Driving information analysis apparatus and driving information analysis system

• US 7,598,889 B2
• Filed: 11/14/2006
• Issued: 10/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Inventors: Uetani, Tetsuya, Maeda, Munenori, Sawada, Junichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee; Benjamin C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Previl; Daniel
• Application Number:
  US11/598,756
• Publication Number:
  US 20070122771A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,057 Days
• Field of Search: 340/990, 340/439, 340/735, 340/995.1, 340/995.12, 34099514-99526, 340/995.28, 340/996, 340/435, 340/475, 340/903, 340/995.27, 340/995.11, 340/995.13, 701/36, 701/200, 701/301, 180/169, 180/271
• US Class Current: 340/995.27
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/002 Analysing tachograph charts arrangements for graph-reading in general G06K11/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0858 wherein the data carrier is removable
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/017 identifying vehicles G08G1/015, G08G1/054 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/167 Control of land vehicles

Abstract

A driving information analysis apparatus which serves well to assist drivers'"'"' safe driving with the ease of checking analysis results is provided. Based on driving information read by a CF card reader, a vehicle mark is displayed on a map to indicate position information of a vehicle when an event occurs. Simultaneously with the vehicle mark, a surrounding image of the vehicle corresponding to the position information is displayed on a display section. Such displays favorably help analyze what situation occurs where.

Claims

1. A driving information analysis apparatus configured to read, from a recording medium, driving information covering a period before and after occurrence of an event and analyzes the driving information, the driving information analysis apparatus comprising:

a control unit configured to make a display section simultaneously display a vehicle mark on a map to indicate vehicle position information at a time of occurrence of the event and a vehicle surrounding image corresponding to the vehicle position information at the time of occurrence of the event based on the driving information read by a reading unit configured to read the driving information recorded in the recording medium.

2. The driving information analysis apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit makes the display section display, on the map, details of the event corresponding to the vehicle position information at a time of occurrence of the event.

3. The driving information analysis apparatus of claim 2, wherein the control unit makes the display section simultaneously display a main screen and a sub screen which is smaller than the main screen, wherein the main screen displays the vehicle mark, and the sub screen displays, on the map, details of the event corresponding to the vehicle position information together with the vehicle surrounding image.

4. The driving information analysis apparatus of claim 1, wherein, based on the driving information covering the period before and after the occurrence of the event, the control unit makes the display section display the vehicle mark on the map in the period before and after the occurrence of the event, and the vehicle surrounding image simultaneously with the vehicle mark.

5. The driving information analysis apparatus of claim 4, wherein the control unit makes the display section display a countdown display before the occurrence of the event.

6. The driving information analysis apparatus of claim 1, wherein, based on dangerous driving information and driver information included in the driving information, the control unit makes the display section display details of the dangerous driving information, which are frequently caused by each driver.

7. The driving information analysis apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit makes the display section display, on the map, driver'"'"'s with-passenger information included in the driving information, corresponding to the vehicle position information.

8. The driving information analysis apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit makes the display section display, on the map, details of the dangerous driving information included in the driving information, corresponding to the vehicle position information.

9. The driving information analysis apparatus of any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the control unit makes the display section display the dangerous driving information or the with-passenger information only for a predetermined time range.

10. A driving information analysis system configured to reads, from a recording medium, driving information covering a period before and after occurrence of an event, and analyzes the driving information, the driving information analysis system comprising:

a computer including an input unit, a computation unit, and an output unit,

wherein the computer is configured to make a display section simultaneously display a vehicle mark on a map to indicate vehicle position information at a time of occurrence of the event and a vehicle surrounding image corresponding to the vehicle position information at the time of occurrence of the event based on the driving information read by a reading unit configured to read the driving information recorded in the recording medium.

11. A driving information analysis apparatus configured to read, from a recording medium, driving information covering a period before and after occurrence of an event, and analyze the driving information, the driving information analysis apparatus comprising:

a reading unit configured to read the driving information recorded in the recording medium;

a display section configured to display various pieces of information thereon;

a storage section configured to store map information and the driving information therein; and

a control unit configured to makes the display section simultaneously display a vehicle mark on a map to indicate vehicle position information at a time of occurrence of the event and a vehicle surrounding image corresponding to the vehicle position information at a time of occurrence of the event based on the driving information.