Vehicle characteristic change system and method

A vehicle characteristic change method comprising the steps of:

• receiving driving information, including data relating to a particular driver, obtained from answers provided to particular questions as input data, at a location remote from an object vehicle,
• calculating based on the driving information inputted and a table provided in characteristic information forming means for storing the driving information and characteristic compensation coefficients to form characteristic object vehicle information relating to the particular driver based on the driving information received at a location remote from the object vehicle,
• displaying the characteristic object vehicle information at the location remote from the object vehicle,
• collecting and storing said characteristic object vehicle information formed at the location remote from said object vehicle,
• reading the characteristic object vehicle information which has been collected and stored,
• storing the characteristic object vehicle information read in a storage medium, and
• changing certain characteristics of the object vehicle in accordance with the characteristic object vehicle information received.

A vehicle characteristic change method for changing a designated characteristic of a control device which controls characteristics of an object vehicle, comprising the steps of:

• receiving driving information, including data relating to a particular driver, obtained from answers provided to particular questions as input data at a location remote from the object vehicle,
• calculating based on the driving information and a table provided in characteristic information forming means for storing the driving information and characteristic compensation coefficients to form the characteristic object vehicle information relating to the particular driver for changing characteristics of the object vehicle independent and at a location remote from the object vehicle through manual entry of data representative of said answers,
• displaying the characteristic object vehicle information at the location remote from the object vehicle,
• reading the characteristic object vehicle information formed,
• storing the read characteristic object information in a storage medium,
• introducing the characteristic object vehicle information to the control device of the object vehicle to change the characteristics of the object vehicle, and
• changing certain characteristics of the object vehicle when the read characteristic object vehicle information is introduced to the control device of the object vehicle.

A vehicle characteristic change system for changing a designated characteristic of a control device of an object vehicle which controls characteristics of the object vehicle comprising:

• characteristic information forming means at a location remote from said object vehicle for (1) receiving driving information, including data relating to a particular driver, obtained from answers provided to particular questions as manually entered input data, (2) forming characteristic object vehicle information utilized for changing the characteristics of the object vehicle based on said input data, and (3) displaying the characteristic object vehicle information,
• a storage medium removably connected with the characteristic information forming means for storing the characteristic object vehicle information formed by the characteristic information forming means,
• a medium connector for removably connecting the storage medium with the control device of the object vehicle, and
• a control system including characteristic change means for changing certain characteristics of the object vehicle, in accordance with the characteristic object vehicle information formed by the characteristic information forming means,
• wherein the characteristic information forming means is provided with a table for storing the driving information and characteristic compensation coefficients, the characteristic object vehicle information indicates the characteristics of the object vehicle which are changed by the driving information, and the characteristic object vehicle information is calculated by the characteristic information forming means based on the driving information inputted and the table.

A vehicle characteristic change system comprising:

• characteristic information forming means for (1) receiving driving information, including data relating to a particular driver, obtained from answers provided to particular questions as input data, (2) forming characteristic object vehicle information relating to the particular driver based on the driving information received at a location remote from an object vehicle and a first table which is provided in the characteristic information forming means for storing the driving information and characteristic compensation coefficients, and (3) displaying the characteristic object vehicle information,
• collecting and storing means for collecting and storing said driving information, and
• a control system including (1) information reading means for reading the driving information collected and stored by the collecting and storing means, and (2) characteristic change means for forming characteristic object vehicle information relating to the particular driver based on the driving information in the object vehicle and for changing characteristics of the object vehicle in accordance with the characteristic object vehicle information formed by the characteristic information forming means,
• the characteristic change means being provided with a second table for storing the vehicle information and characteristic compensation coefficients of the characteristic object vehicle information corresponding to the driving information wherein the characteristic object vehicle information indicates the characteristics of the object vehicle which are changed by the driving information, and
• the characteristic object vehicle information being calculated by the characteristic change means based on the driving information received and the second table.