Vehicle and service management device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11586223-B2
Application number	US-201816622026-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 15, 2018
Priority date	Jun 16, 2017
Publication date	Feb 21, 2023
Grant date	Feb 21, 2023

Abstract

A vehicle includes a communicator configured to receive driving information from a management server, a controller configured to drive the vehicle on the basis of the driving information from the communicator, a manager configured to manage a compartment of the vehicle in which a service user receives a service from a service provider, and an interface set up in association with service-related information provided by the service provider and the compartment.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a communicator configured to receive driving information from a management server;
a controller configured to drive the vehicle on the basis of the driving information from the communicator;
a manager configured to manage a compartment of the vehicle in which a service user receives a service from a service provider;
an interface set up in association with service-related information provided by the service provider and the compartment; and
a traveling device that does not have any compartment and a first connector provided on the traveling device and connected to a superstructure so that the superstructure is removable from the traveling device,
wherein the manager acquires traveling device information including version information of the traveling device from the management server and causes the superstructure having a version matching the acquired traveling device information to be connected by the first connector.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the communicator transmits a control signal for controlling the interface to the management server or the service provider using an access state of the service user for the vehicle as a trigger.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 ,
wherein the interface includes an external display, and
wherein the vehicle further includes a display controller configured to execute a display form specified by the service provider in the external display with respect to the control signal.

4. The vehicle according to claim 3 , further comprising a storage configured to store external display content,
wherein the display controller downloads the content from an external device and updates the content stored in the storage.

5. The vehicle according to claim 2 , comprising an attribute sharer configured to share an attribute of the compartment with the management server or the service provider,
wherein the interface is set up in correspondence with the attribute.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a usage situation detector configured to detect a usage situation of the compartment of the vehicle,
wherein the communicator transmits a detection signal of the usage situation detector to the service provider.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1 , comprising an external environment detector configured to detect the surroundings of the compartment,
wherein the communicator transmits a detection signal of the external environment detector to the service provider.

8. The vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the communicator receives a service signal transmitted from the service provider, and
wherein the vehicle further comprises:
a compartment control signal generator configured to generate a control signal corresponding to the received service signal and transmit the control signal to equipment arranged in the compartment; and
a driving control signal generator configured to transmit a control signal corresponding to the service signal to the controller.

9. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the interface executes an operation on an external facility via the service provider.

10. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the interface makes a route change to a specific destination provided by the service provider.

11. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the interface further comprises:
a display configured to display content provided by the service provider; and
an operation information transmitter configured to transmit operation information to the service provider via the communicator.

12. The vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller comprises an automated driving controller configured to perform automated driving on the basis of an external environment detection sensor and a position information sensor, and
wherein the interface permits the service user to use information when the automated driving is being executed and the service user is in the vehicle.

13. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the interface provides information to the service user before or after the service user gets into the compartment.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Iwasaki Shun
• Asaumi Hisao
• Ishisaka Kentaro
• Kondo Izumi
• Koike Satoshi
• Manabe Tomohisa
• Ito Yo
• Hayashi Yuki
• Yasui Yuji
• Tokunaga Shion
• Watanabe Nobuyuki
• Nishioka Kazuki
• HIROHATA Yudai
• Yamane Hisakazu
• Shimoyamada Takayuki
• AHEGO Kovi
• Liu Liyan
• Uchitomi Hirotaka
• Yuki Masashi
• Hirose Takafumi
• Ito Jun
• Fukushima Rie
• Onoda Masaaki
• Lang Christopher

Classifications

• G05D1/0016

  characterised by the operator's input device (input arrangements for computing systems in general G06F3/00) · CPC title

• G05D1/0297 Primary

  by controlling means in a control room · CPC title

• G08G1/096894

  where input is assisted by the navigation device, i.e. the user does not type the complete name of the destination, e.g. using zip codes, telephone numbers, progressively selecting from initial letters · CPC title

• G08G1/202

  Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching · CPC title

• G08G1/096805

  where the transmitted instructions are used to compute a route · CPC title