Vehicle mounted device, server device, and communication system
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1. A vehicle mounted device mounted in a vehicle, comprising:
- an AV input/output unit including at least a camera, a microphone, a display monitor, and a speaker;
a first local communication unit for transmitting a first data including at least one of a first video data and a first audio data generated by the AV input/output unit to a server device, the first local communication unit further receiving a second data including at least one of a second video data and a second audio data from the server device;
a first recording unit for recording therein the first data and the second data; and
a first controller for controlling the AV input/output unit, the first recording unit, and the first local communication unit,wherein the first recording unit further records therein a unique information which can identify the vehicle or a user of the vehicle, and the first local communication unit transmits the unique information to the server device, andsaid server device comprises;
a second local communication unit;
a global communication unit to be constantly connected to a network including at least one of telephone network and IP communication network to transmit and receive data;
a second recording unit for recording therein the first and second data; and
a second controller for controlling the second recording unit, the global communication unit, and the second local communication unit,wherein the second controller includes a communication controller, and the communication controller carries out the following processing steps;
receive the second data from an information communication apparatus connected through the network by way of the global communication unit and record the received second data in the second recording unit;
identify the vehicle mounted device based on the unique information received by the second local communication unit and record the first data of the vehicle mounted device received by the second local communication unit in the second recording unit;
read the first data from the second recording unit and identify the vehicle mounted device relevant to the read first data, and then transmit the read first data to the information communication apparatus by way of the global communication unit; and
read the second data from the second recording unit and transmit the read second data to the identified vehicle mounted device by way of the second local communication unit.
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Abstract
A first local communication part of a vehicle mounted device transmits a first data including at least one of a first video data or a first audio data generated by an AV input/output unit of the vehicle mounted device to a server device. The first local communication unit receives a second data including at least one of a second video data or a second audio data from the server device. A first recording unit of the vehicle mounted device records therein the first data, the second data, and a unique information relating to a vehicle or a user of the vehicle. The first local communication unit further transmits the unique information to the server device.
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28 Claims
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1. A vehicle mounted device mounted in a vehicle, comprising:
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an AV input/output unit including at least a camera, a microphone, a display monitor, and a speaker; a first local communication unit for transmitting a first data including at least one of a first video data and a first audio data generated by the AV input/output unit to a server device, the first local communication unit further receiving a second data including at least one of a second video data and a second audio data from the server device; a first recording unit for recording therein the first data and the second data; and a first controller for controlling the AV input/output unit, the first recording unit, and the first local communication unit, wherein the first recording unit further records therein a unique information which can identify the vehicle or a user of the vehicle, and the first local communication unit transmits the unique information to the server device, and said server device comprises; a second local communication unit; a global communication unit to be constantly connected to a network including at least one of telephone network and IP communication network to transmit and receive data; a second recording unit for recording therein the first and second data; and a second controller for controlling the second recording unit, the global communication unit, and the second local communication unit, wherein the second controller includes a communication controller, and the communication controller carries out the following processing steps; receive the second data from an information communication apparatus connected through the network by way of the global communication unit and record the received second data in the second recording unit; identify the vehicle mounted device based on the unique information received by the second local communication unit and record the first data of the vehicle mounted device received by the second local communication unit in the second recording unit; read the first data from the second recording unit and identify the vehicle mounted device relevant to the read first data, and then transmit the read first data to the information communication apparatus by way of the global communication unit; and read the second data from the second recording unit and transmit the read second data to the identified vehicle mounted device by way of the second local communication unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A communication system comprising:
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a plurality of vehicle mounted devices, each of said plurality of vehicle mounted devices comprising; an AV input/output unit including at least a camera, a microphone, a display monitor, and a speaker; a first local communication unit for transmitting a first data including at least one of a first video data and a first audio data generated by the AV input/output unit to a server device, the first local communication unit further receiving a second data including at least one of a second video data and a second audio data from the server device; a first recording unit for recording therein the first data and the second data; and a first controller for controlling the AV input/output unit, the first recording unit, and the first local communication unit, wherein the first recording unit further records therein a unique information which can identify the vehicle or a user of the vehicle, and the first local communication unit transmits the unique information to the server device; and each server device comprising; a second local communication unit; a global communication unit to be constantly connected to a network including at least one of telephone network and IP communication network to transmit and receive data; a second recording unit for recording therein the first and second data; and a second controller for controlling the second recording unit, the global communication unit, and the second local communication unit, wherein the second controller includes a communication controller, and the communication controller carries out the following processing steps; receive the second data from an information communication apparatus connected through the network by way of the global communication unit and record the received second data in the second recording unit; identify the vehicle mounted device based on the unique information received by the second local communication unit and record the first data of the vehicle mounted device received by the second local communication unit in the second recording unit; read the first data from the second recording unit and identify the vehicle mounted device relevant to the read first data, and then transmit the read first data to the information communication apparatus by way of the global communication unit; read the second data from the second recording unit and transmit the read second data to the identified vehicle mounted device by way of the second local communication unit; and wherein the second controller includes a communication selector, and, when the second local communication unit is connected to the vehicle mounted device and the global communication unit is connected to the information communication apparatus to allow communication therebetween, the communication selector arbitrarily selects one of communication with the vehicle mounted device and communication with the information communication apparatus; and a plurality of information communication apparatuses connected to the global communication unit through the network to enable data transmission and reception therebetween, wherein communication transfer requesters for transmitting a first request to the server device are respectively provided in the vehicle mounted devices and the information communication apparatuses, the first request being requested by one of the communication transfer requesters to shift communication currently ongoing between the server device and the vehicle mounted device or the information communication apparatus provided with the one of the communication transfer requesters to communication between the server device and the other vehicle mounted device or the other information communication apparatus, and the communication selector of the server device which receives the first request selects one of communication with the vehicle mounted device and communication with the information communication apparatus depending on the first request. - View Dependent Claims (23, 25)
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22. A communication system, comprising:
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a plurality of vehicle mounted devices, each of said plurality of vehicle mounted devices comprising; an AV input/output unit including at least a camera, a microphone, a display monitor, and a speaker; a first local communication unit for transmitting a first data including at least one of a first video data and a first audio data generated by the AV input/output unit to a server device, the first local communication unit further receiving a second data including at least one of a second video data and a second audio data from the server device; a first recording unit for recording therein the first data and the second data; and a first controller for controlling the AV input/output unit, the first recording unit, and the first local communication unit, wherein the first recording unit further records therein a unique information which can identify the vehicle or a user of the vehicle, and the first local communication unit transmits the unique information to the server device; each server device comprising; a second local communication unit; a global communication unit to be constantly connected to a network including at least one of telephone network and IP communication network to transmit and receive data; a second recording unit for recording therein the first and second data; and a second controller for controlling the second recording unit, the global communication unit, and the second local communication unit, wherein the second controller includes a communication controller, and the communication controller carries out the following processing steps; receive the second data from an information communication apparatus connected through the network by way of the global communication unit and record the received second data in the second recording unit; identify the vehicle mounted device based on the unique information received by the second local communication unit and record the first data of the vehicle mounted device received by the second local communication unit in the second recording unit; read the first data from the second recording unit and identify the vehicle mounted device relevant to the read first data, and then transmit the read first data to the information communication apparatus by way of the global communication unit; read the second data from the second recording unit and transmit the read second data to the identified vehicle mounted device by way of the second local communication unit; and wherein the second controller includes a communication selector, and, when the second local communication unit is connected to the vehicle mounted device and the global communication unit is connected to the information communication apparatus to allow communication therebetween, the communication selector arbitrarily selects one of communication with the vehicle mounted device and communication with the information communication apparatus; and a plurality of information communication apparatuses connected to the global communication unit through the network to enable data transmission and reception therebetween, wherein communication acceptance requesters for transmitting a second request to the server device are respectively provided in the vehicle mounted devices and the information communication apparatuses, the second request being requested by one of the communication acceptance requesters to shift communication currently ongoing between the server device and the other vehicle mounted device or the other information communication apparatus to communication between the server device and the vehicle mounted device or the information communication apparatus provided with the one of the communication acceptance requesters, and the communication selector of the server device which receives the second request selects one of communication with the vehicle mounted device and communication with the information communication apparatus depending on the second request. - View Dependent Claims (24, 26)
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27. A communication system communication system, comprising:
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a vehicle mounted device, comprising; an AV input/output unit including at least a camera, a microphone, a display monitor, and a speaker; a first local communication unit for transmitting a first data including at least one of a first video data and a first audio data generated by the AV input/output unit to a server device, the first local communication unit further receiving a second data including at least one of a second video data and a second audio data from the server device; a first recording unit for recording therein the first data and the second data; and a first controller for controlling the AV input/output unit, the first recording unit, and the first local communication unit, wherein the first recording unit further records therein a unique information which can identify the vehicle or a user of the vehicle, the first local communication unit transmits the unique information to the server device, the first local communication unit receives a communication addressee information indicating a communication addressee uniquely assigned to the vehicle mounted device from the server device, and the first local communication unit imparts the communication addressee information to the first data to be transmitted to the server device, the service device comprises; a second local communication unit, a global communication unit to be constantly connected to a network including at least one of telephone network and IP communication network to transmit and receive data; a second recording unit for recording therein the first and second data; and a second controller for controlling the second recording unit, the global communication unit, and the second local communication unit, wherein the second controller includes a communication controller, and the communication controller carries out the following processing steps; receive the second data from an information communication apparatus connected through the network by way of the global communication unit and record the received second data in the second recording unit; identify the vehicle mounted device based on the unique information received by the second local communication unit and record the first data of the vehicle mounted device received by the second local communication unit in the second recording unit; read the first data from the second recording unit and identify the vehicle mounted device relevant to the read first data, and then transmit the read first data to the information communication apparatus by way of the global communication unit; and read the second data from the second recording unit and transmit the read second data to the identified vehicle mounted device by way of the second local communication unit; wherein the second recording unit of the server device records therein the unique information, and the second controller of the server device further includes an authenticator for authenticating the vehicle based on the unique information.
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28. A communication system, comprising:
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a vehicle mounted device, comprising; an AV input/output unit including at least a camera, a microphone, a display monitor, and a speaker; a first local communication unit for transmitting a first data including at least one of a first video data and a first audio data generated by the AV input/output unit to a server device, the first local communication unit further receiving a second data including at least one of a second video data and a second audio data from the server device; a first recording unit for recording therein the first data and the second data; and a first controller for controlling the AV input/output unit, the first recording unit, and the first local communication unit, wherein the first recording unit further records therein a unique information which can identify the vehicle or a user of the vehicle, and the first local communication unit transmits the unique information to the server device, the service device comprises; a second local communication unit; a global communication unit to be constantly connected to a network including at least one of telephone network and IP communication network to transmit and receive data; a second recording unit for recording therein the first and second data; and a second controller for controlling the second recording unit, the global communication unit, and the second local communication unit, wherein the second controller includes a communication controller, and the communication controller carries out the following processing steps; receive the second data from an information communication apparatus connected through the network by way of the global communication unit and record the received second data in the second recording unit; identify the vehicle mounted device based on the unique information received by the second local communication unit and record the first data of the vehicle mounted device received by the second local communication unit in the second recording unit; read the first data from the second recording unit and identify the vehicle mounted device relevant to the read first data, and then transmit the read first data to the information communication apparatus by way of the global communication unit; and read the second data from the second recording unit and transmit the read second data to the identified vehicle mounted device by way of the second local communication unit; wherein the first controller of the vehicle mounted device further includes a synchronous reproducer for synchronously reproducing a plurality of the first and second data based on recording (imaging) start time or recording (imaging) end time information of the first and second video data included in the plurality of the first and second data, and the second recording unit of the server device further includes a time information recorder for recording the first and second data received by the second local communication unit and the global communication unit with the recording (imaging) start time and recording (imaging) end time information appended thereto.
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