IP Library Granted Patent US 11,854,274
Granted Patent B2
US 11,854,274 · App. 17/269,070 · Granted Dec 26, 2023

In-vehicle monitoring information generation control device and in-vehicle monitoring information generation control method

Inventors: Hideki Fukuhara (Tokyo, JP); Yoshitaka Wakisaka (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
G06V20/59G06V30/19G08B21/02G05D1/0231
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Patent No.
US 11,854,274
App. No.
17/269,070
Granted
Dec 26, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An in-vehicle monitoring information generation control device includes: an image acquisition unit acquiring an image generated by capturing the inside of an unmanned vehicle; an abnormality determination unit determining whether or not an abnormality is occurring in the unmanned vehicle; an in-vehicle monitoring information generating unit generating in-vehicle monitoring information, with which no passenger in the unmanned vehicle who is captured in the image can be identified, on the basis of the image acquired by the image acquisition unit; and a transmission control unit transmitting the in-vehicle monitoring information generated by the in-vehicle monitoring information generating unit to the outside of the unmanned vehicle in a case where it is determined that no abnormality is occurring in the unmanned vehicle on the basis of a determination result determined by the abnormality determination unit.

Claims (24)

1. An in-vehicle monitoring information generation control device comprising processing circuitry

to acquire an image generated by capturing an inside of an unmanned vehicle,

to generate a determination result of determining whether or not an abnormality is occurring in the unmanned vehicle,

to generate in-vehicle monitoring information, with which no passenger in the unmanned vehicle who is captured in the image can be identified, on a basis of the image,

to transmit the in-vehicle monitoring information to an outside of the unmanned vehicle in a case where it is determined that no abnormality is occurring in the unmanned vehicle on a basis of the determination result,

to estimate a throughput value indicating an amount of data transfer per unit time when the in-vehicle monitoring information is transmitted to the outside of the unmanned vehicle, and

to determine a type of the in-vehicle monitoring information on a basis of the throughput value being estimated,

wherein the type of the in-vehicle monitoring information being determined on a basis of the throughput value is any one of deformed image information obtained by deforming an area of the passenger captured in the image, contour image information obtained by extracting a contour of the area, or individual identification information that identifies the passenger captured in the image, and

the processing circuitry generates the in-vehicle monitoring information on a basis of the type.

2. The in-vehicle monitoring information generation control device according to claim 1 , wherein an abnormality monitoring image based on the image is transmitted to the outside of the unmanned vehicle in a case where it is determined that an abnormality is occurring in the unmanned vehicle.

3. The in-vehicle monitoring information generation control device according to claim 1 , wherein the throughput value is estimated on a basis of a radio wave state or a transmission state of a communication device for transmitting the in-vehicle monitoring information to the outside of the unmanned vehicle.

4. The in-vehicle monitoring information generation control device according to claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry acquires another vehicle information indicating a radio wave state or a transmission state of the communication device mounted on the other vehicle traveling at a position within a predetermined range from a position where the unmanned vehicle is traveling, and

wherein the throughput value is estimated on a basis of a radio wave state or a transmission state in the unmanned vehicle, and a radio wave state or a transmission state in the other vehicle included in the other vehicle information.

5. The in-vehicle monitoring information generation control device according to claim 1 , wherein the in-vehicle monitoring information, with which the passenger captured in the image cannot be identified, is generated by performing an image deformation process on the area in the image of the passenger captured in the image.

6. The in-vehicle monitoring information generation control device according to claim 1 , wherein the in-vehicle monitoring information, with which the passenger captured in the image cannot be identified, is generated by performing a contour extraction process on the area in the image of the passenger captured in the image.

7. An in-vehicle monitoring information generation control method comprising:

acquiring an image generated by capturing an inside of an unmanned vehicle;

generating a determination result of determining whether or not an abnormality is occurring in the unmanned vehicle;

generating in-vehicle monitoring information, with which no passenger in the unmanned vehicle who is captured in the image can be identified, on a basis of the image;

transmitting the in-vehicle monitoring information to an outside of the unmanned vehicle in a case where it is determined that no abnormality is occurring in the unmanned vehicle on a basis of the determination result;

estimating a throughput value indicating an amount of data transfer per unit time when the in-vehicle monitoring information is transmitted to the outside of the unmanned vehicle; and

determining a type of the in-vehicle monitoring information on a basis of the throughput value being estimated,

wherein the type of the in-vehicle monitoring information being determined on a basis of the throughput value is any one of deformed image information obtained by deforming an area of the passenger captured in the image, contour image information obtained by extracting a contour of the area, or individual identification information that identifies the passenger captured in the image, and

the in-vehicle monitoring information is generated on a basis of the type.

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MOBILITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068834/0585 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2021
From: FUKUHARA, HIDEKI; WAKISAKA, YOSHITAKA
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055296/0562 →
Continuity (1)
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