1. A control device for controlling advertisement data reported to a passenger of a mobile body having an automatic driving function, the control device comprising:

a travel road specifying unit that specifies a predetermined travel road of the mobile object in accordance with a destination set in the mobile object;

a setting unit that sets a switching recommended point at which a driving mode of the mobile object is switched from automatic driving to manual driving mainly by a driver on the scheduled travel road, based on the scheduled travel road;

a report plan generating unit that sets an importance of the advertisement data to be reported according to a driving pattern on the scheduled travel road, and generates a report plan for reporting the advertisement data to the passenger according to the set importance; and

and a report control unit configured to report the report data including the advertisement data to the passenger according to the report plan generated by the report plan generation unit.

2. The control device according to claim 1,

the setting unit sets a predetermined passing time at which the recommended point is passed,

the report plan generating unit generates a report plan for reporting the report data including the advertisement data to the passenger, based on the switching recommended point and the scheduled passage time.

3. The control device according to claim 2,

the automatic driving function has a plurality of automatic driving modes according to an operation amount of an automatic driving control device provided in the mobile body,

the report plan generating unit sets the importance level to be higher as the operation amount of the automatic driving control device in the automatic driving mode is larger.

4. The control device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,

the travel road specifying unit sets a passage point on the scheduled travel road according to information of the passenger or a road condition, and sets the importance level to be high in a range from the passage point to a predetermined range on the near side or a range from the destination to a predetermined distance on the near side.

5. The control device according to claim 4,

the report plan generating unit acquires the action of the passenger when the advertisement data based on the information of the passenger is reported and the action of the passenger when the advertisement data based on the passage point or the destination is reported, and sets the importance level for each of the passengers by using the content of the advertisement data and the action as learning data.

6. The control device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,

the automatic driving function has a plurality of automatic driving modes according to an operation amount of an automatic driving control device provided in the mobile body,

the report plan is configured to include the report data and a plurality of management units for setting the report data,

the report data is set with a report time and at least one of an automatic driving mode and a manual driving mode,

a plurality of the management units are set in time units corresponding to the switching recommended point for switching the driving mode and a predetermined passing time passing through the switching recommended point,

the report plan generating unit sets the report data in the management unit according to the time of the management unit,

the report plan generating unit sets the importance level according to a timing at which advertisement data is reported in the management unit.

7. The control device according to claim 6,

the setting portion sets a predetermined automatic driving mode for each of the predetermined travel roads,

the report plan generating unit sets the report data permitted in the management unit according to the automatic driving mode set for the scheduled travel road.

8. The control device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,

the importance is a price related to the reporting of the advertisement data.

9. A system is provided with:

the control device of any one of claims 1 to 3; and

the moving body.

10. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program,

the program is a program for causing a computer to function as a control device that controls advertisement data to be reported to a passenger of a mobile body having an automatic driving function, the program causing the computer to function as:

a travel road specifying unit that specifies a predetermined travel road of the mobile object in accordance with a destination set in the mobile object;

a setting unit that sets a switching recommended point at which a driving mode of the mobile object is switched from automatic driving to manual driving mainly by a driver on the scheduled travel road, based on the scheduled travel road;

a report plan generating unit that sets an importance of the advertisement data to be reported according to a driving pattern on the scheduled travel road, and generates a report plan for reporting the advertisement data to the passenger according to the set importance; and

and a report control unit configured to report the report data including the advertisement data to the passenger according to the report plan generated by the report plan generation unit.

11. A control method of controlling advertisement data reported to a passenger of a mobile body having an automatic driving function, the control method comprising:

a travel road determination step of determining a predetermined travel road of the mobile body in correspondence with a destination set in the mobile body;

a setting step of setting a switching recommended point at which a driving mode of the mobile body is switched from automatic driving to manual driving mainly by a driver on the predetermined travel road, according to the predetermined travel road;

a report plan generating step of setting an importance of the advertisement data to be reported according to a driving pattern on the scheduled travel road, and generating a report plan for reporting the advertisement data to the passenger according to the set importance; and

a report control step of reporting the report data including the advertisement data to the passenger according to the report plan generated in the report plan generation step.

[ background of the invention ]

Patent document 1 describes "a driving support device for supporting driving of a driver is provided, and the content of the driving support by the driving support device is changed in association with the display state of the advertisement information by the advertisement display device". Patent document 2 describes "an advertisement corresponding to the environment around the host vehicle 100 is downloaded from the server 45 to the host vehicle 100 and displayed on the display 31" and "an advertisement fee corresponding to the route is included in the advertisement information".

Documents of the prior art

Patent document

Patent document 1: japanese patent laid-open publication No. 2010-2759

Patent document 2: japanese patent laid-open publication No. 2016-65938

[ summary of the invention ]

In the 1 st aspect of the present invention, a control device is provided. The control device controls advertisement data reported to passengers of a mobile body having an automatic driving function. The control device is provided with: the travel path specifying unit specifies a predetermined travel path of the mobile object in accordance with a destination set in the mobile object. The control device is provided with: and a setting unit that sets a switching recommended point for switching the driving mode of the mobile object from automatic driving to manual driving mainly by the driver on the scheduled travel road, based on the scheduled travel road. The control device is provided with: the report plan generating unit sets the importance of the advertisement data to be reported according to the driving pattern on the scheduled traveling road, and generates a report plan for reporting the advertisement data to the passenger according to the set importance. The control device is provided with: and a report control unit that reports the report data including the advertisement data to the passenger according to the report plan generated by the report plan generation unit.

The setting unit may set a scheduled passage time by switching the recommended point. The report plan generating unit may generate a report plan for reporting the report data including the advertisement data to the passenger, based on the switching recommended point and the scheduled passage time.

The automatic driving function may have a plurality of automatic driving modes according to an operation amount of an automatic driving control device provided in the mobile body. Can be as follows: the report plan generating unit sets the importance level higher as the operation amount of the automatic driving control device in the automatic driving mode is larger.

The travel path specifying unit may set a passing point on the scheduled travel path in accordance with information of the passenger or a road condition, and set the importance level to be high in a range from the passing point to a predetermined range in front of the passing point or a predetermined distance from the destination to the passing point.

The report plan generating unit may acquire the behavior of the passenger when the advertisement data based on the information of the passenger is reported and the behavior of the passenger when the advertisement data based on the passage point or the destination is reported, and set the importance level for each passenger by using the content and the behavior of the advertisement data as the learning data.

The automatic driving function may have a plurality of automatic driving modes according to an operation amount of an automatic driving control device provided in the mobile body. The report plan may be configured to include a plurality of management units for report data and setting report data. The report data may be set with a report time and at least one of an automatic driving mode and a manual driving mode corresponding to the report time. A plurality of management units may be set in time units in correspondence with a switching recommended point at which the driving mode is switched and a predetermined passage time by switching the recommended point. The report plan generating unit may set the report data in the management unit according to the time of the management unit. The report plan generating unit may set the importance level according to the timing of reporting the advertisement data in the management unit.

The setting portion may set a predetermined automatic driving mode for each predetermined travel road. The report plan generating unit may set the allowable report data in the management unit according to the automatic driving mode set for the scheduled travel road.

The importance may be reflected to a price associated with the reporting of the advertising data.

In aspect 2 of the present invention, a system is provided. The system includes the control device and the mobile body.

In the 3 rd aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium storing a program. The program causes the computer to function as a control device that controls advertisement data to be reported to passengers of a mobile body having an automatic driving function. The program causes the computer to function as a travel road specifying unit that specifies a predetermined travel road of the mobile object in accordance with a destination set in the mobile object. The program causes a computer to function as a setting unit that sets a switching recommended point for switching a driving mode of a mobile object from automatic driving to manual driving mainly by a driver on a predetermined travel road, based on the predetermined travel road. The program causes the computer to function as a report plan generating unit that sets the importance of advertisement data to be reported in accordance with a driving pattern on a predetermined travel road, and generates a report plan for reporting the advertisement data to a passenger in accordance with the set importance. The program causes the computer to function as a report control unit that reports report data including advertisement data to the passenger based on the report plan generated by the report plan generating unit.

In the 4 th aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control method. The control method controls advertisement data reported to passengers of a mobile body having an automatic driving function. The control method includes a travel road specifying step of specifying a predetermined travel road of the mobile object in accordance with a destination set in the mobile object. The control method includes a setting step of setting a switching recommended point at which a driving mode of the mobile object is switched from automatic driving to manual driving mainly by a driver on a predetermined travel road, based on the predetermined travel road. The control method includes a report plan generating step of setting an importance level of advertisement data to be reported according to a driving pattern on a predetermined traveling road, and generating a report plan for reporting the advertisement data to a passenger according to the set importance level. The control method includes a report control step of reporting the report data including the advertisement data to the passenger based on the report plan generated in the report plan generation step.

In addition, the summary of the present invention does not list all features required by the present invention. In addition, sub-combinations of these features can also constitute the invention.

[ description of the drawings ]

Fig. 1 schematically illustrates the structure of a system 10.

Fig. 2 shows a system configuration of the report server 40.

Fig. 3 is a diagram for explaining a management unit for setting report data.

Fig. 4 shows the flow of data among the mobile 20, the report server 40, and the content server 50.

Fig. 5 shows an example of the generation flow of the report plan.

Fig. 6 shows another example of the generation flow of the report plan.

Fig. 7 shows another example of the generation flow of the report plan.

Fig. 8 shows an example of setting information to be referred to by the report plan generating unit 240 to set the importance.

Fig. 9 shows another example of the setting information that the report plan generating unit 240 refers to for setting the importance level.

Fig. 10 shows another example of the setting information for setting the importance.

Fig. 11 shows a data structure of passenger action information for evaluating the action of the passenger 80.

Fig. 12 is an example of the information on the degree of association between the report data and the automatic driving level.

Fig. 13 shows an example of an update method of the report plan.

Fig. 14 shows an example of the computer 2000.

Description of the symbols

10: a system; 20: a moving body; 22: an automatic driving control device; 24: a reporting device; 28: a communication device; 29: a sensor; 40: a report server; 50: a content server; 80: a passenger; 90: a network; 200: a control device; 210: a travel road determination unit; 220: a setting unit; 240: a report plan generating unit; 250: a passenger state acquisition unit; 270: a report control unit; 280: a storage device; 290: a communication device; 300: a predetermined driving road; 310: a management unit; 330: reporting the data; 390: point; 800: a management unit; 900: a management unit; 1310: a management unit; 1320: a management unit; 1330: a management unit; 2000: a computer; 2010: a main controller; 2012: a CPU; 2014: a RAM; 2020: an input/output controller; 2022: a communication interface; 2024: a flash memory; 2026: a ROM; 2040: an input/output chip.

[ detailed description ] embodiments

The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments of the invention, but the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims. In addition, all combinations of the features described in the embodiments are not necessarily essential to the solving means of the invention.

Fig. 1 schematically illustrates the structure of a system 10. The system 10 includes a mobile unit 20, a report server 40, and a content server 50. System 10 is a system for providing report data to mobile body 20.

Mobile 20, report server 40, and content server 50 are connected to network 90. The network 90 includes a communication line such as the internet and a mobile communication network. The report server 40 communicates with the content server 50 and the mobile unit 20 via the network 90.

The content server 50 acquires video data and text data provided by a video delivery service on the network 90, image data such as text data and still image data or video data included in posting information for an SNS (social network service), and image data and text data included in a web page or the like, and stores them in a database. The content server 50 acquires audio data, text data, and image data distributed via television broadcasting and radio broadcasting, and stores the data in a database. The content server 50 acquires advertisement data from an advertisement distribution company and stores the advertisement data in a database. The content server 50 acquires news information from a news provider and stores the news information in a database. The content server 50 transmits content data to the report server 40 according to a request from the report server 40.

The content data may include time information, location information, and event information, for example. The time information indicates a time associated with the event information. The location indicates a location corresponding to the event information. The situation information comprises weather information, accident information, event information, engineering information, congestion information, advertisement information, news information and the like.

The mobile body 20 has an automatic driving function. The mobile body 20 includes an automatic driving control device 22, a notification device 24, a communication device 28, and a sensor 29. The sensor 29 includes a radar, a camera, a positioning device, a speed sensor, and the like. The automated driving control device 22 provides an automated driving function to the mobile body 20. For example, the automatic driving control device 22 automatically controls steering or acceleration/deceleration of the mobile body 20. The automatic driving control device 22 automatically controls steering or acceleration/deceleration of the mobile body 20 using the information acquired by the sensor 29. The automatic driving function by the automatic driving control device 22 may be an automatic driving function that controls steering and acceleration/deceleration in a mode in which the degree of intervention of the system in driving is relatively high. In this case, since the degree of intervention of the passenger of the mobile body 20 in driving is relatively low, the passenger tends to pay more attention to the report, and it is therefore suitable for providing the report data. The automatic drive control device 22 may have a function of an Advanced drive-Assistance system (ADAS). The automatic drive Control device 22 is realized by, for example, an ECU (Electronic Control Unit) provided with a microcomputer. The communication device 28 communicates with the report server 40 via the network 90. The communication device 28 transmits the destination information of the mobile body 20 to the report server 40. The communication device 28 transmits the position information of the mobile body 20 acquired by the sensor 29, the speed information of the mobile body 20, the control information related to the automatic driving function of the mobile body 20, the image information of the surroundings of the mobile body 20, the information related to the passenger 80 of the mobile body 20, and the like to the report server 40. The communication device 28 may be configured to include a Telematics Control Unit (TCU). Passenger 80 may be a driver of mobile body 20.

The report server 40 generates report data based on information collected from a plurality of moving bodies including the moving body 20 and information received from the content server 50. For example, the report server 40 determines a predetermined travel route to the destination based on the destination of the mobile body 20. The report server 40 determines the automatic driving level of the mobile body 20 in a plurality of sections within the predetermined travel route based on the road information on the predetermined travel route. Further, as the automatic driving level, for example, an automatic driving level of SAE J3016 can be applied. In this case, it may be assumed that the automatic driving level 0 to the automatic driving level 2 correspond to a manual driving mode mainly for the driver, and the automatic driving level 3 to the automatic driving level 5 correspond to an automatic driving mode mainly for the automatic driving control device 22.

In addition, the report server 40 sets a passage point on the scheduled travel route of the mobile body 20. The report server 40 acquires the content, which is the basis of the report data to be provided to the passenger 80, from the content server 50 based on the point at which the automatic driving level is switched, the information of the passage point, the passenger information acquired from the mobile body 20, and the like, and generates the report data. For example, the report server 40 acquires content data associated with a switching point of the automatic driving level of the mobile body 20 and associated with a time when the mobile body 20 passes the switching point, and generates a report plan for determining a timing of transmitting the report data to the mobile body 20. For example, the report server 40 determines the timing of report data for reporting switching of the automatic driving level. The report server 40 determines the time and the length of time to report the report data. The report server 40 generates report data in accordance with the travel plan of the mobile body 20 in accordance with the travel of the mobile body 20, and transmits the report data to the mobile body 20.

In the mobile body 20, when the communication device 28 receives the report data from the report server 40, the reporting device 24 reports the report data received by the communication device 28 to the passenger 80. For example, the reporting device 24 has an HMI (Human Machine Interface) function, and the reporting device 24 reports the report data in the form of voice information and image information. According to the system 10, it is possible to report the report data on the point where the mobile body 20 travels and the switching of the automatic driving level of the mobile body 20 to the passenger 80 at an appropriate timing.

Fig. 2 shows a system configuration of the report server 40. Report server 40 includes control device 200, storage device 280, and communication device 290. The control device 200 is realized by, for example, an arithmetic processing device including a processor. The storage device 280 is implemented by a nonvolatile storage medium. The control device 200 performs processing using information stored in the storage device 280. Communication device 290 performs communication with mobile unit 20 and content server 50.

The control device 200 controls the report data to be reported to the passenger 80. The control device 200 includes a travel path specifying unit 210, a setting unit 220, a report plan generating unit 240, a passenger state acquiring unit 250, and a report control unit 270.

The travel road specifying unit 210 specifies a predetermined travel road of the mobile unit 20 corresponding to the destination set in the mobile unit 20. The travel road specifying unit 210 may acquire scheduled travel road information determined by a car navigation system provided in the mobile body 20.

The setting unit 220 sets a switching recommended point at which the driving mode of the mobile body 20 is switched from the automatic driving to the manual driving mainly by the driver on the scheduled travel road according to the scheduled travel road. The report plan generating unit 240 sets the importance of the advertisement data to be reported according to the driving pattern on the scheduled travel road, and generates a report plan for reporting the advertisement data to the passenger 80 according to the set importance. The report controller 270 reports report data including advertisement data to the passenger 80 according to the report plan generated by the report plan generator 240. Specifically, the report controller 270 reports the report data from the reporting device 24 by transmitting the report data to the mobile body 20 via the communication device 290.

The setting unit 220 sets a scheduled passage time for switching the recommended point. The report plan generating unit 240 generates a report plan for reporting the report data including the advertisement data to the passenger 80 based on the switching recommended point and the scheduled passage time.

The automatic driving function has a plurality of automatic driving modes according to the operation amount of the automatic driving control device 22 provided in the mobile body 20. The operation amount of the automated driving control apparatus 22 is determined according to the automated driving level. The report plan generating unit 240 sets the importance level higher as the operation amount of the automatic drive control device 22 in the automatic drive mode is larger.

The travel road specifying unit 210 sets a passage point on the scheduled travel road according to the information of the passenger 80 or the road condition, and sets a high importance level in a range from the passage point to a predetermined range in front of the passage point or a predetermined distance from the destination to the predetermined distance in front of the passage point.

The report plan generating unit 240 acquires the action of the passenger 80 when the advertisement data based on the information of the passenger 80 is reported and the action of the passenger 80 when the advertisement data based on the passage point or the destination is reported, and sets the importance level for each passenger 80 using the report content and the action result as the learning data.

The passenger state acquisition unit 250 acquires the state of the passenger 80 of the mobile unit 20. The passenger state acquisition section 250 can acquire the state of the passenger 80 of the moving body 20 by receiving the information collected by the sensor 29 in the moving body 20. The information collected by the passenger status acquisition section 250 may be face information of the passenger 80. The information collected by the passenger-state obtaining section 250 may include position information of the mobile body 20. The report plan generating part 240 may acquire the action of the passenger 80 based on the state of the passenger 80 acquired by the passenger state acquiring part 250.

The automatic driving function has a plurality of automatic driving modes according to the operation amount of the automatic driving control device 22 provided in the mobile body 20. The report plan is configured to include report data and a plurality of management units for setting the report data. The report data is set with a report time and at least one of an automatic driving mode and a manual driving mode corresponding to the report time. A plurality of management units are set in time units in correspondence with a recommended point for switching the driving mode and a scheduled passage time at which the recommended point is switched. The report plan generating unit 240 sets report data in the management unit according to the time of the management unit. The report plan generating unit 240 sets the importance level according to the timing of reporting advertisement data in the management unit.

The setting unit 220 sets a predetermined automatic driving mode for each predetermined travel route. The report plan generating unit 240 sets the report data permitted in the management unit according to the automatic driving mode set for the scheduled travel road.

The importance may be reflected to a price associated with the reporting of the advertising data. For example, the importance may also be used for charging to a distribution company that distributes advertisement data.

Fig. 3 is a diagram for explaining a management unit for setting report data. Point X0 is the departure point of mobile unit 20. The point Xn is the destination of the mobile body 20. The scheduled travel road 300 is a road on which the mobile unit 20 is scheduled to travel. The scheduled travel road 300 is determined by the travel road determination unit 210.

The setting unit 220 sets a plurality of points including the points X1 to X4 on the scheduled travel road 300. For example, when the setting unit 220 determines that the mobile body 20 is traveling on the road from the point X0 to the point X2 at the automated driving level 3, and determines that the mobile body 20 is traveling from the point X2 to the point X3 at the automated driving level 2 and the mobile body 20 is traveling from the point X3 to the point X4 at the automated driving level 3, the setting unit 220 sets the point X2 and the point X3 as the switching recommended points for switching the automated driving levels.

When the distance between the point X0 and the point X2 exceeds a predetermined distance, the setting unit 220 sets the point X1 between the points X0 and X2. For example, the setting unit 220 may determine the point X1 according to the travel time of the mobile object 20. For example, the setting unit 220 may determine the point to which the mobile object 20 arrives when traveling for about 1 hour from the point X0 as X1. The setting unit 220 sets a point X4 near a point 390 where a specific point 390 such as a tourist spot or facility exists on the scheduled travel road 300.

The report plan generating unit 240 sets one management unit 310 for each of a plurality of periods divided by the time corresponding to the point set by the setting unit 220. The report plan generating unit 240 sets a plurality of report data 330 in each management unit 310. For example, the report plan generating unit 240 sets the report data 330c for reporting the switching of the automatic driving level to the passenger 80 in the management unit before the timing corresponding to the switching recommended point X3. The report plan generating unit 240 sets the report data 330b as advertisement data and the report data 330a as news data prior to the report data 330 c. The report plan generating unit 240 selects advertisement data and news data based on the interest information of the passenger 80 and the location where the mobile object 20 is located at the report timing, and sets the selected data as the report data 330 in the management unit. In this way, the report plan generating unit 240 generates a report plan in advance based on the recommended point for switching the automatic driving level, and the report control unit 270 transmits the report data to the mobile body 20 in accordance with the report plan generated by the report plan generating unit 240.

Fig. 4 shows the flow of data among the mobile 20, the report server 40, and the content server 50. In S402, the communication device 28 transmits the destination information set by the passenger 80 and the information of the passenger 80 to the report server 40. The information of the passenger 80 may include identification information of the passenger 80, interest information of the passenger 80, and the like. In S410, the report plan generating unit 240 sets a management unit. Specifically, the travel route specification unit 210 sets a planned travel route based on the destination and the road information, the setting unit 220 sets the automatic driving level of the mobile body 20, the time to switch the recommended point X and the point X passing through each point, and the report plan generation unit 240 sets the management unit.

In S412, the communication device 290 transmits request information of content data associated with a place on a predetermined travel road to the content server 50. In S414, the communication device 290 receives content data from the content server 50. In S416, the report plan generating unit 240 generates report data based on the content data, and distributes the report data in the management unit. At S418, communication device 290 transmits the report data to mobile unit 20. In S404, the reporting device 24 reports to the passenger 80 in accordance with the received report data. When the report data is advertisement data, the reporting device 24 reports the advertisement data, and then the communication device 28 transmits the notification of the report data to the report server 40 in S406. In S420, the report server 40 stores the report result information indicating the completion of the report in the storage unit 280. The report server 40 charges the operator who provides the content data based on the reported actual result information.

Fig. 5 shows an example of the generation flow of the report plan. The setting unit 220 generates passing point information x (x1 to xn) and switching recommended point information y (y1 to yk) based on the information of the planned travel road specified by the travel road specifying unit 210 based on the current position and the destination of the mobile object 20 (function block 500). The setting unit 220 specifies the point information x ' (x ' 1 to x ' n) associated with the passing point information x (function block 510). The report plan generating unit 240 generates report data B (B1 to Bn) based on the point information x' (function block 520). The content data B may be, for example, report data generated from content data locally managed by the report server 40 itself. The report plan generating unit 240 acquires the report data R and R ' (R1 to Rn, R ' 1 to R ' n) based on the point information associated with the passing point information x (function block 522). The content data R may be, for example, report data generated from content data acquired from the content server 50.

The report plan generating unit 240 specifies the spot information y ' (y ' 1 to y ' p) associated with the switching recommended spot y (function block 530). The report plan generating unit 240 acquires the report data C (C1 to Cp) based on the point information y' (function block 540). The report data C may be report data generated from content data acquired from the content server 50. The report data C may be report data generated by the report server 40. For example, the report data C may be report data for reporting a switch of the automatic driving level.

The report plan generator 240 generates a set D (D1 to Dn) of report data B, report data R, and report data C (block 550). The report plan generating unit 240 determines the order of the report data set in the management unit from among the sets D, and sets the report data (C '1 to C' q) in the management unit (block 560). Thereby, the report plan generating unit 240 generates a report plan.

Fig. 6 shows another example of the generation flow of the report plan. The report data B, the report data C, the report data R, and the report data R' are report data generated by the same method as the method described in connection with fig. 4. The report plan generating unit 240 arranges the report data B in time series according to a predetermined criterion. Similarly, the report plan generating unit 240 arranges the report data C in time series according to a predetermined criterion. The report plan generating unit 240 arranges the report data R in time series according to a predetermined criterion. The report plan generator 240 arranges the report data R' in time series according to a predetermined criterion. When selecting report data to be reported within the future period Δ t, the report plan generating unit 240 selects one report data from among a plurality of report data arranged within Δ t and reports it. For example, the report plan generator 240 selects one report data from among the plurality of report data B2, C1, R2, R' 2.

Further, the report plan generating unit 240 may select one report data based on the priority information associated with each of the plurality of report data. The report plan generating unit 240 may select a plurality of report data. For example, the report plan generator 240 may select the report data C1 and the report data R2 as the report data to be reported within Δ t. In this case, the report plan generator 240 may set the report data C1 and the report data R2 so that the reports are performed with a shift in time Δ t.

In this way, the report plan generating unit 240 may generate a plurality of report plans including a plurality of pieces of report data based on the current position, the passage position, or the destination of the mobile body 20, and select and report the report data corresponding to the switching recommended position from among the plurality of pieces of report data included in the plurality of generated report plans.

Fig. 7 shows another example of the generation flow of the report plan. The report data B, the report data C, the report data R, and the report data R' are report data generated by the same method as the method described in connection with fig. 4. In fig. 7, the characters in parentheses of the report data B, the report data C, the report data R, and the report data R' indicate the time. For example, b (tk) is report data selected as report data that can be reported at time tk according to a predetermined criterion.

The report plan generating unit 240 temporarily selects the report data D (tk-1), D (tk +1)) to be reported at each time (tk-1, tk +1) within the period Δ t. The report plan generating unit 240 acquires the difference information of the report data D in time series (function block 700), and selects the report data selected as the report data D so that the difference information satisfies a predetermined condition. For example, when the automated driving level is associated with the report data, the report plan generating unit 240 may set the rate of change of the automated driving level per unit time to be smaller than a predetermined value. The association of the report data with the automatic driving level will be described later. When the information intensity of the report data is associated with the report data, the report plan generator 240 may set the rate of change in the information intensity per unit time to a predetermined value or more. The information intensity may be associated with the report data in advance, for example, according to the content reported as the report data. The report plan generating unit 240 may set the amount of the report data generated from the advertisement data to be provided per unit time to a predetermined value or more.

When the report data D having the difference information satisfying the combination of the predetermined conditions is found, the report plan generating unit 240 determines the report data D as the report data C' to be reported. In addition, when the report data D satisfying the combination of the predetermined conditions cannot be determined, the setting unit 220 may change the automatic driving level of the mobile unit 20 and search for the report data D again. In addition, when the report data satisfying the predetermined condition cannot be determined, the travel road specifying unit 210 may change the predetermined travel road of the mobile unit 20 and search for the report data D again.

Fig. 8 shows an example of setting information to be referred to by the report plan generating unit 240 to set the importance. Fig. 8 shows the setting information of the importance level in the management unit 800 corresponding to the automatic driving level 3. In particular, the setting information of the importance of the management element between the recommended switching point X10 for switching from the automated driving level 2 to the automated driving level 3 and the recommended switching point X11 for switching from the automated driving level 3 to the automated driving level 2. Further, the importance was evaluated on 10 ranks of 1 to 10.

As shown in fig. 8, the importance increases as the distance from the recommended point of switching X11 at which the automatic driving level 3 changes to the automatic driving level 2 increases. This is because the point X11 is a point at which the automatic driving level decreases, and therefore the closer to the point X11, the higher the possibility that the passenger 80 is paying close attention to it. In particular, at the point X11, since the state where the driving control mainly performed by the automatic driving control device 22 is switched to the state where the driving control mainly performed by the passenger 80 is performed is changed from the emergency time to the state where the driving control mainly performed by the passenger 80 is performed, there is a high possibility that the passenger 80 is paying more attention. In addition, the point X11 is the timing of switching to the driving control mainly for the passenger 80, so the passenger 80 is likely to generate an intention such as that he or she is about to take a new action. Therefore, the closer to the point X11, the higher the possibility that the effect of reporting an advertisement or the like will increase, and therefore, the importance level is preferably increased.

Point X10 is a point at which the automatic driving level 2 is switched to the automatic driving level 3. Immediately after the point X10, the driver is substantially released from driving, and therefore, the driver is likely to pay attention to something other than driving. Therefore, it is considered that there is a certain degree of reporting effect of advertisements and the like. However, since it is the state of switching to driving mainly by the automatic driving control apparatus 22, sometimes the passenger 80 is not likely to produce an intention such as that he or she is about to take a new action. Thus, the importance immediately after X10 is lower than the importance immediately before the point X11. When the time elapses in the state of the automatic driving level 3, the relaxed state of the passenger 80 may be deepened. Therefore, it is considered that the importance of the advertisement or the like is reduced because the reporting effect is reduced with the passage of time.

Fig. 9 shows another example of the setting information that the report plan generating unit 240 refers to for setting the importance level. Fig. 9 is the setting information of the importance level in the management unit 900 corresponding to the automatic driving level 5. In particular, fig. 9 shows setting information of the degree of importance in the management elements between the recommended point for switching X20 from the automated driving level 2 to the automated driving level 5 and the recommended point for switching X21 from the automated driving level 5 to the automated driving level 2.

Similarly to fig. 8, the importance increases as the distance from the recommended point of switching X21 at which the automatic driving level 5 is changed to the automatic driving level 2 increases. In particular, since the point X21 is a point at which the automatic driving level is lowered from the fully automatic driving state to the automatic driving level 2, the closer to the point X21, the higher the possibility that the passenger 80 is paying close attention to the point. Therefore, the importance immediately before X21 is made higher than the importance immediately before point X11 shown in fig. 8.

Point X20 is a point at which the automatic driving level 2 switches to the automatic driving level 5. Since the vehicle is in a state of being released from driving immediately after the point X20, it is easy to pay attention to something other than driving. In particular, it is considered that the higher the automatic driving level is, the more noticeable the vehicle is. Therefore, the importance immediately after the point X21 is made higher than the importance immediately after the point X10 shown in fig. 8. On the other hand, since it is the state of switching to the fully automatic driving, it is sometimes difficult for the passenger 80 to produce an intention such as that he or she is about to take a new action. Thus, the importance immediately after X20 is lower than the importance immediately before the point X21. When the time elapses in the state of the automatic driving level 5, the relaxed state of the passenger 80 may be deepened. Therefore, it is considered that the reporting effect of advertisements and the like decreases with the lapse of time, and therefore the importance thereof decreases with the lapse of time. It is considered that the higher the automatic driving level is, the more rapidly the passenger 80 shifts to the relaxed state, and therefore the rate of decrease in the importance in the vicinity of the point X20 can be made larger than the rate of decrease in the importance in the vicinity of the point X10 shown in fig. 8.

The setting information shown in fig. 8 and 9 is an example of the setting information of importance. The importance degree for the automatic driving levels other than the automatic driving levels 3 and 5 can be set by the same setting information. Further, the setting information may be created for each combination of the automatic driving level before and after the recommended point is switched. In addition, it may be: the greater the difference between the automatic driving levels before and after the recommended point is switched, the greater the importance before or after the recommended point is switched. In addition, it may be: the greater the difference between the automatic driving levels before and after the recommended point is switched, the greater the importance before and after the recommended point is switched.

Fig. 8 and 9 illustrate importance information for each report timing of report data in one management unit. However, the importance level may be set regardless of the management unit. In addition, whether or not the setting is made for each management unit, the importance may be increased as the automatic driving level is higher.

Fig. 10 shows another example of the setting information for setting the importance. Fig. 10 shows an example of the setting information of the importance level determined according to the location. First, the importance increases as the distance from point X31, which is the destination, increases. This is because it is considered that the passenger 80 is likely to have a strong interest in information on the destination and the like. The passing point X30 is a point near the sightseeing point equal point 390. The importance increases as it approaches the passing point X30 in the traveling direction of the moving body 20, and the importance rapidly decreases as it moves away from the point 390 in the traveling direction.

In this way, the importance is increased in front of the passage point and the destination. The report plan generating unit 240 may set the importance level in the management unit using a total value of the importance level based on the point and the importance levels corresponding to the switching recommended point and the automatic driving level. In addition, a passage point may be set for each passenger 80. For example, the importance can be further increased with respect to a place that can be judged as possibly being interested by the passenger 80 from the interest information of the passenger 80.

Fig. 11 shows a data structure of passenger action information for evaluating the action of the passenger 80. The passenger action information associates action information with a user ID. The user ID is identification information of the passenger 80. The action information includes a personal-related advertisement and a place-related advertisement as evaluation elements. The personal-related advertisement indicates an evaluation value in a case where an advertisement based on personal information is reported. The advertisement based on the personal information may be, for example, interest information of the passenger 80 collected in advance. The location-related advertisement indicates an evaluation value in the case where an advertisement based on a passing location or a destination is reported.

Regarding the personal-related advertisement, in a case where it is known that the passenger 80 is interested in fishing, in a case where the passenger 80 has passed by the fishing store after reporting the report data of the advertisement related to the fishing store, the evaluation values that correspond to the identification information of the passenger 80 and the "personal-related advertisement" are counted up. With regard to location-associated advertising, when a park is present in the vicinity of a transit location, such as "it is now a park to see cherry blossom" will be included for the passenger 80. "when the passenger 80 goes to the a park after the report data of the message is reported to the passenger 80," the evaluation value corresponding to the identification information of the passenger 80 and the "spot-related advertisement" is counted up.

When the evaluation value associated with the passage point-related advertisement and the identification information of the passenger 80 is larger than a predetermined value, the report plan generating unit 240 determines that the passenger 80 tends to attach importance to the advertisement associated with the passage point, and increases the importance in the vicinity of the passage point. On the other hand, when the evaluation value associated with the personal advertisement and the identification information of the passenger 80 is larger than the predetermined value, it is determined that the passenger 80 tends to attach importance to the advertisement associated with the personal information, and the importance of the vicinity of the passage point is increased.

Fig. 12 is an example of the information on the degree of association between the report data and the automatic driving level. The relevance information includes information indicating the relevance between the category of the report data and the automatic driving level.

The "degree of association" is set to a value of 0 to 10 depending on the strength of association. The degree of association 10 indicates the highest association with the corresponding automatic driving level. The degree of association 0 indicates no association with the corresponding automatic driving level. The report data of the category having the degree of association 0 is set to indicate that the report is not allowed at the corresponding automatic driving level. Setting the report data of the category having the degree of association of 1 or more indicates that the report is permitted at the corresponding automatic driving level. The degree of association 0 indicates that the report data is not allowed to be reported while the mobile body 20 is traveling at the corresponding automatic driving level.

In the category of the report data, "road a" indicates report data associated with a change in the automatic driving level. For example, "road a" includes report data for reporting a change in the automatic driving level.

"road B" represents report data that affects automatic driving. The "road B" includes report data for reporting occurrence of an accident, and the like.

"road C" represents report data associated with a change in destination. For example, "road C" includes report data reporting that a fire has occurred at a destination, report data reporting that the weather of the destination is storm, report data reporting that arrival at the destination may be delayed significantly, and the like.

The "road a", "road B", and "road C" are set to have a degree of association with the automatic driving level of "10". Thus, the report data corresponding to "road a", "road B", and "road C" is reported with priority under all the automatic driving levels.

"advertisement a" represents advertisement data presumed to be of interest to the passenger 80. The advertisement presumed to be of interest to the passenger 80 may be determined based on interest information collected in advance from the passenger 80, history information of the action of the passenger 80, a change in the expression of the passenger 80 in the case of report data reporting advertisement data, and the like.

"advertisement B" represents advertisement data relating to a place close to a predetermined travel road. "advertisement B" includes advertisement data of a place close to a predetermined travel road of the mobile body 20. "advertisement C" represents advertisement data that does not correspond to either advertisement a or advertisement B. "advertisement C" has a degree of association "0" set for the automatic driving level at level 2 or less. Therefore, the report data corresponding to "advertisement C" is not allowed to be reported when the automatic driving level is 2 or less.

"news a" indicates news data presumed to be of interest to the passenger 80. Whether or not it is news data presumed to be of interest to the passenger 80 may be determined based on a change in the expression of the passenger 80 in the case of reporting the news data, or the like.

"news B" denotes news data relating to a place close to a predetermined travel road. "news B" includes news data for reporting news occurring at the destination of the mobile body 20. "news B" has an association degree "0" set for the automatic driving level 0. Therefore, the report data of "news B" is not allowed to be reported when the automatic driving level is 0.

"news C" indicates news data that does not correspond to advertisement a nor advertisement B. The "chatting" is report data reported in association with web chatting such as SNS and a conversation with a conversation system. The "news C" and "chatting" are set with a degree of association "0" for the automatic driving level below the level 2. Therefore, the report data of "news C" and the report data of "chatty" are not allowed to be reported when the automatic driving level is 2 or less.

The report plan generating unit 240 refers to the relevance degree information, and sets, in the management unit, report data having a relevance degree of "1" or more corresponding to the automatic driving level set for the scheduled travel road. Thus, for example, by reporting the report data about the chatter while driving at the automatic driving level 0, it is possible to reduce the possibility of unnecessary intervention to the passenger 80. The report plan generating unit 240 may set the report data having a higher degree of association with the current driving mode, with higher priority, in the management unit. This enables appropriate report data to be reported in the current driving mode.

Fig. 13 shows an example of an update method of the report plan. As a factor for changing the recommended point, an accident or the like may be given on the scheduled travel road of the mobile unit 20. When the report server 40 determines that an accident has occurred on the predetermined travel road of the mobile unit 20 based on the traffic information, the information collected by other mobile units, the SNS information, and the like, the report plan generating unit 240 generates report data indicating the occurrence of the accident.

In fig. 13, the mobile body 20 is set to travel at the automatic driving level 3 from the point X40 to the point X44. When an accident occurs at the point X43, the setting unit 220 determines that it is necessary to lower the automated driving level to level 2 at the point X43 of occurrence of the accident based on the point X43 of occurrence of the accident. The setting unit 220 sets the automatic driving level in a section from the point X42 to the point X44 including the point X43 to a level 2.

Then, the report plan generating unit 240 changes the management unit 1310 to the management unit 1320 and the management unit 1330 in accordance with the change of the recommended point for switching the automatic driving level, and changes the report plan. Specifically, the report plan generating unit 240 generates the report data h reported at the point X41 which is a predetermined distance before the point X42 at which the automatic driving level is switched. For example, a message such as "an accident occurred" is generated. Additional report data h in which the automatic driving level is lowered to 2 ″ after ≈ km. The report data h is report data relating to a change in the automatic driving level, and is report data corresponding to the above-described "road a".

Here, the report data a corresponding to the spot X41 in the report plan before the occurrence of the accident is the report data of the advertisement. In this case, the report plan generating unit 240 deletes the report data a and generates a report plan for reporting the report data h. The report plan generator 240 deletes 3 pieces of report data b to d before the point X42, and sets 3 pieces of report data e to g near the switching recommended point X44 at the positions of the report data b to d in the report plan before the occurrence of the accident. The report data e to g are set to be higher in importance than the report data a to d. Therefore, when the switching recommended point X42 is newly set, the report plan generating unit 240 regenerates the report plan so as to report the report data e to g immediately before the switching recommended point X42.

Thus, the report data for reporting the switching of the automatic driving level in advance can be reported to the passenger 80 in front of the point X42 where the automatic driving level is switched. Further, the report plan can be generated so that the report data e to g with a predetermined high degree of importance, which is reported in front of the switching recommended point X44 in the report plan before the occurrence of the accident, is reported in front of the new switching recommended point X42. The report plan generating unit 240 can delete the report data b to d having relatively low importance and report the report data e to g having high importance.

As described above, according to the system 10, the importance level can be set according to the automatic driving level. In addition, the report data with high importance can be set according to the report effect for the passenger 80. For example, in order to report the occurrence of the switching of the automatic driving level, it is preferable to report at a timing when the reporting effect on the passenger 80 is high. According to the system 10, the report data can be automatically assigned with the importance as a parameter. Further, the importance may be reflected in the price paid by the provider of the advertisement data.

The moving body 20 is, for example, a conveyance apparatus. The conveying apparatus includes cars such as passenger cars and buses, vehicles such as saddle-ride type vehicles and bicycles, robots, and the like.

Further, the mobile unit 20 may have at least a part of the functions of the report server 40 described above. For example, the reporting device 24 may have a function of the travel road determination section 210. The reporting device 24 may have a function of the setting unit 220. The reporting device 24 may have a function of the report plan generating section 240.

FIG. 14 illustrates an example of a computer 2000 capable of embodying, in whole or in part, various embodiments of the invention. The program installed in the computer 2000 can cause the computer 2000 to execute operations associated with an apparatus such as the control apparatus 200 or the like as an embodiment or each part of the apparatus, which functions as the apparatus, and/or execute the process of the embodiment or the steps of the process. Such a program may be executed by the CPU2012 to cause the computer 2000 to perform certain operations associated with several or all of the process sequences and block diagrams described herein.

The computer 2000 of the present embodiment includes a CPU2012 and a RAM2014, which are connected to each other via a main controller 2010. The computer 2000 further includes a ROM2026, a flash memory 2024, a communication interface 2022, and an input/output chip 2040. The ROM2026, the flash memory 2024, the communication interface 2022, and the input/output chip 2040 are connected to the main controller 2010 via the input/output controller 2020.

The CPU2012 operates in accordance with programs stored in the ROM2026 and the RAM2014, thereby controlling the respective units.

The communication interface 2022 communicates with other electronic devices via a network. The flash memory 2024 stores programs and data used by the CPU2012 in the computer 2000. The ROM2026 stores a startup program or the like executed by the computer 2000 at the time of activation and/or a program depending on the hardware of the computer 2000. The input/output chip 2040 may also connect various input/output units such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a monitor to the input/output controller 2020 via input/output ports such as a serial port, a parallel port, a keyboard port, a mouse port, a monitor port, a USB port, and an HDMI (registered trademark) port.

The program is provided via a computer-readable medium such as a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, or memory card, or a network. RAM2014, ROM2026, or flash memory 2024 are examples of computer readable media. The program is installed in the flash memory 2024, the RAM2014, or the ROM2026, and executed by the CPU 2012. The information processing described in these programs is read by the computer 2000, and the cooperation between the programs and the various types of hardware resources described above is realized. The apparatus or method may be constructed by using the computer 2000 to implement the operation or process of information.

For example, when communication is performed between the computer 2000 and an external device, the CPU2012 may execute a communication program loaded into the RAM2014, and issue instructions for communication processing to the communication interface 2022 based on processing described in the communication program. The communication interface 2022 reads transmission data held in a transmission buffer processing area provided in a recording medium such as the RAM2014 and the flash memory 2024, transmits the read transmission data to a network, writes reception data received from the network to a reception buffer processing area provided on the recording medium, and the like, under the control of the CPU 2012.

In addition, the CPU2012 can execute various kinds of processing on data on the RAM2014 in such a manner as to read all or a necessary portion of a file or database held by a recording medium such as the flash memory 2024 to the RAM 2014. The CPU2012 then writes the processed data back to the recording medium.

Various types of information such as various types of programs, data, tables, and databases may be saved in a recording medium and information processing may be performed. The CPU2012 can execute various kinds of processing including various kinds of operations, information processing, condition judgment, conditional branching, unconditional branching, retrieval/replacement of information, and the like, which are described in this specification and designated by an instruction sequence of a program, on data read from the RAM2014, and write the result back to the RAM 2014. In addition, the CPU2012 can retrieve information in files, databases, etc., within the recording medium. For example, when a plurality of entries each having an attribute value of the 1 st attribute associated with an attribute value of the 2 nd attribute are stored in the recording medium, the CPU2012 may retrieve an entry matching the condition, to which the attribute value of the 1 st attribute is designated, from among the plurality of entries, and read the attribute value of the 2 nd attribute stored in the entry, thereby acquiring the attribute value of the 2 nd attribute associated with the 1 st attribute satisfying the predetermined condition.

The programs or software modules described above may be stored on a computer readable medium on or near the computer 2000. A recording medium such as a hard disk or a RAM provided in a server system connected to a dedicated communication network or the internet can be used as the computer-readable medium. The program stored in the computer-readable medium can be provided to the computer 2000 via a network.

A program installed in the computer 2000 to cause the computer 2000 to function as the control device 200 may be executed by the CPU2012 and the like, and cause the computer 2000 to function as each part of the control device 200. The information processing described in these programs is read into the computer 2000, and functions as each part of the control device 200, and the control device 200 is a specific means in which software cooperates with the various hardware resources described above. Then, the computer 2000 in the present embodiment calculates or processes information according to the purpose of use by using these specific means, thereby constructing the unique control device 200 according to the purpose of use.

Various embodiments have been described with reference to block diagrams and the like. In the block diagrams, each functional block may represent (1) a step of a process of performing an operation or (2) a part of an apparatus having a role of performing an operation. Certain steps and portions may be implemented using dedicated circuitry, programmable circuitry provided in conjunction with computer-readable instructions stored on a computer-readable medium, and/or a processor provided in conjunction with computer-readable instructions stored on a computer-readable medium. The dedicated circuitry may comprise digital and/or analog hardware circuitry, as well as Integrated Circuits (ICs) and/or discrete circuitry. The programmable circuit may comprise a reconfigurable hardware circuit that includes memory elements such as logic AND, logic OR, logic XOR, logic NAND, logic NOR, AND other logic operations, flip-flops, registers, Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), Programmable Logic Arrays (PLAs), AND the like.

Computer-readable media may comprise any tangible device capable of storing instructions for execution by a suitable device, such that the computer-readable media having the instructions stored thereon form at least a portion of an article of manufacture including instructions capable of execution for implementing the means for performing the operations specified in the process sequence or block diagram. As examples of the computer readable medium, an electronic storage medium, a magnetic storage medium, an optical storage medium, an electromagnetic storage medium, a semiconductor storage medium, and the like may be included. As more specific examples of the computer readable medium, Floppy (registered trademark) disks, flexible disks, hard disks, Random Access Memories (RAMs), Read Only Memories (ROMs), erasable programmable read only memories (EPROMs or flash memories), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memories (EEPROMs), Static Random Access Memories (SRAMs), compact disc read only memories (CD-ROMs), Digital Versatile Discs (DVDs), blu-Ray (RTM) optical discs, memory sticks, integrated circuit cards, and the like may be included.

The computer readable instructions may comprise any of assembly instructions, Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) instructions, machine-related instructions, microcode, firmware instructions, state setting data, or source or object code described in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Smalltalk (registered trademark), JAVA (registered trademark), C + + or the like and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages.

The computer readable instructions may be provided to a processor or programmable circuit of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus, either locally or via a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN) such as the internet, etc., and execute the computer readable instructions to implement the means for performing the operations specified in the illustrated process sequence or block diagram. Examples of processors include computer processors, processing units, microprocessors, digital signal processors, controllers, microcontrollers, and the like.

The present invention has been described above with reference to the embodiments, but the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made to the above embodiments. It is apparent from the description of the patent claims that various modifications or improvements can be made within the technical scope of the present invention.

Note that, as for the execution sequence of the respective processes such as the operation, the order, the step, and the stage in the apparatus, the system, the program, and the method shown in the patent claims, the specification, and the drawings, any sequence can be realized as long as it is not particularly explicitly indicated as "before", or the like, and the subsequent process does not use the output of the previous process. In the operation flow in the patent claims, the specification, and the drawings, although the description is made using "first", "next", and the like for convenience, this does not mean that the operations are necessarily performed in this order.