Vehicle control system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020398789-A1
Application number	US-201716644075-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 4, 2017
Priority date	Sep 4, 2017
Publication date	Dec 24, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

A first authentication process unit and a second authentication process unit of an ECU constituting a system respectively perform a first authentication process and a second authentication process for comparing authentication information acquired from a maintenance operator terminal and a user terminal, and first authentication information of a first authentication information registration unit and second authentication information of a second authentication information registration unit. An authority setting unit performs an operation permission for a vehicle for the purpose of maintaining the vehicle when the authentications match.

First claim

1 . A vehicle control system configured to permit an authentication target to operate a vehicle on a basis of authentication information obtained from the authentication target, the vehicle control system comprising:
a first authentication information registration unit in which first authentication information used for permitting operation for the vehicle for maintenance of the vehicle is registered; a second authentication information registration unit in which second authentication information used for permitting operation for the vehicle other than the maintenance of the vehicle is registered; a first authentication process unit configured to perform a first authentication process for a first authentication target on a basis of authentication information obtained from the first authentication target and the first authentication information registered in the first authentication information registration unit; a second authentication process unit configured to perform a second authentication process for a second authentication target on a basis of authentication information obtained from the second authentication target and the second authentication information registered in the second authentication information registration unit; and an authority setting unit configured to permit the operation for the vehicle for the maintenance of the vehicle in a case where both authentication in the first authentication process and authentication in the second authentication process have succeeded.

2 . The vehicle control system according to claim 1 , wherein if the authentications in both the first authentication process and the second authentication process performed on the basis of a request for operation permission for the vehicle for the maintenance of the vehicle have succeeded, the authority setting unit is configured to permit the operation for the vehicle for the maintenance of the vehicle.

3 . The vehicle control system according to claim 1 , wherein the second authentication information is authentication information used for permitting the operation for the vehicle for managing the vehicle.

4 . The vehicle control system according to claim 1 , wherein the second authentication information is authentication information used for permitting the operation for the vehicle for using the vehicle.

5 . The vehicle control system according to claim 4 , wherein the second authentication information is registered in the second authentication information registration unit as authentication information about a user of the vehicle in a predetermined period including a time point when the second authentication process is performed.

6 . The vehicle control system according to claim 4 , wherein:
if both the authentication in the first authentication process and the authentication in the second authentication process have succeeded and permission information expressing that a manager of the vehicle has permitted the maintenance of the vehicle is possessed, the authority setting unit is configured to permit the operation for the maintenance of the vehicle in a first permission range; if both the authentication in the first authentication process and the authentication in the second authentication process have succeeded and the permission information is not possessed, the authority setting unit is configured to permit the operation for the maintenance of the vehicle in a second permission range; and an operation permission range for the vehicle in the second permission range is more limited than that in the first permission range.

7 . The vehicle control system according to claim 1 , wherein if the first authentication target and/or the second authentication target does not exist in a predetermined range after the operation for the maintenance is permitted, the authority setting unit is configured to cancel the operation permission for the maintenance.

8 . The vehicle control system according to claim 1 , wherein even if the first authentication target and/or the second authentication target does not exist in the predetermined range after the operation for the maintenance is permitted, the authority setting unit is configured to continue the operation permission for the maintenance in a case where the permission information expressing that the manager of the vehicle has permitted the maintenance of the vehicle is possessed.

9 . The vehicle control system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first authentication information is registered in the first authentication information registration unit in advance before the first authentication process, or the first authentication information is obtained from a manager server owned by the manager of the vehicle when the first authentication process unit obtains the authentication information from the first authentication target, and registered in the first authentication information registration unit; and the second authentication information is registered in the second authentication information registration unit in advance before the second authentication process, or the second authentication information is obtained from the manager server when the second authentication process unit obtains the authentication information from the second authentication target, and registered in the second authentication information registration unit.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wakita Kazuyoshi
• Tsuboi Michitaka
• Yoshii Yu
• Sakai Yuki
• Oguchi Ryosuke

Classifications

• G07C2209/04

  Access control involving a hierarchy in access rights · CPC title

• G07C2205/02

  using a vehicle scan tool · CPC title

• G07C9/27

  with central registration · CPC title

• G07C9/00309

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

• B60R25/25 Primary

  using biometry · CPC title