WO2014192934A1

WO2014192934A1 - System capable of accumulating supply information and vehicle information for each driver

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Publication number: WO2014192934A1
Application number: PCT/JP2014/064488
Authority: WO
Inventors: 圭太西野; 響子米岡
Original assignee: Ｊｘ日鉱日石エネルギー株式会社
Priority date: 2013-05-31
Filing date: 2014-05-30
Publication date: 2014-12-04
Also published as: JP2014235537A

Abstract

Provided is a system having: an identification-information receiving unit for receiving identification information for identifying the driver of a vehicle; a supply-amount-information receiving unit for receiving supply-amount information expressing the amount supplied to the vehicle of an energy source to be consumed by an engine provided in the vehicle; a vehicle-information receiving unit for receiving vehicle information including measurement results from a sensor provided in the vehicle; and a database storage unit for storing the received supply-amount information and the received vehicle information in a database in association with the received identification information.

Description

System that can store supply information and vehicle information for each driver

The present invention relates to a system and the like. In particular, the present invention relates to a system that communicates with a vehicle having a function of recording a measurement result by an equipped sensor, acquires the recorded measurement result as vehicle information, and accumulates vehicle information for each driver.

Vehicles such as automobiles have become electronically controlled, and vehicles having a self-diagnosis processing (OBD: On-Board Diagnosis) function are known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In such vehicles, sensor measurement results such as the wiper operating status, the number of turn signals used, the running time by speed, as well as the engine status such as the operating time by each engine speed, fuel consumption, and total idling time. There is also a vehicle that can record as vehicle information.

Also, a technique for more accurately managing fuel consumption information in order to achieve an object such as reduction of environmental load caused by an automobile is known (for example, see Patent Document 2).

JP 2013-82286 A International Publication No. 2011/7449

However, although vehicle information and the like show different characteristics for each driver, conventionally, vehicle information is not managed for each driver. Therefore, as one of the objects of the present application, a system for managing vehicle information for each driver is disclosed. In other words, a system that manages vehicle information in association with driver identification information is disclosed. In particular, it is necessary to supply fuel to the vehicle. For this purpose, the vehicle is generally moved to a supply location of an energy source such as a gas station, and compensation is paid for the supplied energy source. Payment is usually made by the driver of the vehicle. In view of this, the present application discloses a system that acquires supply information and vehicle information at an energy source supply location, and manages payer identification information obtained from information related to payment of payment as driver identification information.

As one embodiment of the present invention, an identification information receiving unit that receives identification information for identifying a driver of a vehicle, and supply amount information indicating an amount of energy source that should be consumed by a power engine provided in the vehicle is supplied to the vehicle Supply amount information receiving unit, vehicle information receiving unit receiving vehicle information including measurement results of sensors included in the vehicle, the received supply amount information and the received vehicle information are received Provided is a system having a database storage unit that stores identification information in association with a database.

According to the present invention, supply information and vehicle information can be associated with driver identification information and stored. In particular, the driver identification information, the supply information, and the vehicle information are acquired at the supply location of the energy source, thereby associating the driver identification information with the supply information and the vehicle information more reliably. In addition, it is possible for a driver or the like to browse these information. It is also possible to detect an incorrect association between the driver and the vehicle.

Functional block diagram of a system including a server device (server system) according to an embodiment of the present invention Functional block diagram of a system including a server device (server system) according to an embodiment of the present invention (A) Example of schematic data structure of supply amount information, (B) Example of schematic data structure of read information (C) Example of schematic data structure of vehicle information One example of a table for storing supply information and vehicle information in association with driver identification information The sequence figure of the process in the system containing the server apparatus (server system) which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention The flowchart of the process in the server apparatus (server system) which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. An example of a table showing the correspondence between the driver and the vehicle The flowchart of the process in the server apparatus (server system) which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. An example of a table showing driver attributes The sequence diagram of the communication processing of the server apparatus (server system) and user terminal which concern on one Embodiment of this invention (A) Example of login screen, (B) Example of screen after login Example screen after login The flowchart of the process in the server apparatus (server system) which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. Functional block diagram of a system including a server device (server system) according to an embodiment of the present invention Example of schematic data structure of vehicle recognition information (A) One example of a table showing the correspondence between vehicles and numbers, (B) One example of a table showing the correspondence between lanes and supply devices The flowchart of the process in the server apparatus (server system) which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. Functional block diagram of a system including a server device (server system) according to an embodiment of the present invention Example screen after login

Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the present invention will be described using a plurality of embodiments. In addition, this invention is limited to embodiment described below and is not interpreted.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 shows a functional block diagram of a system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The system 100 includes a server device 101, a supply device 102, a driver identification information reading device 103, and a ground communication device 104. The server apparatus 101 can be connected to the user terminal 142 via the communication network 141.

The server apparatus 101 includes a supply amount receiving unit 131, a driver identification information receiving unit 132, a vehicle information receiving unit 133, a database storage unit 134, a database 135, and a database browsing unit 136. As described below, the server apparatus 101 can also be realized as a server system which is a form of the system.

In FIG. 1, the server apparatus 101 is shown as a single physical entity. However, in the present invention, the server apparatus 101 does not have to be a single physical entity. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, two physical entities of a central server 101-1 and a station server 101-2 are connected via a wired or wireless communication line 140 such as a local network, a dedicated line, or a public line. The server apparatus 101 may be realized as a server system including a plurality of server apparatuses. Here, the central server 101-1 includes a database storage unit 134, a database 135, and a database browsing unit 136. The station server 101-2 includes a supply amount receiving unit 131 and a driver identification information receiving unit 132. And a vehicle information receiving unit 133.

In FIG. 2, the station server 101-2 can be installed in each facility that supplies fuel, such as a refueling station, and the central server 101-1 can be installed in a facility that supervises a plurality of facilities.

Therefore, the station server 101-2 is realized by a plurality of physical entities. The station server 101-2 may also be realized by a plurality of physical entities.

From the above, the server apparatus 101 can be realized as a server system composed of an arbitrary number of physical entities. In other words, the server apparatus 101 can be realized by realizing a specific function with one computer and connecting a plurality of such computers. Further, a single function may be realized by overlapping a plurality of computers.

The supply amount receiving unit 131 receives supply amount information from the supply device 102. The supply amount information is information including the supply amount of the energy source to the vehicle 120. The vehicle 120 includes a power engine that converts the supplied energy source into another form of energy. Therefore, the supply device 102 supplies an energy source to be converted by the power engine of the vehicle 120 to the vehicle 120 located in the vicinity thereof, and transmits information including the amount of the supplied energy source to the supply amount receiving unit 131. Accordingly, the supply device 102 includes a supply amount measuring device 111 and a supply amount transmitter 112. The supply amount measuring device 111 measures the amount of energy source supplied to the vehicle 120 and transmits the measurement result to the supply amount transmitter 112. The supply amount transmitter 112 indicates the amount of energy source transmitted to the supply amount information. To the supply amount receiving unit 131.

The communication between the supply device 102 and the supply amount receiving unit 131 of the server device 101 can be appropriately selected from wired communication and wireless communication. Communication between the supply device 102 and the supply amount receiving unit 131 of the server device 101 can be realized using a local network, a dedicated line, or a public line.

The supply device 102 can be, for example, a fueling device arranged at a gas station or the like. In this case, the supply apparatus 102 supplies gasoline, light oil, etc. with respect to the vehicle 120 according to the engine. In this case, the supply amount measuring device 111 measures the volume or mass of gasoline, light oil, heavy oil or the like supplied to the vehicle 120 as the supply amount.

The supply amount transmitter 112 transmits the measurement result by the supply amount measuring device 111 to the supply amount receiving unit 131 as supply amount information. The supply amount transmitter 112 converts the measurement result obtained by the supply amount measuring device 111 into supply amount information obtained by adding the time when the supply is performed, identification information of the supply device 102, and the like, and transmits the supply amount information to the supply amount receiving unit 131. May be. In addition, when the supply device 102 can supply a plurality of energy sources, it is preferable that information indicating the type of the supplied energy source is also transmitted to the supply amount receiving unit 131. Note that, when the supply device 102 can supply only one type of energy source, it is possible to specify which type of energy source is supplied to the vehicle 120 based on the identification information of the supply device 102.

The supply device 102 is not limited to a device that supplies gasoline, light oil, heavy oil, or the like, and supplies hydrogen to the vehicle 120 when the vehicle 120 is driven by a fuel cell, or If the vehicle 120 is an electric vehicle, electric power may be supplied to the vehicle 120. In accordance with the type of energy source supplied by the supply device 102, the supply amount measuring device 111 measures the amount of energy source supplied to the vehicle 120 in an appropriate unit.

FIG. 3A shows an example of a schematic diagram of a data structure of supply amount information. For example, the supply information includes “supply device ID” as identification information of the supply device 102, “supply date and time” as date and time information on which supply has been performed, and “supply amount” and the amount of energy source supplied. . The supply information can be expressed as a bit string having an arbitrary structure. For example, a format such as XML (extensible Markup Language) can be used.

The driver identification information receiving unit 132 receives driver identification information. The driver identification information is information that identifies a person who drives the vehicle 120. The driver identification information receiving unit 132 receives driver identification information from the driver identification information reading device 103.

The communication between the driver identification information reading device 103 and the driver identification information receiving unit 132 can be appropriately selected from wired communication and wireless communication. Further, communication between the driver identification information reader 103 and the driver identification information receiving unit 132 can be realized using a local area network, a dedicated line, or a public line. Furthermore, communication between the driver identification information receiving unit 132 and the driver identification information reading device 103 can be realized using a communication path for communication between the supply device 102 and the supply amount receiving unit 131.

The driver identification information reading device 103 may be installed adjacent to the supply device 102, for example. In this case, in particular, the credit card reader may function as a payment device for payment of the energy source supplied from the supply device 102 to the vehicle 120. In this case, the driver identification information reading device 103 reads a credit card number or a customer number recorded on, for example, a magnetic stripe of a credit card as driver identification information. As another configuration, the driver identification information reader 103 can adopt a configuration in which a member number or the like is read from the member card as driver identification information, separately from the credit card.

Further, the driver identification information reading device 103 may be a POS terminal for receiving the price of the energy source supplied from the supply device 102 to the vehicle 120. Also in this case, the driver identification information reading device 103 can read a credit card and read a credit card number, a customer number, etc. as driver identification information. However, the driver identification information reading device 103 is adjacent to the supply device 102. Need not be installed. For example, a POS terminal as the driver identification information reader 103 may be installed in the office of the fueling station. Also in this case, the driver identification information reading device 103 can also read a member number or the like as the driver identification information from the member card separately from the credit card.

In addition to payment by credit card, debit card payment by bank cash card can also be adopted. In this case, a financial institution code, a store number, and an account number that can be read from the cash card can be used as the driver identification information. In addition to reading the driver identification information only by magnetic means, the barcode printed on paper or the barcode displayed on the portable terminal is read by optical means, and the barcode is decoded to obtain the driver identification information. Can also be read. In addition, the driver identification information can be read by NFC (Near Field Communication) using an IC card or the like.

Further, the driver identification information reader 103 may read the biometric authentication information of the driver of the vehicle 120. For example, the driver's fingerprint, palm print, palm vein pattern, iris, etc. of the vehicle 120 may be read as the driver identification information. Alternatively, the driver's face may be photographed, face recognition may be performed, and the result may be used as driver identification information.

FIG. 3B shows an example of a schematic diagram of a data structure of information transmitted from the driver identification information reading device 103 to the driver identification information receiving unit 132. For example, “reading device ID” as identification information of the driver identification information reader 103, “reading date” as date information when the driver identification information was read, and “reading date” as the driver identification information read. Driver identification information ”is included. Information having such a data structure can be expressed as a bit string having an arbitrary structure, and for example, a format such as XML (extensible Markup Language) can be used.

The vehicle information receiving unit 133 receives vehicle information. In the present invention, the vehicle 120 is provided with a sensor, and the measurement result of the sensor is stored in the vehicle information collecting device 121 provided in the vehicle 120. Information stored in the vehicle information collection device 121 in this way is transmitted as vehicle information from the in-vehicle communication device 122, relayed by the ground communication device 104, and received by the vehicle information reception unit 133.

Examples of sensors provided in the vehicle 120 include an acceleration sensor, a speed sensor, a fuel gauge, a temperature sensor, an axle rotation sensor, a steering wheel rotation sensor, and a sensor that detects whether or not a seat belt is worn. In addition, a sensor that detects the operating status of an air conditioner installed in the vehicle 120, a sensor that detects ignition on and ignition off, and the like can also be cited. The vehicle information collection device 121 may store the measurement results of these sensors as they are, or may store them in association with time. In addition, the vehicle information collection device 121 may store the results of processing the measurement results of these sensors. For example, the travel distance may be calculated from the measurement result of the axle rotation sensor and stored in the vehicle information collection device 121.

Further, in the case where the vehicle 120 is provided with an electronic control device for the engine, the state of control by the electronic control device may be stored in the vehicle information collection device 121. For example, the amount of fuel supplied to the engine may be stored in the vehicle information collection device 121. In other words, the amount of energy source converted into energy of another form and consumed by the power engine of the vehicle 120 may be stored in the vehicle information collection device 121. In this case, as will be described later, the amount of energy source supplied to the vehicle 120 and the amount of energy source consumed by the vehicle 120 can be compared.

The communication between the vehicle information receiving unit 133 and the ground communication device 104 can be appropriately selected from wired communication and wireless communication. In addition, communication between the vehicle information receiving unit 133 and the ground communication device 104 can be realized using a local area network, a dedicated line, or a public line.

On the other hand, the communication between the ground communication device 104 and the in-vehicle communication device 122 is preferably performed wirelessly. Further, since the ground communication device 104 communicates with the in-vehicle communication device 122 of the vehicle 120 that receives the supply of the energy source from the supply device 102, it is not necessary to perform wireless communication over a long distance. Therefore, for example, communication between the ground communication device 104 and the in-vehicle communication device 122 can be realized by a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) complying with a standard such as IEEE802.11b / 11a / 11g. In this case, no special communication cost is incurred, and the present invention can be implemented at a low cost.

In addition, when connecting a power plug etc. to the vehicle 120 and supplying electric power as an energy source, communication with the ground communication apparatus 104 and the vehicle-mounted communication apparatus 122 may be implement | achieved via a power plug. In general, when communication between the ground communication device 104 and the in-vehicle communication device 122 is realized wirelessly, when a plurality of pieces of vehicle information are received from the plurality of in-vehicle communication devices 122, the correspondence between the vehicle 120 and the received vehicle information The relationship may be unclear, but when communication between the ground communication device 104 and the in-vehicle communication device 122 is realized via a power plug or the like, the correspondence relationship between the vehicle 120 and the received vehicle information Becomes clear.

Here, it is preferable that the vehicle information collection device 121 accumulates information sent from the sensor and information from the electronic control device as vehicle information within a period from the ignition on to the ignition off of the vehicle 120 as one period. Therefore, it is preferable that communication between the ground communication device 104 and the in-vehicle communication device 122 is performed after the ignition of the vehicle 120 is turned off. One reason for this is that when refueling is performed, the ignition is normally turned off. Therefore, when the in-vehicle communication device 122 transmits all the vehicle information accumulated by the vehicle information collecting device 121, it is possible to erase all the vehicle information and reduce the necessary memory amount. In addition, by performing communication after the ignition is turned off, vehicle information is received from the stationary vehicle 120. When communication between the ground communication device 104 and the in-vehicle communication device 122 is performed wirelessly, the Doppler shift may occur. It does not occur and communication can be performed stably.

FIG. 3C shows an example of a schematic diagram of a data structure of vehicle information. For example, “vehicle ID” as information for identifying the vehicle 120, “consumption” as the consumption amount of the energy source included in the vehicle information transmitted from the in-vehicle communication device 122, and the like are included in the vehicle information. As the vehicle information, the supply information can be expressed as a bit string having an arbitrary structure. For example, a format such as XML (extensible Markup Language) can be used.

It should be noted that the vehicle ID may be identical to the description content of the license plate of the vehicle 120. In this case, the description content of the license plate of the vehicle 120 is stored in the in-vehicle communication device 122, the vehicle information collecting device 121, and the like. Further, when a wireless LAN is used for communication between the in-vehicle communication device 122 and the ground communication device 104, a MAC (Media Access Control) for physically specifying the in-vehicle communication device 122 in a physical layer of communication by the wireless LAN. ) Address can also be used as vehicle ID.

The database storage unit 134 stores the information received by the supply amount receiving unit 131, the driver identification information receiving unit 132, and the vehicle information receiving unit 133 in the database 135.

For example, when a table including columns such as “driver identification information”, “date and time”, “vehicle ID”, “supply amount”, “consumption amount” is defined in the database as shown in FIG. The database storage unit 134 adds the vehicle ID and consumption extracted from the vehicle information received by the vehicle information reception unit 133 to the driver identification information extracted from the read information received by the driver identification information reception unit 132. The supply amount extracted from the supply information received by the supply amount receiving unit 131 is stored in association with each other. As the value of “date and time”, for example, information indicating the date and time when the database storage unit 132 stores data in the table having the structure shown in FIG. 4 or the supply date and time extracted from the supply amount information is used. be able to.

FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram of processing until the vehicle 120 moves within a communicable range with the ground communication device 104 and the server device 101 receives vehicle information, driver identification information, and supply information.

When the vehicle 120 is located in a range where communication with the ground communication device 104 is possible, a request to start communication is made from the in-vehicle communication device 122 to the ground communication device 104, and in the process of step S501, the vehicle 120 and the ground communication device 104 are mutually connected. Authentication is performed. Note that step S501 may be performed on the condition that the vehicle 120 has stopped, in order to exclude the case where the vehicle 120 only passes through the area where communication with the ground communication device 104 is possible. Moreover, step S501 may be performed on condition that the ignition of the vehicle 120 is turned off.

Mutual authentication between the vehicle 120 and the ground communication device 104 is performed to confirm that the in-vehicle communication device 122 of the vehicle 120 has the authority to communicate with the ground communication device 104. This mutual communication is performed in order to confirm that the ground communication device 104 is authorized to receive the vehicle information. For example, the in-vehicle communication device 122 of the vehicle 120 transmits the ID and password, and the ground communication device 104 confirms the conformity between the ID and the password, so that the in-vehicle communication device 122 of the vehicle 120 communicates with the ground communication device 104. It is confirmed that there is. Further, for example, arbitrarily generated data such as a random number from the in-vehicle communication device 122 is transmitted to the ground communication device 104, and the ground communication device 104 performs an electronic signature on the data and sends it back to the in-vehicle communication device 122. By confirming the electronic signature, it is confirmed that the ground communication device 104 is authorized to receive the vehicle information.

If the mutual authentication is successful, the in-vehicle communication device 122 of the vehicle 120 reads out the vehicle information stored in the vehicle information collecting device 121 and transmits it to the ground communication device 104 in the process of step S502. The ground communication device 104 transmits the received vehicle information to the vehicle information receiving unit 133 of the server device 101 in the process of step S503.

Further, the driver identification information reading device 103 reads the driver identification information and transmits it to the driver identification information receiving unit 132 of the server device 101 in the process of step S504.

In step S505, the energy source is supplied from the supply device 102 to the vehicle 120, and the supply amount measuring device 111 measures the supply amount. When this supply is completed, in step S506, the supply amount transmitter 112 of the supply device 102 transmits the measurement result of the supply amount measuring device 111 to the supply amount receiving unit 131 of the server apparatus 101 as supply amount information.

The order of transmission / reception of vehicle information, driver identification information, and supply information is not limited to that shown in FIG. For example, when the vehicle information includes the result of the vehicle 120 detecting the supply amount of the energy source (for example, the measurement result of the fuel meter of the vehicle 120 after refueling), the vehicle information includes step S502 after the supply in step S505. And the process of S503 may be performed. Further, when the credit card or the like is read at the time of payment for the supply of energy source and the driver identification information is read, the process of step S504 may be performed after step S505 or after step S506. is there.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of processing after reception of each of vehicle information, driver identification information, and supply information by the server device 101. In the process of step S <b> 601, the vehicle information receiving unit 133 receives the vehicle information and stores it in a storage device such as a memory of the server device 101. In the process of step S <b> 602, the driver identification information receiving unit 132 receives the driver identification information and stores it in a storage device such as a memory of the server device 101. In the process of step S <b> 603, the supply amount receiving unit 131 receives supply information and stores it in a storage device such as a memory of the server device 101. In step S604, the database storage unit 134 stores the supply information and the vehicle information in the database 135 in association with the driver identification information.

In the database 135, a combination (or association) of driver identification information and vehicle ID may be registered in advance. For example, when the driver identification information is the membership number of a membership card, the vehicle ID described in the membership card issuance application form can be obtained. Further, the driver identification information and the vehicle ID can be obtained from the contract document at the time of sale or loan of the in-vehicle communication device 122. Therefore, the driver identification information and the vehicle ID obtained in this way can be associated with each other and stored and registered in the table of the database 135 as shown in FIG. 7, for example, before the supply is performed. Alternatively, it can be stored in another server device that can communicate from the server device 101.

Thus, when the association between the driver identification information and the vehicle ID is registered, the association between the driver identification information and the vehicle ID can be confirmed before executing the process of step S604. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, for example, after step S603, in the process of step S801, a set of driver identification information stored by the process of step S602 and a vehicle ID obtained from the vehicle information stored by step S601. Is searched for the table shown in FIG. If there is a search result in the process of step S802, the process proceeds to the process of step S604 as it is. If there is no search result, it is assumed that there is some error, and the process of step S803 is performed as error detection.

Various types of processing can be cited as processing for error detection and the like. For example, in order to prevent erroneous information from being stored in the database 135, there is a process of interrupting the process of storing in the database 135 by the database storage unit 134. Alternatively, there is a process of notifying the driver to use a valid credit card or urging the driver to newly register a member or the like when an invalid credit card is used. Alternatively, as the association between the new driver identification information and the vehicle ID, there is a process of storing the driver identification information and the vehicle ID in association with each other in the table of FIG. 7 and executing the process of step S604.

The database browsing unit 136 enables browsing of information registered in the database from the user terminal 142 via the communication network 141 using the Internet or a mobile phone line. In particular, among the information stored in the table shown in FIG. 4, information regarding the driver identification information of the operator of the user terminal 142 can be browsed. The user may be a person identified by the driver identification information, or may be a person inside the organization to which the person identified by the driver identification information belongs.

For this purpose, the user information shown in FIG. 9 is stored in a server device accessible from the database 135 or the database browsing unit 136. In FIG. 9, personal information such as a user ID, a password, a name, and an address is stored in a table for each driver identification information.

Thus, using the information in the tables shown in FIGS. 9 and 4, the database browsing unit 136 can realize the processing shown in the sequence diagram of FIG. That is, in the process of step S1001, in response to the login screen request from the user terminal 142, the login screen information is returned in the process of step S1002. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 11A (A), the display 1101 for inputting the user ID and the password in the

columns

1102 and 1103 is displayed on the display of the user terminal 142.

When the user inputs a user ID and password, in step S1003, the user ID and password are received by the server apparatus 101, and the database browsing unit 136 sets the combination of the user ID and password as shown in FIG. If it is confirmed that the data is stored in the database, the database browsing unit 136 generates my page information and transmits it to the user terminal 142 in the process of step S1004.

FIG. 11A (B) shows an example in which My Page information is displayed as a screen 1104 on the display of the user terminal 142. The name and driver identification information of the user terminal 142 can be searched from the combination of the user ID and the password received by the process of step S1003. Therefore, for example, assuming that the user ID is “abc”, “Nikko Jhuo” is obtained as the name and is embedded in the My Page information. As a result, the user terminal 142 displays “My page of Nikko J-fu” in FIG. 11A (B).

Further, “A” is obtained as the driver identification information, and information related to “A”, particularly supply information and vehicle information, can be obtained by searching the table shown in FIG. Thereby, for example, the total amount of supply indicated by the supply information and the total amount of consumption indicated by the vehicle information can be calculated and embedded in the My Page information. Accordingly, the user terminal 142 displays, for example, 1034 liters as the “total supply amount” and “1030 liters” as the “total consumption amount” in FIG. 11A (B). Further, when the vehicle information includes a travel distance, it is possible to display the fuel consumption, which is the travel distance with respect to the unit amount of fuel, on the basis of the supply amount and the consumption amount. In this case, supply-based and consumption-based displays can be displayed on the same screen of the user terminal 142.

Thus, by calculating the fuel efficiency on both supply and consumption basis and showing it to the user, the user can know the payment of the supply of energy source and the actual consumption, and the expense In addition, an increase in environmental load can be prevented. Further, if there is a large discrepancy between the numerical value of the supply amount base and the consumption amount base, it is possible to know the possibility of vehicle failure such as fuel leakage or abnormal discharge of the storage battery.

Note that the screen example in FIG. 11A (B) is an example, and the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 11B, the supply amount, the consumption amount, and the like may be displayed as a bar graph, a line graph, a table, or the like. Moreover, the display about the other item of vehicle information can also be performed. If it does not fit on one screen, it can be displayed on another screen by causing the user to press a button 1105 entitled “Display other information”.

Note that the supply device 102 may determine whether or not a so-called “full tank” state has been achieved by supplying an energy source to the vehicle 120 and add the determination result to the supply amount information. The “full tank” state refers to a state in which no more energy source can be supplied to the vehicle 120. As a result, the consumption amount of the energy source of the vehicle 120 can be calculated from the supply amount. That is, the amount of energy source consumed by the vehicle 120 can be calculated from the amount of energy source supplied from the supply of the energy source that becomes “full” to the supply of the next energy source that becomes “full”. it can. Therefore, the database browsing unit 136 calculates the amount of the energy source supplied from the supply of the energy source that becomes “full tank” to the supply of the energy source that becomes the next “full tank”, and displays it on the user terminal 142. May be performed.

FIG. 12 shows a flowchart of processing of the database browsing unit 136. In the process of step S1201, user authentication is performed using the user ID and password. If the authentication is successful, driver identification information is acquired by searching the table shown in FIG. 9 using the user ID and password in the process of step S1202. Then, in the process of step S1203, the table shown in FIG. 4 is searched with the driver identification information, and the statistics of the supply amount are obtained. “Statistics of supply amount” includes obtaining totals and average values. Similarly, consumption statistics are obtained in the processing of step S1204. Further, in the process of step S1205, the total travel distance is obtained and the fuel consumption can be calculated. In the processing of step S1206, my page information is generated and transmitted to the user terminal 142.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, vehicle information and supply amount information are obtained when an energy source such as fuel is supplied to the vehicle, so that it can be associated with driver identification information for identifying the driver. . That is, vehicle information and supply amount information by driving for each driver can be obtained and stored in association with driver identification information. Thereby, the driving | operation analysis for every driver | operator is possible. In particular, information on energy sources such as fuel can be obtained from the viewpoints of supply and consumption, and reduction of expenses and environmental load can be realized. In addition, vehicle failure can be predicted.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 13 shows a functional block diagram of a system 1300 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. The system 1300 includes a server device 101, a supply device 102, a driver identification information reading device 103, a ground communication device 104, and a vehicle recognition device 1201. Therefore, the vehicle recognition device 1201 is added to the system 100 according to the first embodiment. The server apparatus 101 of the system 1300 includes a supply amount receiving unit 131, a driver identification information receiving unit 132, a vehicle information receiving unit 133, a database storage unit 134, a database 135, a database browsing unit 136, a vehicle A recognition information receiving unit 1202 is included. Therefore, the vehicle recognition information receiving unit 1202 is added to the server device 101 of the system 100 according to the first embodiment.

The vehicle recognition device 1201 recognizes the vehicle 120. The vehicle recognition device 1201 has a plurality of supply devices 102, and when a plurality of vehicles 120 are simultaneously located in a plurality of lanes for using the plurality of supply devices 102, which vehicle 120 is located in which lane. Used to get it. In other words, when the ground communication device 104 communicates with the in-vehicle communication devices 122 of the plurality of vehicles 120, the received vehicle information identifies the lane that is transmitted from the in-vehicle communication device 122 of the vehicle 120 located in which lane. It is a device for. For example, the vehicle recognition device 1201 captures a plurality of lanes, captures a license plate of the vehicle 120 located in each lane, recognizes a vehicle number described on the license plate, and represents vehicle recognition information that represents a recognition result. Is transmitted to the vehicle recognition information receiving unit 1202 of the server apparatus 101.

FIG. 14 shows an example of a schematic diagram of a data structure of vehicle recognition information. For example, “lane number” as identification information for identifying the lane, “recognition date” as the date and time when the recognition was performed, “vehicle recognition result” representing the result of vehicle recognition, and the like are included in the vehicle recognition information. In the vehicle recognition information, the supply information can be expressed as a bit string having an arbitrary structure. For example, a format such as XML (extensible Markup Language) can be used.

The vehicle recognition information receiving unit 1202 receives vehicle recognition information. The received vehicle recognition information is stored in a memory or the like of the server device 101 and transmitted to the database storage unit 134.

In the present embodiment, the correspondence relationship between the vehicle ID and the vehicle number and the correspondence relationship between the lane number and the supply device ID are stored in the database 135 or another server device that can communicate from the server device 101. FIG. 15A shows an example of a table that stores the correspondence between vehicle IDs and vehicle numbers, and FIG. 15B shows an example of a table that stores the correspondence between lane numbers and supply device IDs. .

In the present embodiment, the database storage unit 134 transmits the received vehicle information from the vehicle 120 located in which lane, and the received supply information is transmitted by the supply to the vehicle 120 located in which lane. Whether or not it has occurred is determined by the flowchart shown in FIG. In the process of step S1601, a vehicle ID is acquired from the received vehicle information. In the process of step S1602, the table shown in FIG. 15A is searched by the vehicle ID, and the vehicle number is searched. In the process of step S1603, the vehicle recognition information including the vehicle number searched by the process of step S1602 is searched from the vehicle recognition information received by the vehicle recognition information receiving unit 1202, and the lane number is extracted from the vehicle recognition information. To do. Next, the table shown in FIG. 15B is searched by lane number, and the lane number is converted into a supply device ID. In step S1604, the supply information received by the supply amount receiving unit 131 is searched for supply information including the supply device ID number obtained by the conversion. With the above processing, vehicle information and supply information related to the same vehicle can be associated.

As for the driver identification information, if the driver identification information reading device 103 is installed adjacent to each supply device 102, the supply device ID can be converted into the reading device ID. The driver identification information of the vehicle can be associated with the supply information. Also, when using a POS terminal, the driver identification information of the vehicle is associated with the vehicle information and the supply information related to the same vehicle by inputting which supply device ID is used to settle the supply consideration. be able to.

In addition, the vehicle recognition apparatus 1201 in this embodiment is not limited to performing license plate recognition. For example, when the engine stop time is included in the vehicle information, a microphone may be arranged for each supply device 102, and the engine stop accompanying the ignition off may be detected by a change in sound. Thereby, it is possible to determine which lane the vehicle information is transmitted from the vehicle 120 located in. Further, it is also determined by which lane the vehicle information is transmitted from the vehicle 120 by transmitting information specifying the engine stop time from the server device 101 to the in-vehicle communication device 122 of the vehicle 120. can do.

Alternatively, when an energy source is supplied to the vehicle 120, the vehicle 120 and the supply device 102 may be connected. For example, when flammable fuel is supplied to the vehicle 120, the vehicle 120 and the supply device 102 are electrically connected to have the same potential. Therefore, the time when the vehicle 120 and the supply device 102 are connected is transmitted from the in-vehicle communication device 122, and is transmitted from the supply amount transmitter 112, so that the vehicle information is transmitted from the vehicle 120 located in which lane. It is possible to judge whether it is In addition, the supply amount measuring device 111 measures the time change of the supply amount of the energy source to the vehicle 120 by the supply device, and the time change of the supply amount of the energy source is also measured in the vehicle 120 by the time change of the fuel gauge or the like In addition, it is possible to determine in which lane the vehicle information is transmitted from the vehicle 120 by comparing these time changes with the server device.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, even if the supply device 102 is installed in each of a plurality of lanes, it is more accurately determined which vehicle information the vehicle information is transmitted from. be able to.

(Embodiment 3)
FIG. 17 shows a functional block diagram of a system 1700 according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. The system 1700 includes a server device 101, a supply device 102, a driver identification information reading device 103, and a ground communication device 104. Therefore, the configuration is the same as that of the system 100 according to the first embodiment, but in this embodiment, the server apparatus 101 further includes an analysis unit 1701. Further, similarly to the second embodiment, the vehicle recognition device 1201 may be included, and the vehicle recognition information receiving unit 1202 may be added to the server device 101.

The analysis unit 1701 analyzes the vehicle information stored in the database 135. In this case, vehicle information associated with each driver identification information may be analyzed. Thereby, it is possible to analyze and obtain information on driving conditions and fuel consumption for each driver. The analysis result is recorded in the database 135 and may be viewable from the user terminal 142 via the database browsing unit 136.

17 shows an example in which the analysis unit 1701 is realized as a unit independent of the database browsing unit 136, but the analysis unit 1701 may be realized as a part of the database browsing unit 136.

FIG. 18 shows an example of a screen in which the analysis result by the analysis unit 1701 is browsed from the user terminal 142 or the like via the database browsing unit 136. An example of the screen shown in FIG. 18 can be displayed as a screen different from the screen shown in FIG. 11B by pressing a button 1105 displayed as “display other information” in FIG. 11A (B), for example. Is possible. Further, in the example shown in FIG. 18 on the same page, the maximum speed range, the speed over time, the number of sudden starts, the number of sudden accelerations, the number of sudden decelerations, and the back travel from the information measured by the vehicle sensor among the vehicle information. The radar frequency chart shows the number of rotations, the maximum engine speed range, the seat veil and the non-wearing total distance (standard corresponding to the desired driving situation), and the measured values. The driver is motivated to perform a desired driving by grasping his / her driving mode through the result of such an analysis.

(Industrial applicability)
As described above, according to the present invention, supply information and vehicle information can be associated with driver identification information and accumulated. In addition, the driver can browse the information. It is also possible to detect an incorrect association between the driver and the vehicle.

In the above description, the vehicle is used as the energy source supply destination, but the present invention can also be applied to ships and aircraft. Further, the vehicle, the ship, and the aircraft are not movable and may be fixed, and the supply device, the driver identification information acquisition unit, the ground communication device, and the like may be movable. Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to application to supply to vehicles, ships and aircraft, but can also be applied to fixed tanks. As described above, the present invention can be carried out by performing the above-described embodiment in various ways.

100 system, 101 server device, 102 supply device, 103 driver identification information reading device, 104 ground communication device, 111 supply amount measuring device, 112 supply amount transmitter, 120 vehicle, 121 vehicle information collection device, 122 in-vehicle communication device, 131 supply amount reception unit, 132 operator identification information reception unit, 133 vehicle information reception unit, 134 database storage unit, 135 database, 136 database browsing device, 141 communication network, 142 user terminal

Claims

An identification information receiving unit for receiving identification information for identifying a driver of the vehicle;
A supply amount information receiving unit for receiving supply amount information indicating an amount of energy source to be consumed by a power engine included in the vehicle supplied to the vehicle;
A vehicle information receiving unit for receiving vehicle information including a measurement result of a sensor included in the vehicle;
A database storage unit that stores the received supply amount information and the received vehicle information in a database in association with the received identification information.
The system according to claim 1, wherein the sensor included in the vehicle measures the amount of the energy source supplied to the power engine.
The database has a database browsing unit that enables browsing of supply amount information and vehicle information stored in association with identification information from a user terminal of a driver identified by the identification information,
The database browsing unit is a screen for displaying, on the user terminal, the amount of energy source supplied to the vehicle and the amount of energy source supplied to the power engine on the user terminal on the user terminal. The system according to claim 2, wherein information is generated and transmitted to the user terminal.
The system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the identification information is acquired and received by the identification information receiving unit at the time of payment for a price of an energy source supplied to the vehicle.
The system according to claim 4, wherein the identification information is acquired from a credit card owned by the driver.
The vehicle information received by the vehicle information receiving unit includes vehicle identification information for identifying the vehicle,
The system according to claim 1, wherein the database storage unit determines whether a combination of the received identification information and vehicle identification information included in the received vehicle information is registered in advance. .
If the database storage unit determines that the combination of the received identification information and the vehicle identification information included in the received vehicle information is not registered in advance, the database storage unit performs a process on the assumption that an error has been detected. The system according to claim 6.
The process registers a combination of the received identification information and vehicle identification information included in the received vehicle information, and the received supply information and the received information are included in the received identification information. The system according to claim 7, wherein the system is a process of associating and storing vehicle information in a database.