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Driving-environment setup system, in-vehicle device and program thereof, portable device and program thereof, management device and program thereof

US9174552B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 28, 2008
Grant dateNov 3, 2015
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Expiry dateJun 23, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60N2220/10
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A driving-environment setup system has a plurality of portable devices, each of which transmits a feature identification information item used for identifying a physical feature of an associated user of the each of the plurality of portable devices and transmits an environment identification information item used for identifying a driving environment for the associated user. An in-vehicle device of the system detects a physical feature of a person sitting in a driver's seat and identifies one of the associated users as a driver when the physical feature identified based on the received feature identification information item of the one of the associated users corresponds to the detected physical feature. The in-vehicle device sets a driving environment for the driver based on the received environment identification information item.

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