VEHICLE ACTION SUGGESTION DEVICE AND METHOD

• US 20160309440A1
• Filed: 04/18/2016
• Published: 10/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: FUCHIWAKI, Yosuke, YAMANAKA, Keizo, MIURA, Naoki, NIHEI, Yasunori
• Granted Patent: US 9,919,599 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• 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

A terminal detection unit detects a mobile terminal located inside a vehicle. An action history information generation unit and storage unit associate the mobile terminal detected by the terminal detection unit and an action of the vehicle associated with each other and store them as action history information. An action suggestion unit searches the action history information stored in the storage unit for the action associated with the mobile terminal detected by the terminal detection unit and suggests the found action to a passenger of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A vehicle action suggestion device comprising:

a terminal detection unit configured to detect a mobile terminal located inside a vehicle;

a storage unit configured to store action history information in which the mobile terminal detected by the terminal detection unit is associated with an action of the vehicle; and

an action suggestion unit configured to search the action history information stored in the storage unit for the action associated with the mobile terminal detected by the terminal detection unit and suggests the found action to a passenger of the vehicle.

2. The vehicle action suggestion device according to claim 1, further comprising a door opening/closing detection unit configured to detect an opening operation and/or a closing operation of a door of the vehicle,

wherein the terminal detection unit configured to perform detection of the mobile terminal when an opening operation and/or a closing operation of the door is detected by the door opening/closing detection unit.

3. The vehicle action suggestion device according to claim 1, further comprising a terminal registration unit configured to register the mobile terminal,

wherein the terminal detection unit configured to perform detection of the mobile terminal during a predetermined traveling time period on a predetermined time basis or on a predetermined traveling distance basis,

wherein the terminal registration unit configured to register the mobile terminal which has been detected by the terminal detection unit a predetermined number of times or more during the predetermined traveling time period, and

wherein the storage unit configured to store action history information in which the mobile terminal registered by the terminal registration unit is associated with the action of the vehicle.

4. The vehicle action suggestion device according to claim 1, further comprising a terminal registration unit configured to register the mobile terminal,

wherein the terminal detection unit configured to perform detection of the mobile terminal during a predetermined traveling time period on a predetermined time basis or on a predetermined traveling distance basis,

wherein the terminal registration unit configured to register the mobile terminal which has been detected by the terminal detection unit a first predetermined number of times or more and whose number of being detected the first predetermined number of times or more is a second predetermined number of times or more during the predetermined traveling time period, and

wherein the storage unit configured to store action history information in which the mobile terminal registered by the terminal registration unit is associated with the action of the vehicle.

5. A vehicle action suggestion method comprising:

detecting a mobile terminal located inside a vehicle;

associating the detected mobile terminal with an action of the vehicle to generate action history information and storing the action history information; and

searching the stored action history information for the action associated with the detected mobile terminal and suggesting the found action to a passenger of the vehicle.

6. The vehicle action suggestion method according to claim 5, further comprising detecting an opening operation and/or a closing operation of a door of the vehicle,

wherein the detection of the mobile terminal is performed when an opening operation and/or a closing operation of the door is detected by the door opening/closing detection step.

7. The vehicle action suggestion method according to claim 5, further comprising registering the mobile terminal,

wherein the detection of the mobile terminal is performed during a predetermined traveling time period on a predetermined time basis or on a predetermined traveling distance basis,

wherein the registration of the mobile terminal detection is performed a predetermined number of times or more during the predetermined traveling time period, and

wherein the registered mobile terminal is associated with the action of the vehicle to generate action history information and stores the action history information.

8. The vehicle action suggestion method according to claim 5, further comprising registering the mobile terminal,

wherein detection of the mobile terminal is performed during a predetermined traveling time period on a predetermined time basis or on a predetermined traveling distance basis,

wherein the detected mobile terminal is registered for a first predetermined number of times or more and whose number of being detected the first predetermined number of times or more is a second predetermined number of times or more during the predetermined traveling time period, and

wherein the registered mobile terminal is associated with the action of the vehicle to generate action history information and stores the action history information.