Onboard system, onboard device, information processing method, and information processing program

• US 9,909,913 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2015
• Issued: 03/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Global Mobility Service, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Techtom Ltd.
• Inventors: Tomita, Naoki, Tsutsui, Isamu
• Primary Examiner(s): Zimmerman, Brian
• Assistant Examiner(s): SAMSON, SARA B
• Application Number:
  US15/533,707
• Publication Number:
  US 20170363456A1
• Time in Patent Office: 812 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/02 electric constitutive elements
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0235 for lighting devices combined with starting or ignition devices for road vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/00 Estimation or calculation of non-directly measurable driving parameters for road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub unit, e.g. by using mathematical models
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3469 Fuel consumption; Energy use; Emission aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 9/00 Measuring volume flow relative to another variable, e.g. of liquid fuel for an engine
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 9/001 with electric, electro-mechanic or electronic means G01F9/008 and G01F9/02 take precedence

Abstract

An onboard system that reduces a mental pressure on a driver includes a remaining amount detector that detects a remaining amount of a power source remaining in a vehicle, a lighting detector that detects that a low power source indicator provided in the vehicle lights up, a lighting remaining amount storage unit that stores, as a lighting remaining amount, the remaining power source amount detected by the remaining amount detector at a timing at which the lighting detector detects the lighting of the low power source indicator, a notification remaining amount detector that detects a remaining power source amount larger by a predetermined amount than the lighting remaining amount stored in the lighting remaining amount storage unit, and a notifier that notifies information for promoting supply of the power source after the remaining power source amount larger than the lighting remaining amount by the predetermined amount is detected before the lighting remaining amount is detected.

Claims

1. An onboard system comprising:

a remaining amount detector that detects a remaining amount of a power source remaining in a vehicle;

a lighting detector that detects that a low power source indicator provided in the vehicle lights up;

a lighting remaining amount storage unit that stores, as a lighting remaining amount, the remaining power source amount detected by said remaining amount detector at a timing at which said lighting detector detects the lighting of the low power source indicator;

a notification remaining amount detector that detects a remaining power source amount larger by a predetermined amount than the lighting remaining amount stored in said lighting remaining amount storage unit; and

a notifier that notifies information for promoting supply of the power source after the remaining power source amount larger than the lighting remaining amount by the predetermined amount is detected before the lighting remaining amount is detected.

2. The onboard system according to claim 1, further comprising a traveling state detector that detects a traveling state of the vehicle,

wherein said notification remaining amount detector sets an amount according to the traveling state as the predetermined amount.

3. The onboard system according to claim 2, wherein said notification remaining amount detector sets an amount according to a history of the traveling state as the predetermined amount.

4. The onboard system according to claim 1, further comprising a route guidance system that notifies a driver of the vehicle of a route up to a destination,

wherein said notifier notifies said route guidance system of the information for promoting supply of the power source, and

upon receiving the notification from the notifier, said route guidance system notifies a power source supply point that exists at a position closest to the vehicle at the timing.

5. The onboard system according to claim 1, further comprising a route guidance system that notifies a driver of the vehicle of a route up to a destination,

wherein said notifier notifies said route guidance system of the information for promoting supply of the power source, and

upon receiving the notification from the notifier, said route guidance system notifies, of power source supply points that exist around the vehicle at the timing, a power source supply point belonging to a predetermined power source supply company.

6. The onboard system according to claim 1, further comprising a route guidance system that notifies a driver of the vehicle of a route up to a destination,

wherein said notifier notifies said route guidance system of the information for promoting supply of the power source, and

upon receiving the notification from the notifier, said route guidance system notifies a plurality of power source supply points reachable by the remaining amount of the power source at the timing.

7. The onboard system according to claim 1, further comprising a route guidance system that notifies a driver of the vehicle of a route up to a destination,

wherein said notifier notifies said route guidance system of the information for promoting supply of the power source, and

upon receiving the notification from the notifier, said route guidance system notifies a power source supply point closest to the route up to the destination.

8. The onboard system according to claim 1, further comprising a route guidance system that notifies a driver of the vehicle of a route up to a destination,

wherein said notifier notifies said route guidance system of the information for promoting supply of the power source, and

upon receiving the notification from the notifier, said route guidance system notifies, of a plurality of power source supply points within a predetermined distance from the route up to the destination, a power source supply point that can be determined as a power source supply point to pass to arrive at the destination earliest.

9. The onboard system according to claim 1, further comprising a route guidance system that notifies a driver of the vehicle of a route up to a destination,

wherein said notifier notifies said route guidance system of the information for promoting supply of the power source, and

upon receiving the notification from the notifier, said route guidance system notifies, of a plurality of power source supply points within a predetermined distance from the route up to the destination, a power source supply point that can be determined as a power source supply point to pass to minimize a total amount of the power source to be used up to the destination.

10. An onboard device comprising:

a remaining amount detector that detects a remaining amount of a power source remaining in a vehicle;

a lighting detector that detects that a low power source indicator provided in the vehicle lights up;

a lighting remaining amount storage unit that stores, as a lighting remaining amount, the remaining power source amount detected by said remaining amount detector at a timing at which said lighting detector detects the lighting;

a notification remaining amount detector that detects a remaining power source amount larger by a predetermined amount than the lighting remaining amount stored in said lighting remaining amount storage unit; and

a notifier that notifies information for promoting supply of the power source after the remaining power source amount larger than the lighting remaining amount by the predetermined amount is detected before the lighting remaining amount is detected.

11. An information processing method comprising:

detecting a remaining amount of a power source remaining in a vehicle;

detecting that a low power source indicator provided in the vehicle lights up;

storing, as a lighting remaining amount, the detected remaining power source amount at a timing at which the lighting is detected in the detecting that the low power source indicator lights up;

detecting a remaining power source amount larger by a predetermined amount than the stored lighting remaining amount; and

notifying information for promoting supply of the power source after the remaining power source amount larger than the lighting remaining amount by the predetermined amount is detected before the lighting remaining amount is detected.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method, comprising:

detecting a remaining amount of a power source remaining in a vehicle;

detecting that a low power source indicator provided in the vehicle lights up;

storing, as a lighting remaining amount, the detected remaining power source amount at a timing at which the lighting is detected in the detecting that the low power source indicator lights up;

detecting a remaining power source amount larger by a predetermined amount than the stored lighting remaining amount; and

notifying information for promoting supply of the power source after the remaining power source amount larger than the lighting remaining amount by the predetermined amount is detected before the lighting remaining amount is detected.