Information delivery system, vehicle and broadcasting apparatus for an information delivery system, and method of outputting related information therefor

• US 20070109105A1
• Filed: 11/02/2006
• Published: 05/17/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Ohno, Tsuneo, Mineta, Kenichi, Shimomura, Takumi
• Granted Patent: US 7,589,621 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/425.500
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C

Abstract

A comparator is supplied with a hold visit code and a visit guidance message, which are received by a receiver from a broadcasting device via radio waves. Alternatively, the comparator is supplied with a hold visit code and a visit guidance message, which are received by a communicating unit from a server through a public circuit network, a wireless link, a cellular phone unit, and another wireless link. The comparator then compares the supplied HVC with an HVC that is stored in a message table in a storage unit. If the HVCs compared by the comparator agree with each other, then an information output unit resets the HVC stored in the message table, and outputs the visit guidance message to an output unit.

Claims

1. An information delivery system comprising:

a broadcasting apparatus for broadcasting an identification code and related information; and

a vehicle for acquiring information delivered by a broadcast from said broadcasting apparatus;

said vehicle comprising;

an identification code storage unit for storing a first identification code;

a second identification code acquiring unit for acquiring a second identification code and first related information delivered by a broadcast from said broadcasting apparatus;

an identification code comparator for comparing said first identification code and said second identification code with each other; and

an information output unit for outputting said first related information if said first identification code and said second identification code, which are compared with each other by said identification code comparator, agree with each other.

2. An information delivery system according to claim 1, wherein said information output unit deletes the first identification code stored in said identification code storage unit if said first identification code and said second identification code, which are compared with each other by said identification code comparator, agree with each other.

3. An information delivery system according to claim 1, wherein said vehicle further comprises:

a first identification code acquiring unit for acquiring said first identification code and storing the acquired first identification code in said identification code storage unit.

4. An information delivery system according to claim 3, wherein said first identification code acquiring unit acquires said first identification code, which is delivered by a broadcast from said broadcasting apparatus.

5. An information delivery system according to claim 3, wherein said vehicle further comprises:

an identification code input unit for entering said first identification code,

wherein said first identification code acquiring unit acquires said first identification code entered by said identification code input unit.

6. An information delivery system according to claim 3, wherein said vehicle further comprises:

a device failure detecting unit for detecting a device failure of said vehicle and outputting device failure information; and

a failure information transmitting unit for transmitting said device failure information to said broadcasting apparatus;

wherein said broadcasting apparatus comprises;

a failure information receiver for receiving said device failure information transmitted from said failure information transmitting unit; and

an identification code transmitting unit for transmitting said first identification code, corresponding to said device failure information received by said failure information receiver, to said vehicle,

wherein said first identification code acquiring unit acquires said first identification code transmitted from said identification code transmitting unit.

7. An information delivery system according to claim 3, wherein said vehicle further comprises:

a device failure detecting unit for detecting a device failure of said vehicle and outputting device failure information; and

a first identification code generating unit for generating said first identification code when said device failure information is output from said device failure detecting unit,

wherein said first identification code acquiring unit stores said first identification code generated by said first identification code generating unit in said identification code storage unit.

8. An information delivery system according to claim 3, wherein said first identification code acquiring unit acquires both said first identification code and said second related information;

and

said information output unit outputs the acquired second related information when the acquired first identification code is stored in said identification code storage unit.

9. An information delivery system according to claim 8, wherein said second related information comprises a hold visit message, for holding a visit of said vehicle to a repair shop.

10. An information delivery system according to claim 1, wherein said first related information comprises a visit guidance message, for guiding a visit of said vehicle to a repair shop.

11. A vehicle comprising:

an identification code storage unit for storing a first identification code;

a second identification code acquiring unit for acquiring a second identification code and first related information delivered by a broadcast;

an identification code comparator for comparing said first identification code and said second identification code with each other; and

an information output unit for outputting said first related information if said first identification code and said second identification code, which are compared with each other by said identification code comparator, agree with each other.

12. A vehicle according to claim 11, wherein said information output unit deletes said first identification code stored in said identification code storage unit if said first identification code and said second identification code, which are compared with each other by said identification code comparator, agree with each other.

13. A vehicle according to claim 11, further comprising:

a first identification code acquiring unit for acquiring said first identification code, and storing the acquired first identification code in said identification code storage unit.

14. A vehicle according to claim 13, wherein said first identification code acquiring unit acquires said first identification code, which is delivered by a broadcast.

15. A vehicle according to claim 13, further comprising:

an identification code input unit for entering said first identification code,

wherein said first identification code acquiring unit acquires said first identification code entered by said identification code input unit.

16. A vehicle according to claim 13, wherein said first identification code acquiring unit acquires both said first identification code and said second related information;

and

said information output unit outputs the acquired second related information when the acquired first identification code is stored in said identification code storage unit.

17. A vehicle according to claim 16, wherein said second related information comprises a hold visit message, for holding a visit of said vehicle to a repair shop.

18. A vehicle according to claim 11, wherein said first related information comprises a visit guidance message, for guiding a visit of said vehicle to a repair shop.

19. A broadcasting apparatus for delivering, as a broadcast, a second identification code and first related information to a vehicle that stores a first identification code, wherein said first identification code and said second identification code are compared with each other, and said first related information is output if the first identification code and the second identification code agree with each other.

20. A method of outputting related information comprising the steps of:

storing a first identification code in an identification code storage unit of a vehicle;

acquiring a second identification code and first related information delivered by a broadcast, with a second identification code acquiring unit of said vehicle;

comparing said first identification code and said second identification code with each other, using an identification code comparator; and

outputting said first related information from an information output unit, if said first identification code and said second identification code, which are compared with each other by said identification code comparator, agree with each other.