IP Library Patent Application 18199510
Patent Application
App. No. 18/199,510

VEHICLE AND VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

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App. No.
18/199,510
Abstract

A vehicle according to the present disclosure includes a first wheel, a second wheel, a body coupled to the first and second wheels and movable by the first and second wheels, a first imaging circuit configured to capture an image of exterior of the vehicle, and a processor. The processor is configured to: set a monitoring target based on a captured image; start, when a monitoring start condition is met, a monitoring process of determining whether the monitoring target belongs to a monitoring range based on a captured image by the first imaging circuit; and terminate, when a monitoring end condition is met, the monitoring process, the monitoring start condition or the monitoring end condition including a condition related to an operation of the vehicle.

Claims (42)

1 . A vehicle comprising:

a first wheel;

a second wheel;

a body coupled to the first wheel and the second wheel, the body being movable by the first wheel and the second wheel;

a first imaging circuit configured to capture an image of exterior of the vehicle; and

a processor configured to:

set a monitoring target;

start, when a monitoring start condition is met, a monitoring process of determining whether the monitoring target belongs to a monitoring range based on a captured image by the first imaging circuit; and

terminate, when a monitoring end condition is met, the monitoring process, the monitoring start condition or the monitoring end condition including a condition related to an operation of the vehicle.

2 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the monitoring start condition includes that a parking brake of the vehicle has been applied.

3 . The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the monitoring start condition includes that the vehicle is not locked from outside.

4 . The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the monitoring start condition includes that a door of the vehicle has been opened.

5 . The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the monitoring start condition includes that the monitoring target has been extracted based on the captured image by the first imaging circuit.

6 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the monitoring end condition includes that a parking brake of the vehicle has been released.

7 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the monitoring end condition includes that the vehicle has been locked from outside.

8 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the monitoring process performs a notification process when it is determined that the monitoring target does not belong to the monitoring range based on the captured image by the first imaging circuit.

9 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a second imaging circuit configured to capture an image of interior of the vehicle, wherein

the processor is configured to set the monitoring target based on a captured image by the second imaging circuit and a past captured image by the second imaging circuit.

10 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the monitoring range is based on an imaging range of the first imaging circuit.

11 . A vehicle control device mountable on a vehicle,

the vehicle comprising:

a first wheel;

a second wheel;

a body coupled to the first wheel and the second wheel, the body being movable by the first wheel and the second wheel; and

a first imaging circuit configured to capture an image of exterior of the vehicle, and

the vehicle control device comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

set a monitoring target based on a captured image;

start, when a monitoring start condition is met, a monitoring process of determining whether the monitoring target belongs to a monitoring range based on a captured image by the first imaging circuit; and

terminate, when a monitoring end condition is met, the monitoring process, the monitoring start condition or the monitoring end condition including a condition related to an operation of the vehicle.

12 . The vehicle control device according to claim 11 , wherein the monitoring start condition includes that a parking brake of the vehicle has been applied.

13 . The vehicle control device according to claim 12 , wherein the monitoring start condition includes that the vehicle is not locked from outside.

14 . The vehicle control device according to claim 12 , wherein the monitoring start condition includes that a door of the vehicle has been opened.

15 . The vehicle control device according to claim 12 , wherein the monitoring start condition includes that the monitoring target has been extracted based on the captured image by the first imaging circuit.

16 . The vehicle control device according to claim 11 , wherein the monitoring end condition includes that a parking brake of the vehicle has been released.

17 . The vehicle control device according to claim 11 , wherein the monitoring end condition includes that the vehicle has been locked from outside.

18 . The vehicle control device according to claim 11 , wherein the monitoring process performs a notification process when it is determined that the monitoring target does not belong to the monitoring range based on the captured image by the first imaging circuit.

19 . The vehicle control device according to claim 11 , wherein

the vehicle further comprises a second imaging circuit configured to capture an image of interior of the vehicle, and

the processor is configured to set the monitoring target based on a captured image by the second imaging circuit and a past captured image by the second imaging circuit.

20 . The vehicle control device according to claim 11 , wherein the monitoring range is based on an imaging range of the first imaging circuit.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066709/0752 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2023
From: NISHIO, TSUYOSHI; HINATA, MAKOTO; ANEZAKI, MASAHIRO; HOMMA, HAJIME; USUI, NAOKI; NISHIDA, YUKI; MASUDA, TAKUMA
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064770/0398 →