Vehicle-running-state display method

• US 20080300731A1
• Filed: 05/29/2008
• Published: 12/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Inventors: Nakajima, Kazunari, Uetani, Tetsuya
• Granted Patent: US 8,285,424 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/046 involving external transmission of data to or from the vehicle, e.g. via telemetry, satellite, Global Positioning System [GPS]
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2420/403 Image sensing, e.g. optical camera
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2530/00 Input parameters relating to vehicle conditions or values, not covered by groups B60W2510/00 or B60W2520/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2554/00 Input parameters relating to objects
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/50 of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/02 related to ambient conditions
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/10 related to vehicle motion
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/045 Monitoring control system parameters
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0891 Video recorder in combination with video camera

Abstract

The present invention has an object of providing a vehicle-running-state display method capable of easily displaying a running state of a vehicle. The invention provides a vehicle-running-state display method, including the steps of obtaining position information, time information, speed information, and acceleration information of a vehicle, detecting a special state of the vehicle, based on the position information, the time information, the speed information, or the acceleration information, displaying a track of the vehicle on a map screen, based on the position information and the time information, and displaying the detected special state of the vehicle, on the map screen on which the track is displayed.

Claims

1. A vehicle-running-state display method, comprising the steps of:

obtaining a special state of a vehicle based on position information, time information, or speed information of the vehicle;

displaying a track of the vehicle into a map screen, based on the position information and the time information; and

displaying the detected special state of the vehicle, on the map screen on which the track is displayed.

2. The vehicle-running-state display method according to claim 1, wherein the special state of the vehicle is a speed excess state that the speed of the vehicle exceeds a set speed during a predetermined time or more.

3. The vehicle-running-state display method according to claim 1, wherein the special state of the vehicle is a rapid acceleration state that the speed of the vehicle increases by a predetermined speed or more during a predetermined time.

4. The vehicle-running-state display method according to claim 1, wherein the special state of the vehicle is a rapid deceleration state that the speed of the vehicle decreases by a predetermined speed or more during a predetermined time.

5. The vehicle-running-state display method according to claim 1, wherein the special state of the vehicle is a sharp turn state that acceleration of a predetermined value or more occurs in the left or right directions of the vehicle during a predetermined time or more.

6. The vehicle-running-state display method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of changing a set condition of detecting the special state of the vehicle.

7. A vehicle-running-state display method, comprising the steps of:

obtaining position information, time information, and speed information of a vehicle;

detecting a special state of the vehicle, based on the position information, the time information, or the speed information;

displaying a track of the vehicle on a map screen, based on the position information and the time information; and

displaying the detected special state of the vehicle, on the map screen on which the track is displayed.

8. The vehicle-running-state display method according to claim 7, wherein the special state of the vehicle is an idling state that there is no movement of the vehicle during a predetermined time or more.

9. The vehicle-running-state display method according to claim 7, wherein the special state of the vehicle is a long-time driving state that the movement of the vehicle continues during a predetermined time or more.

10. The vehicle-running-state display method according to claim 7, further comprising the step of changing a setting condition of detecting the special state of the vehicle.

11. A vehicle-running-state display method comprising the steps of:

storing operating information and an image at every first predetermined time, and recording the operating information and the image stored for a predetermined period into a nonvolatile recording unit when a recording condition is established;

recording position information and time information of the vehicle at every second predetermined period longer than the first predetermined time, into the nonvolatile recording unit;

obtaining a special state of the vehicle based on the operating information, and displaying a track of the vehicle on the map screen, based on the position information and the time information at each second predetermined period, and

displaying the special state of the vehicle on the map screen on which the track is displayed.

12. The vehicle-running-state display method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of changing a setting condition of detecting the special state of the vehicle.