INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD, INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE

• US 20160221585A1
• Filed: 01/21/2016
• Published: 08/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Inventors: RIDHZUAN BIN AWANG, Muhammad, HORITA, Shunsuke, ICHIOKA, Hironori, TANAKA, Shinichi
• Application Number:
  US15/003,111
• Publication Number:
  US 20160221585A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/175 Autonomous driving
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/175 Autonomous driving
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/28 characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2040/0872 Driver physiology
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/043 Identity of occupants
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/22 Psychological state; Stress level or workload
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/221 Physiology, e.g. weight, heartbeat, health or special needs
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/30 Driving style
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/10 Historical data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/09 Driving style or behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/021 specially adapted to land vehicles

Abstract

An information provision method according to embodiments includes obtaining information about at least one of a property and a state of an occupant of a vehicle of which at least part of driving operation is automatically controlled, and notifying the occupant of the vehicle of the information about the automated control on the basis of the information obtained in the obtaining.

Claims

1. An information provision method comprising:

obtaining information about at least one of a property and a state of an occupant of a vehicle of which at least part of driving operation is automatically controlled; and

notifying the occupant of the vehicle of the information about the automated control on the basis of the information obtained in the obtaining.

2. The information provision method according to claim 1, wherein the notifying includes changing control over notifying the occupant of the vehicle of the information about the automated control on the basis of the information obtained in the obtaining.

3. The information provision method according to claim 1, wherein the notifying includes determining at least one of presence or absence of notifying, a notifying manner, a notifying time, and a notifying means of the information about the automated control on the basis of the information obtained in the obtaining.

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

the obtaining includes obtaining, from a database storing information about driving properties of the occupant, the information about a driving property of the occupant as information about the property of the occupant, and

the notifying includes comparing the driving property of the occupant obtained in the obtaining with particulars of the automated control over the vehicle and notifying the occupant of the information about the automated control on the basis of the comparison results.

5. The information provision method according to claim 4, wherein the notifying includes notifying the occupant of the information about the automated control on the basis of the driving property of an occupant excepting a driver among a plurality of the occupants of the vehicle.

6. The information provision method according to claim 4, wherein the notifying includes notifying the occupant of the information about the automated control on the basis of the driving property of a specific occupant among the past and current occupants of the vehicle.

7. The information provision method according to claim 4, wherein

the notifying includes:

grouping as a group a plurality of drivers, at least parts of the driving properties of the plurality of drivers being similar to each other and;

notifying the occupant of the information about the automated control on the basis of the driving property of a group to which the occupant of the vehicle belongs.

8. The information provision method according to claim 1, wherein the notifying includes notifying the driver of the vehicle of the information about the automated control on the basis of at least one of the property and the state of the driver, and notifying a fellow occupant of the vehicle on the basis of at least one of the property and the state of the fellow occupant.

9. The information provision method according to claim 1, wherein the notifying includes notifying the occupant of, when the automated control causes variations in behavior of the vehicle, information about the variations in behavior as the information about the automated control.

10. An information provision device comprising:

a notice control unit that informs, on the basis of at least one of a property or a state of an occupant of a vehicle of which at least part of driving operation is automatically controlled, the occupant of the information about the automated control via a notifying unit.

11. An information provision system comprising:

a notice control unit that informs, on the basis of at least one of a property or a state of an occupant of a vehicle of which at least part of driving operation is automatically controlled, the occupant of the information about the automated control via a notifying unit.

12. A vehicle comprising:

a notice control unit that informs, on the basis of at least one of a property or a state of an occupant of a vehicle of which at least part of driving operation is automatically controlled, the occupant of the vehicle of information about the automated control via a notifying unit.