User identification system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10970952-B2
Application number	US-202016774416-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 28, 2020
Priority date	Sep 7, 2016
Publication date	Apr 6, 2021
Grant date	Apr 6, 2021

Abstract

A user identification system includes: a detection unit that detects prescribed motions of a person when the person boards or alights from a vehicle; an acquisition unit that acquires types of boarding information indicating that one of users boards or is on board the vehicle when one of the motions is detected; a memory that stores association information in which identification information of the users is associated with the types of boarding information corresponding to the users; a probability calculating unit configured to calculate a probability that each of the users boards or is on boarded the vehicle based on the types of boarding information and the association information; and an identification unit that identifies a user who boards or is on boarded the vehicle among the users based on the probability calculated by the probability calculating unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A user identification system comprising a processor configured to execute instructions, the instructions cause, when executed by the processor, perform operations including:
(a) determining whether a user registered in an information storage boards or is on board a vehicle; and
(b) controlling at least one of a navigation device, a audio device and an information display device, based on information on the user who boards or is on board the vehicle,
wherein the operation (a) includes determining whether the user boards or is on board the vehicle based on a plurality of types of boarding information indicating that one of a plurality of users registered in the information storage in advance boards or is on board the vehicle, the plurality of types of boarding information including a first type of boarding information which is acquired to correspond to one of a plurality of seats in the vehicle, and
wherein the operations further include (c) identifying a seat of the user who boards or is on board the vehicle among the plurality of seats based on the first type of boarding information.

2. The user identification system according to claim 1 , wherein
the operation (a) includes identifying the user who boards or is on board the vehicle among a plurality of users registered in the information storage, and
the operations further include
(d) locking and unlocking a door of the vehicle,

wherein the plurality of users include a first user and a second user who has been set to be permitted to board the vehicle along with the first user in advance, and
the operation (d) includes unlocking a door of the vehicle when the first user is identified as a user who is on board the vehicle, the second user is identified as a user who boards the vehicle in a state in which all doors of the vehicle are locked, and a predetermined operation on the vehicle is performed from outside of the vehicle.

3. The user identification system according to claim 2 , wherein
the operation (d) further includes unlocking only the door which is to be opened by the second user.

4. The user identification system according to claim 1 , wherein
the operation (a) includes identifying the user who boards or is on board the vehicle among a plurality of users registered in the information storage, and
the operations further include:
(d) locking and unlocking a door of the vehicle; and
(e) counting a mutual boarding frequency of each pair of the plurality of users based on an identification result of the operation (a), wherein
the plurality of users include a first user and a second user, the mutual boarding frequency of the second user with the first user being equal to or greater than a predetermined frequency, and
the operation (d) includes unlocking the door of the vehicle when the first user is identified as a user who is on board the vehicle, the second user is identified as a user who boards the vehicle in a state in which all doors of the vehicle are locked, and a predetermined operation on the vehicle is performed from outside of the vehicle.

5. The user identification system according to claim 1 , wherein
the operations further include
(d) controlling an on-board device mounted in the vehicle based on a control condition set in advance to correspond to the user who is board or is on board the vehicle.

6. The user identification system according to claim 1 , wherein
the user identification system is mounted in the vehicle.

7. A user identification method comprising:
(a) determining whether a user registered in an information storage boards or is on board a vehicle; and
(b) controlling at least one of a navigation device, a audio device and an information display device, based on information on the user who boards or is on board the vehicle,
wherein the step (a) includes determining whether the user boards or is on board the vehicle based on a plurality of types of boarding information indicating that one of a plurality of users registered in the information storage in advance boards or is on board the vehicle, the plurality of types of boarding information including a first type of boarding information which is acquired to correspond to one of a plurality of seats in the vehicle, and
wherein the user identification method further includes (c) identifying a seat of the user who boards or is on board the vehicle among the plurality of seats based on the first type of boarding information.

8. The user identification method according to claim 7 , wherein
the step (a) includes identifying the user who boards or is on board the vehicle among a plurality of users registered in the information storage, and
the user identification method further includes
(d) locking and unlocking a door of the vehicle,

wherein the plurality of users include a first user and a second user who has been set to be permitted to board the vehicle along with the first user in advance, wherein
the step (d) includes unlocking a door of the vehicle when the first user is identified as a user who is on board the vehicle, the second user is identified as a user who boards the vehicle in a state in which all doors of the vehicle are locked, and a predetermined operation on the vehicle is performed from outside of the vehicle.

9. The user identification method according to claim 8 , wherein
the step (d) further includes unlocking only the door which is to be opened by the second user.

10. The user identification method according to claim 7 , wherein
the step (a) includes identifying the user who boards or is on board the vehicle among a plurality of users registered in the information storage, and
the user identification method further includes:
(d) locking and unlocking a door of the vehicle; and
(e) counting a mutual boarding frequency of each pair of the plurality of users based on an identification result of the step (a), wherein
the plurality of users include a first user and a second user, the mutual boarding frequency of the second user with the first user being equal to or greater than a predetermined frequency, and
the step (d) includes unlocking the door of the vehicle when the first user is identified as a user who is on board the vehicle, the second user is identified as a user who boards the vehicle in a state in which all doors of the vehicle are locked, and a predetermined operation on the vehicle is performed from outside of the vehicle.

11. The user identification method according to claim 7 , further comprising
(d) controlling an on-board device mounted in the vehicle based on a control condition set in advance to correspond to the user who is board or is on board the vehicle.

12. The user identification method according to claim 7 , wherein the user identification method is performed by one or more electronic control unit mounted on the vehicle.

13. A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable by one or more processors, the instructions cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
(a) determining whether a user registered in an information storage boards or is on board a vehicle; and
(b) controlling at least one of a navigation device, a audio device and an information display device, based on information on the user who boards or is on board the vehicle,
wherein the operation (a) includes determining whether the user boards or is on board the vehicle based on a plurality of types of boarding information indicating that one of a plurality of users registered in the information storage in advance boards or is on board the vehicle, the plurality of types of boarding information including a first type

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Atsumi Ryuta

Classifications

• B60R25/002

  Locking of control actuating or transmitting means (of steering mechanism B60R25/02) · CPC title

• G07C2009/00769

  with data transmission performed by wireless means · CPC title

• G07C2209/04

  Access control involving a hierarchy in access rights · CPC title

• G07C2009/00793

  by Hertzian waves · CPC title

• G07C9/00309

  operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks · CPC title