Driving report output method, driving report output device, and program

Abstract

To improve a quality of driving by a driver, while achieving appropriate disclosure restrictions of driving-related information in a mobile object.SOLUTION: A driving report output method includes: acquiring driving-related information of a mobile object driven by a user; acquiring an output request of driving report information of the user; determining whether or not the output request is made by the user; when the output request is not made by the user, setting to restrict browsing of a prescribed content out of contents contained in the driving report; creating a driving report to which the setting is applied, based on the driving-related information; and outputting the created report.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an information processing technique for managing driving report information for a mobile object. [Background technology]

[0002] In fleet management, which manages multiple mobile objects, and the management of mobile object drivers, there is a social demand for more efficient management and for improving the driving quality of drivers through management. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a traffic management device for managing the operation status of vehicles. Furthermore, for example, Patent Document 2 discloses a technology that can reduce the discomfort and resistance of drivers by conducting roll calls of drivers via a service robot. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2015-38672 [Patent Document 2] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2019-91394 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] When collecting video and audio information from inside and outside the vehicle obtained through devices such as a drive recorder installed in a mobile vehicle, and driving information showing how the mobile vehicle was driven, there was a problem that this collected information was viewed more than necessary by the system administrator or other users, causing the user of the mobile vehicle to feel uncomfortable as if they were being excessively monitored.

[0005] Furthermore, when informing drivers of how to improve their driving quality, if a person (for example, the driver's manager) were to view driving-related information and make suggestions, there was a problem that this would cause the driver to feel aversion or resistance.

[0006] In order to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide driving report information to which disclosure restrictions are applied according to the situation while taking into consideration the driver's emotions. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] According to one aspect of the present invention, a driving report output method includes acquiring driving-related information of a mobile body driven by a user, acquiring an output request for driving report information for the user, determining whether the output request is from the user, and if the output request is not from the user, setting a restriction on viewing of certain content included in the driving report, creating the driving report with the setting applied based on the driving-related information, and outputting the created report. [Effects of the Invention]

[0008] According to the system etc. of the present invention, driving report information about the driver is output in a manner that restricts viewing depending on the degree of necessity, thereby improving driving quality while providing a work environment that takes into consideration the driver's feelings. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] 1 is a system configuration diagram of a system for controlling the disclosure of driving report information in a mobile body according to one aspect of the present embodiment. [Figure 2] 2 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of an information processing device 10 provided in the moving object 1 of FIG. [Figure 3] FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the server 20 in FIG. [Figure 4] 2 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the administrator terminal 30 of FIG. 1. FIG. [Figure 5] 10 is a flowchart of a process related to a view request determination in the present embodiment. [Figure 6]10 is an example of driving report information displayed on the display unit 440 of the user terminal 40. [Figure 7] 10 is an example of driving report information that is output when an output request is made by a non-user. [Figure 8] 10 is an example of driving report information for a group that is output when an output request is made by a user in the group. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0010] Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the description of the drawings, the same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and duplicated descriptions may be omitted. Furthermore, the components described in these embodiments are merely examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

[0011] [Embodiment] Hereinafter, an embodiment will be described as an example for realizing the information processing technology of the present invention. The contents described in this embodiment are applicable to any of the other embodiments, examples, and modified examples.

[0012] 1 is a system configuration diagram of a system for controlling the disclosure of driving report information in a mobile body according to one aspect of the present embodiment. In this system, driving-related information in the mobile body 1 is collected by an information processing device 10 provided in the mobile body 1, transmitted to and stored in a server 20, driving report information is generated based on the driving-related information stored in the server 20, and the driving report information is viewed by an administrator terminal 30 or a user terminal 40 under appropriate disclosure control.

[0013] Here, the driving-related information may include any information related to the traveling of the mobile object 1, such as the position information, speed information, acceleration information, operation information, payload information, remaining fuel information (remaining electricity information if the mobile object 1 is an electric vehicle), image information and audio information acquired by a device such as a drive recorder provided in the mobile object 1, etc. Furthermore, the traveling information may be linked to each other by the information processing device 10 and then transmitted to the server 20, or each piece of information may be linked to time information and transmitted separately to the server 20.

[0014] The driving report information is information that summarizes information related to the driver's driving, and includes, for example, a part of the driving-related information or information generated by processing the driving-related information, but is not particularly limited as long as it can grasp the driving behavior of the target driver. Examples of driving report information are shown in Figures 6, 7, and 8, which will be described later.

[0015] In this embodiment, the mobile object 1 is a vehicle used for business purposes, but is not limited to such a vehicle. The mobile object 1 is equipped with an information processing device 10, the details of which will be described later.

[0016] Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of an information processing device 10 provided in the mobile object 1 of Fig. 1. The information processing device 10 in this embodiment is, for example, a drive recorder, a car navigation device, a digital tachograph, or the like, and collects driving-related information such as video and audio from the outside and inside of the mobile object 1. The information processing device 10 is configured to include, for example, a control unit 110, a storage unit 120, a communication unit 130, a position information acquisition unit 140, a speed information acquisition unit 150, an acceleration information acquisition unit 160, an audio input unit 170, and an imaging unit 180. The information processing device 10 may store driving information triggered by some event (for example, detection of sudden acceleration, sudden deceleration, etc.), or may store driving-related information regardless of whether an event occurs, and the method of storing driving-related information is not particularly limited. The driving-related information is acquired by at least one of the position information acquisition unit 140, the speed information acquisition unit 150, the acceleration information acquisition unit 160, the voice input unit 170, and the imaging unit 180, and is stored in the server 20 via the network NW connected through the communication unit 130.

[0017] The control unit 110 is configured by a processing and arithmetic device including, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and an MPU (Micro-Processing Unit). The control unit 110 performs various processes on each piece of data, and also controls each functional unit of the communication unit 130, the position information acquisition unit 140, the speed information acquisition unit 150, the acceleration information acquisition unit 160, the audio input unit 170, and the imaging unit 180 by reading and executing programs stored in the storage unit 120.

[0018] The storage unit 120 includes, for example, a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), etc., and stores control programs processed by the control unit 110, various data, for example, information acquired by each functional unit, etc. Note that the storage unit 120 is not limited to being built into the information processing device 10, and may be an external storage device connected via a digital input / output port such as a universal serial bus (USB), etc.

[0019] The communication unit 130 is a module that can connect to a public network such as the Internet and communicate data with devices such as the server 20 connected to the network using, for example, mobile communications such as LTE (Long Term Evolution), 3G, 4G, or 5G, or narrowband communications such as DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communication). Alternatively, information may be exchanged using communications compatible with ETC2.0, which performs two-way communications using DSRC. For example, the information processing device 10 exchanges data such as driving-related information with the server 20 via the communication unit 130 .

[0020] The location information acquisition unit 140 acquires location information (e.g., latitude and longitude information) of the information processing device 10 at predetermined intervals, for example, based on radio waves arriving from GNSS satellites (e.g., GPS satellites). That is, it is possible to acquire location information of the mobile body 1 equipped with the information processing device 10. In other words, by using the mobile body 1 equipped with the information processing device 10, it is possible to essentially acquire location information of the mobile body 1. The acquired location information is associated with the time (current time) at which the location information was acquired, and is stored in the storage unit 120. Here, the location information acquisition unit 140 may acquire the location information and also acquire an accuracy value (for example, a DOP value) indicating the accuracy of the location information. In this case, the acquired location information and accuracy value are associated with the current time and stored in the storage unit 120.

[0021] Note that the method of acquiring the location information by the location information acquiring unit 140 is not limited to the above, and any location information acquiring method may be applied. For example, the location information of the information processing device 10 may be acquired by the location information acquiring unit 140 receiving radio waves, which are emitted by a roadside device installed on the side of a road and contain location information specific to the roadside device, when the mobile object 1 equipped with the information processing device 10 approaches.

[0022] The speed information acquisition unit 150 periodically acquires the traveling speed of the moving object 1 and supplies the traveling speed to the control unit 110. The speed acquisition unit 150 may have any configuration, and may, for example, calculate the speed information based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 140. Alternatively, the speed acquisition unit 150 may acquire vehicle speed pulse information acquired by a vehicle speed pulse acquisition unit (not shown) mounted on the moving object 1, and calculate the speed of the moving object 1 based on the vehicle speed pulse information.

[0023] The acceleration information acquisition unit 160 acquires the acceleration of the vehicle, and is configured to acquire the acceleration using, for example, a piezoelectric acceleration sensor. Note that the acceleration of the vehicle may be calculated based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 140 or the speed information acquired by the speed information acquisition unit 150. In such a case, the acceleration information acquisition unit 160 may not be provided.

[0024] The audio input unit 170 is, for example, a microphone that collects audio uttered by the user, and acquires and outputs audio information from around the information processing device 10. When outputting the audio information, the audio information may be output together with the image information output by the imaging unit 180 as image and audio information including both the image and the audio.

[0025] The imaging unit 180 is a functional unit, such as a camera, for capturing still images or moving images, capturing an image in the direction the camera is pointed and outputting the image information. The output image information is stored in the storage unit 120. The imaging unit 170 may be a camera attached to the information processing device 10 or an external camera connected via USB or the like, and the embodiment is not particularly limited.

[0026] Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the server 20 in Fig. 1. The server 20 in this embodiment is configured to include a control unit 210, a storage unit 220, and a communication unit 230. The server 20 is connected to the information processing device 10 and the like via a network such as the Internet, receives various driving-related information such as location information from the information processing device 10 and stores it in the storage unit 220. In addition, the server 20 generates driving report information based on the stored information, for example, driving-related information acquired by the information processing device 10.

[0027] The control unit 210, like the control unit 110 of the information processing device 10, is configured by a processing operation unit including, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and an MPU (Micro-Processing Unit). The control unit 210 performs various processes on each piece of data, and also reads and executes programs stored in the storage unit 220.

[0028] The storage unit 220, like the storage unit 120 of the information processing device 10, includes, for example, a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), etc., and stores the control program processed by the control unit 210 and various data, such as an on-board device table in which device identification information is registered. Note that the storage unit 220 is not limited to being built into the server 20, and may be an external storage device connected via a digital input / output port such as a universal serial bus (USB), etc.

[0029] The communication unit 230 is a module that can connect to a network such as the Internet using a wired communication interface or, similar to the communication unit 130 of the information processing device 10, using, for example, mobile communications such as LTE (Long Term Evolution) or 3G, or narrowband communications such as DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communication), and can communicate data with each device, such as the information processing device 10, connected to the network.

[0030] Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the administrator terminal 30 of Fig. 1. The administrator terminal 30 in this embodiment may be, for example and without limitation, an electronic device such as a tablet or laptop PC, and is configured to include, for example, a control unit 310, a storage unit 320, a communication unit 330, a display unit 340, an audio output unit 350, and an input unit 360. Of these functional units, the configurations of the control unit 310, memory unit 320, and communication unit 330 may be substantially the same as the control unit 110, memory unit 120, and communication unit 130 of the information processing device 10, and therefore detailed explanations thereof will be omitted.

[0031] The display unit 340 is a display means for displaying various information, and is configured by, for example, a liquid crystal display or an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) display. The display unit 340 displays various information acquired through the communication unit 330, processing results by the control unit 310, and the like, and displays, for example, image information captured by the imaging unit 180 in the information processing device 10 in response to a request.

[0032] The audio output unit 350 is, for example, an audio output terminal, and transmits an audio signal to output audio from a connected earphone, speaker, etc. Alternatively, it may be a speaker that outputs audio related to the audio signal. The audio output unit 350 outputs audio information acquired by the audio input unit 170 in the information processing device 10, or outputs audio such as a beep to notify the corresponding user when access to the content in the desired driving report information is not permitted.

[0033] The input unit 360 is an input means for performing various inputs to the administrator terminal 30. For example, it is configured with buttons, a touch panel, switches, etc. The input unit 360 may also be configured as a touch screen that is integrated with the display unit 340. When a user performs an input operation on the input unit 360, a control signal corresponding to the input is generated and output to the control unit 310. Then, the control unit 310 performs arithmetic processing and control corresponding to the control signal.

[0034] Furthermore, the administrator terminal 30 is linked to the administrator. Being linked means, for example, that it is possible to assume that the administrator is using the administrator terminal 30, such as when the administrator is logged in to the administrator terminal 30 using the administrator's user account, or when the administrator terminal 30 is simply assigned to the administrator (for example, the administrator is loaned the administrator terminal 30 by the company), but the form is not particularly limited.

[0035] The configuration of the user terminal 40 is similar to the configuration of the administrator terminal 30, and is not limited to, and may be, for example, an electronic device such as a tablet or laptop PC, and is configured to include, for example, a control unit 410, a memory unit 420, a communication unit 430, a display unit 440, an audio output unit 450, and an input unit 460. The contents of each of these functional units may be similar to those of the administrator terminal 30 (control unit 310, memory unit 320, communication unit 330, display unit 340, audio output unit 350, and input unit 360), so detailed explanations thereof will be omitted.

[0036] Furthermore, the user terminal 40 is linked to a user who is the driver of the moving object 1. Being linked means, for example, that the user is assumed to be using the user terminal 40, and examples include logging in with a user account on the user terminal 40, or simply being a user terminal 40 assigned to each user (such as the user being loaned the user terminal 40 by their company), but the form is not particularly limited. That is, for example, any device having the same configuration as the administrator terminal 30 can become the administrator terminal 30 if the administrator is logged in, and can become the user terminal 40 if the user is logged in.

[0037] [View request determination related processing] The following describes the access request determination related process, which is a process that outputs and reflects the results of a request to access driving report information stored in the storage unit 220 of the server 20, performed from the administrator terminal 30 or the user terminal 40. 5 is a flowchart of the browsing request determination related process in this embodiment. Note that, as a premise of this process, it is assumed that the storage unit 220 of the server 20 stores driving-related information collected from various mobile objects via the information processing device 10.

[0038] 5, first, the server 20 receives a request to output driving report information via the network NW (S1001). The driving report is a report summarizing information about driving by a user during a specified period, and is created based on driving-related information. An example of driving report information displayed on the display unit 440 of the user terminal 40 is shown in Fig. 6. As shown in Fig. 6, the driving report information is configured to include, for example, the areas described below. Note that the user linked to this user terminal 40 is assumed to be the user for whom driving report information is to be created.

[0039] Area U11 is configured to include information (e.g., name and affiliation) about the user for whom the driving report information is to be created (hereinafter referred to as the "target user"), as well as the target period for which the driving report information is to be created (hereinafter referred to as the "target period"). Note that this information in area U11 can be input by the target user, an administrator, or other external parties, and the content displayed in areas U12 to U17 may be determined depending on the input content. Area U12 displays driving-related scores (e.g., driving score, acceleration score, deceleration score, and steering score) calculated based on driving-related information for the target user during the target period, and rankings (rankings for the branch to which the user belongs and rankings for the entire company) calculated based on the calculated driving scores. Here, the driving-related scores are, by way of example and not limitation, scores representing the quality of driving by the target user of a moving object. Acceleration is an evaluation value of the quality of forward acceleration observed by the information processing device 10, deceleration is an evaluation value of the quality of backward acceleration observed by the information processing device 10, steering is an evaluation value of the quality of left-right acceleration observed by the information processing device 10, and the driving score is an evaluation value of the quality of all accelerations: acceleration, deceleration, and steering. In this embodiment, a logic is used in which the driving score tends to decrease when an acceleration with a large scalar value is acquired, but the logic is not particularly limited.

[0040] The area U13 includes a graph showing the progress of the target user's driving score over a predetermined period of time, for example, a graph showing the progress of the target user's driving score over the past six months. Area U14 includes a list of video information related to dangerous driving observed during the target period. Examples of dangerous driving include video information captured around the time when acceleration with a scalar value equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold was observed in the information processing device 10, and video information captured around the time when acceleration with a scalar value equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold was observed in the information processing device 10. Each piece of information includes, for example, observation time information (e.g., "202201090945," which is composed of the year, month, day, hour, and minute. This time information indicates that the information was acquired at 9:45 AM on January 9, 2022) and information about the nature of the observed dangerous driving (e.g., "sudden deceleration," "sudden acceleration," "sudden right turn," "sudden left turn," etc.). In this embodiment, the time information portion includes a link that allows access to the corresponding video information. For example, by selecting a link, the corresponding video information is played. Furthermore, a star is added to the video information with time information "202201181023," which indicates that the location where this dangerous driving was observed is also displayed with a star in the movement information displayed in area U16, which will be described later. Of course, the star does not have to be displayed, and any other method may be used.

[0041] The region U15 is an acceleration map generated based on driving-related information for a target user during a target period. The acceleration map is, for example, a map of acceleration information included in driving-related information acquired from the information processing device 10. In this embodiment, the frequency of occurrence of the acquired acceleration information is counted for each predetermined division, and a display based on the count value is performed for each division. Note that the display for each division in the acceleration map is not limited to being based on the frequency of occurrence, and may be based on, for example, the probability of occurrence.

[0042] Area U16 includes information (hereinafter referred to as "moving map information") that maps the movement of the moving object 1 driven by the target user on a map based on location information included in the driving-related information by the target user for a predetermined period during the target period (for example, one day specified by the target user). As described above, a star is added to a point on the map corresponding to the star added to the video information in area U14 with time information of "202201181023." This point is the location where the video information indicated by the star was acquired.

[0043] The information displayed in area U16 changes depending on the date and time that can be specified in the upper part of the area. For example, in FIG. 6, "2022 / 1 / 18," i.e., January 18, 2022, is specified in the upper part of area U16, and moving map information for that date is displayed in the lower part of area U16. This date can be changed within the target period, and by specifying a different date, moving map information for that date can be displayed. In this case, the display of the star mark for the dangerous driving video in area U14 changes in response to the change in date. In other words, in the list of dangerous driving videos, if dangerous driving was observed on the date specified in area U16, a star mark will be added to the corresponding video information of dangerous driving, and if dangerous driving was not observed on the specified date, no star mark will be added.

[0044] Area U17 includes driving evaluation information and recommendation information for the target user's driving during the target period. Both the driving evaluation information and recommendation information are created based on driving-related information of the target user during the target period. While there are no particular limitations on the method for creating the driving evaluation information and recommendation information, examples include creating a message to caution against driving in a specific direction when acceleration exceeding a specific value is observed a specific number of times or more, creating a message indicating whether driving is good or bad depending on the driving score, or performing machine learning on patterns of combinations of several observed acceleration values ​​and messages and creating the information based on the output of a constructed calculator.

[0045] Following step S1001, the server 20 determines which person's terminal is associated with the driving report information output request (S1003). If the output request is from a user, that is, if the output request is for the driving report information based on the user's own driving-related information (S1003; user), the server 20 sets all contents of the driving report information to be viewable (S1004). Here, for example, if an output request is made from the user terminal 40, it is determined that the output request is made by a user. Also, if an output request is made from the administrator terminal 30, it is determined that the output request is made by a non-user.

[0046] If the output request is from a person other than the target user, i.e., if the output request is not a request for output of driving report information based on the target user's own driving-related information (S1003; non-user), a viewing restriction is applied to predetermined content included in all content (S1005). Here, the predetermined content may be any content, but it is, for example, content that the target user may feel aversion or resistance to if viewed by anyone other than the administrator, such as the administrator himself / herself. Examples of the predetermined content include driving details captured outside the vehicle by a dashcam, the driver's appearance while driving captured inside the vehicle by a dashcam, and movement information. The predetermined content is determined and set in advance by the user's administrator or the user himself / herself.

[0047] Then, the server 20 determines whether the driving-related information corresponding to some of the content included in the predetermined content satisfies a predetermined condition (S1007). Here, the predetermined condition may be, for example, a case where the acceleration included in the driving-related information has a scalar value equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold. In other words, if the content is such that the target user may feel a sense of disgust or resistance if viewed by anyone other than the administrator, etc., but if the content is deemed to be shared with the administrator, etc. in light of the actual situation, such as dangerous driving, the content is made viewable by the administrator, etc.

[0048] If the corresponding driving-related information satisfies a predetermined condition (S1007; Y), the server 20 relaxes the viewing restrictions for the content (S1008), and outputs driving report information that reflects the settings regarding the viewing restrictions for each content (S1009).

[0049] An example of the driving report information displayed on the display unit 340 of the administrator terminal 30, i.e., the driving report information output when an output request is made by a non-user, is shown in Fig. 7. As shown in Fig. 7, the driving report information includes some of the same content as that shown in Fig. 6, but also includes different portions. Specifically, area U11 has the same content as area U21, area U12 has the same content as area U22, area U13 has the same content as area U23, area U15 has the same content as area U25, and area U17 has the same content as area U27, but areas U14 and U24, and areas U16 and U26 have different content. The following describes areas U24 and U26, which are examples of parts that differ from the contents shown in FIG.

[0050] Like area U14, area U24 contains a list of video information related to dangerous driving observed during the target period. However, links are set only for some of the time information in each video information. These links are set only when the corresponding driving-related information meets certain conditions.

[0051] The predetermined condition is not particularly limited, but may be, for example, when the observed acceleration has a scalar value equal to or greater than a predetermined value, or when the driving content is at a time preset by an administrator. In region U14 of FIG. 6, videos of driving content where the observed acceleration has a scalar value equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold are also included in the list of dangerous driving videos, but the predetermined threshold in region U24 is greater than the predetermined threshold in region U14. That is, region U14 lists dangerous driving content including small-scale cases that require user attention, whereas region U24 lists only dangerous driving content that requires administrator attention. By doing this, viewing restrictions are imposed in a manner that takes into consideration the aversion or resistance that may arise for the target user if their information is viewed by others, while an environment can be maintained in which managers and others can view driving details that need to be checked for driving management purposes.Furthermore, by presenting automatically generated suggestions and the like to the target user, driving quality can be improved without causing aversion or resistance.

[0052] Like area U16, area U26 includes a map mapping of the movement of the mobile object 1 driven by the target user based on location information included in the driving-related information for a predetermined period during the target period. However, the display is blurred, making it difficult to recognize the specific driving route taken by the target user. Here, the display method is not particularly limited, as long as it makes it difficult to recognize the specific driving route taken by the target user, but may be, for example, blacked out or not displayed at all, rather than blurring the mapping. By doing this, in the example shown in Figure 6, the target user himself can check his own driving route, while in the example shown in Figure 7, people other than the target user cannot check the driving route taken by the target user.This makes it possible to apply appropriate viewing restrictions to content that may cause disgust or resistance if viewed by anyone other than the administrator, etc.

[0053] [Variations] In the above-described embodiment, the access permission status of driving report information related to the driving of one user is changed depending on the viewer, but the access permission status may be changed not only for driving report information related to the driving of one user, but also for information related to multiple users. For example, in the case of driving report information relating to driving in a group including multiple users, the access permission state may be changed depending on the viewer. Fig. 8 shows an example of the driving report information of the group that is output when an output request is made by a user in the group.

[0054] As shown in FIG. 8, the driving report information of a group is configured to include, for example, the following fields. The area U31 includes information about a target group (hereinafter referred to as a "target group") for which driving report information is to be created, and a target period for the driving report information. Area U32 displays the average value of each driving-related score calculated based on driving-related information for all users included in the target group during the target period, and a ranking calculated based on the calculated driving scores (ranking for the entire company of the target group).

[0055] The area U33 includes a graph showing the progress of the average driving score of the subject group over a predetermined period of time, for example, a graph showing the progress of the driving score over the past six months. Area U34 is configured to include a list of video information related to dangerous driving by users included in the target group that was observed during the target period. Each piece of information is configured, for example, with the time of observation (such as "202201090945"), the name of the user who engaged in dangerous driving, and the year, month, day, hour, and minute. In this modified example, of the driving details of each user in the target group, video information of driving details that meet the same conditions as those for which links are set in area U24 of FIG. 7 is displayed in a list along with the link. In other words, video information limited to those that require attention by the administrator and require attention is displayed in a list.

[0056] Area U35 is an acceleration map generated based on driving-related information for a target period by a specified user among multiple users included in the target group. In this modification, the specified user is a user (Suma Jiro) who is different from the user (Yamada Taro) who requested the output of the group driving report, and the acceleration map to be displayed is displayed in a blurred manner. Area U36 includes moving map information that maps the movements of the moving body 1 driven by the designated user during a predetermined period within the target period. In this modification, the designated user is the same user who requested the output of the group driving report, so the moving map information is displayed so that it can be viewed as is.

[0057] Area U37 is configured to include recommendation information for each of the driving details during the target period for multiple users included in the target group. In area U37, recommendation information for the user (Yamada Taro) who requested the group's driving report output is displayed, while recommendation information for other users is not displayed. In other words, only recommendation information related to the user who requested the group's driving report output is displayed.

[0058] In this way, driving report information relating to a group can be provided in a manner in which viewing restrictions are appropriately applied to content that may cause dislike or resistance if viewed by anyone other than each user.

[0059] When an administrator requests the output of driving report information related to a group, different conditions may be set than when a user requests the output, and whether or not to permit viewing of each content may be determined based on those conditions. For example, with regard to acceleration maps, the administrator may be able to view the acceleration maps of all users, and generate and compare the differences or sums of acceleration maps between group members or between past and present acceleration maps of a single user. In other words, the content of the viewing restrictions to be applied may be changed depending on the relationship between the person requesting the output and the user related to the driving-related information of the content.

[0060] In the above embodiment, the driving report information is created in a manner that does not provide a link to content that may cause dislike or resistance if viewed by anyone other than the user, and the content is inaccessible. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a link may be provided for such content, but access to the content may be denied (unavailable).

[0061] In the above embodiment, content other than that related to the user is restricted from being viewed except for predetermined content, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the user may set content other than the predetermined content to be viewable by other users, so that the other users can view the content. For example, in the group driving report information, the acceleration map may be set to be viewable by other users, so that when another user selects the acceleration map of the user, the map is displayed without blurring.

[0062] Furthermore, if driving-related information about a certain user does not satisfy a predetermined condition, for example, if the driving quality does not satisfy a predetermined quality, some or all of the viewing restrictions applied to the content that may cause dislike or resistance if viewed by anyone other than the user may be lifted. This has the effect of enabling an administrator or the like to check in detail the driving status of a user with poor driving quality and provide better feedback, and also expecting such users to make efforts to drive in a way that improves their driving quality in order to return to the situation where the viewing restrictions on their own content were lifted.

[0063] Furthermore, it is also possible to distinguish whether or not to apply viewing restrictions based on the characteristics of each content, and to vary the level of viewing restrictions (for example, it may be OK for the administrator or users in the same group, but NG for other users, or to distinguish viewing restrictions depending on the viewer, or to not apply viewing restrictions to some of the content, etc.). For example, video information captured inside the vehicle of moving body 1 may be subject to stricter viewing restrictions than acceleration maps. For example, it may be set so that video information captured inside the vehicle of moving body 1 cannot be viewed by anyone other than the user himself, while acceleration maps may be viewable by the user himself and the administrator. Furthermore, such access restriction settings may be made by the user himself / herself. For example, the access restriction settings may be registered in the server 20 via the user terminal 40, and the access restriction settings may be applied when outputting driving report information.

[0064] Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, it is described that a restriction is set to prevent a specific content from being viewed based on the identity of the user making the viewing request, but the viewing restriction is not limited to this. For example, a part of the content may be made inaccessible while other parts may be made accessible, or instead of making the content inaccessible, a mosaic or other blurring may be applied to make it difficult to view the details. There is no particular limitation as long as viewing is restricted in some way.

[0065] Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, when the user requesting viewing does not match the user related to the content, but the driving-related information satisfies a predetermined condition (S1007; Y), the content is set to be viewable (S1008). However, this is not a limitation. In such a case, the mode is not particularly limited as long as a viewing restriction that is more relaxed than the viewing restriction imposed in step S1003 is applied. For example, if the viewing restriction imposed in step S1003 is to prohibit viewing, the viewing restriction may be relaxed to allow viewing of part of the content, or a mode may be adopted in which blurring using mosaics or the like is applied to make it difficult to view the details.

[0066] Furthermore, when the information processing device 10 is a so-called drive recorder that acquires video images of the inside and outside of the vehicle, the video images inside the vehicle, i.e., video information capturing the driver's figure, are more likely to be content that the driver himself / herself may feel aversion or reluctance to if viewed by others than the video images outside the vehicle. In light of this, it is preferable to apply the same or stricter viewing restrictions to the video images inside the vehicle than to the video images outside the vehicle.

[0067] For example, when a request for output of driving report information is made by a person other than the driver, the image outside the vehicle may be made viewable with blurring applied by mosaic or the like, while the image inside the vehicle may not be made viewable. Also, when a request for output of driving report information is made by a person other than the driver and the corresponding driving-related information satisfies a predetermined condition, the image both outside and inside the vehicle may be made viewable, or the image outside the vehicle may be made viewable, while the image inside the vehicle may be made viewable with blurring applied by mosaic or the like.

[0068] Furthermore, for example, when the situation inside and outside the vehicle is acquired as a single image, different viewing restrictions may be applied to the image of the inside of the vehicle and the image of the outside of the vehicle. In addition, for example, an area of ​​a person may be extracted by image analysis or the like, and a different viewing restriction may be applied to the extracted area of ​​the person than to other areas. As a different viewing restriction, for example, a blurring such as a mosaic may be applied to the area of ​​the person, making it difficult to recognize the actions of the person, while allowing normal viewing in other areas.

[0069] Although the embodiments and modifications of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and modifications. Furthermore, the above-described embodiments and modifications can be improved or modified in various ways without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Furthermore, the above-described embodiments and modifications can be combined. [Explanation of symbols]

[0070] 1. Mobile 10. Information processing equipment 20 servers 30 Administrator terminal 40 User terminals

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1. A driving report output method executed by a system, Acquiring driving-related information of a mobile object driven by a user; obtaining a request for output of driving report information for the user; determining whether the output request is from the user, whether a first content included in the driving report information is a predetermined content that the user may feel aversion or resistance to if viewed by anyone other than the user, and whether driving-related information corresponding to the first content satisfies a predetermined condition; When it is determined that the output request is not made by the user, the first content is the predetermined content, and the driving-related information corresponding to the first content satisfies a predetermined condition, the viewing restriction on the first content is set to be more lenient than when it is determined that the output request is not made by the user, the first content is the predetermined content, and the driving-related information corresponding to the first content does not satisfy a predetermined condition; outputting the driving report information to which the setting has been applied based on the driving-related information; A method for outputting a driving report, including:

2. a driving-related information acquisition unit that acquires driving-related information of a moving object driven by a user; an output request acquisition unit that acquires an output request for driving report information about the user; a determination unit that determines whether the output request is made by the user, whether a first content included in the driving report information is a predetermined content that the user may feel aversion or resistance to if viewed by anyone other than the user, and whether driving-related information corresponding to the first content satisfies predetermined conditions; a setting unit that, when it is determined that the output request is not made by the user, the first content is the predetermined content, and the driving-related information corresponding to the first content satisfies a predetermined condition, sets a viewing restriction on the first content to be more lenient than when it is determined that the output request is not made by the user, the first content is the predetermined content, and the driving-related information corresponding to the first content does not satisfy a predetermined condition; an output unit that outputs the driving report information to which the setting is applied based on the driving-related information; An operation report output device comprising:

3. On the computer, Acquiring driving-related information of a mobile object driven by a user; obtaining a request for output of driving report information for the user; determining whether the output request is from the user, whether a first content included in the driving report information is a predetermined content that the user may feel aversion or resistance to if viewed by anyone other than the user, and whether driving-related information corresponding to the first content satisfies a predetermined condition; When it is determined that the output request is not made by the user, the first content is the predetermined content, and the driving-related information corresponding to the first content satisfies a predetermined condition, the viewing restriction on the first content is set to be more lenient than when it is determined that the output request is not made by the user, the first content is the predetermined content, and the driving-related information corresponding to the first content does not satisfy a predetermined condition; outputting the driving report information to which the setting has been applied based on the driving-related information; A program that executes.

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