Information processing system, method for checking vehicle, and program for checking vehicle

• US 8,874,280 B2
• Filed: 09/06/2011
• Issued: 10/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Doi, Shinichi, Uemura, Koyo, Itaya, Satoko, Wakabayashi, Yoshiaki, Oga, Satoru, Miyamoto, Junich, Ishikawa, Hajime
• Primary Examiner(s): Dager, Jonathan M
• Application Number:
  US13/824,095
• Publication Number:
  US 20130179003A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,148 Days
• Field of Search: 701/29.1, 701/29.6, 701/31.4, 701/31.8, 701/32.9, 701/33.2, 701/34.4, 340/425
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/02 electric constitutive elements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/00 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00

Abstract

In order to allow the broader selection of modules that configure a vehicle, this information processing system, which is for checking a vehicle configured by combining a plurality of vehicle modules, is characterized by being provided with: a first judgment means that judges whether or not each vehicle module has been certified; a second judgment means that judges whether or not the combination of the plurality of vehicle modules can be certified; and a determination means that determines the conditions necessary for the combination of the plurality of vehicle modules to receive certification.

Claims

1. An information processing system for checking a vehicle configured by combining a plurality of vehicle modules, comprising:

a first judgment circuit configured to judge whether or not each vehicle module has been certified;

a second judgment circuit configured to simulate an operation in a case of combining said plurality of the vehicle modules, and judges whether or not said combination of a plurality of the vehicle modules are certified, depending on whether or not a simulation result satisfies a predetermined reference; and

a determination circuit configured to determine conditions necessary for said combination of a plurality of the vehicle modules to receive certification; and

a presentation circuit configured to present an option of changing a control setting of any vehicle module within a range which satisfies said reference of the certification with regard to said combination of a plurality of the vehicle modules;

wherein;

said determination circuit comprises a second presentation circuit that presents an alternate vehicle module for receiving said certification;

said second presentation circuit further comprises a vehicle module database having the vehicle modules, the alternate vehicle module being stored therein; and

said second presentation circuit retrieves the alternate vehicle module satisfying said reference of the certification from the vehicle module database, and presents the retrieved alternate vehicle module, the alternate vehicle module being a replacement target.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein said determination circuit comprises a circuit that downloads a program necessary for receiving said certification.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1, further comprising a portable-type communicator, said information processing system communicating with said vehicle modules by employing a communication function of the above portable-type communicator.

4. A vehicle comprising the information processing system according to claim 1.

5. A method for checking a vehicle configured by combining a plurality of vehicle modules, comprising the steps of:

judging whether or not each vehicle module has been certified;

simulating an operation in a case of combining said plurality of the vehicle modules, and judging whether or not said combination of a plurality of the vehicle modules are certified, depending on whether or not a simulation result satisfies a predetermined reference;

determining conditions necessary for said combination of a plurality of the vehicle modules to receive certification;

presenting an option of changing a control setting of any vehicle module within a range which satisfies said predetermined reference with regard to said combination of a plurality of the vehicle modules;

presenting an alternate vehicle module, from a vehicle module database, for receiving said certification; and

retrieving an alternate vehicle module which satisfies said predetermined reference from the vehicle module database, and presenting the retrieved alternative vehicle module, the alternate vehicle module being a replacement target.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for checking a vehicle configured by combining a plurality of vehicle modules, causing a computer to execute:

a judgment step of judging whether or not each vehicle module has been certified;

a judgment step of simulating an operation in a case of combining said plurality of the vehicle modules, and judging whether or not said combination of a plurality of the vehicle modules are certified, depending on whether or not a simulation result satisfies a predetermined reference;

a determination step of determining conditions necessary for said combination of a plurality of the vehicle modules to receive certification;

a presentation step presenting an option of changing a control setting of any vehicle module within a range which satisfies said predetermined reference with regard to said combination of a plurality of the vehicle modules;

a presentation step presenting an alternate vehicle module, from a vehicle module database, for receiving said certification; and

a retrieving step of retrieving an alternate vehicle module which satisfies said predetermined reference from the vehicle module database, and presenting the retrieved alternative vehicle module, the alternate vehicle module being a replacement target.