US 11,756,347 B2
State monitoring device that specifies status of vehicle
Yoshimoto Matsuda, Kobe (JP)
Assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD., Akashi (JP)
Filed by KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD., Akashi (JP)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/930,190.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-130995 (JP), filed on Jul. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0019960 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. G07C 5/02 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G01M 15/04 (2006.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01)
CPC G07C 5/02 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0232 (2013.01); G01M 15/04 (2013.01); G07C 5/006 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/085 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A state monitoring device configured to monitor a current state of a vehicle, the state monitoring device comprising:
a memory configured to have stored therein a load index which is an index indicating an accumulation degree of a load having occurred in the vehicle; and
at least one processor configured to receive detection values of a plurality of sensors mounted on the vehicle, and configured to perform a predetermined calculation, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
by using the detection values of the plurality of sensors, specify, out of a plurality of status categories determined in advance and each indicating a status of use regarding running of the vehicle, one or more of the status categories, and
on the basis of each specified status category, update the load index stored in the memory,
the vehicle has mounted thereon a vehicle-side communication unit including an antenna or radio circuit and capable of transmitting/receiving information to/from a server-side communication unit including an antenna or radio circuit and mounted on a predetermined server apparatus,
the at least one processor includes a first processor of a vehicle-side controller mounted on the vehicle and a second processor of a server-side controller mounted on the server apparatus,
the vehicle-side controller controls the vehicle-side communication unit to transmit the load index from the vehicle to the server apparatus, and
on the basis of the load index received by the server-side communication unit, the server-side controller outputs maintenance information which is information related to maintenance of the vehicle.