VEHICLE MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MONITORING VEHICLE
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1. A vehicle monitoring device comprising:
- a monitoring level determining mechanism that determines a monitoring level of a vehicle based on a state of the vehicle and a periphery of the vehicle;
a monitoring image generating mechanism that acquires a display mode of one of a moving image, a streaming video, and a still image based on the monitoring level to generate a monitoring image in the display mode based on a captured image captured by a camera mounted on the vehicle; and
a transmission mechanism that transmits information containing the monitoring image to an external terminal device via a communication line, whereinwhen receiving a request for the monitoring image from the external terminal device, the monitoring level determination mechanism determines the vehicle monitoring level to be a standard level, andwhen the monitoring level is determined to be the standard level, the monitoring image generating mechanism generates the monitoring image in the display mode of the still image.
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Abstract
A vehicle monitoring system is provided which determines the mode of display and the compressibility of a moving image, a streaming video and a still image based on a monitoring level determined by vehicle conditions detected. The system generates a monitoring image using the determined display mode or compressed at the determined compressibility and transmits the monitoring image to an external terminal device.
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32 Claims
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1. A vehicle monitoring device comprising:
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a monitoring level determining mechanism that determines a monitoring level of a vehicle based on a state of the vehicle and a periphery of the vehicle; a monitoring image generating mechanism that acquires a display mode of one of a moving image, a streaming video, and a still image based on the monitoring level to generate a monitoring image in the display mode based on a captured image captured by a camera mounted on the vehicle; and a transmission mechanism that transmits information containing the monitoring image to an external terminal device via a communication line, wherein when receiving a request for the monitoring image from the external terminal device, the monitoring level determination mechanism determines the vehicle monitoring level to be a standard level, and when the monitoring level is determined to be the standard level, the monitoring image generating mechanism generates the monitoring image in the display mode of the still image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 30)
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6. (canceled)
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10. A vehicle monitoring device comprising:
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a means for determining a vehicle monitoring level based on a state of the vehicle or in a periphery of the vehicle; a means for generating a monitoring image based on a captured image captured by a camera mounted on the vehicle at a frame rate in accordance with the monitoring level; and a means for transmitting information containing the monitoring image via a communication line to an external terminal device, wherein when receiving a request for the monitoring image from the external terminal device, the monitoring level determination mechanism determines the vehicle monitoring level to be a standard level, and when the monitoring level is determined to be the standard level, the monitoring image generating mechanism generates the monitoring image in the display mode of the still image. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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11. A vehicle monitoring method comprising:
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determining a monitoring level of a vehicle based on a state of the vehicle and a periphery of the vehicle; generating a monitoring image in a display mode of one of a moving image, a streaming video, and a still image based on a captured image captured by a camera mounted on the vehicle in accordance with the monitoring level; transmitting generated information including the monitoring image to an external terminal device using a communication line; and when a request is received for the monitoring image from the external terminal device and the monitoring level is determined to be a standard level, generating the monitoring image in the display mode of the still image.
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12. A vehicle monitoring device comprising:
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a monitoring level determining mechanism that determines a monitoring level of a vehicle based on a detected vehicle condition by detecting a state of the vehicle or of a surroundings of the vehicle; a monitoring image generating mechanism that calculates a compressibility in accordance with the monitoring level and generates a monitoring image compressing a captured image captured by a camera mounted on the vehicle at the compressibility calculated; and a transmission mechanism that transmits information including generated monitoring image to an external terminal device, wherein when receiving a request for the monitoring image from the external terminal device, the monitoring level determining mechanism determines the monitoring level to be a standard level, and the monitoring image generating mechanism generates, in accordance with the standard level, the monitoring image by compressing the captured image captured by the camera at a compressibility higher than a previously set standard compressibility. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 32)
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18. (canceled)
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22. A vehicle monitoring method comprising:
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determining a monitoring level of a vehicle based on a vehicle condition by detecting a state of the vehicle or of a surroundings of the vehicle; calculating a compressibility based on the monitoring level; generating a monitoring image compressing a captured image captured by a camera mounted on the vehicle by the compressibility calculated; transmitting information including the monitoring image generated to an external terminal device; and when the monitoring level is determined to be a standard level, generating the monitoring image by compressing the captured image captured by the camera at a compressibility higher than a previously set standard compressibility.
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23. A vehicle monitoring device comprising:
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a camera mounted on a vehicle for capturing a periphery of the vehicle; a monitoring image generating mechanism that, when presence of a monitoring target object is detected in the periphery of the vehicle, generates a moving image indicating a state change in the periphery of the vehicle as a monitoring image based on a captured image including the image corresponding to the monitoring target object; and a transmission mechanism that transmits the monitoring image to an external terminal device using a communication line, wherein, when the monitoring target object is not detected in the periphery of the vehicle, monitoring image generating mechanism generates a still image showing a temporary state of a vicinity of the vehicle based on the captured image captured by the camera. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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24. (canceled)
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29. A vehicle monitoring method comprising:
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acquiring a captured image of a surroundings of a vehicle; when an image corresponding to a monitoring target object has been detected in the captured image, generating a moving image as a monitoring image that indicates a state of change in the surroundings of the vehicle based on the captured image including a monitoring target object; and when the monitoring target object has not been detected in the captured image, generating a still image showing a temporary state of the surroundings of the vehicle based on the captured image; and transmitting the monitoring image to an external terminal device.
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