Vehicle monitoring system
First Claim
1. A vehicle monitoring system comprising:
- an acquisition unit provided in a vehicle, said acquisition unit configured to acquire at least one of images or sounds; and
an error detection unit provided in the vehicle, said error detection unit configured to detect errors in the vehicle,when the error detection unit has detected an error, acquisition results output from the acquisition unit are sent outside the vehicle via a mobile information terminal provided in the vehicle,the mobile information terminal comprises a rechargeable battery unit, and the acquisition unit, of an on-board device, is powered by the rechargeable battery unit of the mobile information terminal,the mobile information terminal is configured to change an error detection mode of the error detection unit in accordance with a state of the rechargeable battery unit in the mobile information terminal,a power source unit of the on-board device is configured to recharge the rechargeable battery unit by using power from an on-board battery, andthe power source unit of the on-board device is also powered by the on-board battery in accordance with a state of the on-board battery.
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Abstract
Provided is a system capable of reducing production costs. The system (on-board device) comprises an acquisition unit provided in a vehicle and comprising a camera unit that captures images and/or a microphone unit that captures sound; and an error detection unit that detects vehicle errors. The system sends the acquisition results from the acquisition unit, such as images and sound, to outside the vehicle in conjunction with a mobile information terminal provided in the vehicle, when the error detection unit has detected an error. Ideally, the mobile information terminal has a rechargeable battery unit and the acquisition unit and/or the error detection unit have power supplied thereto from the battery unit in the mobile information terminal, and can operate thereby. Also, the error detection unit ideally changes the error detection mode in accordance with the state of the battery unit in the mobile information terminal.
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1. A vehicle monitoring system comprising:
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an acquisition unit provided in a vehicle, said acquisition unit configured to acquire at least one of images or sounds; and an error detection unit provided in the vehicle, said error detection unit configured to detect errors in the vehicle, when the error detection unit has detected an error, acquisition results output from the acquisition unit are sent outside the vehicle via a mobile information terminal provided in the vehicle, the mobile information terminal comprises a rechargeable battery unit, and the acquisition unit, of an on-board device, is powered by the rechargeable battery unit of the mobile information terminal, the mobile information terminal is configured to change an error detection mode of the error detection unit in accordance with a state of the rechargeable battery unit in the mobile information terminal, a power source unit of the on-board device is configured to recharge the rechargeable battery unit by using power from an on-board battery, and the power source unit of the on-board device is also powered by the on-board battery in accordance with a state of the on-board battery. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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