JP7522565B2 - Data processing device and computer program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to technology for using an IC driver's license (hereinafter referred to as an "IC license") for identity verification in certain member-oriented services (e.g., car sharing).

In most cases, identity verification using an IC driver's license is done by the person presenting the license, having the verifying person look at the photograph attached to the IC driver's license, and then, with the person's consent, writing down the driver's license number (hereinafter referred to as the "license number").
When verifying identity over the Internet during document screening, the person being screened often sends a scan of their IC driver's license along with the screening documents, and the verifier checks whether the data on the documents and the IC driver's license, such as name and address, match.

As a service provider operating a car sharing business, when a registered car sharing member gets into a shared car, the service provider allows the user to open and close the door of the car using a membership card issued by the service provider. In other words, the service is operated on the assumption that a user who carries a membership card is the actual member. In addition, it is the user's responsibility whether or not they carry an IC driver's license.

Current IC drivers' licenses are equipped with an IC chip that contains two types of PIN numbers (four digits) registered by the driver, as well as information to identify the driver.
The information that can be read without a PIN is the license issue date and expiration date. The information that can be read by entering the first PIN through a card reader is the information written on the license, i.e., name, address, license number, etc. The information that can be read by entering the second PIN is the registered domicile and the photograph on the license.

Patent Document 1 discloses a technology that enables easy and quick input of a PIN while more reliably preventing information leakage during authentication of an IC card, such as an IC chip built into an IC driver's license.
Patent Document 2 discloses a technology that allows a user to reserve a car sharing vehicle without inputting an ID or password, and without the user having to review the information displayed on the reservation site.

JP 2012-15623 A JP 2016-151982 A

It is not rare that a member of a car sharing service forgets to carry his/her membership card. In such a case, the call center will carry out identity verification (this is not directly related to the present invention, so further explanation will be omitted).
If an IC driver's license were used (substituting the membership card) to allow the door of the shared car to be opened and closed even if the member's card was forgotten to be carried, the aforementioned problem of not carrying the driver's license could be resolved. However, operating a car sharing service using only an IC driver's license poses the following problems in terms of "identification".

As mentioned above, the only information that can be read from an IC driver's license without a PIN is the license issue date and expiration date. Even with these two pieces of data, the accuracy of verifying that the person who brought the IC driver's license is the person who made the car sharing reservation is low when there are a large number of members.
For example, if there are 900,000 members, the number of members whose expiration dates overlap will be an average of 493. If we take into account the so-called pranksters who try to open and close the doors of shared cars without registering as members, this would apply to 82 million IC driver's licenses, meaning that there would be an overlap of about 45,000 people.

Patent Document 2, which is listed as prior art, discloses a technology for identifying a person by using two PIN numbers (four-digit numbers) registered on an IC driver's license. However, it is not practical to put this technology into practical use, as member users are not guaranteed to remember two PIN numbers forever.

The above-mentioned issues are also faced by rental car services, where service providers are increasingly becoming unmanned. In the following, this application will refer to car sharing services and rental car services together as "vehicle sharing services."

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a technique for confirming that a member user is carrying an IC driver's license when renting a vehicle in a member-oriented service such as a vehicle sharing service.

To solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a first invention relating to a data processing device mounted on a vehicle, a second invention relating to a computer program for controlling the data processing device of the first invention, and a third invention relating to a computer program for controlling a mobile communication terminal that communicates non-contact with the data processing device of the first invention.

(First Invention)
A first aspect of the present invention relates to a data processing device mounted on a vehicle related to a reservation.
A data processing device mounted on a vehicle related to a reservation,
a reservation data receiving means for receiving reservation data including reservation date and time location data and a reservation user ID of the vehicle related to the reservation from a vehicle management server that manages the vehicle, and license confirmation data for confirming the license of the reservation user linked to the reservation user ID;
a short-distance data communication device for reading license data from an IC license of a reserving person; a data processing means for checking whether the reservation data, the license confirmation data, and the license data received by the reservation data receiving means match each other;
a door unlock data transmission means for transmitting door unlock data for unlocking the door of the vehicle based on the collation result of the data processing means;
an engine control data transmission means for transmitting engine lock release data for enabling the engine to be operated to an engine control device of the vehicle based on the collation result of the data processing means;
Equipped with.
The data processing means verifies whether the driver's license confirmation data and the driver's license data match, and transmits the door lock release data and the engine lock release data if they match. A first invention relates to the above data processing device (see FIG. 2).

(Glossary)
"Vehicle" refers to a service vehicle used in the vehicle sharing service business, and if the vehicle sharing service is car sharing, it is a car sharing vehicle, and if the vehicle sharing service is a rental car service, it is a rental car.
The "reservation user ID" is the name of the person who made the reservation, as well as a code linked to the name of the person who made the reservation, etc. In order to use the code, registration to become a person who made the reservation is required.
The term "license" refers to a driver's license to drive the aforementioned "vehicle." An IC license is a license that incorporates an IC chip that stores data such as the license number and is capable of short-range communication (contactless communication).
"License verification data" refers to electronic data such as numbers and character strings that can be read by a short-range data communications device without entering a PIN, and more specifically, the date of issue, the last day of expiration, etc. (In the case of an IC driver's license, there is data (such as the license number) that cannot be read unless the owner enters his or her PIN).

A "short-distance data communication device" is a device capable of communicating with a mobile communication terminal by short-distance data communication (non-contact communication). It is also called a reader-writer, card reader, etc. Here, "short-distance data communication" refers to data communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), for example.
"Engine unlock data" refers to engine unlock data when engine start in a shared car is controlled by an engine control device, and to key box unlock data when engine start in a vehicle is indirectly controlled by locking the key box, which is the storage location for the engine key.

(Action)
The reservation data receiving means receives reservation data including reservation date and time location data and a reserving person ID of the vehicle related to the reservation from a vehicle management server that manages vehicles, as well as license confirmation data for confirming the license of the reserving person linked to the reserving person ID. The license data is read from the IC license of the reserving person by the short-distance data communication device.
The data processing means verifies whether the driver's license verification data and the driver's license data match, and if they match, transmits door unlock data and engine unlock data.

If the door lock is released, the person who made the reservation can get into the vehicle, and if the engine lock is released, the person who made the reservation can start the engine. In other words, if the person who made the reservation has an IC driver's license, he or she can get into and drive the reserved vehicle even if he or she does not have a membership card.
When providing a vehicle to a reserving party, the vehicle provider can also confirm that the reserving party has a driver's license on hand. In other words, a reserving party who does not have an IC license on hand cannot start the engine of the vehicle, and as a result, it is possible to prevent a driver without a license from driving the vehicle.

(Variation of the first invention)
The first aspect of the invention may be formed as follows.
That is, the short-distance data communication device reads the subscriber ID from the IC card of the subscriber,
The data processing means transmits door lock release data when the subscriber ID read by the short-distance data communication device matches the subscriber ID received by the reservation data receiving means, and transmits engine lock release data when the license confirmation data and the license data match (see Figure 4).

(Glossary)
The IC card is issued in advance to a person who can become a reservation (a member), and is issued after various data related to attribute information and a driver's license are registered in advance. The reservation ID (member ID) stored in this IC card can be read by short-range communication. It can also be replaced by a mobile communication device such as a smartphone that has a short-range wireless communication function.

(Action)
The reserving party has his/her IC card read by the short-distance data communication device, and the short-distance data communication device reads the reserving party ID from the IC card. The data processing means judges whether the reserving party ID matches the reserving party ID contained in the reservation data previously received by the reservation data receiving means, and if they match, door lock release data is transmitted to the door of the vehicle. The reserving party can then get into the vehicle.
A person who does not have an IC driver's license cannot unlock the door, and as a result, a driver without a license can be prevented from driving. While a person who has a reservation needs both an IC card and a driver's license, the certainty of the reservation being fulfilled is increased.

(Second Invention)
The second invention also relates to a data processing device mounted on a vehicle related to a reservation. The difference from the variation of the first invention is that a PIN input means is provided to read the license number stored in the IC license.
That is, a reservation data receiving means for receiving reservation data including reservation date and time location data and a reservation user ID of the vehicle related to the reservation from a vehicle management server that manages the vehicle, and a license number of the reservation user linked to the reservation user ID;
a PIN data receiving means for receiving PIN data from a PIN input means which has accepted an input of a PIN for an IC license of a reserving person;
a short-distance data communication device that reads a subscriber ID from an IC card related to the subscriber and receives a license number from an IC license related to the subscriber when the personal identification number data is received;
data processing means for checking whether the reservation ID received by the reservation data receiving means matches the reservation ID received by the short-distance data communication device, and for checking whether the license number received by the reservation data receiving means matches the license number received by the short-distance data communication device;
a door unlock data transmission means for transmitting door unlock data for unlocking the door of the vehicle when the data processing means collates and matches the data;
an engine control data transmission means for transmitting engine lock release data for enabling an engine to be operated to an engine control device of the vehicle when the data processing means performs a comparison and a match;
(See FIG. 3.)

(Glossary)
In the embodiment described later, the "password input means" is, for example, a numeric keypad displayed on the touch panel of the liquid crystal screen of the car navigation device, but a numeric keypad input device may be provided separately from the car navigation device. It is generally provided inside the vehicle so that it can be operated when the driver gets in the vehicle.

(Action)
If the user ID on the IC card matches the user ID contained in the previously received reservation data, the doors are unlocked, allowing the user to enter the vehicle.
When the person reserving the vehicle enters a PIN using the PIN input means, the short-distance data communications device can read out the driver's license number. If the data processing means determines that the license number matches a license number previously received by the reservation data receiving means, engine unlock data that enables the engine to be operated is transmitted to the vehicle's engine control device, allowing the person reserving the vehicle to start the engine.
When providing a vehicle to a reservation party, the vehicle provider can also confirm that the reservation party has a driver's license. For example, this is effective in situations such as when the reservation party is renewing a driver's license or when the reservation party is renewing a driver's license.

(Third Invention)
The third invention also relates to a data processing device mounted on a vehicle related to a reservation. Instead of the IC card used in the second invention, a mobile communication terminal related to the person who made the reservation, in which reservation information is installed, and data of an IC driver's license photographed by the photographing function of the mobile communication terminal are used (see FIG. 5).
That is, a short-distance data communication device that executes short-distance communication with a mobile communication terminal related to a reserved vehicle that receives reservation data including reservation date and time location data and a reserved user ID of the reserved vehicle from a vehicle management server that manages the vehicle, and the reserved user's license number linked to the reserved user ID;
a data processing means for receiving and processing predetermined data from the short-distance data communication device;
a door lock means for unlocking the door of the vehicle when door lock unlock data for the vehicle is received based on the data processed by the data processing means;
an engine control device that starts the engine of the vehicle when engine lock release data of the vehicle is received based on the data processed by the data processing means;
Equipped with.
the short-distance data communication device receives license photograph data obtained by photographing the IC license using a camera function provided in the mobile communication terminal, and transmits the license photograph data to the data processing means;
The data processing means verifies whether the received license photograph data matches the reservation data and the license number of the reservation person received from the vehicle management server, and if they match, transmits door lock release data to the door lock means and engine lock release data to the engine control device.

(Glossary)
A "mobile communication terminal" is generally a smartphone. It can also be a tablet or laptop. The functions required for the terminal include an IC chip that enables short-range communication (contactless communication), an ability to connect to the Internet, and a camera function.

The cases where the data processing means handles "license photograph data" include cases where a portion of the image data (e.g., license number, issue date, expiration date) is digitized and handled, as well as cases where the data processing means handles it as image data (see Figures 9 and 10). In these cases, it is desirable that the license data received by the reservation data receiving means is data that is easy to match with the license photograph data (e.g., image data of the license). In addition, when comparing using photograph data and image data, it is common to employ an algorithm that determines a match even if the match is not a perfect match like with text data (e.g., a match of 90% or more at a specified resolution is acceptable).

(Action)
A mobile communication terminal of a member user receives reservation data including reservation date and time location data and a reserver ID of the vehicle from a vehicle management server that manages vehicles, as well as driver's license data of the reserver linked to the reserver ID (1). Then, a short-distance data communication means receives the reserver ID in the reservation data by short-distance data communication with the mobile communication terminal (2).

On the other hand, the member user takes a picture of his/her IC driver's license using the camera function of the portable communication terminal, and the photographed data is received by the short-distance data communication means (3).
The data processing means compares the reservation data and driver's license data received by the short-distance data communication means with the driver's license photograph data (4). If the license photograph data matches the reservation data and the license number of the person making the reservation, the door unlock data transmission means transmits door unlock data for unlocking the vehicle doors (5). If the data processing means compares and the driver's license data matches, the engine control data transmission means transmits engine unlock data for enabling the engine to operate to the engine control device of the vehicle (6).

The reserving person can get into the vehicle using a portable communication terminal storing reservation data including the reserving person ID, and can unlock the engine based on photographed data of the IC license.
When providing a vehicle to a reserver, the vehicle provider can also confirm that the reserver has a driver's license on hand. Since the license photograph data is used to confirm that the license is on hand, it is possible to handle even an international driver's license, which does not have electronic data built in like an IC driver's license.

(Fourth Invention)
A fourth invention relates to a data processing device that can unlock the door using a mobile communication terminal of a member user, and then can unlock the engine using data from an IC driver's license (see FIG. 13).
That is, a reservation data receiving means for receiving reservation data including reservation date and time location data and a reservation user ID of the vehicle related to the reservation from a vehicle management server that manages vehicles, and license confirmation data for confirming the license of the reservation user linked to the reservation user ID;
a short-distance data communication device that executes short-distance communication with a mobile communication terminal related to a reserved person, the short-distance data communication device receiving reservation data including reservation date and time location data of a vehicle related to a reservation and a reserved person ID, and the reserved person's driver's license data linked to the reserved person ID;
a data processing means for checking whether the reservation data received by the reservation data receiving means and the reservation data received by the short-distance data communication device match each other;
a door unlock data transmission means for transmitting door unlock data for unlocking the door of the vehicle based on the collation result of the data processing means;
an engine control data transmission means for transmitting engine lock release data for enabling an engine to be operated to an engine control device of the vehicle based on a result of the comparison by the data processing means;
Equipped with.
The short-distance data communication device reads license data from an IC license related to the user of the reservation,
The data processing means transmits door lock release data to the door lock release data transmitting means when the driver's license data read by the short-distance data communication device matches the driver's license data received from the portable communication terminal related to the reservation holder.

(Action)
The member user can first unlock the door using his/her own mobile communication terminal, and then, after getting into the reserved vehicle, can unlock the engine by communicating the IC driver's license with the short-range data communication device.

(Variations of the Third and Fourth Inventions)
The third and fourth aspects of the invention may be formed as follows.
That is, the short-distance data communication means receives location data read via a GPS function of a mobile communication terminal related to the member user,
The data processing means may transmit door lock release data when the location data matches the location data in the reservation date, time and location data received by the reservation data receiving means (see FIG. 7).

(Action)
The short-distance data communication means receives the location data read via the GPS function of the mobile communication terminal of the member user. The data processing means judges whether the location data matches the location data in the reservation date and time location data received by the reservation data receiving means, and transmits door lock release data if they match.

(Variations of the first to fourth inventions)
It is more preferable that the license verification data and license data received by the data processing means are deleted after a predetermined time has elapsed, since this contributes to reducing the risk of data leakage.

The timing of data deletion can be varied, for example, by using the passage of a predetermined time as a trigger, or by using the completion of transmission of engine lock release data to the engine control device as a trigger.
Moreover, the data to be prevented from being leaked may include data other than the driver's license verification data and the driver's license data.

(Fifth Invention)
The fifth aspect of the present invention relates to a computer program for controlling the data processing device according to the first aspect of the present invention (see FIG. 2).
That is, a reservation data receiving step of receiving reservation data including reservation date and time location data and a reservation user ID of the vehicle related to the reservation, and license verification data for verifying the license of the reservation user linked to the reservation user ID from a vehicle management server that manages the vehicle;
a license data reading step of reading license data from an IC license related to a subscriber by the short-distance data communication device;
a data processing procedure for verifying whether the license data read in the license data reading procedure matches the license confirmation data received in the reservation data receiving procedure;
a door unlock data transmission procedure for transmitting door unlock data for unlocking the door of the vehicle when the data matches in the data processing procedure;
an engine control data transmission procedure for transmitting engine lock release data for enabling an engine to be operated to an engine control device of the vehicle when the data matches in the data processing procedure;
The present invention relates to a computer program for causing the data processing device to execute the above-mentioned steps.

(Variation of the fifth invention)
The fifth invention may be formed as follows.
That is, the data processing device is caused to execute a subscriber ID reading procedure for reading a subscriber ID from an IC card relating to a subscriber from the short-distance data communication device.
In the data processing procedure, if the reservation ID read from the short-distance data communication device matches the reservation ID received in the reservation data receiving procedure, door lock release data is transmitted;
The engine lock release data may be transmitted when the license verification data and the license data match.

(Sixth Invention)
The sixth invention also relates to a computer program for controlling a data processing device.
That is, the data processing device includes a short-distance data communication device for reading license data from an IC license related to a reserving person, and a password input means for receiving input of a password for the IC license.
The computer program is
a reservation data receiving step of receiving reservation data including reservation date and time location data of the vehicle related to the reservation and a reservation user ID, and a license number of the reservation user linked to the reservation user ID, from a vehicle management server that manages the vehicle;
a subscriber ID receiving step of receiving a subscriber ID from an IC card related to the subscriber by the short-distance data communication device;
a door unlock data transmission procedure for transmitting door unlock data for unlocking the doors of the vehicle when the reservation ID received in the reservation data receiving procedure matches the reservation ID received by the short-distance data communication device;
a PIN data receiving step of receiving PIN data of an IC driver's license of a reserving person from the PIN input means;
a license number receiving step of receiving a license number from an IC license of the user when the PIN data is received by the PIN data receiving step;
an engine control data transmission procedure for collating the license number received by the reservation data receiving means with the license number received by the short-distance data communication device, and transmitting engine lock release data to an engine control device of the vehicle to enable the engine to be operated if the license numbers match;
The computer program is configured to cause the data processing device to execute the above-mentioned.

(Seventh Invention)
The seventh invention also relates to a computer program for controlling a data processing device.
The data processing device is equipped with short-distance data communication means capable of receiving various data by wireless communication with a mobile communication terminal with a camera function associated with the reservation holder.
The computer program is
a receiving step of receiving reservation data, etc., via the short-distance data receiving means by short-distance communication with a mobile communication terminal related to the reserver, which receives reservation data including reservation date and time location data of the vehicle related to the reservation, a reserver ID, and a license number of the reserver linked to the reserver ID from a vehicle management server that manages the vehicle;
a license photograph data receiving step of receiving license photograph data obtained by photographing an IC license using a camera function provided in the mobile communication terminal;
a license data verification step for verifying whether the license photograph data received in the license photograph data receiving step matches the license data received in the reservation data receiving step;
a door unlock data transmission procedure for transmitting door unlock data to a door lock means of the vehicle when the driver's license data is matched in the driver's license data verification procedure;
an engine control data transmission procedure for checking whether the license photograph data received in the license photograph data reception procedure matches the license data received in the reservation data reception procedure, and, if they match, transmitting engine lock release data to an engine control device of the vehicle to enable the engine to be operated;
The computer program is configured to cause the data processing device to execute the above-mentioned.

An eighth aspect of the present invention also relates to a computer program for controlling a data processing device.
The data processing device is equipped with short-distance data communication means capable of receiving various data by wireless communication with a portable communication terminal of a reservation holder.
The computer program is
a reservation data receiving step of receiving reservation data including reservation date and time location data and a reservation user ID of the vehicle related to the reservation from a vehicle management server that manages the vehicle, and license confirmation data for confirming the license of the reservation user linked to the reservation user ID;
a terminal data receiving step in which a mobile communication terminal of a reserving person who has received the reservation data and the license verification data from the vehicle management server receives the reservation data and the license verification data via the short-distance data communication means;
a door unlock data transmission procedure for transmitting door unlock data to the door lock means of the vehicle when the reservation data received in the terminal data reception procedure matches the reservation data received in the reservation data etc. reception procedure;
a license data receiving step of reading license data from an IC license related to a subscriber via the short-distance data communication means;
an engine control data transmission procedure for transmitting engine lock release data to an engine control device of the vehicle when the license data received in the license data reception procedure matches the license confirmation data received in the reservation data etc. reception procedure; and
The computer program is configured to cause the data processing device to execute the above-mentioned.

(Variations of the Seventh and Eighth Inventions)
The seventh and eighth aspects of the invention may be formed as follows.
That is, the data processing device is caused to execute a location data receiving procedure for receiving location data read via a GPS function of a mobile communication terminal related to the reservation user,
In the door unlock data transmission procedure, the door unlock data may be transmitted if the location data received in the location data receiving procedure matches the location data in the reservation date, time, and location data received in the reservation data, etc. receiving procedure.

(Variations of the fifth to eighth inventions)
In the fifth to eighth aspects of the present invention, it is preferable to include a data deletion procedure for deleting the license confirmation data and the license data in the data processing means after the door lock release data is transmitted to the engine control device in the door lock release data transmission procedure.

The computer programs according to the fifth to eighth aspects of the present invention may be provided by being stored in a recording medium.
Here, a "recording medium" refers to a medium that can carry a program that does not occupy space by itself, such as a flexible disk, a hard disk, a CD-R, a CD-RW, an MO (magneto-optical disk), a DVD-R, a DVD-RW, or a flash memory.
It is also possible to transmit the program according to the present invention from a computer or data processing device storing the program to another data processing device via a communication line.

(Ninth Invention)
The present invention relates to a computer program (application software) that is installed in a user's portable communication terminal equipped with a communication function, a non-contact communication function, and a camera function.
That is, a procedure for receiving reservation data, etc.
a reservation data transmission step of transmitting the reservation data to a predetermined data reader using the non-contact communication function;
an image data acquisition step of acquiring image data of a certificate document related to the user taken by the user based on the camera function;
A data conversion means for converting a necessary portion of the image data acquired in the image data acquisition procedure into digital data;
a converted data transmission step of transmitting the digital data converted by the data conversion means to the data reader;
The present invention relates to a computer program for causing the mobile communication terminal to execute the above-mentioned steps.

(Glossary)
The "portable communication terminal for a user having a communication function, a non-contact communication function, and a camera function" refers to a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a notebook computer, and the like.
"Reservation data" is, for example, data indicating the details of a reservation for a service, and includes date and time data, data for identifying the person who made the reservation (name, member ID), and the like.
The "prescribed server" is a data management server that accumulates management data relating to services provided to users, accepts reservations, and transmits necessary data to terminals related to users.

A "data reader" is a device capable of transmitting and receiving data by contactless communication with an IC card or a mobile communication terminal having a built-in contactless communication chip, and is typically a short-range data communication device. In the embodiment described below, the data reader is installed inside a vehicle to be serviced, and is capable of contactless communication with a mobile communication terminal of a user outside the vehicle.
In the embodiment described below, the "certificate" is a driver's license, but in the present invention, it also includes a passport, a health insurance card, and the like.
In the embodiment described below, the "required portion of the image data" refers to the issue date, expiration date, etc. of a driver's license. If the certificate is a passport, the necessary portion of the image data refers to the passport number, etc.

(Variation of the ninth invention)
The ninth aspect of the present invention may be formed as follows.
That is, the mobile communication terminal is provided with a GPS function,
The reservation data includes location data relating to a location where the reserved service is to be provided;
In the reservation data transmission procedure, the position data acquired using the GPS function is also transmitted to the server.

The computer program according to the seventh aspect of the present invention can be made downloadable from a predetermined server to the mobile communication terminal, or can be provided by being stored in a recording medium.
Here, a "recording medium" refers to a medium that can carry a program that does not occupy space by itself, such as a flexible disk, a hard disk, a CD-R, a CD-RW, an MO (magneto-optical disk), a DVD-R, a DVD-RW, or a flash memory.
It is also possible to transmit the program according to the present invention from a communication terminal storing the program to a portable communication terminal via a communication line.

According to the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, it is possible to provide a data processing device that can be used to check whether an IC driver's license is carried when renting a vehicle in a vehicle sharing service.
According to the fifth to eighth aspects of the present invention, it is possible to provide a computer program for controlling a data processing device that can be used to confirm that an IC driver's license is carried when renting a vehicle in a vehicle sharing service.
According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an application program for controlling a portable information terminal that can be used to confirm the presence of an IC driver's license when renting a vehicle in a vehicle sharing service.

1 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing an overall configuration of a vehicle management server and a data processing device for a service target vehicle according to a first embodiment of the present invention; 1 is a block diagram of a vehicle management server and a data processing device for a service target vehicle according to a first embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a vehicle management server and a data processing device for a service target vehicle according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a block diagram of a vehicle management server and a data processing device for a service target vehicle according to a third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a block diagram of a vehicle management server and a data processing device for a service target vehicle according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. 10 is a flowchart according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a block diagram of a vehicle management server and a data processing device for a service target vehicle according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. 13 is a flowchart according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a block diagram of a vehicle management server and a data processing device for a service target vehicle according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention. 13 is a flowchart according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a block diagram of a vehicle management server and a data processing device for a service target vehicle according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a block diagram of a vehicle management server and a data processing device for a service target vehicle according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a block diagram of a vehicle management server and a data processing device for a service target vehicle according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing the relationship between devices mounted in a vehicle and devices and a server outside the vehicle.

Below, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings (FIGS. 1 to 14). The present invention is not limited to the embodiment, but is a form for interpreting the present invention. For example, the following embodiment illustrates car sharing, but the present invention can also be applied to rental car services.

(Figure 1)
1 shows the relationship between a vehicle management server, a data processing device installed in a service target vehicle (shared car) that is managed through two-way communication with the vehicle management server, and a membership card held by a member user who has registered as a member in advance and an IC driver's license related to the member user. In the figure, wired communication is indicated by a solid line and wireless communication is indicated by a two-dot dashed line.

The vehicle management server stores management data for members who have registered in advance, stores management data for shared cars used in car sharing, communicates with data processing devices for shared cars, and communicates with communication terminals related to member users.

The data processing device (car sharing on-board device) mounted on the vehicle (shared car) that is the target of the service includes a data transceiver (not shown) that transmits and receives data via a communication network, a card reader (short-range data communication device) capable of short-range wireless communication, a door lock device that locks the vehicle doors, an engine control device that controls the vehicle engine, and a multi-function car navigation device.The data processing means is shown as the core of each device.
In the present invention, the vehicle to be serviced is equipped with a GPS in addition to the multi-function car navigation device described above, and intermittently transmits the vehicle's current position data to the car sharing management server.

A member user makes a reservation to use the car sharing service on his/her own communication terminal, and when using a shared car, he/she needs a member card (IC card) equipped with an IC capable of short-range wireless communication and an IC that stores the member's membership ID as data, as well as an IC driver's license.
The membership card can also be replaced by a mobile communication terminal.

The mobile communication terminal of the member user performs functions such as performing data communication with the vehicle management server to make reservations for the car sharing service and receiving data for reservation confirmation from the vehicle management server.

(Figure 2)
Figure 2 shows an embodiment in which a member user uses his/her mobile communication terminal to apply for a reservation, completes the reservation, and then unlocks the door lock of the reserved shared car and is able to start the engine when the reservation is fulfilled.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the data processing device installed in the shared car (shown as the "shared car on-board device" in the figure) reads data from the IC driver's license, and the operation steps are shown with numbers in parentheses.

As a premise, the member user has registered as a member of the car sharing service and holds a member card, which is an IC card provided by the car sharing operating company. The member number written on the member card is used to complete a car sharing reservation (1).

The vehicle management server (member database) transmits the reservation data and driver's license data to the vehicle-mounted device related to the reservation before the reservation is made (2). The reservation data includes the member ID, the date and time of the reservation, and the location of the parking lot. The driver's license data includes the date of issue and the last day of the validity period.
The data on the last day of validity changes when the IC driver's license is renewed, but the validity date after the change can be calculated in relation to the member user's date of birth.

When the reservation date and time arrives, the member user who made the reservation goes to the parking lot where the reserved shared car is parked and holds up their IC driver's license over the short-range data communication device of the reserved shared car (fixed to the inside window of the rear seat of the vehicle) (3). The short-range data communication device reads the issue date data and the last day of expiration via short-range wireless communication with the IC driver's license. This issue date data and the last day of expiration can be read without entering a PIN.

The data processing means compares the issue date data and expiration date data read by the short-distance data communication device with the issue date data and expiration date data received from the vehicle management server (4). If there is a match, the data processing means transmits door lock release data to the door lock means (5) and engine lock release data to the engine control device (6). The member user can now get into the vehicle and start the engine.

According to this embodiment, a member user can get into a reserved vehicle and start driving with only an IC driver's license (without a member's card). In other words, driving without a driver's license is not permitted.
Although merely checking the issue date data and the expiration date does not uniquely identify a member user, it is highly likely that this can be ignored in practice.

(Figure 3)
FIG. 3 shows an embodiment in which the door of the vehicle can be unlocked with the membership card and the engine can be started with the IC driver's license.
Reservation information including the member ID and reservation date, time and location data is transmitted in advance from the vehicle management server to the vehicle-mounted device of the corresponding shared car (1).

When the reservation date and time arrives, the member user who made the reservation goes to the parking lot where the reserved shared car is parked and holds his/her member card over the short-range data communication device of the reserved shared car (2). The short-range data communication device reads the member ID stored on the member card.

The member ID read by the short-distance data communications device is sent to the data processing means (3). It is then compared with the member ID received from the vehicle management server. If they match, the data processing means sends door unlock data to the door lock means (4). The member user can now get into the vehicle (a dividing line is drawn near the vertical center in the figure, indicating that the scenes above and below this line are different).

The data processing means receives from the vehicle management server the license number linked to the member ID related to the reservation together with the reservation information, and has previously acquired the license number together with the reservation information (1).
When the member user gets into the vehicle, a numeric keypad is displayed on the LCD screen of the multi-function car navigation device, and the member user inputs the PIN number associated with the IC driver's license (5). The input PIN number is sent to the short-range data communication device (6). The member user then holds the IC driver's license over the short-range data communication device, which then retrieves the license number (7).

The data processing means receives the license number sent from the short-range data communication device to the data processing means (8);
The license number is compared with the license number sent from the vehicle management server. If they match, engine lock release data is sent to the engine control device (9). At this point, the member user is able to start the vehicle engine.

According to this embodiment, the member user can get into the reserved vehicle and start driving using the member card and IC driver's license. In other words, driving without a driver's license is not permitted.
Furthermore, since a match is performed using the license number from the IC driver's license, the member user can be uniquely identified.

(Figure 4)
FIG. 4 shows an embodiment in which the vehicle doors are unlocked and the engine is started using a membership card and an IC driver's license.
The vehicle management server transmits reservation information, including the member ID and reservation date, time and location data, and license data to the on-board device of the corresponding shared car in advance (1).

When the reservation date and time arrives, the member user who made the reservation goes to the parking lot where the reserved shared car is parked and holds up their member card and IC driver's license over the short-distance data communication device of the reserved shared car (2). The short-distance data communication device reads the member ID from the member card and the issue date and expiration date from the IC driver's license (3, 4).

If the data processing means determines that the member ID associated with the reservation information received from the vehicle management server matches the member ID read by the short-distance data communications device, door unlock data is output to the door lock means (5).
Furthermore, if the issue date and expiration date in the driver's license data received from the vehicle management server match those read by the short-distance data communication device, engine lock release data is output to the engine control device (6).

The data processing means checks the issue date data and the expiration date against the issue date data and the expiration date received from the vehicle management server (4). If they match, the data processing means transmits door lock release data to the door lock means (5) and engine lock release data to the engine control device (6). The member user can now get into the vehicle and start the engine.

According to this embodiment, a member user can get into a reserved vehicle using a member card and start driving using an IC driver's license. Driving without a driver's license is not permitted.
Although merely comparing the issue date data and the expiration date does not uniquely identify a member user, since the IC card confirms that the user is a member, personal authentication is completed at that stage.

(Figure 5)
FIG. 5 shows an embodiment in which a member user's mobile communication terminal and photographed data of an IC driver's license taken with the mobile communication terminal are used to unlock the vehicle doors and start the engine.

To execute this embodiment, a dedicated application program (check-in application program, hereinafter abbreviated as "check-in app") capable of executing the flowchart shown in FIG. 6 must be downloaded in advance to the mobile communication terminal of the member user. The mobile information terminal must have a camera function in addition to an Internet communication function and a short-range wireless communication function. The following explanation will be given with reference to FIG. 6 as well as FIG. 5.

Reservation information (member ID, reservation date and time location) and license information (issue date, expiration date) are installed from the vehicle management server into the mobile communication terminal associated with the member user (1, S1).

When the reservation date and time arrives, the member user who made the reservation goes to the parking lot where the reserved shared car is parked (S2) and holds his/her mobile communication terminal over the short-range data communication device of the reserved shared car (2). The member user also starts up the check-in app on his/her own smartphone (S3, S4).

After the above data transmission and reception is complete, the check-in app activates the smartphone camera and prompts the member user to take a photo of the IC driver's license (S4). The app then executes instructions such as the shooting technique (for example, turning the LCD screen horizontally, or making sure the data portion you want to obtain is clearly visible) and instructions for retaking the photo, and the smartphone obtains the photographed data of the driver's license.

The short-distance data communication device retrieves the member ID from the mobile communication terminal (4, S5). If the retrieved member ID matches the member ID received from the vehicle management server, it transmits door lock release data to the door lock means (5).

The license number is recognized from the image data of the acquired driver's license, and that portion is subjected to OCR processing to obtain it as text data (S6). When this processing is completed, the check-in app prompts the member user to bring the smartphone closer to the short-range data communication device. The short-range data communication device then collects the text data of the acquired license number (S7), and the data processing means compares it with the license data acquired from the vehicle management server. If they match, engine lock release data is sent to the engine control device (6, S8).

The check-in app makes it impossible to use image data of IC driver's licenses taken in the past. This prevents member users who do not have their license on hand from driving a vehicle.

According to this embodiment, a member user can get into a reserved vehicle and start driving using only a mobile communication terminal and an IC driver's license (without a membership card). In addition, it is also possible to handle international driver's licenses, which do not currently have built-in electronic data like IC driver's licenses.

(Figure 7)
FIG. 7 also shows an embodiment in which a member user's mobile communication terminal and photographed data of an IC driver's license taken with the mobile communication terminal are used to unlock the vehicle doors and start the engine.

The embodiment shown in Figure 7 differs from Figure 5 in that it uses location data acquired by a mobile communication terminal. The differences will be mainly explained below with reference to Figure 8, which shows the operating procedure of the check-in app.

When the check-in application is started, the location data acquired by the GPS function of the smartphone is transmitted to the short-range data communication device (2, 3, S13, 14).
The data processing means verifies whether the reservation location data from the reservation information obtained from the vehicle management server matches the above-mentioned location data, and if they match, transmits door lock release data to the door lock means (4). At this time, if the member ID is also verified to match, a more accurate verification is possible, since there may be discrepancies in the location data.

Thereafter, operations such as obtaining image data of the IC driver's license are the same as those in the embodiment shown in FIGS.
This embodiment also allows a member user to get into a reserved vehicle and start driving using only an IC driver's license.

(Figure 9)
FIG. 9 also shows an embodiment in which the vehicle doors are unlocked and the engine is started using a member user's mobile communication terminal and photographed data of an IC driver's license taken with the mobile communication terminal.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 9 differs from FIG. 5 in that the photographed license data acquired by the mobile communication terminal is not subjected to OCR processing in the check-in app. This will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 10.

The data that the data processing means receives in advance from the vehicle management server includes reservation information as well as image data of the driver's license (1). Then, when the member user photographs the IC driver's license (4, S25, S26), the photographed data is read into the short-range communication device (S27), and the data processing means verifies whether the photographed data matches the image data (6). If they match, door lock release data is sent to the door lock means (6, S28).

Because the photographed data of the IC driver's license is treated as image data, the accuracy of the verification may be lower than that of the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, which performs OCR processing. However, the main purpose of this verification is to prevent a member user from driving without carrying a driver's license, and it is believed that this purpose can be achieved.

(Figure 11)
FIG. 11 also shows an embodiment in which a member user's mobile communication terminal and photographed data of an IC driver's license taken with the mobile communication terminal are used to unlock the vehicle doors and start the engine.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 11 differs from FIG. 5 in that the mobile communication terminal does not receive data in advance from the vehicle management server, but instead verifies only the issue date data and the last day of validity obtained by OCR processing of the image data of the IC driver's license, and then locks the doors and unlocks the engine.

In this embodiment, like the embodiment shown in Figure 2, the door locks can be released and the engine can be started simply by verifying the date of issue and the last day of validity on the IC driver's license.

(Figure 12)
FIG. 12 also shows an embodiment in which the vehicle doors are unlocked and the engine is started using a member user's mobile communication terminal and photographed data of an IC driver's license taken with the mobile communication terminal.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 12 differs from FIG. 11 in that the mobile communication terminal acquires location data, obtains door unlock data based on that location data, and then obtains engine unlock data from the driver's license image data.

In this embodiment, similarly to the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the door locks can be released and the engine can be started simply by verifying the issuance date data and the last day of validity of the IC driver's license.
This has the effect of improving the accuracy of personal authentication as compared to the embodiment shown in FIG.

In the embodiment of FIG. 12, the image data of the IC driver's license is also described as being OCR processed, but identity authentication can be performed using location data. Therefore, it is also possible to verify whether the captured image data that does not undergo OCR processing matches the image data of the license obtained from the vehicle management server.

(Figure 13)
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 13, the mobile communication terminal receives reservation data and driver's license data before the reservation is made (1), and the received data is read into a short-range data communication device associated with the reserved vehicle (3). The data processing device then verifies that the data matches the reservation data, and if there is a match, the door lock is released (4), allowing the user to enter the reserved vehicle.

Verification of whether the person who made the reservation has their driver's license on hand can be performed even after they have entered the vehicle. That is, by holding the IC driver's license over a short-range data communication device, the issue date and expiration date are read (5), and verified using the license data previously received (6). If they match, it is determined that the driver has the license on hand, and the engine lock is released (7).

(Figure 14)
FIG. 14 shows the relationship between the short-distance data communications device, data processing device, engine control device, and door lock device mounted in the vehicle, the vehicle management server outside the vehicle, and the mobile communications terminal associated with the reservation user.
The short-range data communication device is fixed near the rear window of the vehicle, but data can be acquired from the IC driver's license both before and after getting into the vehicle.

Although not shown in the figure, personal information such as driver's license data is deleted from the vehicle (data processing device) after the reservation is completed in order to reduce the risk of personal information being leaked.

The present invention can be used in membership-based services, such as car sharing businesses, rental car businesses, parking lot management businesses, telecommunications equipment manufacturing businesses, data management businesses for data communications, and application software development businesses for communication devices such as smartphones.

Claims (6)

A data processing device mounted on a vehicle related to a reservation,
a reservation data receiving means for receiving reservation data including reservation date and time location data and a reservation user ID of the vehicle related to the reservation from a vehicle management server that manages the vehicle, and license confirmation data for confirming the license of the reservation user linked to the reservation user ID;
a short-distance data communication device for reading unencrypted license data from an IC license related to a subscriber;
a data processing means for checking whether the license confirmation data and the unencrypted license data received by the reservation data receiving means match each other;
a door unlock data transmission means for transmitting door unlock data for unlocking the door of the vehicle based on the collation result of the data processing means;
an engine control data transmission means for transmitting engine lock release data for enabling an engine to be operated to an engine control device of the vehicle based on a result of the comparison by the data processing means;
Equipped with
The data processing means is a data processing device that compares the license confirmation data and the unencrypted license data to determine whether they match, and if they match, transmits the door lock release data and the engine lock release data. The short-distance data communication device reads a subscriber ID from an IC card related to the subscriber,
2. The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the data processing means transmits door lock release data when the reservation ID read by the short-distance data communication device matches the reservation ID received by the reservation data receiving means, and transmits engine lock release data when the license confirmation data and the unencrypted license data match. A data processing device mounted on a vehicle related to a reservation,
a reservation data receiving means for receiving reservation data including reservation date and time location data and a reservation user ID of the vehicle related to the reservation from a vehicle management server that manages the vehicle, and a license number of the reservation user linked to the reservation user ID;
a PIN data receiving means for receiving PIN data from a PIN input means which has accepted an input of a PIN for an IC license of a reserving person;
a short-distance data communication device that reads a subscriber ID from an IC card related to the subscriber and receives a license number from an IC license related to the subscriber when the personal identification number data is received;
a door unlock data transmitting means for transmitting door unlock data for unlocking the door of the vehicle when the reservation ID received by the reservation data receiving means matches the reservation ID received by the short-distance data communication device ;
an engine control data transmitting means for transmitting engine lock release data for enabling the engine to be operated to an engine control device of the vehicle when the license number received by the reservation data receiving means matches the license number received by the short-distance data communication device;
A data processing device comprising: A computer program for controlling a data processing device mounted on a vehicle related to a reservation,
the data processing device includes a short-range data communication device for reading unencrypted license data from an IC license related to a subscriber;
The computer program is
a reservation data receiving step of receiving reservation data including reservation date and time location data and a reservation user ID of the vehicle related to the reservation, and license confirmation data for confirming the license of the reservation user linked to the reservation user ID from a vehicle management server that manages the vehicle;
a license data reading step of reading non-encrypted license data from an IC license related to a subscriber by the short-distance data communication device;
a data processing step of verifying whether the unencrypted license data read in the license data reading step and the license confirmation data received in the reservation data receiving step match each other;
a door unlock data transmission step of transmitting door unlock data for unlocking a door of the vehicle when the unencrypted driver's license data and the driver's license confirmation data match each other in the data processing step;
an engine control data transmission procedure for transmitting engine lock release data for enabling an engine to be operated to an engine control device of the vehicle when the data matches in the data processing procedure;
The computer program is configured to cause the data processing device to execute the above steps. having the data processing device execute a subscriber ID reading procedure for reading a subscriber ID from an IC card related to the subscriber from the short-distance data communication device;
In the data processing procedure, if the reservation user ID read from the short-distance data communication device matches the reservation user ID received in the reservation data receiving procedure, door lock release data is transmitted;
If the license confirmation data and the unencrypted license data match, the engine unlock data is transmitted.
5. A computer program according to claim 4 . A computer program for controlling a data processing device mounted on a vehicle related to a reservation,
The data processing device includes a short-distance data communication device that reads license data including a license number from an IC license of a reserving person, and a PIN input means that receives an input of a PIN for the IC license.
Equipped with
The computer program is
a reservation data receiving step of receiving reservation data including reservation date and time location data of the vehicle related to the reservation and a reservation user ID, and a license number of the reservation user linked to the reservation user ID, from a vehicle management server that manages the vehicle;
a subscriber ID receiving step of receiving a subscriber ID from an IC card related to the subscriber by the short-distance data communication device;
a door unlock data transmission procedure for transmitting door unlock data for unlocking the doors of the vehicle when the reservation user ID received in the reservation data receiving procedure matches the reservation user ID received by the short-distance data communication device;
a PIN data receiving step of receiving PIN data of an IC driver's license of a reserving person from the PIN input means;
a license number receiving step of receiving a license number from an IC license of the user when the PIN data is received by the PIN data receiving step;
an engine control data transmission step of collating the license number received in the reservation data reception step with the license number included in the license data received by the short-distance data communication device, and transmitting engine lock release data to an engine control device of the vehicle to enable the engine to be operated if the license number matches;
The computer program is configured to cause the data processing device to execute the above steps.

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