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Vehicle monitoring device and method of monitoring vehicle

  • US 9,842,261 B2
  • Filed: 04/17/2012
  • Issued: 12/12/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle monitoring device comprising:

  • a monitoring level determining mechanism that determines a monitoring level of a vehicle,based in part on a state of the vehicle as determined from vehicle state detection sensors, on receipt of a request for a monitoring image, on a presence of a monitoring target object in a captured still image, and on a state of the monitoring target object in the captured still image as compared to a location, a movement, and an activity of the monitoring target object in previously captured still images, wherein the captured still image and the previously captured still images are received from a camera directed toward a periphery of the vehicle;

    a monitoring image generating mechanism that determines a display mode based on the monitoring level to generate the monitoring image in the display mode using the captured still image and the previously captured still images,wherein the display mode is one of a moving image, a streaming image, and a still image, andwherein the monitoring image generating mechanism generates a monitoring image that is a moving image or a streaming image by successive sequencing of the captured still image and the previously captured still images; and

    a transmission mechanism that transmits information containing the monitoring image to an external terminal device via a communication line, whereinwhen receiving the request for the monitoring image from the external terminal device, the monitoring level determining mechanism determines the 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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