Data processing apparatus, and computer program

Abstract

To provide a technology to confirm the carrying of an IC driver's license when lending a car in vehicle sharing services.SOLUTION: A data processing device comprises driver's license photograph data receiving means, data processing means, and engine lock release data transmitting means. The driver's license photograph data receiving means is stored in a short distance data communication device and receives the driver's license photograph data that a camera function stored in a mobile communication terminal takes the picture of the driver's license related to a reserved person, the data processing means checks whether the driver's license data of the reserving person received by reservation data receiving means matches the driver's license photograph data received by the driver's license photograph data receiving means, and the engine lock release data transmitting means transmits the engine lock release data to release the vehicle engine lock when there is a match in the data processing means.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a technique for using an IC driver's license (hereinafter referred to as "IC license") for identity verification in a service for a predetermined member (for example, car sharing).

Background Art

[0002] In many cases, for identity verification using an IC driver's license, the verifier who has been presented by the person views the face photo attached to the IC driver's license, and then, after obtaining the consent from the person, records the driver's license number (hereinafter referred to as "license number"). When performing identity verification via the Internet during document review, the person undergoing the review transmits the scan data of the IC driver's license together with the review documents, and the verifier checks whether the data such as the name and address of the document and the IC driver's license match.

[0003] As a service provider engaging in car sharing as a business, when a user who has registered for car sharing gets into a shared car that is the subject of sharing, the service provider enables the opening and closing of the door of the shared car with a membership card issued by the service provider. That is, the service is operated based on the presumption that the user carrying the membership card is the member himself / herself. Also, whether or not the user carries an IC license is the responsibility of the user.

[0004] The current IC license is an IC license with a built-in IC chip, and information for identifying the person is recorded together with two types of personal identification numbers (4 digits) registered by the person. The information that can be read without entering the personal identification number is the date of issue and the expiration date of the license. The information that can be read with the input of the first personal identification number via a card reader is the information described on the license, that is, name, address, license number, etc. The information that can be read by entering the second personal identification number is the place of origin and the face photo of the license.

[0005] Patent Document 1 discloses a technique that enables a password input operation to be performed easily and quickly while more reliably suppressing information leakage when authenticating an IC card with respect to an IC chip incorporated in an IC license. Patent Document 2 discloses a technique that enables a user to reserve a car-sharing vehicle without inputting an ID or password and without the user having to consider the display content shown on a reservation site.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 1

Patent Document 2

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0007] Even for a car-sharing member, it is not uncommon to forget to carry the membership card. In this case, identity verification will be performed at the call center (since this is not directly related to the present invention, further explanation is omitted). In order to enable the opening and closing of the door of a share car even when the situation of forgetting to carry the membership card occurs, if an IC license is used (substituting the IC license for the membership card), the situation of not carrying the license described above can also be eliminated. However, when operating a car-sharing service with only an IC license, there are the following problems in terms of "identity verification".

[0008] As described above, the information that can be read from the IC license without a password is only the date of issue and the expiration date of the license. Even with these two pieces of data, when verifying that the person who brought the IC license is the same person who made the car-sharing reservation, the accuracy is low when the number of members is large. For example, when the number of members is 900,000, the number of members with overlapping expiration dates will average out to 493. Considering so-called joyriding attempts by those who try to open and close the doors of a shared car without being registered as members, since 82 million people hold an IC driver's license, approximately 45,000 people will overlap.

[0009] In Patent Document 2 listed as the prior art, a technique for identifying an individual by using two PIN numbers (4-digit numbers) registered in an IC driver's license is disclosed. However, it is not practical to apply this technique. This is because it is not always the case that member users can remember two PIN numbers forever.

[0010] The above-mentioned problems are also almost the same in the car rental service where the service provider side is becoming unmanned. Hereinafter, in this application, the car-sharing service and the car rental service will be combined and described as a "vehicle sharing service".

[0011] The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a technique for confirming that a member user is carrying an IC driver's license when lending a vehicle in a member-oriented service such as a vehicle sharing service.

Means for Solving the Problem

[0012] To solve the above-mentioned problems, a first invention related to a data processing device mounted on a vehicle, a second invention related to a computer program for controlling the data processing device according to the first, and a third invention related to a computer program for controlling a portable communication terminal that performs non-contact communication with the data processing device according to the first invention are provided.

[0013] (First Invention) The first invention relates to a data processing device mounted on a vehicle related to a reservation. A data processing device mounted on a vehicle related to a reservation, Reservation data reception means for receiving reservation data including reservation date, time, and location data of a vehicle related to the reservation and a reservation ID from a vehicle management server that manages the vehicle described above, and license confirmation data for confirming the license of the person making the reservation associated with the reservation ID; A short-distance data communication device that reads license data from an IC driver's license related to the person making the reservation, and data processing means for collating whether the reservation data, the license confirmation data, and the license data received by the reservation data reception means described above match; Door lock release data transmission means for transmitting door lock release data for releasing the door lock of the vehicle based on the collation result of the data processing means; Engine control data transmission means for transmitting engine lock release data for enabling the engine to operate with respect to the engine control device of the vehicle based on the collation result of the data processing means; It is provided with. The data processing means collates whether the license confirmation data and the license data match, and when they match, transmits the door lock release data and the engine lock release data. The first invention relates to a data processing device as described above (see Figure 2).

[0014] (Term Explanation) "Vehicle" refers to a service target vehicle used in the business of a vehicle sharing service. If the vehicle sharing service is car sharing, it is a car sharing target vehicle. If the vehicle sharing service is a rental car service, it becomes a rental car. "Reservation ID" refers to, in addition to the name of the person making the reservation, a code associated with the name of the person making the reservation, etc. To use a code, registration as a person making a reservation is required. "Driver's license" refers to a driving license for driving the "vehicle" described above. An IC driver's license is a driver's license incorporating an IC chip capable of storing data such as a driver's license number and performing short-distance communication (contactless communication). "License confirmation data" refers to electronic data such as numbers and character strings that can be read by a short-range data communication device without entering a password. More specifically, it includes the date of issue, the last day of the expiration date, etc. (in the case of an IC license, there is data (such as the license number) that cannot be read without entering the owner's password).

[0015] A "short-range data communication device" is a device that can communicate with a mobile communication terminal through short-range data communication (contactless communication). It is also called a reader / writer, card reader, etc. Here, "short-range data communication" refers to data communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark). "Engine unlock data" refers to engine unlock data when the engine start of a shared car is controlled by an engine control device, and key box unlock data when the engine start of a vehicle is indirectly controlled by the lock of a key box, which is the storage location of the engine key.

[0016] (Function) Reservation data reception means receives reservation data including reservation date, time, location data of the reserved vehicle and the reservation ID from a vehicle management server that manages the vehicle, and license confirmation data for confirming the license of the person making the reservation associated with the reservation ID. The short-range data communication device reads license data from the IC license of the person making the reservation. The data processing means collates whether the license confirmation data and the license data match. If they match, door unlock data and engine unlock data are transmitted.

[0017] If the door lock is unlocked, the person making the reservation can get into the vehicle. If the engine lock is unlocked, the person making the reservation can start the vehicle engine. That is, if the person making the reservation has an IC license, they can get into and drive the reserved vehicle without carrying a membership card. When providing a vehicle to a booker, the vehicle provider can also verify that the booker has a driver's license. That is, a booker without an IC driver's license cannot start the vehicle engine. As a result, it is possible to prevent a driver without a license from driving in advance.

[0018] (Variation of the First Invention) The first invention may be formed as follows. That is, the short - distance data communication device reads the booker ID from the IC card related to the booker, and the data processing means transmits door unlock data when the booker ID read by the short - distance data communication device matches the booker ID received by the reservation data receiving means, and transmits engine unlock data when the license confirmation data and the license data match (see Figure 4).

[0019] (Term Explanation) The IC card is pre - issued to a registrant (member) who can be a booker, and is issued by pre - registering attribute information and various data related to the driver's license. The booker ID (member ID) stored in this IC card can be read by short - distance communication. In addition, it can be substituted with a mobile communication device such as a smartphone that has a short - distance wireless communication function.

[0020] (Function) The booker allows the short - distance data communication device to read the IC card related to himself / herself, and the short - distance data communication device reads the booker ID from the IC card related to the booker. The data processing means determines whether the booker ID and the booker ID included in the reservation data previously received by the reservation data receiving means match. If they match, door unlock data is transmitted to the vehicle door. Then, the booker can get into the vehicle. Reservations without an IC license cannot unlock the door, thus preventing unlicensed drivers from driving. As a reservation holder, both an IC card and a driver's license are required, while the certainty of reservation fulfillment increases.

[0021] (Second Invention) The second invention also relates to a data processing device mounted on a vehicle related to a reservation. The difference from the variation of the first invention is that it is configured to read the license number stored in the IC license by providing a PIN input means. That is, a reservation data receiving means for receiving reservation data including reservation date, time, location data of the vehicle related to the reservation and the reservation ID from a vehicle management server that manages the vehicle, and the license number of the reservation holder associated with the reservation ID; A PIN data receiving means for receiving PIN data from a PIN input means that has received the input of the PIN of the IC license related to the reservation; A short-range data communication device configured to receive the license number from the IC license related to the reservation when reading the reservation ID from the IC card related to the reservation and receiving the PIN data; Data processing means for collating the reservation ID received by the reservation data receiving means with the reservation ID received by the short-range data communication device, and collating the license number received by the reservation data receiving means with the license number received by the short-range data communication device; Door lock release data transmission means for transmitting door lock release data for unlocking the door of the vehicle when the data processing means collates and matches; Engine control data transmission means for transmitting engine unlock data to enable the engine to the engine control device of the vehicle when the data processing means collates and matches; It is a data processing device provided with (see Figure 3).

[0022] (Term Explanation) The "PIN input means" is, for example, the numeric keypad displayed on the touch panel of the liquid crystal screen of the car navigation device in the embodiments described below, but it may be provided with a numeric keypad input device separately from the car navigation device. It is generally installed inside the vehicle so that it can be operated when getting in the car.

[0023] (Operation) When the reservation ID of the IC card matches the reservation ID included in the reservation data received in advance, the door lock is released. Therefore, the person making the reservation can enter the vehicle. When the person making the reservation enters the PIN using the PIN input means, the short-range data communication device can read the driver's license number. If the driver's license number matches the driver's license number received in advance by the reservation data reception means, etc., when the data processing means collates them, engine unlock data that enables the engine to be operated is transmitted to the engine control device of the vehicle, and the person making the reservation can start the engine. The vehicle provider can also confirm that the person making the reservation is carrying a driver's license when providing the vehicle to the person making the reservation. For example, it functions effectively in scenarios such as use during the renewal period of the driver's license and use immediately after renewing the driver's license.

[0024] (Third Invention) The third invention also relates to a data processing device installed in a vehicle related to a reservation. Instead of the IC card used in the second invention, a mobile communication terminal related to the person making the reservation in which reservation information is installed and data obtained by photographing the IC driver's license with the camera function of the mobile communication terminal are used (see FIG. 5). That is, a short-range data communication device that executes short-range communication with a mobile communication terminal related to the person making the reservation that has received reservation data including reservation date / time / location data and reservation ID of the vehicle related to the reservation and the driver's license number of the person making the reservation linked to the reservation ID from a vehicle management server that manages the vehicle, data processing means that receives and processes predetermined data from the short-range data communication device, Based on the data processed by the data processing means, a door lock means for unlocking the vehicle door when receiving the vehicle door unlock data; Based on the data processed by the data processing means, an engine control device for putting the vehicle engine in an engaged state when receiving the vehicle engine unlock data; It is provided with. The short-distance data communication device receives the license certificate photographing data obtained by photographing the IC license with the camera function provided in the mobile communication terminal and transmits it to the data processing means, The data processing means verifies whether the received license certificate photographing data matches the reservation data received from the vehicle management server and the license certificate number of the reservation person. If they match, door unlock data is transmitted to the door lock means and engine unlock data is transmitted to the engine control device.

[0025] (Term Explanation) The "mobile communication terminal" is generally a so-called smartphone. A tablet terminal or a notebook computer may also be used. It is required as a function of the terminal to be equipped with an IC chip capable of short-distance communication (contactless communication), to be able to connect to the Internet, and to have a camera function.

[0026] When the data processing means handles the "license certificate photographing data", in addition to the case of digitizing and handling a part of the image data (for example, license certificate number, issue date, expiration date), the case where the data processing means handles it as image data (see Figures 9 and 10) is also included. In this case, it is desirable that the license certificate data received by the reservation data receiving means or the like is data that can be easily collated with the license certificate photographing data (for example, image data of the license certificate). In addition, when collating using the photographing data and the image data, it is common to adopt an algorithm for judging that they match even if they are not an exact match like text data (for example, judging that they match with 90% or more agreement at a predetermined resolution).

[0027] (Operation) A mobile communication terminal related to a member user receives reservation data including reservation date and time location data of a vehicle and a reservation ID from a vehicle management server that manages a vehicle, and license data of a reservation person associated with the reservation ID (1). Then, the short-range data communication means receives the reservation ID in the reservation data by short-range data communication with the mobile communication terminal (2).

[0028] On the other hand, the member user uses the camera function of the mobile communication terminal to photograph his or her IC driver's license, and the short-range data communication means receives the photographed data (3). The data processing means collates the reservation data, license data, and driver's license photographed data received by the short-range data communication means (4). When the photographed data of the driver's license matches the reservation data and the driver's license number of the reservation person, the door lock release data for releasing the vehicle door lock is transmitted by the door lock release data transmission means (5). When the data processing means collates and the license data and the photographed data of the driver's license match, the engine lock release data for enabling the engine to operate is transmitted to the engine control device of the vehicle by the engine control data transmission means (6).

[0029] The person making the reservation can board the vehicle with a mobile communication terminal storing reservation data including the reservation ID and can release the engine lock based on the photographed data of the IC driver's license taken. When providing a vehicle to a person making a reservation, the vehicle provider can also confirm that the person is carrying a driver's license. Since the photographed data of the driver's license is used for confirmation of carrying the license, it is applicable even to an international driver's license that does not contain electronic data like an IC driver's license.

[0030] (Fourth Invention) The fourth invention relates to a data processing device that can release a door lock with a mobile communication terminal related to a member user and then release an engine lock with data of an IC driver's license (see FIG. 13). That is, reservation data reception means for receiving reservation data including reservation date, time, and location data of a vehicle related to a reservation and a reservation ID from a vehicle management server that manages vehicles, and license confirmation data for confirming a license of a reservation applicant associated with the reservation ID; A short-distance data communication device that performs short-distance communication with a mobile communication terminal related to the reservation applicant that has received reservation data including reservation date, time, and location data of the vehicle related to the reservation and the reservation ID, and license data of the reservation applicant associated with the reservation ID; Data processing means for collating whether the reservation data received by the reservation data reception means and the reservation data received by the short-distance data communication device match; Door lock release data transmission means for transmitting door lock release data for releasing the door lock of the vehicle based on the collation result of the data processing means; Engine control data transmission means for transmitting engine lock release data that enables the engine to operate to the engine control device of the vehicle based on the collation result of the data processing means; It is provided with. The short-distance data communication device shall read license data from the IC license of the reservation applicant, When the license data read by the short-distance data communication device and the license data received from the mobile communication terminal related to the reservation applicant match, the data processing means shall transmit door lock release data to the door lock release data transmission means.

[0031] (Operation) The member user can first unlock the door lock with the mobile communication terminal related to himself / herself. Then, after getting in the vehicle related to the reservation, the engine lock can be released by communicating the IC driver's license with the short-distance data communication device.

[0032] (Variations of the Third and Fourth Inventions) The third and fourth inventions may be formed as follows. That is, the short-distance data communication means is configured to receive position data read via the GPS function of the mobile communication terminal related to the member user. The data processing means may be configured to transmit door unlock data when the position data matches the location data in the reservation date, time, and location data received by the reservation data receiving means or the like (see FIG. 7).

[0033] (Operation) The short-distance data communication means receives position data read via the GPS function of the mobile communication terminal related to the member user. The data processing means determines whether the position data matches the location data in the reservation date, time, and location data received by the reservation data receiving means or the like, and transmits door unlock data when they match.

[0034] (Variations of the First to Fourth Inventions) It is more preferable that the license confirmation data and license data received by the data processing means are deleted when a predetermined time has elapsed, as this contributes to reducing the risk of data leakage.

[0035] The timing of data deletion can have various variations, such as being triggered by the elapse of a predetermined time or by the completion of transmission of engine unlock data to the engine control device. Also, the data to be protected from leakage may include data other than the license confirmation data and license data.

[0036] (Fifth Invention) The fifth invention relates to a computer program for controlling the data processing apparatus according to the first aspect (see FIG. 2). That is, a reservation data receiving procedure for receiving reservation data including reservation date, time, and location data of the vehicle related to the reservation and a reservation ID, and license confirmation data for confirming the license of the person making the reservation associated with the reservation ID, from a vehicle management server that manages the vehicle. A license data reading procedure for reading license data from an IC license related to a reservation person by the short-distance data communication device described above, A data processing procedure for verifying whether the license data read in the license data reading procedure and the license confirmation data received in the reservation data reception procedure described above match or not, A door lock release data transmission procedure for transmitting door lock release data for releasing the door lock of the vehicle when the data matches in the data processing procedure, An engine control data transmission procedure for transmitting engine lock release data that enables the engine to the engine control device of the vehicle when the data matches in the data processing procedure, It relates to a computer program that causes the data processing device to execute the above.

[0037] (Variation of the fifth invention) The fifth invention may be formed as follows. That is, the data processing device is caused to execute a reservation person ID reading procedure for reading a reservation person ID from an IC card related to a reservation person from the short-distance data communication device described above. In the data processing procedure, when the reservation person ID read from the short-distance data communication device matches the reservation person ID received in the reservation data reception procedure, door lock release data is transmitted, It may be such that the engine lock release data is transmitted when the license confirmation data and the license data match.

[0038] (Sixth invention) The sixth invention also relates to a computer program for controlling a data processing device. That is, the data processing device includes a short-distance data communication device for reading license data from an IC license related to a reservation person, and a password input means for receiving an input of a password of the IC license. The computer program is A reservation data receiving procedure for receiving reservation data including reservation date, time, location data of a vehicle related to a reservation and a reservation ID from a vehicle management server that manages the vehicle described above, and a driver's license number of the person making the reservation associated with the reservation ID, A reservation ID receiving procedure for receiving a reservation ID from an IC card related to a person making the reservation by the short-distance data communication device described above, A door lock release data transmission procedure for transmitting door lock release data for releasing the door lock of the vehicle when the reservation ID received by the reservation data receiving procedure described above matches the reservation ID received by the short-distance data communication device, A PIN number data receiving procedure for receiving PIN number data of an IC driver's license related to a person making the reservation from the PIN number input means described above, A driver's license number receiving procedure for receiving a driver's license number from an IC driver's license related to a person making the reservation when PIN number data is received by the PIN number data receiving procedure described above, An engine control data transmission procedure for transmitting engine lock release data enabling the engine to operate to the engine control device of the vehicle when the driver's license number received by the reservation data receiving means described above matches the driver's license number received by the short-distance data communication device, A computer program for causing the data processing device described above to execute the above,

[0039] (Seventh Invention) The seventh invention also relates to a computer program for controlling a data processing device. The data processing device described above includes short-distance data communication means capable of receiving various data by wireless communication with a portable communication terminal with a camera function related to a person making the reservation. The computer program is A reservation data receiving procedure for receiving, via the short-distance data receiving means, in short-distance communication with the portable communication terminal related to the person making the reservation who has received reservation data including reservation date, time, location data of the vehicle related to the reservation and a reservation ID, and a driver's license number of the person making the reservation associated with the reservation ID, from a vehicle management server that manages the vehicle described above, A license photo data receiving procedure for receiving license photo data obtained by photographing an IC license with the camera function provided in the mobile communication terminal; A license data verification procedure for verifying whether the license photo data received in the license photo data receiving procedure matches the license data received in the reservation data and other receiving procedures; A door lock release data transmission procedure for transmitting door lock release data to the door lock means of the vehicle when the license data matches in the license data verification procedure; An engine control data transmission procedure for collating whether the license photo data received in the license photo data receiving procedure matches the license data received in the reservation data and other receiving procedures, and transmitting engine lock release data that enables the engine to operate to the engine control device of the vehicle when they match; It is a computer program that causes the data processing device to execute the above.

[0040] The eighth invention also relates to a computer program for controlling a data processing device. The data processing device includes short-range data communication means capable of receiving various data through wireless communication with a mobile communication terminal related to a reserving person. The computer program includes a reservation data and other receiving procedures for receiving reservation date and time location data and reservation ID of a reserved vehicle, reservation data including the reservation ID, and license confirmation data for confirming the license of the reserving person associated with the reservation ID from a vehicle management server for managing the vehicle; A terminal data receiving procedure for the mobile communication terminal related to the reserving person that receives the reservation data and the license confirmation data from the vehicle management server via the short-range data communication means; A door lock release data transmission procedure for transmitting door lock release data to the door lock means of the vehicle when the reservation data received in the terminal data receiving procedure matches the reservation data received in the reservation data and other receiving procedures; A license data receiving procedure for reading license data from an IC driver's license related to a reservation via the short-distance data communication means described above, and an engine control data transmission procedure for transmitting engine unlock data that enables the engine to operate with respect to the engine control device of the vehicle when the license data received in the license data receiving procedure matches the license confirmation data received in the reservation data reception procedure etc. described above. It is a computer program that causes the data processing device to execute the above.

[0041] (Variations of the seventh and eighth inventions) The seventh and eighth inventions may be formed as follows. That is, the data processing device is also caused to execute a position data receiving procedure for receiving position data read via the GPS function of the mobile communication terminal related to the reservation, In the door unlock data transmission procedure, door unlock data may be transmitted when the position data received in the position data receiving procedure matches the location data in the reservation date and location data received in the reservation data reception procedure etc.

[0042] (Variations of the fifth to eighth inventions) In the fifth to eighth inventions, it is preferable to include a data deletion procedure for deleting the license confirmation data and license data in the data processing means after transmitting the door unlock data to the engine control device in the door unlock data transmission procedure.

[0043] The computer program according to the fifth to eighth inventions can also be stored and provided in a recording medium. Here, the "recording medium" is a medium that can carry a program that cannot occupy space by itself. For example, a flexible disk, a hard disk, a CD-R, a CD-RW, an MO (magneto-optical disk), a DVD-R, a DVD-RW, a flash memory, etc. Furthermore, it is also possible to transmit the program according to the present invention from a computer or data processing device storing the program to another data processing device via a communication line.

[0044] (Ninth Invention) It relates to a computer program (application software) installed in a mobile communication terminal related to a user having a communication function, a non-contact communication function, and a camera function. That is, a reception procedure for receiving reservation data and the like, A reservation data transmission procedure for transmitting the reservation data to a predetermined data reader using the non-contact communication function, An image data acquisition procedure for acquiring image data obtained by the user photographing the certificates related to the user based on the camera function, Data conversion means for converting necessary parts in the image data acquired in the image data acquisition procedure into digital data, A converted data transmission procedure for transmitting the digital data converted by the data conversion means to the data reader, It is a computer program configured to cause the mobile communication terminal to execute the above.

[0045] (Term Explanation) The "mobile communication terminal related to a user having a communication function, a non-contact communication function, and a camera function" refers to a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a notebook computer, etc. The "reservation data" is, for example, data indicating the reservation details of a service, and includes date and time data, data for identifying the reservation person (name, member ID), etc. The "predetermined server" is a data management server that accumulates management data related to the service provided to the user, accepts reservations, and transmits necessary data to the terminal related to the user, etc.

[0046] A "data reader" is a device that can perform non-contact communication with an IC card or a mobile communication terminal with a built-in non-contact communication chip to send and receive data, and a short-range data communication device is typical. In the embodiments described later, it is installed inside a vehicle targeted for a service and can perform non-contact communication with a mobile communication terminal of a user outside the vehicle. "Certificates" refer to a driver's license in the embodiments described later, but shall also include a passport, a health insurance card, etc. in the present invention. "Required parts in image data" refer to the issue date and expiration date, etc. on a driver's license in the embodiments described later. When the certificate is a passport, it is the passport number, etc.

[0047] (Variation of the Ninth Invention) The ninth invention may be formed as follows. That is, the mobile communication terminal is provided with a GPS function. The reservation data includes location data regarding the service providing location related to the reservation. In the reservation data transmission procedure, the position data obtained using the GPS function is also to be transmitted to the server.

[0048] The computer program according to the seventh invention can be downloaded from a predetermined server to a mobile communication terminal or provided by being stored in a recording medium. Here, a "recording medium" is a medium that can carry a program that cannot occupy space by itself. For example, a flexible disk, a hard disk, a CD-R, a CD-RW, an MO (magneto-optical disk), a DVD-R, a DVD-RW, a flash memory, etc. It is also possible to transmit the program according to this invention from a communication terminal storing the program to a mobile communication terminal through a communication line.

Effects of the Invention

[0049] According to the first to fourth inventions, in a vehicle sharing service, it was possible to provide a data processing device that can be used to confirm the carrying of an IC driver's license when lending a vehicle. According to the fifth to eighth inventions, in a vehicle sharing service, it was possible to provide a computer program that controls a data processing device that can be used to confirm the carrying of an IC driver's license when lending a vehicle. According to the ninth invention, in a vehicle sharing service, it was possible to provide an application program that controls a portable information terminal that can be used to confirm the carrying of an IC driver's license when lending a vehicle.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

[0051] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings (FIGS. 1 to 14). The present invention is not limited to the embodiments and is a form for interpreting the present invention. For example, in the following embodiments, car sharing is exemplified, but the present invention is also applicable to a rental car service.

[0052] (FIG. 1) FIG. 1 shows the relationship between a vehicle management server, a data processing device mounted on a service target vehicle (shared car) to be managed by two-way communication with the vehicle management server, a membership card held by a member user who has previously registered as a member, and an IC driving license related to the member user. In the figure, wired communication is shown by a solid line and wireless communication is shown by a two-dot broken line.

[0053] The vehicle management server executes management data accumulation of members who have previously registered as members, management data accumulation of shared cars used for car sharing, communication with the data processing device of the shared car, and communication with a communication terminal related to the member user.

[0054] The data processing device (in-vehicle car-sharing device) installed in the service target vehicle (shared car) is equipped with a data transceiver (not shown) that transmits and receives data via a communication network, a card reader (short-distance data communication device) capable of short-distance wireless communication, a door lock device that locks the vehicle door, an engine control device that controls the vehicle engine, and a multifunctional car navigation device. And it is illustrated that the center of each device is the data processing means. In the present invention, the service target vehicle is also equipped with a GPS in addition to the aforementioned multifunctional car navigation device, and intermittently transmits the current position data of the vehicle to the car-sharing management server.

[0055] The member user makes a reservation for using the car-sharing service with their own communication terminal. In addition, when using a shared car, a membership card (IC card) equipped with an IC capable of short-distance wireless communication and an IC storing the member ID as data, and an IC driver's license are required. Note that the membership card can also be substituted with a mobile communication terminal.

[0056] The mobile communication terminal related to the member user functions to execute data communication with the vehicle management server for making a reservation for the car-sharing service and receive data for reservation confirmation from the vehicle management server.

[0057] (Figure 2) Figure 2 shows an embodiment in which a member user applies for a reservation using their own mobile communication terminal, and after the reservation is completed, when the reservation is executed, until the door lock of the shared car related to the reservation is released and the engine can be started.

[0058] In the embodiment shown in Figure 2, the data processing device (displayed as "in-vehicle car-sharing device" in the figure) installed in the shared car indicates that it reads data from the IC driver's license together with the operation procedure in parentheses.

[0059] As a prerequisite, the member user has completed the membership registration for car-sharing and holds a membership card, which is an IC card provided by the car-sharing operating company. Using the member number described on the membership card, the member user has completed a reservation for car-sharing (1).

[0060] The vehicle management server (member database) has transmitted reservation data and driver's license data related to the reservation to the on-vehicle unit of the shared car related to the reservation before the reservation is executed (2). Here, the reservation data includes the member ID, the date and time related to the reservation, and the location of the parking lot. The driver's license data is the issue date data and the last day of the expiration date. The data of the last day of the expiration date is changed when the IC driver's license is renewed, and the changed expiration date can be calculated based on the relationship with the member user's date of birth.

[0061] When the reserved date and time arrives, the member user who is the reserving party goes to the parking lot where the shared car related to the reservation is parked and holds the IC driver's license in front of the short-distance data communication device (fixed to the inner window of the rear seat of the vehicle) of the shared car related to the reservation (3). The short-distance data communication device reads the issue date data and the last day of the expiration date via short-distance wireless communication with the IC driver's license. The issue date data and the last day of the expiration date can be read without entering a password.

[0062] The issue date data and the last day of the expiration date read by the short-distance data communication device are compared in the data processing means with the issue date data and the last day of the expiration date received from the vehicle management server (4). If they match, the data processing means transmits door unlock data to the door lock means (5) and transmits engine unlock data to the engine control device (6). The member user can then board the vehicle and start the engine.

[0063] According to this embodiment, a member user can board a reserved vehicle with only an IC driving license (without a membership card) and start driving. In other words, driving without carrying a driving license is not permitted. Merely collating the issue date data and the last day of the expiration date does not uniquely identify the member user, but it is highly likely to be negligible in terms of operation.

[0064] (Figure 3) Figure 3 shows an embodiment in which the vehicle door is unlocked with a membership card until the engine can be started with an IC driving license. Reservation information including the member ID and reservation date and time location data has been transmitted in advance from the vehicle management server to the in-vehicle device of the corresponding shared car (1).

[0065] The member user who is the reserving party goes to the parking lot where the shared car related to the reservation is parked at the time of the reservation, and holds the membership card up to the short-distance data communication device of the shared car related to the reservation (2). The short-distance data communication device reads the member ID stored in the membership card.

[0066] The member ID read by the short-distance data communication device is sent to the data processing means (3). Then, it is collated with the member ID received from the vehicle management server. If they match, the data processing means sends the door unlock data to the door lock means (4). Thus, the member user can board the vehicle (in the figure, a partition line is drawn near the center in the vertical direction to indicate that the scenes are different above and below).

[0067] The data processing means has received and previously acquired the license number associated with the member ID related to the reservation from the vehicle management server together with the reservation information (1). When a member user gets into the vehicle, a numeric keypad is displayed on the liquid crystal screen of the multi-functional car navigation device, so the member user inputs the PIN related to the IC driving license (5). The input PIN is sent to the short-range data communication device (6). After that, the member user holds the IC driving license up to the short-range data communication device. Then, the short-range data communication device extracts the license number (7).

[0068] The data processing means receives the license number sent from the short-range data communication device to the data processing means (8) and collates it with the license number sent from the vehicle management server. If they match, the engine unlock data is sent to the engine control device (9). At this point, the member user can start the engine of the vehicle.

[0069] According to this embodiment, the member user can get into the vehicle reserved by the membership card and the IC driving license and start driving. In other words, driving without carrying a driving license is not permitted. In addition, since collation using the license number from the IC driving license is executed, the member user can be uniquely identified.

[0070] (Figure 4) Figure 4 shows an embodiment in which the door of the vehicle is unlocked with the membership card and the IC driving license and the engine can be started until that point. From the vehicle management server, reservation information including the member ID and reservation date / time / location data and license data are pre-transmitted to the in-vehicle unit of the corresponding shared car (1).

[0071] The member user who is the reserving party goes to the parking lot where the shared car related to the reservation is parked at the date and time of the reservation and holds the membership card and the IC driving license up to the short-range data communication device of the shared car related to the reservation (2). The short-range data communication device reads the member ID from the membership card and the issue date data and the last day of the expiration date from the IC driving license (3, 4).

[0072] When the member ID related to the reservation information received from the vehicle management server matches the member ID read by the short-range data communication device by the data processing means, door unlock data is output to the door lock means (5). Also, when the issue date and the expiration date end date in the license data received from the vehicle management server match those read by the short-range data communication device, engine unlock data is output to the engine control device (6).

[0073] The issue date data and the expiration date end date are collated in the data processing means with the issue date data and the expiration date end date received from the vehicle management server (4). When they match, the data processing means transmits door unlock data to the door lock means (5) and transmits engine unlock data to the engine control device (6). The member user can board the vehicle and start the engine.

[0074] According to this embodiment, the member user can board the vehicle reserved with the membership card and start driving with the IC driver's license. Driving without carrying a driver's license is not permitted. Merely collating the issue date data and the expiration date end date does not uniquely identify the member user, but since it is confirmed with the IC card that the user is a member user, the authentication of the person can be performed at that stage.

[0075] (Figure 5) Figure 5 shows an embodiment in which the vehicle door is unlocked and the engine can be started with the mobile communication terminal of the member user and the photographed data of the IC driver's license photographed thereby.

[0076] To execute this embodiment, it is necessary to pre-download a dedicated application program (check-in application program, hereinafter abbreviated as "check-in app") capable of executing the flowchart shown in FIG. 6 to the mobile communication terminal of the member user. The mobile information terminal requires a camera function in addition to the communication function via the Internet and the short-range wireless communication function. Hereinafter, the description will be made with reference to FIG. 6 and FIG. 5 together.

[0077] Reservation information (member ID, reservation date and time, location) and driver's license information (date of issue, expiration date) are installed from the vehicle management server to the mobile communication terminal of the member user (1, S1).

[0078] When the date and time of the reservation arrives, the member user who is the reserving party goes to the parking lot where the shared car related to the reservation is parked (S2), and holds the mobile communication terminal over the short-range data communication device of the shared car related to the reservation (2). Also, the member user starts the check-in app of their own smartphone (S3, S4).

[0079] After the above data transmission and reception are completed, the check-in app activates the camera of the smartphone and prompts the member user to take a photo of the IC driver's license (S4). The app executes instructions for the shooting method (for example, setting the liquid crystal screen to landscape orientation, making the data part to be acquired clearly visible, etc.) and instructions for re-shooting, and the smartphone acquires the shooting data of the driver's license.

[0080] The short-range data communication device extracts the member ID from the mobile communication terminal (4, S5). If the extracted member ID matches the member ID received from the vehicle management server, it transmits door unlock data to the door lock means (5).

[0081] Recognize the driver's license number from the image data as the photographed data of the obtained driver's license, and perform OCR processing on that part to obtain it as text data (S6). When that process is completed, the check-in app prompts the member user to bring the smartphone closer to the short-range data communication device. Then, the text data of the obtained driver's license number is sucked up by the short-range data communication device (S7), and the data processing means collates it with the driver's license data obtained from the vehicle management server. If they match, the engine unlock data is transmitted to the engine control device (S6, S8).

[0082] The check-in app disables the use of the image data of the IC driver's license photographed in the past. Thereby, it prevents a member user who does not carry the driver's license from driving the vehicle.

[0083] According to this embodiment, a member user can board a reserved vehicle with only a mobile communication terminal and an IC driver's license (without a membership card) and start driving. Also, even for an international driver's license that does not currently contain electronic data like an IC driver's license, it is possible to handle it.

[0084] (Figure 7) Figure 7 also shows an embodiment in which the vehicle door is unlocked and the engine can be started using the mobile communication terminal of the member user and the photographed data of the IC driver's license photographed therewith.

[0085] The difference from Figure 5 in the embodiment shown in Figure 7 is that the position data obtained by the mobile communication terminal is used. Together with Figure 8 showing the operation procedure of the check-in app, it will be explained centering on the difference.

[0086] When the check-in app is launched, the position data obtained by the GPS function of the smartphone is transmitted to the short-range data communication device (S13, S14). In the data processing means, it is verified whether the data regarding the reservation location among the reservation information acquired from the vehicle management server matches the position data. If they match, door unlock data is transmitted to the door lock means (4). At this time, if the matching of the member ID is also verified, more accurate verification is possible because there may be a deviation in the position data.

[0087] After this, operations such as acquiring the image data of the IC driving license are the same as those in the embodiments shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, so the description is omitted. Also according to this embodiment, the member user can board a reserved vehicle only with the IC driving license and start driving.

[0088] (FIG. 9) FIG. 9 also shows an embodiment in which the door of the vehicle is unlocked and the engine can be started using the mobile communication terminal of the member user and the photographed data of the IC driving license photographed thereby.

[0089] The difference between FIG. 5 and the embodiment shown in FIG. 9 is that the photographed data of the license acquired by the mobile communication terminal is not subjected to OCR processing by the check-in app. This will be described together with the flowchart shown in FIG. 10.

[0090] The data that the data processing means receives in advance from the vehicle management server is, in addition to the reservation information, the image data of the driving license (1). Then, when the member user photographs the IC driving license (4, S25, S26), the photographed data is read into the short-range communication device (S27), and the data processing means verifies the coincidence between the photographed data and the image data (6). If they match, door unlock data is transmitted to the door lock means (6, S28).

[0091] Since the photographed data of the IC driving license is treated as image data, there is a possibility that the verification accuracy may be lower than that of the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 where OCR processing is executed. However, the purpose of this verification is primarily to prevent member users from driving without carrying their driving licenses, and it is considered that this purpose can be achieved.

[0092] (Figure 11) FIG. 11 also shows an embodiment in which the door of the vehicle is unlocked and the engine can be started using the mobile communication terminal of the member user and the photographed data of the IC driving license photographed thereby.

[0093] The difference between FIG. 5 and the embodiment shown in FIG. 11 is that the mobile communication terminal verifies only the issue date data and the last day of the expiration date obtained by performing OCR processing on the image data of the IC driving license without receiving data from the vehicle management server in advance, and unlocks the door lock and engine lock.

[0094] This embodiment, like the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, can unlock the door lock and start the engine only by verifying the issue date data of the IC driving license and the last day of the expiration date.

[0095] (Figure 12) FIG. 12 also shows an embodiment in which the door of the vehicle is unlocked and the engine can be started using the mobile communication terminal of the member user and the photographed data of the IC driving license photographed thereby.

[0096] The difference between the embodiment shown in FIG. 12 and FIG. 11 is that the mobile communication terminal obtains position data, and after obtaining door unlock data based on the position data, obtains engine unlock data from the photographed data of the license.

[0097] This embodiment, like the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, can unlock the door lock and start the engine only by verifying the issue date data of the IC driving license and the last day of the expiration date. There is an effect that the accuracy of personal authentication can be improved compared to the embodiment shown in FIG. 11.

[0098] In the embodiment of FIG. 12, although it is described that the image data of the IC driving license is subjected to OCR processing, personal authentication can be performed using the position data. Therefore, it may be possible to verify the match between the captured data with OCR processing omitted and the image data of the license obtained from the vehicle management server.

[0099] (FIG. 13) In the embodiment shown in FIG. 13, the mobile communication terminal receives reservation data and license data before the reservation is executed (1), and if the received data is read into the short - distance data communication device related to the reserved vehicle (3), the data processing device verifies the match with the reservation data, and if they match, the door lock is released (4), and it is possible to board the reserved vehicle.

[0100] Verification of whether the person making the reservation is carrying a license can be executed even after getting into the vehicle. That is, by holding the IC driving license in front of the short - distance data communication device, the issue date and the expiration date are read (5), verified using the license data received in advance (6), and if they match, it is determined that the license is being carried and the engine lock is released (7).

[0101] (FIG. 14) FIG. 14 shows the relationship between the short - distance data communication device, the data processing device, the engine control device, and the door lock device mounted on the vehicle, the vehicle management server outside the vehicle, and the mobile communication terminal related to the person making the reservation. The short - distance data communication device is fixed near the rear window in the vehicle, and it is possible to acquire data from the IC driving license whether before or after getting into the vehicle.

[0102] Although not shown in the figure, personal information such as license data is to be deleted from inside the vehicle (data processing device) after the reservation is executed. This is to reduce the risk of leakage of personal information.

Industrial Applicability

[0103] The present invention has applicability in membership-based services, such as car-sharing businesses, car rental businesses, parking lot management businesses, the manufacturing of communication devices, data management in data communication, the development of application software in communication devices such as smartphones, and the like.

Claims

1. A data processing device mounted on a vehicle related to a reservation, a reservation data and the like receiving means for receiving reservation data including a reservation ID of a vehicle related to a reservation and license data of a reservation holder associated with the reservation ID from a vehicle management server that manages the vehicle; a short-range data communication device that executes short-range data communication; a reservation ID receiving means for receiving a reservation ID from a mobile communication terminal related to a reservation holder of the vehicle by the short-range data communication device; a door lock release data transmitting means for transmitting door lock release data for releasing the door lock of the vehicle when the reservation ID received by the reservation data and the like receiving means matches the reservation ID received by the reservation ID receiving means; a license photographing data receiving means provided in the short-range data communication device for receiving license photographing data obtained by photographing a license of the reservation holder by a camera function provided in the mobile communication terminal; a data processing means for collating whether or not the license data of the reservation holder received by the reservation data and the like receiving means matches the license photographing data received by the license photographing data receiving means; an engine lock release data transmitting means for transmitting engine lock release data for releasing the engine lock of the vehicle when they match by the data processing means; A data processing device provided with.

2. The license photographing data collated by the data processing means is image data photographed by the camera function of the mobile communication terminal. The data processing device according to claim 1.

3. The license photographing data collated by the data processing means is data obtained by OCR processing from image data photographed by the camera function of the mobile communication terminal. The data processing device according to claim 1.

4. The license photographing data received by the license photographing data receiving means is data photographed after the door lock release data transmitting means transmits door lock release data. The data processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

5. A data processing device mounted on a vehicle related to a reservation, a reservation data and the like receiving means for receiving reservation date and time and location data of a vehicle related to a reservation, reservation data including a reservation ID, and license data of a reservation holder associated with the reservation ID from a vehicle management server that manages the vehicle; a short-range data communication device that executes short-range data communication; Position data reception means for receiving, by the short-distance data communication device, position data read via the GPS function of the mobile communication terminal of the vehicle's reservant; Door lock release data transmission means for transmitting door lock release data for unlocking the vehicle's door when the location data in the reservation date and location data received by the reservation data etc. reception means matches the position data received by the position data reception means; Driver's license photographing data reception means provided in the short-distance data communication device for receiving driver's license photographing data obtained by photographing the driver's license of the reservant by the camera function provided in the mobile communication terminal; Data processing means for collating whether or not the driver's license data of the reservant received by the reservation data etc. reception means matches the driver's license photographing data received by the driver's license photographing data reception means; Engine lock release data transmission means for transmitting engine lock release data for unlocking the vehicle's engine when they match by the data processing means; A data processing device comprising:

6. The driver's license photographing data collated by the data processing means is image data photographed by the camera function of the mobile communication terminal. The data processing device according to claim 5.

7. The driver's license photographing data collated by the data processing means is data obtained by OCR processing from the image data photographed by the camera function of the mobile communication terminal. The data processing device according to claim 5.

8. The driver's license photographing data received by the driver's license photographing data reception means is data photographed after the door lock release data transmission means transmits the door lock release data. The data processing device according to any one of claims 5 to 7.

9. A computer program for controlling a data processing device mounted on a vehicle related to a reservation, The data processing device is provided with a short-distance data communication device for performing short-distance data communication, The computer program includes: A reservation data etc. reception procedure for receiving reservation data including the reservation ID of the vehicle related to the reservation and the driver's license data of the reservant associated with the reservation ID from a vehicle management server for managing the vehicle; A reservant ID reception procedure for receiving the reservant ID from the mobile communication terminal of the vehicle's reservant by the short-distance data communication device; When the reservation ID received in the above reservation data reception procedure matches the reservation ID received in the above reservation ID reception procedure, a door lock release data transmission procedure for transmitting door lock release data for releasing the door lock of the vehicle; A license plate photo data reception procedure for receiving, by the short-range data communication device, license plate photo data obtained by photographing a driver's license related to the above-mentioned reservation by the camera function provided in the above-mentioned mobile communication terminal; A data processing procedure for collating whether or not the license plate data of the reservation received in the above reservation data reception procedure matches the license plate photo data received in the above license plate photo data reception procedure; When they match in the above data processing procedure, an engine lock release data transmission procedure for transmitting engine lock release data for releasing the engine lock of the vehicle; A computer program that causes the above data processing device to execute.

10. The license plate photo data collated in the above data processing procedure is image data photographed by the camera function of the above mobile communication terminal. The computer program according to claim 9.

11. The license plate photo data collated in the above data processing procedure is data obtained by OCR processing from the image data photographed by the camera function of the above mobile communication terminal. The computer program according to claim 9.

12. The license plate photo data received in the above license plate photo data reception procedure is data photographed after transmitting the door lock release data in the above door lock release data transmission procedure. The computer program according to any one of claims 9 to 11.

13. A computer program for controlling a data processing device mounted on a vehicle related to a reservation, The data processing device is provided with a short-range data communication device for performing short-range data communication, The computer program is A reservation data reception procedure for receiving reservation date and time location data of a vehicle related to a reservation, reservation data including a reservation ID, and license plate data of a reservation person associated with the reservation ID from a vehicle management server that manages the vehicle; A position data reception procedure for receiving, by the short-range data communication device, position data read via the GPS function of a mobile communication terminal related to a reservation person of the vehicle; A door lock release data transmission procedure for transmitting door lock release data to unlock the vehicle door when the location data in the reserved date and time location data received in the above reservation data reception procedure matches the location data received in the above location data reception procedure; A driver's license photographing data reception procedure for receiving, by the short-range data communication device, driver's license photographing data obtained by photographing the driver's license of the above reservation holder with the camera function provided in the above mobile communication terminal; A data processing procedure for collating whether or not the driver's license data of the reservation holder received in the above reservation data reception procedure matches the driver's license photographing data received in the above driver's license photographing data reception procedure; An engine lock release data transmission procedure for transmitting engine lock release data to unlock the engine of the vehicle when they match in the above data processing procedure; A computer program for causing the above data processing device to execute.

14. The driver's license photographing data collated in the above data processing procedure is image data photographed by the camera function of the above mobile communication terminal. The computer program according to Claim 13.

15. The driver's license photographing data collated in the above data processing procedure is data obtained by OCR processing from the image data photographed by the camera function of the above mobile communication terminal. The computer program according to Claim 13.

16. The driver's license photographing data received in the above driver's license photographing data reception procedure is data photographed after transmitting the door lock release data in the above door lock release data transmission procedure. The computer program according to any one of Claims 13 to 15.

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