INFORMATION TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, WEATHER CONDITION ACQUISITION SYSTEM, SERVER APPARATUS, INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND PROGRAM
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1. An information transmission apparatus which moves with a movable body, comprising:
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a weather information generation unit which generates weather information indicating weather condition at an imaging place by the imaging unit, based on images of a wiper of the movable body taken by the imaging unit;
an acquisition unit which acquires position information of the imaging place; and
a transmission unit which transmits the weather information and the position information.
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Abstract
This information transmission apparatus that moves with a mobile body is provided with: a photographing means; a weather information generating means which generates, on the basis of a mobile body wiper image photographed by means of the photographing means, weather information that indicates weather conditions of a location where the photographing means photographed the image; an acquisition means that acquires positional information of the photographing location; and a transmission means, which transmits the weather information and the positional information.
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1. An information transmission apparatus which moves with a movable body, comprising:
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an imaging unit; a weather information generation unit which generates weather information indicating weather condition at an imaging place by the imaging unit, based on images of a wiper of the movable body taken by the imaging unit; an acquisition unit which acquires position information of the imaging place; and a transmission unit which transmits the weather information and the position information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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12. An information transmission method executed by an information transmission apparatus which includes an imaging unit and which moves with a movable body, comprising:
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a weather information generation process which generates weather information indicating weather condition at an imaging place by the imaging unit, based on images of a wiper of the movable body taken by the imaging unit; an acquisition process which acquires position information of the imaging place; and a transmission process which transmits the weather information and the position information.
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13. A computer program product stored in a non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium and executed by an information transmission apparatus which includes an imaging unit and a computer and which moves with a movable body, the computer program product, when operated, causing the computer function as:
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a weather information generation unit which generates weather information indicating weather condition at an imaging place by the imaging unit, based on images of a wiper of the movable body taken by the imaging unit; an acquisition unit which acquires position information of the imaging place; and a transmission unit which transmits the weather information and the position information.
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Current AssigneePioneer Corporation
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Original AssigneePioneer Corporation
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InventorsHIROI, Kimihiko, TAKAHASHI, Katsuhiko, YANO, Kenichiro, KOMURO, Toshiyuki, HIROTSU, Masaki, YANO, Yuya, TERAO, Arihito, OSHIMI, Ryu, SUZUKI, Mitsuharu, YASUNAKA, Keisuke
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Application NumberUS14/897,356Publication NumberTime in Patent OfficeDaysField of SearchUS Class Current1/1CPC Class CodesG01W 1/00 MeteorologyG01W 1/02 Instruments for indicating ...G06V 20/56 exterior to a vehicle by us...
