Driving management system, vehicle, and information processing method

A vehicle in a driving management system including one or more authentication servers and one or more vehicles capable of switching between a manual driving mode and an automatic driving mode, the vehicle comprising:

• a plurality of electronic control processors connected to a network inside the vehicle;
• and
• a memory which includes instructions that, when executed by the vehicle, causes the vehicle to perform operations including:
• communicating with at least one authentication server of the one or more authentication servers;
• detecting switching between the manual driving mode where manual driving is performed, and an automatic driving mode where automatic driving is performed, based on a message issued by at least one of the plurality of electronic control processors;
• and
• generating first transaction data including information indicating the detected switching, and a first identifier indicating the vehicle, and transmits, to the at least one authentication server, the first transaction data,
• wherein the first transaction data is used to determine whether the vehicle is in the manual driving mode or the automatic driving mode when a malfunction or an accident occurs.

An information processing method of an authentication server in a driving management system including one or more authentication servers and one or more vehicles capable of switching between a manual driving mode and an automatic driving mode, the method comprising:

• communicating, using a processor, with at least one vehicle among the one or more vehicles;
• verifying, using the processor, validity of transaction data including first transaction data obtained from the at least one vehicle of the one or more vehicles, the first transaction data including
• information indicating switching between the manual driving mode where manual driving is performed and the automatic driving mode where automatic driving is performed, and
• an identifier indicating the at least one vehicle, based on a message issued by one or more electronic control processors of a plurality of electronic control processors connected to an onboard network in the at least one vehicle;
• and
• recording, using the processor, the transaction data, of which the validity has been verified by the processor, in a storage device,
• wherein the transaction data is used to determine whether the at least one vehicle is in the manual driving mode or the automatic driving mode when a malfunction or an accident occurs.