INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION DEVICE
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Abstract
An information distribution device capable of distributing call attention information for calling attention to an event after confirming whether or not an event has occurred depending on circumstances is provided. A communication unit receives vehicle information, which relates to the behavior of a vehicle, and image information, which includes an image photographed by a vehicle has photographed, and distributes the call attention information for calling attention to an event, to a vehicle. A control unit determines whether or not to make a request to a vehicle for transmission of the image information, based on vehicle information or weather information, and makes a request to a vehicle for transmission of an image if it is determined to make a request for transmission of the image information.
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22 Claims
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12. An information distribution device which distributes call attention information for calling attention to an event to a vehicle, based on at least one of image information, which includes an image photographed by an image pickup unit in a vehicle, vehicle information, which relates to the behavior of a vehicle, and weather information, comprising:
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a first information acquisition unit configured to acquire at least one of the vehicle information and the weather information; an image transmission request determination unit configured to determine whether or not to make a request to a vehicle for transmission of the image information based on at least one of the vehicle information and the weather information acquired by the first information acquisition unit; an output unit configured to output a request for transmission of the image information to a vehicle if the image transmission request determination unit determines to make a request for transmission of the image information; a second information acquisition unit configured to acquire the image information from a vehicle that has responded to the request for transmission of the image information; a call attention information distribution determination unit configured to determine whether or not to distribute the call attention information to a vehicle, based on the image information acquired by the second information acquisition unit; and a first call attention information distribution unit configured to distribute the call attention information to a vehicle if the call attention information distribution determination unit determines to distribute the call attention information to a vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An information distribution device which distributes specific position information, which relates to the circumstances of an event in a specific position stored in an external server, to a vehicle, comprising:
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an event information acquisition unit configured to acquire event information, which relates to the position of an event, from at least one of a vehicle and an external server; and a specific position information acquisition unit configured to acquire the specific position information stored in the external server based on the position of an event included in the event information acquired by the event information acquisition unit, wherein the specific position information acquisition unit makes the frequency of requests to the external server for specific position information after acquisition of the event information by the event information acquisition unit higher than the frequency of requests to the external server for specific position information before acquisition of the event information by the event information acquisition unit. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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