# US 12,602,983 B2 · System, method and storage medium for vehicle inspection authorization information management

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- Number: US 12,602,983 B2
- Document ID: US12602983B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/590,796
- Filed: 2024-02-28
- Published: 2024-09-05
- Granted: 2026-04-14
- Earliest claimed: 2023-03-03
- Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Mana Usui; Yutaka Kamata; Gopinath Raja
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12602983B2

## CPC

- G08B 21/182: {Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold}
- G01C 21/3626: {Details of the output of route guidance instructions (traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968)}
- G06Q 10/02: Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
- G06Q 10/1093: Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups
- G06Q 50/40: Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083)
- H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information
- G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
- G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

A vehicle inspection authorization information management system comprises an authorized vehicle information creation unit which is configured to communicate with an inspecting user terminal possessed by an inspecting user who wishes to inspect an authorized vehicle and transmit vehicle information, a parking position, and a parking start time of the authorized vehicle to the inspecting user terminal, and an inspecting user detection unit which is configured to communicate with the inspecting user terminal to acquire a location of the inspecting user terminal from the inspecting user terminal and notify that the inspecting user is located near the authorized vehicle by transmitting a signal to an authorizing user terminal possessed by an authorized user who owns the authorized vehicle when a distance between the location of the inspecting user terminal and the parking position is equal to or less than a determination value.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle inspection authorization information management system, comprising an authorized vehicle information creation unit, an inspecting user detection unit, an onboard authorizing user terminal, an authorizing user detection unit, and an action management unit which are formed by an information processing device including a processor and a nonvolatile memory, wherein
the authorized vehicle information creation unit is configured to communicate with an inspecting user terminal possessed by an inspecting user who wishes to inspect an authorized vehicle to transmit vehicle information, a parking position, and a parking start time and end time of the authorized vehicle to the inspecting user terminal,
the inspecting user detection unit is configured to communicate with the inspecting user terminal to acquire a location of the inspecting user terminal from the inspecting user terminal and notify that the inspecting user is located near the authorized vehicle by transmitting a signal to an authorizing user terminal possessed by an authorized user who owns the authorized vehicle when a distance between the location of the inspecting user terminal and the parking position is equal to or less than a determination value,
the onboard authorizing user terminal is mounted on the authorized vehicle,
the authorizing user detection unit is configured to communicate with the authorizing user terminal to acquire a position of the authorizing user terminal from the authorizing user terminal and when a distance between a position of the authorizing user terminal and the parking position is equal to or less than a determination value, the authorizing user detection unit transmits a signal to the onboard authorizing user terminal so as to cause the onboard authorizing user terminal to operate at least one of a lighting device, an audio output device and an air conditioner provided in the authorized vehicle based on this signal, and
the action management unit communicates with the authorized vehicle and when a vibration sensor provided on the authorized vehicle has detected a vibration whose magnitude is equal to or higher than a threshold value, cause an onboard camera provided on the authorized vehicle to photograph a surrounding area of the authorized vehicle, and the threshold value is set lower when the distance between the location of the inspecting user terminal and the parking position is equal to or less than the determination value than when the distance between the location of the inspecting user terminal and the parking position is greater than the determination value.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle inspection authorization information management system according to claim 1, when the distance between the position of the authorizing user terminal and the parking position is equal to or less than a determination value, transmit a signal to the inspecting user terminal to notify the inspecting user terminal that the authorizing user is positioned near the authorized vehicle.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The vehicle inspection authorization information management system according to claim 2, further comprising a meeting setting unit formed by an information processing device including a processor and a nonvolatile memory, wherein the meeting setting unit is configured to receive meeting permission information corresponding to meeting permission or meeting refusal from the inspecting user terminal and the portable authorizing user terminal, and wherein a position of the inspecting user terminal is transmitted to the authorizing user terminal and a position of the authorizing user is transmitted to the inspecting user terminal when both parties are agreeable to a meeting.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The vehicle inspection authorization information management system according to claim 1, wherein the authorized vehicle information creation unit is configured to acquire a desired authorization period set by the authorizing user from the authorizing user terminal, create a revised authorization period by delaying the start time of the desired authorization period and advancing the end time of the desired authorization period and transmit the revised authorization period to the inspecting user terminal.

### Claim 5

A method for vehicle inspection authorization information management, comprising the steps of
communicating with an inspecting user terminal possessed by an inspecting user who desires to inspect an authorized vehicle to transmit vehicle information of the authorized vehicle containing vehicle information, a parking position, a parking start time, and a parking end time of the authorized vehicle to the inspecting user terminal,
acquiring a position of the inspecting user terminal from the inspecting user terminal by communicating with the inspecting user terminal, a signal being transmitted to an authorizing user terminal possessed by an authorizing user who owns the authorized vehicle to notify a presence of the inspecting user near the authorized vehicle to the authorizing user when a distance between a position of the inspecting user terminal and the parking position is equal to or less than a determination value,
communicating with an authorizing user terminal to acquire a position of the authorizing user terminal and when a distance between a position of the authorizing user terminal and the parking position is equal to or less than a determination value, transmitting a signal to an onboard authorizing user terminal mounted on the authorized vehicle, and causing the onboard authorizing user terminal to perform a notification by controlling at least one of a lighting device, an audio output device and an air conditioner provided in the authorized vehicle based on this signal, and
communicating with the authorized vehicle and when a vibration sensor provided on the authorized vehicle has detected a vibration whose magnitude is equal to or higher than a threshold value, cause an onboard camera provided on the authorized vehicle to photograph a surrounding area of the authorized vehicle, and the threshold value is set lower when the distance between the location of the inspecting user terminal and the parking position is equal to or less than the determination value than when the distance between the location of the inspecting user terminal and the parking position is greater than the determination value.

### Claim 6

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a vehicle inspection authorization method including the steps of
communicating with an inspecting user terminal possessed by an inspecting user who desires to inspect an authorized vehicle to transmit vehicle information of the authorized vehicle containing vehicle information, a parking position, a parking start time, and a parking end time of the authorized vehicle to the inspecting user terminal,
acquiring a position of the inspecting user terminal from the inspecting user terminal by communicating with the inspecting user terminal, a signal being transmitted to an authorizing user terminal possessed by an authorizing user who owns the authorized vehicle to notify a presence of the inspecting user near the authorized vehicle to the authorizing user when a distance between a position of the inspecting user terminal and the parking position is equal to or less than a determination value,
communicating with an authorizing user terminal to acquire a position of the authorizing user terminal and when a distance between a position of the authorizing user terminal and the parking position is equal to or less than a determination value, transmitting a signal to an onboard authorizing user terminal mounted on the authorized vehicle, and causing the onboard authorizing user terminal to perform a notification by controlling at least one of a lighting device, an audio output device and an air conditioner provided in the authorized vehicle based on this signal, and
communicating with the authorized vehicle and when a vibration sensor provided on the authorized vehicle has detected a vibration whose magnitude is equal to or higher than a threshold value, cause an onboard camera provided on the authorized vehicle to photograph a surrounding area of the authorized vehicle, and the threshold value is set lower when the distance between the location of the inspecting user terminal and the parking position is equal to or less than the determination value than when the distance between the location of the inspecting user terminal and the parking position is greater than the determination value.