US2019122468A1PendingUtilityA1

Key information management device, key information management method, and computer readable medium storing key information management program

Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR CO LTDPriority: Oct 24, 2017Filed: Sep 19, 2018Published: Apr 25, 2019
Est. expiryOct 24, 2037(~11.2 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
G07C 9/00309H04L 67/125H04W 4/40H04W 12/06H04W 4/80H04W 12/04G06Q 50/30H04B 5/0031H04B 5/20B60R 25/2018B60R 25/10G06Q 50/40G06Q 10/08
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Abstract

A key information management device includes a key information distribution unit configured to distribute, to a mobile terminal, key information for unlocking or activating a vehicle by the mobile terminal transmitting a predetermined transmission signal to the vehicle, and the key information distribution unit makes an authority regarding unlocking or activation of the vehicle, which is imparted to the key information, different according to the mobile terminal that is a distribution target.

Claims

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         1 . A key information management device comprising a key information distribution unit configured to distribute, to a mobile terminal, key information for unlocking or activating a vehicle by the mobile terminal transmitting a predetermined transmission signal to the vehicle,
 wherein the key information distribution unit makes an authority regarding unlocking or activation of the vehicle, which is imparted to the key information, different according to the mobile terminal that is a distribution target.   
     
     
         2 . The key information management device according to  claim 1 , wherein when the key information distribution unit distributes the key information to the mobile terminal related to a predetermined service of using the vehicle, the key information distribution unit makes the authority regarding unlocking or activation of the vehicle different according to content of the predetermined service. 
     
     
         3 . The key information management device according to  claim 2 , wherein when the predetermined service is a car sharing service for a general consumer by a company or a key sharing service in which a plurality of users including an owner user of the vehicle receives the key information with the respective mobile terminals, the key information distribution unit distributes the key information with an authority with which all doors of the vehicle are unlocked and the vehicle is activated, to the mobile terminal. 
     
     
         4 . The key information management device according to  claim 2 , wherein when the predetermined service is a car sharing service among individuals, the key information distribution unit distributes the key information with an authority with which solely a door for getting on and off among all the doors of the vehicle is unlocked, to the mobile terminal. 
     
     
         5 . The key information management device according to  claim 2 , wherein when the predetermined service is a delivery service in which a luggage room of the vehicle is designated as a luggage delivery destination, the key information distribution unit distributes the key information with an authority with which solely a door through which the luggage room is accessed among all the doors of the vehicle is unlocked, to the mobile terminal. 
     
     
         6 . The key information management device according to  claim 2 , wherein when the predetermined service is a car sharing service in which an inside of a cabin of the vehicle is used as a trunk room, the key information distribution unit distributes the key information with an authority with which the vehicle is not activated, to the mobile terminal. 
     
     
         7 . The key information management device according to  claim 1 , wherein when a user of the mobile terminal that is a distribution target is the user of the vehicle, the key information distribution unit makes an authority regarding unlocking or activation of the vehicle, which is imparted to the key information, different according to whether the user is an owner user of the vehicle or a user other than the owner user of the vehicle. 
     
     
         8 . The key information management device according to  claim 1 , wherein when the user of the mobile terminal that is a distribution target is a user of the vehicle, the key information distribution unit makes an authority regarding sharing of the key information with another mobile terminal, which is imparted to the key information, different according to whether the user is an owner user of the vehicle or a user other than the owner user of the vehicle. 
     
     
         9 . A key information management method that is executed by a key information management device, the key information management method comprising distributing, to a mobile terminal, key information for unlocking or activating a vehicle by the mobile terminal transmitting a predetermined transmission signal to the vehicle,
 wherein in the distributing of the key information, an authority regarding unlocking or activation of the vehicle, which is imparted to the key information, is made different according to the mobile terminal that is a distribution target.   
     
     
         10 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a key information management program causing an information processing device to execute a key information distribution step of distributing, to a mobile terminal, key information for unlocking or activating a vehicle by the mobile terminal transmitting a predetermined transmission signal to the vehicle,
 wherein in the key information distribution step, an authority regarding unlocking or activation of the vehicle, which is imparted to the key information, is made different according to the mobile terminal that is a distribution target.

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