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Granted Patent B2
US 11,440,506 · App. 17/329,491 · Granted Sep 13, 2022

Entry support system, entry support method, and storage medium

Inventors: Ryo Morosawa (Tokyo, JP); Haisong Liu (Tokyo, JP); Akira Nakajima (Tokyo, JP); Kenji Okuma (Tokyo, JP); Hiroaki Maruyama (Tokyo, JP); Yoshikazu Matsuo (Tokyo, JP); Shuto Higashi (Tokyo, JP); Fumiaki Yamaguchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B60R25/31B60R25/102B60R25/24G06F21/32G06V20/56G06V20/593G06V40/166G06V40/173G06V40/50
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Patent No.
US 11,440,506
App. No.
17/329,491
Granted
Sep 13, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An entry support system includes: an externally located person reporting unit which executes predetermined reporting by a reporting unit used by an internal user when an externally located person is recognized by an externally located person recognition unit in a state where the internal user is recognized by an internal user recognition unit; and an entry permission unit which executes entry permission processing for enabling entry to a vehicle when a permission operation of the entry to the vehicle is performed to an operation unit used by the internal user after the predetermined reporting is executed.

Claims (38)

1. An entry support system which supports entry of an externally located person to a vehicle, the entry support system comprising a processor, wherein the processor:

recognizes an internal user located in a vehicle interior of the vehicle;

recognizes the externally located person located in an area around the vehicle;

executes predetermined reporting by a reporting unit used by the internal user when the externally located person is recognized in a state where the internal user is recognized;

executes an entry permission processing for enabling the entry to the vehicle when a permission operation of the entry to the vehicle is performed by the internal user after the predetermined reporting is executed;

determines whether or not the externally located person is a registered user for whom predetermined registration is performed and stored in a memory of the vehicle; and

executes the entry permission processing after a lapse of predetermined time from a point of time at which the predetermined reporting is executed, when the externally located person is determined as the registered user.

2. The entry support system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor:

acquires a face image of the externally located person from a camera that is provided on the vehicle and photographs a surrounding of the vehicle, and

executes processing of displaying the face image of the externally located person at a touch panel display.

3. The entry support system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor:

determines whether or not the externally located person is the registered user for whom predetermined registration is performed, and

prohibits the predetermined reporting when a plurality of the externally located persons are recognized and none of the externally located persons are determined as the registered user.

4. The entry support system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor:

determines whether or not the externally located person is the registered user for whom predetermined registration is performed, and

executes the predetermined reporting of a first reporting aspect when the externally located person is determined as the registered user, and executes the predetermined reporting of a second reporting aspect different from the first reporting aspect when the externally located person is determined as not the registered user.

5. The entry support system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor:

recognizes a using state of seats of the vehicle;

when the externally located person is recognized in a state where the internal user is recognized, makes a touch panel display visually recognized by the internal user display a recognition report which reports that the externally located person is recognized and a seat using state display based on a recognition result of the using state of seats of the vehicle, wherein

the seat using state display includes a driver's seat door button that is an opening instruction button for a driver's seat door, a passenger seat door button that is an opening instruction button for a passenger seat door, a rear seat right door button that is an opening instruction button for a rear seat right door, and a rear seat left door button that is an opening instruction button for a rear seat left door,

the driver's seat door button, the passenger seat door button, the rear seat right door button, and the rear seat left door button indicate the seat using state of the driver's seat, the passenger seat, the rear right seat, and the rear left seat, respectively, and

the seat using state display indicates a door button corresponding to a vacant seat by a first display aspect and a door button corresponding to a seat in use by a second display aspect different from the first display aspect.

6. An entry support method executed by a computer in order to support entry of an externally located person to a vehicle, the entry support method comprising:

an internal user recognition step configured to recognize an internal user located in a vehicle interior of the vehicle;

an externally located person recognition step configured to recognize the externally located person located in an area around the vehicle;

an externally located person reporting step configured to execute predetermined reporting by a touch panel display used by the internal user when the externally located person is recognized by the externally located person recognition step in a state where the internal user is recognized by the internal user recognition step;

an entry permission step configured to execute entry permission processing for enabling the entry to the vehicle when a permission operation of the entry to the vehicle is performed to the touch panel display used by the internal user after the predetermined reporting is executed; and

a registered user authentication step configured to determine whether or not the externally located person is a registered user for whom predetermined registration is performed and stored in a memory of the vehicle,

wherein the entry permission step is configured to execute the entry permission processing after a lapse of predetermined time from a point of time at which the predetermined reporting is executed, when the externally located person is determined as the registered user.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an entry support program which is executed by a processor of an entry support system to support entry of an externally located person to a vehicle, wherein the entry support program makes the processor:

recognize an internal user located in a vehicle interior of the vehicle;

recognize the externally located person located in an area around the vehicle;

execute predetermined reporting used by the internal user when the externally located person is recognized in a state where the internal user is recognized;

execute an entry permission processing for enabling the entry to the vehicle when a permission operation of the entry to the vehicle is performed by the internal user after the predetermined reporting is executed; and

determine whether or not the externally located person is a registered user for whom predetermined registration is performed and stored in a memory of the vehicle,

wherein the entry support program makes the processor execute the entry permission processing after a lapse of predetermined time from a point of time at which the predetermined reporting is executed, when the externally located person is determined as the registered user.

8. The entry support system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor, when the externally located person is determined as the registered user, executes the entry permission processing even when the permission operation of the entry to the vehicle is not performed.

9. The entry support system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor displays a specifying display showing a relation with the internal user when the externally located person is recognized in the state where the internal user is recognized and where the externally located person is the registered user.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2021
From: MOROSAWA, RYO; LIU, HAISONG; NAKAJIMA, AKIRA; OKUMA, KENJI; MARUYAMA, HIROAKI; MATSUO, YOSHIKAZU; HIGASHI, SHUTO; YAMAGUCHI, FUMIAKI
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-092477 · May 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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