In-vehicle device, server device, resource control method, resource control support method, and storage medium

A server device capable of communicating with an in-vehicle device installed in a vehicle, the server device comprising:

• a processor that is configured to:
• collect actual information of resource consumption from a plurality of vehicles;
• receive information relating to a scheduled travel area from the in-vehicle device, and create an actual resource consumption map in which actual resource consumption is set in each travel section of the scheduled travel area, based on the actual information collected;
• extract a recommended execution period in which execution of application software that does not require real-time execution of processing is recommended in a travel period through the scheduled travel area, based on the actual resource consumption map;
• and
• notify the recommended execution period extracted to the in-vehicle device that transmitted the information relating to the scheduled travel area.

A resource control method in an in-vehicle device installed in a vehicle, the resource control method comprising:

• acquiring, via a communication outlet that is configured to communicate with an external device, actual information of resource consumption by an other vehicle other than the vehicle relating to when the other vehicle travelled through a scheduled travel area of the vehicle;
• estimating resource consumption that varies temporally with travel of the vehicle, when the vehicle travels through the scheduled travel area, based on the actual information acquired;
• and
• controlling resource consumption, by allocating an execution period of predetermined application software to a predetermined period, according to the resource consumption estimated.

A resource control support method to be executed in a server device capable of communicating with an in-vehicle device installed in a vehicle, and for supporting control of resource consumption in the vehicle, the resource control support method comprising:

• collecting actual information of resource consumption from a plurality of vehicles,
• receiving information relating to a scheduled travel area from the in-vehicle device, and creating an actual resource consumption map in which actual resource consumption is set in each travel section of the scheduled travel area, based on the actual information collected;
• extracting a recommended execution period in which execution of application software that does not require real-time execution of processing is recommended in a travel period through the scheduled travel area, based on the actual resource consumption map;
• and
• notifying the recommended execution period extracted to the in-vehicle device that transmitted the information relating to the scheduled travel area.

A storage medium that stores a computer program that causes a processor installed in a vehicle to:

• communicate with an external device;
• acquire, via a communication outlet, actual information of resource consumption by an other vehicle other than the vehicle relating to when the other vehicle travelled through a scheduled travel area of the vehicle;
• estimate resource consumption that varies temporally with travel of the vehicle, when the vehicle travels through the scheduled travel area, based on the actual information acquired;
• and
• control resource consumption, by allocating an execution period of predetermined application software to a predetermined period, according to the resource consumption estimated.

A storage medium that stores a computer program that causes a processor to:

• collect actual information of resource consumption from a plurality of vehicles;
• receive information relating to a scheduled travel area from an in-vehicle device, and create an actual resource consumption map in which actual resource consumption is set in each travel section of the scheduled travel area, based on the actual information collected;
• extract a recommended execution period in which execution of application software that does not require real-time execution of processing is recommended in a travel period through the scheduled travel area, based on the actual resource consumption map;
• and
• notify the recommended execution period extracted to the in-vehicle device that transmitted the information relating to the scheduled travel area.