (theft) from getting into the car. The emphasis is on the prevention of theft. However, theft of a car cannot be avoided if the password is known by a car thief or the mechanism that prevents driving is released or destroyed.

  Moreover, although invention of patent document 5 and patent document 6 can be used as the proof of the criminal being a thief of a vehicle by elucidation of a criminal or the criminal who was caught by the criminal's captured image and a criminal voice, It's not a technique that helps you to arrest or arrest the criminal. Conventionally, there has been no proposal of an anti-theft system or anti-theft device for an automobile vehicle that intends to arrest or arrest a criminal.

  As described above, conventionally, there has been no effective measure against car theft including arrest of criminal and arrest of criminal.

  By the way, recently, an autonomous driving vehicle that can automatically travel while avoiding an obstacle has appeared, even if a driver (driver) does not perform an accelerator operation, a brake operation, and a steering operation (handle operation). This self-driving car also requires effective anti-theft measures, but conventionally, as described above, there is no effective anti-theft measure.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic driving vehicle that makes use of the characteristic of automatic driving to prevent the vehicle from being stolen and is also effective in arresting a criminal and criminalizing a criminal.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention of claim 1
A theft detection means for detecting that the vehicle is in a stolen state;
Control means for controlling the vehicle to automatically drive and move to a predetermined destination based on detection of the theft by the theft detection means;
To provide an autonomous vehicle equipped with

  According to the self-driving vehicle of the invention of claim 1 having the above-described configuration, when the theft detection means detects that the vehicle is in a stolen state, the control means automatically drives the own vehicle, for example, a police station or the like. Control to move to a predetermined destination. Therefore, the self-driving vehicle according to the present invention moves to a police station or the like with a criminal (suspect, suspect) on board, and can prevent the vehicle from being stolen, Demonstrate the power of criminal clearance.

  The theft detection means, for example, compares the face image of the criminal imaged by the imaging unit with the face image of a person who is permitted to drive in a self-driving car registered in advance, as will be described later. Based on this, it is possible to detect that the vehicle is in a stolen state.

  The theft detection means detects, for example, that the vehicle is in a stolen state by detecting that the vehicle position has been moved without being driven, as will be described later. Can do.

The invention of claim 2
Receiving means for receiving notification that the vehicle is stolen;
Control means for automatically driving the vehicle based on reception of the notification of theft state and controlling to move to a predetermined destination,
To provide an autonomous vehicle equipped with

  In the self-driving vehicle of the invention of claim 2 configured as described above, the receiving means can receive a notification that the vehicle is in a stolen state. That is, for example, the owner of the self-driving car that has detected that the self-driving car parked in a predetermined place has been lost and has been stolen is transferred to the self-driving car through its own communication terminal. Send a notification that is in a stolen state. The receiving means of the self-driving vehicle receives the notification that the vehicle is stolen.

  In the invention of claim 2, the control means of the autonomous driving vehicle automatically drives the own vehicle based on the reception of the notification that the own vehicle is stolen and determines, for example, a police station. Control is performed so as to move to a predetermined destination.

  Therefore, the self-driving car according to the present invention moves to a police station or the like with the criminal on board, and can prevent the vehicle from being stolen, and is also effective in arresting the criminal and criminalizing the criminal. To do.

  According to the present invention, by utilizing the characteristic of automatic driving, it is possible to provide an automatic driving vehicle that can prevent theft of a vehicle of a car and can also be used for arresting a criminal or criminalizing a criminal.

It is a block diagram which shows the hardware structural example of embodiment of the automatic driving vehicle by this invention. It is a figure used in order to demonstrate a part of hardware structural example of FIG. It is a figure which shows a part of flowchart for demonstrating an example of the flow of the processing operation of embodiment of the automatic driving vehicle by this invention. It is a figure which shows a part of flowchart for demonstrating an example of the flow of the processing operation of embodiment of the automatic driving vehicle by this invention. It is a figure which shows a part of flowchart for demonstrating an example of the flow of the processing operation of embodiment of the automatic driving vehicle by this invention. It is a figure which shows a part of flowchart for demonstrating an example of the flow of the processing operation of embodiment of the automatic driving vehicle by this invention. It is an image figure of embodiment of the anti-theft system of the automatic driving vehicle by this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the outline | summary of embodiment of the antitheft system of the automatic driving vehicle by this invention. It is a sequence diagram for demonstrating an example of the processing operation in the antitheft system of the automatic driving vehicle by this invention.

[First Embodiment]
1st Embodiment of this invention is a case where anti-theft process control is performed only with an autonomous driving vehicle. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of an electronic control circuit unit 10 of the autonomous vehicle 1 according to the first embodiment. In addition, the automatic driving vehicle 1 of this embodiment is an example in the case of an electric vehicle. However, the battery is not shown in FIG.

  Moreover, the automatic driving vehicle 1 of this embodiment has an automatic driving mode and a manual driving mode. The manual operation mode is a mode in which the vehicle can travel according to the accelerator operation, the brake operation, the shift lever operation, and the steering operation (steering operation) of the driver in the same manner as a normal automobile that is not an automatic driving vehicle. In addition, the automatic driving mode is a driving mode in which the autonomous driving vehicle 1 itself automatically changes the course while avoiding an obstacle even if the driver does not perform an accelerator operation, a brake operation, a shift lever operation, and a steering operation. is there.

  During normal times, the driver of the automatic driving vehicle can switch the automatic driving vehicle running in the manual driving mode to the automatic driving mode by a predetermined operation through the touch panel, for example, and while driving in the automatic driving mode. When the driver performs an accelerator operation, a brake operation, a shift lever operation, or a steering operation, the driver automatically returns to the manual operation mode. However, as will be described later, the automatic driving vehicle 1 of this embodiment is configured to be controlled so that it can only travel in the automatic driving mode when the theft state of the own vehicle is detected.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an electronic control circuit unit 10 is connected to a control unit 101 configured with a microcomputer via a system bus 100 via a wireless communication processing unit 102, a radar 103, various sensor groups 104, Camera group 105, GPS (Global Positioning System) receiving unit 106, current position confirmation unit 107, surrounding moving body grasping unit 108, voice output unit 109, motor drive control unit 110, steering drive control unit 111, display unit 112 with touch panel, car A navigation (hereinafter abbreviated as “car navigation”) function unit 113, a door lock control unit 114, a passenger authentication unit 115, a theft detection processing unit 116, and a manual / automatic operation mode switching control unit 117 are connected to each other.

  A speaker 121 is connected to the audio output unit 109. A motor drive unit 122 is connected to the motor drive control unit 110. A steering drive unit 123 is connected to the steering drive control unit 111.

  A car navigation database 124 is connected to the car navigation function unit 113. A door lock drive mechanism unit 125 is connected to the door lock control unit 114. A passenger authentication information memory 126 is connected to the passenger authentication unit 115. A theft destination memory 127 is connected to the theft detection processing unit 116. A manual driving operation detecting unit 128 is connected to the manual / automatic driving mode switching control unit 117.

  In this example, the wireless communication processing unit 102 is a police organization (a police organization, a security organization, or a security organization that differs depending on the country.) In Japan, there are police stations, police boxes, representative offices, in the United States, state police, county police, city / town / village police, county security offices and sheriff offices, etc. (hereinafter collectively referred to as police stations, etc.), or This is a functional unit for contacting other predetermined places. In this embodiment, assuming that the mobile phone network is used to contact the destination, the owner of the self-driving car 1 regards the car as a mobile phone terminal and makes a contract with a mobile phone company. The subscriber telephone number of the mobile phone is assigned to the autonomous driving vehicle 1, and the wireless communication processing unit 102 performs communication using the subscriber telephone number as the calling party telephone number.

  In addition, the wireless communication processing unit 102 includes a telephone number memory in which a subscriber telephone number (mobile phone number) of a mobile phone terminal capable of wireless communication with the autonomous driving vehicle is registered. The wireless communication processing unit 102 has a function of automatically making a call to the mobile phone terminal having the stored mobile phone number and executing a predetermined process as will be described later in cooperation with the control unit 101. ing.

  The radar 103 is for measuring a distance from a vehicle, a pedestrian, an obstacle, and the like existing around the vehicle of the autonomous driving vehicle, and includes a laser radar, a millimeter wave radar, and the like. The laser radar is embedded, for example, near the ceiling or the bumper, and the millimeter wave radar is provided, for example, at the front and rear of the vehicle. Both laser radar and millimeter wave radar may be provided, or only one of them may be provided. Other radars such as a quasi-millimeter wave radar may be used.

  Various sensor groups 104 include an open / close detection sensor for detecting opening / closing of a door and a window, a sensor for detecting seat belt wear, and a seating sensor for detecting that a passenger is seated in a seat such as a driver's seat or a passenger seat. In addition to the above, it is composed of various sensors for acquiring information to assist automatic driving. As various sensors for acquiring information to assist automatic driving, for example, a vibration sensor for detecting vibration of a vehicle or a tire, a rotation speed sensor for detecting the rotation speed of a tire, or a direction for detecting a direction A geomagnetic sensor, an acceleration sensor for detecting acceleration, a gyro sensor (gyroscope) for detecting angle and angular velocity, and the like are included. The various sensor groups 104 also include sound sensors (microphones) that pick up sounds of passengers in the vehicle and sounds around the autonomous driving vehicle.

  The camera group 105 includes one to a plurality of cameras for photographing the inside of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 and one to a plurality of cameras for photographing the periphery of the autonomous driving vehicle 1. For example, the camera that shoots the interior of the car is attached to a rearview mirror (rearview mirror, rearview mirror) installed between the driver's seat and front passenger seat, and captures the face image of the person sitting in the driver's seat, It includes a camera for taking a face image of the passenger seated in the passenger seat and the rear seat. The cameras that photograph the periphery of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 are attached to, for example, the left side and the right side of the rearview mirror, and two cameras (stereo cameras) that mainly photograph the left front and right front of the autonomous driving vehicle 1. In addition, a camera that is attached to, for example, a door mirror or a fender mirror of the self-driving car 1 and photographs the left and right sides and the rear, is attached to the periphery of the rear license plate and the tail lamp, and the rear of the autonomous car 1 is photographed. In addition, the camera includes an omnidirectional camera (360 degree camera), a fisheye camera, and the like that are attached to the roof and photograph the surroundings at a wide angle.

  The GPS receiving unit 106 receives radio waves from GPS satellites, detects the current position of the host vehicle, and supplies information on the detected current position to the current location confirmation unit 107.

  Since the current position confirmation unit 107 has poor accuracy of the position detected by the radio wave from the GPS satellite, not only the current position information detected by the GPS reception unit 106 but also one to a plurality of sensors included in the various sensor groups 104. The sensor and radar 103, the captured image of the camera group 105, and the like are used, and the current position is detected and confirmed by performing processing based on, for example, Bayesian theory.

  The surrounding moving body grasping unit 108 grasps the moving body around the own vehicle using the radar 103 and the captured image of the camera group 105. The surrounding moving body grasping unit 108 also grasps surrounding obstacles and moving bodies by performing processing based on Bayesian theory or the like.

  The autonomous driving vehicle 1 is obtained from the various information acquired by the radar 103, the various sensor groups 104, the camera group 105, and the GPS receiving unit 106 in the current position confirmation unit 107 and the surrounding moving body grasping unit 108, that is, from the human eyes and ears. Information corresponding to the information is processed by Bayesian theory or the like, and based on this, the control unit 101 performs intelligent information processing (artificial intelligence) and control (artificial intelligence) such as course change of the own vehicle and avoidance of obstacles. .

  Although not shown, the voice output unit 109 has a built-in memory for storing voice message data to be emitted to the outside, and a voice synthesizer that converts voice message data read from the memory into an analog voice signal. And a D-A converter. Then, the voice output unit 109 supplies the voice message selected by the control of the control unit 101 to the speaker 121 so as to be emitted to the outside as a voice. As will be described later, when the suspected thief (suspected thief, theft offender) is on board, the voice message to be stored is “transferring the thief”, “on board the thief” or “ Please call 110 ".

  Under the control of the control unit 101, the motor drive control unit 110 controls the supply of a drive signal to the motor drive unit 122 of the automatic driving vehicle 1 constituted by the electric vehicle of this embodiment, so that the automatic driving vehicle 1 This controls the start of travel, acceleration / deceleration of travel speed, stop of travel, etc.

  Under the control of the control unit 101, the steering drive control unit 111 controls the supply of a drive control signal to the steering drive unit 123 of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 of this embodiment, thereby controlling the course change of the autonomous driving vehicle 1. To do.

  The display unit 112 with a touch panel is provided by superimposing a touch panel capable of touch input with a finger on a display panel made of, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). A display image including software buttons (including keyboard character input buttons) is displayed on the LCD display screen under the control of the control unit 101. When the touch panel of the display unit 112 with a touch panel detects a touch with a finger on the software button displayed on the display screen, the touch panel transmits the touch to the control unit 101. Receiving this, the control unit 101 is configured to execute control processing corresponding to the software button.

  The car navigation function unit 113 is a function unit for guiding the automatic driving vehicle 1 to assist in moving to a designated destination based on a map stored in the car navigation database 124 and route guidance data. It is. In this embodiment, the car navigation function unit 113 is configured to perform slightly different processing in the manual operation mode and the automatic operation mode.

  That is, in the manual operation mode, the car navigation function unit 113 automatically confirms the current location confirmation unit 107 on the map that explicitly displays the route to the destination on the display screen of the display unit 112 with a touch panel. Locations that require route guidance such as intersections and branching points on the route, as well as displaying an image with the vehicle position superimposed and moving the vehicle position (current position) on the map as the vehicle moves Use voice guidance.

  On the other hand, in the automatic driving mode, the car navigation function unit 113 notifies the control unit 101 of information on the direction and distance of the vehicle when the current position of the vehicle is away from the route to the destination. When the current position of the vehicle is on the route to the destination, the control unit 101 is notified of the change direction information along the route before the intersection or branching point on the route as the vehicle moves. To do. Based on the information notified from the car navigation function unit 113, the confirmation result of the current location confirmation unit 107, and the grasping result of the surrounding moving body grasping unit 108, the control unit 101 follows the route of the host vehicle. The motor drive unit 122 is controlled through the motor drive control unit 110 and the steering drive unit 123 is controlled through the steering drive control unit 111 so as to move along the path. Therefore, by the route guidance to the destination by the car navigation function unit 113 and the control unit 101 in the automatic driving mode, the automatic driving vehicle 1 can move to the destination even when the passenger is unattended.

  In this embodiment, the car navigation function unit 113 has a function (periphery search function) for searching for facilities and equipment corresponding to a specified keyword around the current location. This peripheral search data is also stored in the car navigation database 124. Note that the data for peripheral search is not stored in the car navigation database 124, but the car navigation function unit 113 sends a peripheral search request including a keyword and current position information via the wireless communication processing unit 102 on the Internet. The peripheral search result centered on the current position may be acquired from the search site.

  The door lock control unit 114 controls the door lock drive mechanism unit 125 connected to the door lock control unit 114 to control the open / closed locked state of all the doors for passengers of the autonomous driving vehicle 1. That is, when the autonomous driving vehicle 1 is moving, the door lock control unit 114 is brought into the door closed lock state by the door lock drive mechanism unit 125 so that the door is not opened. In a normal state that is not a stolen state, the door lock control unit 114 receives a door unlocking operation input from a predetermined button operation or a wireless key while the autonomous driving vehicle 1 is stopped. The door is opened and closed by a door opening / closing operation unit (not shown).

  In this embodiment, as will be described later, the door lock control unit 114 receives the control instruction from the control unit 101 and controls the door lock drive mechanism unit 125 when detecting the state of theft of the host vehicle. Even when the vehicle is stopped, the door is automatically closed and locked, and the door of the vehicle is locked so that it cannot be opened and closed. The door closed lock state is not released. For example, as will be described later, the door closed lock state in this theft state can be confirmed by imaging a police notebook presented by a police officer with a camera or through the wireless communication processing unit 102 by the owner of the autonomous driving vehicle 1. It is configured to be canceled only when a predetermined special condition is cleared, such as when an unlock instruction including a predetermined password is received through the telephone terminal.

  Although illustration is omitted, a window lock control unit and a window lock drive mechanism unit are further provided, and the control of the control unit 101 controls the locking and unlocking of the window in the same manner as the door. That is, when detecting the theft state of the own vehicle, the control unit 101 sets the window closed lock state and locks the window of the own vehicle so that the vehicle cannot be opened and closed.

  The passenger authentication unit 115 performs an authentication process for a passenger who permits driving of the automatic driving vehicle 1 of this embodiment. In the automatic driving vehicle 1 of this embodiment, a face image that is biometric information of the rider is used as authentication information for a rider who can drive. That is, the face image of the passenger who permits the driving of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 is registered in advance and stored in the passenger authentication information memory 126. In this case, only when it is confirmed that authentication information, for example, an ID or a password, set by the owner of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 has been input through the touch panel of the display unit 112 with the touch panel, Registration of the face image of the rider who permits driving is permitted. Therefore, the face image of the owner of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 is stored in the passenger authentication information memory 126 and the face image of the passenger permitted to drive by the owner of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 is stored.

  Note that the number of riders permitted by the owner of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 may be one or more, including the owner himself / herself. Further, one or a plurality of face images may be registered in advance for one passenger permitted to drive. In the case of a plurality of face images, for example, face images such as different facial expressions, different face angles, and different dates and times can be registered. Further, when wearing glasses, sunglasses, a hat, or the like, it is preferable to register both worn and unweared face images. By registering a plurality of face images, it is possible to reduce the probability that the owner is not authenticated by mistake (authentication omission probability). On the other hand, in the case of only one registration, a facial image having a specific facial expression (for example, a smile) or a specific angle (for example, directly in front) may be registered. Thereby, the probability (erroneous authentication probability) of erroneously authenticating a person other than the owner as the owner can be reduced. Of course, a plurality of face images having a specific facial expression or a specific angle can be registered to reduce both the authentication failure probability and the false authentication probability. In this embodiment, a plurality of face images are registered and stored in advance.

  The passenger authentication information memory 126 also stores an ID and password registered by the owner of the autonomous driving vehicle 1.

  The passenger authentication unit 115 acquires a face image of a passenger who has boarded the autonomous driving vehicle 1 from the camera group 105, compares it with the face image stored in the information memory 126 for passenger authentication, When it is determined that the face image matches any of the face images stored in the passenger authentication information memory 126, the driver of the automatic driving vehicle 1 is permitted to drive.

  Then, when the face image of the rider does not match any of the face images stored in the rider authentication information memory 126, the rider authentication unit 115 ID and password of the owner of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 When the input of the ID and password is confirmed, it is determined that the registration of the passenger who permits the driving of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 is newly performed, and the passenger's face image is used as the passenger authentication information memory 126. Add to memory. That is, in this embodiment, for the registration of the passenger who permits the driving of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 newly, the owner of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 sets and the authentication is registered in the passenger authentication information memory 126. When it is necessary to input information (in this example, ID and password) and confirmation of this information for authentication cannot be obtained, registration of the passenger who permits the driving of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 is prohibited.

  Then, the passenger authentication unit 115 does not match the face image of the passenger with any of the face images stored in the passenger authentication information memory 126, and the authentication information for the owner of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 When the ID and password are not input, the authentication result indicating that the authentication could not be performed is notified to the theft detection processing unit 116.

  Further, in this embodiment, the passenger authentication unit 115 uses the face image of the passenger who could not be authenticated as an robber suspect in an area distinguished from the authentication information in the passenger authentication information memory 126. Try to remember. The face image of the suspected thief can be read and used as a criminal confirmation document when the suspect is a thief.

  The theft detection processing unit 116 detects that the vehicle is in a stolen state when it receives an authentication result indicating that the passenger cannot be authenticated from the passenger authentication unit 115, and notifies the control unit 101 of it.

  When the control unit 101 detects the notification that the host vehicle is stolen, the control unit 101 controls the door lock drive mechanism unit 125 through the door lock control unit 114 to bring the door into a closed lock state. Due to this door closed lock state, the suspected thief is confined in the autonomous vehicle 1. Note that when the suspected thief wears a seat belt on the seat, the seat belt may be controlled so that it cannot be removed. The suspected thief may be restrained by providing a mechanism that can automatically tie or fix the foot or torso from under the seat or from the backrest.

  When the control unit 101 detects a notification that the vehicle is stolen, the control unit 101 controls the manual / automatic operation mode switching control unit 117 so that the suspected thief who is a passenger can perform an accelerator operation, a brake operation, Control is performed so that the manual operation mode cannot be switched even if a shift lever operation or a steering operation is performed. Also, input operations such as designation or change of the destination in the automatic operation mode are invalidated. In the automatic driving mode, the manual / automatic driving mode switching control unit 117 behaves as if an input operation such as designation or change of a moving destination by the driver is received, and the suspected thief who is the rider is notified by the police. You may be unaware of the transfer to a station or other destination.

  The manual driving operation detection unit 128 is an operation detection unit that detects an accelerator operation, a brake operation, a shift lever operation, and a steering operation of a rider (driver). As described above, the manual / automatic driving mode switching control unit 117 operates the accelerator operation, the brake operation, and the shift by the driver in the manual driving operation detection unit 128 in the automatic driving mode as described above when the vehicle is not stolen. When a notification of detection of lever operation or steering operation is received, control is performed to switch from the automatic operation mode to the manual operation mode.

  On the other hand, when the manual / automatic driving mode switching control unit 117 receives a detection notification from the theft detection processing unit 116 that the vehicle is in a stolen state, the manual / automatic driving mode switching control unit 117 forces the automatic driving vehicle 1 to the automatic driving mode. At the same time, the detection of the accelerator operation, the brake operation, the shift lever operation, and the steering operation by the driver in the manual driving operation detection unit 128 is invalidated, and the automatic driving mode is continuously maintained.

  Then, the theft detection processing unit 116 refers to the theft destination memory 127 so as to determine the destination in the automatic operation mode at the time of theft. In this embodiment, the theft time destination memory 127 is registered and stored with a theft time destination whose priority is determined in advance by the owner of the autonomous driving vehicle 1. The theft detection processing unit 116 searches the theft time destinations stored in the theft time destination memory 127 in descending order of priority, and determines a destination that can arrive within a predetermined time (for example, within one hour) from the current position. Like that.

  In this way, the destination to be able to arrive within a predetermined time from the current position is determined because if the destination is too far away, the risk of trouble will increase if the thief is on board This is to minimize the risk of trouble occurring. In addition, it is also considered that the battery level of an electric vehicle is insufficient (if the vehicle is a gasoline vehicle, the gasoline is insufficient) when the destination is too far away. In this case, a time shorter than the time during which the current battery remaining amount (or gasoline remaining amount) can be moved is set as the predetermined time. For example, if the remaining battery level is equivalent to 40 minutes, the predetermined time is set to 30 minutes.

  In addition, you may make it determine not the moving destination which can arrive within predetermined time but the place which exists in the predetermined distance range (for example, within 10 km) from a present location as a moving destination.

  The time setting within the predetermined time from the current position and the distance setting within the predetermined distance range are set when the autonomous driving vehicle 1 is shipped from the manufacturer or sold at the dealer, but the owner of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 Alternatively, the rider whose owner permits driving may change the set time and set distance.

  If the destination that can arrive within the predetermined time (or within the predetermined distance range) is not stored in the destination memory 127 at the time of theft, the theft detection processing unit 116 searches the car navigation function unit 113 for a nearby police station or the like. The police station or the like found as a result of the search is determined as a destination for theft. Then, after determining the theft destination, the theft detection processing unit 116 moves the vehicle to the determined theft destination by automatic driving.

  If a police station or the like that can arrive within a predetermined time (or within a predetermined distance) is not found in the vicinity search, the emergency call contact is notified and the vehicle waits without moving. Examples of the emergency call contact include an emergency call phone number to an police station and an emergency call e-mail address.

  The telephone number for emergency calls to police agencies is a telephone number for reporting to local police agencies in the event of a crime such as theft, and varies from country to country. For example, it is 110 in Japan, China, Indonesia, etc., 911 in the United States, Canada, etc., and 112 in the Netherlands, Sweden, etc. Calling these emergency call telephone numbers to the police agencies and making a call will be collectively referred to as a 110th call hereinafter.

  Also, at the time of theft detection, if the battery of the electric vehicle is low (if it is a gasoline car, if the gasoline is low), the destination is searched to avoid running out of battery (gasoline) during movement. Instead, the 110th notification may be made immediately and the vehicle may wait without moving.

  FIG. 2 is an example of the contents stored in the theft destination memory 127. As shown in FIG. 2, the registration information of the theft destination includes the priority, the attribute of the theft destination, the address of the theft destination, the contact telephone number of the theft destination, the owner of the automatic driving vehicle 1 It is inputted and stored by an administrator or the like. Further, the contact e-mail address of the destination at the time of theft may be stored.

  For example, “the police station near the house”, “the police station near the company”, “the nearest police station, etc.”, etc. are selected from those prepared as selection items in advance. Or input directly. The address is input by the owner or administrator of the autonomous driving vehicle 1, but depending on the attribute of the destination at the time of theft, the input may not be possible and is an arbitrary item. For example, when the attribute of the destination at the time of theft is “nearest police station etc.”, the address is not input because the address differs depending on the current position of the autonomous driving vehicle 1. The same applies to the contact telephone number.

  When the address of the theft destination is input, the latitude / longitude position information corresponding to the address is acquired from the car navigation database 124 or acquired via the Internet, and stored in the theft destination memory 127. Try to keep it. This position information is used when calculating the destination at the time of theft and the distance from the current position or the arrival time from the current position.

  Note that the “nearest police station, etc.” may be able to acquire the address and location information, as well as the contact phone number and e-mail address, as a result of the peripheral search.

  When the theft detection processing unit 116 determines the destination at the time of theft as described above, if the contact telephone number can be acquired before the start of automatic driving or after the start of automatic driving, the telephone number Use to call the destination at theft. Then, the theft detection processing unit 116 generates a message including information such as the vehicle type, the body color, the number of the own vehicle, the fact that the own vehicle is in a stolen state, and that it is scheduled to arrive at the place after several minutes. Then, the message is converted into synthesized speech by speech synthesis and sent to the contact. The time “minutes later” in “how many minutes later is scheduled to arrive at the place” of this message is obtained by requesting the car navigation function unit 113 from the theft detection processing unit 116. The car navigation function unit 113 can calculate the estimated arrival time of the theft destination based on the route and distance from the current position of the vehicle to the theft destination. The theft detection processing unit 116 acquires the time of the calculation result from the car navigation function unit 113 and generates the message.

  As described above, the theft detection processing unit 116 for realizing a function of generating a message to be sent to a destination at the theft and sending it as a transmission voice includes a message generation unit and a voice synthesis unit. The message generation means is stored in the built-in memory. For example, “The theft criminals are on the way to the place. This car is a white sedan and the car number is Shinagawa A ○○○○. Text message data such as “I will arrive there later” is stored, and the time obtained from the car navigation function unit 113 is inserted in the blank () after “() minutes” and sent to the destination at theft. Complete the message. Then, the theft detection processing unit 116 converts the completed text message into synthesized speech by the speech synthesizer and sends it to the destination at the theft as a transmitted voice.

  In this way, when a telephone call can be made in advance to a theft destination such as a police station, when the automatic driving vehicle 1 that is in a stolen state arrives, a police officer or the like is waiting, It can be expected that the criminal can be easily arrested and secured.

  In addition, the theft detection processing unit 116 issues a 110th report when it cannot contact the destination at the time of the theft. For that case, the message generation means of the theft detection processing unit 116 is “an automatic driving vehicle in which the theft offender is on board. The current position is in the vicinity of () and is moving toward (). , Store the text message data such as “White sedan, car number is Shinagawa AOOXX”, etc., and check with the current location confirmation unit 107 in the blank () “(near)” The current location name acquired by the car navigation function unit 113 is inserted based on the current location, and the determined theft destination is inserted into the blank () “moving toward ()” Complete the message you want to include. Then, the theft detection processing unit 116 converts the completed text message into synthesized speech by speech synthesis means, and sends the 110th notification message as transmitted speech. Note that the message may include latitude / longitude position information acquired by the GPS receiver 106.

  When the 110th notification is made, it is assumed that the police car tracks the moving vehicle. Therefore, in this embodiment, the theft detection processing unit 116, after making the 110th notification, detects (determines) that the police car has tracked the own vehicle, stops the vehicle by bringing it to the shoulder of the road. Like that. In this case, the tracking of the own car of the police car is detected by collecting the captured image of the camera of the camera group 105 and the siren of the police car with a microphone which is a sound sensor in the various sensor groups 104. To do. In addition, the theft detection processing unit 116 picks up a call from a police car that “Shinagawa A-XXX's white sedan, stop” with a microphone, and based on the voice recognition result of the collected voice, You may control to stop a car on a road shoulder.

  Note that the description of this embodiment applies not only to police cars but also to police cars in general. For example, the police vehicle that tracks the own vehicle may be a police car, may be a white bike, or may be both a police car and a white bike, but in this embodiment, it is described as a police car for simplicity.

  The theft detection processing unit 116 includes voice recognition means for recognizing a police car siren or recognizing a voice call from a police car. When the voice recognition means has a language understanding function, it is possible to follow a voice instruction from a police car. For example, follow the call from the police car saying "Turn left at the intersection and stop." You can enter and stop. Of course, the same response can be made not only to the police car when the 110th report is made but also to the patrol car in the patrol.

  As described above, when the control unit 101 arrives at a police station, or detects a police car tracking and stops on a roadside, for example, the control unit 101 captures a police notebook presented by a police officer with a camera and recognizes the image. By confirming the police notebook, the door closed lock state is released, and the police officer can open and close the door.

  Also, when the owner of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 sends a door closing lock release instruction including a predetermined password to the autonomous driving vehicle 1 through the mobile phone terminal, the control unit 101 of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 does not have the password. After confirming, the door closed lock state is released.

  It should be noted that the theft detection processing unit 116 does not notify 110 only when the destination at the theft cannot be contacted, but also when the destination at the theft is not a police station or the like, 110 may be reported. Furthermore, even if the destination at the time of theft is a police station or the like, it is possible to make a 110th report together in order to more reliably arrest or secure the criminal.

  In addition, the telephone contact and the 110th report to the destination at the time of theft are made in a state where the call voice is not heard by the passenger. This makes it possible to contact the police station or the like without being noticed by the suspected thief sitting in the driver's seat.

  As described above, the electronic control circuit unit 10 of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 is configured. Among the blocks shown in FIG. 1, the current location confirmation unit 107, the surrounding moving body grasping unit 108, the voice output unit 109, the motor drive The processing functions of the control unit 110, the steering drive control unit 111, the car navigation function unit 113, the door lock control unit 114, the passenger authentication unit 115, the theft detection processing unit 116, and the manual / automatic driving mode switching control unit 117 are controlled. The unit 101 can be realized as software processing.

[Example of the flow of processing operations in the autonomous vehicle 1]
[Example of theft detection flow in the autonomous vehicle 1]
FIGS. 3 and 4 are flowcharts for explaining an example of the flow of theft detection in the autonomous driving vehicle 1 configured as described above. 3 and 4, in the following description, in the following description, the control unit 101 performs a current location confirmation unit 107, a surrounding moving body grasping unit 108, a voice output unit 109, and a motor drive control unit 110. , Steering drive control unit 111, car navigation function unit 113, door lock control unit 114, occupant authentication unit 115, theft detection processing unit 116, manual / automatic operation mode switching control unit 117 are realized as software processing. The case will be described.

  When the automatic driving vehicle 1 is turned on, the process starts from the start of FIG. First, the control unit 101 determines whether or not a passenger has been seated in the driver's seat of the own vehicle by monitoring the output of the driver's seat sensor in the various sensor groups 104 (step S1). On the other hand, when it is determined that the passenger is not seated, another process is executed (step S2), and then the process returns to step S1. In addition to determining whether or not a passenger is seated in the driver's seat by monitoring the output of the driver's seat sensor, a camera for taking a picture of the driver's seat in the camera group 105 This can be determined by monitoring the captured image of the image.

  When it is determined in step S <b> 1 that the passenger is seated in the driver's seat, the control unit 101 acquires captured image information from a camera that captures the driver's passenger in the camera group 105, and acquires the acquired image information. A passenger's face image is extracted from the captured image information and temporarily stored in a buffer memory (not shown) (step S3).

  Next, the control unit 101 compares the passenger's face image temporarily stored in the buffer memory with the face image stored in the passenger authentication information memory 126, and the matching face image is used for the passenger authentication. It is determined whether or not the passenger is a registrant depending on whether or not it is in the information memory 126 (step S4). When it is determined in step S4 that the occupant is a registrant, the control unit 101 permits driving by the registrant (including automatic driving), and shifts to a processing routine during normal driving of the automatic driving vehicle 1. (Step S9).

  When it is determined in step S4 that the passenger is not a registered person, a message “You are not registered as a driver” is displayed on the display screen of the display unit 112 with a touch panel, and a non-registered person is displayed. Waiting for input of authentication information for registration (step S5).

  Then, the control unit 101 determines whether or not input of authentication information including an ID and a password has been received (step S6). When it is determined that the input has been received, the control unit 101 stores the received ID and password in the passenger authentication information memory 126. The ID and password set by the above-mentioned owner are compared, and it is determined whether or not the authentication is OK depending on whether or not they match (step S7).

  When it is determined in step S7 that the authentication is OK, the control unit 101 stores the passenger's face image temporarily stored in step S3 in the passenger authentication information memory 126 to register the passenger. (Step S8). Next, the control unit 101 proceeds to step S9, permits operation by the registrant (including automatic operation), and shifts to a processing routine during normal operation.

  When it is determined in step S6 that input of authentication information including an ID and a password is not accepted, the control unit 101 displays the message “You are not registered as a driver” on the display screen, for example. Thereafter, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time set in advance, for example, 2 minutes or more has elapsed (step S11 in FIG. 4).

  When it is determined in step S11 that the predetermined time or more has not elapsed, the control unit 101 performs an operation (cancel operation) of a cancel button displayed on the display screen of the display unit 112 with a touch panel, for example, by the rider. It is determined whether or not it has been done (step S12), and if it is determined that the cancel button has not been operated, the process returns to step S6.

  When it is determined in step S12 that the cancel button has been operated, the control unit 101 turns off the power of the automatic driving vehicle 1 and disables the driving of the automatic driving vehicle 1 (step S13). Then, the control unit 101 ends this processing routine.

  Even when the cancel button is operated, the face image of the passenger temporarily stored in step S3 is stored in the passenger authentication information memory 126 as the face image of the registration failure person, and the face of the registration failure person is obtained. You may make it notify the owner of the automatic driving vehicle 1 that the image is memorize | stored in the information memory 126 for passenger authentication. In that case, the owner of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 can read the face image of the registration failure person from the passenger authentication information memory 126 and confirm the suspected thief. That is, when the face image of the person who has failed to register is a face image of a person unknown to the owner of the automatic driving vehicle 1, it can be reported to a police station or the like as a suspected thief.

  Note that it is not preferable to turn off the power of the automatic driving vehicle 1 and increase the risk of escape of the thief suspect, and the operation of the cancel button can be invalidated.

  When it is determined in step S11 that the predetermined time or more has elapsed, the control unit 101 determines that the passenger is a thief suspect and the vehicle is in a stolen state, and sets the door to a closed lock state. The detection of the accelerator operation, the brake operation, the shift lever operation, and the steering operation in the manual driving operation detection unit 128 is disabled, and control is performed so that only automatic driving can be performed (step S14). Next, the control unit 101 proceeds to a theft movement processing routine (step S15).

  If it is determined in step S7 in FIG. 3 that the authentication is not OK, the control unit 101 determines whether the authentication is not OK but NG for a predetermined time, for example, the third time (FIG. 4). Step S16) When it is determined that the predetermined time has not been reached, a message prompting the user to re-enter authentication information is displayed on the display screen of the display unit 112 with the touch panel (Step S17), and the process is performed in Step S6 of FIG. To wait for input of authentication information.

  When it is determined in step S16 that the authentication is not OK but NG, the control unit 101 proceeds to step S14 and determines that the vehicle is in a stolen state. The door is closed and locked, and the detection of the accelerator operation, the brake operation, the shift lever operation, and the steering operation in the manual driving operation detection unit 128 is disabled, and control is performed so that only automatic driving can be performed. And the control part 101 advances a process to step S15, and transfers to a movement process routine at the time of a theft.

[Example of the flow of movement processing during theft in the autonomous vehicle 1]
An example of the movement process at the time of the theft in step S15 in FIG. 4 will be described with reference to the flowcharts in FIGS. 5 and 6, the control unit 101 also performs the current position confirmation unit 107, the surrounding moving body grasping unit 108, the voice output unit 109, the motor drive control unit 110, and the steering drive control unit 111. The car navigation function unit 113, the door lock control unit 114, the passenger authentication unit 115, the theft detection processing unit 116, and the manual / automatic operation mode switching control unit 117 will be described as being realized as software processing. To do.

  The control unit 101 first designates the theft destination with the highest priority for the stored information in the theft destination memory 127 (step S21). Next, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the information on the theft destination at the n-th priority is stored in the theft destination memory 127 (step S22).

  In step S22, when it is determined that the data of the theft destination with the nth priority is stored, the control unit 101 has only the attribute registered for the destination with the theft nth priority, and the address It is determined whether (and positional information of latitude / longitude) is not stored (step S23).

  In this step S23, when it is determined that only the attribute is registered and the address (and the position information of latitude / longitude) is not stored, the control unit 101 determines that the theft destination at the n-th priority level is not stored. An attribute, such as a police station, is found by performing a peripheral search centering on the current position, and the address and position information of latitude and longitude are acquired (step S24). When the search target is a police station or the like, various police agencies, for example, in the case of Japan, any one of the police station, police box, or post office is detected.

  In addition, since police officers may be absent due to patrols, etc. for small police organizations (in Japan, police boxes and representative offices), priority is given to large police organizations (police stations in Japan). May be detected. If there are no resident police officers or if one or two people can store information on small police agencies with a high probability of absence in a database or obtain them from a predetermined site on the Internet, the scales You may take action to lower the priority of a small police agency.

  And the control part 101 calculates the arrival time from the present position to the destination at the time of theft of the priority n from the position information of the address and the position information of the current position of the own vehicle (step S25).

  Further, when it is determined in step S23 that the theft destination at the n-th priority rank stores not only the attribute but also the address (and the latitude / longitude position information), the control unit 101 performs the processing. Is advanced to step S25, and the arrival time from the current position to the destination at the time of theft with the priority n is calculated from the position information of the address and the position information of the current position of the host vehicle.

  After step S25, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the destination can be reached from the current location within a predetermined time based on the arrival time obtained in step S25 (step S26). ).

  If it is determined in step S26 that the destination cannot be reached from the current location within a predetermined time, the control unit 101 sets n = n + 1 from the theft destination memory 127 for the next priority theft. The time destination is designated to be read (step S27), and then the process returns to step S22, and the processes after step S22 are repeated.

  When it is determined in step S26 that the destination can be reached from the current location within a predetermined time, the control unit 101 reads the theft destination read from the theft destination memory 127 or in step S24. The automatic operation is started by using the destination at the time of the theft found as a result of the peripheral search as the destination (step S28).

  If it is determined in step S22 that no theft destination data with priority n is stored, that is, the theft destination memory 127 does not store an appropriate theft destination for the current location. When the determination is made, the control unit 101 searches for the nearest police station or the like by a peripheral search, sets the police station or the like of the search result as a destination, and starts automatic driving (step S29).

  After step S28 or step S29, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the contact information of the set destination is known, in this example, the telephone number (step S31 in FIG. 6). When it is determined that the call is made, the destination is called (step S32). Then, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the destination has made an incoming call response to the outgoing call (step S33), and when determining that the destination has made an incoming call response, as described above, Information on the vehicle such as features, information on the current position, destination, and estimated arrival time at the destination are telephone contacted by synthetic voice (step S34).

  And the control part 101 continues an automatic driving | operation and moves to the set moving destination (step S35). And the control part 101 discriminate | determines whether the own vehicle arrived at the moving destination (step S36), and when it determines with not having arrived, a process is returned to step S35 and the process after this step S35 is repeated. When it is determined that the vehicle has arrived at the destination, the vehicle is stopped and a voice message such as “moving the thief” or “busing the thief” is sent from the speaker 121 to indicate that the suspected thief is on board. The sound is emitted (step S37). Moreover, you may make it alert | report by sounding a horn or blinking a light so that an external person may notice.

  If this destination is a police station or the like, the police officer can approach the automatic driving car 1 and, for example, read the police notebook with a camera to open the door and arrest the suspected thief on board or Can be secured.

  In step S31, when it is determined that the contact information of the set destination, in this example, the telephone number is not known, or in step S33, the incoming call is answered when the destination that made the call is absent or busy When it is determined not to do so, the control unit 101 reports 110 (step S38), and information on the own vehicle such as the number and characteristics of the own vehicle, information on the current position, destination, and estimated arrival time at the destination. Are communicated by synthesized voice (step S39).

  And the control part 101 discriminate | determines whether the police car has tracked the own vehicle (step S40), and when it has discriminate | determined that it has tracked, it will approach to a road shoulder and stop by automatic driving | operation (step S41). In step S41, if the voice call from the police car can be recognized by voice, the vehicle can be stopped at an appropriate road shoulder or parking lot according to the voice instruction.

  If it is determined in step S40 that the police car has not been tracked, the vehicle moves to the set destination by automatic operation (step S42). And the control part 101 discriminate | determines whether the own vehicle arrived at the moving destination (step S43), and when it determines with not having arrived, a process is returned to step S40 and the process after this step S40 is repeated. When it is determined that the vehicle has arrived at the destination, the process proceeds to step S37, where the own vehicle is stopped and the suspected thief is on board, for example, "theft offender is being transported" or "theft offender is on board" A voice message is emitted from the speaker 121.

[Effect of the first embodiment]
As described above, when the self-driving vehicle 1 of the above-described embodiment detects that the vehicle is stolen, the self-driving vehicle 1 automatically drives the vehicle and moves to a destination such as a police station. Therefore, it is possible to move to a police station or the like with the suspected thief on board. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the vehicle of an autonomous driving vehicle from being stolen, and to demonstrate the power in arresting a criminal and criminalizing a criminal.

  And when the self-driving vehicle 1 of the above-mentioned embodiment detects that the own vehicle is in a stolen state, the door and the window are closed and locked so that the criminal is confined in the vehicle. It can be transferred to a police station.

  In addition, when the automatic driving vehicle 1 of the above-described embodiment detects that the host vehicle is in a stolen state, manual driving by the thief suspect is disabled, and designation of a destination by the rider in the automatic driving mode Since the change or the like is invalidated and only the movement in the automatic driving mode to a predetermined destination such as a police station can be performed, the criminal can be reliably transferred to the police station or the like.

  Furthermore, since the self-driving car is not in a stationary state but is traveling at high speed by automatic driving, it is possible to prevent a suspected thief from breaking out of the window glass and running away from it.

[Modification of First Embodiment]
In the first embodiment described above, an automatic driving vehicle having both the automatic driving mode and the manual driving mode has been described as an example. The present invention can be configured. In this case, since the automatic operation mode is always set, there is no switching between the manual operation mode and the automatic operation mode. Therefore, control for switching from the manual operation mode to the automatic operation mode or control for switching from the automatic operation mode to the manual operation mode is not necessary in the above description. Of course, the automatic driving vehicle without manual driving is not provided with the manual / automatic driving mode switching control unit 117 or the manual driving operation detecting unit 128. Further, there may be no accelerator pedal, brake pedal, shift lever, steering (handle), etc. necessary for manual driving. However, in order to ensure safety, a brake pedal (a brake button, touch panel input or voice input corresponding to the brake may be provided), and only the brake operation may be manually handled.

  In the first embodiment described above, after the movement is started by automatic driving, the set destination is notified. However, before the movement by automatic driving is started, the set destination is notified. You may make it do.

  In addition, the contact to the destination is a telephone contact, but it may be a contact using a communication application such as a facsimile (fax), e-mail, or LINE.

  In the above-described first embodiment, when the autonomous driving vehicle 1 arrives at the destination, the suspected thief emits sound by voice message while riding, but even while moving by automatic driving, You may make it sound outside that a suspected thief is on board, or voice messages such as "Please call 110".

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, for example, a door 130 of an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) is provided on the door of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 to detect a theft state, and the suspected thief 131 is automatically driven. When the vehicle is on board 1, the display screen of the display 130 displays text message messages such as “Theft offender being transported”, “The thief on board” or “Please call 110”. Also good. The display 130 may be provided on the side window, the windshield, or the rear glass, or an LED (Light Emitting Diode) may be provided in place of the LCD to notify the theft state to the outside. Good. Further, the voice message may be emitted to the outside in conjunction with the display of the text character message.

  In the first embodiment described above, the self-driving vehicle 1 determines whether or not the vehicle is stolen based on whether or not a passenger, particularly a person who gets in the driver's seat, is a registrant. However, the determination of whether or not the device is in a stolen state is not limited to this case.

  For example, the theft detection processing unit 116 determines whether the vehicle is not driven from the output of vibration sensors, acceleration sensors, and the like in the various sensor groups 104 and the current location confirmation result of the current location confirmation unit 107. When it is detected that the vehicle has moved more than a distance, it may be detected that the vehicle is stolen. Further, when abnormal sensor data that does not appear when the host vehicle is stopped or during normal travel, such as large vibration data or acceleration data, may be detected that the host vehicle is stolen. This assumes the case where the automatic driving vehicle 1 is stolen without being brought into an operating state by being lifted using a heavy machine such as a crane truck or a tow truck.

  In the first embodiment described above, the authentication information is checked when the rider is not a registrant. However, when the rider is not a registrant, it is immediately determined that the rider is a suspected thief. Then, the vehicle may be detected as being stolen.

  Also, if the passenger wears a balaclava or the like and authentication of the face image is difficult, the passenger is judged to be a suspected thief and authenticates carefully, focusing on the eyes. Alternatively, the rider may be encouraged to take off the balaclava and expose his face. Alternatively, it may be immediately determined that the passenger is a suspected thief and that the vehicle is in a stolen state.

  In addition, it can also be set as the place parked before the theft as the destination at the time of the theft. In that case, the self-driving car will return to the place where it was parked before the theft, with the suspected thief on board. May be. Further, when the current position of the autonomous driving vehicle is a place where the vehicle was parked before the theft, the 110th notification may be made as the door closed lock state without moving.

  In the above-described first embodiment, the description of the theft from the autonomous driving vehicle 1 to the owner of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 was not described, but “the vehicle has been stolen. ”It is being transported to the police station”, etc., by making a phone call or e-mail from the self-driving car 1 so that the owner of the self-driving car 1 can communicate with the communication terminal such as the mobile phone terminal. Of course, it is also good. Also, if it is difficult to move even if the theft is detected, contact the owner's mobile phone or other communication terminal, such as “The car has been stolen. You may make it insert.

  Further, in the first embodiment described above, the autonomous driving vehicle 1 contacts the destination by telephone or the like, but there may be a case where the destination does not contact. In this case, the automatic driving vehicle 1 may contact a communication terminal such as a mobile phone terminal of the owner of the own vehicle, and contact the destination or the 110th from the owner.

[Second Embodiment]
In the first embodiment described above, the anti-theft processing control is performed only by the automatic driving vehicle 1. However, even if it is determined that the automatic driving vehicle 1 is abnormal, the automatic driving vehicle 1 is actually used. In some cases, an acquaintance of the owner of the car is trying to drive. In that case, the determination of theft of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 can be made more reliably by the intervention of the owner. In many cases, the owner of the self-driving car 1 recognizes that the self-driving car 1 parked at a predetermined place is gone and detects theft. For example, the automatic driving car 1 parked in the parking lot of the service area is lost while the owner of the automatic driving car 1 is eating, or the automatic driving car parked in the parking lot of the shopping center. This is a case where the car 1 is lost while the owner of the self-driving car 1 is shopping. The second embodiment assumes such a case.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining an overview of an antitheft system for an autonomous vehicle according to the second embodiment. That is, the second embodiment is a system configuration including an autonomous driving vehicle 2 and a communication terminal capable of wireless communication possessed by the owner 3 of the autonomous driving vehicle 2, for example, a high-functional mobile phone terminal 4 called a smartphone. It becomes. In the second embodiment, the autonomous driving vehicle 2 and the mobile phone terminal 4 can wirelessly communicate with each other through a communication network including a mobile phone network and the Internet. In the automatic driving vehicle 2, the telephone number and the e-mail address of the mobile phone terminal 4 of the owner 3 are registered in advance as a report destination for an abnormality or the like. In the mobile phone terminal 4, an application program for supporting the prevention of theft of the autonomous driving vehicle 2 is downloaded from a predetermined site of the autonomous driving vehicle 2 and stored in advance. In this embodiment, the mobile phone terminal 4 is used, but a fixed phone terminal or a personal computer can also be used. In addition, in order to avoid contact with the owner 3, a telephone number or an e-mail address of a mobile phone terminal of the family of the owner 3 may be registered as a spare contact address.

  The self-driving vehicle 2 of this embodiment has substantially the same configuration as the self-driving vehicle 1 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, but a method for detecting that the vehicle is stolen is the first. Different from the first embodiment. Further, the configuration of the wireless communication processing unit 102 is different from that of the first embodiment.

  The wireless communication processing unit 102 of the autonomous driving vehicle 2 according to the second embodiment is a telephone in which the subscriber telephone number (mobile phone number) of the cellular phone terminal 4 capable of wireless communication with the autonomous driving vehicle 2 is registered. Has number memory. The wireless communication processing unit 102 cooperates with the control unit 101 to automatically transmit to the mobile phone terminal 4 of the stored mobile phone number and perform notification as described later, and the storage thereof. It has a function of automatically responding to an incoming call from the mobile phone terminal 4 of the mobile phone number, and executing a predetermined process as described later.

  In the second embodiment, the fact that the autonomous driving vehicle 2 is stolen is recognized by the autonomous driving vehicle 2 when the owner 3 notifies the autonomous driving vehicle 2 through the mobile phone terminal 4. Like that.

  Further, in the example of the second embodiment below, the destination setting method is different from the first embodiment, and the owner 3 notifies the autonomous driving vehicle 2 of the destination via the mobile phone terminal 4. By sending, the automatic driving vehicle 2 recognizes the destination at the time of theft.

  As described above, there are two cases (first example and second example) when the owner 3 notifies the autonomous driving vehicle 2 that the autonomous driving vehicle 2 is in a stolen state. That is, in the first example, as shown in FIG. 8, the mobile phone terminal 4 of the owner 3 receives the abnormality detection notification from the autonomous driving vehicle 2, and the owner 3 checks the abnormality content, This is a case where a notification of whether or not the theft is present (hereinafter referred to as a theft presence / absence notification) is sent from the mobile phone terminal 4 to the autonomous driving vehicle 2 as a check result. The second example is a case where the owner 3 detects the absence of the autonomous driving vehicle 2 without receiving the abnormality notification from the autonomous driving vehicle 2 and notifies the autonomous driving vehicle 2 of the theft state. is there. In the case of the second example, it is not a theft presence / absence notification but a notification of the theft state, that is, a theft notification.

  In the example of FIG. 8, the owner 3 designates a police station 5 as the destination for theft, and the autonomous driving vehicle 2 moves to the designated police station 5 by automatic driving. Is shown. Also in the second embodiment, during the movement at the time of theft, it is impossible to switch to the door closed lock state, the window closed lock state, and the manual operation mode, as in the first embodiment, and the movement at the time of theft. The processing operation is almost the same as in the first embodiment.

  FIG. 9 shows an electronic control circuit section of the autonomous driving vehicle 2 (hereinafter, only described as the autonomous driving vehicle 2 for the sake of simplicity) in the antitheft system of the autonomous driving vehicle of the second embodiment, and the carrying of the owner 3. The sequence diagram of an example of exchanges with the telephone terminal 4 is shown. The example of FIG. 9 is the case of the first example in which the owner 3 notifies the autonomous driving vehicle 2 of the state of theft by the autonomous driving vehicle 2.

  That is, first, the autonomous vehicle 2 detects whether or not an abnormality has occurred in its own vehicle. The abnormality detection means can be realized, for example, with a configuration substantially similar to the theft detection means of the first embodiment (see FIG. 1). In this case, the passenger authentication unit 115 acquires a face image of a passenger who has boarded the autonomous driving vehicle 2 from the camera group 105, and the acquired face image and the face stored in the passenger authentication information memory 126. A comparison is made with the image to determine whether or not they match. When the face image of the passenger does not match any of the face images stored in the passenger authentication information memory 126, the passenger authentication unit 115 gives an abnormal authentication result indicating that the passenger cannot be authenticated. Notify a detection processing unit (not shown). By this notification, the abnormality detection processing unit detects that the host vehicle is in an abnormal state. The abnormality detection process based on the comparison of face images may be performed at any time, but it is preferably performed when it is determined that a passenger is seated in the driver's seat, as in the case of the theft detection means.

  In the case of theft detection, it is preferable to make a definite determination as to whether or not the authentication result can be authenticated with stricter determination accuracy of the authentication result. In the case of abnormality detection, it is determined whether or not there is a matching face image. Even if it may not be possible, it is preferable to detect it as abnormal if it is doubtful even a little.

  In the second embodiment, unlike the first embodiment, even if the anomaly detection is an uncertain judgment with low reliability, the final theft judgment can be left to the owner. At the same time as preventing leakage, it is possible to prevent wrong theft. Therefore, when there is no matching face image as in the first embodiment and the passenger cannot be authenticated, the passenger is requested to input an ID or password, and the authentication is confirmed again. Even if there is no operation, there is no particular problem.

  In addition, the abnormality which an abnormality detection means can detect is not restricted to this example. For example, it may be difficult to authenticate the passenger, detect a suspicious situation such as a passenger wearing a balaclava, or detect that the vehicle has moved more than a predetermined distance even though the vehicle is not driving Or when abnormal sensor data that does not appear when the vehicle is stopped or during normal travel is detected, these can be detected as abnormalities in the vehicle.

  When the abnormality detection processing unit detects an abnormality in the host vehicle, the abnormality detection processing unit transmits an abnormality report to the mobile phone terminal 4 of the owner 3 as the registered counterpart. This abnormality report is accompanied by a current report of the autonomous driving vehicle 2. The information on the current report of the autonomous driving vehicle 2 includes a face image of the passenger when a passenger who is not a registrant is detected, and the predetermined distance is measured even though the vehicle is not driven. When it is detected that the vehicle has moved, image information around the vehicle is included. Also, current position information such as the latitude and longitude of the host vehicle may be included.

  In addition, the report of abnormality may be performed by telephone, and the current report of the autonomous driving vehicle 2 may be performed by attaching an image by e-mail. As a report of the abnormality, a synthetic voice that informs that is sent when the passenger is suspicious, and a synthetic voice that informs that when the passenger is suspicious.

  The mobile phone terminal 4 that has received the report of the abnormality and the report of the current state of the autonomous driving vehicle 2 displays the face image of the passenger on the display screen or displays an image around the autonomous driving vehicle 2. On the display screen, software buttons for allowing the owner 3 to input the confirmation result of whether or not the theft has been displayed are displayed.

  The owner 3 looks at the display image on the display screen of the mobile phone terminal 4 to check for theft and inputs the check result through the software button on the display screen of the mobile phone terminal 4. That is, if the face image on the display screen is a face image of an unknown person, it is determined that the device is in a stolen state. Also, if the surrounding image is an image where the autonomous driving vehicle 2 is suspended in the air, an image pulled by a tow truck, or an image placed on a trailer, theft Judged to be in a state. The mobile phone terminal 4 notifies the autonomous driving vehicle 2 of the result of checking whether or not the owner 3 is stolen.

  The self-driving vehicle 2 that has received the check result of whether or not the owner 3 is stolen analyzes the received check result and determines whether the check result is theft or not. To do. As a result of the determination, when it is determined that the vehicle is not in a stolen state, the automatic driving vehicle 2 does not perform the process at the time of the theft and keeps the state as it is.

  If it is determined that the vehicle is stolen as a result of the determination of the check result, the automatic operation vehicle 2 closes the doors and windows, and prohibits manual operation by the rider (prohibition of switching to the manual operation mode). ) Is controlled. Then, the autonomous driving vehicle 2 sends an instruction request for the destination at the time of theft to the mobile phone terminal 4.

  The mobile phone terminal 4 sends an instruction notification of a destination such as a police station to the autonomous driving vehicle 2 based on the instruction input of the owner 3. In this case, the mobile phone terminal 4 has a destination candidate memory having the same data content as the destination memory 127 for the theft of the autonomous driving vehicle 2 and automatically transmits information on the destination selected from the destination candidate memory. Send to driving car 2. In this case, the information on the destination to be sent only needs to be the identification information, and the autonomous vehicle 2 reads and specifies the destination specified by the identification information from the theft destination memory 127.

  The destination instruction notification is not limited to this method, and text information such as “□□ police station”, “△△ police box”, “closest police station, etc.” may be notified as it is. In the automatic driving vehicle 2, it is possible to recognize characters and grasp the destination as the recognition result.

  Then, after sending the instruction notification of the movement destination, the mobile phone terminal 4 automatically notifies the 110th. The report information to be sent to the police station or the like at the time of the 110th report may be transmitted directly by the owner 3 through a call with the police station or the like, or in advance as in the case of the first embodiment. You may make it memorize | store a report message in the telephone terminal 4, convert it to a synthetic voice, and send it to a police station etc. In this example, the 110th report includes a message for requesting the mobile phone terminal 4 to make a phone call from a police station or the like when the autonomous vehicle 2 arrives at the destination, and the mobile phone terminal 4 Is also included.

  The automatic driving vehicle 2 that has received the instruction notification of the destination moves by automatic driving toward the instructed destination.

  Then, when the automatic driving vehicle 2 arrives at the destination, it notifies the mobile phone terminal 4 to that effect. This notification may be made by synthetic voice through a telephone or may be notified by e-mail. Moreover, you may notify by communication applications, such as LINE.

  If the destination is a police station or the like, the police station will contact the arrival of the automatic driving car 2 in response to a request for notification of arrival included in the 110th report. 3 tells through the mobile phone terminal 4 that the door closed lock state of the autonomous driving vehicle 2 is released. Thereafter, the owner 3 sends a door closing lock release instruction to the autonomous driving vehicle 2 through the mobile phone terminal 4. Therefore, the autonomous vehicle 2 that has received this door closing lock release instruction releases the door closing lock state. Therefore, the police officer can open and close the door of the autonomous driving vehicle 2 from the outside, and can arrest or secure the suspected thief on board.

[Effects of Second Embodiment]
Needless to say, the same effects as those of the first embodiment can also be obtained in the second embodiment that performs the above-described configuration and operation. And according to this 2nd Embodiment, a stolen state can be detected more reliably by the owner confirming the theft state of the autonomous driving vehicle 2, and the theft only by the autonomous driving vehicle 2. It is possible to reduce misjudgment in the case of state judgment.

  Further, according to the second embodiment, the owner can detect the theft state of the autonomous driving vehicle 2 and notify the autonomous driving vehicle 2 so that the autonomous driving vehicle 2 itself is in the stolen state of the own vehicle. Even when it cannot be detected, theft of the vehicle can be prevented.

[Modification of Second Embodiment]
In the second embodiment described above, as in the first embodiment described above, an automatic driving vehicle having both the automatic operation mode and the manual operation mode has been described as an example. Even if there is no self-driving car, this invention can be constituted.

  In the second embodiment described above, the destination is set by the owner of the autonomous driving vehicle 2 by notifying the autonomous driving vehicle 2 through the mobile phone terminal, but in this second embodiment, Alternatively, the automatic driving vehicle 2 itself may set the destination for theft in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

  In the second embodiment described above, the owner 3 of the autonomous driving vehicle 2 performs confirmation and notification of the theft state of the autonomous driving vehicle 2. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The management company may do this. For example, when a large number of autonomous driving vehicles such as transportation companies, delivery companies, bus companies, taxi companies, etc. manage and operate computers at the center, from the center to the autonomous driving vehicle 2 identified as being stolen, Theft notification and destination notification can be sent. The moving destination is not limited to a police station or the like, and may be set at a company head office, a head office, a branch office, or a branch. When the destination is set to the head office, head office, branch office or branch office of the company, the head office, head office, branch office or branch office is notified to the police officer number 110 so that a police officer can come for on-site verification and criminal arrest or securing.

  Furthermore, if a police officer finds an autonomous driving vehicle that should be restrained, such as an autonomous driving vehicle in which a criminal gets on the run or is running, or an automated driving vehicle that has been reported for theft, from the license plate etc. Identify contact information such as a phone number for contacting the autonomous vehicle, contact the autonomous vehicle using the contact information (for example, telephone number), and establish communication with the autonomous vehicle. On the other hand, a notification of the theft state detection and a notification of a predetermined point (a place where a police vehicle such as a police car or a white bike can express) or a destination such as a predetermined police station may be notified. In this way, the self-driving car will move to the notified destination with the doors and windows closed and closed so that the criminal who is on board cannot escape, so it will wait at the notified predetermined place. The police officer who had been able to arrest or detain the criminal who is riding the self-driving car.

[Other Embodiments or Modifications]
In the above-described embodiment, when a suspected thief escapes from a traveling car by breaking a window during the automatic driving by the automatic driving car 1 or the automatic driving car 2, this is indicated by the camera group 105. The image information such as the face image of the suspected thief and the position information of the location where the suspected thief escaped is reported to No. 110 so that the autonomous driving vehicle stops on the spot or nearby shoulder It may be.

  Further, when there is no police officer at the destination police station or the like, the autonomous driving vehicle 1 or the autonomous driving vehicle 2 may search for another nearby police station or the like and search for it. Of course, you may make it wait without moving at the police station etc. of the movement destination.

  In the above-described embodiment, a theft state or an abnormal state is detected based on detecting a suspicious passenger or detecting a suspicious movement of the own vehicle or abnormal sensor data. If it is detected that the autonomous driving vehicle 1 or the autonomous driving vehicle 2 is traveling on a suspicious route that is not normally used by a person, it is detected that the vehicle is suspected of being stolen or abnormal traveling, and the first embodiment You may make it perform the process of a case, or may report the abnormality to the owner in the case of 2nd Embodiment.

  In the above-described embodiment, the theft detection unit and the abnormality detection unit detect the theft state of the automatic driving vehicle 1 and the abnormal state of the automatic driving vehicle 2 based on face authentication (a comparison result of face images). However, the detection of the theft state or the abnormal state is not limited to this. For example, the driver of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 or the autonomous driving vehicle 2 performs biometric authentication such as voiceprint authentication, fingerprint authentication, iris authentication, vein pattern authentication, etc., and detects the theft or abnormal state based on the authentication result. You may make it do. The authentication is not limited to biometric authentication, and may be confirmation operations such as name, address, date of birth, ID, password, mobile phone terminal phone number, and e-mail address. Further, by combining these various types of authentication, authentication for the driver of the autonomous driving vehicle 1 or the autonomous driving vehicle 2 may be further strengthened, and a theft state or an abnormal state may be detected based on the authentication result. .

  In the above-described embodiment, the theft detection means, the abnormality detection means, and various authentications are performed by the automatic driving vehicle 1 or the automatic driving vehicle 2 or the owner 3. May have a function of connecting to the Internet, and may be performed in the cloud.

  In the above-described embodiment, when the self-driving car 1 or the self-driving car 2 is determined to be in a stolen state, the self-driving car 1 enters the automatic driving mode, and even if the rider tries to switch to manual driving, the automatic lock is not performed. It is controlled so that it does not switch to manual operation mode. However, if the passenger is not a thief and accidentally becomes locked in the automatic driving mode, the driver who is not the thief, such as the owner, performs automatic driving by performing a predetermined operation. The mode lock state may be released so that the mode can be switched to the manual operation mode. In this case, the predetermined operation for canceling the automatic operation mode includes biometric authentication such as fingerprint authentication of the owner, a personal identification number, a password, voice recognition (a password may be recognized together), speaker recognition , Face recognition, gesture recognition, and the like, or a combination of these.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, in an autonomous driving vehicle that does not have a manual operation mode, control is performed so that an input operation such as designation or change of a destination by a rider becomes invalid. However, assuming that the input operation is accidentally invalidated when the rider is not a thief, the rider who is not the thief, such as the owner, performs the input operation by performing a predetermined operation. The invalid state may be canceled.

  When this invention is used by a rental car company, a face image is registered as a temporary owner at the time of departure for a driver who uses the rental car. A driver who uses a rental car is recognized as a legitimate user by performing face authentication while using the rental car. When someone other than this driver uses the rental car, the face is not authenticated, so the theft is detected. When the rental car is returned, the registered driver's face image is deleted and the owner's qualification is lost. When a theft is detected in this rental car, the driver who is the temporary owner is contacted and the rental car company is also contacted. A driver using a rental car is not limited to registering a facial image, but can register biometric information such as a fingerprint, an iris, a vein pattern, and a voice (voice print) and perform biometric authentication using the biometric information. When returning a rental car, the registered driver's biometric information is deleted. Furthermore, it is possible to issue a temporary ID card or password to the driver who uses the rental car and return it when the rental car is returned. Moreover, these can also be used in combination. Furthermore, the present invention can also be applied to car sharing in which a specific automobile is shared among a plurality of members, as in the case of a rental car.

  Note that the present invention can be applied not only to theft of a vehicle of an autonomous driving vehicle but also to roughing on the vehicle. In this case, even if the passenger does not sit in the driver's seat, the intruder's face image captured by the in-vehicle camera when the intruder is detected by the in-vehicle camera or the like is registered as the registered face image. Compare. If the intruder's face image is not registered, it is detected that the vehicle is rough (detected as being stolen), the doors and windows are closed and transferred to a destination such as a police station by automatic driving.

  Furthermore, the present invention can also be applied to the arrest of a criminal who can obtain a face image such as a wanted crime. The self-driving car obtains the face image of a criminal such as a wanted criminal in cooperation with the cloud, that is, from a predetermined site on the Internet, and the face image of the criminal matches the face image of the passenger of the self-driving car In this case, it is considered that the theft is detected, and the doors and windows can be automatically closed and transferred to a police station or the like. In this case, even if the rider is an owner of an autonomous driving vehicle or a registrant such as a rider that the owner has allowed to drive, it shall be invalidated and forcibly transferred to a police station, etc. Can do.

  In the case of a criminal who can obtain a fingerprint instead of a face image, the same response can be made by fingerprint authentication. When this embodiment is applied by a rental car company in cooperation with the police, when a wanted criminals use a rental car, the rental car identifies the wanted criminals and transfers them to a predetermined police station, etc. It has the effect of increasing the possibility of criminal arrest and criminal clearance in the area.

  In addition, the face image of the driver (driver) of the self-driving car while driving is taken with the camera of the surveillance camera system installed on the road, such as an automatic speed control device, and the shot face image is prepared in advance. When it matches the face image of the criminal who is, it can be regarded as being stolen and the automatic driving vehicle can be notified of this. The self-driving car that has been notified of the theft is put in a door-closed lock state and a window-closed lock state, and forcibly moves to a destination such as a police station by automatic driving. In this case, the surveillance camera system automatically acquires the contact information (notification destination) of the autonomous driving vehicle based on the number of the license plate, for example, from the Internet site. It is recommended to register the number of the driver's car and the contact information (notification destination).

  By doing so, it is possible to increase the possibility of arrest or arrest of a criminal whose face image or fingerprint is known, such as a wanted crime.

  In the above-described embodiment, when it is detected that the vehicle is stolen, the vehicle has been transferred to a predetermined police station or the nearest police station, but the police station has jurisdiction. In case, it can be transferred to the police station or the like. Further, instead of a police station or the like, a transfer area dedicated to a stolen vehicle may be provided and transferred there.

  In addition, when it is detected that the self-driving cars of companies that manage and operate many self-driving cars such as shipping companies, delivery companies, bus companies, taxi companies, rental car companies, etc. are stolen, You may make it transfer to the transfer area only for stolen vehicles which the company provided.

  In addition, if the GPS provided in the autonomous driving vehicle is used, the country or local government that is running can be identified. If the country or local government is known, information on various police agencies corresponding to the specified country or local government and emergency call phone numbers that differ depending on the country or local government can be obtained, and processing specialized for that country or local government can be performed.

  The present invention is not limited to ordinary cars and light cars, but also trucks, buses, taxis, tractors, dump trucks, bulldozers, excavators, forklifts, crane trucks, tow trucks, single cars, motorcycles, electric bicycles, electric cars It can be applied even to assist bicycles. Furthermore, it can be applied to ships, airplanes, helicopters and the like.

  Moreover, although the self-driving vehicle of the above-described embodiment is an electric vehicle, the present invention can be applied to a gasoline vehicle, a hybrid vehicle, a fuel cell vehicle, and other driving vehicles.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 2 ... Auto-driving car, 10 ... Electronic control circuit part, 104 ... Various sensor groups, 105 ... Camera group, 106 ... GPS receiving part, 107 ... Present location confirmation part, 112 ... Display part with a touch panel, 113 ... Car navigation function part 114: Door lock control unit 115: Passenger authentication unit 116: Theft detection processing unit 117: Manual / automatic operation mode switching control unit

In order to solve the above problems, the invention of claim 1
Wireless communication means;
A theft detecting means for detecting that the own vehicle is in a stolen state or a receiving means for receiving a notification that the own vehicle is in a stolen state through the wireless communication means ;
A determination unit that determines a destination based on detection of the state of the theft by the theft detection unit, or based on reception of a notification of the theft state;
Detection means for detecting the current position;
Search means for searching for a route from the current position detected by the detection means to the destination determined by the determination means;
Means for moving the vehicle by automatic driving along the route searched by the search means toward the destination determined by the determination means ;
Notifying means for notifying the destination via the wireless communication means that the host vehicle is in a stolen state and that the vehicle is heading toward the destination and / or information for recognizing the host vehicle;
To provide an autonomous vehicle equipped with

In the automatic driving vehicle according to the first aspect of the invention, the receiving means can receive a notification that the vehicle is in a stolen state. That is, for example, the owner of the self-driving car that has detected that the self-driving car parked in a predetermined place has been lost and has been stolen is transferred to the self-driving car through its own communication terminal. Send a notification that is in a stolen state. The receiving means of the self-driving vehicle receives the notification that the vehicle is stolen.

In the invention of claim 1, the self-driving vehicle automatically drives the self-vehicle based on the reception of the notification that the self-vehicle is in a stolen state. Control to move to the destination.

Therefore, the self-driving vehicle according to the invention of claim 1 moves to the police station or the like while the criminal is on board, and can prevent the vehicle vehicle from being stolen, and can also be used for arresting the criminal and arresting the criminal. Demonstrate power.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the notifying means indicates that the host vehicle is stolen and that the destination vehicle is moving toward the destination and / or information for recognizing the host vehicle. In the case of a police station, etc., which is a destination, police officers, etc. are waiting when an autonomous vehicle that is stolen arrives, making it easy to arrest and secure the criminal. Yes.

Automatic operation car, automatic operation vehicle anti-theft system, anti-theft program automatic operation vehicle, the terminal control program, a car sharing method rental method and automatic operation vehicle automatic operation vehicle.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention of claim 1
Wireless communication means;
An abnormality detection means for detecting whether an abnormality has occurred in the vehicle ;
When the abnormality detection means detects that an abnormality has occurred in the host vehicle, an abnormality report including current information at that time is transmitted to the registered partner through the wireless communication means, and the wireless communication A determination means for receiving a check result about the theft state at the other party received from the other party through the means, and determining whether the theft is based on the check result;
A determination unit that determines a destination when the determination unit determines that the theft is based on the check result ;
Detection means for detecting the current position;
Search means for searching for a route from the current position detected by the detection means to the destination determined by the determination means;
Means for moving the vehicle by automatic driving along the route searched by the search means toward the destination determined by the determination means ;
To provide an autonomous vehicle equipped with

Oite the automatic operation vehicle of the invention of claim 1 of the above structure, when the abnormality on the vehicle by the abnormality detection means detects that occurs, a notification of abnormality, including the current state of information at that time, it is registered The other party is transmitted to the other party through the wireless communication unit, and the check result regarding the theft state at the other party is received from the other party through the wireless communication unit, and the theft state is determined based on the check result.

In the invention of claim 1, when it is determined that the self-driving vehicle is in a stolen state, the self-driving vehicle determines a destination such as a police station, and automatically drives the self-driving vehicle. Control to move to the destination.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, after the automatic driving vehicle detects the occurrence of an abnormality, the theft state is more reliably determined by determining the theft state based on the registered opponent check result. It can be detected, and misjudgment in the case of the determination of the theft state only by the autonomous driving vehicle can be reduced.

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A theft detection means for detecting that the vehicle is in a stolen state;
Control means for controlling the vehicle to automatically drive and move to a predetermined destination based on detection of the theft by the theft detection means;
A self-driving car equipped with. Receiving means for receiving notification that the vehicle is stolen;
Control means for automatically driving the vehicle based on reception of the notification of theft state and controlling to move to a predetermined destination,
A self-driving car equipped with. The storage unit stores information on the predetermined destination, and the control unit is based on the detection of the theft state or the reception of the notification of the theft state. The information of the predetermined destination is read from the storage means, and the vehicle is automatically driven and controlled to move to the read predetermined destination. 2. The autonomous driving vehicle described in 2. The receiving means also receives information on the predetermined predetermined destination, and the control means moves the host vehicle to the predetermined predetermined destination received by the automatic driving. The automatic driving vehicle according to claim 2. Detection means for detecting the current position;
Search means for searching around the current position;
With
The automatic driving vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the predetermined destination is the nearest police agency searched by the search means. The detection means has a function of specifying the country or local government to which the detected current position belongs,
The automatic driving vehicle according to claim 5, wherein the search means has a function of searching for the nearest police agency based on a country or a local government to which the current position specified by the detection means belongs. It has an automatic operation mode that performs automatic operation and a manual operation mode that performs manual operation.
The control means makes it impossible to switch to the manual operation mode at the time of automatic driving based on detection of the theft state or automatic driving based on reception of the notification of the theft state. The automatic driving vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the automatic driving vehicle is controlled as follows. The control means controls to invalidate an input operation by a rider during automatic driving based on detection of the theft state or automatic driving based on reception of the notification of the theft state. The automatic driving vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein: Provided with locking means for locking the door and / or window of the host vehicle so that it cannot be opened and closed;
The locking means locks the door and / or window of the vehicle so that it cannot be opened or closed based on detection of the theft state or reception of the theft notification state. The automatic driving vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the vehicle is an autonomous driving vehicle. Provided with an informing means for informing the state of the vehicle by text, image and / or voice,
The informing means is based on the detection of the theft state or the reception of the theft notification state, the vehicle is in a theft state, and the criminal is on board The automatic driving vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that a notification is made to the emergency contact point. The automatic driving vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the predetermined destination is determined based on a battery, gasoline and / or fuel remaining amount of the automatic driving vehicle. . It has a reporting means to report to the emergency contact information,
The notification means performs notification to the emergency call contact based on detection of the theft state or reception of a notification of the theft state. The automatic driving vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 11. The automatic driving vehicle according to claim 12, wherein the determination of the notification to the emergency call contact is made based on a battery, gasoline and / or fuel remaining amount of the automatic driving vehicle. A tracking detection means for detecting the tracking of the police car's own vehicle,
The self-driving vehicle according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein when the tracking of the police car is detected, the vehicle stops at a shoulder or a parking lot. Call detection means for detecting the voice call to the police car's own vehicle,
Speech recognition means for recognizing speech;
With
The automatic operation according to any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein when the voice call is detected, the voice is recognized and an action of the own vehicle is determined based on the voice recognition result. Driving car. The theft detection means includes a biological information acquisition unit,
The vehicle is detected to be in a stolen state based on a comparison result between biometric information of a person registered in advance and biometric information newly acquired by the biometric information acquisition unit. 1. The autonomous driving vehicle according to 1. The biological information acquisition unit is an imaging unit;
The theft detection means detects that the vehicle is in a stolen state based on a comparison result between a face image of a person registered in advance and a face image of a person newly captured by the imaging unit. The autonomous driving vehicle according to claim 16. The said theft detection means detects that the own vehicle is in a stolen state by detecting that the own vehicle position is moved without driving the own vehicle. The self-driving car described. It consists of an autonomous vehicle and a communication terminal.
The self-driving car is
First communication means for wirelessly communicating with the communication terminal;
An anomaly detection means for detecting an anomaly in the vehicle;
When the abnormality detecting means detects an abnormality in the own vehicle, an abnormality notification for notifying the detected abnormality is sent together with information for causing the communication terminal to check the current situation of the own vehicle through the first communication means. Means to send,
When receiving a notification from the communication terminal that the vehicle is stolen in response to the abnormality notification, the vehicle is automatically driven and controlled to move to a predetermined destination. Control means;
With
The communication terminal is
Second communication means for wirelessly communicating with the autonomous vehicle;
The abnormality notification is received through the first communication means, and based on the information for checking the current situation, it is determined whether or not the autonomous driving vehicle is in a stolen state, and is in a stolen state. Means for transmitting a notification of the theft state through the second communication means when determined;
An anti-theft system for self-driving cars. The abnormality detection means includes a biological information acquisition unit,
The automatic detection according to claim 19, wherein an abnormality in the host vehicle is detected based on a comparison result between biometric information of a person registered in advance and biometric information newly acquired by the biometric information acquisition unit. Anti-theft system for driving cars. A computer equipped with an autonomous vehicle
A theft detection means for detecting that the vehicle is stolen;
Control means for automatically driving the vehicle based on detection of the theft state by the theft detection means and controlling the vehicle to move to a predetermined destination;
Anti-theft program for self-driving cars to function as. A receiving means for receiving a notification that the self-driving car is in a stolen state;
Control means for controlling the vehicle to automatically drive and move to a predetermined destination based on reception of the notification of the theft.
Anti-theft program for self-driving cars to function as. A communication means for communicating with the communication terminal;
An anomaly detection means for detecting an anomaly in the vehicle;
Means for sending an abnormality notice for notifying the detected abnormality together with information for causing the communication terminal to check the current state of the own vehicle when the abnormality detecting means detects an abnormality in the own vehicle; ,
When receiving a notification from the communication terminal that the vehicle is stolen in response to the abnormality notification, the vehicle is automatically driven and controlled to move to a predetermined destination. Control means;
A terminal control program for operating a computer included in a communication terminal capable of mutual communication with an autonomous driving vehicle equipped with
The terminal control program, the communication terminal,
Means for receiving information for checking for checking the current status of the autonomous driving vehicle transmitted from the autonomous driving vehicle;
A theft state determination means for determining whether or not the autonomous driving vehicle is in a stolen state based on the information for checking;
Means for transmitting, to the autonomous driving vehicle, a notification that the autonomous driving vehicle is in a stolen state when it is determined by the theft state determining means that the autonomous driving vehicle is in a stolen state;
A terminal control program characterized by being a program for functioning as a terminal. A method for renting an autonomous driving vehicle that temporarily lends the autonomous driving vehicle according to claim 16 or 17 to a user,
Registering the biometric information of the user at the time of lending the autonomous driving vehicle;
Deleting the user's biometric information when returning the autonomous driving vehicle; and
A method for renting self-driving cars. An abnormality notification from the autonomous driving vehicle and information for checking the current status of the autonomous driving vehicle are received to determine whether the autonomous driving vehicle is in a stolen state, and the autonomous driving vehicle is in a stolen state A communication means for wirelessly communicating with the communication terminal that transmits the notification that the autonomous driving vehicle is in a stolen state to the autonomous driving vehicle when it is determined that
An abnormality detection unit that includes a biological information acquisition unit and detects an abnormality in the host vehicle based on a comparison result between the biological information of a person registered in advance and the biological information newly acquired by the biological information acquisition unit When,
Means for sending an abnormality notification notifying the detected abnormality together with information for checking the current status of the vehicle to the communication terminal through the communication means when an abnormality in the own vehicle is detected;
When receiving a notification from the communication terminal that the vehicle is stolen in response to the abnormality notification, the vehicle is automatically driven and controlled to move to a predetermined destination. Control means;
A method for renting an autonomous driving vehicle that temporarily lends an autonomous driving vehicle equipped with
Registering the biometric information of the user at the time of lending the autonomous driving vehicle;
Deleting the user's biometric information when returning the autonomous driving vehicle; and
A method for renting self-driving cars.

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