TWI625704B - vehicle authentication system and vehicle authentication method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A vehicle certification system and a method for vehicle certification thereof for authenticating a user and a vehicle. The method comprises the steps of: providing personal identity data as the first authentication data; performing a vehicle matching procedure on the vehicle to generate the second authentication data; transmitting the first authentication data and the second authentication data to the server end; and confirming at the server end The authentication data and the second authentication data are the same as the pre-stored personal data and the vehicle data; the user side captures the mileage image of the vehicle; and the mileage of the vehicle is identified based on the mileage image on the server side.

Description

Vehicle certification system and method for vehicle certification thereof

The present invention relates to a vehicle authentication system and a method of vehicle certification thereof, and more particularly to a vehicle certification system capable of identifying the same vehicle and a method of vehicle certification thereof.

The traditional auto insurance rate calculation factor is mainly the age, gender, anecdotal record or vehicle label of the insured. The driver's vehicle usage status is not included in the rate calculation factor, so if the driver's vehicle mileage can be used. In order to get the right auto insurance rates, consider the number. However, in the prior art, only the driver can self-register the mileage, the driver may miss the mileage, or when the driver has multiple cars, there may be a situation of mis-planting, and it is difficult to review the registration. The correctness of the information.

Therefore, it is necessary to invent a new vehicle certification system and its vehicle certification method to solve the lack of prior art.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle authentication system having a function of recognizing the same vehicle.

Another primary object of the present invention is to provide a method of vehicle authentication for the above vehicle certification system.

To achieve the above objectives, the vehicle authentication system of the present invention is used to authenticate users and vehicles. The authentication system includes a client end and a server end. The user terminal includes a personal identity authentication module, a vehicle authentication module, an image capture module, and a signal transmission module. The personal identity authentication module is used to provide a person identity data as the first authentication material. The vehicle certification module is configured to perform a vehicle matching procedure on the vehicle to generate the second authentication data. The image capturing module is used for the user to capture the mileage image of the vehicle. The signal transmission module is electrically connected to the personal identity authentication module, the vehicle authentication module and the image capturing module for transmitting at least one first authentication data, second authentication data or mileage image. The server end is connected to the user end. The server end includes a signal receiving module, an authentication confirming module and an image recognition module. The signal receiving module is configured to receive at least one first authentication data, second authentication data or mileage image transmitted by the signal transmission module. The authentication confirmation module is electrically connected to the signal receiving module, and the first transmission data and the second authentication data are received from the signal transmission module to confirm whether it is the same as the pre-stored personal data and the pre-stored vehicle data. The image recognition module is an electrical connection signal receiving module for receiving the mileage image from the signal transmission module, thereby identifying the mileage of the driving.

The method for vehicle certification of the present invention includes the following steps: a certification data providing step, comprising: a first authentication data providing step, the user terminal providing personal identity data as a first authentication material; and a second authentication data providing step, The user end performs a vehicle matching procedure on the vehicle to generate a second authentication data; the image capturing step, the user end captures the mileage image of the vehicle; and the data transmission step transmits the first authentication data and the second authentication data And/or the mileage image to the server end; the confirmation step confirms that the first authentication data and the second authentication data are the same as the pre-stored personal data and the pre-stored vehicle data on the server side; and the image identification step is based on the mileage image identification Traveling mileage.

In order to enable the reviewing committee to better understand the technical contents of the present invention, the preferred embodiments are described below.

Please refer to FIG. 1 below for a schematic diagram of the use environment of the vehicle authentication system of the present invention.

The vehicle authentication system 1 of the present invention is used to authenticate a user 2 and a vehicle 3, and the related flow of the premium calculation can be further performed by the mileage of the vehicle 3, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The authentication system 1 can include a user terminal 10 and a server terminal 20. The user terminal 10 is a mobile communication device having at least an input interface, an image capturing and a data transmission function, such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, and a notebook computer, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The user terminal 10 can provide a user interface (not shown) for the user 2 to upload to upload the relevant mileage image to the server terminal 20. It should be noted that the user terminal 10 may choose to upload the mileage image for the user 2 periodically or when the vehicle 3 reaches a certain mileage. The invention is not limited. The user terminal 10 includes a personal identity authentication module 11, a vehicle authentication module 12, an image capturing module 13, and a signal transmission module 14. The personal identity authentication module 11 is configured to input personal information such as a name, an identity card number, a birthday or a mobile phone number when the user 2 logs in, as a first authentication data. In other embodiments, the user terminal 10 includes pre-stored information. The personal data of the user 2's name, identity card number, birthday or mobile phone number, when the user logs in, the user terminal 10 pre-stores the personal data of the user 2 as the first authentication data. The vehicle authentication module 12 is configured to perform a vehicle pairing procedure on the vehicle 3 to generate a second authentication material. In an embodiment of the present invention, the vehicle authentication module 12 reads a license plate data, and reads a Bluetooth Access Address of a Bluetooth device 3a to perform the vehicle pairing process, and the pairing is completed. The Bluetooth entity address is used as the second authentication material, and the Bluetooth device 3a may be a navigation device, a speaker device, or a Bluetooth device for the audio device in the vehicle 3. The present invention is not limited thereto.

In addition, in order to ensure that the user 2 who operates the vehicle authentication system 1 is a user who is truly authorized to operate, the external server can provide a confirmation message to the user terminal 10 according to the contact information retained by the user 2, the user 2 After receiving the confirmation message, an operation confirmation message corresponding to the confirmation message is returned to the external server to determine whether it is operated by the user 2 himself. For example, by using the One Time Password authentication method, the external server transmits the short message to the user terminal 10, for example, the dynamic password is transmitted to the mobile phone through the mobile phone number, and the user 2 responds according to the short message. A one-time password or text message to the external server, let the external server confirm whether it is operated by the user. It should be noted that the external server here is not limited to the server terminal 20, and may also be a server provided by a third-party manufacturer.

The image capture module 13 has the function of capturing images, and can be a camera module of the electronic device, for the user 2 to capture a mileage image of the vehicle 3, for example, the mileage display module 3b of the vehicle 3. take. The signal transmission module 14 is electrically connected to the personal identity authentication module 11 and the vehicle authentication module 12, and can be connected to the server terminal 20 by using a wireless method for transmitting the first authentication data and the second authentication data. Or the mileage image is sent to the server terminal 20.

The server terminal 20 is wirelessly connected to the user terminal 10. The server end 20 includes an authentication confirmation module 21, a storage module 22, an image recognition module 23, a premium calculation unit 24, and a signal reception module 25. The signal receiving module 25 is configured to receive the first authentication data, the second authentication data or the mileage image transmitted by the signal transmission module of the user terminal 10. The authentication confirmation module 21 is electrically connected to the signal receiving module 25, and can receive the first authentication data and the second authentication data from the signal transmission module 14 to confirm whether the personal identity data is correct and whether the vehicle matching procedure is completed. For example, after receiving the first authentication data and the second authentication data from the user terminal 10, the authentication data verification step is performed, or the first authentication data verification step is performed immediately after receiving the first authentication data, and the first authentication data and the storage are confirmed. After the module 22 pre-stores the same personal data, the second authentication data is received to confirm whether it is the same as the pre-stored vehicle data, or the server terminal 20 first receives the second authentication data from the user terminal 10 and performs the second authentication. After the data verification step, the first authentication data is received and the first authentication data verification step is performed. It should be understood that the present invention is not limited thereto. In an embodiment of the present invention, the storage module 22 can store at least one personal identity data selected from a name, an identity card number, a birthday or a mobile phone number, and at least one Bluetooth physical address, and can store at least one car number. . The authentication confirmation module 21 can read the storage content of the storage module 22 to confirm whether the name, the identity card number, the birthday or the mobile phone number of the first authentication data already exists on the server end 20, and confirm the second authentication data. Whether the Bluetooth physical address or the car number already exists at the server end 20.

The image recognition module 23 is electrically connected to the signal receiving module 25. In an embodiment of the present invention, after the authentication confirmation module 21 confirms that the personal identity data is correct and confirms that the vehicle matching procedure has been completed, the image recognition module 23 receives the mileage image from the signal receiving module 25, and from the mileage image. Identify the number of miles in a row. The image recognition module 23 may provide an interface and perform identification by manual means, or may be directly recognized by the image recognition module 23 by means of optical character recognition, or may be identified by optical characters first. The identification is performed manually, and the present invention is not limited thereto. The premium calculation unit 24 calculates a premium based on the mileage of the mileage, for example, based on the mileage of the past two periods as a factor for calculating the premium, or calculating the premium based on the mileage and the number of days, but is not limited thereto.

It should be noted that each module of the authentication system 10 may be configured by a hardware device, a software program combined with a hardware device, a firmware combined with a hardware device, etc., but the present invention is not limited to the above manner. In addition, the present embodiment is merely illustrative of preferred embodiments of the present invention, and in order to avoid redundancy, all possible combinations of variations are not described in detail. However, those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various modules or components described above are not necessarily required. In order to implement the invention, other well-known modules or elements of more detail may also be included. Each module or component may be omitted or modified as needed, and no other modules or components may exist between any two modules.

Next, please refer to FIG. 2, which is a flow chart of the steps of the method for vehicle authentication of the present invention. It is to be noted that the above-described vehicle authentication system 1 will be described as an example of the authentication method of the present invention. However, the method of vehicle authentication of the present invention is not limited to the vehicle authentication system 1 of the same configuration described above.

First, step 200 can be performed: providing a personal identity data as a first authentication material.

The user 2 provides the personal identity information through the personal identity authentication module 11 as a first authentication material. The personal identity information includes one of the user's name, a personal identification number, a birthday or a mobile phone number, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

Then proceed to step 201: performing a user-side operation confirmation step.

After the user 2 provides the personal identity information, the external server provides a confirmation message to the user terminal 10. After receiving the confirmation message, the user 2 replies with an operation confirmation message corresponding to the confirmation message to the external server, so that the user can The method of determining vehicle certification is operated by a real user.

Next, proceed to step 202: performing a vehicle pairing procedure on the vehicle to generate a second authentication material.

The vehicle authentication module 12 is configured to perform a vehicle pairing procedure on the vehicle 3 to generate a second authentication material. In an embodiment of the present invention, the vehicle authentication module 12 reads one of the Bluetooth device 3a's Media Access Control Address to perform the vehicle pairing procedure. In addition, the user 2 can also perform the vehicle pairing procedure by providing a car number.

Then proceed to step 203: transmitting the first authentication data and the second authentication data to the server end.

The signal transmission module 14 transmits the first authentication data and the second authentication data to the server terminal 20.

Then, the server terminal 20 performs step 204: confirming whether the first authentication data and the second authentication data are the same as the data stored in advance by the server.

The authentication confirmation module 21 of the server terminal 20 confirms whether the personal data and the vehicle data stored in the storage module 22 are the same as the first authentication data and the second authentication data, that is, the storage module 22 can be queried. To confirm whether the pre-stored name, ID number, birthday, mobile number, Bluetooth physical address or car number are met. In other embodiments, the method for vehicle authentication of the present invention may not include the user-side operation confirmation step of step 201, and only steps 200 and 202 are performed, and the priority execution order of each step is not limited, for example, step 200 and step. The order of 202 can be replaced, that is, the first authentication data providing step can be performed first, and then the second authentication data providing step is performed after confirming that the first authentication data is correct, or the second authentication data providing step is performed first to confirm After the second authentication data is correct, the first authentication data providing step is performed, and the first authentication data and the second authentication data may be simultaneously verified. The present invention is not limited to the above verification sequence.

Go to step 205: If yes, notify the user.

After the authentication confirmation module 21 confirms that the first authentication data and the second authentication data are the same as those stored in the storage module 22, the user terminal 10 is notified that the authentication has been completed. If the above procedure is not completed, it may represent that the vehicle 3 is not input by the original user 2 or is not originally set, and the authentication confirmation module 21 does not perform subsequent operations.

The user terminal 10 then proceeds to step 206 to retrieve a mileage image of the vehicle.

After the authentication confirmation module 21 confirms, the image capturing module 13 can be used by the user 2 to capture the mileage display module 3b of the vehicle 3 to obtain a mileage image.

Then proceed to step 207: transmitting the mileage image.

The signal transmission module 14 transmits the mileage image to the server terminal 20.

Go to step 208: Recognize the number of mileages in a row from the mileage image.

The image recognition module 23 receives the mileage image from the signal transmission module 14 for identifying a mileage of the vehicle from the mileage image.

In this way, the vehicle certification system 10 can be secured to the same vehicle by the process of authentication by the user and the vehicle.

It should be noted here that the method of vehicle authentication of the present invention is not limited to the above-described order of steps, and the order of steps described above may be changed as long as the object of the present invention can be achieved.

In another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the method for vehicle authentication of the present invention further includes a premium calculation step 209 after the line mileage is recognized in step 208, and the premium calculation unit 24 obtains the previous step 208. The mileage is calculated to calculate a premium. Thereby, it can be ensured that the vehicles providing the mileage are the same vehicle, the problem of the user registration error is avoided, and the calculation of the subsequent mileage and the premium is correctly performed.

It is to be noted that the above-described embodiments are merely illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and all possible combinations of variations are not described in detail to avoid redundancy. However, those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various modules or components described above are not necessarily required. In order to implement the invention, other well-known modules or elements of more detail may also be included. Each module or component may be omitted or modified as needed, and no other modules or components may exist between any two modules. As long as they do not deviate from the basic structure of the present invention, they should be the scope of rights claimed in this patent, and the scope of patent application shall prevail.

Vehicle Certification System 1 Image Recognition Module 23 User 2 Premium Calculation Unit 24 Vehicle 3 Signal Reception Module 25 Bluetooth Device 3a Step 200 Mileage Display Module 3b Step 201 User Terminal 10 Step 202 Personal Identity Authentication Module 11 Step 203 Vehicle Authentication Module 12 Step 204 Image Capture Module 13 Step 205 Signal Transfer Module 14 Step 206 Server End 20 Step 207 Authentication Confirmation Module 21 Step 208 Storage Module 22 Step 209

1 is a schematic diagram of an environment in which a vehicle authentication system of the present invention is used. 2 is a flow chart showing the steps of an embodiment of the method for vehicle authentication of the present invention. 3 is a flow chart showing the steps of another embodiment of the method of vehicle authentication of the present invention.

Claims (12)

A vehicle authentication system for authenticating a user and a vehicle, the authentication system comprising: a user terminal, comprising: a person identity authentication module, configured to provide a person identity data as a first authentication material; a vehicle authentication module for performing a vehicle matching procedure on the vehicle to read a Bluetooth physical address of one of the Bluetooth devices of the vehicle or for the user to input a vehicle number to generate a second authentication data; An image capture module for the user to capture a mileage image of the vehicle; and a signal transmission module electrically connecting the personal identity authentication module, the vehicle authentication module, and the image capture module The module is configured to transmit at least one of the first authentication data, the second authentication data or the mileage image; and a server end connected to the user end, the server end comprising: a signal receiving module, Receiving at least one of the first authentication data, the second authentication data or the mileage image transmitted by the signal transmission module; a storage module for storing a pre-stored personal data and a pre-preparation The vehicle data storage; an authentication confirmation module based electrically connected to the signal receiving module and the storage module, the signal transmitted from the first module receives the second authentication information and the authentication information, by And confirming whether the pre-stored personal data and the pre-stored vehicle data are the same; an image recognition module is electrically connected to the signal receiving module, and the authentication confirmation module confirms the first authentication data and the second When the authentication data is the same as the pre-stored personal data and the pre-stored vehicle data, the image recognition module is configured to receive the mileage image from the signal transmission module, thereby identifying the mileage of a row of vehicles; and a premium The calculating unit is configured to calculate a premium based on the mileage of the driving. The vehicle authentication system according to claim 1, wherein the personal identity data is a name, a certificate number, a birthday or a mobile phone number. The vehicle authentication system of claim 2, wherein the storage module is configured to store a set name, a set identity card number, a set birthday, or a set mobile number, the authentication confirmation module It is used to confirm whether the first authentication material meets the name of the setting, the identity card number of the setting, the birthday of the setting or the mobile phone number of the setting. The vehicle authentication system of claim 1, wherein the storage module is configured to store a set Bluetooth physical address or a set vehicle number, and the authentication confirmation module is used to confirm the second authentication data. Whether it meets the Bluetooth physical address of the setting or the car number of the setting. The vehicle authentication system of claim 1, wherein the user terminal is disposed in a mobile communication device. A vehicle authentication method is used for a user end and a server end for authenticating a user and a vehicle. The method includes the following steps: a certification data providing step, including: a storage step, storing a pre-storage Personal data and a pre-stored vehicle data; a first authentication data providing step, the user terminal provides a personal identity data as a first authentication material; and a second authentication data providing step, the user terminal performs a vehicle a vehicle pairing program for reading a Bluetooth physical address of one of the Bluetooth devices of the vehicle or for inputting a car number by the user to generate a second authentication data; and an image capturing step, the user end capturing the a mileage image of the vehicle; a data transmission step of transmitting the first authentication data, the second authentication data, and/or the mileage image to the server end; and confirming the step of confirming the first authentication data and the second authentication data The pre-stored personal data of the server end is the same as the pre-stored personal data; the image identification step is confirmed in the authentication step The first certification material and the second recognition When the card information is the same as the pre-stored personal data and the pre-stored vehicle data, the mileage of the line of vehicles is identified based on the mileage image; and the calculating step is based on the mileage of the driving to calculate a premium. The method for vehicle certification according to claim 6, wherein the certification data providing step is to complete the first authentication data providing step, and then complete the second authentication data providing step. The method for vehicle certification according to claim 6, wherein the certification data providing step is to complete the second certification data providing step, and then complete the first authentication data providing step. The method for vehicle certification according to claim 6, wherein the personal identification data is a name, a certificate number, a birthday or a mobile phone number, and the personal data pre-stored by the server is a set name. , a set identity card number, a set birthday or a set mobile number. For example, in the method of vehicle certification described in claim 6, the pre-stored vehicle data of the server end is a set Bluetooth physical address or a set number. The method for vehicle certification as described in claim 6 further includes a user operation confirmation step, wherein the external server provides a confirmation message to the At the user end, after receiving the confirmation message, the user replies with an operation confirmation message identical to the confirmation message to the external server to confirm that the user operates through the user terminal. The method for vehicle certification according to claim 6 further includes a user operation confirmation step, wherein the external server provides a confirmation message to the user terminal, and the user receives the confirmation message and then responds with a reply. The confirmation message corresponds to the operation confirmation message to the external server for confirming that the user operates through the user terminal.