Traveling path presentation system

Abstract

The invention relates to a driving path prompting system. This travel route presentation system is provided with: an acquisition unit that acquires predetermined information relating to a user; an estimation unit that estimates the health state of the user on the basis of predetermined information relating to the user; a selection unit that selects at least one travel route from the current position of the vehicle to the destination on the basis of the result of the estimation; and a presentation unit that presents the selected travel route. Therefore, the driving path prompting system disclosed by the invention can suggest more comfortable driving to the user.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a driving route prompting system. Background Art

[0002] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2019-165541 discloses a notification system that, based on attribute information, suggests a refueling location for refueling the vehicle's driving energy that is appropriate for the passenger. Summary of the invention

[0003] The notification system disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2019-165541 merely suggests a refueling location based on information such as the preferences of the rider (user), without considering the rider's health status. Therefore, the notification system disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2019-165541 may not be able to suggest comfortable driving to the user.

[0004] The present disclosure has been made in view of the above background, and an object of the present disclosure is to provide a driving route guidance system that can suggest more comfortable driving to a user.

[0005] The driving route prompting system disclosed in the present invention has:

[0006] An acquisition unit, which acquires predetermined information related to a user;

[0007] an estimating unit, which estimates the health status of the user based on predetermined information related to the user;

[0008] a selection unit that selects at least one travel route from the current position of the vehicle to the destination based on the estimated result; and

[0009] The prompting unit prompts the selected driving route.

[0010] The user (driver) who receives the prompt can drive more comfortably according to his / her health condition. That is, the driving route prompt system can suggest more comfortable driving to the user.

[0011] According to the present disclosure, it is possible to provide a driving route presentation system that can suggest more comfortable driving to a user. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0012] Features, advantages, and technical and industrial significance of exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference numerals represent like elements, and in which:

[0013] Figure 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a driving route notification system according to Embodiment 1;

[0014] Figure 2 It means that it is located at Figure 1A flowchart of the operation of the driving route prompting device of the driving route prompting system shown;

[0015] Figure 3 It is used to describe the Figure 1 A diagram showing an example of the operation of a driving route notification device of a driving route notification system shown in FIG.

[0016] Figure 4 It is used to describe the Figure 1 FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the operation of the driving route notification device of the driving route notification system shown. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0017] The present invention is described below by the embodiments of the invention, but the invention involved in the claims is not limited to the following embodiments. In addition, the structures described in the embodiments are not necessarily all used as means for solving the problems. For the clarification of the description, the following description and drawings are appropriately omitted and simplified. In each of the drawings, the same reference numerals are marked for the same elements, and repeated descriptions are omitted as needed.

[0018] Implementation Method 1

[0019] Figure 1 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a driving route prompting system 1 according to Embodiment 1. The driving route prompting system 1 prompts a driving route corresponding to the health status of the user (driver). The user who receives the prompt can drive more comfortably according to his / her own health status. That is, the driving route prompting system 1 can suggest a more comfortable driving to the user. The following is a specific description.

[0020] like Figure 1 As shown, the route notification system 1 includes a route notification device 10, a vehicle 20 equipped with a communication terminal 21, and a network 50. The route notification device 10 can also be referred to as a route notification system. The route notification device 10 and the communication terminal 21 are configured to communicate with each other via the wired or wireless network 50.

[0021] The vehicle 20 is a vehicle such as a battery electric vehicle owned by a user of the present system. A communication terminal 21 is provided in the vehicle 20. The communication terminal 21 is, for example, a car navigation device capable of communication.

[0022] The travel route presentation device 10 is a device that presents a travel route according to the health status of the user. Specifically, the travel route presentation device 10 includes an acquisition unit 11 , an estimation unit 12 , a selection unit 13 , and a presentation unit 14 .

[0023] The acquisition unit 11 acquires predetermined information related to the user. The predetermined information related to the user refers to the information required to infer the health status of the user. For example, the acquisition unit 11 acquires at least any one of the pulse, heart rate and body temperature of the user from a wearable terminal (not shown) worn by the user as predetermined information related to the user. Alternatively, the acquisition unit 11 acquires information input via an operation terminal (not shown) as predetermined information related to the user. For example, the user inputs at least one of the health diagnosis results, chronic diseases and today's body temperature into the operation terminal by operating the operation terminal. It should be noted that the above-mentioned wearable terminal and operation terminal may also be portable terminals such as smart phones owned by the user. Alternatively, the acquisition unit 11 may also acquire the eyes and posture of the user while driving obtained from the captured images of a camera (not shown) installed in the car as predetermined information related to the user.

[0024] The estimation unit 12 estimates the health status of the user based on the predetermined information related to the user acquired by the acquisition unit 11. Here, multiple combinations of the predetermined information related to the user and the health status of the user may also be stored in a database (not shown). In this case, the estimation unit 12 can extract information related to the health status of the user corresponding to the predetermined information related to the user acquired by the acquisition unit 11 from the database and use it as the estimation result.

[0025] The selection unit 13 selects at least one driving route from the current position of the vehicle 20 to the destination based on the health status of the user estimated by the estimation unit 12. Specifically, when the estimation unit 12 estimates that the health status of the user is lower than usual, the selection unit 13 selects a driving route suitable for restoring the health status of the user. The predetermined area suitable for restoring the health status of the user is, for example, an area where a predetermined hospital such as a hospital that the user frequently visits is located, an area with good scenery, an area where the vehicle 20 can be parked for rest, and the like.

[0026] For example, when the estimating unit 12 estimates that the user is in poor health or has a chronic disease, the selection unit 13 selects a driving route near an area where a predetermined hospital such as a hospital that the user frequently visits is located. Alternatively, when the estimating unit 12 estimates that the user is tired, the selection unit 13 may select a driving route near an area where the user can rest, for example.

[0027] Here, multiple combinations of the user's health status and information related to the predetermined area suitable for restoring the user's health status may also be stored in a database (not shown). In this case, the selection unit 13 can select a driving route near the extracted predetermined area based on extracting information related to the predetermined area corresponding to the user's health status from the database.

[0028] In addition, when the vehicle 20 is a battery electric vehicle, when the destination of the vehicle 20 is a charging point (charging facility, charging station), it is preferable to further store in the database a combination of information related to the user's health status and a predetermined area such as a hospital attached to each charging point located within a predetermined range from the current position of the vehicle 20. In this case, the selection unit 13 can select a driving route to the set destination after extracting a charging point with a predetermined area corresponding to the user's health status from the database and setting it as the destination.

[0029] The presenting unit 14 presents the information of the driving route from the current position of the vehicle 20 to the destination selected by the selecting unit 13. For example, the presenting unit 14 causes the monitor of the communication terminal 21 as a car navigation device to display the information of the driving route from the current position of the vehicle 20 to the destination selected by the selecting unit 13. Alternatively, the presenting unit 14 may output the information of the driving route from the current position of the vehicle 20 to the destination by voice from a speaker mounted on the vehicle 20. Alternatively, the presenting unit 14 may display or notify the information of the driving route from the current position of the vehicle 20 to the destination selected by the selecting unit 13 to a portable terminal such as a smartphone owned by the user.

[0030] Next, use Figures 2 to 4 The operation of the travel route notification device 10 will be described. Figure 2 : is a flowchart showing the operation of the travel route notification device 10 . Figure 3 and Figure 4 This is a diagram for explaining an example of the operation of the travel route notification device 10 .

[0031] First, the traveling route presentation device 10 acquires predetermined information related to the user ( S101 ). Specifically, the traveling route presentation device 10 acquires information necessary for estimating the health status of the user.

[0032] Thereafter, the travel route presentation device 10 estimates the health status of the user based on the acquired predetermined information related to the user ( S102 ).

[0033] Then, the driving route prompting device 10 selects a driving route corresponding to the estimated health status of the user from one or more driving routes from the current position of the vehicle 20 to the destination (S103). Specifically, the driving route prompting device 10 selects a driving route that travels near a predetermined area suitable for restoring the estimated health status of the user from one or more driving routes from the current position of the vehicle 20 to the destination.

[0034] exist Figure 3In the example of FIG. 1 , there are two driving routes A and B as driving routes from the current position of the vehicle 20 to the destination. For example, when the driving route presentation device 10 estimates that the user's health condition is not good, the driving route presentation device 10 selects the driving route A that travels near the area where the hospital that the user often visits is located. In addition, when the driving route presentation device 10 estimates that the user's health condition is good, the driving route presentation device 10 selects the driving route B with a short driving distance.

[0035] exist Figure 4 In the example of , the vehicle 20 is a battery electric vehicle, and the destination of the vehicle 20 is a charging point. In this case, the driving route presentation device 10 selects the driving route C after setting the charging point CS1 located in a predetermined area such as a hospital suitable for restoring the health status of the user among the three charging points CS1 to CS3 within a predetermined range from the current position of the vehicle 20 as the destination.

[0036] Then, the driving route presentation device 10 presents information related to the selected driving route (S104). For example, the driving route presentation device 10 displays information on the driving route from the current position of the selected vehicle 20 to the destination on the monitor of the communication terminal 21 as a car navigation device.

[0037] In this way, the driving route prompting system 1 of this embodiment prompts a driving route corresponding to the health status of the user (driver). The user who receives the prompt can drive more comfortably according to his or her own health status. That is, the driving route prompting system 1 can suggest more comfortable driving to the user.

[0038] In addition, the present disclosure can realize a part or all of the processing of the driving route notification device 10 by causing a central processing unit (CPU) to execute a computer program.

[0039] The above-mentioned program includes a command group (or software code) for causing the computer to perform one or more functions described in the embodiment when read into the computer. The program can also be stored in a non-temporary computer-readable medium or a physical storage medium. Without limitation, as an example, a computer-readable medium or a physical storage medium includes a random access memory (Random-Access Memory (RAM)), a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory (ROM)), a flash memory, a solid-state drive (SSD) or other memory technology, a CD-ROM, a digital versatile disc (Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)), a Blu-ray (Blu-ray (registered trademark)) disk or other optical disk storage, a cassette, a tape, a magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage device. The program can also be sent on a temporary computer-readable medium or a communication medium. Without limitation, as an example, a temporary computer-readable medium or a communication medium includes an electrical, optical, acoustic or other form of propagation signal.

[0040] A part or all of the above-mentioned embodiments can also be described as the following supplementary notes, but are not limited to the following.

[0041] Note 1

[0042] A driving route prompting method, wherein:

[0043] The driving route prompt system obtains the predetermined information related to the user.

[0044] The driving route prompting system estimates the health status of the user based on predetermined information related to the user.

[0045] The driving route prompting system selects at least one driving route from the current position of the vehicle to the destination based on the estimated result.

[0046] The driving route prompt system prompts the selected driving route.

[0047] Note 2

[0048] A control program that causes a computer to execute the following processing:

[0049] Processing of obtaining predetermined information related to the user;

[0050] A process of estimating the health status of the user based on predetermined information related to the user;

[0051] A process of selecting at least one travel route from the current position of the vehicle to the destination based on the estimated result; and

[0052] The selected driving route is displayed.

Claims

1. A driving route prompting system, wherein: The driving route prompt system has: An acquisition unit, which acquires predetermined information related to a user; an estimating unit, which estimates the health status of the user based on predetermined information related to the user; a selection unit that selects at least one travel route from a current position of the vehicle to a destination based on a result of the estimation; as well as The prompting unit prompts the selected driving route.

2. The driving route prompting system according to claim 1, wherein: The acquisition unit acquires at least any one of the pulse, heart rate, and body temperature of the user from a wearable terminal worn by the user as predetermined information related to the user.

3. The driving route prompting system according to claim 1, wherein: The acquisition unit acquires information input via an operation terminal as predetermined information related to the user.

4. The driving route prompting system according to claim 1, wherein: A database is also provided, storing a plurality of combinations of the health status of the user and information related to a predetermined area suitable for restoring the health status of the user, The selection unit extracts information related to a predetermined area corresponding to the health condition of the user estimated by the estimation unit from the database, and selects a travel route traveling near the extracted predetermined area.

5. The driving route prompting system according to claim 1, wherein: The vehicle is a battery electric vehicle, The selection unit further selects, as the destination, a charging facility among the plurality of charging facilities that has a predetermined area corresponding to the health status of the user estimated by the estimation unit.

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