US 12,214,631 B2
Vehicle state grasping system
Tsuyoshi Andou, Toyota (JP); Takahiro Kamogawa, Nagoya (JP); and Yosuke Kimura, Nisshin (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on May 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/324,153.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-120836 (JP), filed on Jul. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0034108 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. B60C 23/04 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 23/0479 (2013.01) [G07C 5/008 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle state grasping system that is able to grasp a state of a vehicle in a vehicle usage mode in which a plurality of drivers shares the vehicle under an administrator, the vehicle state grasping system comprising:
an air pressure recognition unit that recognizes an air pressure of a tire of the vehicle;
an air pressure information transmitting unit that transmits information on the air pressure of the tire recognized by the air pressure recognition unit; and
a system management server that receives the information on the air pressure of the tire transmitted by the air pressure information transmitting unit, wherein:
the system management server includes an abnormality notification information generating unit that generates abnormality notification information when a normal value of the air pressure of the tire is recovered without performing any of a tire replacement operation and a tire repair operation after the air pressure of the tire drops to a predetermined abnormal value, based on the received information on the air pressure of the tire;
the system management server includes an abnormality notification information transmitting unit that transmits the abnormality notification information to a communication device operated by the administrator when the abnormality notification information is received from the abnormality notification information generating unit; and
the communication device is configured to be able to provide warning information to at least one of a user interface device mounted on the vehicle and a terminal carried by a current driver of the vehicle by an operation of the administrator.