Specially equipped vehicle operation status management system

Abstract

To prevent false connection to a specially equipped vehicle managed by another user.SOLUTION: A user portable device 160 transmits a connection list obtained in step S23 to a specially equipped vehicle management server 100 (S25). The specially equipped vehicle management server 100 reads user-specific registered vehicle data from a user-specific registered vehicle data storage unit 26c (S43), and forms (S48) and transmits (S49) a connection candidate vehicle list based on connections for which production numbers coincide with the read user-specific registered vehicle data. The user portable device 160 displays the list on a display unit 130 (S29). When an operator of the user portable device 160 selects a predetermined specially equipped vehicle from the displayed connection candidates, connection processing is executed (S33). The connection is established with only a specially equipped vehicle of which the production number coincides with the read user-specific registered vehicle data.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a management system for the operating status of specially equipped vehicles, and more particularly to preventing erroneous connections. [Background technology]

[0002] Patent document 1 discloses a connection method that prevents incorrect connections when wirelessly connecting a vehicle-side control device to a mobile terminal in order to extract operating status data of the vehicle-side control device of a specially equipped vehicle by reading a two-dimensional code attached to each vehicle with the mobile terminal. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Publication No. 2020-127192 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, the connection method of Patent Document 1 has a problem in that if the two-dimensional code of the wrong vehicle is read, an erroneous connection occurs.

[0005] SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a specially equipped vehicle operating status management system that can solve the above problems and more reliably prevent erroneous connections. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] (1) The special-purpose vehicle operating status management system of the present invention is A) a special-purpose vehicle operating status management system that acquires special-purpose vehicle operating status data, which is the operating status of a controlled device, from a special-purpose vehicle vehicle-side control device that controls a controlled device mounted on a special-purpose vehicle, and manages the operating status of the special-purpose vehicle; B) comprises a special-purpose vehicle management server, a user-specific purchase data server, and a user-side administrator terminal device; C) the special-purpose vehicle management server has a user-specific registered vehicle data storage means that stores correspondence between user-specific data that identifies a user and vehicle-specific data that identifies a vehicle to be managed, and a special-purpose vehicle operating status data storage means that stores special-purpose vehicle operating status data that indicates the operating status of each special-purpose vehicle in correspondence with the vehicle-specific data; D) the user-specific purchase data server has a user-specific purchased vehicle data storage means that stores vehicle-specific data for special-purpose vehicles purchased by each user; E) The special vehicle management server has: e1) a judgment means for, when user-specific data for the user to be registered and vehicle-specific data for the vehicle to be registered are given as add-on request data from the user-side administrator terminal device, determining whether the add-on request data exists in the user-specific purchased vehicle data for the user identified by the user-specific data; and e2) a registration management means for making the user-specific registered vehicle data storage means available for registration as the user's registered vehicle if the add-on request data exists in the user-specific purchased vehicle data for the user identified by the user-specific data.

[0007] In this way, at the time of registration, by determining whether or not the special vehicle exists in the user-specific purchased vehicle data, vehicle identification data that identifies the vehicle to be managed in correspondence with the user identification data can be stored for the special vehicle actually purchased by the user.

[0008] (2) The special purpose vehicle operating status management system according to the present invention further includes F) a user terminal device having the following f1) to f3): f1) short-range wireless transmission / reception means for connecting to the special purpose vehicle vehicle-side control device via short-range wireless communication, f2) writing means for acquiring the special purpose vehicle operating status data and writing it to the special purpose vehicle operating status data storage means of the special purpose vehicle management server, and f3) connection management means for disabling connection to special purpose vehicle vehicle-side control devices of one or more special purpose vehicles to which the short-range wireless transmission / reception means can be connected, if the special purpose vehicle vehicle-side control device is not registered in the special purpose vehicle management server as the special purpose vehicle vehicle-side control device of the user of the user terminal device. This prevents erroneous connection to special purpose vehicles managed by other users.

[0009] (3) In the special purpose vehicle operating status management system according to the present invention, the connection management means prohibits connection to a special purpose vehicle vehicle-side control device that is not registered in the special purpose vehicle management server even if the special purpose vehicle vehicle-side control device is selected as a connection destination by the user of the user terminal device, thereby making the connection impossible. Therefore, it is possible to prevent erroneous connection to a special purpose vehicle managed by another user.

[0010] (4) In the special purpose vehicle operating status management system according to the present invention, the connection management means refers to the user-registered vehicle data storage means of the special purpose vehicle management server, and if the user terminal device does not match the user identification data of the user, the connection management means excludes the special purpose vehicle vehicle-side control device that is not registered in the special purpose vehicle management server from the display candidates, thereby making it impossible to connect to the special purpose vehicle. Therefore, it is possible to prevent erroneous connection to a special purpose vehicle managed by another user.

[0011] (5) In the special purpose vehicle operating status management system of the present invention, the connection management means has a match determination means for determining whether the user-specific data of the user terminal device exists in the user-specific registered vehicle data storage means, or a determination request means for sending a list of the special purpose vehicle vehicle control devices capable of wireless communication to the special purpose vehicle management server and having the server determine whether the special purpose vehicle vehicle control device is registered in the special purpose vehicle management server as the special purpose vehicle control device for the user.

[0012] Therefore, it is possible to prevent erroneous connection with a specially equipped vehicle managed by another user.

[0013] (6) In the special purpose vehicle operating status management system according to the present invention, the user terminal device has a distinguishing display means for, when acquiring the special purpose vehicle operating status data from the special purpose vehicle vehicle-side control device, referencing the user-registered vehicle data storage means of the special purpose vehicle management server, and displaying on the display means in a distinguishable manner whether or not the data matches the user identification data of the user using the user terminal device. Such distinguishing display can prevent erroneous connection with special purpose vehicles managed by other users.

[0014] (7) In the special purpose vehicle operating status management system according to the present invention, the connection management means connects to the special purpose vehicle vehicle control device displayed as a connection destination by the user of the user terminal device if the device matches the user identification data of the user using the user terminal device. Therefore, even if the operator makes a mistake in selecting the device after the distinctive display, erroneous connection to a special purpose vehicle managed by another user can be prevented.

[0015] (8) The special purpose vehicle operating status management system according to the present invention further includes a user terminal device that connects to the special purpose vehicle vehicle-side control device via wireless communication, acquires the special purpose vehicle operating status data, and writes it as special purpose vehicle operating status data in the special purpose vehicle management server, and the user terminal device has connection management means that, when acquiring the special purpose vehicle operating status data from the special purpose vehicle vehicle-side control device, connects to the special purpose vehicle vehicle-side control device if only one user identification data for the user of the user terminal device exists in the user-specific registered vehicle data storage means of the special purpose vehicle management server. Therefore, if there is only one wirelessly connectable special purpose vehicle managed by the user, the connection is automatic.

[0016] The correspondence between the functional blocks used in the claims and the respective parts in the embodiment will be explained below.

[0017] In the embodiment, the "controlled device" corresponds to the hydraulic pump P, the multi-valve MV, the various cylinders A1 to A4, the lifting body 4, the compression plate 5, etc. In the embodiment, the "controlled device control unit" corresponds to the mounted object side control device UK. In the embodiment, the "user identification data" corresponds to the service user ID. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0018] [Figure 1] 1 is a partially cutaway overall side view of a refuse collection vehicle V used in a specially equipped vehicle operating status management system 1. FIG. [Figure 2] 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining the control relationships of the various parts in a refuse collection vehicle V. FIG. [Figure 3] FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the specially equipped vehicle operating status management system 1. [Figure 4] 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a specially equipped vehicle management server 100. FIG. [Figure 5] 1 is a diagram showing an example of a data table of user-specific purchased vehicle data in the user-specific purchase data server 140 (FIG. 1), a special-purpose vehicle management user ID data table in the special-purpose vehicle management server 100, and a user-specific vehicle data table. [Figure 6] 10 is a diagram showing an example of a specially equipped vehicle operation data table of the specially equipped vehicle management server 100. FIG. [Figure 7] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the hardware configuration of a user portable device 160. [Figure 8] 10 is a flowchart showing a registration process. [Figure 9] 10 is a flowchart showing a process at the time of connection. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0019] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0020] (1. Description of specially equipped vehicles) First, a garbage collection vehicle V, which is a specially equipped vehicle used in the specially equipped vehicle operating status management system 1, will be described.

[0021] The refuse collection vehicle V shown in Figure 1 is composed of a base vehicle Vb and a body F of the base vehicle Vb that is mounted on the vehicle body F for refuse collection work after the base vehicle Vb is fully assembled. The base vehicle Vb is equipped with a vehicle-side control device UV, and the body K is equipped with a body-side control device UK.

[0022] As shown in FIG. 2, a vehicle body F of a base vehicle Vb is equipped with an engine E, a battery B, an electric motor M, a selective power take-off mechanism PS, and a vehicle-side control device UV.

[0023] The engine E applies driving force to the wheels W. The electric motor M is connected to the battery B via an inverter 12 and operates on power from the battery B. The power selection take-off mechanism PS can selectively take off the power of the engine E or the electric motor M from the wheel drive system D, which is a drive system including the engine E and the electric motor M. The vehicle-side control device UV is mainly composed of a microcomputer, and controls the engine E, the electric motor M, the battery B, and the electromagnetic clutch 11. A starter switch S-SW for starting the engine E is also connected to the vehicle-side control device UV.

[0024] In reality, the vehicle-side control device UV is connected to the engine E, the electric motor M, and the battery B by a plurality of power lines and / or signal lines, but these are simply shown in FIG. 2.

[0025] The output side of the power take-off device PTO is interlocked and connected to a hydraulic pump P that is part of the mounted object K. The power take-off device PTO is also connected to the vehicle-side control device UV, and selectively switches and transmits the output of the transmission 10 (see FIG. 1 ) to either the wheels W or the hydraulic pump P in response to an operation input to a power take-off switch P-SW that is also connected to the vehicle-side control device UV. Specifically, when the power take-off switch P-SW is in the OFF state, the output of the transmission 10 is transmitted to the wheels W and used for driving the vehicle. On the other hand, when the switch P-SW is turned ON, the output of the transmission 10 is transmitted to the hydraulic pump P and used for driving the pump.

[0026] The mounted object K has a box-shaped garbage collection box 1 with an open rear end as its base body (mounted object main body), and this garbage collection box 1 is mounted and fixed onto the body F of the base vehicle Vb as an after-market attachment. A garbage drop box 3 is attached to the rear end of the garbage collection box 1. The garbage drop box 3 has a garbage drop opening 3a at its rear end for dropping garbage into the garbage collection box 1. An opening / closing door 3t opens and closes the garbage drop opening 3a.

[0027] A garbage loading device 2 serving as a work machine is provided inside the garbage drop box 3. The garbage loading device 2 forcibly loads the garbage in the drop box 3 into the garbage storage box 1 when the drop box 3 is in the loading position.

[0028] The garbage loading device 2 has a conventionally known structure known as a compression plate type, and comprises a lifting body 4, a second cylinder A2, a compression plate 5, and a third cylinder A3. The lifting body 4 is supported on both the left and right side walls of the garbage bin 3 so that it can be raised and lowered, facing the rear end opening 1a of the garbage storage bin 1. The second cylinder A2 forcibly raises and lowers the lifting body 4. The compression plate 5 extends across the full width of the garbage bin 3 and is supported by the second cylinder A2 for raising and lowering the lifting body, and is pivotally supported at the bottom of the lifting body 4 so that it can rotate back and forth. The third cylinder A3 forcibly rotates the compression plate 5.

[0029] A rear control panel CR is fixed and supported on the outer surface around the garbage inlet 3a of the garbage bin 3 shown in FIG. 1. The rear control panel CR is provided with operation switches CR-SW1 to CR-SW3, a first power source selection switch M-SW1, and warning lamps L1 to L5. The operation switches CR-SW1 to CR-SW3 select the operating mode of the garbage loading device 2. In particular, the operation switch CR-SW3 is a switch that issues an emergency stop command in the event of a dangerous situation. The first power source selection switch M-SW1 outputs a motor selection signal when turned on. This switches the hydraulic pump P from an engine-driven state, in which it is driven by the engine E, to a motor-driven state, in which it is driven by the electric motor M.

[0030] As shown in Fig. 1, a cabin control device UF having a control panel CF is provided in the driver's cab of the base vehicle Vb. As shown in Fig. 2, the cabin control device UF has a microcomputer 61, a short-range wireless communication unit 63, an antenna 65, and the control panel CF.

[0031] The control panel CF is provided with operation switches CF-SW1 to CF-SW3, a second power source selection switch M-SW2, and notification lamps L1 to L5. Like the operation switches CR-SW1 to CR-SW3, the operation switches CF-SW1 to CF-SW3 select and operate the operation modes of the garbage loading device 2 and the garbage discharge device 7. Like the first power source selection switch M-SW2, the second power source selection switch M-SW2 outputs a motor selection signal when turned on.

[0032] 1, a camera 53 is provided above the garbage bin 3. Images from the camera 53 are analyzed by an image processing unit 51 provided in the control unit box UKB. The image processing unit 51 is connected to the mounted-item control device UK, and if the image analysis determines that a dangerous condition exists, it outputs an emergency stop signal to the mounted-item control device UK. In other words, this is the same as when the operation switch CR-SW3 is pressed.

[0033] In this embodiment, a refuse collection vehicle has been described as an example of a specially equipped vehicle, but the vehicle is not limited to a refuse collection vehicle.

[0034] 2. Overview of the Special Purpose Vehicle Operation Status Management System1 The special vehicle operation status management system 1 is a system that acquires special vehicle operation status data, which is the operating status of a garbage collection vehicle V, from a garbage loading device 2 mounted on the garbage collection vehicle V, and manages the operating status of the garbage collection vehicle, and is equipped with a special vehicle management server 100, a user-specific purchasing data server 140, a user-side administrator terminal device 120, a user terminal device 160, and one or more special vehicles 180a-n.

[0035] The specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device 201 of the specially equipped vehicle 180a has short-range wireless transmission / reception means 161, operation data storage means 203, specially equipped vehicle identification data storage means 209, and control means 207. The short-range wireless transmission / reception means 161 is connected to the short-range wireless transmission / reception means 203 of the specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device 201 by short-range wireless communication. The operation data storage means 203 stores operation data of the control target device 210. The specially equipped vehicle identification data storage means 209 stores the identifier of the specially equipped vehicle. The control means 207 manages the transmission of the operation data stored in the operation data storage means 203 by the short-range wireless transmission / reception means 161.

[0036] The user-specific purchase data server 140 has a user-specific purchased vehicle data storage means 143 that stores vehicle identification data that identifies specially equipped vehicles purchased by each user.

[0037] The special purpose vehicle management server 100 is a server that allows the user administrator terminal device 120 and the user portable device 160 to manage the operating status of special purpose vehicles managed by each user, and is equipped with a user-specific registered vehicle data storage means 101, a special purpose vehicle operation data storage means 103, a judgment means 105, and a registration management means 107.

[0038] The user-specific registered vehicle data storage means 101 stores the correspondence between user identification data that identifies a user and vehicle identification data that identifies a vehicle under management. The special purpose vehicle operation data storage means 103 stores special purpose vehicle operation status data that indicates the operation status of each special purpose vehicle in correspondence with the vehicle identification data.

[0039] When the determination means 105 receives user identification data for the user to be registered and vehicle identification data for the vehicle to be registered as addendum request data from the user-side administrator terminal device 120, it determines whether the user identification data specified by the addendum request data is included in the user-specific purchased vehicle data stored in the user-specific purchased vehicle server 140. If the addendum request data is registered as the user-specific purchased vehicle data for the user specified by the user identification data, the registration management means 107 makes the vehicle available for registration in the user-specific registered vehicle data storage means 101 as the user's registered vehicle.

[0040] The user portable device 160 includes a short-distance wireless transmission / reception means 161 , a writing means 163 , and a connection management means 165 .

[0041] The short-distance wireless transmission / reception means 161 connects to the special purpose vehicle vehicle control device 201 via short-distance wireless communication. The writing means 163 acquires special purpose vehicle operation status data from the special purpose vehicle vehicle control device 201 and writes it to the special purpose vehicle operation status data storage means 103 of the special purpose vehicle management server 100. The connection management means 163 has a match determination means that determines whether the user identification data of the user terminal device is present in the user-registered vehicle data storage means 101 of the special purpose vehicle management server 100. As a result, of the one or more special purpose vehicle vehicle control devices 201 to which the short-distance wireless transmission / reception means 161 can connect, special purpose vehicle vehicle control devices 201 that are not registered in the special purpose vehicle management server 100 as the special purpose vehicle vehicle control device 201 for the user of the user terminal device are excluded from display candidates. The display means 166 displays the specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device 201 that has been excluded from the display candidates from among one or more specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control devices 201 to which the short-range wireless transmitting / receiving means 161 can be connected. When a selection command to select one of the specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control devices is given by the user, the connection management means 163 connects to that specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device.

[0042] The above processing makes it impossible to connect to special vehicle vehicle control devices that are not registered as managed by the user in the special vehicle management server 100, so there is no risk of mistakenly connecting to special vehicle vehicle control devices managed by another user.

[0043] 3. Hardware Configuration (3.1 Hardware Configuration of Specially Equipped Vehicle Management Server 100) The hardware configuration of the specially equipped vehicle management server 100 using a CPU will be described with reference to FIG.

[0044] The specially equipped vehicle management server 100 includes a CPU 23, a memory 27, a hard disk 26, a monitor 30, an optical drive 25, an input device 28, a communication board 31, and a bus line 29. The CPU 23 controls each part via the bus line 29 in accordance with each program stored in the hard disk 26.

[0045] The hard disk 26 stores an operating system program 26o (hereinafter abbreviated as OS), a main program 26m, user-specific registered vehicle data 26c, user ID correspondence data, and specially equipped vehicle operation data 26d.

[0046] The data structure of the user-specific registered vehicle data 26c is shown in Figure 5C. The user-specific registered vehicle data 26c stores the serial numbers of specially equipped vehicles managed by each service user ID in association with the service user ID. The data structure of the service user ID data is shown in Figure 5B. The service user ID data associates the in-house user ID with the user name.

[0047] As will be described later, the in-house user ID is a user identifier in the user-specific purchase data server 140. On the other hand, the service user ID is a user identifier when using the specially equipped vehicle management server 100. These correspondences are stored in the specially equipped vehicle management server 100.

[0048] The data structure of the specially equipped vehicle operation data 26d is shown in Figure 6. The specially equipped vehicle operation data 26d stores, in association with the serial number, the registration number, model, latest data registration time, cumulative loading count, cumulative TG lift count, PTO operation time, vehicle inspection registration date, chassis model, chassis No., vehicle No., driver name, and next vehicle inspection date. In this case, the cumulative loading count, cumulative TG lift count, and PTO operation time are operation data provided from the specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device 201 (see Figure 3) via the user portable device 160. The latest data registration time is provided from the user portable device, and the remaining data is provided from the user-specific purchasing data server 140.

[0049] Specifically, the operational data is stored in the specially equipped vehicle management server 100 in the following procedure.

[0050] A specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device 201 (described later) and a user portable device 160 are wirelessly connected. When a command to acquire operation data is given from the user terminal device 160, the specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device 201 transmits operation data stored in a memory (not shown in FIG. 2 ) in the mounted object-side control device UK to the user terminal device 160. The user terminal device 160 transmits the operation data to the specially equipped vehicle management server 100.

[0051] In this embodiment, Windows 10 (registered trademark or trademark) is used as the operating system program (OS) 26o, but the present invention is not limited to this.

[0052] Each of the above programs is read from the CD-ROM 25a on which the programs are stored via the optical drive 25 and installed on the hard disk 26. The programs may be installed on the hard disk from a computer-readable recording medium other than a CD-ROM, such as a flexible disk (FD) or an IC card. Furthermore, the programs may be downloaded using a communication line.

[0053] In this embodiment, the program stored on the CD-ROM is installed on the hard disk 26 from the CD-ROM, thereby causing the computer to indirectly execute the program. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the program stored on the CD-ROM may be executed directly from the optical drive 25. Programs that can be executed by a computer include not only those that can be executed directly by simply installing them as they are, but also those that require conversion to another format (for example, decompressing compressed data), and those that can be executed in combination with other modules.

[0054] 3.2 Hardware Configuration of User Portable Device 160 The user portable device 160 will be described with reference to Fig. 7. This figure shows an example of a hardware configuration in which the user terminal device 120 is configured using a CPU.

[0055] The user terminal device 120 has the configuration of a typical smartphone and includes a CPU 123, memory 127, flash memory 126, display unit 130, wireless communication unit 128, operation unit 125, audio input / output unit 124, location information detection unit 122, short-range wireless communication unit 121, and bus line 129. The location information detection unit 122 is a module that detects location information using the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNNS). The short-range wireless communication unit 121 communicates according to the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard. In this embodiment, iOS (trademark) is used as the OS.

[0056] The CPU 123 controls each unit via a bus line 129 in accordance with each program stored in a flash memory 126 .

[0057] The flash memory 126 includes an operating system program 126o (hereinafter abbreviated as OS) and a main program 126m.

[0058] The processing of the main program 126m will be described later.

[0059] In this embodiment, Bluetooth (registered trademark) is used as the short-range wireless communication unit, but the present invention is not limited to this.

[0060] (3.3 Hardware Configuration of User-Specific Purchase Data Server 140) The hardware configuration of the user-specific purchase data server 140 shown in Fig. 3 is the same as that shown in Fig. 4, except that user-specific purchased vehicle data is stored on a hard disk and the main program processing is different. The user-specific purchased vehicle data is data on sales to users, and as shown in Fig. 5A, the in-house user ID, user name, and serial number and registration number (vehicle number) of the sold vehicle are stored.

[0061] (3.4 Hardware Configuration of User-Side Administrator Terminal Device 120) The hardware configuration of the user-side administrator terminal device 120 shown in FIG. 3 is the same as that shown in FIG. 4, but the processing by the main program registered on the hard disk is different as will be described later.

[0062] 4. Registration and connection processing of vehicle data for each user The process of registering user-specific vehicle data will be described with reference to Fig. 8. The following describes a case where a user with service user ID 1001 in Fig. 5C adds a specially equipped vehicle having a specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device with serial number "10R011001M" on the user-side administrator terminal device 120.

[0063] When the operator of the user-side administrator terminal device with service user ID 1001 logs in using that ID, an initial screen is sent from the specially equipped vehicle management server 100 and displayed on the monitor of the user-side administrator terminal device 120. The operator selects the process "vehicle registration" on the initial screen (not shown). This displays a new registration screen including a vehicle registration button (not shown) along with a dialogue box for inputting the serial number (step S1 in FIG. 8). This process is common and will not be described in detail.

[0064] The operator enters the serial number in the dialog box and clicks a vehicle registration button (not shown). The CPU of the user-side administrator terminal device determines whether the vehicle registration button is selected (step S3), and if so, sends an addition request including the entered serial number to the specially equipped vehicle management server 100 (step S5). The CPU 23 of the specially equipped vehicle management server 100 determines whether such an addition request has been made (step S11), and if so, reads out user-specific purchased vehicle data (see FIG. 5A) from the user-specific purchase data server 140 (see FIG. 3) (step 12 in FIG. 8), and determines whether the entered serial number is included in the serial numbers purchased by the user (step S13).

[0065] In this case, the input serial number "10R011001M" is included in (matches) the serial number of the specially equipped vehicle purchased by the service user ID 1001, so the CPU 23 of the specially equipped vehicle management server 100 adds the specially equipped vehicle with the serial number "10R011001M" to the user-registered vehicle data 26c (see FIG. 4) (FIG. 8 step S15). As a result, the serial number "10R011001M" is stored as the user-side administrator terminal device managed by the user with service user ID 1001, as shown in FIG. 5D.

[0066] On the other hand, if it is determined in step S13 that the input serial number is not included in the serial numbers purchased by the user, an error is detected (step S14).

[0067] The CPU 23 of the specially equipped vehicle management server 100 transmits the result to the user-side administrator terminal device 120 (step S16). Upon receiving the result (step S7), the user-side administrator terminal device 120 displays the result (step S9). In this case, it displays that the serial number "10R011001M" of the specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device requested for addition has been registered.

[0068] Next, a connection process between the user portable device 160 and a specially equipped vehicle having a specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device "10R011001M" will be described using Fig. 9. The following describes a case where a user with service user ID 1001 in Fig. 5D connects, on the user portable device 160, to a specially equipped vehicle having a specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device with a newly registered serial number "10R011001M."

[0069] When the operator of the user portable device 160 logs in using the service user ID 1001, an initial screen is transmitted from the specially equipped vehicle management server 100 and displayed on the display unit 130 of the user portable device 160 (see FIG. 7). The operator selects vehicle connection on the initial screen (not shown). This causes the CPU 123 of the user portable device 160 to determine that a connection request has been made (step S21 in FIG. 9) and acquires a list of Bluetooth connections (step S23). The process of displaying the list of Bluetooth connections is the same as the process for normal Bluetooth connections, so a detailed description will be omitted.

[0070] The CPU 123 of the user portable device 160 transmits a connection request to the specially equipped vehicle management server 100, specifying the list of Bluetooth connections acquired in step S23 as connection destination candidates (step S25).

[0071] The CPU 23 of the specially equipped vehicle management server 100 determines whether or not there is such a connection request (step S41), and when there is such a connection request, reads out the user-specific registered vehicle data from the user-specific registered vehicle data storage unit 26c (step S43).

[0072] The CPU 23 creates a connection candidate vehicle list for connections whose serial numbers match the read-out user-specific registered vehicle data (step S48). In this case, since the serial number "10R011001M" exists in the user-specific registered vehicle data, the connection candidate vehicle list becomes "10R011001M." The CPU 23 transmits the result (step S49).

[0073] If there is no matching connection destination candidate in step S45, it is determined that there is no connection destination (step S47), and this is transmitted as the result (step S49).

[0074] The CPU 123 of the user portable device 160 determines whether or not to receive such a result (step S27), and in this case, displays the serial number "10R011001M" of the connection candidate vehicle on the display unit 130 (step S29).

[0075] The operator of the user portable device 160 selects a desired specially equipped vehicle from the displayed connection destination candidates. In this case, the specially equipped vehicle with the serial number "10R011001M" is selected. Upon selection, the CPU 123 performs connection processing (step S33).

[0076] As described above, in this embodiment, the operator of the user portable device 160 selects a connection destination from among the connection destinations obtained in step S23 that exist in the user-specific registered vehicle data. Therefore, erroneous connection can be reliably prevented. For example, specially equipped vehicle A managed by user 1001 and specially equipped vehicle B managed by user 1002 may be close to each other at a waste disposal site, etc. Even in such a case, user 1001 will not erroneously connect to specially equipped vehicle B.

[0077] In this way, by not connecting to a connection destination that does not exist in the user-specific registered vehicle data, erroneous connections can be reliably prevented.

[0078] (2. Other Embodiments) The specially equipped vehicle management server 100 and the user-specific purchase data server 140 may be configured as a single server.

[0079] In this embodiment, if the input serial number "10R011001M" is included in the serial number of a specially equipped vehicle purchased by the service user ID 1001, the specially equipped vehicle management server 100 automatically additionally registers the specially equipped vehicle (step S15 in FIG. 8). However, without being limited to this, the specially equipped vehicle management server 100 may be configured to request registration to an operator who performs registration processing on the specially equipped vehicle management server 100, causing the specially equipped vehicle to be registered. In other words, if the additional request data exists in the user-specific purchased vehicle data of the user identified by the user identification data, the server may be understood as registration management means that makes the vehicle available for registration in the user-specific registered vehicle data storage means as a registered vehicle of the user.

[0080] The user side administrator terminal device 120 may be a tablet or the like in addition to a personal computer.

[0081] In this embodiment, the user terminal device 160 inquires of the special purpose vehicle management server 100 whether or not the special purpose vehicle identification data of the special purpose vehicle with which it has been able to communicate by short-range wireless communication exists in the user-registered vehicle data storage means 101. However, such a determination may be made by the user terminal device 160. In this case, the connection management means 163 may be provided with a match determination means that reads out the special purpose vehicle identification data of the special purpose vehicle managed by the user identified by the user identification data from the user-registered vehicle data storage means 101 and determines whether or not the candidate received by the short-range wireless transmission / reception means 161 exists in the read data.

[0082] In the above embodiment, when the connection management means 163 acquires the specially equipped vehicle operating status data from the specially equipped vehicle vehicle control device 201, it refers to the user-registered vehicle data storage means 130 of the specially equipped vehicle management server 100 and does not display specially equipped vehicle vehicle control devices that do not match the user identification data of the user using the user terminal device. However, this is not limited to this, and the connection management means 163 may be provided with a distinctive display control means so that matching and non-matching control devices are displayed on the display means 166 in a distinguishable manner. This prevents them from being displayed as connection candidates in the first place, thereby preventing erroneous connection. Furthermore, even if the operator selects a specially equipped vehicle vehicle control device that is displayed as not a connection target, it is also possible to not connect and to issue an alert saying "Connection not possible."

[0083] Furthermore, if there is only one specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device that can be connected by referring to the user-specific registered vehicle data storage means 130, the system may be configured to automatically connect to this device.

[0084] Furthermore, this embodiment can be understood as the following invention.

[0085] A) A special vehicle operation status management system that acquires special vehicle operation status data, which is the operation status of the control target device, from a special vehicle vehicle-side control device that controls the control target device mounted on the special vehicle, and manages the operation status of the special vehicle, B) A specially equipped vehicle management server, a user-specific purchasing data server, and a user-side administrator terminal device are provided; C) The special purpose vehicle management server has a user-specific registered vehicle data storage means for storing correspondence between user identification data for identifying a user and vehicle identification data for identifying a vehicle to be managed, and a special purpose vehicle operation data storage means for storing special purpose vehicle operation status data indicating the operation status of each special purpose vehicle in correspondence with the vehicle identification data, D) The user-specific purchase data server has a user-specific purchase vehicle data storage means for storing vehicle identification data of specially equipped vehicles purchased by each user, F) Equipped with a user terminal device having the following f1) to f3): f1) a short-distance wireless transmission / reception means for connecting with the specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device by wireless communication; f2) a writing means for acquiring the specially equipped vehicle operation status data and writing the data to a specially equipped vehicle operation status data storage means of the specially equipped vehicle management server; f3) a connection management means for setting a special-purpose vehicle vehicle-side control device that is not registered in the special-purpose vehicle management server as a special-purpose vehicle vehicle-side control device of the user of the user terminal device, among the one or more special-purpose vehicle-side control devices to which the short-range wireless transmission / reception means can be connected, to a connection-disabled state; A special purpose vehicle operation status management system characterized by the above. [Explanation of symbols]

[0086] UV vehicle control device UK bodywork side control device UF Cabin control device 100 Special vehicle management server 140 User-specific purchasing data server 120 User-side administrator terminal device 160 User terminal device

Claims

1. A) A special vehicle operation status management system that acquires special vehicle operation status data, which is the operation status of the control target device, from a special vehicle vehicle-side control device that controls the control target device mounted on the special vehicle, and manages the operation status of the special vehicle, B) A specially equipped vehicle management server, a user-specific purchase data server, and a user-side administrator terminal device are provided; C) The special purpose vehicle management server has a user-specific registered vehicle data storage means for storing correspondence between user identification data that identifies a user and vehicle identification data that identifies a vehicle to be managed, and a special purpose vehicle operation data storage means for storing special purpose vehicle operation status data that indicates the operation status of each special purpose vehicle in correspondence with the vehicle identification data, D) The user-specific purchase data server has a user-specific purchase vehicle data storage means for storing vehicle identification data of specially equipped vehicles purchased by each user, E) The specially equipped vehicle management server e1) a determination means for determining whether or not the user-specific data for the user to be registered and the vehicle specific data for the vehicle to be registered are present in the user-specific purchased vehicle data for the user specified by the user-side administrator terminal device when the user-specific data for the user to be registered and the vehicle specific data for the vehicle to be registered are provided as additional request data; e2) a registration management means for enabling registration of the vehicle in the user-specific registered vehicle data storage means as a registered vehicle of the user when the additional request data exists in the user-specific purchased vehicle data of the user identified by the user identification data; having A special purpose vehicle operation status management system characterized by the above.

2. In the specially equipped vehicle operating status management system of claim 1, moreover, F) Equipped with a user terminal device that has the following f1) to f3): f1) a short-distance wireless transmission / reception means for connecting with the specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device by wireless communication; f2) a writing means for acquiring the specially equipped vehicle operation status data and writing the data to a specially equipped vehicle operation status data storage means of the specially equipped vehicle management server; f3) a connection management means for setting a special-purpose vehicle vehicle-side control device that is not registered in the special-purpose vehicle management server as a special-purpose vehicle vehicle-side control device of the user of the user terminal device, among the one or more special-purpose vehicle-side control devices to which the short-range wireless transmission / reception means can be connected, to a connection-disabled state; A special purpose vehicle operation status management system characterized by the above.

3. In the specially equipped vehicle operating status management system of claim 2, the connection management means sets the connection impossible state by prohibiting connection with a specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device that is not registered in the specially equipped vehicle management server even if the specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device is selected as a connection destination by a user of the user terminal device; A special purpose vehicle operation status management system characterized by the above.

4. In the specially equipped vehicle operating status management system of claim 2, the connection management means refers to the user-registered vehicle data storage means of the specially equipped vehicle management server, and if the user terminal device does not match the user identification data of the user, excludes the specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device that is not registered in the specially equipped vehicle management server from the display candidates, thereby making the specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device that is not registered in the specially equipped vehicle management server the connection-disabled state; A special purpose vehicle operation status management system characterized by the above.

5. In the specially equipped vehicle operating status management system of claim 2, the connection management means has a match determination means for determining whether the user identification data of the user terminal device exists in the user-registered vehicle data storage means, or a determination request means for sending a list of the wirelessly communicable special vehicle vehicle control devices to the special vehicle management server and requesting the server to determine whether the special vehicle vehicle control device is registered in the special vehicle management server as the special vehicle vehicle control device of the user; A special purpose vehicle operation status management system characterized by the above.

6. In the specially equipped vehicle operating status management system of claim 2, The user terminal device has a distinguishing display means for referencing the user-registered vehicle data storage means of the specially equipped vehicle management server when acquiring the specially equipped vehicle operating status data from the specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device, and displaying on a display means in a distinguishable manner whether or not the data matches the user identification data of the user using the user terminal device; A special purpose vehicle operation status management system characterized by the above.

7. In the specially equipped vehicle operating status management system according to claim 6, the connection management means connects to the specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device when the specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device displayed as a connection destination by the user of the user terminal device matches the user identification data of the user using the user terminal device; A special purpose vehicle operation status management system characterized by the above.

8. In the specially equipped vehicle operating status management system of claim 1, Further, a user terminal device is provided which is connected to the specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device by wireless communication, acquires the specially equipped vehicle operation status data, and writes the data as the specially equipped vehicle operation status data in the specially equipped vehicle management server, The user terminal device When the specially equipped vehicle operating status data is acquired from the specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device, if only one user identification data of the user of the user terminal device exists in the user-specific registered vehicle data storage means of the specially equipped vehicle management server, a connection management means is provided for connecting to the specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device. A special purpose vehicle operation status management system characterized by the above.

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