VEHICLE REMOTE OPERATION INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE, VEHICLE-MOUNTED REMOTE OPERATION INFORMATION ACQUISITION DEVICE, AND VEHICLE REMOTE OPERATION SYSTEM COMPRISING THESE DEVICES

• US 20150163306A1
• Filed: 01/25/2012
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Nakagawa, Masashi
• Granted Patent: US 10,250,687 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2325/101 Bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2325/205 Mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/2018 Central base unlocks or authorises unlocking
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1441 Countermeasures against malicious traffic countermeasures against attacks on cryptographic mechanisms H04L9/002
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication

Abstract

In a vehicle remote operation system, when acquiring remote operation request information from a user of a vehicle 100, a server 210 in a command administration center 200 transmits access request information, requesting an access to the center 200 as a predetermined connection destination, to a command acquisition ECU 110a mounted on the vehicle 100. When acquiring the access request information transmitted from the center 200, the ECU 110a accesses to the center 200 as the predetermined connection destination connected to a network 400. Thus, the command information server 212 in the center 200 provides command information, corresponding to a remote operation command corresponding to a remote operation requested by the user of the vehicle 100, to the ECU 110a via the network 400. The ECU 110a then supplies the command information to the corresponding vehicle ECU 110 for allowing the vehicle 100 to operate as requested by the user.

Claims

1. A vehicle remote operation information provision device that provides various information pieces relating to a remote operation for a vehicle requested by a user of the vehicle, the device comprising:

remote operation request information acquisition means configured to acquire remote operation request information indicating a request of a remote operation for the vehicle by the user of the vehicle;

access request information transmission means configured to transmit access request information, which requests an access to a predetermined connection destination, to the vehicle based on the remote operation request information acquired by the remote operation request information acquisition means; and

remote operation command provision means that is provided to the connection destination accessed by the vehicle based on the access request information transmitted from the access request information transmission means, and that provides command information indicating a remote operation command for realizing the remote operation requested by the user of the vehicle according to the access from the vehicle.

2. A vehicle remote operation information provision device according to claim 1, comprising:

communication means that realizes indirect communication with the vehicle through a predetermined network, or direct communication with the vehicle, wherein

the access request information transmission means transmits the access request information to the vehicle by using the communication means, and

the remote operation command provision means provided to the connection destination transmits the command information to the vehicle by using the communication means.

3. A vehicle remote operation information provision device according to claim 2, wherein

the access request information transmission means transmits the access request information to the vehicle by using the indirect communication by the communication means, and

the remote operation command provision means provided to the connection destination transmits the command information to the vehicle by using the direct communication by the communication means.

4. A vehicle remote operation information provision device according to claim 1, wherein

the connection destination to which the remote operation command provision means is provided is a command administration center that is connected to a predetermined network to which the vehicle is connected, and that provides the command information by communication through the predetermined network, or an information terminal that is carried by the user of the vehicle, and that provides the command information by either one of the indirect communication with the vehicle through the predetermined network and the direct communication with the vehicle.

5. A vehicle remote operation information provision device according to claim 1, wherein

the remote operation command provision means provides the command information after encrypting the command information with an encryption process.

6. A vehicle-mounted remote operation information acquisition device that is mounted on a vehicle for acquiring various information pieces, relating to a remote operation for the vehicle requested by a user of the vehicle, from an outside, the device comprising:

access request information acquisition means configured to acquire access request information that is transmitted from the outside for requesting an access to a predetermined connection destination; and

remote operation command acquisition means configured to access to the connection destination based on the access request information acquired by the access request information acquisition means for acquiring command information, indicating a remote operation command for realizing the remote operation requested by the user of the vehicle, from the connection destination.

7. A vehicle-mounted remote operation information acquisition device according to claim 6, comprising:

communication means that realizes indirect communication with the outside through a predetermined network, or direct communication with the outside, wherein

the access request information acquisition means acquires the access request information from the outside by using the communication means, and

the remote operation command acquisition means acquires the command information from the connection destination by using the communication means.

8. A vehicle-mounted remote operation information acquisition device according to claim 7, wherein

the access request information acquisition means acquires the access request information from the outside by using the indirect communication by the communication means, and

the remote operation command acquisition means acquires the command information from the connection destination by using the direct communication by the communication means.

9. A vehicle-mounted remote operation information acquisition device according to claim 6, wherein

the predetermined connection destination is a command administration center that is connected to a predetermined network to which the vehicle is connected, and that provides the command information by communication through the predetermined network, or an information terminal that is carried by a user of the vehicle, and that provides the command information by either one of the communication through the predetermined network and the direct communication with the vehicle.

10. A vehicle-mounted remote operation information acquisition device according to claim 6, wherein

the remote operation command acquisition means acquires the command information by decrypting the command information, which is encrypted at the connection destination, with a decryption process.

11. A vehicle remote operation system including a vehicle remote operation information provision device that provides various information pieces relating to a remote operation for a vehicle requested by a user of the vehicle, and a vehicle-mounted remote operation information acquisition device that is mounted on the vehicle for acquiring the various information pieces from the vehicle remote operation information provision device, wherein

the vehicle remote operation information provision device includes:

remote operation request information acquisition means configured to acquire remote operation request information indicating a request of a remote operation for the vehicle by the user of the vehicle;

access request information transmission means configured to transmit access request information, which requests an access to a predetermined connection destination, to the vehicle-mounted remote operation information acquisition device based on the remote operation request information acquired by the remote operation request information acquisition means; and

remote operation command provision means that is provided to the connection destination accessed by the vehicle-mounted remote operation information acquisition device based on the access request information transmitted from the access request information transmission means, and that provides command information indicating a remote operation command for realizing the remote operation requested by the user of the vehicle according to the access from the vehicle-mounted remote operation information acquisition device, and

the vehicle-mounted remote operation information acquisition device includes;

access request information acquisition means configured to acquire the access request information that is transmitted from the access request information transmission means in the vehicle remote operation information provision device; and

remote operation command acquisition means configured to access to the connection destination based on the access request information acquired by the access request information acquisition means for acquiring the command information from the remote operation command provision means in the vehicle remote operation information provision device.

12. A vehicle remote operation system according to claim 11, wherein

the vehicle remote operation information provision device and the vehicle-mounted remote operation information acquisition device include communication means that realizes indirect communication with each other through a predetermined network, or direct communication with each other,

the access request information transmission means in the vehicle remote operation information provision device and the access request information acquisition means in the vehicle-mounted remote operation information acquisition device transmit and receive the access request information by using the communication means, and

the remote operation command provision means in the vehicle remote operation information provision device and the remote operation command acquisition means in the vehicle-mounted remote operation information acquisition device transmit and receive the command information by using the communication means.

13. A vehicle remote operation system according to claim 12, wherein

the access request information transmission means in the vehicle remote operation information provision device and the access request information acquisition means in the vehicle-mounted remote operation information acquisition device transmit and receive the access request information by using the indirect communication by the communication means, and

the remote operation command provision means in the vehicle remote operation information provision device and the remote operation command acquisition means in the vehicle-mounted remote operation information acquisition device transmit and receive the command information by using the direct communication by the communication means.

14. A vehicle remote operation system according to claim 11, wherein

the predetermined connection destination is a command administration center that is connected to a predetermined network to which at least the vehicle-mounted remote operation information acquisition device is connected, and that provides the command information by communication through the predetermined network, or an information terminal that is carried by a user of the vehicle, and that provides the command information by either one of the communication through the predetermined network and the direct communication with the vehicle-mounted remote operation information acquisition device.

15. A vehicle remote operation system according to claim 11, wherein

the remote operation command provision means in the vehicle remote operation information provision device provides the command information after encrypting the command information with an encrypting process, and

the remote operation command acquisition means in the vehicle-mounted remote operation information acquisition device acquires the command information by decrypting the command information, which is encrypted by the remote operation command provision means in the vehicle remote operation information provision device, with a decryption process.

16. A vehicle remote operation system according to claim 11, wherein

the vehicle remote operation information provision device includes authentication means configured to authenticate a vehicle, to which the vehicle-mounted remote operation information acquisition device is mounted, with an access to the connection destination by the remote operation command acquisition means, and

the vehicle-mounted remote operation information acquisition device includes authentication means configured to authenticate the vehicle remote operation information provision device with the transmission of the access request information from the access request information transmission means.