IP Library Granted Patent US 11,731,643
Granted Patent B2
US 11,731,643 · App. 16/808,511 · Granted Aug 22, 2023

Vehicle management system

Inventors: Hideto Miyake (Shizuoka, JP); Shinichi Okamoto (Shizuoka, JP); Kentaro Otomo (Shizuoka, JP); Daiki Saito (Shizuoka, JP); Koji Ishii (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
B60W50/10B60W50/14G06F3/017G06V20/20G06V20/59
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Patent No.
US 11,731,643
App. No.
16/808,511
Granted
Aug 22, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle management system includes an imaging device provided in a shared vehicle to capture a plurality of passengers on the vehicle, a detection unit that detects that a user, who is one of the passengers, has performed a predetermined motion which is a motion registered in advance, based on a capturing result by the imaging device, and a controller that controls the vehicle based on a predetermined command, which is a command registered in advance as a command corresponding to the predetermined motion, when the predetermined motion is detected.

Claims (13)

1. A vehicle management system comprising:

an imaging device provided in a shared vehicle and configured to capture images of a plurality of passengers on the vehicle;

a detection unit configured to detect that a user, who is one of the plurality of passengers, has performed a predetermined motion which is a motion registered in advance by the user, based on a capturing result by the imaging device, wherein the predetermined motion is a mouth motion; and

a controller configured to:

control the vehicle based on a predetermined command, which is a command registered in advance by the user as a command corresponding to the predetermined motion,

verify the predetermined command by initiating individualized communication with the user by providing an individualized message to the user, and

control the vehicle to display a warning to at least one of the plurality of passengers in the vehicle, according to the predetermined command when the predetermined motion is detected and the predetermined command is verified by the user through the individualized communication.

2. The vehicle management system according to claim 1 , wherein

the predetermined command additionally included a command for causing the vehicle to give an audio warning to another passenger, besides the user.

3. The vehicle management system according to claim 1 , wherein

the predetermined command additionally includes a command for changing a drop-off point of the user.

4. The vehicle management system according to claim 3 , wherein

the additionally included command in the predetermined command is a command for changing the drop-off point to a point associated with a location of a restroom.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2020
From: MIYAKE, HIDETO; OKAMOTO, SHINICHI; OTOMO, KENTARO; SAITO, DAIKI; ISHII, KOJI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052010/0070 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-041168 · Mar 7, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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