IP Library Granted Patent US 8,537,032
Granted Patent B2
US 8,537,032 · App. 13/141,212 · Granted Sep 17, 2013

On-vehicle information processing device, information providing device, and vehicle information processing system

Inventor: Yuki Yamada (Susono, JP)
Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 8,537,032
App. No.
13/141,212
Granted
Sep 17, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A road-side support device which provides support information to a vehicle includes a device-side receiver unit that receives equipment information on equipment of the vehicle or detectable information detectable by a sensor unit of the vehicle, a priority calculating unit that calculates a priority of a support using the support information on the basis of the equipment information or the detectable information, and a device-side transmitter unit that transmits the support information to the vehicle on the basis of the priority. Accordingly, it is possible to improve the efficiency of processes necessary for vehicle control, driving support, or the like in the road-side support device and the vehicle.

Claims (25)

1. An information providing device which provides support information to a vehicle, comprising:

a device-side receiver unit that receives equipment information on equipment of the vehicle or detectable information detectable by an in-vehicle unit of the vehicle;

a priority calculating unit that calculates a priority of a support using the support information on the basis of the equipment information or the detectable information; and

a device-side transmitter unit that transmits the support information to the vehicle on the basis of the calculated priority,

wherein the priority calculating unit calculates the priority of a support which cannot be executed by the equipment so as to be lower than other support priorities when the equipment information is received by the device-side receiver unit.

2. The information providing device according to claim 1 , wherein the priority calculating unit calculates the priority on the basis of a degree of support from the equipment when the equipment information is received by the device-side receiver unit.

3. The information providing device according to claim 1 , wherein the device-side receiver unit receives setting information representing whether the execution for the equipment is allowed as the equipment information, and

wherein the priority calculating unit calculates the priority of the support from the equipment for which the execution is not allowed so as to be lower than other support priorities when the setting information is received by the device-side receiver unit.

4. The information providing device according to claim 1 , wherein the priority calculating unit calculates the priority of the support using the support information overlapping with the detectable information so as to be lower than other support priorities when the detectable information is received by the device-side receiver unit.

5. The information providing device according to claim 1 , wherein the device-side receiver unit further receives driving characteristics of a driver of the vehicle, and

wherein the priority calculating unit calculates the priority of the support on the basis of the driving characteristics of the driver when the driving characteristics of the driver is received by the device-side receiver unit.

6. The information providing device according to claim 1 , wherein the device-side transmitter unit transmits the support information in a state where a provision order of the support information associated with the support is set to be lower as the priority of support becomes lower, or transmits the support information in a state where an information volume of the support information associated with the support is reduced to be smaller as the priority of support becomes lower.

7. A vehicle information processing system comprising a vehicle and an information providing device,

wherein the vehicle includes:

a vehicle-side transmitter unit that transmits equipment information on equipment of the vehicle or detectable information detectable by an in-vehicle unit of the vehicle to the information providing device; and

a vehicle-side receiver unit that receives support information from the information providing device, and

wherein the information providing device includes:

a device-side receiver unit that receives the equipment information or the detectable information;

a priority calculating unit that calculates a priority of a support using the support information on the basis of the equipment information or the detectable information; and

a device-side transmitter unit that transmits the support information to the vehicle on the basis of the calculated priority,

wherein the priority calculating unit calculates the priority of a support which cannot be executed by the equipment so as to be lower than other support priorities when the equipment information is received by the device-side receiver unit.

8. An in-vehicle information processing device that is mounted in a vehicle and that executes a first support on the basis of information acquired by equipment mounted in the vehicle and executes a second support on the basis of information acquired from an vehicle-external information source, the in-vehicle information processing device comprising:

a priority calculating unit that calculates priorities of the first support and the second support on the basis of equipment information on the equipment and the information acquired from the vehicle-external information source; and

a processing unit that performs a process associated with the first support or the second support on the basis of the priorities,

wherein the priority calculating unit calculates the priority of a support which cannot be executed by the equipment so as to be lower than other support priorities.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2011
From: YAMADA, YUKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110279251A1 · Nov 17, 2011