Patent ID: 8099208

Claim:
A driving diagnosis apparatus for a vehicle comprising: an obtaining means for obtaining vehicle information that represents a vehicle condition; a diagnosing means for diagnosing driving status of the vehicle based on the vehicle information when the vehicle runs; a diagnosis result recording means for recording a diagnosis result of the diagnosing means; a calculating means for calculating a point to be given to a driver based on the diagnosis result; a calculation result recording means for recording a calculation result of the calculating means; a registering means for registering an user; a selecting and switching means for selecting and switching the user among registered users at least in the registering means; and a driving distance determining means for determining whether a driving distance during first to fourth trip periods in an on-off term is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold, wherein the on-off term is defined as a period from time at which an accessory switch of the vehicle turns on to time at which the switch turns off, the first trip period is defined as a period from time at which the accessory switch turns on to time at which the switch turns off when the user is not switched in the on-off term, the second trip period is defined as a period from user switching time to next user switching time when the user is switched twice or more in the on-off term, the third trip period is defined as a period from time at which the accessory switch turns on to first user switching time when the user is switched in the on-off term, the fourth trip period is defined as a period from last user switching time to time at which the accessory switch turns off when the user is switched in the on-off term, the diagnosis result recording means records the diagnosis result during one of the first to fourth trip periods in each user who is selected or switched by the selecting and switching means when the determining means determines in a determination process that the driving distance during the one of the first to fourth trip periods is equal to or larger than the threshold, the diagnosis result recording means does not record the diagnosis result during one of the first to fourth trip periods when the determining means determines in the determination process that the driving distance during the one of the first to fourth trip periods is not equal to or larger than the threshold, and the calculation result recording means records the point as the calculation result of the calculating means in each user who is selected or switched by the selecting and switching means.