Vehicle management system
First Claim
1. A vehicle management system for controlling various operating conditions of a plurality of control means of an individually owned vehicle having a network electronically connected to said vehicle via a central information management center for communicating data of said various operating conditions with one of a user and related departments and for storing said data in a database thereof, comprising:
- transmitting means included in said vehicle for storing said data and for transmitting said data to said database;
precessing means for individually analyzing said operating conditions on the basis of said data stored in said database and for preparing an analyzed data signal;
sorting means for grouping said data in appropriate categories of said various operating conditions so as to analyze thereof and store analyzed data;
estimating means for predicting a cause of bad conditions and a durability of each component mounted on said vehicle by comparing said analyzed data with standard values of said various operating conditions individually decided by said user;
renovating means for changing said standard values to individually and adequately set values in accordance with historical data of said various operating conditions and for generating a set value signal; and
distributing means for transmitting said set value signal to one of said respective related departments, wherein said distributing means comprises a data accessibility right for said departments for detecting a real cause of an abnormality or said bad conditions of said vehicle due to said historical data of said operating conditions by said user.
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Abstract
In a vehicle management system of the present invention, a preparing unit prepares frequency distribution data based on travel information, a transmitting unit transmits the travel information and the frequency distribution data to an external database, and a distributing unit analyzes travel conditions of the vehicle based on data accumulated in the database and distributes an analyzed result to allow the cause of a malfunction of a vehicle to be investigated based upon real-time data collected during operation of the vehicle.
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14 Claims
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1. A vehicle management system for controlling various operating conditions of a plurality of control means of an individually owned vehicle having a network electronically connected to said vehicle via a central information management center for communicating data of said various operating conditions with one of a user and related departments and for storing said data in a database thereof, comprising:
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transmitting means included in said vehicle for storing said data and for transmitting said data to said database;
precessing means for individually analyzing said operating conditions on the basis of said data stored in said database and for preparing an analyzed data signal;
sorting means for grouping said data in appropriate categories of said various operating conditions so as to analyze thereof and store analyzed data;
estimating means for predicting a cause of bad conditions and a durability of each component mounted on said vehicle by comparing said analyzed data with standard values of said various operating conditions individually decided by said user;
renovating means for changing said standard values to individually and adequately set values in accordance with historical data of said various operating conditions and for generating a set value signal; and
distributing means for transmitting said set value signal to one of said respective related departments, wherein said distributing means comprises a data accessibility right for said departments for detecting a real cause of an abnormality or said bad conditions of said vehicle due to said historical data of said operating conditions by said user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
a control unit mounted in the vehicle, wherein control specifications of the control unit are changed to match with a usage condition of the vehicle specific to each user based on the analyzed result of the travel condition.
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3. The vehicle management system according to claim 1, wherein said transmitting means transmits data from a control unit mounted in the vehicle in real time via wireless communication, and
wherein travel information transmitted from said data transmitting means is received and accumulated in said database. -
4. The vehicle management system according to claim 1, wherein said processing means analyzes the vehicle travel conditions and confirms a correlation between the operating conditions and a malfunction of the vehicle based on an analyzed result.
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5. The vehicle management system according to claim 1, further comprising:
a control unit for preparing statistical frequency distribution analyses of the operating data recorded during engine operation.
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6. The vehicle management system according to claim 5, wherein said control unit rewrites a control program depending on a usage condition of the vehicle.
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7. The vehicle management system according to claim 5, wherein the processing means analyzes vehicle operating conditions and confirms a correlation between the operating conditions and a malfunction of the vehicle based on an analyzed result.
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8. The vehicle management system according to claim 5, wherein the control unit prepares a statistical frequency distribution analysis of the operating conditions and records said analysis to said database.
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9. A vehicle management method for controlling various operating conditions of a plurality of control means of an individually owned vehicle having a network electronically connected to said vehicle via a central information management center for communicating data of said various operating conditions with a user and related departments and for storing said data in a database thereof, the method comprising:
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analyzing statistically said operating conditions stored in said database;
transmitting said analyzed operating conditions to said database;
individually analyzing said analyzed operating conditions on the basis of said operating conditions and said statistically analyzed operating conditions stored in said database;
sorting said analyzed operating conditions for grouping thereof in appropriate categories of said various operating conditions so as to analyze thereof and to store said analyzed data;
predicting a cause of bad conditions and a durability of each component mounted on said vehicle by comparing said analyzed data with standard values of said various operating conditions individually decided by said user;
renovating said standard values to individually and adequately set values in accordance with historical data of said various operating conditions; and
distributing said set value to one of said respective related departments in said network with a data accessibility right for said departments so as to detect a real cause of an abnormality or said bad conditions of said vehicle due to said historical data of said operating conditions by said user. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
preparing frequency distribution data based on the data obtained during an operational period from start to stop of an engine.
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11. The vehicle management method of claim 9, further comprising:
controlling the specifications of a vehicle control unit to match with an operational condition of the vehicle specific to each user based on an analyzed result of the operating condition.
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12. The vehicle management system according to claim 9, wherein said transmitting comprises transmitting data of a control unit mounted in the vehicle in real time via wireless communication, and receiving said data into said database.
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13. The vehicle management system of claim 9, wherein said analyzing statistically said operating conditions analyzes the vehicle operating conditions and confirms a correlation between the operating conditions and a malfunction of the vehicle based on an analyzed result.
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14. The vehicle management system of claim 9, wherein said distributing performs real time distribution of data analyzed for abnormalities and malfunctions of the vehicle during operation of the vehicle.
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