Information collection system and information collection method

1 . An information collection system comprising a processor that functions as:

a vehicle registration information acquisition unit configured to access a vehicle registration database where a user and a vehicle utilized by the user are registered in association with each other for a plurality of users, and acquire user information relating to the user and vehicle information relating to the vehicle;

a permitted utilization purpose list acquisition unit configured to, for a target user who is one of the users registered in the vehicle registration database and a target vehicle which is the vehicle associated with the target user recognized from the vehicle information, acquire a permitted utilization purpose list indicating a permitted utilization purpose for which the target user permits provision of monitor information acquired in the target vehicle among a plurality of utilization purposes of the monitor information;

a monitor information utilization purpose table generation unit configured to generate a monitor information utilization purpose table in which a kind of the monitor information and one of the plurality of utilization purposes are made to correspond, for the two or more kinds of the monitor information acquired in the target vehicle based on specifications of the target vehicle;

a transmission request kind list generation unit configured to extract the kind of the monitor information associated with the permitted utilization purpose as the kind of the monitor information for which transmission is to be requested from the target vehicle based on the permitted utilization purpose list and the monitor information utilization purpose table, and generate a transmission request kind list indicating the extracted kind of the monitor information; and

an update recognition unit configured to recognize that software executed in an ECU (Electronic Control Unit) of the target vehicle is updated,

wherein the information collection system communicates with the target vehicle via a communication network,

the information collection system displays a screen for instructing acceptance or not of the provision of the monitor information for each utilization purpose at a terminal display of a user terminal used by the target user or on a vehicle display of the target vehicle,

the permitted utilization purpose list is generated according to a permitting operation of the target user to the screen,

the monitor information utilization purpose table generation unit updates the monitor information utilization purpose table based on the specifications of the target vehicle added or changed by the update when it is recognized by the update recognition unit that the software executed in the ECU of the target vehicle is updated, and

the transmission request kind list generation unit updates the transmission request kind list based on the monitor information utilization purpose table updated by the monitor information utilization purpose table generation unit.

2 . The information collection system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor that functions as the vehicle registration information acquisition unit, the permitted utilization purpose list acquisition unit, the monitor information utilization purpose table generation unit and the transmission request kind list generation unit is provided in a computer system which communicates with a user terminal used by the user recognized from the user information and the vehicle,

the permitted utilization purpose list acquisition unit acquires the permitted utilization purpose list transmitted from a specified user terminal which is the user terminal used by the target user, the permitted utilization purpose list being received by a communication control unit, and

the processor that is provided in the computer system functions as a monitor information acquisition unit configured to transmit the transmission request kind list to the target vehicle by the communication control unit.

3 . The information collection system according to claim 2 ,

wherein the monitor information acquisition unit transmits transmission acceptance-or-not inquiry information inquiring acceptance or not of transmission of the monitor information of the kind relating to personal information of the target user to the specified user terminal by the communication control unit, when the kind of the monitor information relating to the personal information of the target user is included in the kinds of the monitor information indicated by the transmission request kind list.

4 . The information collection system according to claim 2 , wherein

the processor functions as a user identification unit configured to identify the target user riding in the target vehicle,

the monitor information acquisition unit does not retransmit the transmission request kind list for the target user identified by the user identification unit to the target vehicle when the transmission request kind list for the target user identified by the user identification unit has been already transmitted to the target vehicle, and transmits the transmission request kind list for the target user identified by the user identification unit to the target vehicle when the transmission request kind list for the target user has not been transmitted to the target vehicle.

5 . The information collection system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor comprises a system processor and a vehicle processor,

the system processor functions as the vehicle registration information acquisition unit and the monitor information utilization purpose table generation unit and is provided in a computer system which communicates with the vehicle,

the vehicle processor functions as the permitted utilization purpose list acquisition unit and the transmission request kind list generation unit and is provided in the target vehicle,

the transmission request kind list generation unit acquires the monitor information utilization purpose table transmitted from the computer system, the monitor information utilization purpose table being received by a communication control unit, and

the permitted utilization purpose list acquisition unit acquires the permitted utilization purpose list by generating a permitted utilization purpose list according to a permitting operation by the target user in the target vehicle.

6 . The information collection system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the monitor information utilization purpose table generation unit manages the monitor information utilization purpose table before the update is performed and the updated monitor information utilization purpose table by attaching version information of the specifications of the target vehicle when the monitor information utilization purpose table is generated.

7 . An information collection method executed by a computer, the information collection method comprising:

a vehicle registration information acquisition step of accessing a vehicle registration database where a user and a vehicle utilized by the user are registered in association with each other for a plurality of users, and acquiring user information relating to the user and vehicle information relating to the vehicle;

a permitted utilization purpose list acquisition step of, for a target user who is one of the users registered in the vehicle registration database and a target vehicle which is the vehicle associated with the target user recognized from the vehicle information, acquiring a permitted utilization purpose list indicating a permitted utilization purpose for which the target user permits provision of monitor information acquired in the target vehicle among a plurality of utilization purposes of the monitor information;

a monitor information utilization purpose table generation step of generating a monitor information utilization purpose table in which a kind of the monitor information and one of the plurality of utilization purposes are made to correspond, for the two or more kinds of the monitor information acquired in the target vehicle based on specifications of the target vehicle;

a transmission request kind list generation step of extracting the kind of the monitor information associated with the permitted utilization purpose as the kind of the monitor information for which transmission is to be requested from the target vehicle based on the permitted utilization purpose list and the monitor information utilization purpose table, and generating a transmission request kind list indicating the extracted kind of the monitor information; and

an update recognition step of recognizing that software executed in an ECU (Electronic Control Unit) of the target vehicle is updated,

wherein the computer communicates with the target vehicle via a communication network,

the information collection system displays a screen for instructing acceptance or not of the provision of the monitor information for each utilization purpose at a terminal display of a user terminal used by the target user or on a vehicle display of the target vehicle, the permitted utilization purpose list is generated according to a permitting operation of the target user to the screen,

the monitor information utilization purpose table generation step updates the monitor information utilization purpose table based on the specifications of the target vehicle added or changed by the update when it is recognized in the update recognition step that the software executed in the ECU of the target vehicle is updated, and

the transmission request kind list generation step updates the transmission request kind list based on the monitor information utilization purpose table updated in the monitor information utilization purpose table generation step.