Patent ID: 9707971
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60W,G06K,G09B

Claim:
1. A driving characteristics diagnosis device having a hardware processor, comprising: an information acquisition unit that acquires information relating to an operational state of an automobile; a driving detection processing unit that detects a predefined manner of driving by a user of the automobile on the basis of information acquired by the information acquisition unit; a cause estimation processing unit that estimates a cause of the predefined manner of driving by performing (i) a first decision processing to determine the cause based on a presence or an absence of a first driving factor originating in the user, and (ii) a second decision processing to determine the cause based on a presence or an absence of a second driving factor originating in an external cause external to the user; a driving characteristics diagnosis processing unit that performs diagnosis of driving characteristics for the user on the basis of a result of detection of the predefined manner of driving by the driving detection processing unit and the cause of the predefined manner of driving estimated by the cause estimation processing unit; and a diagnosis result output unit that outputs the result of the diagnosis of driving characteristics diagnosed by the driving characteristics diagnosis processing unit, wherein the second decision processing comprises at least one of a processing of making a decision as to whether another automobile has unreasonably intruded in front of the automobile, a processing of making a decision as to whether another automobile in front of the automobile has performed an abrupt deceleration, a processing of making a decision as to whether something has jumped out in front of the automobile, a processing of making a decision as to whether a forward field of view from the automobile is poor, or a processing of making a decision as to whether a congestion is occurring at a ground point where the automobile is traveling.