IP Library Granted Patent US 12,562,932
Granted Patent B2
US 12,562,932 · App. 18/418,354 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

Vehicle-mounted terminal device

Inventor: Hajime Yokoyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
H04L12/1831G06V10/757G06V10/7715G06V20/20G06V20/46G06V20/56H04L65/1089
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Patent No.
US 12,562,932
App. No.
18/418,354
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides a vehicle-mounted terminal device which can improve the conference quality of video conferences. The vehicle-mounted terminal device is installed on a vehicle and configured to conduct an electronic conference with other terminal devices. The vehicle-mounted terminal device includes a capturing device, a current position obtaining device, an associated image obtaining device, and a communication device. The capturing device is configured to capture an image of a passenger in the vehicle. The current position obtaining device is configured to obtain a current position of the vehicle. The associated image obtaining device is configured to obtain a current position associated image associated with the current position obtained through the current position obtaining device. The communication device is configured to send a passenger image captured by the capturing device and the current position associated image obtained through the associated image obtaining device to other terminal devices.

Claims (23)

1 . A vehicle-mounted terminal device installed on a vehicle and configured to be able to conduct an electronic conference with other terminal devices, comprising:

a capturing device configured to capture an image of a passenger in the vehicle;

a current position obtaining device configured to obtain a current position of the vehicle;

an associated image obtaining device coupled to the current position obtaining device and is configured to obtain a current position associated image associated with the current position obtained through the current position obtaining device; and

a communication device coupled to the capturing device and the associated image obtaining device and configured to send a passenger image captured by the capturing device and the current position associated image obtained through the associated image obtaining device to the other terminal devices,

wherein the associated image obtaining device determines whether the vehicle is in a stationary state or a moving state, and if the vehicle is in the moving state, then a traveling video clip is obtained and served as the current position associated image.

2 . The vehicle-mounted terminal device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the communication device combines the current position associated image and the passenger image into a background image and send to the other terminal devices.

3 . The vehicle-mounted terminal device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the associated image obtaining device analyzes a surrounding feature of the current position according to the current position and obtains an image matching the surrounding feature as the current position associated image.

4 . The vehicle-mounted terminal device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the associated image obtaining device analyzes a surrounding feature of the current position according to the current position and obtains an image matching the surrounding feature as the current position associated image.

5 . The vehicle-mounted terminal device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the traveling video clip serving as the current position associated image is a traveling video clip captured by another vehicle that previously traveled at the current position of the vehicle.

6 . The vehicle-mounted terminal device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the traveling video clip serving as the current position associated image is a real-time surrounding image of the current position of the vehicle.

7 . A vehicle, comprising:

the vehicle-mounted terminal device as claimed in claim 1 .

8 . A vehicle, comprising:

the vehicle-mounted terminal device as claimed in claim 2 .

9 . A vehicle, comprising:

the vehicle-mounted terminal device as claimed in claim 3 .

10 . A vehicle, comprising:

the vehicle-mounted terminal device as claimed in claim 4 .

11 . A vehicle, comprising:

the vehicle-mounted terminal device as claimed in claim 5 .

12 . A vehicle, comprising:

the vehicle-mounted terminal device as claimed in claim 6 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2024
From: YOKOYAMA, HAJIME
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202310236653.9 · Mar 13, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240313993A1 · Sep 19, 2024
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