INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CHECKING VEHICLE, AND PROGRAM FOR CHECKING VEHICLE

• US 20130179003A1
• Filed: 09/06/2011
• Published: 07/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Doi, Shinichi, Itaya, Satoko, Wakabayashi, Yoshiaki, Ishikawa, Hajime, Uemura, Koyo, Oga, Satoru, Miyamoto, Junich
• Granted Patent: US 8,874,280 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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

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

a first judgment means that judges whether or not each vehicle module has been certified;

a second judgment means that simulates 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 can be certified, depending on whether or not a simulation result satisfies a predetermined reference; and

a determination means that determines conditions necessary for said combination of a plurality of the vehicle modules to receive certification.

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

4. The information processing system according to claim 2, wherein said determination means comprises a presentation means that presents an alternate vehicle module for receiving said certification.

5. The information processing system according to claim 4, wherein said presentation means further comprises a vehicle module database having the vehicle modules, being an alternate, stored therein, retrieves the alternate vehicle module satisfying said reference of the certification from the above vehicle module database, and presents the alternate vehicle module, being a replacement target, by employing its retrieval result.

6. The information processing system according to claim 2, further comprising a presentation means that presents an option of changing a control setting of any vehicle module within a range in which the certification can be received with regard to said combination of a plurality of the vehicle modules.

7. The information processing system according to claim 2, 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.

8. A vehicle comprising the information processing system according to claim 2.

9. 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 can be certified, depending on whether or not a simulation result satisfies a predetermined reference; and

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

10. 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 can be certified, depending on whether or not a simulation result satisfies a predetermined reference; and

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