IP Library Granted Patent US 12688699
Granted Patent B2
US 12688699 · App. 18/418,771 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Information processing device and method

Inventor: Yuya Urayama (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G06V20/58B60Q5/006G06V40/10
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12688699
App. No.
18/418,771
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Determining whether a predetermined event has occurred based on a captured image including a predetermined location captured by an in-vehicle camera of one or more first vehicles; and determining that the predetermined event has occurred. The information processing device includes a control unit that, when determined, causes a second vehicle located around a predetermined location to sound its horn. When determining that a predetermined event has occurred, the control unit may report the occurrence of the predetermined event to a predetermined reporting destination.

Claims (4)

1 . An information processing device comprising a processor configured to

determine whether a predetermined event occurred, based on a captured image including a predetermined location, captured by an in-vehicle camera of one or a plurality of first vehicles, and

cause a second vehicle situated in a vicinity of the predetermined location to sound a horn when determining that the predetermined event occurred, wherein

the processor decides a volume of the horn to be sounded by the second vehicle, in accordance with at least one of a distance between the predetermined location and the second vehicle, and a count of people in a vicinity of the second vehicle.