VEHICLE-USE INFORMATION COLLECTION SYSTEM

• US 20130131893A1
• Filed: 12/10/2010
• Published: 05/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Matsumura, Takeshi, Nakao, Koichi, Hikita, Toshiro
• Application Number:
  US13/813,587
• Publication Number:
  US 20130131893A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/00 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers

Abstract

A vehicular information collection system which collects information from a vehicle. The vehicular information collection system includes a vehicle information output portion that outputs vehicle information to a collection destination, a presentation portion that presents a query relating to sensory evaluation based on the vehicle information output from the vehicle information output portion to a driver, a receiving portion that receives a driver'"'"'s reply to the query presented by the presentation portion, and a reply output portion that outputs the driver'"'"'s reply received by the receiving portion to the collection destination. With this configuration, a query relating to sensory evaluation based on vehicle information is presented to request a reply from the driver, thereby collecting vehicle information taking the sensory evaluation of the driver into consideration.

Claims

1. A vehicular information collection system which collects information from a vehicle, the vehicular information collection system comprising:

vehicle information output means for outputting vehicle information to a collection destination;

presentation means for presenting a query relating to sensory evaluation based on the vehicle information output from the vehicle information output means to a driver;

receiving means for receiving a driver'"'"'s reply to the query presented by the presentation means; and

reply output means for outputting the driver'"'"'s reply received by the receiving means to the collection destination.

2. The vehicular information collection system according to claim 1,

wherein the collection destination is a center which is communicable with the vehicle, and

the vehicle information output means and the reply output means perform transmission to the center.

4. The vehicular information collection system according to claim 1, further comprising:

determination means for determining whether or not to present a query relating to sensory evaluation using the presentation means on the basis of previous and/or current operation of the driver on vehicle equipment.

5. The vehicular information collection system according to claim 4,

wherein the determination means converts the driver'"'"'s operation details and/or operation frequency on vehicle equipment to a score, and determines whether or not to present a query relating to sensory evaluation using the presentation means on the basis of the converted score.

6. The vehicular information collection system according to claim 5,

wherein, the closer the driver'"'"'s operation details in the receiving means is to the query presented by the presentation means, the greater the influence on the score is.

7. The vehicular information collection system according to claim 4,

wherein the operation of the vehicle equipment includes the driver'"'"'s operation received by the receiving means in response to the query presented by the presentation means.

8. The vehicular information collection system according to claim 4,

wherein the vehicle equipment is a navigation device, and

the determination means determines whether or not to present a query relating to sensory evaluation using the presentation means on the basis of changes of settings of the navigation device.

9. The vehicular information collection system according to claim 1,

wherein a presentation method in the presentation means is determined on the basis of the current driving conditions in the vehicle.

10. The vehicular information collection system according to claim 1,

wherein, after a query is presented by the presentation means, a driver'"'"'s reply is received by the receiving means until a predetermined time elapses or until the vehicle travels a predetermined distance.

3. A vehicular information collection system which collects information from a vehicle, the vehicular information collection system comprising:

presentation means for presenting a query relating to sensory evaluation based on vehicle information to a driver;

receiving means for receiving a driver'"'"'s reply to the query presented by the presentation means; and

storage means for storing the vehicle information in association with the driver'"'"'s reply received by the receiving means.