Information collection method, information collection system, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing information collection program

• US 10,692,378 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2019
• Issued: 06/23/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Shoda, Yukie, Tanigawa, Toru, Imoto, Junichi, Tsukamoto, Yusuke, Maekawa, Hidetsugu, Fuchikami, Tetsuji, Imomoto, Seiya
• Primary Examiner(s): Previl, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US16/527,090
• Publication Number:
  US 20200043341A1
• Time in Patent Office: 328 Days
• Field of Search: 340576, 340901-903, 340905, 3404261, 34042628, 3404255, 34042624
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2040/0872 Driver physiology
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2420/403 Image sensing, e.g. optical camera
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/105 Longitudinal acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/01 Occupants other than the driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/221 Physiology, e.g. weight, heartbeat, health or special needs
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/45 External transmission of data to or from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/08 related to drivers or passengers
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/09 Driving style or behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0112 from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/012 from other sources than vehicle or roadside beacons, e.g. mobile networks
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0137 for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/017 identifying vehicles G08G1/015, G08G1/054 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/162 event-triggered

Abstract

In an information collection method of the present disclosure, a processor of an information collection system acquires event sensor data and identification information from an on-vehicle terminal or a passenger terminal, the event sensor data being output, in response to an event trigger, from an on-vehicle sensor mounted on the on-vehicle terminal or a passenger sensor mounted on the passenger terminal, the identification information identifying an output source of the event sensor data, identifies the passenger terminal associated with the identification information when the identification information indicates the on-vehicle terminal, identifies the on-vehicle terminal associated with the identification information when the identification information indicates the passenger terminal, requests sensor data from the identified passenger terminal or on-vehicle terminal, acquires the sensor data from a request destination, and stores the event sensor data and the sensor data in association with each other in a second memory as dangerous driving information.

Claims

1. An information collection method used in an information collection system for collecting dangerous driving information indicating that driving of a vehicle performed by a driver is dangerous driving, wherein

a processor of the information collection system:

acquires event sensor data and identification information from an on-vehicle terminal or from a passenger terminal, the event sensor data being sensor data output, in response to a predetermined event trigger relating to the dangerous driving, from an on-vehicle sensor mounted on the on-vehicle terminal or from a passenger sensor mounted on the passenger terminal held by a passenger riding on the vehicle with the driver, the identification information identifying an output source of the event sensor data;

identifies, in a case where the acquired identification information indicates the on-vehicle terminal, the passenger terminal associated with the acquired identification information with reference to a first memory, the first memory storing identification information of the on-vehicle terminal and identification information of the passenger terminal in association with each other;

identifies, in a case where the acquired identification information indicates the passenger terminal, the on-vehicle terminal associated with the acquired identification information with reference to the first memory;

requests sensor data from the identified passenger terminal or from the identified on-vehicle terminal;

acquires the sensor data from the passenger terminal or from the on-vehicle terminal which is a request destination from which the sensor data has been requested; and

stores the acquired event sensor data and the sensor data acquired from the request destination in association with each other in a second memory as the dangerous driving information.

2. The information collection method according to claim 1, wherein

in the acquisition of the event sensor data,

an acceleration of the vehicle output from the on-vehicle sensor in response to the event trigger, in which an absolute value of an acceleration of the vehicle detected by the on-vehicle sensor exceeds a predetermined on-vehicle threshold value, is acquired as the event sensor data, or

an acceleration of the vehicle output from the passenger sensor in response to the event trigger, in which an absolute value of an acceleration of the vehicle detected by the passenger sensor exceeds a predetermined terminal threshold value, is acquired as the event sensor data.

3. The information collection method according to claim 1, wherein

in the acquisition of the event sensor data,

an acceleration of the vehicle output from the on-vehicle sensor in response to the event trigger, in which an absolute value of an acceleration of the vehicle detected by the on-vehicle sensor exceeds a predetermined on-vehicle threshold value, is acquired as the event sensor data, or

heart rate data of the passenger output from the passenger sensor in response to the event trigger, in which a difference between heart rate data of the passenger detected by the passenger sensor and heart rate data in normal times exceeds a predetermined heart rate threshold value, is acquired as the event sensor data.

4. The information collection method according to claim 1, wherein

the processor of the information collection system further

requests state data indicating whether or not the passenger is in a normal state in the vehicle, from the on-vehicle terminal which is the output source of the event sensor data or the request destination, and

acquires the state data from the on-vehicle terminal from which the state data has been requested, and

in the storage, the event sensor data acquired from the passenger sensor or the sensor data acquired from the passenger sensor which is the request destination is stored in the second memory, only when the acquired state data indicates that the passenger is in a normal state.

5. An information collection system for collecting dangerous driving information indicating that driving of a vehicle performed by a driver is dangerous driving, the information collection system comprising:

a first acquisition portion configured to acquire event sensor data and identification information from an on-vehicle terminal or from a passenger terminal, the event sensor data being sensor data output, in response to a predetermined event trigger relating to the dangerous driving, from an on-vehicle sensor mounted on the on-vehicle terminal or from a passenger sensor mounted on the passenger terminal held by a passenger riding on the vehicle with the driver, the identification information identifying an output source of the event sensor data;

a first memory configured to store identification information of the on-vehicle terminal and identification information of the passenger terminal in association with each other;

a first identification portion configured to identify, in a case where the acquired identification information indicates the on-vehicle terminal, the passenger terminal associated with the acquired identification information with reference to the first memory;

a second identification portion configured to identify, in a case where the acquired identification information indicates the passenger terminal, the on-vehicle terminal associated with the acquired identification information with reference to the first memory;

a requesting portion configured to request sensor data from the identified passenger terminal or from the identified on-vehicle terminal;

a second acquisition portion configured to acquire the sensor data from the passenger terminal or from the on-vehicle terminal which is a request destination from which the sensor data has been requested; and

a second memory configured to store the dangerous driving information; and

a storage controller configured to store the acquired event sensor data and the sensor data acquired from the request destination in association with each other in the second memory as the dangerous driving information.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an information collection program used in an information collection system for collecting dangerous driving information indicating that driving of a vehicle performed by a driver is dangerous driving, the program causing a processor of the information collection system to execute:

processing of acquiring event sensor data and identification information from an on-vehicle terminal or from a passenger terminal, the event sensor data being sensor data output, in response to a predetermined event trigger relating to the dangerous driving, from an on-vehicle sensor mounted on the on-vehicle terminal or from a passenger sensor mounted on the passenger terminal held by a passenger riding on the vehicle with the driver, the identification information identifying an output source of the event sensor data;

processing of identifying, in a case where the acquired identification information indicates the on-vehicle terminal, the passenger terminal associated with the acquired identification information with reference to a first memory, the first memory storing identification information of the on-vehicle terminal and identification information of the passenger terminal in association with each other;

processing of identifying, in a case where the acquired identification information indicates the passenger terminal, the on-vehicle terminal associated with the acquired identification information with reference to the first memory;

processing of requesting sensor data from the identified passenger terminal or from the identified on-vehicle terminal;

processing of acquiring the sensor data from the passenger terminal or from the on-vehicle terminal which is a request destination from which the sensor data has been requested; and

processing of storing the acquired event sensor data and the sensor data acquired from the request destination in association with each other in a second memory as the dangerous driving information.