JP7047786B2 - Vehicle interior control system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a vehicle interior control system.

Patent Document 1 discloses an invention relating to a vehicle shared use support device. This vehicle shared use support device selects multiple waiting points based on the ease of reaching when the vehicle reaches the waiting point when carpooling the vehicle and the ease of waiting at the waiting point. And prioritize. Therefore, it becomes easy to select the optimum waiting point from the traveling route that allows the first passenger to reach the destination and the location of the rear passenger who gets on the vehicle at the waiting point, so that the convenience of carpooling can be improved.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-006294

By the way, when carpooling a vehicle, since other people ride on the same vehicle, privacy protection is required to spend comfortably in the vehicle, but the above-mentioned prior art does not disclose the configuration related to this point. .. Therefore, the above prior art has room for improvement in this respect.

In consideration of the above facts, an object of the present invention is to obtain a vehicle interior control system capable of improving the privacy protection performance of a user at the time of carpooling.

The vehicle interior control system according to the first aspect of the present invention is a specific means for identifying a user who gets on a vehicle, and a determination for determining whether or not the plurality of the users are related persons registered in advance. The means, the seat operating means for rotating the vehicle seat provided in the passenger compartment of the vehicle and in which the user can be seated, at least in the vertical direction of the vehicle as the axial direction, and the determination means are not related to each other. When the determined users are seated next to each other, the control means for operating the seat operating means so that the vehicle seat on which the user is seated faces the user in a direction away from each other. ,have.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the vehicle interior control system includes a specific means, a determination means, a seat operating means, and a control means. After the user who gets on the vehicle is specified by the specific means, it is determined by the determination means whether or not the plurality of users are related persons registered in advance. Based on this result, the control means is such that when users who are not related parties are seated next to each other on the vehicle seat in the vehicle interior, the vehicle seat is oriented so that the users are separated from each other. Activate the actuating means. This seat operating means rotates the vehicle seat on which the user can sit, at least in the vertical direction of the vehicle as an axial direction. That is, when other people sit next to each other on the vehicle seat when carpooling with the vehicle, the vehicle seat is rotated so that the physical distance between the users can be increased. Therefore, it becomes easy for the user to secure privacy.

The vehicle interior control system according to the present invention according to claim 1 has an excellent effect that the privacy protection performance of the user at the time of carpooling can be improved.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the ride-sharing system which has the vehicle interior control system which concerns on one Embodiment. It is an exploded perspective view which shows the seat actuating means in the vehicle interior control system which concerns on one Embodiment. It is a schematic plan view which shows the normal state of the vehicle in the vehicle interior control system which concerns on one Embodiment. It is a schematic plan view which shows the other person riding state of the vehicle in the vehicle interior control system which concerns on one Embodiment. It is a schematic plan view which shows the person concerned riding state of the vehicle in the vehicle interior control system which concerns on one Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware composition of the vehicle interior control system which concerns on one Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of the vehicle interior control system which concerns on one Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of operation of the vehicle interior control system which concerns on one Embodiment.

Hereinafter, the vehicle interior control system 10 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8. The arrows FR, UP, and OUT, which are appropriately described in each figure, indicate the front direction (traveling direction), the upward direction, and the outside of the vehicle width direction of the vehicle, respectively. In addition, the same reference numerals are given to the same or equivalent components and parts in each drawing. Furthermore, the dimensional ratios in the drawings are exaggerated for convenience of explanation and may differ from the actual ratios.

(Hardware configuration)
FIG. 1 shows a ride-sharing system 12 having a vehicle interior control system 10 according to the present embodiment. The ride-sharing system 12 includes a control device 16 as a control means mounted on the vehicle 14, a network 18, a user terminal 20, and a ride-sharing operation server 22 (hereinafter, simply referred to as a server 22). As shown in FIG. 6, the server 22 includes an ECU 22A, a personal information DB (database) 22B, and a communication device 22C. The ECU 22A includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 22AA, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 22AB, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 22AC, and a storage 22AD provided inside.

The CPU 22AA is a central arithmetic processing unit that executes various programs and controls each unit. That is, the CPU 22AA reads the program from the ROM 22AB or the storage 22AD, and executes the program using the RAM 22AC as a work area. The CPU 22AA controls each of the above configurations and performs various arithmetic processes according to the program recorded in the ROM 22AB or the storage 22AD.

The ROM 22AB stores various programs and various data. The RAM 22AC temporarily stores a program or data as a work area. The storage 22AD is composed of an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or an SSD (Solid State Drive), and stores various programs including an operating system and various data. In the present embodiment, the ride-sharing operation program is stored in the ROM 22AB or the storage 22AD.

In the personal information DB 22B, various information about the user is stored as personal information. For example, features such as the user's face and physique, information on the user terminal 20 carried by the user, which will be described later, location information linked to the user terminal 20, topical information collected from networks such as the Internet, and acquaintances. The presence or absence of other users corresponding to the above is stored. In other words, information such as whether the relationships between various users correspond to "related persons" who are acquaintances or "others" who are other people is stored in association with each user. ing.

The communication device 22C is connected to the network 18 of the mobile phone line network or the public line network, and is capable of communicating with the vehicle interior control system 10 and the user terminal 20 connected to the network 18.

Each user who uses the ride sharing system 12 operated by the server 22 carries a user terminal 20. The user terminal 20 may be a terminal having a function of communicating with the server 22 or the like via the network 18, and specifically, for example, a smartphone or a tablet terminal may be used.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the ride sharing system 12 includes a plurality of vehicles 14 in which users interact with each other. The vehicle 14 is, for example, a one-box type passenger car having a plurality of vehicle seats 28 in the passenger compartment 26. The vehicle seats 28 are arranged in three rows as an example, and side doors (not shown) for getting on and off the vehicle seats 28 in the second and third rows are provided on both side portions of the vehicle 14, respectively. There is.

As shown in FIG. 2, each vehicle seat 28 is placed on a vehicle floor (not shown) via a vehicle seat operating device 30 as a seat operating means, and the vehicle seat 28 is seated. By the seat cushion 28A for supporting the waist and thigh of the user, the seat back 28B for supporting the back of the seated user, and the headrest 28C for supporting the head of the seated user. It is configured.

The vehicle seat actuating device 30 has a rotating portion 30A and a slide rail portion 30B, and the slide rail portion 30B is attached to a portion of the vehicle floor corresponding to the vehicle seat 28 in pairs on the left and right, respectively. It is extended in the front-back direction. A slide piece 30C is internally engaged with the slide rail portion 30B, and the slide piece 30C is movable in the front-rear direction of the vehicle along the slide rail portion 30B.

The rotating portion 30A is provided between the slide piece 30C and the vehicle seat 28, and has an arc shape in a plan view centered on the shaft portion 30AA whose axial direction is the vertical direction of the vehicle and the shaft portion 30AA. It has a formed guide rail 30AB and a drive mechanism (not shown). The drive mechanism includes an actuator (not shown) and is connected to an ECU 42 (see FIG. 6) described later so as to be able to communicate with each other. When the drive mechanism is activated, the vehicle seat 28 is rotated around the shaft portion 30AA with the vehicle vertical direction as the axial direction along the longitudinal direction of the guide rail 30AB. The vehicle seat actuating device 30 is provided with a seat position sensor 32 (see also FIG. 6), and the orientation of the vehicle seat 28 can be detected by the seat position sensor 32.

As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle seat 28 is provided with an actuating switch 34. The operation switch 34 is communicably connected to the ECU 42 described later in the vehicle interior control system 10, and by operating the operation switch 34, the vehicle seat operating device 30 is operated to rotate the vehicle seat 28 in any direction. It is made rotatable. As an example, the operation switch 34 can be selectively operated so as to rotate the vehicle seat 28 inward in the vehicle width direction or outward in the vehicle width direction.

A specific device 40 is provided in the vehicle interior 26. As an example, the specific device 40 includes a photographing device 40A and a detecting device 40B. The photographing device 40A includes an imaging element such as a CCD (Chaged-Coupled Devices) image sensor or a CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor) image sensor, and outputs image data showing an image obtained by imaging with the imaging element.

The detection device 40B detects that the user is located in the vehicle interior 26. Specifically, when communication is established between the user terminal 20 registered in advance in the personal information DB 22B and short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), the user who possesses the user terminal 20 is in the vehicle compartment. Detects that it is located within 26. When the detection device 40B detects that the user is located in the passenger compartment 26, the position of the user is estimated from the intensity and direction of the radio wave used for the detection, and the user is photographed at the estimated position. It controls the device 40A. Then, the image data indicating the image taken by the photographing device 40A at a predetermined frame rate is output to the ECU 42 described later.

As shown in FIG. 6, the ECU 42 includes a CPU 42A, a ROM 42B, a RAM 42C, and a storage 42D provided inside. The CPU 42A is a central arithmetic processing unit that executes various programs and controls each unit. That is, the CPU 42A reads the program from the ROM 42B or the storage 42D, and executes the program using the RAM 42C as a work area. The CPU 42A controls each of the above configurations and performs various arithmetic processes according to the program recorded in the ROM 42B or the storage 42D.

The ROM 42B stores various programs and various data. The RAM 42C temporarily stores a program or data as a work area. The storage 42D is composed of an HDD or an SSD and stores various programs including an operating system and various data. In the present embodiment, the vehicle seat operation program is stored in the ROM 42B or the storage 42D.

The high-speed mobile communication device 44 connects to the network 18 of the mobile phone network or the public line network, and exchanges information with the ride-sharing operation server 22 and the user terminal 20 connected to the network 18.

(Functional configuration)
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the vehicle interior control system 10. The vehicle interior control system 10 has a user specifying unit 50 as a specific means, a determination unit 52 as a determination unit, and an output unit 56 as a functional configuration. Each functional configuration is realized by the CPU 42A of the control device 16 reading and executing the vehicle seat operation program stored in the ROM 42B or the storage 42D (see FIG. 6).

The user specifying unit 50 identifies a user who gets on the vehicle 14. That is, when the user uses the ride share, by operating the user terminal 20, reservation information including the boarding place, the getting-off place, and the number of reserved people is transmitted to the server 22. Upon receiving the reservation information from the user terminal 20, the server 22 arranges the vehicle 14 and the vehicle seat 28. That is, a seat 28 for a vehicle that can be seated is assigned to each user who gets on the vehicle. This makes it possible to identify the user who is seated on the vehicle seat 28. Since the method of reserving ride sharing by the user terminal 20 and the server 22 is known in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2016-194854, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Further, the user specifying unit 50 identifies the user who actually gets on the vehicle 14 by the specifying device 40. That is, by performing image analysis processing on the image indicated by the image data from the detection device 40B, features such as the face and physique of the passenger on board are recognized. As a result, it is determined whether or not a regular user is seated on the vehicle seat 28 reserved in advance.

The determination unit 52 determines whether or not the users seated on the adjacent vehicle seats 28 are related parties based on the specific information of the users seated on the vehicle seats 28 by the user identification unit 50. do. Specifically, it refers to the information stored in the personal information DB 22B of the server 22 regarding the users seated on the adjacent vehicle seats 28, and determines whether or not they are related parties based on this information. ..

The output unit 56 operates the vehicle seat operating device 30 based on the determination information from the determination unit 52. Specifically, when the determination unit 52 determines, for example, that the users seated on the adjacent vehicle seats 28 in the second row of the vehicle 14 are not related parties, that is, they are "others". The output unit 56 is 3 from the normal state shown in FIG. 3 (the vehicle seat 28 in the third row is omitted in order to clearly show the inside of the vehicle interior 26) to FIG. 4 (to clearly show the inside of the vehicle interior 26). As shown in (the vehicle seats 28 in the row are omitted), the vehicle seat actuating device 30 is operated so as to rotate each vehicle seat 28 in the second row toward the outside in the vehicle width direction. Let me. As a result, the distance between the users of the "others" is larger than that of the vehicle seat 28 (see FIG. 3) in the normal state, and it becomes difficult for the adjacent user to enter the field of view of each user.

On the other hand, when the determination unit 52 determines, for example, that the users seated on the adjacent vehicle seats 28 in the second row of the vehicle 14 are acquaintances, that is, "related persons", the output unit 56 Is for each vehicle in the second row as shown in FIG. 5 (the vehicle seat 28 in the third row is omitted to clearly show the inside of the passenger compartment 26) from the normal state shown in FIG. The vehicle seat operating device 30 is operated so as to rotate the seat 28 inward in the vehicle width direction. As a result, the distance between the users of the "related persons" becomes closer than that of the vehicle seat 28 (see FIG. 3) in the normal state, and it becomes easier for the adjacent user to enter the field of view of each user. This makes it easier to communicate. The output unit 56 shifts from the normal state shown in FIG. 3 to the riding state of another person shown in FIG. 4, but is not limited to this, and shifts from the riding state of a related person shown in FIG. 5 to the riding state of another person. May be good. Similarly, the riding state of another person may be changed to the riding state of a related person.

Further, the output unit 56 also enables the vehicle seat operating device 30 to be operated by the operating switch 34. Therefore, when the users seated on the adjacent vehicle seats 28 are "related persons" but are not registered in the personal information DB 22B of the server 22, or after the users who are other people get on the vehicle 14. By rotating the vehicle seat 28 to shift to the riding state of the persons concerned when they become friends, the distance between the users can be made closer than that of the vehicle seat 28 in the normal state (see FIG. 3). can.

(Processing flow)
Next, the operation of the vehicle interior control system 10 will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of operation by the vehicle interior control system 10. The CPU 42A reads the vehicle seat operation program from the ROM 42B or the storage 42D, expands the program into the RAM 42C, and executes the program to operate the vehicle seat.

The CPU 42A acquires the arrangement processing information from the server 22 (step S100). From this arrangement processing information, the CPU 42A (and the CPU 22AA) identifies a user who is scheduled to be seated on the vehicle seat 28 of the vehicle 14 (step S102).

The CPU 42A determines whether or not the user is seated on the adjacent vehicle seats 28 in the vehicle compartment 26 of the vehicle 14 (step S104). When the user is not seated on the adjacent vehicle seats 28, that is, the user is seated on only one of the adjacent vehicle seats 28 (the other side is vacant) (step S104: NO), the CPU 42A is a seat. The process based on the operation program is terminated.

When the users are seated on the adjacent vehicle seats 28 (step S104: YES), the CPU 42A searches the server 22 for the information of each user (step S106), and the respective users are related to each other. (Step S108). When each user is related to each other (step S108: YES), the CPU 42A rotates the vehicle seat 28 to which the users of the related parties are to be seated inward in the vehicle width direction (step S110, step S110, See FIG. 5).

When the users seated on the adjacent vehicle seats 28 are not related to each other (others) (step S108: NO), the CPU 42A is a vehicle seat on which other users are scheduled to be seated. Each of the 28 is rotated outward in the vehicle width direction (step S112, see FIG. 4).

The CPU 42A identifies the user who actually got on the vehicle 14 by the specifying device 40 (step S113). The CPU 42A determines whether or not the user who actually got on the vehicle 14 and was seated on the vehicle seat 28 matches the user information assigned to each vehicle seat 28 in the arrangement processing information acquired in advance. Determination (step S114). When the user seated on the vehicle seat 28 and the user information assigned to each vehicle seat 28 in advance do not match (step S114: NO), the CPU 42A is directed to the user seated on the vehicle seat 28. Then, a warning is given to the effect that "the vehicle seat 28 is different from the vehicle seat 28 arranged at the time of reservation" (step S116), and then the process from step S113 is repeated.

When the user seated on the vehicle seat 28 and the user information previously assigned to each vehicle seat 28 match (step S114: YES), the CPU 42A determines whether or not the operation switch 34 has been operated. (Step S118). When the operation switch 34 is operated (step S118: YES), the CPU 42A rotates the vehicle seat 28 in response to the operation of the operation switch 34. That is, when the operation switch 34 is operated so as to rotate the vehicle seat 28 outward in the vehicle width direction, it is determined that "the user wants to protect privacy" and the vehicle seat 28 is moved to the vehicle width. It is rotated outward in the direction to shift to the riding state of another person shown in FIG. 4 (step S120). On the other hand, when the operation switch 34 is operated so as to rotate the vehicle seat 28 inward in the vehicle width direction, it is determined that "the user wants to communicate" and the vehicle seat 28 is set to the vehicle width. It is rotated inward in the direction to shift to the riding state of the person concerned shown in FIG. 5 (step S120).

Then, the CPU 42A determines whether or not the user seated on the vehicle seat 28 has disembarked from the vehicle 14 (step S122). When the user has not disembarked from the vehicle 14 (step S122: NO), the CPU 42A repeats the process from step S118. On the other hand, when the user gets off the vehicle 14 (step S122: YES), the CPU 42A ends the process based on the seat operation program. When the operation switch 34 is not operated (step S118: NO), the CPU 42A performs the process of step S122 described above.

(Action / effect)
Next, the operation and effect of this embodiment will be described.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the vehicle interior control system 10 includes a user specifying unit 50, a determination unit 52, a vehicle seat operating device 30, and a control device 16. After the user identification unit 50 identifies the user who gets on the vehicle 14, the determination unit 52 determines whether or not the plurality of users are related persons registered in advance. Based on this result, the control device 16 is in a direction in which the users are separated from each other when the users who are not related to each other sit next to each other on the vehicle seat 28 in the vehicle interior 26. The vehicle seat actuating device 30 is actuated so as to face toward (see FIG. 4). The vehicle seat operating device 30 rotates the vehicle seat 28, which the user can sit on, with the vehicle vertical direction as the axial direction. That is, when another person sits next to each other on the vehicle seat 28 when synergizing with the vehicle 14, the vehicle seat 28 is rotated so that the physical distance between the users can be increased. can. Therefore, it becomes easy for the user to secure privacy. This makes it possible to improve the privacy protection performance of the user at the time of carpooling.

Further, the vehicle interior control system 10 can change the orientation of the vehicle seat 28 preset from the relationship between the users by operating the operation switch 34. Therefore, the vehicle seat 28 is used when the person concerned forgets to register in advance in the personal information DB 22B or the like despite the boarding of the persons concerned, or when the users of other persons become friends after boarding. It is possible to smoothly communicate by shifting to the riding state of the persons concerned (see FIG. 5). On the other hand, when it is desired to protect privacy even among related parties, it is possible to shift the vehicle seat 28 to another person's riding state (see FIG. 4) by operating the operation switch 34 to facilitate privacy. can. This makes it possible to improve the comfort of the user during carpooling.

The vehicle interior control system 10 is configured to rotate the vehicle seat 28 in the vertical direction of the vehicle as an axial direction, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the vehicle interior control system 10 may be configured to move in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. ..

As described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and it is needless to say that the present invention can be variously modified and implemented within a range not deviating from the gist thereof other than the above-mentioned embodiment.

10 Vehicle interior control system 14 Vehicle 16 Control device (control means)
26 Vehicle compartment 28 Vehicle seat 30 Vehicle seat operating device (seat operating means)
50 User identification department (specific means)
52 Judgment unit (judgment means)

Claims (1)

Specific means to identify the user who gets on the vehicle, and
A determination means for determining whether or not the plurality of users are related parties registered in advance, and
A seat operating means for rotating a vehicle seat provided in the passenger compartment of the vehicle and capable of being seated by the user at least in the vertical direction of the vehicle as an axial direction.
When the users who are determined not to be related by the determination means are seated next to each other, the vehicle seats on which the users are seated are oriented so as to be separated from each other. The control means for operating the seat operating means and
Vehicle interior control system.

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