JP2005088855A - Vehicle operation control system and vehicle operation control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle operation control system and a vehicle operation control device capable of preventing a vehicle operation by a user who is not permitted to drive the vehicle.
A vehicle operation control device 2 includes a user identification information reading unit 11 that reads user identification information from an electronic driver's license 4, and a driving license information management device 5 that manages driving license information related to a user. The user identification information transmitting unit 12 that transmits the user identification information read by the identification information reading unit 11 and whether or not the user is permitted to drive the vehicle transmitted by the driver's license information management device 5 are shown. Engine operation determining means 13 for determining whether or not to operate the engine of the vehicle based on the driving availability information, and the engine operation determining means 13 permits or prohibits the operation of the engine of the vehicle. The result of the determination as to whether or not to operate the vehicle engine is transmitted to the device 3.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle operation control system and a vehicle operation control device, and for example, vehicle operation control that permits and prohibits driving of an automobile based on user identification information for identifying a user recorded in an electronic driver's license. The present invention relates to a system and a vehicle operation control device.

As shown in FIG. 5, the conventional vehicle operation control system is stored in an authentication information input means 60 configured by an IC card reader and a fingerprint verification device, a storage device 61 that stores authentication information in advance, and a storage device 61. The control unit 62 that identifies the driver based on the authentication information and the authentication information input by the authentication information input unit 60, and the door lock operation unit 63 that locks and unlocks the door lock according to the identified driver. And a power supply control unit 64 that switches the power connection of the vehicle according to the identified driver, and an engine control unit 65 that switches whether to start the engine according to the identified driver. Other than the above, the engine cannot be started (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2003-120094 A

  However, in the conventional vehicle operation control system, even a user who is not permitted to drive the vehicle due to a driver's license being expired or the like is permitted to drive the vehicle if the user is registered in the vehicle. There was a problem.

  The present invention has been made to solve the conventional problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a vehicle operation control system and a vehicle operation control device that can prevent a vehicle from being operated by a user who is not permitted to drive the vehicle. And

  A vehicle operation control system according to the present invention includes a vehicle operation control device installed in a vehicle, an engine operation permission device that permits or prohibits operation of the engine of the vehicle, and user identification information for identifying a user. Is recorded on the electronic driver's license and a driver's license information management device that manages the driver's license information related to the user identification information, and the vehicle operation control device records the electronic driver's license in the electronic driver's license. User identification information reading means for reading the user identification information, user identification information transmitting means for transmitting the user identification information read by the user identification information reading means to the driving license information management device, and Transmitted by the driver's license information management device in response to the transmission of the user identification information by the user identification information transmitting means, and permits the user to drive the vehicle. Engine operation determining means for determining whether or not to operate the engine of the vehicle on the basis of the driving availability information indicating whether or not the engine is permitted. The engine operation permission device operates the engine of the vehicle by the engine operation determining means. When it is determined that the engine of the vehicle is to be operated, the operation of the engine of the vehicle is permitted, and when the engine operation determination means determines that the engine of the vehicle is not to be operated, the operation of the engine of the vehicle is prohibited. It is configured as follows.

  With this configuration, the driver's license information management device is inquired as to whether or not the user's driving license is valid, and the user is permitted or prohibited from driving the vehicle based on the inquired result. It is possible to prevent driving of a vehicle by a user who is not permitted to drive.

  In the vehicle operation control system according to the present invention, the driving license information management device includes a driving license information storage unit that stores the driving license information corresponding to the user identification information, and a user identification information transmission unit. Driving license information acquisition means for acquiring the driving license information from the driving license information storage means based on the transmitted user identification information, and whether the driving is permitted or not based on the driving license information acquired by the driving license information acquisition means Driving availability information generating means for generating information and driving availability information transmitting means for transmitting the driving availability information generated by the driving availability information generating means to the vehicle operation control device.

  With this configuration, since it is determined whether or not the user is permitted to drive the vehicle based on the driving license information, it is possible to prevent the vehicle from being driven by the user who is not permitted to drive the vehicle.

  In the vehicle operation control system of the present invention, the driving license information includes information on an owner of the electronic driving license, information on the electronic driving license, and a driving license of the owner of the electronic driving license. Whether the license is expired, the history of traffic accidents by the owner of the electronic driver's license, the history of traffic violations by the owner of the electronic driver's license, and the traffic violation by the owner of the electronic driver's license And information representing at least one of the fines and fines payment history.

  Based on this configuration, whether the driver's license has expired, the traffic accident history by the user, the traffic violation history by the user, or the payment history of fines and fines for traffic violations by the user Since it is determined whether or not the user is allowed to drive the vehicle, it is possible to prevent the vehicle from being driven by the user who is not allowed to drive the vehicle.

  Further, in the vehicle operation control system of the present invention, the driver's license information management device notifies the owner of the electronic driver's license based on the driver's license information acquired by the driver's license information acquisition means. Notification information generating means for generating the information, the driving availability information transmitting means further transmits the notification information generated by the notification information generating means to the vehicle operation control device, and the vehicle operation control device Notification information output means for outputting information is provided.

  With this configuration, the driver's license information management device administrator can notify the vehicle user of information, so the vehicle user's driver's license renewal guidance, a request to appear at the public security organization, and a fine And reminders to pay fines.

  In the vehicle operation control system of the present invention, the vehicle operation control device includes notification confirmation information input means for allowing a user to input notification confirmation information indicating that the notification information has been confirmed, and the engine operation determination means. Is configured to determine not to operate the engine of the vehicle until notification confirmation information is input to the notification confirmation information input means.

  With this configuration, driving of the vehicle is prohibited until the user of the vehicle confirms that the notification information has been confirmed, so the notification information can be reliably notified to the user of the vehicle.

  In the vehicle operation control system of the present invention, the vehicle operation control device includes notification confirmation information transmission means for transmitting notification confirmation information input to the notification confirmation information input means to the driving license information management device, The driver's license information management device has expiration date determining means for determining an expiration date of the user's driver's license from the time when notification confirmation information is transmitted by the notification confirmation information transmitting means, and the expiration date The determining means is configured to add expiration date information indicating the expiration date determined by the expiration date determining means to the driving license information stored in the driving license information storage means.

  With this configuration, it is possible to prevent the driver's license from being expired because the user could not receive the notification information by processing the notification contents within a predetermined period after the vehicle user received the notification. .

  Further, in the vehicle operation control system of the present invention, the driving permission / inhibition information transmission unit further transmits the driving license information acquired by the driving license information acquisition unit to the vehicle operation control device, and the vehicle operation control device includes: Driving license information writing means for writing the driving license information transmitted by the driving propriety information transmitting means to the electronic driver's license, and the user identification information reading means from the electronic driving license to the driving license information The engine operation determining means, when the driving propriety information is not transmitted by the driving propriety information transmitting means, based on the driving license information read by the user identification information reading means, It is configured to determine whether or not to operate the engine.

  With this configuration, when the driver's license information management device and the vehicle operation control device cannot communicate, it is determined whether to allow the user to drive the vehicle based on the driver's license information stored in the electronic driver's license. Therefore, it is possible to avoid that the vehicle cannot be driven because the driver's license information management device and the vehicle operation control device cannot communicate.

  In the vehicle operation control system according to the present invention, the user identification information transmitting unit transmits the user identification information read by the user identification information reading unit to the driving license information management device at a predetermined time interval. The engine operation determining means is configured to determine whether or not to operate the engine of the vehicle every time the driving availability information is transmitted by the driving availability information transmitting means.

  With this configuration, when the driver's license information management device and the vehicle operation control device cannot communicate, the driver's license information management device and the vehicle operation control device try to communicate with each other at a predetermined time interval. It is possible to cope with a case where the vehicle operation control device cannot accidentally communicate.

  In the vehicle operation control system according to the present invention, when the engine operation determining means determines that the engine of the vehicle is not operated when the engine of the vehicle is operating, the engine of the vehicle is stopped. Sometimes it is configured to transmit the result of the determination to the engine operation permission device.

  With this configuration, since driving by the user is not prohibited while the vehicle is traveling, it is possible to prevent accidents such as the driver's license information being updated while the vehicle is traveling and becoming unmanageable.

  In the vehicle operation control system of the present invention, the vehicle operation control device includes user identification information storage means for storing user identification information for identifying a user permitted to operate the engine of the vehicle, Authentication means for authenticating the user identification information read by the user identification information reading means based on the user identification information stored in the user identification information storage means, and the engine operation determining means, It is configured to determine whether or not to operate the engine of the vehicle based on the result of authentication by the authentication means in addition to the driving availability information.

  According to this configuration, since the driving of the vehicle by the authorized user is permitted and the driving of the vehicle by the unauthorized user is prohibited, it is possible to prevent the vehicle from being stolen.

  The vehicle operation control apparatus according to the present invention includes a user identification information reading unit that reads user identification information from an electronic driving license in which user identification information for identifying a user is recorded, and corresponds to the user identification information. A user identification information transmitting unit that transmits the user identification information read by the user identification information reading unit to a driver's license information management device that manages the driver's license information related to the user, and the user identification information transmitting unit. Whether or not to operate the engine of the vehicle based on driving availability information transmitted by the driving license information management device in response to transmission of user identification information and indicating whether or not the user is allowed to drive the vehicle Engine operation determining means for determining whether or not the engine operation determining means permits or prohibits the operation of the engine of the vehicle. Is configured to transmit whether the result of the determination to operate the engine of the vehicle location.

  With this configuration, the driver's license information management device is inquired as to whether or not the user's driving license is valid, and the user is permitted or prohibited from driving the vehicle based on the inquired result. It is possible to prevent driving of a vehicle by a user who is not permitted to drive.

  In addition, the vehicle operation control device of the present invention has a configuration including notification information output means for outputting the notification information transmitted by the driving license information management device.

  With this configuration, the driver's license information management device administrator can notify the vehicle user of information, so the vehicle user's driver's license renewal guidance, a request to appear at the public security organization, and a fine And reminders to pay fines.

  The vehicle operation control device of the present invention further includes notification confirmation information input means for allowing a user to input notification confirmation information indicating that the notification information has been confirmed, and the engine operation determination means includes the notification confirmation information input means. Until the notification confirmation information is input, it is determined that the engine of the vehicle is not operated.

  With this configuration, driving of the vehicle is prohibited until the user of the vehicle confirms that the notification information has been confirmed, so the notification information can be reliably notified to the user of the vehicle.

  In addition, the vehicle operation control device of the present invention has a configuration including notification confirmation information transmitting means for transmitting notification confirmation information input to the notification confirmation information input means to the driving license information management device.

  With this configuration, it is possible to prevent the driver's license from being expired because the user could not receive the notification information by processing the notification contents within a predetermined period after the vehicle user received the notification. .

  Further, the vehicle operation control device of the present invention comprises a driving license information writing means for writing the driving license information transmitted by the driving license information management device in the electronic driving license, and the user identification information reading means is The driver's license information is further read from the electronic driver's license, and the engine operation determining means is read by the user identification information reading means when the driving permission information is not transmitted by the driver's license information management device. It is configured to determine whether or not to operate the engine of the vehicle based on the driver's license information.

  With this configuration, when communication with the driver's license information management device is not possible, it is determined whether to allow the user to drive the vehicle based on the driver's license information stored in the electronic driver's license. It can be avoided that the vehicle cannot be driven due to the inability to communicate with the information management device.

  In the vehicle operation control device according to the present invention, the user identification information transmitting unit transmits the user identification information read by the user identification information reading unit to the driving license information management device at a predetermined time interval. The engine operation determining means is configured to determine whether or not to operate the engine of the vehicle every time the driving availability information is transmitted by the driving availability information transmitting means.

  With this configuration, when communication with the driver's license information management device is not possible, communication with the driver's license information management device is attempted at predetermined time intervals, so that it is possible to cope with accidental communication with the driver's license information management device. Can do.

  In the vehicle operation control device according to the present invention, when the engine operation determining means determines that the operation of the engine of the vehicle is prohibited when the engine of the vehicle is operating, the engine of the vehicle is stopped. When this happens, the result of the determination is transmitted to the engine operation permission device.

  With this configuration, since driving by the user is not prohibited while the vehicle is traveling, it is possible to prevent accidents such as the driver's license information being updated while the vehicle is traveling and becoming unmanageable.

  The vehicle operation control device according to the present invention includes user identification information storage means for storing user identification information for identifying a user permitted to operate the engine of the vehicle, and the user identification information reading means. Authentication means for authenticating the user identification information read by the user identification information storage means based on the user identification information stored in the user identification information storage means, and the engine operation determination means in addition to the driving propriety information, the authentication means It is configured to determine whether or not to operate the engine of the vehicle based on the result of the authentication.

  According to this configuration, since the driving of the vehicle by the authorized user is permitted and the driving of the vehicle by the unauthorized user is prohibited, it is possible to prevent the vehicle from being stolen.

  The present invention provides an engine operation determining means for determining whether or not to operate the engine of the vehicle based on the driving availability information indicating whether or not the user is permitted to drive the vehicle. Therefore, it is possible to provide a vehicle operation control device and a vehicle operation control system that can prevent a vehicle from being operated by a user who is not permitted to operate the vehicle.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a vehicle operation control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, a vehicle operation control system 1 includes a vehicle operation control device 2 installed in a vehicle, an engine operation permission device 3 that permits or prohibits the operation of a vehicle engine, and a user for identifying a user. An electronic driver's license 4 in which identification information is recorded, and a driver's license information management device 5 that manages driver's license information related to the user corresponding to the user identification information are provided.

  The vehicle operation control system 1 can include a vehicle operation control device 2 and an engine operation permission device 3 provided in each of a plurality of vehicles, and a plurality of driving license information management devices 5. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the following description will be made assuming that one vehicle operation control device 2, one engine operation permission device 3, and one driving license information management device 5 are provided.

  The vehicle operation control device 2 includes a wireless communication interface 10 that wirelessly communicates with the driver's license information management device 5, user identification information reading means 11 that reads user identification information recorded in the electronic driver's license 4, and usage A user identification information transmitting unit 12 for transmitting the user identification information read by the user identification information reading unit 11 to the driver's license information management device 5 via the wireless communication interface 10; and a user by the user identification information transmitting unit 12. In response to the transmission of the identification information, it is determined whether or not to operate the engine of the vehicle based on the driving availability information that is transmitted by the driving license information management device 5 and indicates whether or not the user is allowed to drive the vehicle. And engine operation determination means 13.

  The wireless communication interface 10 includes an antenna, a modulator, a demodulator, and the like for wireless communication, and communicates with the driving license information management device 5 by performing wireless communication with a roadside device installed on a road or the like. It has become. The roadside machine and the driver's license information management apparatus 5 may communicate with each other via a network such as the Internet network.

  Further, information communicated between the wireless communication interface 10 and the driver's license information management device 5 may be encrypted and signed. For example, information transmitted from the wireless communication interface 10 to the driving license information management device 5 is encrypted with the public key of the driving license information management device 5 and generated with the secret key of the vehicle operation control device 2. A signature may be attached. The information transmitted from the driving license information management device 5 to the wireless communication interface 10 is encrypted with the public key of the vehicle operation control device 2 and generated with the secret key of the driving license information management device 5. A signature may be attached. In this case, the wireless communication interface 10 stores the secret key of the vehicle operation control device 2 and the public key of the driver's license information management device 5, and the communication interface 30 described later of the driver's license information management device 5 stores the driver's license. The secret key of the information management device 5 and the public key of the vehicle operation control device 2 are configured to be stored.

  The vehicle operation control device 2 may be provided with a buffer that temporarily stores information that the wireless communication interface 10 communicates with the driver's license information management device 5, but in this case, the wireless communication interface 10 Is configured so as to be discarded after the data stored in the buffer is transmitted and received.

  The user identification information reading means 11 is constituted by a reader / writer device 14, transmits electromagnetic waves so as to supply driving power to the electronic driving license 4, and the electronic driving license 4 driven by the transmitted electromagnetic waves is recorded. The transmitted user identification information is transmitted to the user identification information reading means 11.

  When it is determined by the engine operation determination means 13 that the engine of the vehicle is to be operated, the engine operation permission device 3 permits the operation of the engine of the vehicle, and the engine operation determination means 13 determines that the engine of the vehicle is not to be operated. In such a case, the operation of the vehicle engine is prohibited. Here, the engine operation permission device 3 may be configured by an immobilizer, or may be configured by a mechanism that locks or unlocks the ignition switch.

  The electronic driver's license 4 includes a non-contact type IC chip, and stores user identification information for identifying the owner of the electronic driver's license 4. When the driving power is supplied by the user identification information reading unit 11, the electronic driver's license 4 wirelessly transmits the stored user identification information to the user identification information reading unit 11. .

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the driving license information management device 5.

  In FIG. 2, the driving license information management device 5 includes a communication interface 30 that communicates with the vehicle operation control device 2, a driving license information storage unit 31 that stores driving license information corresponding to the user identification information, and a user. Based on the user identification information transmitted by the identification information transmitting means 12, the driving license information acquiring means 32 for acquiring the driving license information from the driving license information storage means 31, and the driving license information acquired by the driving license information acquiring means 32 Driving enable / disable information generating means 33 for generating driving enable / disable information based on the information, and driving enable / disable information transmitting means for transmitting the drive enable / disable information generated by the drive enable / disable information generating means 33 to the vehicle operation control device 2 via the communication interface 30. 34.

  The communication interface 30 includes an antenna, a modulator, a demodulator, and the like for wireless communication when communicating with the vehicle operation control device 2 by performing wireless communication with a roadside device. When communicating with the vehicle operation control device 2, it is configured by a network interface such as a communication driver.

  The driving license information storage means 31 is configured by a non-volatile storage medium such as a hard disk device or a flash memory, and stores user identification information and driving license information in association with each other.

  The driver's license information includes information regarding the owner of the electronic driver's license 4 such as the name, address, and date of birth of the owner of the electronic driver's license 4, as well as the date and issue number of the electronic driver's license 4. , Information on the electronic driver's license 4 such as type, expiration date, and issuer.

  The driver's license information includes whether the driver's license of the electronic driver's license 4 has expired, a history of traffic accidents by the owner of the electronic driver's license 4, and the owner of the electronic driver's license 4 Information that represents at least one of the history of traffic violations and the driving history of the owner of the electronic driver's license 4 such as a fine or fine payment history for traffic violations by the owner of the electronic driver's license 4 included. In addition, the information regarding the driving history of the owner of the electronic driving license 4 is updated by a public organization such as a public security organization.

  The driving permission / inhibition information generating means 33 determines whether or not the owner of the electronic driving license 4 is permitted to drive based on the driving license information acquired by the driving license information acquiring means 32, and based on the determination result. Driving availability information is generated. For example, the driving permission / inhibition information generating means 33 may determine that the driving license of the owner of the electronic driving license 4 has expired, has been cancelled, has been suspended, or that a fine or fine has been paid. If the driver's license information indicates that the driver's license information has not been passed, the driver's license information indicating that the owner of the electronic driver's license 4 is not permitted to drive is generated.

  The driving license information management device 5 further includes notification information generating means 35 for generating notification information for notifying the owner of the electronic driving license 4 based on the driving license information acquired by the driving license information acquiring means 32. ing. The driving propriety information transmitting unit 34 further transmits the notification information generated by the notification information generating unit 35 to the vehicle operation control device 2.

  Here, the notification information includes a driver's license renewal guide, a request to appear at a public security organization, and a reminder to pay a fine or fine. By transmitting the notification information to the owner of the electronic driver's license 4, it is possible to prevent the driver's license from being revoked due to forgetting to update the driver's license or not paying a fine or fine.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle operation control device 2 includes a notification information output unit 15 that outputs notification information, a notification confirmation information input unit 16 that allows a user to input notification confirmation information indicating that the notification information has been confirmed, and The notification confirmation information input means 16 further includes notification confirmation information transmission means 17 for transmitting the notification confirmation information input to the driver's license information management apparatus 5 via the wireless communication interface 10.

  The notification information output means 15 outputs notification information via a liquid crystal display device with a touch panel mounted on the vehicle and a speaker, using images, characters, voices, and the like. The notification confirmation information input means 16 inputs notification confirmation information via a liquid crystal display device with a touch panel mounted on the vehicle.

  The engine operation determination unit 13 determines that the engine of the vehicle is not operated until the notification confirmation information is input to the notification confirmation information input unit 16. Thereby, since driving of the vehicle is prohibited until the user of the vehicle confirming that the notification information is confirmed, the notification information can be reliably notified to the vehicle user.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the driver's license information management device 5 determines the expiration date determining means 36 for determining the expiration date of the user's driving license from when the notification confirmation information is transmitted by the notification confirmation information transmitting means 17. Is further provided. The expiration date determination means 36 adds the expiration date information representing the determined expiration date to the driving license information stored in the driving license information storage means 31.

  In order to avoid that the vehicle cannot be driven when the vehicle operation control device 2 is located in a place where the vehicle operation control device 2 cannot communicate with the roadside machine and cannot communicate with the driver's license information management device 5 depending on the position of the vehicle. The transmission unit 34 further transmits the driving license information acquired by the driving license information acquisition unit 32 to the vehicle operation control device 2, and the vehicle operation control device 2 performs the driving permission / inhibition information transmission unit 34 as shown in FIG. 1. Further provided is a driving license information writing means 18 for writing the transmitted driving license information in the electronic driving license 4.

  The driver's license information writing means 18 is constituted by a reader / writer device 14 that constitutes the user identification information reading means 11, and transmits an electromagnetic wave so as to supply driving power to the electronic driver's license 4, and is driven by the transmitted electromagnetic wave. The electronic driver's license 4 is recorded with the driver's license information transmitted by the driver's license information writing means 18.

  The user identification information reading means 11 further reads the driving license information from the electronic driving license 4, and the engine operation determining means 13 is the user when the driving propriety information is not transmitted by the driving propriety information transmitting means 34. Based on the driver's license information read by the identification information reading means 11, it is determined whether or not to operate the vehicle engine.

  Further, the vehicle operation control device 2 is read by a user identification information storage means 19 for storing user identification information for identifying a user who is permitted to operate the vehicle engine, and a user identification information reading means 11. Authentication means 20 for authenticating the received user identification information based on the user identification information stored in the user identification information storage means 19.

  The user identification information storage means 19 is composed of a non-volatile storage medium, and the user identification information stored in the user identification information storage means 19 is a liquid crystal display device with a touch panel mounted on the vehicle, etc. You can register and delete via.

  The user identification information storage unit 19 stores user identification information that is prohibited from being deleted in advance. This represents the vehicle owner's user identification information, and the vehicle owner's user identification information is registered or deleted only by a limited organization such as a vehicle production factory or dealer, for example. Can do. Further, the user identification information of the vehicle owner may be deleted by the vehicle owner in the vehicle, or a new vehicle owner may be registered.

  The authentication unit 20 compares the user identification information stored in the user identification information storage unit 19 with the user identification information input by the user identification information reading unit 11, and the user identification information reading unit 11 compares the user identification information. Based on whether there is user identification information equal to the input user identification information, it is authenticated whether the user identification information input by the user identification information reading means 11 is valid. It has become. The engine operation determination unit 13 determines whether or not to operate the engine of the vehicle based on the result of authentication by the authentication unit 20 in addition to the driving availability information.

  About the vehicle operation control apparatus 2 comprised as mentioned above, the operation | movement is demonstrated using FIG.

  First, the user identification information recorded on the electronic driver's license 4 is read by the user identification information reading means 11 (S1). Next, the user identification information read by the user identification information reading means 11 is authenticated by the authentication means 20 based on the user identification information stored in the user identification information storage means 19 (S2).

  When it is authenticated that the user identification information read by the user identification information reading unit 11 is valid, the user identification information read by the user identification information reading unit 11 is transmitted as the user identification information. The information is transmitted to the driving license information management device 5 by the means 12 via the wireless communication interface 10 (S3).

  The driving permission information, the driving license information, and the notification information transmitted by the driving license information management device 5 in response to the transmission of the user identification information are received by the wireless communication interface 10 (S4), and the received driving license information is The driver's license information writing means 18 writes the information into the electronic driver's license 4 (S5). In addition, along with the driving license information, driving permission / inhibition information and notification information may be written in the electronic driving license 4.

  Next, when the notification information together with the driving availability information is received by the wireless communication interface 10 (S6), the received notification information is output by the notification information output means 15 (S7). After the notification information is output by the notification information output unit 15, the vehicle operation control device 2 waits for input of the notification confirmation information until the notification confirmation information is input to the notification confirmation information input unit 16 by the user.

  When the notification confirmation information is input to the notification confirmation information input unit 16 by the user (S8), the notification confirmation information input to the notification confirmation information input unit 16 is transmitted to the wireless communication interface 10 by the notification confirmation information transmission unit 17. Is transmitted to the driver's license information management device 5 (S9).

  Finally, whether or not to operate the engine of the vehicle based on the authentication by the authentication means 20 of the user identification information read by the user identification information reading means 11 and the driving propriety information transmitted by the driving license information management device 5 Is determined by the engine operation determination means 13 (S10), and the determination result is transmitted to the engine operation permission device 3 by the engine operation determination means 13 (S11).

  The engine operation permission device 3 may be configured such that the engine can be started even if the notification confirmation information is not transmitted a certain number of times or within a certain period.

  Next, the operation of the driver's license information management device 5 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The user identification information transmitted by the user identification information transmission means 12 is received by the driving license information acquisition means 32 via the communication interface 30 (S20), and the driving license information is stored based on the received user identification information. Driver license information is acquired from the means 31 by the driver license information acquiring means 32 (S21).

  Next, driving propriety information is generated by the driving propriety information generating unit 33 based on the driving license information acquired by the driving license information acquiring unit 32 (S22), and notification information is generated based on the driving license information by the notification information generating unit 35. (S23).

  The driving propriety information generated by the driving propriety information generating unit 33, the driving license information acquired by the driving license information acquiring unit 32, and the notification information generated by the notification information generating unit 35 are communicated by the driving propriety information transmitting unit 34. It is transmitted to the vehicle operation control device 2 via the interface 30 (S24).

  On the other hand, the notification confirmation information transmitted by the user identification information transmission unit 12 is received by the expiration date determination unit 36 via the communication interface 30 (S25), and the notification confirmation information is transmitted by the notification confirmation information transmission unit 17. The expiration date of the user's driving license calculated from the time is determined by the expiration date determining means 36 (S26), and the expiration date information representing the determined expiration date is expired in the driving license information stored in the driving license information storage means 31. It is added by the date determining means 36 (S27).

  In the vehicle operation control device 2 described above, the user identification information transmitting unit 12 transmits the user identification information read by the user identification information reading unit 11 to the driving license information management device 5 at a predetermined time interval. The engine operation determination means 13 may be configured to determine whether or not to operate the engine of the vehicle every time the driving availability information transmission means 34 transmits the driving availability information.

  Further, the engine operation determining means 13 is a driving availability information transmitting means 34 when the engine of the vehicle is operating so that the operation of the engine is continued even if the driving license information is updated while the vehicle is traveling. When it is determined that the driving propriety information is transmitted and the vehicle engine is not to be operated, the determination result may be transmitted to the engine operation permission device 3 when the vehicle engine is stopped. Also, depending on the determination result of the engine operation permission device 3 before and after the vehicle engine is stopped, the engine operation is permitted or prohibited next time, so that the vehicle can be used immediately according to the previous information when boarding, and the vehicle runs If the determination result of the engine operation permission device 3 is obtained before the operation, the engine operation is controlled according to the determination result, or the engine operation when the vehicle is used next time is controlled based on the determination result. Also good. In this case, when the determination result of the engine operation permission device 3 indicates that the engine operation is prohibited during the engine operation, the passenger may be notified that the determination that the engine operation is prohibited has been made. .

  Further, in the vehicle operation control device 2, previously acquired driving availability information is stored in advance, and when the driving availability information cannot be received from the driving license information management device 5 for a predetermined period, the previously stored driving availability information is used. Thus, permission or prohibition of engine operation may be determined. In addition, when the driving permission information is stored in advance in the electronic driving license 4 and the latest driving permission information cannot be obtained from the driving license information management device 5, the driving permission information stored in the electronic driving license 4. May be used to determine whether the engine is permitted or prohibited.

  Each component constituting the vehicle operation control system 1 may cause a central processing unit (hereinafter simply referred to as “CPU”) to execute a program describing each operation described above. . That is, in the vehicle operation control device 2, the user identification information transmission unit 12, the engine operation determination unit 13, the notification confirmation information transmission unit 17, and the authentication unit 20 may be configured by a CPU that executes the program. . In the driving license information management device 5, the driving license information acquisition unit 32, the driving propriety information generation unit 33, the driving propriety information transmission unit 34, the notification information generation unit 35, and the expiration date determination unit 36 execute the above program. You may make it comprise with CPU.

  According to the vehicle operation control system 1 and the vehicle operation control device 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the vehicle operation control device 2 indicates whether or not the user is permitted to drive the vehicle. By providing the engine operation determining means 13 for determining whether or not to operate the engine of the vehicle based on the availability information, it is possible to prevent the vehicle from being operated by a user who is not permitted to operate the vehicle.

  As described above, in the vehicle operation control system and the vehicle operation control device according to the present invention, whether or not to operate the engine of the vehicle based on the driving availability information indicating whether or not the user is allowed to drive the vehicle. By providing an engine operation determination means for determining whether or not the vehicle is not permitted to be driven by the user, the vehicle can be prevented from being driven, and the user recorded in the electronic driver's license is identified. Therefore, it is useful as a vehicle operation control system, a vehicle operation control device, and the like that permit and prohibit driving of an automobile based on user identification information.

The block diagram of the vehicle operation control system in one embodiment of this invention The block diagram of the driver | operator's license information management apparatus which comprises the vehicle operation control system in one embodiment of this invention The flowchart for operation | movement description of the vehicle operation control apparatus in one embodiment of this invention The flowchart for operation | movement description of the driving license information management apparatus which comprises the vehicle operation control system in one embodiment of this invention Block diagram of a conventional vehicle operation control system

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle operation control system 2 Vehicle operation control apparatus 3 Engine operation permission apparatus 4 Electronic driver's license 5 Driver's license information management apparatus 10 Wireless communication interface 11 User identification information reading means 12 User identification information transmission means 13 Engine operation determination means 14 Reader / writer device 15 Notification information output means 16 Notification confirmation information input means 17 Notification confirmation information transmission means 18 Driving license information writing means 19 User identification information storage means 20 Authentication means 30 Communication interface 31 Driving license information storage means 32 Driving license information Acquisition means 33 Driving availability information generation means 34 Driving availability information transmission means 35 Notification information generation means 36 Expiration date determination means 60 Authentication information input means 61 Storage device 62 Control unit 63 Door lock operation unit 64 Power supply control unit 65 Engine control unit

Claims (18)

A vehicle operation control device installed in the vehicle;
An engine operation permission device for permitting or prohibiting the operation of the engine of the vehicle;
An electronic driver's license with user identification information to identify the user;
A driver's license information management device that manages the driver's license information related to the user corresponding to the user identification information,
The vehicle operation control device includes user identification information reading means for reading user identification information recorded in the electronic driver's license;
User identification information transmitting means for transmitting the user identification information read by the user identification information reading means to the driver's license information management device;
Based on driving permission information transmitted by the driver's license information management device in response to transmission of user identification information by the user identification information transmitting means and indicating whether or not the user is allowed to drive the vehicle. Engine operation determining means for determining whether or not to operate the engine of the vehicle,
The engine operation permission device permits the operation of the engine of the vehicle when the engine operation determination unit determines to operate the engine of the vehicle, and operates the engine of the vehicle by the engine operation determination unit. A vehicle operation control system characterized in that the operation of the engine of the vehicle is prohibited when it is determined not to do so. The driving license information management device includes driving license information storage means for storing the driving license information corresponding to the user identification information;
Driving license information acquisition means for acquiring the driving license information from the driving license information storage means based on the user identification information transmitted by the user identification information transmission means;
Driving propriety information generating means for generating the driving propriety information based on the driving license information acquired by the driving license information acquiring means;
The vehicle operation control system according to claim 1, further comprising driving availability information transmitting means for transmitting the driving availability information generated by the driving availability information generating means to the vehicle operation control device. The driver's license information includes information regarding the owner of the electronic driver's license, information regarding the electronic driver's license, whether the driver's license of the owner of the electronic driver's license has expired, At least one of the history of traffic accidents by the owner of the license, the history of traffic violations by the owner of the electronic driver's license, and the payment history of fines and fines for traffic violations by the owner of the electronic driver's license The vehicle operation control system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that information representing the two is included. The driver's license information management device has notification information generating means for generating notification information for notifying the owner of the electronic driver's license based on the driver's license information acquired by the driver's license information acquiring means,
The driving propriety information transmitting unit further transmits the notification information generated by the notification information generating unit to the vehicle operation control device,
The vehicle operation control system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the vehicle operation control device includes notification information output means for outputting the notification information. The vehicle operation control device has notification confirmation information input means for causing a user to input notification confirmation information indicating that the notification information has been confirmed,
5. The vehicle operation according to claim 4, wherein the engine operation determination means determines that the engine of the vehicle is not operated until notification confirmation information is input to the notification confirmation information input means. Control system. The vehicle operation control device includes notification confirmation information transmission means for transmitting notification confirmation information input to the notification confirmation information input means to the driving license information management device,
The driver's license information management device has an expiration date determining means for determining an expiration date of the user's driver license from the time when the notification confirmation information is transmitted by the notification confirmation information transmitting means,
6. The expiration date determination means adds expiration date information indicating an expiration date determined by the expiration date determination means to the driving license information stored in the driving license information storage means. The vehicle operation control system described in 1. The driving permission / inhibition information transmitting means further transmits the driving license information acquired by the driving license information acquiring means to the vehicle operation control device,
The vehicle operation control device has driving license information writing means for writing the driving license information transmitted by the driving permission information transmitting means to the electronic driving license,
The user identification information reading means further reads the driving license information from the electronic driving license,
The engine operation determining unit operates the engine of the vehicle based on the driving license information read by the user identification information reading unit when the driving propriety information is not transmitted by the driving propriety information transmitting unit. The vehicle operation control system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein it is determined whether or not. The user identification information transmitting means transmits the user identification information read by the user identification information reading means to the driving license information management device at a predetermined time interval,
The engine operation determining means determines whether or not to operate the engine of the vehicle every time the driving availability information is transmitted by the driving availability information transmitting means. The vehicle operation control system according to claim 7. When the engine operation determining means determines that the engine of the vehicle is not to be operated when the engine of the vehicle is operating, the engine operation permission device determines the result of determination when the engine of the vehicle is stopped. The vehicle operation control system according to claim 8, wherein the vehicle operation control system is transmitted. The vehicle operation control device includes user identification information storage means for storing user identification information for identifying a user permitted to operate the engine of the vehicle,
Authentication means for authenticating the user identification information read by the user identification information reading means based on the user identification information stored in the user identification information storage means,
The engine operation determining means determines whether or not to operate the engine of the vehicle based on a result of authentication by the authentication means in addition to the driving availability information. Item 10. The vehicle operation control system according to Item 9. User identification information reading means for reading the user identification information from the electronic driver's license in which the user identification information for identifying the user is recorded;
User identification information transmitting means for transmitting user identification information read by the user identification information reading means to a driver's license information management device for managing driving license information related to the user corresponding to the user identification information;
Based on driving permission information transmitted by the driver's license information management device in response to transmission of user identification information by the user identification information transmitting means and indicating whether or not the user is allowed to drive the vehicle. Engine operation determining means for determining whether to operate the engine of the vehicle,
The engine operation determination means transmits a result of determination as to whether or not to operate the engine of the vehicle to an engine operation permission device that permits or prohibits the operation of the engine of the vehicle. Actuation control device. The vehicle operation control device according to claim 11, further comprising notification information output means for outputting notification information transmitted by the driver's license information management device. Notification confirmation information input means for allowing a user to input notification confirmation information indicating that the notification information has been confirmed;
13. The vehicle operation according to claim 12, wherein the engine operation determination means determines that the engine of the vehicle is not operated until notification confirmation information is input to the notification confirmation information input means. Control device. The vehicle operation control device according to claim 13, further comprising notification confirmation information transmission means for transmitting notification confirmation information input to the notification confirmation information input means to the driver's license information management device. A driver's license information writing means for writing the driver's license information transmitted by the driver's license information management device into the electronic driver's license;
The user identification information reading means further reads the driving license information from the electronic driving license,
The engine operation determining means operates the engine of the vehicle based on the driving license information read by the user identification information reading means when the driving permission information is not transmitted by the driving license information management device. The vehicle operation control device according to any one of claims 11 to 14, wherein it is determined whether or not. The user identification information transmitting means transmits the user identification information read by the user identification information reading means to the driving license information management device at a predetermined time interval,
The engine operation determining means determines whether or not to operate the engine of the vehicle every time the driving availability information is transmitted by the driving availability information transmitting means. The vehicle operation control device according to any one of 15. When the engine operation determining means determines that the engine of the vehicle is not to be operated when the engine of the vehicle is operating, the engine operation permission device determines the result of determination when the engine of the vehicle is stopped. The vehicle operation control device according to claim 16, wherein the vehicle operation control device is transmitted. User identification information storage means for storing user identification information for identifying a user permitted to operate the engine of the vehicle;
Authentication means for authenticating the user identification information read by the user identification information reading means based on the user identification information stored in the user identification information storage means;
12. The engine operation determining means determines whether or not to operate the engine of the vehicle based on a result of authentication by the authentication means in addition to the driving availability information. Item 18. The vehicle operation control device according to any one of Item 17.

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