JP6533124B2 - Fragrance system - Google Patents

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a technology for supplying a fragrance to a vehicle interior.

As a technology for supplying a fragrance into the interior of a car, a fragrance system that releases a fragrance into the car interior is known (for example, Patent Document 1).
In addition, as a technology for supplying fragrance into the room, there is also known a fragrance system including a tank of a plurality of fragrance solutions emitting different fragrances and releasing the fragrance according to the situation into the room (for example, Patent Document 2, 3).

  Further, there is also known a technique of detecting an odor in a vehicle interior with an odor sensor and performing air cleaning according to the detected odor intensity (for example, Patent Documents 4 and 5).

Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2004-142611 JP 2001-349739 A JP 2010-22641 A JP-A-8-324235 JP-A-9-309328

When a passenger of a car eats in the cabin, the smell other than the food disturbs the eating.
And, in order for a passenger of a car whose fragrance supplying operation by the fragrance system is operating to eat in an environment without a scent other than cooking only during a meal period in the vehicle cabin, the aroma system is started before the meal is started. It is necessary for the user to perform a complicated operation of eating after the operation of stopping the aroma supplying operation of the above and resuming the aroma supplying operation of the aroma system after the meal is completed.

  Then, this invention makes it a subject to enable a user to enjoy a meal more easily in the environment which does not have smell other than cooking in the fragrance system which supplies a fragrance | flavor in a motor vehicle interior.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a fragrance system mounted on a car, a fragrance device for emitting a fragrance into the cabin of the car, and an odor detection means for detecting the intensity of odor in the cabin of the car And control means for controlling the release of the aroma by the aroma device. Here, when the control device causes the fragrance device to perform an aroma release operation for continuously or intermittently releasing the aroma, the control device receives the setting of the meal mode from the user. The aroma release operation is stopped, and the odor intensity detected by the odor detector is acquired as a reference odor intensity, and thereafter, the odor intensity detected by the odor detector is the reference odor The fragrance releasing operation of the fragrance device is resumed when the level drops below a predetermined level.

  Here, in such a fragrance system, the fragrance device has a function of releasing a deodorant into a vehicle compartment of the car, and the control means is strong in odor detected by the odor detection means. It may be configured to cause the aroma device to release the deodorant prior to the resumption of the aroma release operation of the aroma device when a predetermined level lowers than the reference odor intensity.

  Further, the above fragrance system includes the air purification device for purifying the air in the vehicle compartment of the automobile in the fragrance system, and the control unit makes the fragrance device perform the aroma release operation. The air cleaning apparatus may be configured to start the air cleaning operation when receiving the setting of the meal mode from the user.

  According to the fragrance system such as these, when the user sets the meal mode, the control means stops the release of the fragrance and monitors the end of the meal based on the change in the odor intensity in the vehicle compartment, If the end of the meal is detected, resume the release of the aroma. Therefore, the user can stop the release of the aroma during the eating period and restore the aroma environment in the vehicle after the end of the eating simply by setting the eating mode at the time of eating.

  Further, in order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, the present position calculating means for calculating the present position, the route to the set destination, or the set destination is provided in the fragrance system mounted on the vehicle. Route setting means for setting a route passing through the set via point, route guidance means for guiding traveling of the vehicle according to the route set by the route setting means, and the facilities provided for each facility Facility database in which facility information indicating the location of the facility and facility information indicating whether or not the facility is capable of taking out food, and the facility information indicating that the facility information indicates that the facility is capable of taking out food, Or when it is set as the destination, the required travel time to calculate the required travel time to reach the stop point or destination that is the take-out capable facility Means leaving a fragrance device that releases a fragrance into the vehicle compartment of the motor vehicle, it is provided with a control means for controlling the release of fragrance by the fragrance device. Here, when the fragrance device performs the fragrance release operation of continuously or intermittently releasing the fragrance, the control means determines that the required travel time calculated by the required travel time calculation means is equal to or less than a predetermined time. When it comes to an end, the aroma release operation of the aroma device is stopped.

  Further, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a fragrance system mounted on a car, a current position calculating means for calculating a current position, a facility database in which a location of a facility capable of taking out food is registered, Facility parking / stop detecting means for detecting that the vehicle parked / stopped at a facility capable of taking out food based on the current position calculated by the current position calculating means, and a fragrance device for emitting fragrance into the vehicle compartment of the vehicle And control means for controlling the release of the aroma by the aroma device. Here, when the control device causes the fragrance device to perform an aroma release operation for continuously or intermittently releasing an aroma, the facility parking / stop detection means may be configured to take out the food to the facility where the food can be taken out When it is detected that the vehicle has parked and stopped, the fragrance release operation of the fragrance device is stopped.

  Further, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a fragrance system mounted on a car, a current position calculating means for calculating a current position, a facility database in which a location of a facility capable of taking out food is registered, Facility parking / stop detecting means for detecting a period during which the vehicle is parked at a facility capable of taking out food based on the current position calculated by the current position calculating means, and releasing a fragrance into the vehicle compartment of the vehicle It comprises an aroma device and control means for controlling the release of aroma by the aroma device. Here, the facility parking / stop detection means detects a period shorter than a predetermined time while the control device causes the fragrance device to perform the fragrance release operation for continuously or intermittently releasing the fragrance. In some cases, the fragrance release operation of the fragrance device is stopped.

  Fragrance systems such as these automatically stop the release of fragrance if the user is expected to take out food at the facility. Therefore, the user can eat the taken-out food in the vehicle interior without an extra fragrance due to the fragrance without performing any special operation.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an aroma system that allows the user to more easily enjoy a meal in an environment free of aromas other than cooking.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an in-vehicle system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure showing composition of map data concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the display screen of the vehicle-mounted system which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flow chart which shows aroma control processing at the time of meal mode concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a flow chart which shows fragrance control processing at the time of normal mode concerning a 2nd embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
First, the first embodiment will be described.
FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the in-vehicle system 1 according to the first embodiment.
The in-vehicle system 1 is a system mounted on a vehicle having a closable compartment, and the navigation system 101, the storage device 102, the fragrance device 103, the air cleaning device 104 such as an ion generator, the odor intensity in the compartment Odor sensor 105 to measure, peripheral device 106 such as GPS receiver, AV device and various sensors to detect the state of automobile, input device 107 such as touch panel, display device 108 such as liquid crystal display device, audio output device to output sound 109, the control device 110 is provided.

  Here, the fragrance device 103 includes one or more tanks of a fragrance solution, and according to the control of the control device 110, the fragrance solution designated by the control device 110 is vaporized or atomized to diffuse By doing this, the fragrance can be released into the vehicle compartment. The aroma device 103 also includes a tank for the deodorant solution, and the deodorizer solution can be deodorized by vaporizing or atomizing and diffusing the deodorant solution according to the control of the control device 110. .

Next, in the storage device 102, map data representing a road map and a facility database shown in FIG. 2 are stored as data used by the navigation system 101.
Further, as illustrated, the facility database includes facility data provided for each of a plurality of facilities, and each facility data includes a facility ID serving as a facility identifier, a restaurant or first facility, and the like. Facility type indicating the type such as food shop or gas station, facility name indicating the name of the facility, facility coordinates indicating the location of the facility, facility telephone number indicating the telephone number of the facility, facility address indicating the address of the facility, other facilities Other facility attributes representing information are registered.

Here, in the other facility attribute of the facility that provides the food, information on whether or not the facility provides the food that can be taken out is registered.
Next, the navigation system 101 calculates the current position by map matching between the measured value of the current position measured by the GPS receiver provided as the peripheral device 106 and various sensors that detect the state of the vehicle, and the input device The setting of the destination and the passing place according to the user operation for 107, the search of the route passing through the set passing place to the set destination, the setting as the recommended route of the searched route, the current position and the user , To guide the recommended route. Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the navigation system 101 arranges the current position and a guide for the recommended route to the destination, on the map around the current position, on the map around the current position and representing the current position and the recommended route and the destination. The navigation screen 300 is displayed on the display device 108 via the control device 110.

  Here, the navigation system 101 can also receive the setting of the destination or the via point using the above-described facility database. That is, for example, navigation system 101 receives facility search conditions from the user via input device 107 while using input device 107 and display device 108 via control device 110, and the facilities matching the search conditions are received. A list of the extracted facilities extracted from the facility database is displayed on the display device 108, and the facility selected by the user on the list is set as a destination or a transit point according to the user's designation.

Hereinafter, in such a vehicle-mounted system 1, the operation | movement which controls the fragrance in a vehicle interior is demonstrated.
First, the control device 110 receives from the user the operations of the “normal” button 311, the “meal” button 312 and the “good night” button 313 of the aroma menu 310 as shown in FIG. 3, and accepts the operation of the “normal” button 311 In the case where the normal mode is set as the aroma mode, if the operation of the "meal" button 312 is accepted, the meal mode is set as the aroma mode, and if the operation of the "good night" button 313 is accepted, the aroma mode Set as a good night mode.

  Then, when the normal mode is set as the aroma mode, the control device 110 performs processing for causing the fragrance device 103 to release the aroma into the vehicle compartment intermittently at predetermined time intervals, and sets the nighttime mode as the aroma mode. When the vehicle is in the normal mode, the fragrance device 103 intermittently releases the fragrance into the vehicle compartment at intervals longer than in the normal mode. However, when the normal mode is set as the aroma mode, the control device 110 may control the fragrance device 103 to continuously release the fragrance into the vehicle compartment.

Then, when the meal mode is set as the aroma mode, the control device 110 performs direction control processing in the meal mode shown below.
FIG. 4 shows the procedure of the aroma control process in the meal mode.
As illustrated, in the meal mode aroma control process, the controller 110 stops the release of the aroma of the aroma device 103 (step 402).
Further, the measured value of the odor in the vehicle compartment is acquired from the odor sensor 105 (step 404), and the acquired measured value is set as a reference value (step 406). Then, the air cleaning operation by the air cleaning device 104 is started (step 408).

  Next, the measured value of odor in the vehicle compartment is acquired from the odor sensor 105 (step 410), and it is determined whether the acquired measured value is less than K times the reference value (step 412). Repeat until the value is less than K times the reference value. Here, K is a value less than 1 and the intensity of the odor when the measured value of K times the reference value is measured is more than the intensity of the odor when the reference value is measured as the measured value, Set to be an apparent reduced strength. That is, for example, K = 0.75. In addition, the smell of the meal performed in the vehicle compartment is gradually reduced by the action of the air cleaning operation of the air cleaning device 104 after the completion of the meal or by the change with time. Therefore, it is possible to detect the completion of the meal by detecting in step 412 that the intensity of the odor at the predetermined level is lower than the odor intensity at the time of meal mode setting that can be estimated to be at the start of the meal.

  Then, if the obtained measured value is less than K times the reference value (step 412), the air cleaning operation of the air cleaning device 104 is stopped (step 414). Further, the deodorant solution is diffused into the passenger compartment of the fragrance device 103 (step 416).

  Then, the aroma mode returns to the mode before the meal mode is set (step 418), and the meal mode aroma control process is ended. Here, by the return of the mode in step 418, the aroma mode is set to the normal mode or the good night mode, and the regular or continuous release of the aroma by the aroma device 103 is resumed.

The first embodiment of the present invention has been described above.
As described above, according to the first embodiment, when the user sets the meal mode as the aroma mode, the control device 110 stops the release of the aroma and then ends the meal based on the measurement value of the odor sensor 105. When the end of the meal is detected, the deodorant solution is released to deodorize the smell of the meal, and then the aroma mode is returned to the mode before setting the meal mode. Therefore, the user can stop the release of the aroma during the eating period and restore the aroma environment in the vehicle after the end of the eating simply by setting the eating mode at the time of eating.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the second embodiment, the process when the meal mode is set as the aroma mode and the process when the normal mode is set as the aroma mode of the control device 110 in the first embodiment described above are changed. It is a thing.

  That is, in the second embodiment, when the meal mode is set as the aroma mode, the control device 110 stops the release of the aroma of the aroma device 103 and causes the air purification device 104 to perform the air purification operation.

Further, in the second embodiment, when the normal mode is set as the aroma mode, the control device 110 performs the fragrance control process in the normal mode shown in FIG.
That is, as shown in FIG. 5, in the normal mode fragrance control process, the control device 110 first starts the regular fragrance supply process (step 502). Here, in the periodic aroma supply process started up, the aroma device 103 is made to release the aroma into the vehicle compartment on a regular basis.

  Then, if the periodic fragrance supply process is activated (step 502), next, the route sets whether or not the facility providing takeaway food is set as the destination or via point in the navigation system 101. Provide food that can be taken out to other facility attributes of the facility data of the facility set as the destination or via point, whether the facility is set as the destination or via point or not, and It is judged based on whether or not the information representing the information is registered, etc. (step 504), and if the facility providing the food which can be taken out is not set as the destination or the transit point, step 514 Proceed to processing.

  On the other hand, when the facility providing the food which can be taken out is set as the destination or the transit point (step 504), the estimated time required to reach the facility which provides the food which can be taken out is set. The navigation system 101 is checked to see if it is less than a threshold Ta (e.g., 10 minutes) (step 506), and if the estimated duration is not less than the threshold Ta (e.g., 10 minutes), step 514 is performed. Proceed to processing.

  On the other hand, if the estimated required time to the facility providing the take-away food set as the destination or via point is less than the threshold Ta (for example, 10 minutes) (step 506), the periodic fragrance supply process To stop the release of the aroma of the aroma device 103 (step 508), and the aroma mode is set to the meal mode (step 510). Then, a voice message notifying that the aroma mode has been switched to the meal mode is output from the voice output device 109 (step 512), and the fragrance control process in the normal mode is ended. It should be noted that setting the meal mode at a time equivalent to the threshold Ta equivalent time before the arrival time of the facility that is offering the food that can be taken out means that the food that has arrived at the facility and taken out in this way It is expected that the aroma will be sufficiently weakened before the start of the meal.

  On the other hand, if the process proceeds from step 504 or step 506 to step 514 as described above, the navigation system 101 is inquired whether the car is currently parked at a facility providing food that can be taken out. (Step 514), and if not parked or stopped, the process returns from step 504. In addition, the navigation system 101 is information indicating that the detection values of various sensors that detect the state of the car (for example, the braking state of the side brake), the current position, and the dish that can be taken out to other facility attributes. Based on the registered facility data, it is determined whether the vehicle is currently parked or parked at a facility that is providing a food that can be taken out.

  In addition, if the car is currently parked at a facility providing food that can be taken out (step 514), occurrence of exceeding the threshold Tb (for example, 15 minutes) of the parked period And (step 516), monitor the occurrence of the start of travel of the car and (step 518).

Then, when the threshold Tb (for example, 15 minutes) of the parking and stopping period exceeds (step 516), the process returns to step 504.
On the other hand, if the vehicle has started to travel (step 518), the regular aroma supply process is ended to stop the release of the aroma from the aroma device 103 (step 508), and the aroma mode is set to the meal mode (step 510). Then, a voice message notifying that the aroma mode has been switched to the meal mode is output from the voice output device 109 (step 512), and the fragrance control process in the normal mode is ended.

The normal mode fragrance control process performed by the control device 110 has been described above.
Here, if it is determined that the car is currently parked and stopped at a facility that is providing food that can be taken out (step 514), the process proceeds to step 508 as it is in the normal mode fragrance control process as described above. Then, the regular aroma supply process may be ended (Step 508), and the aroma mode may be modified to be set to the meal mode (Step 510).

The fragrance control process in the normal mode shown in FIG. 5 ends also when the user switches the aroma mode to another mode.
As described above, according to the second embodiment, when it is predicted that the user takes out the food at the facility that provides the food that can be taken out, the aroma emission is automatically stopped. Therefore, the user can eat the taken-out food in the vehicle interior without an extra fragrance due to the fragrance without performing any special operation.

  Reference Signs List 1 in-vehicle system 101 navigation system 102 storage device 103 fragrance device 104 air cleaning device 105 sensor 106 peripheral device 107 input device 108 display device 109 audio output device , 110 ... control device.

Claims (6)

An aroma system mounted on a car,
A fragrance device for releasing a fragrance into the cabin of the vehicle;
Odor detection means for detecting the intensity of the odor in the cabin of the car;
Control means for controlling the release of the aroma by the aroma device;
The control means causes the fragrance release operation of the fragrance device to be performed when receiving the setting of the meal mode from the user while causing the fragrance device to perform the fragrance release operation of continuously or intermittently releasing the fragrance. The operation is stopped, and the odor intensity detected by the odor detector is acquired as a reference odor intensity, and thereafter, the odor intensity detected by the odor detector is determined more than the reference odor intensity. A fragrance system characterized by resuming the fragrance release operation of the fragrance device when the level drops. A fragrance system according to claim 1, wherein
The fragrance device has a function of releasing a deodorant into a vehicle compartment of the vehicle,
The control means, when the odor intensity detected by the odor detection means is lowered by a predetermined level than the reference odor intensity, the control means is configured to send the aroma device the resumption of the aroma release operation of the aroma device. Aroma system characterized in that it carries out the release of a deodorant. The fragrance system according to claim 1 or 2,
An air purification device for purifying the air in the cabin of the car;
The control means causes the air cleaning device to start the air cleaning operation when receiving the setting of the meal mode from the user while causing the aroma device to perform the aroma release operation. And fragrance system. An aroma system mounted on a car,
Current position calculation means for calculating the current position;
Route setting means for setting a route to a set destination or a route via a set via point to the set destination;
Route guidance means for guiding traveling of the vehicle according to the route set by the route setting means;
A facility database, provided for each facility, storing facility information indicating the position of the facility and whether the facility is a facility that can take out food;
When a facility whose information indicates that it is a facility capable of taking out food is set as the via point or destination, it is a requirement for reaching the via point or destination which is the facility capable of taking out. Required travel time calculation means for calculating travel time;
A fragrance device for releasing a fragrance into the cabin of the vehicle;
Control means for controlling the release of the aroma by the aroma device;
When the required travel time calculated by the required travel time calculation means becomes equal to or less than the predetermined time while the control device causes the fragrance device to perform the fragrance release operation to continuously or intermittently release the fragrance A fragrance system characterized in that the fragrance release operation of the fragrance device is stopped. An aroma system mounted on a car,
Current position calculation means for calculating the current position;
Based on the facility database in which the location of the facility capable of taking out the food is registered and the current position calculated by the current position calculating means, the facility parking which detects that the car parks and stops at the facility where the food can be taken out Stop detection means;
A fragrance device for releasing a fragrance into the cabin of the vehicle;
Control means for controlling the release of the aroma by the aroma device;
When the control device causes the fragrance device to perform an aroma release operation for continuously or intermittently releasing the aroma, the car is parked and stopped at a facility where the facility parking and stopping detection means can take out the food. An aroma system characterized by stopping an aroma release operation of the aroma device when it is detected. An aroma system mounted on a car,
Current position calculation means for calculating the current position;
Based on the facility database in which the location of the facility capable of taking out food is registered and the current position calculated by the current position calculating means, the period during which the car parks and stops at the facility where take-out food is detected is detected. Facility parking detection means
A fragrance device for releasing a fragrance into the cabin of the vehicle;
Control means for controlling the release of the aroma by the aroma device;
When the facility parking / stop detection means detects a period shorter than a predetermined time while the fragrance device performs the fragrance release operation of continuously or intermittently releasing the fragrance, the control means detects the period shorter than a predetermined time. A fragrance system characterized in that the fragrance release operation of the fragrance device is stopped.