Vehicle-roadside service providing system

• US 6,768,934 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2003
• Issued: 07/27/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Nishida, Minoru, Sumida, Masato
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Gary
• Application Number:
  US10/422,801
• Publication Number:
  US 20040083030A1
• Time in Patent Office: 459 Days
• Field of Search: 701/1, 701/200, 340/928, 340/905, 340/10.1, 340/10.3
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/14 indicating individual free spaces in parking areas

Abstract

A vehicle-roadside service providing system enables a user to use even a service which is not accommodated by on-board service client equipment installed on a vehicle. A service host equipment (1) stores a service sequence that describes the content of a service. Service client equipment (6) acquires the service sequence from the service host equipment (1) through DSRC equipment (5a, 5b) at the times of execution of the service. The service sequence is sequentially executed by sequence step executing parts (4, 10) while performing data transmission and reception through communications between the service host equipment (1) and the service client equipment (6) based on the service sequence. Information insufficient in the course of the service is received from the user by a human interface part (7).

Claims

1. A vehicle-roadside service providing system for providing a service to a user of service client equipment,

said system comprising:

service host equipment arranged outside a vehicle;

said service client equipment installed on the vehicle; and

DSRC equipment for connecting between said service host equipment and said service client equipment for two-way communications;

wherein said service host equipment comprises;

a service sequence storage part for storing a service sequence that describes the procedure of said service; and

a first sequence step executing part for executing said service sequence;

and said service client equipment comprises;

a service detecting part for detecting when said service is started;

a human interface part for performing communications between said user and said service client equipment;

a service sequence acquiring part for taking out said service sequence from said service host equipment through said DSRC equipment; and

a second sequence step executing part for executing said service sequence.

2. The vehicle-roadside service providing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein

said service client equipment comprises a user information managing part, and

said user information managing part extracts and maintains prescribed user information based on communications with the user through said human interface part.

3. The vehicle-roadside service providing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the service sequence of said service sequence storage part is constructed such that it can be modified from outside.