# US 2015/0316390 A1 · Driving support system, and center and onboard apparatus configuring the system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2015/0316390 A1 - Document ID: US20150316390A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/366,835 - Filed: 2012-11-20 - Published: 2015-11-05 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-21 - Assignees: Denso Corporation - Applicants: Denso Corporation - Inventors: Shogo KAMEYAMA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20150316390A1 ## CPC - G01C 21/3484: {Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles} - G01C 21/3469: {Fuel consumption; Energy use; Emission aspects} - G08G 1/0112: {from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]} - G08G 1/0129: {for creating historical data or processing based on historical data} - G08G 1/091: {Traffic information broadcasting (broadcasting communication H04H)} - G08G 1/096716: {where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control} - G08G 1/096725: {where the received information generates an automatic action on the vehicle control} - G08G 1/096741: {where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle} - G08G 1/096775: {where the origin of the information is a central station} - F02D 41/266: {the computer being backed-up or assisted by another circuit, e.g. analogue} - F02D 2200/701: Information about vehicle position, e.g. from navigation system or GPS signal - G07C 5/008: {communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C)} - 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) - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - F02D: CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES (vehicle fittings, acting on a single sub-unit only, for automatically controlling vehicle speed B60K31/00; conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function, road vehicle drive control systems for purposes other than the control of a single sub-unit B60W) - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE ## Abstract Provided is a driving support system provided with a center and a vehicle-mounted device which supports driving on the basis of operation support data transmitted from the center. The center receives, from the vehicle, operation data indicating driving operations, fuel consumption information, and travel path information relating to the travel path, aggregates the operation data on the basis of the travel path information, creates, on the basis of the fuel consumption information, operation support data for use in driving support from the aggregated operation data, and transmits the operation support data. When traveling a set route, the vehicle-mounted device applies to said route the operation support data on the basis of the travel path information, and supports driving such that the actual driving operations approach the driving operations indicated by said operation support data. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A driving support system comprising: a center that transmits operation support data based on travel-related data transmitted from a vehicle; and an onboard apparatus that provides driving support based on the operation support data transmitted from the center, wherein: the center is configured to receive operation data indicative of driving operation, fuel economy information, and travel path information about a travel path, as the travel-related data, compile the operation data based on the travel path information, and from among the compiled operation data, transmit the operation support data for use in the driving support based on the fuel economy; and the onboard apparatus is configured to apply the operation support data to a predetermined route to be traveled based on the travel path information and provide the driving support so that actual driving operation approximates to the driving operation indicated by the operation support data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The driving support system according to claim 1, wherein on an assumption that the onboard apparatus is mounted on a vehicle controllable in an eco-driving mode for suppressing an engine load regardless of the driving operation, the onboard apparatus is configured to provide the driving support by recommending the eco-driving mode based on a driving operation indicated by the operation support data and an actual driving operation. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The driving support system according to claim 1, wherein the onboard apparatus provides the driving support and functions as a data collection device transmitting the travel-related data to the center. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The driving support system according to claim 1, wherein the center further receives a vehicle state indicative of a state of the vehicle as the travel-related data and compiles the operation data by associating the vehicle state with the operation data. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The driving support system according to claim 4, wherein the center transmits the operation support data based on the vehicle state in addition to the fuel economy information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The driving support system according to claim 1, wherein the center receives date-time information as the travel-related data and compiles the operation data by associating the date-time information with the operation data. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The driving support system according to claim 6, wherein the center transmits the operation support data based on the date-time information in addition to the fuel economy information. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The driving support system according to claim 1, wherein the center compiles the operation data on a unit section basis based on the travel path information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The driving support system according to claim 8, wherein the center transmits the operation support data based on average fuel economy for each unit section. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The driving support system according to claim 8, wherein the onboard apparatus is capable of applying the operation support data to the route when the operation support data corresponds to a unit section same as a unit section configuring the route. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The driving support system according to claim 1, wherein the onboard apparatus is capable of applying the operation support data to the route when the operation support data corresponds to a unit section similar to a unit section configuring the route. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A center configuring the driving support system according to claim 1. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) An onboard apparatus configuring the driving support system according to claim 1. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The driving support system according to claim 1, wherein: the center is configured to receive the operation data indicative of driving operation, fuel economy information, and travel path information about a travel path from a plurality of vehicles and compile and store the operation data in association with the fuel economy information and the travel path information in an operation data storage portion; and when the onboard apparatus issues a request to transmit the operation support data used for the driving support corresponding to the predetermined route, the center selects the operation data to be transmitted as the operation support data from among the operation data stored in the operation data storage portion based on the fuel economy information and travel path information associated with the operation data and transmits the selected operation data to the onboard apparatus. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The driving support system according to claim 1, wherein the operation data includes at least a operation amount of an accelerator pedal of the vehicle. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The driving support system according to claim 15, wherein the operation data further includes at least one of an operation amount of a steering wheel or an operation amount of a brake pedal ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The driving support system according to claim 1, wherein the center sorts the compiled operation data by the fuel economy to generate ranking data. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The driving support system according to claim 14, wherein the center sorts the compiled operation data by the fuel economy to generate ranking data. wherein the onboard apparatus displays the ranking data for the fuel economy in an individual-by-individual basis competition or in a district-by-district basis competition or in a country-by-country basis competition.