Safe driving evaluation device, safe driving evaluation method, safe driving evaluation program, and storage medium

Abstract

To appropriately evaluate a safe driving degree.SOLUTION: A safe driving degree evaluation device 3 includes: a standard travel speed acquisition section 322 for acquiring a standard travel speed set with respect to a road; a safe travel speed acquisition section 323 for acquiring a safe travel speed of a vehicle based on a travel speed when the vehicle travels without presence of an obstacle within a predetermined range in the periphery of the vehicle among the travel speeds when the vehicle travels on the road; and a safe driving degree evaluation section 324 for evaluating a safe driving degree of the vehicle based on a difference between the standard travel speed and the safe travel speed. The safe travel speed acquisition section 323 acquires the safe travel speed for each standard travel speed based on the travel speed when the vehicle travels on each one of multiple roads where the standard travel speeds are mutually different. The safe driving degree evaluation section 324 evaluates driving at a lower standard travel speed corresponding to each difference as the driving having the lower safe driving degree when the differences are equal concerning the respective differences between the mutually corresponding standard travel speeds and safe travel speeds.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a safe driving level evaluation device, a safe driving level evaluation method, a safe driving level evaluation program, and a storage medium. [Background technology]

[0002] 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a safe driving degree recording device that evaluates the safe driving degree of a vehicle driver is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). The safe driving degree recording device described in Patent Document 1 judges the safe driving behavior of the driver of a vehicle based on the driving conditions of the vehicle.The safe driving degree recording device then evaluates the safe driving degree of the driver based on the judgment result of the safe driving behavior.For example, the safe driving degree recording device evaluates the safe driving degree of the driver low if the driver performs driving behavior such as exceeding the legal speed limit or rapid acceleration / deceleration. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2002-225586 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] However, there is a possibility that exceeding the legal speed limit may occur unintentionally for the purpose of avoiding danger due to the influence of obstacles such as other vehicles around the vehicle. One example of the problem with the safe driving degree recording device described in Patent Document 1 is that it is not possible to appropriately evaluate the safe driving degree because it does not take into account obstacles around the vehicle when evaluating the safe driving degree.

[0005] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above, and aims to provide, for example, a safe driving level evaluation device, a safe driving level evaluation method, a safe driving level evaluation program, and a storage medium that can appropriately evaluate safe driving level. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The safe driving degree evaluation device described in claim 1 includes a standard driving speed acquisition unit that acquires a standard driving speed set for a road, a stable driving speed acquisition unit that acquires a stable driving speed of the vehicle based on the driving speed when the vehicle travels on the road with no obstacles present within a predetermined range around the vehicle, and a safe driving degree evaluation unit that evaluates the safe driving degree of the vehicle based on the difference between the standard driving speed and the stable driving speed, wherein the stable driving speed acquisition unit acquires the stable driving speed for each standard driving speed based on the driving speed when the vehicle travels on each of a plurality of roads having different standard driving speeds, and the safe driving degree evaluation unit evaluates the lower standard driving speed corresponding to each difference as a lower safe driving degree when the differences between the corresponding standard driving speeds and the stable driving speeds are equivalent.

[0007] Furthermore, a safe driving degree evaluation method described in claim 3 is a safe driving degree evaluation method executed by a safe driving degree evaluation device, and includes a standard driving speed acquisition step of acquiring a standard driving speed set for a road, a stable driving speed acquisition step of acquiring a stable driving speed of the vehicle based on the driving speed when the vehicle travels on the road with no obstacles present within a predetermined range around the vehicle, and a safe driving degree evaluation step of evaluating a safe driving degree of the vehicle based on a difference between the standard driving speed and the stable driving speed, wherein the stable driving speed acquisition step acquires the stable driving speed for each standard driving speed based on the driving speed when the vehicle travels on each of a plurality of roads having different standard driving speeds, and the safe driving degree evaluation step evaluates, for each difference between the corresponding standard driving speeds and the stable driving speeds, the one with a lower standard driving speed corresponding to each difference as a lower safe driving degree when the differences are equivalent.

[0008] The safe driving degree evaluation program described in claim 4 is a safe driving degree evaluation program for causing a computer to execute a standard driving speed acquisition step of acquiring a standard driving speed set for a road, a stable driving speed acquisition step of acquiring a stable driving speed of the vehicle based on the driving speed when the vehicle travels on the road with no obstacles present within a predetermined range around the vehicle, and a safe driving degree evaluation step of evaluating the safe driving degree of the vehicle based on the difference between the standard driving speed and the stable driving speed, wherein the stable driving speed acquisition step acquires the stable driving speed for each standard driving speed based on the driving speed when the vehicle travels on each of a plurality of roads having different standard driving speeds, and the safe driving degree evaluation step evaluates, for each difference between the corresponding standard driving speeds and the stable driving speeds, the one with a lower standard driving speed corresponding to each difference as a lower safe driving degree when the differences are equivalent.

[0009] The storage medium described in claim 5 is characterized in that it stores a safe driving degree evaluation program for causing a computer to execute a standard driving speed acquisition step of acquiring a standard driving speed set for a road, a stable driving speed acquisition step of acquiring a stable driving speed of the vehicle based on the driving speed when the vehicle travels on the road with no obstacles present within a predetermined range around the vehicle, and a safe driving degree evaluation step of evaluating a safe driving degree of the vehicle based on a difference between the standard driving speed and the stable driving speed, wherein the stable driving speed acquisition step acquires the stable driving speed for each standard driving speed based on the driving speed when the vehicle travels on each of a plurality of roads having different standard driving speeds, and the safe driving degree evaluation step evaluates, for each difference between the corresponding standard driving speeds and the stable driving speeds, the one with a lower standard driving speed corresponding to each difference as a lower safe driving degree when the differences are equal. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a safe driving level evaluation system according to an embodiment. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the vehicle-mounted terminal. [Diagram 3] FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the safe driving level evaluation device. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the first operation. [Diagram 5] FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating step S1D. [Figure 6] FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of data stored in the safe driving level DB. [Figure 7] FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the second operation. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0011] Hereinafter, a mode for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter, referred to as an embodiment) will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described below. Furthermore, in the description of the drawings, the same parts are given the same reference numerals.

[0012] [Outline of the safe driving evaluation system] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a safe driving level evaluation system 1 according to an embodiment. The safe driving level evaluation system 1 is a system that evaluates the safe driving level of a vehicle VE according to the driving state of the vehicle VE. As shown in Fig. 1, the safe driving level evaluation system 1 includes an in-vehicle terminal 2 and a safe driving level evaluation device 3. The in-vehicle terminal 2 and the safe driving level evaluation device 3 communicate with each other via a network NE (Fig. 1), which is a wireless communication network. Although the number of in-vehicle terminals 2 that communicate with the safe driving level evaluation device 3 is shown as being only one in FIG. 1, in reality, there are a plurality of in-vehicle terminals each mounted in a plurality of vehicles.

[0013] [Configuration of in-vehicle terminal] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the vehicle-mounted terminal 2. As shown in FIG. The in-vehicle terminal 2 is, for example, a stationary navigation device or a drive recorder installed in the vehicle VE. The in-vehicle terminal 2 is not limited to a navigation device or a drive recorder, and may be a portable terminal such as a smartphone used by a passenger of the vehicle VE. As shown in FIG. 2, the in-vehicle terminal 2 includes a sensor unit 21 and a terminal main body 22.

[0014] As shown in FIG. 2, the sensor unit 21 includes a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) sensor 211, a vehicle speed sensor 212, an acceleration sensor 213, and an external sensor 214. The GNSS sensor 211 receives radio waves including positioning data transmitted from navigation satellites using the GNSS. The positioning data is used to detect the absolute position of the vehicle VE from latitude and longitude information, etc. The GNSS used may be, for example, a Global Positioning System (GPS), or another system. The vehicle speed sensor 212 detects the traveling speed of the vehicle VE, and generates vehicle speed data corresponding to the traveling speed. The acceleration sensor 213 detects the acceleration of the vehicle VE, and generates acceleration data corresponding to the detected acceleration.

[0015] The external sensor 214 is a lidar that discretely measures the distance to an obstacle present in front of the vehicle VE, recognizes the surface of the obstacle as a three-dimensional point cloud, and generates point cloud data. Here, the "obstacle" described in this embodiment means other vehicles or the like that are an obstacle to the travel of the vehicle VE, and does not include features on the ground. Note that the external sensor 214 is not limited to a lidar, and millimeter wave radar, sonar, camera, or the like may be adopted as long as it can measure the distance to an obstacle present in front of the vehicle VE. Then, the sensor unit 21 outputs output data such as the above-mentioned positioning data, vehicle speed data, acceleration data, and point cloud data to the terminal main body 22.

[0016] As shown in FIG. 2, the terminal main body 22 includes a communication unit 221, a control unit 222, and a storage unit 223. The communication unit 221, under the control of the control unit 222, transmits and receives information to and from the safe driving level evaluation device 3 via the network NE. The control unit 222 is realized by executing various programs stored in the storage unit 223 by a controller such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or an MPU (Micro Processing Unit), and controls the operation of the entire in-vehicle terminal 2. Note that the control unit 222 is not limited to a CPU or an MPU, and may be configured by an integrated circuit such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) or an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array). The storage unit 223 stores various programs executed by the control unit 222, data necessary for the control unit 222 to perform processing, a terminal ID (identifier) ​​that uniquely identifies the in-vehicle terminal 2, and the like.

[0017] [Configuration of the safe driving evaluation device] FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the safe driving level evaluation device 3. As shown in FIG. The safe driving level evaluation device 3 is, for example, a server device. The safe driving level evaluation device 3 includes a communication unit 31, a control unit 32, and a storage unit 33, as shown in FIG.

[0018] The communication unit 31, under the control of the control unit 32, transmits and receives information to and from the vehicle-mounted terminal 2 (communication unit 221) via the network NE. The control unit 32 is realized by a controller such as a CPU or an MPU executing various programs (including the safe driving level evaluation program according to this embodiment) stored in the storage unit 33, and controls the operation of the entire safe driving level evaluation device 3. The control unit 32 is not limited to a CPU or an MPU, and may be configured with an integrated circuit such as an ASIC or an FPGA. As shown in FIG. 3 , the control unit 32 includes an information acquisition unit 321, a standard driving speed acquisition unit 322, a stable driving speed acquisition unit 323, and a safe driving level evaluation unit 324.

[0019] The information acquisition unit 321 acquires various information (output data from the sensor unit 21 (positioning data, vehicle speed data, acceleration data, and point cloud data), and the terminal ID stored in the memory unit 223) from the in-vehicle terminal 2 via the communication unit 31. The standard driving speed acquisition unit 322 acquires the standard driving speed set for the road on which the vehicle VE to be evaluated for the safe driving level is traveling (hereinafter referred to as the target road) from the map DB (database) 331. The standard driving speed is a speed that serves as a reference for safe driving on the target road. The standard driving speed may be the legal speed of the target road, or may be a value arbitrarily set by the administrator of the safe driving level evaluation system 1 (for example, a value obtained by multiplying the legal speed by a predetermined coefficient (for example, 0.8)).

[0020] The stable driving speed acquisition unit 323 acquires a stable driving speed based on a driving speed that satisfies a predetermined condition among driving speeds when the vehicle VE, which is the subject of evaluation of the safe driving degree, travels on a target road. The stable driving speed acquisition unit 323 then stores the stable driving speed acquired for the target road in the storage unit 33 in association with the standard driving speed of the target road and the terminal ID of the in-vehicle terminal 2 mounted on the vehicle VE.

[0021] The safe driving level evaluation unit 324 evaluates the safe driving level of the vehicle VE based on the difference between the standard driving speed and the stable driving speed associated with the terminal ID of the in-vehicle terminal 2 mounted on the vehicle VE to be evaluated for safe driving level, from the information stored in the memory unit 33.

[0022] The storage unit 33 stores various programs (including the safe driving level evaluation program according to the present embodiment) executed by the control unit 32, as well as data required when the control unit 32 performs processing, data generated by the processing, etc. As shown in FIG. 3, the storage unit 33 includes a map DB 331 and a safe driving level DB 332. The map DB 331 stores map data. The map data includes road data represented by links corresponding to roads and nodes corresponding to connecting portions (intersections) of the roads, and the above-mentioned standard driving speeds set for each road included in the road data. The safe driving level DB 332 is a section that stores data generated by processing of the control unit 32, and specifically stores a standard driving speed, a stable driving speed, and a safe driving level for each terminal ID, which will be described later.

[0023] [Safety Driving Assessment Method] Next, a description will be given of the operation (safe driving level evaluation method) of the safe driving level evaluation device 3 (controller 32). In the following, a first operation and a second operation will be described in order as the operation (safe driving level evaluation method) of the safe driving level evaluation device 3.

[0024] [First Operation] FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the first operation. First, the information acquisition unit 321 starts acquiring various information (output data (positioning data, vehicle speed data, acceleration data, and point cloud data) from the sensor unit 21, and the terminal ID stored in the memory unit 223) from the in-vehicle terminal 2 via the communication unit 31 (step S1A). After that, the information acquisition unit 321 repeatedly executes acquisition of various information from the in-vehicle terminal 2 at a predetermined period.

[0025] After step S1A, the standard traveling speed acquisition unit 322 acquires the standard traveling speed of the target road from the map DB 331 (step S1B: standard traveling speed acquisition step). Specifically, the standard traveling speed acquisition unit 322 estimates the current position of the on-board terminal 2, i.e., the current position of the vehicle VE on which the on-board terminal 2 is mounted, based on the positioning data acquired by the information acquisition unit 321. Then, the standard traveling speed acquisition unit 322 refers to the map data stored in the map DB 331 and acquires the standard traveling speed associated with the target road on which the vehicle VE is traveling, which corresponds to the current position of the vehicle VE.

[0026] After step S1B, the control unit 32 constantly monitors whether or not the target road has changed (step S1C). Specifically, the control unit 32 estimates the current position of the vehicle VE based on the positioning data acquired by the information acquisition unit 321. Then, the control unit 32 refers to the map data stored in the map DB 331, and constantly monitors whether or not the target road on which the vehicle VE is traveling, which corresponds to the current position of the vehicle VE, has changed. In other words, the control unit 32 constantly monitors whether or not the vehicle VE has started traveling on a road different from the road on which it has been traveling until now. Note that the "target road before the change" described below corresponds to the "road on which it has been traveling until now."

[0027] Then, if it is determined that the target road has changed (step S1C: Yes), the stable driving speed acquisition unit 323 acquires the stable driving speed when the vehicle VE was traveling on the target road before the change (step S1D: stable driving speed acquisition step). Here, when acquiring the stable driving speed, the stable driving speed acquisition unit 323 uses the vehicle speed data and point cloud data acquired from the in-vehicle terminal 2 when the vehicle VE was traveling on the target road before the change. Note that, if it is determined that the target road has not changed (step S1C: No), the control unit 32 repeats step S1C.

[0028] Fig. 5 is a diagram for explaining step S1D. Specifically, Fig. 5(a) is a diagram showing the time change of the running speed based on the vehicle speed data acquired from the in-vehicle terminal 2 when the vehicle VE to be evaluated for the safe driving degree is running on a target road with a standard running speed V0. Fig. 5(b) is a diagram corresponding to Fig. 5(a), showing the time change of the inter-vehicle distance between the vehicle VE and an obstacle (another vehicle) existing in front of the vehicle VE, estimated from the point cloud data acquired from the in-vehicle terminal 2. In Fig. 5(c), the running speed used when acquiring the stable running speed is indicated by a solid line, and the other running speeds are indicated by a dashed line, with respect to the time change of the running speed shown in Fig. 5(a).

[0029] Specifically, the stable driving speed acquisition unit 323 recognizes the driving speed when the vehicle VE traveled on the target road based on the vehicle speed data acquired from the in-vehicle terminal 2 while the vehicle VE was traveling on the target road. Then, the stable driving speed acquisition unit 323 acquires the stable driving speed when the vehicle VE traveled on the target road based on the driving speed that satisfies a predetermined condition among the driving speeds when the vehicle VE traveled on the target road.

[0030] In this embodiment, the above-mentioned predetermined conditions are the following first to third conditions. The first condition is that there is no obstacle (another vehicle) within a predetermined distance threshold Ls (e.g., 100 m) ahead of the vehicle VE. The distance threshold Ls may be set as a uniform value, or may be set to a different value depending on the standard traveling speed of the target road (e.g., the higher the standard traveling speed of the road, the longer the distance threshold Ls). That is, the stable driving speed acquisition unit 323 estimates the inter-vehicle distance (the distance between the vehicle VE and an obstacle (another vehicle) existing in front of the vehicle VE) when the vehicle VE travels on the target road based on the point cloud data acquired from the in-vehicle terminal 2 while the vehicle VE travels on the target road. Then, the stable driving speed acquisition unit 323 extracts a driving speed that satisfies a first condition among the driving speeds when the vehicle VE travels on the target road. The driving speed that satisfies the first condition corresponds to a driving speed when the vehicle VE travels on the target road without there being a preceding vehicle in front of the vehicle VE and the vehicle VE travels according to the will of the driver of the vehicle VE. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the driving performed according to the will of the driver of the vehicle VE without there being a preceding vehicle in front of the vehicle VE is described as "free driving".

[0031] The second condition is that the traveling speed of the vehicle VE is equal to or greater than the speed threshold value Vs (at least, the vehicle is not in a stopped state). The third condition is that a state in which the deviation of the traveling speed of the vehicle VE is within a predetermined value continues for a predetermined time or more. More specifically, in this embodiment, the third condition is that a state in which the deviation of the traveling speed of the vehicle VE from the moving average for the most recent unit time (e.g., 3 seconds) is within a predetermined value (e.g., ±1 km / h) continues for a predetermined time or more (e.g., 5 seconds).

[0032] In the example shown in Fig. 5, the travel speed in the first and second periods T1 and T2 is the travel speed when the vehicle VE is traveling with an obstacle present within the distance threshold Ls ahead of the vehicle VE. That is, the travel speed in the first and second periods T1 and T2 does not satisfy the first condition. For this reason, the stable travel speed acquisition unit 323 excludes the travel speed in the first and second periods T1 and T2 from the travel speeds to be acquired as the stable travel speed among the travel speeds in the entire period T0 in which the vehicle VE traveled on the target road. 5, the traveling speed in the third and fourth periods T3 and T4 is less than the speed threshold value Vs. That is, the traveling speed in the third and fourth periods T3 and T4 does not satisfy the second condition. Therefore, the stable traveling speed acquisition unit 323 excludes the traveling speed in the third and fourth periods T3 and T4 from the traveling speeds to be acquired as the stable traveling speed among the traveling speeds in the entire period T0 in which the vehicle VE traveled on the target road.

[0033] 5, the traveling speed in the seventh and eighth periods T7 and T8 of the fifth and sixth periods T5 and T6, which are obtained by excluding the first to fourth periods T1 to T4 from the entire period T0 during which the vehicle VE traveled on the target road, satisfies the third condition. Therefore, the stable traveling speed acquisition unit 323 acquires the stable traveling speed Vr1 when the vehicle VE traveled on the target road by the following formula (1) using the traveling speed in the seventh and eighth periods T7 and T8. [Number 1] Vr1=((V7×T7)+(V8×T8)) / (T7+T8) ···(1) In the formula (1), V7 is the average value of the running speed in the period T7, and V8 is the average value of the running speed in the period T8. As described above, the stable running speed Vr1 is a running speed during free running that satisfies the second and third conditions. Therefore, it can be considered that the driver of the vehicle VE tends to run on a road with a standard running speed V0 at a running speed of Vr1 (stable running speed).

[0034] After step S1D, the stable driving speed acquisition unit 323 associates the stable driving speed when traveling on the target road acquired in step S1D with the standard driving speed for the target road acquired in step S1B and the terminal ID acquired from the vehicle-mounted terminal 2, and stores it in the safe driving level DB 332 (step S1E). After that, the control unit 32 returns to step S1B.

[0035] FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of data stored in the safe driving level DB 332. As shown in FIG. The safe driving level DB 332 stores data in which a standard driving speed, a safe driving speed, and a safe driving level are associated with each terminal ID. Specifically, in the example shown in FIG. 6, a set of "speed #11A" which is a standard driving speed and "speed #11B" which is a stable driving speed, a set of "speed #12A" which is a standard driving speed and "speed #12B" which is a stable driving speed, and "safe driving level #1" which is a safe driving level evaluated in step S2E described later are associated with the terminal ID "ID #1". Here, the set of "speed #11A" which is a standard driving speed and "speed #11B" which is a stable driving speed is data stored in the safe driving level DB332 in step S5 in the first loop of steps S2 to S5. On the other hand, the set of "speed #12A" which is a standard driving speed and "speed #12B" which is a stable driving speed is data stored in the safe driving level DB332 in step S5 in the second loop of steps S2 to S5. That is, the safe driving level DB 332 stores a pair of the standard driving speed and the stable driving speed for each road on which the vehicle VE has traveled. In the example shown in Figure 6, the terminal ID, standard driving speed, safe driving speed, and safe driving level are expressed by abstract codes such as "ID #1," "Speed ​​#11A," "Speed ​​#11B," and "Safe driving level #1," respectively; however, in reality, numerical values, character strings, etc. will be stored.

[0036] [Second Operation] FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the second operation. The safe driving level evaluation device 3 (safe driving level evaluation unit 324) executes the second operation described below periodically, for example, once a day or once a month. First, the safe driving level evaluation unit 324 selects the terminal ID of the in-vehicle terminal 2 mounted on the vehicle VE to be evaluated for the safe driving level (step S2A). After step S2A, the safe driving level evaluation unit 324 reads out each pair of standard driving speeds and stable driving speeds associated with the terminal ID to be evaluated selected in step S2A from the data stored in the safe driving level DB 332 (step S2B).

[0037] After step S2B, the safe driving level evaluation unit 324 obtains the difference (the difference obtained by subtracting the stable driving speed from the standard driving speed) for each pair of the standard driving speed and the stable driving speed read out in step S2B (step S2C). In the example shown in Fig. 6, when "ID #11" is selected as the terminal ID to be evaluated in step S2A, the difference obtained by subtracting the speed #11B from the speed #11A and the difference obtained by subtracting the speed #12B from the speed #12A are obtained in step S2C.

[0038] After step S2C, the safe driving level evaluation unit 324 multiplies each difference acquired in step S2C by a weighting factor that increases as the standard driving speed used to acquire the difference decreases (step S2D). For example, the safe driving level evaluation unit 324 multiplies the difference corresponding to a standard driving speed of 30 km / h by weighting factor C1, the difference corresponding to a standard driving speed of 60 km / h by weighting factor C2, and the difference corresponding to a standard driving speed of 100 km / h by weighting factor C3. The weighting factors C1 to C3 have a relationship of C1>C2>C3.

[0039] After step S2D, the safe driving level evaluation unit 324 obtains statistics based on the differences multiplied by the weighting coefficients in step S2D (step S2E). Examples of the statistics include the average value, the mode, or the median value of the differences.

[0040] After step S2E, the safe driving level evaluation unit 324 evaluates the safe driving level of the terminal ID to be evaluated based on the statistics acquired in step S2E (step S2F: safe driving level evaluation step). Here, the statistics acquired in step S2E reflect the potential tendency of the driver of the vehicle VE with respect to the driving speed. For example, the greater the negative value of the statistics, the greater the tendency to drive too fast. In this case, the safe driving degree evaluation unit 324 evaluates the safe driving degree to be low. Also, when the statistics is a positive value, there is no tendency to drive too fast. In this case, the safe driving degree evaluation unit 324 evaluates the safe driving degree to be high. However, when the statistics is extremely positive, there is a risk of being rear-ended by a following vehicle. In this case, the safe driving degree evaluation unit 324 evaluates the safe driving degree to be low. In addition, the degree of safe driving may be evaluated comprehensively by taking into account not only the statistics obtained in step S2E but also the frequency of occurrence of sudden acceleration / deceleration, speeding exceeding the legal limit, etc. detected based on the acceleration data and vehicle speed data obtained from the in-vehicle terminal 2.

[0041] After step S2F, the safe driving level evaluation unit 324 stores the safe driving level evaluated in step S2F in the safe driving level DB 332 in association with the terminal ID selected as the evaluation target (step S2G). The safe driving level may be transmitted to the in-vehicle terminal 2 of the corresponding terminal ID via the communication unit 31 and notified to the driver of the vehicle VE in which the in-vehicle terminal 2 is mounted. The safe driving level may also be used as a criterion for calculating automobile insurance premiums.

[0042] After step S2G, the safe driving level assessment unit 324 determines whether steps S2A to S2G have been performed for all terminal IDs stored in the safe driving level DB 332 (step S2H). If it is determined that steps S2A to S2G have not been performed for all terminal IDs, the control unit 32 returns to step S2A. On the other hand, if it is determined that steps S2A to S2G have been performed for all terminal IDs, the control unit 32 ends the second operation.

[0043] According to the present embodiment described above, the following effects are achieved. The safe driving level evaluation device 3 according to this embodiment acquires a standard driving speed set for a road, and acquires a stable driving speed of the vehicle VE based on the driving speed during free driving among the driving speeds at which the vehicle VE travels on the road.The safe driving level evaluation device 3 then evaluates the safe driving level of the vehicle VE based on the difference between the standard driving speed and the stable driving speed.In other words, the safe driving level evaluation device 3 evaluates the safe driving level taking into consideration obstacles such as other vehicles present around the vehicle VE. Therefore, according to the safe driving evaluation device 3 of this embodiment, it is possible to appropriately evaluate the safe driving degree by excluding speeding exceeding the legal speed limit, which is unintentionally caused for the purpose of avoiding danger, etc. due to the influence of other vehicles, etc. traveling around the vehicle VE.

[0044] Furthermore, the safe driving degree evaluation device 3 acquires a stable driving speed based on the driving speed when the vehicle VE is traveling on a road during free driving and when the deviation of the driving speed is within a predetermined value and continues for a predetermined period of time or more. Therefore, it is possible to acquire a highly reliable stable driving speed when evaluating the safe driving degree, excluding the driving speed during acceleration and deceleration.

[0045] Incidentally, for example, it is considered that there is a difference in the risk of an accident occurring between driving 20 km / h over a road with a standard driving speed of 100 km / h (stable driving speed: 120 km / h) and driving 20 km / h over a road with a standard driving speed of 30 km / h (stable driving speed: 50 km / h).In other words, rather than evaluating the degree of safe driving as the same value for the difference between the standard driving speed of 100 km / h and the stable driving speed of 120 km / h and the difference between the standard driving speed of 30 km / h and the stable driving speed of 50 km / h, it is possible to appropriately evaluate the degree of safe driving by converting the latter difference to a value larger than the former difference. Therefore, the safe driving degree evaluation device 3 according to the present embodiment multiplies each difference between the corresponding standard driving speed and stable driving speed by a weighting coefficient that is larger the lower the standard driving speed is, and evaluates the safe driving degree of the vehicle VE based on each difference multiplied by the weighting coefficient. This makes it possible to more appropriately evaluate the safe driving degree.

[0046] (Other embodiments) Although the embodiments for carrying out the present invention have been described above, the present invention should not be limited to the above-described embodiments. In the above-described embodiment, all of the components of the safe driving level evaluation device 3 may be provided in the in-vehicle terminal 2. In this case, the in-vehicle terminal 2 corresponds to the safe driving level evaluation device according to this embodiment. Also, some of the functions of the control unit 32 in the safe driving level evaluation device 3 may be provided in the in-vehicle terminal 2. In this case, the entire safe driving level evaluation system 1 corresponds to the safe driving level evaluation device according to this embodiment.

[0047] In the above-described embodiment, the standard traveling speed set for a road may be configured to change depending on the traffic conditions of the road, the weather at the location of the road, etc. Also, a statistical value (e.g., average value, mode value, median value, etc.) of each stable traveling speed when a plurality of vehicles travel on the road may be set as the standard traveling speed for the road.

[0048] In the above embodiment, the first condition for acquiring the stable traveling speed is that no obstacle exists within a predetermined distance threshold Ls in front of the vehicle VE, but the present invention is not limited to this. As the first condition, any other condition may be adopted as long as no obstacle exists within a predetermined distance threshold Ls around the vehicle VE (at least one of the front, rear, and sides of the vehicle VE).

[0049] In the above-described embodiment, the third condition for acquiring the stable running speed is that the deviation of the running speed of the vehicle VE in the most recent unit time from the moving average is within a predetermined value and continues for a predetermined time or more, but the present invention is not limited to this. As the third condition, if the deviation of the running speed of the vehicle VE is within a predetermined value and continues for a predetermined time or more, the deviation from the immediately preceding running speed may be used instead of the deviation from the moving average.

[0050] In the above-described embodiment, the predetermined condition for acquiring the stable running speed may be configured to be the first condition only. That is, the second and third conditions may be omitted. For example, the stable running speed acquisition unit 323 acquires, among the running speeds when the vehicle VE travels on the target road, an average value of the running speeds that satisfy the first condition as the stable running speed when the vehicle VE travels on the target road.

[0051] In the safe driving level evaluation method according to the embodiment described above, step S2D may be omitted, i.e., step S2D may not be executed, and statistics based on the differences acquired in step S2C may be acquired in step S2E. [Explanation of symbols]

[0052] 3. Safe driving evaluation device 322 Standard driving speed acquisition unit 323 Stable running speed acquisition unit 324 Safe Driving Assessment Department

Claims

1. a standard driving speed acquisition unit that acquires a standard driving speed set for a road; a stable running speed acquisition unit that acquires a stable running speed of the vehicle based on a running speed when the vehicle runs on the road in a state where no obstacles are present within a predetermined range around the vehicle; a safe driving degree evaluation unit that evaluates a safe driving degree of the vehicle based on a difference between the standard driving speed and the stable driving speed, the stable traveling speed acquisition unit acquires the stable traveling speed for each of the standard traveling speeds based on a traveling speed when the vehicle travels on each of the plurality of roads having different standard traveling speeds; The safe driving degree evaluation unit evaluates the standard driving speed corresponding to each difference and the stable driving speed corresponding to each difference as a lower safe driving degree when the differences are equal to each other. A safe driving evaluation device comprising:

2. The stable running speed acquisition unit is A stable traveling speed of the vehicle is acquired based on the traveling speed when the vehicle travels on the road in a state where no obstacles exist within a predetermined range around the vehicle and the deviation of the traveling speed from a moving average is within a predetermined value for a predetermined period of time or more.

2. The safe driving evaluation device according to claim 1 .

3. A safe driving evaluation method executed by a safe driving evaluation device, comprising: A standard driving speed acquisition step for acquiring a standard driving speed set for a road; a stable running speed acquisition step of acquiring a stable running speed of the vehicle based on a running speed when the vehicle runs on the road in a state where no obstacles are present within a predetermined range around the vehicle; a safe driving degree evaluation step of evaluating a safe driving degree of the vehicle based on a difference between the standard driving speed and the stable driving speed, the stable traveling speed acquisition step includes acquiring the stable traveling speed for each of the standard traveling speeds based on a traveling speed when the vehicle travels on each of the plurality of roads having different standard traveling speeds; In the safe driving degree evaluation step, when the differences between the corresponding standard driving speeds and the stable driving speeds are equal to each other, the standard driving speed corresponding to the differences is evaluated as a lower safe driving degree. A method for evaluating a safe driving level, comprising:

4. A standard driving speed acquisition step for acquiring a standard driving speed set for a road; a stable running speed acquisition step of acquiring a stable running speed of the vehicle based on a running speed when the vehicle runs on the road in a state where no obstacles are present within a predetermined range around the vehicle; a safe driving degree evaluation step of evaluating a safe driving degree of the vehicle based on a difference between the standard driving speed and the stable driving speed; A safe driving evaluation program for causing a computer to execute the above, the stable traveling speed acquisition step includes acquiring the stable traveling speed for each of the standard traveling speeds based on a traveling speed when the vehicle travels on each of the plurality of roads having different standard traveling speeds; In the safe driving degree evaluation step, when the differences between the corresponding standard driving speeds and the stable driving speeds are equal to each other, the standard driving speed corresponding to the differences is evaluated as a lower safe driving degree. Safe driving assessment program.

5. A standard driving speed acquisition step for acquiring a standard driving speed set for a road; a stable running speed acquisition step of acquiring a stable running speed of the vehicle based on a running speed when the vehicle runs on the road in a state where no obstacles are present within a predetermined range around the vehicle; a safe driving degree evaluation step of evaluating a safe driving degree of the vehicle based on a difference between the standard driving speed and the stable driving speed, the stable traveling speed acquisition step includes acquiring the stable traveling speed for each of the standard traveling speeds based on a traveling speed when the vehicle travels on each of the plurality of roads having different standard traveling speeds; In the safe driving degree evaluation step, when the differences between the corresponding standard driving speeds and the stable driving speeds are equal to each other, the standard driving speed corresponding to the differences is evaluated as a lower safe driving degree. A storage medium comprising:

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