In-vehicle apparatus
First Claim
1. An in-vehicle apparatus that is installed in a vehicle and that wirelessly communicates with a mobile terminal, the in-vehicle apparatus comprising:
- an image-capturing part that is installed on the vehicle and captures an image of a periphery of the vehicle;
an image generator that generates a first bird'"'"'s-eye image including the vehicle and the periphery of the vehicle viewed from a first virtual viewpoint based on the image captured by the image-capturing part;
a transmitter that wirelessly transmits the bird'"'"'s-eye image to the mobile terminal; and
a detector that detects a target approaching the vehicle, wherein;
based on a change request received from the mobile terminal, the image generator changes the first virtual viewpoint to a second virtual viewpoint and generates a second bird'"'"'s-eye image viewed from the second virtual viewpoint after changing from the first virtual viewpoint to the second virtual viewpoint,when a signal indicating that an automatic follow-up is selected is received from the mobile terminal, the image-capturing part initiates an automatic follow-up that is free from user input, the automatic follow-up causes the image-capturing part to point at the target approaching the vehicle, andthe transmitter sends the first bird'"'"'s-eye image from the first virtual viewpoint and sends the second bird'"'"'s eye-image from the second virtual viewpoint based on the received change request, and sends a video when the signal indicating that the automatic follow-up is selected is received from the mobile terminal.
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Abstract
An in-vehicle apparatus includes an image-capturing part that is installed on a vehicle and captures an image of a periphery of the vehicle, an image generator that generates a bird'"'"'s-eye image including the vehicle and the periphery of the vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint based on the image captured by the image-capturing part, and a transmitter that transmits the bird'"'"'s-eye image to a terminal. The image generator changes the virtual viewpoint based on a change request from the terminal and generates the bird'"'"'s-eye image viewed from the virtual viewpoint after changing the virtual viewpoint.
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1. An in-vehicle apparatus that is installed in a vehicle and that wirelessly communicates with a mobile terminal, the in-vehicle apparatus comprising:
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an image-capturing part that is installed on the vehicle and captures an image of a periphery of the vehicle; an image generator that generates a first bird'"'"'s-eye image including the vehicle and the periphery of the vehicle viewed from a first virtual viewpoint based on the image captured by the image-capturing part; a transmitter that wirelessly transmits the bird'"'"'s-eye image to the mobile terminal; and a detector that detects a target approaching the vehicle, wherein; based on a change request received from the mobile terminal, the image generator changes the first virtual viewpoint to a second virtual viewpoint and generates a second bird'"'"'s-eye image viewed from the second virtual viewpoint after changing from the first virtual viewpoint to the second virtual viewpoint, when a signal indicating that an automatic follow-up is selected is received from the mobile terminal, the image-capturing part initiates an automatic follow-up that is free from user input, the automatic follow-up causes the image-capturing part to point at the target approaching the vehicle, and the transmitter sends the first bird'"'"'s-eye image from the first virtual viewpoint and sends the second bird'"'"'s eye-image from the second virtual viewpoint based on the received change request, and sends a video when the signal indicating that the automatic follow-up is selected is received from the mobile terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An image providing method for wirelessly communicating an image from a vehicle to a mobile terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) capturing an image of a periphery of the vehicle from the vehicle; (b) generating a first bird'"'"'s-eye image including the vehicle and the periphery of the vehicle viewed from a first virtual viewpoint based on the captured image of the periphery of the vehicle; (c) wirelessly transmitting the generated first bird'"'"'s-eye image to the mobile terminal; (d) detecting a target approaching the vehicle, wherein the method further comprises the steps of; based on a change request from the mobile terminal, changing the first virtual viewpoint to a second virtual viewpoint and generating a second bird'"'"'s-eye image viewed from the second virtual viewpoint after changing from the first virtual viewpoint to the second virtual viewpoint, and when a signal indicating that an automatic follow-up is selected is received from the mobile terminal, initiating an automatic follow-up that is free from user input, the automatic follow-up causes the image-capturing part to point at the target approaching the vehicle, and (e) sending the first bird'"'"'s-eye image from the first virtual viewpoint and sending the second bird'"'"'s eye-image from the second virtual viewpoint based on the received change request, and then sending a video when the signal indicating that the automatic follow-up is selected is received from the mobile terminal. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium configured to store a program executable by a computer included in an in-vehicle apparatus that is installed in a vehicle, the in-vehicle apparatus being configured to wirelessly communicate with a mobile terminal, the program including instructions, that when executed by the computer, perform steps of:
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(a) capturing an image of a periphery of the vehicle from the vehicle; (b) generating a first bird'"'"'s-eye image including the vehicle and the periphery of the vehicle viewed from a first virtual viewpoint based on the captured image of the periphery of the vehicle; (c) wirelessly transmitting the generated first bird'"'"'s-eye image to the mobile terminal; (d) detecting a target approaching the vehicle, wherein the program instructions further comprise; based on a change request from the mobile terminal, changing the first virtual viewpoint to a second virtual viewpoint and generating a second bird'"'"'s-eye image viewed from the second virtual viewpoint after changing from the first virtual viewpoint to the second virtual viewpoint, and when a signal indicating that an automatic follow-up is selected is received from the mobile terminal, initiating an automatic follow-up that is free from user input, the automatic follow-up causing the image-capturing part to point at the target approaching the vehicle, and (e) sending the first bird'"'"'s-eye image from the first virtual viewpoint and sending the second bird'"'"'s eye-image from the second virtual viewpoint based on the received change request and then sending a video when the signal indicating that the automatic follow-up is selected is received from the mobile terminal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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