IP Library Granted Patent US 12,425,548
Granted Patent B2
US 12,425,548 · App. 18/645,723 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Information processing method, storage medium, and information processing system

Inventors: Kazuya Nishimura (Anjo, JP); Naoki Uenoyama (Kasugai, JP); Keiko Nakano (Kawasaki, JP); Yohei Nakanishi (Nagoya, JP); Takahiro Matsumura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
H04N7/183G06V20/56
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Patent No.
US 12,425,548
App. No.
18/645,723
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing method is a method executed by an information processing system including a vehicle equipped with an imaging unit, a position information acquisition unit, and a communication unit, and a server device. The information processing method includes: transmitting, from the communication unit of the vehicle to the server device, notification information including a surrounding image in which an elementary school student is shown, and position information of the vehicle when the surrounding image is generated by the imaging unit; and notifying, by the server device, an information terminal of notification information including a lost item image that is a surrounding image in which belongings of the elementary school student are shown but the elementary school student is not shown, and position information of the vehicle when the lost item image is generated by the imaging unit, from among the notification information.

Claims (11)

1. An information processing method executed by an information processing system that includes a vehicle equipped with an imaging unit that generates a surrounding image by capturing an image of a surrounding situation, a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information of the vehicle, and a communication unit that communicates with outside, and a server device installed outside the vehicle, and is configured to transmit the surrounding image and the position information from the communication unit of the vehicle to the server device via a communication network, the information processing method comprising:

transmitting, from the communication unit of the vehicle to the server device, notification information including the surrounding image in which belongings of an elementary school student are shown, and position information of the vehicle when the surrounding image is generated by the imaging unit; and

notifying, by a processing circuit of the server device, at least one of an information terminal owned by an elementary school and an information terminal owned by an employee of the elementary school of notification information including a lost item image that is the surrounding image in which the belongings of the elementary school student are shown but the elementary school student is not shown, and position information of the vehicle when the lost item image is generated by the imaging unit, from among the notification information.

2. The information processing method according to claim 1 , wherein when the notification information is notified to at least one of the information terminal owned by the elementary school and the information terminal owned by the employee of the elementary school, the processing circuit of the server device notifies at least one of the information terminal owned by the elementary school and the information terminal owned by the employee of the elementary school of notification information including a lost item image that is the surrounding image in which the belongings of the elementary school student are shown but the elementary school student is not shown, the surrounding image being generated by the imaging unit when the imaging unit captures an image of a dangerous area in a school district of the elementary school, and the position information of the vehicle when the lost item image is generated by the imaging unit.

3. The information processing method according to claim 1 , wherein when the notification information is notified to at least one of the information terminal owned by the elementary school and the information terminal owned by the employee of the elementary school, the processing circuit of the server device notifies at least one of the information terminal owned by the elementary school and the information terminal owned by the employee of the elementary school of notification information including a lost item image that is the surrounding image in which the belongings of the elementary school student are shown but the elementary school student is not shown, the surrounding image being generated by the imaging unit during a time of commuting to and from school at the elementary school, and the position information of the vehicle when the lost item image is generated by the imaging unit.

4. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program executed by a control device of a vehicle equipped with an imaging unit that generates a surrounding image by capturing an image of a surrounding situation, a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information of the vehicle, and a communication unit that communicates with a server device installed outside the vehicle, the server device being configured to be able to communicate with at least one of an information terminal owned by an elementary school and an information terminal owned by an employee of the elementary school, wherein the program causes the control device to execute

acquiring notification information including a lost item image that is a surrounding image in which belongings of an elementary school student are shown but the elementary school student is not shown around the belongings, from among the surrounding image, and position information of the vehicle when the lost item image is generated by the imaging unit, and

transmitting the notification information from the communication unit to the server device.

5. An information processing system including a vehicle equipped with an imaging unit that generates a surrounding image by capturing an image of a surrounding situation, a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information of the vehicle, and a communication unit that communicates with outside, and a server device installed outside the vehicle, wherein:

the communication unit of the vehicle transmits, to the server device via a communication network, notification information including the surrounding image in which belongings of an elementary school student are shown, and position information of the vehicle when the surrounding image is generated by the imaging unit; and

the server device transmits, to at least one of an information terminal owned by an elementary school and an information terminal owned by an employee of the elementary school, notification information including a lost item image that is the surrounding image in which the belongings of the elementary school student are shown but the elementary school student is not shown, and position information of the vehicle when the lost item image is generated by the imaging unit, from among the notification information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2024
From: NISHIMURA, KAZUYA; UENOYAMA, NAOKI; NAKANO, KEIKO; NAKANISHI, YOHEI; MATSUMURA, TAKAHIRO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; NOMURA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LTD.
Reel/Frame 067224/0890 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-101026 · Jun 20, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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