Special 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 special purpose vehicles, and in particular to prevention of erroneous connection. [Background technology]

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

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2020-127192 A 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 to which a connection is desired is read, a wrong connection occurs.

[0005] SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE An object of the present invention is to provide a special purpose vehicle operating status management system that can solve the above problems and more reliably prevent erroneous connection. [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, and B) comprises a special purpose vehicle management server, a user-specific purchase data server, and a user-side administrator terminal device, and C) the special purpose vehicle management server includes a user-specific registered vehicle data storage means that stores the correspondence between user-specific data that identifies a user and vehicle-specific data that identifies the vehicle to be managed, and stores special purpose vehicle operating status data that indicates the operating status of each special purpose vehicle in correspondence with the vehicle-specific data. Special vehicle operation status data storage D) the user-specific purchasing data server has a user-specific purchased vehicle data storage means for storing vehicle-specific data of special purpose vehicles purchased by each user, and E) the special purpose vehicle management server has e1) a judgment means for, when user-specific data of the user to be registered and vehicle-specific data of 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 of 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 when the add-on request data exists in the user-specific purchased vehicle data of the user identified by the user-specific data.

[0007] In this way, at the time of registration, by determining whether or not the special purpose 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 for the special purpose vehicle actually purchased by the user can be stored.

[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) a short-distance wireless transmission / reception means for connecting to the special-purpose vehicle vehicle-side control device by short-distance wireless communication; f2) acquiring the special-purpose vehicle operating status data and transmitting the data to the special-purpose vehicle management server; Special vehicle operation status data storagef3) a connection management means for setting a special-purpose vehicle vehicle control device that is not registered in the special-purpose vehicle management server as a special-purpose vehicle vehicle control device of the user of the user terminal device, among the one or more special-purpose vehicle vehicle control devices to which the short-range wireless transmission / reception means can be connected, to an unavailable state. Therefore, it is possible to prevent erroneous connection to a special-purpose vehicle managed by another user.

[0009] (3) In the special purpose vehicle operating status management system according to the present invention, the connection management means sets the connection impossible state by prohibiting 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 a user of the user terminal device. Therefore, erroneous connection to a special purpose vehicle managed by another user can be prevented.

[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 specific data of the user, the connection management means makes the special purpose vehicle vehicle side control device that is not registered in the special purpose vehicle management server in the unconnectable state by excluding it from the display candidates. Therefore, it is possible to prevent erroneous connection to special purpose vehicles managed by other users.

[0011] (5) In the special purpose vehicle operation 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 special purpose vehicle management server determine whether the special purpose vehicle control device is registered in the special purpose vehicle management server as the special purpose vehicle control device for the user.

[0012] Therefore, erroneous connection with a specially equipped vehicle managed by another user can be prevented.

[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 referencing the user-registered vehicle data storage means of the special purpose vehicle management server when acquiring the special purpose vehicle operating status data from the special purpose vehicle vehicle-side control device, and displaying on the display means in a distinguishable manner whether the data matches the user-specific data of the user who uses the user terminal device. By displaying the distinguishing display in this manner, it is possible to 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 when 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 display is differentiated, 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 the special purpose vehicle operating status data of the special purpose vehicle management server, and the user terminal device has a connection management means that connects to the special purpose vehicle vehicle-side control device when the user-specific data of the user of the user terminal device exists in the user-specific registered vehicle data storage means of the special purpose vehicle management server only for one special purpose vehicle when acquiring the special purpose vehicle operating status data from the special purpose vehicle vehicle-side control device. Therefore, when there is only one wirelessly connectable special purpose vehicle managed by the user, the connection is automatically established.

[0016] The correspondence between the functional blocks used in the claims and each unit in the embodiment will be described 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 description of the drawings]

[0018] [Figure 1] FIG. 2 is an overall side view, with a portion cut away, of a refuse collection vehicle V used in the special vehicle operating status management system 1. [Diagram 2] 2 is a schematic diagram for explaining the control relationships of each part in a refuse collection vehicle V. FIG. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the special purpose vehicle operating status management system 1. [Figure 4] 2 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of a specially equipped vehicle management server 100. FIG. [Diagram 5] 1 is a diagram showing an example of a data table of user-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] 11 is a diagram showing an example of a specially equipped vehicle operating status 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] 13 is a flowchart showing a registration process. [Figure 9] 13 is a flowchart showing a process when a connection is made. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0019] Hereinafter, an embodiment 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 dust collection vehicle V shown in Fig. 1 is composed of a base vehicle Vb and a mounting K for dust collection work mounted on the vehicle body F after the assembly of the base vehicle Vb is completed. A vehicle-side control device UV is provided on the base vehicle Vb, and a mounting-side control device UK is provided on the mounting K, respectively.

[0022] As shown in Fig. 2, the vehicle body F of the base vehicle Vb is equipped with an engine E, a battery B, an electric motor M, a power selection extraction 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 with the power from the battery B. The power selection extraction mechanism PS can selectively extract the power of the engine E or the electric motor M from the wheel drive system D as 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 addition, although the vehicle-side control device UV is actually connected to the engine E, the electric motor M, and the battery B by a plurality of power lines and / or signal lines respectively, their connections are shown schematically in Fig. 2.

[0025] The output side of the power take-off device PTO is interlocked and connected to a hydraulic pump P which is a part of the mounting K. Also, the power take-off device PTO is connected to the vehicle-side control device UV, and in response to an operation input to a power take-off switch P-SW also connected to the vehicle-side control device UV, it selectively switches and transmits the output of the transmission 10 (see Fig. 1) to the wheel W side and the hydraulic pump P side. Specifically, when the power take-off switch P-SW is in the off state, the output of the transmission 10 is transmitted to the wheel W side and used for running drive. 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 side and used for pump drive.

[0026] The mounting K has a box-shaped trash collection box 1 with an open rear end as its base body (mounted body), and this trash collection box 1 is mounted and fixed on the vehicle body F of the base vehicle Vb as a retrofit. A trash drop box 3 is connected to the rear end of the trash collection box 1. The trash drop box 3 has a trash drop opening 3a at its rear end for dropping trash into the trash collection box 1. An opening / closing door 3t opens and closes the trash drop opening 3a.

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

[0028] The structure of the garbage loading device 2 is a conventionally known compression plate type, and includes 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 input box 3 so that it can be raised and lowered at a position facing the rear end opening 1a of the garbage storage box 1. The second cylinder A2 forcibly raises and lowers the lifting body 4. The compression plate 5 extends across the entire width of the garbage input box 3 within the second cylinder A2 for raising and lowering the lifting body, and is journaled 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 operation 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 operation panel CR is provided with operation switches CR-SW1-3, a first power source selection switch M-SW1, and notification lamps L1-L5. The operation switches CR-SW1-3 select and operate the operation 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 drive state driven by the engine E to a motor drive state driven by the electric motor M.

[0030] As shown in Fig. 1, a cabin control device UF having an operation 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 operation panel CF.

[0031] The operation panel CF is provided with operation switches CF-SW1-3, a second power source selection switch M-SW2, and notification lamps L1-L5. The operation switches CF-SW1-3, like the operation switches CR-SW1-3, select and operate the operation modes of the garbage loading device 2 and the garbage discharge device 7. The second power source selection switch M-SW2, like the first power source selection switch M-SW2, outputs a motor selection signal when turned on.

[0032] As shown in Fig. 1, a camera 53 is provided on the top of the garbage dump box 3. Images from the camera 53 are analyzed by an image processor 51 provided in the control unit box UKB. The image processor 51 is connected to the equipment side control device UK, and outputs an emergency stop signal to the equipment side control device UK when the image analysis determines that a dangerous state exists. In other words, the state is the same as when the operation switch CR-SW3 is pressed.

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

[0034] 2. Overview of the special purpose vehicle operation status management system1 The special purpose vehicle operation status management system 1 is a system that acquires special purpose vehicle operation status data, which is the operating status of a garbage loading device 2 mounted on a garbage collection vehicle V, and manages the operating status of the garbage collection vehicle, and is equipped with a special purpose 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 purpose vehicles 180a-n.

[0035] The specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device 201 of the specially equipped vehicle 180a has a short-distance wireless transmission / reception means 161, an operation data storage means 203, a specially equipped vehicle identification data storage means 209, and a control means 207. The short-distance wireless transmission / reception means 161 is connected to the short-distance wireless transmission / reception means 203 of the specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device 201 by short-distance 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 an identifier of the specially equipped vehicle. The control means 207 manages the operation data stored in the operation data storage means 203 when it is transmitted by the short-distance 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 specially equipped vehicle management server 100 is a server for the user-side administrator terminal device 120 and the user portable device 160 to manage the operating status of the specially equipped vehicles managed by each user, and includes a user-specific registered vehicle data storage means 101, Special vehicle operation status data storage The system includes a means 103, a determining 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 to be managed. Special vehicle operation status data storage The means 103 stores specially equipped vehicle operating status data indicating the operating status of each specially equipped vehicle in association with the vehicle identification data.

[0039] When the determination means 105 receives user specific data for the user to be registered and vehicle specific data for the vehicle to be registered as addend request data from the user side administrator terminal device 120, the determination means 105 determines whether or not the user specific data specified by the addend request data is included in the user specific purchased vehicle data stored in the user specific purchased vehicle server 140. When the addend request data is registered as the user specific purchased vehicle data for the user specified by the user specific data, the registration management means 107 makes the vehicle available for registration in the user specific registered vehicle data storage means 101 as a registered vehicle for that user.

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

[0041] The short-distance wireless transmission / reception means 161 is connected to the special-purpose vehicle side control device 201 by short-distance wireless communication. The writing means 163 acquires the special-purpose vehicle operating status data from the special-purpose vehicle side control device 201 and writes it to the special-purpose vehicle management server 100. Special vehicle operation status data storage The connection management means 163 has a match determination means for determining whether the user identification data of the user terminal device exists in the user-specific registered vehicle data storage means 101 of the special-purpose vehicle management server 100. As a result, among one or more special-purpose vehicle vehicle control devices 201 to which the short-range wireless transmission / reception means 161 can be connected, 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 of the user of the user terminal device are excluded from display candidates. The display means 166 displays the special-purpose vehicle vehicle control devices 201 excluded from display candidates among one or more special-purpose vehicle vehicle control devices 201 to which the short-range wireless transmission / reception means 161 can be connected. When a selection command to select one of the special-purpose vehicle vehicle control devices is given by the user, the connection management means 163 connects to the special-purpose vehicle vehicle control device.

[0042] The above processing makes it impossible to connect to special purpose vehicle vehicle control devices that are not registered as managed by the user in the special purpose vehicle management server 100, so there is no risk of mistakenly connecting to special purpose 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 corresponding data, and Special vehicle operation status data Remember 26d.

[0046] The data structure of the user-specific registered vehicle data 26c is shown in Fig. 5C. The user-specific registered vehicle data 26c stores the serial numbers of special-purpose vehicles managed by the user in association with each service user ID. The data structure of the service user ID data is shown in Fig. 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 special-purpose vehicle management server. These correspondences are stored in the special-purpose vehicle management server 100.

[0048] Special vehicle operation status data The data structure of 26d is shown in Figure 6. Special vehicle operation status data 26d stores the registration number, model, date of the latest data registration, cumulative charging times, cumulative TG increase times, PTO operation time, vehicle inspection registration date, chassis type, chassis No., vehicle No., driver's name, and next vehicle inspection date in association with the manufacturing number. In this case, the cumulative charging times, cumulative TG increase times, and PTO operation time are operation data provided from the special equipment vehicle side control device 201 (see FIG. 3) via the user portable device 160. The latest data registration time is provided from the user portable device, and the rest is provided from the user-specific purchase data server 140.

[0049] Specifically, the operation data is stored in the special equipment vehicle management server 100 in the following procedure.

[0050] The special equipment vehicle side control device 201 described later is wirelessly connected to the user portable device 160. When a command to acquire operation data is given from the user terminal device 160, the special equipment vehicle side control device 201 transmits the operation data stored in the 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 such operation data to the special equipment vehicle management server 100.

[0051] In this embodiment, Windows 10 (registered trademark or trademark) is adopted as the operating system program (OS) 26o, but it is not limited thereto.

[0052] Each of the above programs is read from a CD-ROM 25a storing the program via an optical drive 25 and installed on the hard disk 26. In addition to the CD-ROM, programs such as a flexible disk (FD) and an IC card may be installed on the hard disk from a computer-readable recording medium. Further, it may be downloaded using a communication line.

[0053] In this embodiment, the program is installed from the CD-ROM onto the hard disk 26, thereby causing the computer to indirectly execute the program stored on the CD-ROM. However, without being limited to this, the program stored on the CD-ROM may be executed directly from the optical drive 25. Programs executable by a computer include not only those that can be executed directly simply by 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 a typical smartphone configuration, and includes a CPU 123, a memory 127, a flash memory 126, a display unit 130, a wireless communication unit 128, an operation unit 127, an audio input / output unit 124, a position information detection unit 122, a short-range wireless communication unit 121, and a bus line 129. The position information detection unit 122 is a module that detects position information by GNNS (Global Navigation Satellite System). The short-range wireless communication unit 121 performs communication 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 adopted as the short-distance 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 that the main program processes the vehicle. 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 process for vehicle data for each user The registration process of vehicle data by user will be described with reference to Fig. 8. In the following, a case will be described in which a user with a service user ID 1001 in Fig. 5C adds a special-purpose vehicle having a special-purpose vehicle-side control device with a serial number "10R011001M" on the user-side administrator terminal device 120.

[0063] When an 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 special purpose 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 causes a new registration screen including a vehicle registration button (not shown) along with a dialogue box for inputting the serial number to be displayed (FIG. 8, step S1). This process is common, so a detailed explanation will be omitted.

[0064] The operator inputs 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 when the button is selected, transmits an addition request including the input 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 there is such an addition request (step S11), and when there is such an addition request, reads out user-specific purchased vehicle data (see FIG. 5A) from the user-specific purchase data server 140 (see FIG. 3) (FIG. 8, step 12), and determines whether the input serial number is included in the serial number purchased by the user (step S13).

[0065] In this case, since the input serial number "10R011001M" is included (matches) with the serial number of the specially equipped vehicle purchased by the service user ID 1001, the CPU 23 of the specially equipped vehicle management server 100 adds the specially equipped vehicle with the serial number "10R011001M" to the user-specific 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 the 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, with reference to FIG. 9, the connection process between the user portable device 160 and the special vehicle having the special vehicle vehicle side control device "10R011001M" will be described. Hereinafter, the case where the user with the service user ID 1001 in FIG. 5D connects to a special vehicle having a special vehicle vehicle side control device with the newly registered serial number "10R011001M" using the user portable device 160 will be described.

[0069] When the operator of the user portable device 160 logs in with the service user ID 1001, the initial screen is transmitted from the special vehicle management server 100 and displayed on the display unit 130 (see FIG. 7) of the user portable device 160. The operator selects vehicle connection on the initial screen (not shown). As a result, the CPU 123 of the user portable device 160 determines that there is a connection request (step S21 in FIG. 9) and acquires a list of Bluetooth connections (step S23). Since the list display process of Bluetooth connections is the same as the process in normal Bluetooth connections, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

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

[0071] The CPU 23 of the special vehicle management server 100 determines whether there is such a connection request (step S41). If there is such a connection request, it reads out the user-specific registered vehicle data from the user-specific registered vehicle data storage unit 26c (step S43).

[0072] The CPU 23 sets the connection in which the serial number matches the read user-specific registered vehicle data among the connection candidates as the connection candidate vehicle list (step S48). In this case, since the serial number "10R011001M" exists in the user-specific registered vehicle data, the connection candidate vehicle list is the serial number "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 a result (step S49).

[0074] The CPU 123 of the user portable device 160 judges 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 special purpose vehicle from the displayed connection destination candidates. In this case, the special purpose vehicle with the serial number "10R011001M" is selected. When a selection is made, the CPU 123 performs a connection process (step S33).

[0076] Thus, 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 or the like. 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, a registration request may be made to an operator who performs the registration process of the specially equipped vehicle management server 100, causing the operator to register the vehicle. 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 additional request data 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 as to whether or not the special purpose vehicle identification data of the special purpose vehicle with which short-range wireless communication has been established exists in the user-registered vehicle data storage means 101. However, such a judgment may be made by the user terminal device 160. In this case, the connection management means 163 may be provided with a match judgment means for reading 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 judging whether or not the candidate received by the short-range wireless transmission / reception means 161 exists in the read out data.

[0082] In the above embodiment, when the connection management means 163 acquires the special vehicle operation status data from the special vehicle vehicle control device 201, the connection management means 163 refers to the user-registered vehicle data storage means 130 of the special vehicle management server 100, and does not display the special vehicle vehicle control device that does not match the user identification data of the user who uses the user terminal device. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a differentiation display control means may be provided in the connection management means 163 to display the matching and non-matching control devices on the display means 166 in a distinguishable manner. This prevents the control device from being displayed as a connection candidate in the first place, thereby preventing erroneous connection. Furthermore, even if the operator selects a special vehicle vehicle control device displayed as not being a connection target, the control device may not be connected and an alert may be issued saying "Cannot connect."

[0083] Also, when 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] Moreover, 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 a control target device, from a special vehicle vehicle-side control device that controls a control target device mounted on a special vehicle, and manages the operation status of the special vehicle, B) A special vehicle management server, a user-specific purchase data server, and a user-side administrator terminal device; C) The special purpose vehicle management server stores 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 stores special purpose vehicle operation status data indicating the operation status of each special purpose vehicle in correspondence with the vehicle identification data. Special vehicle operation status data storage having means for 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 to the specially equipped vehicle vehicle-side control device by wireless communication; f2) Acquire the special purpose vehicle operation status data and Special vehicle operation status data storage a writing means for writing to the means; 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 a user of the user terminal device, among one or more special-purpose vehicle-side control devices to which the short-range wireless transmission / reception means can be connected, to a connection unavailable state; A special purpose vehicle operation status management system that features: [Explanation of symbols]

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

Claims

1. A special vehicle operation status management system that acquires special vehicle operation status data, which is the operation status of a control target device mounted on a special vehicle, from a special vehicle vehicle-side control device that controls the control target device, and manages the operation status of the special vehicle, B) comprising a special vehicle management server, a user-by-user purchase data server, and a user-side administrator terminal device, C) The special vehicle management server has user-by-user registered vehicle data storage means for storing the correspondence between user identification data for identifying a user and vehicle identification data for identifying a vehicle to be managed, and special vehicle operation status data storage means for storing special vehicle operation status data indicating the operation status of each special vehicle in association with the vehicle identification data, D) The user-by-user purchase data server has user-by-user purchased vehicle data storage means for storing vehicle identification data of special vehicles purchased by each user, E) The special vehicle management server, e1) When user identification data as a user to be registered and vehicle identification data as a vehicle to be registered are given as additional request data from the user-side administrator terminal device, determination means for determining whether or not the additional request data exists in the user-by-user purchased vehicle data of the user specified by the user identification data, e2) When the additional request data exists in the user-by-user purchased vehicle data of the user specified by the user identification data, registration management means for setting registration to the user-by-user registered vehicle data storage means as the registered vehicle of the user to a registrable state, having, A special vehicle operation status management system characterized by the above.

2. In the special vehicle operation status management system according to Claim 1, further, F) comprising a user terminal device having the following f1) to f3), f1) short-range wireless transmission / reception means for connecting to the special vehicle vehicle-side control device by wireless communication, f2) writing means for acquiring the special vehicle operation status data and writing it to the special vehicle operation status data storage means of the special vehicle management server, f3) connection management means for setting a non-connectable state for a special vehicle vehicle-side control device that is not registered as the special vehicle vehicle-side control device of the user of the user terminal device in the special vehicle management server among one or more special vehicle vehicle-side control devices connectable by the short-range wireless transmission / reception means, A special vehicle operation status management system characterized by the above.

3. In the special vehicle operation status management system according to Claim 2, the connection management means sets the connection impossible state by prohibiting connection to 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 that features:

4. In the special purpose vehicle operation status management system according to claim 2, the connection management means refers to the user-specific registered vehicle data storage means of the special-purpose vehicle management server, and if the user terminal device does not match the user specific data of the user, excludes the special-purpose vehicle vehicle-side control device that is not registered in the special-purpose vehicle management server from display candidates, thereby making the special-purpose vehicle vehicle-side control device that is not registered in the special-purpose vehicle management server in the connection impossible state; A special purpose vehicle operation status management system that features:

5. In the special purpose vehicle operation status management system according to 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-enabled special-purpose vehicle control devices to the special-purpose vehicle management server and requesting the server to determine whether the list is a special-purpose vehicle control device registered in the special-purpose vehicle management server as the special-purpose vehicle control device of the user; A special purpose vehicle operation status management system that features:

6. In the special purpose vehicle operation status management system according to claim 2, The user terminal device has a differentiation display means for displaying on a display means whether the specially equipped vehicle operation status data matches the user specific data of the user using the user terminal device, when the specially equipped vehicle operation status data is acquired from the specially equipped vehicle vehicle side control device, by referring to the user-specific registered vehicle data storage means of the specially equipped vehicle management server; A special purpose vehicle operation status management system that features:

7. In the special purpose vehicle operation status management system according to claim 6, the connection management means connects to the special-purpose vehicle vehicle control device when the special-purpose vehicle vehicle control device displayed as a connection destination by a user of the user terminal device matches user identification data of a user who uses the user terminal device; A special purpose vehicle operation status management system that features:

8. In the special purpose vehicle operation status management system according to claim 1, Further, a user terminal device is provided that is connected to the special purpose vehicle vehicle side control device via wireless communication, acquires the special purpose vehicle operation status data, and writes the data as the special purpose vehicle operation status data of the special purpose vehicle management server. The user terminal device a connection management means for connecting to the special purpose vehicle control device when only one user terminal device's user specific data exists in the user-specific registered vehicle data storage means of the special purpose vehicle management server when the special purpose vehicle operation status data is acquired from the special purpose vehicle control device; A special purpose vehicle operation status management system that features:

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