DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM AND DRIVING SUPPORT MANAGING DEVICE
First Claim
1. A driving support system for providing driving support in operation of a vehicle, the driving support system comprising:
- a drive history database for associating vehicle information including information about vehicle operation with pertinent route information and for registering the information as a drive history; and
a drive teaching unit that specifies a travel route of a vehicle subjected to driving support, wherein the drive teaching unit is configured to extract a drive history corresponding to the specified travel route from the drive history database and configured as a guide for the driving support to teach information about the extracted drive history to a driver of the vehicle subjected to the driving support, whereinthe drive teaching unit is configured to extract a drive history including a driving operation similar to a driving operation tendency of the driver of the vehicle subjected to the driving support from the drive history database, andthe drive teaching unit is further configured to teach information about the extracted drive history to the driver, whereinthe vehicle information includes information about a static ambient condition indicative of a static condition around the vehicle, information about a dynamic ambient condition indicative of a dynamic condition around the vehicle, and information about the vehicle condition,at least one of a fuel efficiency, which is a travel distance of a vehicle per unit fuel amount, trip time, and safety of vehicle operation is set to be an evaluation item for evaluating the drive history, thereby determining the driving level of a driver of the vehicle,the drive teaching unit is configured to set the information about the static ambient condition, the information about the dynamic ambient condition and the information about the vehicle condition as variables respectively, thereby estimating a probability density of the drive history for each evaluation item to obtain a distribution of the drive history,the drive teaching unit is further configured to specify, as a factor for a mutual difference in the driving level, one or more of variables causing a relative increase in a deviation between the distribution of the drive history that has a high driving level based on the evaluation item and the distribution of the drive history that has a low driving level, andthe drive teaching unit is further configured to use any of the information about the static ambient condition, the information about the dynamic ambient condition and the information about the vehicle condition, which are indicated by the specified variables, as an element to improve a corresponding one of the evaluation items, in the driving support of the driver of the vehicle for which the support is intended.
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Abstract
A driving support system for giving a support to a driving operation of a vehicle includes a drive history database and a drive teaching unit for specifying a travel route of a vehicle subjected to a driving support. Vehicle information including information about vehicle operation is associated with pertinent route information and is registered as a drive history in the drive history database. The drive teaching unit is configured to extract a drive history corresponding to the specified travel route from the drive history database. The drive teaching unit is further configured as a guide for the driving support to teach information about the extracted drive history to a driver of the vehicle subjected to the driving support.
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20 Claims
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1. A driving support system for providing driving support in operation of a vehicle, the driving support system comprising:
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a drive history database for associating vehicle information including information about vehicle operation with pertinent route information and for registering the information as a drive history; and a drive teaching unit that specifies a travel route of a vehicle subjected to driving support, wherein the drive teaching unit is configured to extract a drive history corresponding to the specified travel route from the drive history database and configured as a guide for the driving support to teach information about the extracted drive history to a driver of the vehicle subjected to the driving support, wherein the drive teaching unit is configured to extract a drive history including a driving operation similar to a driving operation tendency of the driver of the vehicle subjected to the driving support from the drive history database, and the drive teaching unit is further configured to teach information about the extracted drive history to the driver, wherein the vehicle information includes information about a static ambient condition indicative of a static condition around the vehicle, information about a dynamic ambient condition indicative of a dynamic condition around the vehicle, and information about the vehicle condition, at least one of a fuel efficiency, which is a travel distance of a vehicle per unit fuel amount, trip time, and safety of vehicle operation is set to be an evaluation item for evaluating the drive history, thereby determining the driving level of a driver of the vehicle, the drive teaching unit is configured to set the information about the static ambient condition, the information about the dynamic ambient condition and the information about the vehicle condition as variables respectively, thereby estimating a probability density of the drive history for each evaluation item to obtain a distribution of the drive history, the drive teaching unit is further configured to specify, as a factor for a mutual difference in the driving level, one or more of variables causing a relative increase in a deviation between the distribution of the drive history that has a high driving level based on the evaluation item and the distribution of the drive history that has a low driving level, and the drive teaching unit is further configured to use any of the information about the static ambient condition, the information about the dynamic ambient condition and the information about the vehicle condition, which are indicated by the specified variables, as an element to improve a corresponding one of the evaluation items, in the driving support of the driver of the vehicle for which the support is intended. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 14)
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8. A driving support system for providing driving support in operation of a vehicle, the driving support system comprising:
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a drive history database for associating vehicle information including information about vehicle operation with pertinent route information and for registering the information as a drive history; and a drive teaching unit that specifies a travel route of a vehicle subjected to driving support, wherein the drive teaching unit is configured to extract a drive history corresponding to the specified travel route from the drive history database and configured as a guide for the driving support to teach information about the extracted drive history to a driver of the vehicle subjected to the driving support, wherein the drive teaching unit is configured to extract a drive history including a driving operation similar to a driving operation tendency of the driver of the vehicle subjected to the driving support from the drive history database, and the drive teaching unit is further configured to teach information about the extracted drive history to the driver, wherein the drive teaching unit is configured to carry out clustering to generate a driving operation pattern based on respective feature quantities from the drive histories registered in the drive history database, the drive teaching unit is further configured to determine which of the driving operation patterns subjected to the clustering is close to a driving operation of the driver of the vehicle subjected to the driving support, and the drive teaching unit is further configured to extract information about a drive history including a driving operation tendency having a feature quantity similar to the driving operation tendency of the driver.
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9. A driving support system for providing driving support in operation of a vehicle, the driving support comprising:
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a drive history database for associating vehicle information including information about vehicle operation with pertinent route information and for registering the information as a drive history; and a drive teaching unit that specifies a travel route of a vehicle subjected to driving support, wherein the drive teaching unit is configured to extract a drive history corresponding to the specified travel route from the drive history database and configured as a guide for the driving support to teach information about the extracted drive history to a driver of the vehicle subjected to the driving support, wherein the drive teaching unit is configured to extract a drive history including a driving operation similar to a driving operation tendency of the driver of the vehicle subjected to the driving support from the drive history database, and the drive teaching unit is further configured to teach information about the extracted drive history to the driver, wherein a plurality of types of drive histories are registered in the drive history database so as to be stratified for each driving level that is evaluated with at least one of fuel efficiency, which is a travel distance of a vehicle per unit fuel amount, trip time, and safety of vehicle operation set as an evaluation item, the drive teaching unit is configured to determine a driving level in a class to which the driver of the vehicle subjected to the driving support belongs based on at least one of the evaluation items, and the drive teaching unit is further configured to extract information about a drive history having a higher level than the determined driving level from the stratified drive history database, wherein the drive teaching unit is configured to extract, from the stratified drive history database, information about a drive history belonging to a class having the next higher driving level to the determined driving level of the class to which the driver belongs. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A driving support system for providing driving support in operation of a vehicle, the driving support system comprising:
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a drive history database for associating vehicle information including information about vehicle operation with pertinent route information and for registering the information as a drive history; and a drive teaching unit that specifies a travel route of a vehicle subjected to driving support, wherein the drive teaching unit is configured to extract a drive history corresponding to the specified travel route from the drive history database and configured as a guide for the driving support to teach information about the extracted drive history to a driver of the vehicle subjected to the driving support, wherein a plurality of sets of vehicle information based on vehicle operations of a plurality of vehicles are registered in the drive history database, the drive teaching unit is configured to extract information about the drive history by setting, as a unit, any of a specific point of the specified travel route, a specific traffic element, and a specific time zone, and the drive teaching unit is further configured to synthesize the extracted information about the drive history respectively, thereby teaching the synthesized information to the driver.
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15. A driving support system for providing driving support in operation of a vehicle, the driving support system comprising:
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a drive history database for associating vehicle information including information about vehicle operation with pertinent route information and for registering the information as a drive history; and a drive teaching unit that specifies a travel route of a vehicle subjected to driving support, wherein the drive teaching unit is configured to extract a drive history corresponding to the specified travel route from the drive history database and configured as a guide for the driving support to teach information about the extracted drive history to a driver of the vehicle subjected to the driving support, wherein the drive teaching unit is configured to teach the driving support through an application of a braking force to a drive system of the vehicle subjected to the driving support.
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16. A driving support system for providing driving support in operation of a vehicle, the driving support system comprising:
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a drive history database for associating vehicle information including information about vehicle operation with pertinent route information and for registering the information as a drive history; and a drive teaching unit that specifies a travel route of a vehicle subjected to driving support, wherein the drive teaching unit is configured to extract a drive history corresponding to the specified travel route from the drive history database and configured as a guide for the driving support to teach information about the extracted drive history to a driver of the vehicle subjected to the driving support, wherein the drive history database and the drive teaching unit are provided in a management center constituting a probe information communication system for collecting the vehicle information, and the management center is configured to deliver information about a drive history to be taught to the driver to the pertinent vehicle in response to a request given from the vehicle subjected to the driving support.
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17. A driving support system for giving a support to a driving operation of a vehicle, the driving support system comprising:
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a drive history database for registering a drive history, which is a history of vehicle information including information about a plurality of types of vehicle operations; and a drive teaching unit that is configured to determine a driving level of a driver of a vehicle subjected to a driving support by setting, as an evaluation item, at least one of a fuel efficiency, which is a travel distance of a vehicle per unit fuel amount, trip time, and safety of vehicle operation, which are included in a drive history of the driver, the drive teaching unit being configured to extract, from the drive history database, information about a drive history having a higher driving level than a driving level based on the determined evaluation item, and the drive teaching unit being further configured to teach the extracted information about the drive history as a guide for the driving support to the driver of the vehicle subjected to the driving support, wherein the drive teaching unit is configured to extract, from the drive history database, a drive history including a driving operation similar to a driving operation tendency of the driver of the vehicle subjected to the driving support, and the drive teaching unit is further configured to teach information about the extracted drive history to the driver, wherein the vehicle information includes a static ambient condition indicative of a static condition around the vehicle, a dynamic ambient condition indicative of a dynamic condition around the vehicle, and information about the vehicle condition, the drive teaching unit is configured to estimate a distribution of the drive history from a probability density of the drive history that is classified based on the evaluation item by setting, as a variable, each of information about the static ambient condition, information about the dynamic ambient condition, and the information about the vehicle condition, the drive teaching unit is further configured to specify, as a factor for a mutual difference in the driving level, one or more variables causing a relative increase in a deviation between the estimated distribution of the drive history that has a higher driving level based on the evaluation item and the distribution of the drive history that has a low driving level, and the drive teaching unit is further configured to use any of the information about the static ambient condition, the information about the dynamic ambient condition and the information about the vehicle condition, which are indicated by the specified variables, as an element to improve a corresponding one of the evaluation items, in the driving support of the vehicle for which the support is intended.
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20. A driving support managing device for giving a support to a driving operation of a vehicle, the driving support managing device comprising:
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a drive history database for associating vehicle information including information about vehicle operation with pertinent route information and registering the vehicle information as a drive history; and a teaching information delivering unit that specifies a travel route of a vehicle subjected to a driving support, the teaching information delivering unit being configured to extract a drive history corresponding to the specified travel route from the drive history database and being configured to deliver information about the extracted drive history to the vehicle subjected to the driving support in order to carry out the driving support, wherein the teaching information delivering unit is configured to extract, from the drive history database, a drive history including a driving operation similar to a driving operation tendency of the driver of the vehicle subjected to the driving support, and wherein the vehicle information includes a static ambient condition indicative of a static condition around the vehicle, a dynamic ambient condition indicative of a dynamic condition around the vehicle, and information about the vehicle condition, the teaching information delivering unit is configured to estimate a distribution of the drive history from a probability density of the drive history that is classified based on the evaluation item by setting, as a variable, each of information about the static ambient condition, information about the dynamic ambient condition, and the information about the vehicle condition, the teaching information delivering unit is further configured to specify, as a factor for a mutual difference in the driving level, one or more variables causing a relative increase in a deviation between the estimated distribution of the drive history that has a higher driving level based on the evaluation item and the distribution of the drive history that has a low driving level, and the teaching information delivering unit is further configured to use any of the information about the static ambient condition, the information about the dynamic ambient condition and the information about the vehicle condition, which are indicated by the specified variables, as an element to improve a corresponding one of the evaluation items, in the driving support of the vehicle for which the support is intended.
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