Information processing device, vehicle information processing device, information processing method, and vehicle information processing method

• US 10,168,707 B2
• Filed: 11/15/2016
• Issued: 01/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Subaru Corp.
• Original Assignee: Subaru Corp.
• Inventors: Torii, Takeshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Amin, Bhavesh V
• Application Number:
  US15/351,751
• Publication Number:
  US 20170153643A1
• Time in Patent Office: 777 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 30/00 Purposes of road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit, e.g. of systems using conjoint control of vehicle sub-units
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3415 Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3453 Special cost functions, i.e. other than distance or default speed limit of road segments
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3492 employing speed data or traffic data, e.g. real-time or historical traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3605 Destination input or retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3691 Retrieval, searching and output of information related to real-time traffic, weather, or environmental conditions arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions G08G1/09
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0022 characterised by the communication link data switching networks in general H04L12/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0212 with means for defining a desired trajectory involving a plurality of land vehicles G05D1/0287

Abstract

An information processing device includes circuitry configured to: acquire, from vehicles each of which has a driving assist function, a use information of the driving assist function of each of the vehicles that are traveling; calculate an information indicating a use possibility of the driving assist function on the basis of the use information; and transmit the information indicating the use possibility to a given vehicle having the driving assist function in a manner that the given vehicle uses the information indicating the use possibility to conduct a route search.

Claims

1. An information processing device, comprising:

circuitry configured to;

acquire, from vehicles each of which has a driving assist function, use information of the driving assist function of each of the vehicles that are traveling;

calculate information indicating a use possibility of the driving assist function on the basis of the use information and a correction coefficient, wherein the correction coefficient is based on a driver operation state with respect to the driving assist function; and

transmit the information indicating the use possibility to a target vehicle of the vehicles, wherein the target vehicle uses the information indicating the use possibility to conduct a route search.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry:

calculates a use rate of the driving assist function; and

calculates the information indicating the use possibility based on the use rate.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry calculates the information indicating the use possibility on the basis of a use rate of the driving assist function and a driving time.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry divides a driving route into sections including at least any one of a local road and a highway, and calculates the information indicating the use possibility for each of the divided sections.

9. The information processing device according to claim 3, wherein the circuitry divides a driving route into sections including at least any one of a local road and a highway, and calculates the information indicating the use possibility for each of the divided sections.

11. The information processing device according to claim 5, wherein the circuitry divides a driving route into sections including at least any one of a local road and a highway, and calculates the information indicating the use possibility for each of the divided sections.

19. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the driver operation state corresponds to a frequency of accelerator operations on the target vehicle.

20. The information processing device according to claim 5, wherein the information indicating the use possibility corresponds to a product of the use rate of the driving assist function and a time ratio calculated based on the driving time.

21. The information processing device according to claim 5, wherein the information indicating the use possibility corresponds to a product of the use rate of the driving assist function, a time ratio calculated based on the driving time, and the correction coefficient.

2. An information processing device, comprising:

circuitry configured to;

acquire, from vehicles each of which has a driving assist function, use information of the driving assist function of each of the vehicles that are traveling;

calculate information indicating a use possibility of the driving assist function on the basis of the use information and a correction coefficient, wherein the correction coefficient is based on a driver operation state with respect to the driving assist function;

acquire, from a target vehicle of the vehicles, position information on a current location and a destination of the target vehicle;

search for a driving route from the current location to the destination on the basis of the information indicating the use possibility and the position information on the current location and the destination; and

transmit the driving route to the target vehicle.

4. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the circuitry:

calculates a use rate of the driving assist function; and

calculate the information indicating the use possibility based on the use rate.

6. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the circuitry calculates the information indicating the use possibility on the basis of a use rate of the driving assist function and a driving time.

8. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the circuitry divides the driving route into sections including at least anyone of a local road and a highway, and calculates the information indicating the use possibility for each of the divided sections.

10. The information processing device according to claim 4, wherein the circuitry divides the driving route into sections including at least anyone of a local road and a highway, and calculates the information indicating the use possibility for each of the divided sections.

12. The information processing device according to claim 6, wherein the circuitry divides the driving route into sections including at least any one of a local road and a highway, and calculates the information indicating the use possibility for each of the divided sections.

13. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the circuitry

extracts candidates for the driving route from the current location to the destination, and

searches the candidates for the driving route having a highest use possibility of the driving assist function, on the basis of the calculated information indicating the use possibility.

15. The information processing device according to claim 6, wherein the circuitry

extracts candidates for the driving route from the current location to the destination, and

searches the candidates for the driving route having a highest use possibility of the driving assist function on the basis of the information indicating the use possibility.

14. A vehicle information processing device, comprising:

circuitry configured to;

acquire use information of a driving assist function while a first vehicle equipped with the vehicle information processing device is traveling;

transmit the use information to a server;

acquire, from the server, information indicating a use possibility of the driving assist function which is calculated by the server on the basis of the use information acquired from vehicles and a correction coefficient, wherein the correction coefficient is based on a driver operation state with respect to the driving assist function; and

search for a driving route from a current location to a destination on the basis of the information indicating the use possibility.

22. The vehicle information processing device according to claim 14, wherein the circuitry is further configured to output the driving route that corresponds to a route with a highest use possibility among a plurality of routes from the current location to the destination.

16. A vehicle information processing device, comprising:

circuitry configured to;

acquire use information of a driving assist function while a first vehicle equipped with the vehicle information processing device is traveling;

transmit the use information, and information on a current location and a destination to a server; and

receive, from the server, a driving route from the current location to the destination which the server searches for on the basis of the use information acquired from vehicles, the information on the current location and the destination, and a correction coefficient, wherein the correction coefficient is based on a driver operation state with respect to the driving assist function.

17. An information processing method, comprising:

acquiring, from vehicles each of which has a driving assist function, use information of the driving assist function of each of the vehicles that are traveling;

calculating information indicating a use possibility of the driving assist function on the basis of the use information and a correction coefficient, wherein the correction coefficient is based on a driver operation state with respect to the driving assist function; and

transmitting the information indicating the use possibility to a target vehicle of the vehicles, wherein the target vehicle uses the information indicating the use possibility to conduct a route search.

18. A vehicle information processing method, comprising:

acquiring use information of a driving assist function while a first vehicle equipped with a vehicle information processing device is traveling;

transmitting the use information to a server;

receiving, from the server, information indicating a use possibility of the driving assist function which is calculated by the server on the basis of the use information acquired from vehicles and a correction coefficient, wherein the correction coefficient is based on a driver operation state with respect to the driving assist function; and

searching for a driving route from a current location to a destination on the basis of the information indicating the use possibility.