Vehicle

Abstract

This vehicle comprises: an information provision unit for providing prescribed provision information that can be obtained using the vehicle; an incentive acquisition unit for acquiring an incentive that is granted in response to the provision information having been provided and relates to decoration for the vehicle; and an incentive provision unit for providing the incentive acquired by the incentive acquisition unit.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a vehicle.

Background Art

[0002] Conventionally, a system has been proposed that transmits diagnostic information related to vehicle failures to a center server and assigns an evaluation value to a user based on the transmitted diagnostic information (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0003]

Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] In the above-described system, it is possible to exchange the evaluation value for new clothes, hairstyles, backgrounds, etc. of an avatar in SNS. However, although information obtained from the vehicle is provided, there is no incentive for the vehicle, so there is a risk of reducing the willingness to provide information obtained from the vehicle.

[0005] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to improve the willingness to provide information obtained from a vehicle.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0006] A vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention includes An outside-vehicle display unit that displays an image toward the outside of the vehicle, a sound output unit that outputs sound, and at least including a detection result detected by a sensor provided in the vehicle or information calculated based on the detection result an information providing unit that provides provided information, and an incentive An ornament to be displayed on the outside-vehicle display unit or an effect sound output from the sound output unit acquisition unit that acquires an incentive determined in response to the provided information being provided, and an incentive granting unit that is provided by the incentive acquisition unit. As When the ornament is acquired, display the ornament on the outside-vehicle display unit, and when the effect sound is acquired by the incentive acquisition unit, cause the effect sound to be output from the sound output unit

Effects of the Invention

[0007] According to the present invention, the willingness to provide information obtained by a vehicle can be improved.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Embodiments for Carrying Out the Invention

[0009] <1. First Embodiment> [1.1. Configuration of Incentive Granting System 1] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an incentive granting system 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the incentive granting system 1 includes a vehicle 2 and a server device 3. The vehicle 2 and the server device 3 can be connected via a network 4. The network 4 is assumed to be various types such as, for example, a mobile phone line network, a mobile communication network, a satellite communication network, the Internet, an intranet, an extranet, and the like.

[0010] In the incentive provision system 1, as will be described in detail later, when predetermined provision information obtained by the vehicle 2 is provided from the vehicle 2 to the server device 3, an incentive regarding the decoration of the vehicle 2 is provided from the server device 3 to the vehicle 2 in response to the provision of the provision information. Then, in the vehicle 2, decoration is made according to the provided incentive.

[0011] [1.2. Configuration of Vehicle 2] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the vehicle 2. The vehicle 2 is an automobile including, for example, one or both of an engine and a motor as a power source.

[0012] As shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle 2 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, an input unit 13, a display unit 14, an audio output unit 15, a sensor unit 16, an external environment recognition unit 17, an internal environment recognition unit 18, an in-vehicle fault diagnosis device 19, a navigation device 20, a driver monitoring system 21, and a communication unit 22.

[0013] In the vehicle 2, the control unit 11, the storage unit 12, the input unit 13, the display unit 14, the audio output unit 15, the sensor unit 16, the external environment recognition unit 17, the internal environment recognition unit 18, the in-vehicle fault diagnosis device 19, the navigation device 20, the driver monitoring system 21, and the communication unit 22 are connected via a bus 23, and exchange of necessary control signals, data, etc. is performed between the respective units.

[0014] The control unit 11 is configured by a computer including a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read only memory), and a RAM (Random Access Memory). The control unit 11 controls the entire vehicle 2 by executing various processes according to a program read by the CPU from the ROM or the storage unit 12 and expanded in the RAM.

[0015] Further, the control unit 11 has functional units as an information providing unit 31, a lifestyle information acquisition unit 32, an incentive acquisition unit 33, and an incentive provision unit 34. Note that these functional units will be described in detail later.

[0016] The storage unit 12 is composed of, for example, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), a flash memory, or the like. A program for realizing the processing of the present embodiment is stored in the storage unit 12. Further, information necessary for the processing of the present embodiment, such as map information, failure diagnosis information, map creation assistance information, and incentive data, is stored in the storage unit 12.

[0017] The input unit 13 is a device capable of user operations such as a touch panel or buttons. When a user operation is detected by the input unit 13, a signal corresponding to the input operation is input to the control unit 11.

[0018] The display unit 14 mainly includes an in-vehicle display unit 14a that displays images for in-vehicle passengers and an out-vehicle display unit 14b that displays images mainly directed outside the vehicle. The in-vehicle display unit 14a is, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), an organic EL (electro-luminescence) display, or the like, and displays various images (screens) based on instructions from the control unit 11. Further, the in-vehicle display unit 14a displays various operation menus, icons, messages, etc., that is, displays as a GUI (Graphical User Interface) based on instructions from the control unit 11.

[0019] FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 are diagrams showing an example of the out-vehicle display unit 14b. As an example of the out-vehicle display unit 14b, as shown in FIG. 3, for example, it is an LCD, an organic EL (electro-luminescence) display, or the like provided at the rear end of the vehicle 2, more specifically, at the upper part of the rear bumper. Further, as another example of the out-vehicle display unit 14b, as shown in FIG. 4, it is a projector device provided inside the vehicle, which projects an image, for example, onto the rear side window. In this way, the external display unit 14b mainly displays images outward of the vehicle. The external display unit 14b can display, based on an instruction from the control unit 11, up to, for example, four ornaments 100 which will be described in detail later. Note that the number of ornaments 100 that can be displayed on the external display unit 14b may be any number.

[0020] The audio output unit 15 includes a speaker, an amplifier, etc., and outputs various sounds based on an instruction from the control unit 11. Note that the audio output unit 15 may be able to output sound toward the inside of the vehicle, and may also be able to output, toward the outside of the vehicle, a vehicle approach sound or the like that notifies the outside that the vehicle 2 is approaching.

[0021] The sensor unit 16 comprehensively represents various sensors provided in the vehicle 2. Examples of the sensor unit 16 include a vehicle speed sensor, a wheel speed sensor, an engine speed sensor, an accelerator opening sensor, a brake sensor, a steering angle sensor, a yaw rate sensor, a G sensor, a GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) sensor, etc. Note that these are merely examples, and some of them may not be provided, or other sensors may be provided. The vehicle speed sensor detects the speed of the vehicle 2. The wheel speed sensor detects the rotational speed of the wheels. The engine speed sensor detects the rotational speed of the engine. The accelerator opening sensor detects the accelerator opening from the depression amount of the accelerator pedal. The brake sensor detects the brake operation amount from the depression amount of the brake pedal. The steering angle sensor detects the steering angle of the steering wheel. The yaw rate sensor detects the yaw rate applied to the vehicle 2. The G sensor detects the acceleration acting in the traveling direction, vehicle width direction, and vertical direction of the vehicle 2. The GNSS sensor detects the current position of the vehicle 2 based on signals transmitted from artificial satellites.

[0022] The external environment recognition unit 17 includes a stereo camera that images the front of the vehicle 2 and a computer that performs image processing. Based on the image data obtained by the stereo camera imaging the traveling direction of the vehicle 2, the external environment recognition unit 17 executes predetermined image processing related to the recognition of the external environment by the computer.

[0023] As image processing based on the stereo-captured image data, the external environment recognition unit 17 performs, for example, the following processing. First, the external environment recognition unit 17 generates distance information for each pixel from the displacement amount (parallax) at corresponding positions for a pair of captured images as the image data based on the principle of triangulation. Then, the external environment recognition unit 17 performs a well-known grouping process on the distance information and compares the grouped distance information with three-dimensional road shape data, object data, etc. stored in advance. Thereby, the external environment recognition unit 17 recognizes lane lines, road signs, guardrails along the road, sidewalls such as curbs, objects such as vehicles, stop lines, traffic signals, level crossings, crosswalks, lanes, etc.

[0024] In addition, the external environment recognition unit 17 can recognize surrounding objects based on the image data and also recognize their behaviors. For example, the external environment recognition unit 17 can also recognize the position, speed, acceleration, change in traveling direction, lighting state of the direction indicator, etc. of the preceding vehicle with respect to the vehicle 2. Note that the lighting state of the direction indicator indicates whether the direction indicator is lit, flashing, or extinguished.

[0025] In addition, when a preset object is recognized among the recognized objects, the external environment recognition unit 17 stores the external environment information indicating the recognized object in the storage unit 12.

[0026] The internal environment recognition unit 18 includes a camera that images the interior of the vehicle and a computer that performs image processing. Based on the image data obtained by the camera imaging the interior of the vehicle, the internal environment recognition unit 18 recognizes the objects inside the vehicle by the computer performing predetermined image processing and also recognizes the characteristics (contents) of the objects. For example, the in-vehicle environment recognition unit 18 recognizes people, pets, musical instruments, bicycles, etc. present in the vehicle. In addition, when the in-vehicle environment recognition unit 18 recognizes a person present in the vehicle, it recognizes the gender and age of that person. When the in-vehicle environment recognition unit 18 recognizes a pet, musical instrument, or bicycle present in the vehicle, it recognizes the type of that pet, musical instrument, or bicycle. Note that since the image processing here can be performed using existing technologies, a detailed description is omitted.

[0027] Then, when the in-vehicle environment recognition unit 18 recognizes a preset object, it causes the storage unit 12 to store in-vehicle environment information indicating the recognized object and its characteristics (contents).

[0028] The on-vehicle diagnostic device (OBD: On Board Diagnostics) 19 includes a computer and diagnoses the faults of the vehicle 2 based on the detection results detected by the sensor unit 16. When the on-vehicle diagnostic device 19 discovers a fault, it causes the storage unit 12 to store fault diagnostic information indicating the content of that fault. The fault diagnostic information stored here is information necessary when repairing the vehicle 2 and is also useful information for creating, for example, a database constructed by accumulating fault information for each vehicle type.

[0029] The navigation device 20 includes a computer. The navigation device 20 displays on the in-vehicle display unit 14a a map image including the current position of the vehicle 2 calculated by the GNSS sensor based on the map information stored in the storage unit 12. In addition, when a destination is input via the input unit 13, the navigation device 20 searches for a route to the destination and guides the searched route. Specifically, the navigation device 20 overlays the searched route on the map and displays it on the in-vehicle display unit 14a, or outputs a voice for guiding the searched route from the voice output unit 15. In addition, the navigation device 20 searches the map information for places set as destinations, places on the map visited by the vehicle 2, etc., and stores them in the storage unit 12 as destination information.

[0030] Further, when the current position of the vehicle 2 is not on the road included in the map information, that is, when the vehicle 2 is not traveling on the road, the navigation device 20 causes the storage unit 12 to store, as map creation auxiliary information, the locus of the current position of the vehicle 2 when it is not traveling on the road. The map creation auxiliary information stored here may indicate a road not registered in the map information, that is, a new road, and is useful information for creating a map.

[0031] The driver monitoring system 21 includes a camera that images the driver (user) and a computer that performs image processing. The driver monitoring system 21 is a system that detects the driver's drowsiness, dozing, looking aside, etc. by performing predetermined image processing on the image obtained by the camera imaging, and can also identify the driver. Therefore, when the driver is identified by the driver monitoring system 21, the storage unit 12 stores user identification information for identifying the driver.

[0032] The communication unit 22 performs communication processing via the network 4. The control unit 11 performs various data communications with an external device connected to the network 4, such as the server device 3, via the communication unit 22.

[0033] [1.3. Configuration of Server Device 3] FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of the server device 3. As shown in FIG. 5, the server device 3 is a computer including a CPU 41, a ROM 42, a RAM 43, a storage unit 44, and a communication unit 45.

[0034] In the server device 3, the CPU 41, the ROM 42, the RAM 43, the storage unit 44, and the communication unit 45 are connected via a bus 46, and the necessary control signals, data, etc. are exchanged between the respective units.

[0035] The CPU 41 executes various processes according to a program read from the ROM 42 or the storage unit 44 and expanded in the RAM 43. The RAM 43 also appropriately stores data and the like necessary for the CPU 41 to execute various processes.

[0036] The CPU 41 functions as an information acquisition unit 51, an evaluation unit 52, and an incentive determination unit 53. Details of these will be described later.

[0037] The storage unit 44 is composed of an HDD, a flash memory, or the like. The storage unit 44 stores a program for realizing the processes of the present embodiment. In addition, the storage unit 44 stores the information transmitted from the vehicle 2 and the data of the incentives to be given to the vehicle 2.

[0038] [1.4. Incentive Giving Process] Next, the incentive giving process performed by the incentive giving system 1 will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the incentive giving process in the vehicle 2. FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the incentive giving process in the server device 3.

[0039] When the incentive giving process is started in the vehicle 2, as shown in FIG. 6, the control unit 11 determines whether it is possible to transmit the provided information to the server device 3. Here, in the vehicle 2, for example, the ability to communicate via the communication unit 22 and the fact that the battery of the vehicle 2 is being charged are set as the conditions for transmission, and it is determined here whether the conditions for transmission are satisfied.

[0040] And when it is possible to transmit (Yes in step S1), the information providing unit 31 acquires the failure diagnosis information and the map creation assistance information stored in the storage unit 12 as the provided information (step S2).

[0041] In addition, the lifestyle information acquisition unit 32 acquires in-vehicle environment information, out-of-vehicle environment information, destination information, and user input information as lifestyle information (step S3). The user input information is information input by the user (for example, the driver) regarding the user's lifestyle, and is input, for example, by a user operation on the input unit 13 or acquired via a smartphone. It can be said that these pieces of information reflect the user's lifestyle such as hobbies, life, and purpose.

[0042] The information providing unit 31 associates the acquired provided information and lifestyle information with the vehicle 2 and transmits them to the server device 3 (step S4). Here, the communication unit 22 transmits, for example, by associating the provided information and lifestyle information with the unique ID of the vehicle 2.

[0043] In the server device 3, as shown in FIG. 7, when the information acquisition unit 51 receives the provided information and lifestyle information, it associates the provided information and lifestyle information with the unique ID of the vehicle 2 and stores them in the storage unit 44 (step S11).

[0044] After that, the evaluation unit 52 assigns points as an evaluation value according to the provided information stored in the storage unit 44 (step S12). As a method of assigning points, it is conceivable to directly assign the number of times of failure diagnosis as points, or to set points for each content of failure diagnosis and assign points according to the failure content shown in the failure diagnosis information. In addition, it is conceivable to assign points at predetermined distances according to the length of the trajectory included in the map creation auxiliary information.

[0045] Then, the incentive determination unit 53 determines an ornament 100 or a sound effect to be given as an incentive based on the points given by the evaluation unit 52 and the acquired lifestyle information (step S13).

[0046] FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the ornament 100. As shown in FIG. 8, the ornament 100 is an image indicating a predetermined lifestyle, and an ornament name and granting conditions are set. The incentive determination unit 53 determines the ornament 100 or sound effect that matches the user's lifestyle.

[0047] For example, the ornament "Love Park" is the ornament 100 for granting to users who often visit parks. The ornament "Love Park" has a setting that the number of visits to national parks is 5 or more as a granting condition. Note that the number of visits to national parks can be calculated from the destination information.

[0048] Also, the ornament "Adventure" is the ornament 100 for granting to users who provide useful information for creating a map, that is, users with a high contribution degree to map creation. The ornament "Adventure" has a setting that the number of times of providing map creation assistance information is 10 or more, the length of the track (road) provided by the map creation assistance information is 10 km or more, or the area of the map created based on the map creation assistance information is 50000 m 2 or more of any of the above is set.

[0049] Also, the ornament "Mountain Bike" is the ornament 100 for granting to users who love mountain bikes. The ornament "Mountain Bike" has a setting that the mountain bike has been mounted on the vehicle 2 and the number of visits to bicycle shops is 10 or more as a granting condition. Note that whether the mountain bike has been mounted on the vehicle 2 can be determined by whether there is a mountain bike among the recognized objects included in the in-vehicle environment information. Also, the number of visits to bicycle shops can be calculated from the destination information.

[0050] In addition, the ornament "Military" is ornament 100 for awarding to users who have experience of joining the military. The ornament "Military" has a setting that the awarding condition is having experience of joining the military. Whether there is experience of joining the military or not can be determined by whether the user input information includes information indicating having experience of joining the military.

[0051] As shown in FIG. 9, the sound effect is the sound effect output from the voice output unit 15, and an awarding condition is set. For example, for the sound effect "engine sound", the engine sound is output from the voice output unit 15 as the vehicle approaching sound or the start sound. And the awarding condition for the sound effect "engine sound" is set as the number of visits to the circuit being 5 times or more. Note that the number of visits to the circuit can be calculated from the destination information.

[0052] In addition, the incentive determination unit 53 determines the number of incentives to be awarded according to the points that have been awarded. For example, the incentive determination unit 53 increases the number of incentives to be awarded for each predetermined number of points (for example, for every 10 points).

[0053] Also, the points required for awarding may be set for each type of incentive. For example, it is conceivable that the points required for awarding ornament 100 are 10 points, and the points required for awarding the sound effect are 20 points. Also, the points required for awarding among ornament 100 may be made different.

[0054] Hereinafter, the case of awarding ornament 100 for each predetermined number of points will be described. For example, when awarding ornament 100 for every 10 points to a vehicle ID having 30 points, the incentive determination unit 53 will determine 3 ornaments 100 to be awarded.

[0055] At this time, the incentive determination unit 53 first extracts the ornaments 100 that satisfy the granting conditions. And when the number of ornaments 100 that satisfy the granting conditions is three or less, the incentive determination unit 53 determines the ornaments 100 that satisfy the granting conditions as the ornaments 100 to be granted.

[0056] On the other hand, when the number of ornaments 100 that satisfy the granting conditions is more than three, the incentive determination unit 53 determines three ornaments 100 to be granted according to the preset priorities. In this case, for example, priorities for granting are set for each ornament 100, and the incentive determination unit 53 determines three ornaments 100 with high priorities among the ornaments 100 that satisfy the granting conditions as the ornaments 100 to be granted.

[0057] Also, when the number of ornaments 100 that satisfy the granting conditions is more than three, the incentive determination unit 53 may determine the ornaments 100 selected by the user as the ornaments 100 to be granted. For example, the incentive determination unit 53 transmits a list of the ornaments 100 that satisfy the granting conditions to the vehicle 2, and causes the in-vehicle display unit 14a of the vehicle 2 to display the list. In the vehicle 2, three ornaments 100 are selected from the ornaments 100 shown in the list by a user operation on the input unit 13. Then, by transmitting information indicating the ornaments 100 selected by the user operation on the input unit 13 from the vehicle 2 to the server device 3, the incentive determination unit 53 determines the three ornaments 100 selected by the user as the ornaments 100 to be granted.

[0058] When the incentive determination unit 53 determines the incentive (ornament 100) to be granted, it transmits the data of the determined incentive to the vehicle 2 with the corresponding vehicle ID via the communication unit 45.

[0059] In vehicle 2, when the incentive acquisition unit 33 receives incentive data (Yes in step S5), the incentive granting unit 34 stores the incentive data in the storage unit 12 and grants an incentive based on the data (step S6). Specifically, when receiving the data of the ornament 100, the incentive granting unit 34 causes the ornament 100 to be displayed on the outside vehicle display unit 14b based on the data.

[0060] Also, when receiving the data of the sound effect, the incentive granting unit 34 causes the sound effect based on the data to be output from the audio output unit 15 at a predetermined timing.

[0061] Note that as described above, the number of ornaments 100 (here, four) that can be displayed on the outside vehicle display unit 14b is determined in advance. Therefore, the incentive determination unit 53 may determine at most the number of ornaments 100 that can be displayed on the outside vehicle display unit 14b. Also, the incentive determination unit 53 determines the number of ornaments 100 according to the points. And when more ornaments 100 than the number that can be displayed on the outside vehicle display unit 14b are determined, the incentive granting unit 34 may cause the user to select the ornaments 100 to be displayed on the outside vehicle display unit 14b from the determined ornaments 100. Also, when more ornaments 100 than the number that can be displayed on the outside vehicle display unit 14b are determined, the incentive granting unit 34 may switch the determined ornaments 100 and cause them to be displayed on the outside vehicle display unit 14b.

[0062] By doing so, in vehicle 2, according to providing information regarding vehicle 2, decoration according to the user's lifestyle can be performed. Therefore, in vehicle 2, the willingness to provide information regarding vehicle 2 can be improved and satisfaction can be given to the user.

[0063] <2. Second Embodiment> In the first embodiment, the case where incentives are given in association with each vehicle ID of the vehicle 2 has been described. In the second embodiment, the case where incentives are given in association with the user ID of the driver (user) will be described. Hereinafter, the driver will be simply referred to as the user.

[0064] As described above, the driver monitoring system 21 can also identify the user. When the user is identified, the user identification information for identifying the user is stored in the storage unit 12.

[0065] In the vehicle 2, when the user identification information is acquired, the user identification information is transmitted by the information providing unit 31 to the server device 3. In the server device 3, the CPU 41 specifies the user ID based on the received user identification information. Here, the server device 3 assigns a unique user ID to each user, and stores the provided information, lifestyle information, evaluation value, user identification information, information on the incentives given, etc. in the storage unit 44 in association with the user ID.

[0066] If the user ID cannot be specified, the information acquisition unit 51 notifies the vehicle 2 of a new unique user ID, and stores the user identification information in association with the user ID in the storage unit 44.

[0067] On the other hand, if the user ID can be specified, the incentive determination unit 53 notifies the vehicle 2 of the specified user ID, and if there is an incentive associated with the user ID, transmits the data of the incentive to the vehicle 2. As a result, in the vehicle 2, based on the received incentive data, the incentive granting unit 34 can grant the incentive associated with the user ID.

[0068] In the vehicle 2, the information providing unit 31 transmits the provided information and the lifestyle information to the server device 3 in association with the user ID. In the server device 3, the information acquisition unit 51 stores the provided information and the lifestyle information in the storage unit 44 in association with the user ID.

[0069] As a result, in the incentive granting system 1, it is possible to accumulate the provided information and the lifestyle information for the same user who uses different vehicles 2, and it is possible to share the incentives among different vehicles 2 used by the same user. Also, in the incentive granting system 1, even when a plurality of users such as family members use the same vehicle 2, by managing the incentives for each user ID, different incentives can be used for each user who uses the same vehicle 2.

[0070] <3. Modification Example> As described above, the embodiments according to the present invention have been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described specific examples and can adopt various configurations. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the control unit 11 of the vehicle 2 is configured to have functional units as the information providing unit 31, the lifestyle information acquisition unit 32, the incentive acquisition unit 33, and the incentive granting unit 34. However, these functional units may be provided in other computers in the vehicle 2. Further, these functional units may be provided in the server device 3.

[0071] Also, in the above-described embodiment, the CPU 41 of the server device 3 is configured to have functional units as the information acquisition unit 51, the evaluation unit 52, and the incentive determination unit 53. However, these functional units may be provided in the computer of the vehicle 2.

[0072] Also, in the above-described embodiment, the ornament 100 and the sound effect are provided as the incentives. However, the incentive may be other than the ornament 100 and the sound effect as long as it relates to the decoration of the vehicle 2.

[0073] Also, in the above-described embodiment, failure diagnosis information and map creation assistance information have been described as examples of the provided information. However, the provided information is not limited to these as long as it is information obtained by the vehicle 2.

[0074] Also, in the above-described second embodiment, the user ID is set for each driver. However, the user ID only needs to be a person who has boarded the vehicle 2. For example, the user ID may be set for a person who appears in the passenger seat.

[0075] Also, in the above-described embodiment, the ornament 100 determined by the server device 3 is displayed on the vehicle exterior display unit 14b. However, when the user does not desire the display, the ornament 100 may be made non-displayable.

[0076] <4. Summary of Embodiment> As described above, the vehicle 2 of the embodiment includes an information providing unit 31 that provides predetermined provided information obtained by the vehicle 2, an incentive acquisition unit 33 that acquires an incentive related to the decoration of the vehicle 2, which is determined in response to the provided information being provided, and an incentive giving unit 34 that gives the incentive acquired by the incentive acquisition unit 33. Thereby, the vehicle 2 can give an incentive related to the decoration of the vehicle 2 to the user by providing the provided information obtained by the vehicle 2. Thereby, in the vehicle 2, the willingness to provide information regarding the vehicle 2 can be improved, and satisfaction can be given to the user.

[0077] The vehicle 2 also includes a lifestyle information acquisition unit 32 that acquires lifestyle information regarding the user's lifestyle, and the incentive acquisition unit 33 acquires an incentive determined based on the lifestyle information. Thereby, in the vehicle 2, decoration with incentives according to the user's lifestyle can be performed.

[0078] In addition, the incentive granting unit 34 grants an incentive based on user selection or a predetermined priority from among the available incentives. As a result, in the vehicle 2, the user can perform the desired decoration.

[0079] In addition, the provided information includes at least one of information regarding the failure diagnosis of the vehicle 2 and information regarding the route traveled by the vehicle 2. As a result, in the server device 3, for example, information regarding failures for each vehicle type can be accumulated, and useful information for future maintenance and vehicle development can be collected. In addition, in the server device 3, information regarding roads not registered in the map can be accumulated, and useful information for map creation can be collected.

[0080] In addition, a user identification unit (driver monitoring system 21) for identifying the user is provided, and the incentive acquisition unit 33 acquires an incentive associated with the user identified by the user identification unit. As a result, for users using different vehicles 2, the provided information and lifestyle information can be accumulated, and an incentive can be granted to that user.

Explanation of Reference Numerals

[0081] 1 Incentive Granting System 2 Vehicle 3 Server Device 11 Control Unit 14b Exterior Display Unit 15 Audio Output Unit 31 Information Providing Unit 32 Lifestyle Information Acquisition Unit 33 Incentive Acquisition Unit 34 Incentive Granting Unit

Claims

1. An external display unit that displays an image outward of the vehicle, a sound output unit that outputs sound, an information providing unit that provides provided information including at least a detection result detected by a sensor provided in the vehicle or information calculated based on the detection result, an incentive acquisition unit that acquires, as an incentive, an ornament to be displayed on the external display unit or an effect sound output from the sound output unit, which is determined in response to the provided information being provided, an incentive granting unit that, when the ornament is acquired by the incentive acquisition unit, displays the ornament on the external display unit, and when the effect sound is acquired by the incentive acquisition unit, outputs the effect sound from the sound output unit, A vehicle comprising the above.

2. An external display unit that displays an image outward of the vehicle, a sound output unit that outputs sound, an information providing unit that provides predetermined provided information obtained in the vehicle, a lifestyle information acquisition unit that acquires lifestyle information regarding the user's lifestyle, an incentive acquisition unit that acquires, as an incentive, an ornament to be displayed on the external display unit or an effect sound output from the sound output unit, which is determined based on the lifestyle information in response to the provided information being provided, an incentive granting unit that, when the ornament is acquired by the incentive acquisition unit, displays the ornament on the external display unit, and when the effect sound is acquired by the incentive acquisition unit, outputs the effect sound from the sound output unit, A vehicle comprising the above.

3. An external display unit that displays an image outward of the vehicle, a sound output unit that outputs sound, an information providing unit that provides predetermined provided information obtained in the vehicle, An incentive acquisition unit that acquires, as an incentive, an ornament to be displayed on the outside display unit or a sound effect output from the sound output unit, which is determined according to the provision of the provided information; An incentive granting unit that, when the ornament is acquired by the incentive acquisition unit, displays the ornament on the outside display unit, and when the sound effect is acquired by the incentive acquisition unit, outputs the sound effect from the sound output unit; comprising; The incentive granting unit displays, on the outside display unit, the ornament selected by the user or the ornament based on a predetermined priority from among the acquirable ornaments. A vehicle.

4. A vehicle comprising: an outside display unit that displays an image outward; a sound output unit that outputs sound; an information providing unit that provides provided information including at least one of information related to vehicle fault diagnosis and information related to the route traveled by the vehicle; An incentive acquisition unit that acquires, as an incentive, an ornament to be displayed on the outside display unit or a sound effect output from the sound output unit, which is determined according to the provision of the provided information; An incentive granting unit that, when the ornament is acquired by the incentive acquisition unit, displays the ornament on the outside display unit, and when the sound effect is acquired by the incentive acquisition unit, outputs the sound effect from the sound output unit; comprising.

5. A vehicle comprising: an outside display unit that displays an image outward; a sound output unit that outputs sound; an information providing unit that provides predetermined provided information obtained in the vehicle; a user identification unit that identifies a user; An incentive acquisition unit that acquires, as an incentive, an ornament to be displayed on the outside display unit or a sound effect output from the sound output unit, which is determined according to the provision of the provided information; When the ornament is acquired by the incentive acquisition unit, the ornament is displayed on the outside vehicle display unit, and when the sound effect is acquired by the incentive acquisition unit, an incentive granting unit that causes the sound effect to be output from the sound output unit comprising The incentive acquisition unit acquires the ornament or the sound effect associated with the user identified by the user identification unit Vehicle

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