# US 11,307,573 B2 · Communication terminal and computer-readable storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,307,573 B2 - Document ID: US11307573B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/440,939 - Filed: 2019-06-13 - Published: 2019-12-19 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2018-06-15 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Masaru Otaka - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11307573B2 ## CPC - G05D 1/0022: {characterised by the communication link (data switching networks in general H04L12/00)} - H04L 67/125: involving control of end-device applications over a network - B60R 25/24: using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user - G05D 1/0027: {involving a plurality of vehicles, e.g. fleet or convoy travelling (fleet control of land vehicles from a control room G05D1/0297; traffic control systems for road vehicles G08G1/00; for marine craft G08G3/00; for aircraft G08G5/00)} - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - H04L 67/535: {Tracking the activity of the user (network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34)} - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A communication terminal is provided, the communication terminal including: a candidate presenting unit that presents candidates of a remote driving apparatus user who is to remotely drive a vehicle; a request information sending unit that sends, to a communication terminal of the remote driving apparatus user selected from the candidates, request information indicating a request for remote driving of the vehicle; a response receiving unit that receives, from the communication terminal of the remote driving apparatus user, an acknowledgement of the request information; and a generation requesting unit that: sends first user identification information identifying a user of the vehicle, and second user identification information identifying the remote driving apparatus user to a server; and requests the server to generate key data for enabling a remote driving apparatus corresponding to the second user identification information to remotely drive the vehicle corresponding to the first user identification information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A communication terminal comprising: a candidate presenting unit that presents candidates of a remote driving apparatus user who is to remotely drive a vehicle; a request information sending unit that sends, to a communication terminal of the remote driving apparatus user selected from the candidates, request information indicating a request for remote driving of the vehicle; a response receiving unit that receives, from the communication terminal of the remote driving apparatus user, an acknowledgement of the request information; and a generation requesting unit that: sends first user identification information identifying a user of the vehicle, and second user identification information identifying the remote driving apparatus user to a server; and requests the server to generate key data for enabling a remote driving apparatus corresponding to the second user identification information to remotely drive the vehicle corresponding to the first user identification information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The communication terminal according to claim 1, comprising: an attribute information sending unit that sends attribute information about the user of the vehicle to the server; and a user information receiving unit that receives, from the server, information about remote driving apparatus users having attribute information corresponding to the attribute information about the user of the vehicle, wherein the candidate presenting unit presents the candidates based on information about the remote driving apparatus users received by the user information receiving unit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein the attribute information sending unit sends a driving style of the user of the vehicle to the server, and the user information receiving unit receives, from the server, information about remote driving apparatus users including driving styles matching the driving style of the user of the vehicle. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The communication terminal according to claim 3, wherein the driving style of the user of the vehicle indicates at least any one of a driving speed tendency, a tendency among the numbers of times of acceleration/deceleration, a bypath usage tendency, and a side-trip tendency of the user of the vehicle. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein the attribute information sending unit sends a driving history of the user of the vehicle to the server, and the user information receiving unit receives user information about remote driving apparatus users identified based on the driving history of the user of the vehicle, and driving histories of the remote driving apparatus users. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The communication terminal according to claim 5, wherein the driving history of the user of the vehicle includes at least any one of: a history of areas through which the user has travelled by driving a vehicle; a history of time periods during which the user has travelled by driving a vehicle; and a history of destinations to which the user has moved by driving a vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein the attribute information sending unit sends, to the server, basic information about the user of the vehicle including at least any one of an age and a gender of the user, and the user information receiving unit receives, from the server, information about remote driving apparatus users including basic information matching the basic information about the user of the vehicle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The communication terminal according to claim 1, comprising: a vehicle information sending unit that sends, to the server, vehicle information which is information about the vehicle; and a user information receiving unit that receives, from the server, information about remote driving apparatus users corresponding to the vehicle information, wherein the candidate presenting unit presents the candidates based on the information about the remote driving apparatus users received by the user information receiving unit. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The communication terminal according to claim 8, wherein the vehicle information sending unit sends a vehicle name of the vehicle to the server, and the user information receiving unit receives user information about remote driving apparatus users including vehicle names corresponding to the vehicle name of the vehicle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The communication terminal according to claim 9, wherein the vehicle information sending unit sends the vehicle name and a specification of the vehicle to the server, and the user information receiving unit receives user information about remote driving apparatus users including vehicle names and specifications corresponding to the vehicle name and the specification of the vehicle. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The communication terminal according to claim 8, wherein the vehicle information sending unit sends a vehicle body shape of the vehicle to the server, and the user information receiving unit receives user information about remote driving apparatus users including vehicle body shapes corresponding to the vehicle body shape of the vehicle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The communication terminal according to claim 8, wherein the vehicle information sending unit sends a vehicle model of the vehicle to the server, and the user information receiving unit receives user information about remote driving apparatus users including vehicle models corresponding to the vehicle model of the vehicle. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The communication terminal according to claim 8, wherein the vehicle information sending unit sends, to the server, equipment information indicating equipment of the vehicle, and the user information receiving unit receives user information about remote driving apparatus users including equipment corresponding to the equipment indicated by the equipment information about the vehicle. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The communication terminal according to claim 13, wherein the vehicle information sending unit sends, to the server, a vehicle name of the vehicle and equipment information indicating equipment of the vehicle, and the user information receiving unit receives user information about remote driving apparatus users including vehicle names corresponding to the vehicle name of the vehicle and equipment corresponding to the equipment indicated by the equipment information about the vehicle. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a program for causing a computer to function as: a candidate presenting unit that presents candidates of a remote driving apparatus user who is to remotely drive a vehicle; a request information sending unit that sends, to a communication terminal of the remote driving apparatus user selected from the candidates, request information indicating a request for remote driving of the vehicle; a response receiving unit that receives, from the communication terminal of the remote driving apparatus user, an acknowledgement of the request information; and a generation requesting unit that: sends first user identification information identifying a user of the vehicle, and second user identification information identifying the remote driving apparatus user to a server; and requests the server to generate key data for enabling a remote driving apparatus corresponding to the second user identification information to remotely drive the vehicle corresponding to the first user identification information. ### Claim 16 A communication terminal comprising: a candidate presenting unit that presents candidates of a remote driving apparatus user who is to remotely drive a vehicle; a request information sending unit that sends, to a communication terminal of the remote driving apparatus user selected from the candidates, request information indicating a request for remote driving of the vehicle; a response receiving unit that receives, from the communication terminal of the remote driving apparatus user, an acknowledgement of the request information; and a key data generating unit that generates key data for enabling a remote driving apparatus of the remote driving apparatus user to remotely drive the vehicle; and a key data sending unit that sends the key data to the communication terminal of the remote driving apparatus user. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The communication terminal according to claim 16, wherein the key data generating unit generates the key data that is valid only once. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the generation requesting unit requests the server to generate the key data that is valid only once. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the generation requesting unit requests the server to generate the key data that is valid only once.