Vehicular communication apparatus, communication method and computer-readable storage medium therefor
First Claim
1. A vehicular communication apparatus mounted on an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- an image sensing device;
a data storage device for storing image data that has been captured by said image sensing device;
a sensor for sensing impact;
a portable-terminal holding device in which a portable terminal is capable of being placed; and
an operation controller which, if impact has been sensed by said sensor, is for notifying a prescribed party via said portable terminal unless said portable terminal is removed from said portable-terminal holding device within a predetermined period of time.
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Abstract
Provided is an inexpensive vehicular communication apparatus capable of transferring image data containing a record of an accident to a safe, external location, the apparatus being usable in an ordinary automotive vehicle. The apparatus includes an image sensing device, a data storage device for storing image data that has been captured by the image sensing device, a sensor for sensing impact, a portable-terminal holding device in which a portable terminal is capable of being placed, and an operation controller which, if impact has been sensed by the sensor, is for notifying a prescribed party via the portable terminal unless the portable terminal is removed from the portable-terminal holding device within a predetermined period of time.
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18 Claims
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1. A vehicular communication apparatus mounted on an automotive vehicle, comprising:
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an image sensing device;
a data storage device for storing image data that has been captured by said image sensing device;
a sensor for sensing impact;
a portable-terminal holding device in which a portable terminal is capable of being placed; and
an operation controller which, if impact has been sensed by said sensor, is for notifying a prescribed party via said portable terminal unless said portable terminal is removed from said portable-terminal holding device within a predetermined period of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A vehicular communication apparatus mounted on an automotive vehicle, comprising:
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an image sensing device;
a data storage device for storing image data that has been captured by said image sensing device;
a sensor for sensing impact;
a portable-terminal holding device in which a portable terminal is capable of being placed; and
an operation controller which, if impact has been sensed by said sensor, is for transmitting, to the outside via the portable terminal placed in said portable-terminal holding device, image data that has been stored in said data storage device, and which, if impact has been sensed by said sensor when the portable terminal placed in said portable-terminal holding device is in a communicating state, is for severing this communication and transmitting the image data to the outside. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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- 9. A communication method implemented by installing, in an automotive vehicle, an image sensing device, a data storage device for storing image data that has been captured by said image sensing device, a sensor for sensing impact, and a portable-terminal holding device in which a portable terminal is capable of being placed, wherein if impact has been sensed by said sensor, a prescribed party is notified via said portable terminal unless said portable terminal is removed from said portable-terminal holding device within a predetermined period of time.
- 14. A communication method implemented by installing, in an automotive vehicle, an image sensing device, a data storage device for storing image data that has been captured by said image sensing device, a sensor for sensing impact, and a portable-terminal holding device in which a portable terminal is capable of being placed, wherein if impact has been sensed by said sensor, image data that has been stored in said data storage device is transmitted to the outside via said portable terminal placed in said portable-terminal holding device, and wherein if impact has been sensed by said sensor when said portable terminal placed in said portable-terminal holding device is in a communicating state, this communication is severed and the image data is transmitted to the outside.
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