VEHICLE OPERATION SYSTEM, IN-VEHICLE DEVICE, ELECTRONIC KEY, AND VEHICLE OPERATION METHOD
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Abstract
A vehicle operation system includes a plurality of electronic keys and an in-board device that exchanges a signal with the plurality of electronic keys. The in-board device comprises a determining unit to determine, on the basis of the acquired key information from one electronic key, whether operation of a vehicle on which the in-board device is possible, and a transmitting unit to transmit operation information indicating the operation status when operation has been determined to be possible. The vehicle operation system further includes a communication device to receive the operation information transmitted by the transmitting unit of the in-board device either from the in-board device or via the electronic key. The communication device comprises a storage unit that stores the received operation information while associating same with vehicle identification information and with the key information or operator identification information for an operator.
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20 Claims
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11. A vehicle operation system comprising:
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a plurality of electronic keys; an in-vehicle device that transmits and receives a signal to and from the plurality of electronic keys; and a communication device, wherein each of the plurality of electronic keys stores key information, and includes an output unit that outputs the key information to the in-vehicle device, the in-vehicle device includes an acquiring unit that acquires key information from any one electronic key among the plurality of electronic keys, a determining unit that determines driving possibility of a vehicle on which the in-vehicle device is mounted on the basis of the acquired key information, and a transmitting unit that transmits driving information indicating a driving situation in correlation with the key information if driving is determined as possible by the determining unit, and the communication device includes a communication unit that receives the driving information transmitted by the transmitting unit of the in-vehicle device from the in-vehicle device or through the electronic key, and a storage unit that stores the received driving information in correlation with vehicle identification information of the vehicle on which the in-vehicle device is mounted, and the key information output from the electronic key or driver identification information of a driver specified from the key information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An in-vehicle device, comprising:
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an acquiring unit that acquires key information from any one electronic key among a plurality of electronic keys; a determining unit that determines driving possibility of a vehicle on which the in-vehicle device is mounted on the basis of the acquired key information; and a transmitting unit that transmits driving information indicating a driving situation in the vehicle in correlation with the key information if driving is determined as possible by the determining unit.
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19. An electronic key, comprising:
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a storage unit that stores key information; an output unit that outputs the key information to an in-vehicle device; a first communication unit that receives driving information indicating a driving situation in a vehicle on which the in-vehicle device is mounted, and vehicle identification information from the in-vehicle device if driving is determined as possible by the in-vehicle device on the basis of the output key information; and a second communication unit that transmits the driving information and the vehicle identification information which are received by the first communication unit to a communication device with the key information stored in the storage unit.
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20. A vehicle operation method, being performed in a vehicle operation system including a plurality of electronic keys, and an in-vehicle device that transmits and receives a signal to and from the plurality of electronic keys, the vehicle operation method comprising:
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storing key information by each of the plurality of electronic keys; outputting the key information to the in-vehicle device by the electronic key; acquiring key information output from any one electronic key among the plurality of electronic keys by the in-vehicle device; determining driving possibility of a vehicle on which the in-vehicle device is mounted on the basis of the acquired key information by the in-vehicle device; transmitting driving information indicating a driving situation in correlation with the key information by the in-vehicle device if driving is determined as possible; receiving the driving information transmitted by a transmitting unit of the in-vehicle device from the in-vehicle device or through the electronic key in a communication manner by a communication device that exists outside the vehicle; and storing the received driving information in a storage unit in correlation with vehicle identification information of the vehicle on which the in-vehicle device is mounted, and the key information output from the electronic key or driver identification information of a driver specified from the key information.
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