INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM, ON-VEHICLE DIAGNOSIS TERMINAL, AND DISPLAY TERMINAL
First Claim
1. An information sharing system comprising a plurality of on-vehicle diagnosis terminals, and one or a plurality of display terminals, the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals and the one or the plurality of display terminals comprising a terminal that comprises a communication unit including one of a first and second communication units configured to perform peer-to-peer wireless communication,the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals comprising:
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a diagnostic information-acquiring unit configured to acquire diagnostic information on an electric vehicle equipped with the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal,the one or the plurality of display terminals comprising;
the second communication unit; and
a display configured to display the diagnostic information of the electric vehicles equipped with the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals,the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals and the one or the plurality of display terminals sharing the diagnostic information among the terminals of the electric vehicles equipped with the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals, over wireless communication, which is performed using the communication units,wherein the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals comprise;
a first clock unit that keeps a common time that is unified in the information sharing system;
an own-vehicle data-storing unit configured to store an own-vehicle data set that comprises a data set comprising a unique identifier that is uniquely assigned to the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, the diagnostic information acquired by the diagnostic information-acquiring unit of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, and an acquisition clock time in the common time at which the diagnostic information is acquired; and
an other-vehicle data-storing unit configured to store other-vehicle data sets that comprise the data sets of other electric vehicles that are acquired through the first communication unit of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal,wherein the one or the plurality of display terminals comprise;
a second clock unit that keeps the common time; and
a data-storing unit configured to store the data sets of the electric vehicles that are acquired through the second communication unit of the display terminal,wherein the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals comprise;
a first communication-establishing unit configured to establish peer-to-peer wireless communication with the communication units of the terminals capable of establishing wireless communication with the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal;
a first newly-storing unit configured to make the other-vehicle data-storing unit of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal store a data set comprising a unique identifier that is not stored in the other-vehicle data-storing unit of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal among the data sets related to first terminals where wireless communication has been established with the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal;
a first renewing-and-storing unit configured to make the other-vehicle data-storing unit of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal renew and store the data set that comprises a unique identifier which is the same as a unique identifier of the other-vehicle data set already stored in the other-vehicle data-storing unit of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, and a newer acquisition clock time among the data sets stored in the first terminals; and
a first clock time-storing unit configured to renew and store, every time the data sets stored in each first terminal are stored in the other-vehicle data-storing unit of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, a first stored clock time in the common time for every first terminal, the first stored clock time being the time of storage,wherein the one or the plurality of display terminals comprise;
a second communication-establishing unit configured to establish peer-to-peer wireless communication with the communication units of the terminals capable of establishing wireless communication with the display terminal;
a second newly-storing unit configured to make the data-storing unit of the display terminal store a data set comprising a unique identifier that is not stored in the data-storing unit of the display terminal among the data sets stored in second terminals that comprise the terminals where wireless communication has been established with the display terminal;
a second renewing-and-storing unit configured to renew and store the data set that comprises a unique identifier which is the same as the unique identifier of a data set stored in the data-storing unit of the display terminal, and a newer acquisition clock time among the data sets stored in the second terminals; and
a second clock time-storing unit configured to renew and store, every time the data sets stored in each second terminal are stored in the data-storing unit of the display terminal, a second stored clock time in the common time for every second terminal, the second stored clock time being the time of storage,wherein the first communication-establishing units of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals comprise;
a first searching unit configured to search a first planned-connection terminal among the terminals, the first planned-connection terminal being capable of establishing wireless communication with the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, the first planned-connection terminal comprising one of not having a first stored clock time stored in the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, or a first stored clock time that is stored in the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal and from which a first predetermined time has passed at the time of searching; and
a first establishing unit configured to establish peer-to-peer wireless communication with the communication unit of the first planned-connection terminal, andwherein the second communication-establishing units of the display terminals comprise;
a second searching unit configured to search a second planned-connection terminal among the terminals, the second planned-connection terminal being capable of establishing wireless communication with the display terminal, the second planned-connection terminal comprising one of not having a second stored clock time stored in the display terminal, or a second stored clock time that is stored in the display terminal and from which a second predetermined time has passed at the time of searching; and
a second establishing unit configured to establish peer-to-peer wireless communication with the communication unit of the second planned-connection terminal.
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Abstract
An information sharing system including a plurality of on-vehicle diagnosis terminals and one or more of display terminals sharing diagnostic information over wireless communication. The respective terminals store, in a storing unit, data sets, also stored in another terminal with which communication was established, and a stored clock time. The terminals include a communication-establishing unit that includes a searching unit and an establishing unit. The searching unit is configured to search an planned-connection terminal capable of establishing communication with the terminal, and that does not yet have a stored clock time, or the stored clock time that is stored in the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal and from which a predetermined time has passed, and the establishing unit is configured to establish communication with the planned-connection terminal.
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Citations
12 Claims
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1. An information sharing system comprising a plurality of on-vehicle diagnosis terminals, and one or a plurality of display terminals, the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals and the one or the plurality of display terminals comprising a terminal that comprises a communication unit including one of a first and second communication units configured to perform peer-to-peer wireless communication,
the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals comprising: -
the first communication unit; and a diagnostic information-acquiring unit configured to acquire diagnostic information on an electric vehicle equipped with the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, the one or the plurality of display terminals comprising; the second communication unit; and a display configured to display the diagnostic information of the electric vehicles equipped with the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals, the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals and the one or the plurality of display terminals sharing the diagnostic information among the terminals of the electric vehicles equipped with the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals, over wireless communication, which is performed using the communication units, wherein the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals comprise; a first clock unit that keeps a common time that is unified in the information sharing system; an own-vehicle data-storing unit configured to store an own-vehicle data set that comprises a data set comprising a unique identifier that is uniquely assigned to the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, the diagnostic information acquired by the diagnostic information-acquiring unit of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, and an acquisition clock time in the common time at which the diagnostic information is acquired; and an other-vehicle data-storing unit configured to store other-vehicle data sets that comprise the data sets of other electric vehicles that are acquired through the first communication unit of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, wherein the one or the plurality of display terminals comprise; a second clock unit that keeps the common time; and a data-storing unit configured to store the data sets of the electric vehicles that are acquired through the second communication unit of the display terminal, wherein the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals comprise; a first communication-establishing unit configured to establish peer-to-peer wireless communication with the communication units of the terminals capable of establishing wireless communication with the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal; a first newly-storing unit configured to make the other-vehicle data-storing unit of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal store a data set comprising a unique identifier that is not stored in the other-vehicle data-storing unit of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal among the data sets related to first terminals where wireless communication has been established with the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal; a first renewing-and-storing unit configured to make the other-vehicle data-storing unit of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal renew and store the data set that comprises a unique identifier which is the same as a unique identifier of the other-vehicle data set already stored in the other-vehicle data-storing unit of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, and a newer acquisition clock time among the data sets stored in the first terminals; and a first clock time-storing unit configured to renew and store, every time the data sets stored in each first terminal are stored in the other-vehicle data-storing unit of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, a first stored clock time in the common time for every first terminal, the first stored clock time being the time of storage, wherein the one or the plurality of display terminals comprise; a second communication-establishing unit configured to establish peer-to-peer wireless communication with the communication units of the terminals capable of establishing wireless communication with the display terminal; a second newly-storing unit configured to make the data-storing unit of the display terminal store a data set comprising a unique identifier that is not stored in the data-storing unit of the display terminal among the data sets stored in second terminals that comprise the terminals where wireless communication has been established with the display terminal; a second renewing-and-storing unit configured to renew and store the data set that comprises a unique identifier which is the same as the unique identifier of a data set stored in the data-storing unit of the display terminal, and a newer acquisition clock time among the data sets stored in the second terminals; and a second clock time-storing unit configured to renew and store, every time the data sets stored in each second terminal are stored in the data-storing unit of the display terminal, a second stored clock time in the common time for every second terminal, the second stored clock time being the time of storage, wherein the first communication-establishing units of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals comprise; a first searching unit configured to search a first planned-connection terminal among the terminals, the first planned-connection terminal being capable of establishing wireless communication with the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, the first planned-connection terminal comprising one of not having a first stored clock time stored in the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, or a first stored clock time that is stored in the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal and from which a first predetermined time has passed at the time of searching; and a first establishing unit configured to establish peer-to-peer wireless communication with the communication unit of the first planned-connection terminal, and wherein the second communication-establishing units of the display terminals comprise; a second searching unit configured to search a second planned-connection terminal among the terminals, the second planned-connection terminal being capable of establishing wireless communication with the display terminal, the second planned-connection terminal comprising one of not having a second stored clock time stored in the display terminal, or a second stored clock time that is stored in the display terminal and from which a second predetermined time has passed at the time of searching; and a second establishing unit configured to establish peer-to-peer wireless communication with the communication unit of the second planned-connection terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An on-vehicle diagnosis terminal for use in an information sharing system comprising a plurality of on-vehicle diagnosis terminals, and one or a plurality of display terminals, the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals and the one or the plurality of display terminals comprising a terminal that comprises a communication unit including one of first and second communication units configured to perform peer-to-peer wireless communication,
wherein the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals comprise: -
the first communication unit; and a diagnostic information-acquiring unit configured to acquire diagnostic information on an electric vehicle equipped with the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, wherein the one or the plurality of display terminals comprise; the second communication unit; and a display configured to display the diagnostic information on the electric vehicles equipped with the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals, the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals and the one or the plurality of display terminals sharing the diagnostic information on the electric vehicles equipped with the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals over wireless communication among the terminals, which is performed using the communication units, wherein the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal used in the information sharing system comprises; a first clock unit that keeps common time that is unified in the information sharing system; an own-vehicle data-storing unit configured to store an own-vehicle data set that comprises a data set comprising a unique identifier that is uniquely assigned to the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, the diagnostic information acquired by the diagnostic information-acquiring unit of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, and an acquisition clock time in the common time at which the diagnostic information is acquired; an other-vehicle data-storing unit configured to store other-vehicle data sets that comprise the data sets on other electric vehicles that are acquired through the first communication unit of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal; a first communication-establishing unit configured to establish peer-to-peer wireless communication with the communication units of the terminals capable of establishing wireless communication with the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal; a first newly-storing unit configured to make the other-vehicle data-storing unit of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal store a data set comprising a unique identifier that is not stored in the other-vehicle data-storing unit of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal among the data sets stored in first terminals that comprise the terminals where wireless communication has been established with the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal; a first renewing-and-storing unit configured to make the other-vehicle data-storing unit of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal renew and store the data set that comprises the unique identifier which is the same as the unique identifier of the other-vehicle data set stored in the other-vehicle data-storing unit of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, and has a newer acquisition clock time among the data sets stored in the first terminals; and a first clock time-storing unit configured to renew and store, every time the data sets stored in each first terminal are stored in the other-vehicle data-storing unit of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, a first stored clock time in the common time for every first terminal, the first stored clock time being the time of storage, and wherein the first communication-establishing unit of each of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals comprises; a first searching unit configured to search a first planned-connection terminal among the terminals, the first planned-connection terminal being capable of establishing wireless communication with the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, the first planned-connection terminal comprising one of not having a first stored clock time stored in the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, or a first stored clock time that is stored in the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal and from which a first predetermined time has passed at the time of searching; and a first establishing unit configured to establish peer-to-peer wireless communication with the communication unit of the first planned-connection terminal.
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12. A display terminal for use in an information sharing system comprising a plurality of on-vehicle diagnosis terminals, and one or a plurality of display terminals, the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals and the one or the plurality of display terminals comprising a terminal that comprises a communication unit including one of first and second communication units configured to perform peer-to-peer wireless communication,
wherein the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals comprise: -
the first communication unit; a diagnostic information-acquiring unit configured to acquire diagnostic information on an electric vehicle equipped with the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal; a first clock unit that keeps common time that is unified in the information sharing system; an own-vehicle data-storing unit configured to store an own-vehicle data set that comprises a data set comprising a unique identifier that is uniquely assigned to the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, the diagnostic information acquired by the diagnostic information-acquiring unit of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, and an acquisition clock time in the common time at which the diagnostic information is acquired; and an other-vehicle data-storing unit configured to store other-vehicle data sets that comprise the data sets on other electric vehicles that are acquired through the first communication unit of the on-vehicle diagnosis terminal, wherein the one or the plurality of display terminals comprise; the second communication unit; and a display configured to display the diagnostic information on the electric vehicles equipped with the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals, the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals and the one or the plurality of display terminals sharing the diagnostic information on the electric vehicles equipped with the on-vehicle diagnosis terminals over wireless communication among the terminals, which is performed using the communication units, wherein the display terminal used in the information sharing system comprises; a second clock unit that keeps the common time; a data-storing unit configured to store data sets on the electric vehicles that are acquired through the second communication unit of the display terminal; a second communication-establishing unit configured to establish peer-to-peer wireless communication with the communication units of the terminals capable of establishing wireless communication with the display terminal; a second newly-storing unit configured to make the data-storing unit of the display terminal store a data set comprising a unique identifier that is not stored in the data-storing unit of the display terminal among the data sets stored in second terminals that comprise the terminals where wireless communication has been established with the display terminal; a second renewing-and-storing unit configured to make the data-storing unit of the display terminal renew and store the data set that comprises the unique identifier which is the same as the unique identifier of the data set stored in the data-storing unit of the display terminal, and has a newer acquisition clock time among the data sets stored in the second terminals; and a second clock time-storing unit configured to renew and store, every time the data sets stored in each second terminal are stored in the data-storing unit of the display terminal, a second stored clock time in the common time for every second terminal, the second stored clock time being the time of storage, and wherein the second communication-establishing unit of the display terminal comprises; a second searching unit configured to search a second planned-connection terminal among the terminals, the second planned-connection terminal being capable of establishing wireless communication with the display terminal, the second planned-connection terminal comprising one of not having a second stored clock time stored in the display terminal, or a second stored clock time that is stored in the display terminal and from which a second predetermined time has passed at the time of the searching; and a second establishing unit configured to establish peer-to-peer wireless communication with the communication unit of the second planned-connection terminal.
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