Connected camera system for vehicles
AssigneeToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
InventorMasashi Nakagawa
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Abstract
Methods and systems for sharing image data between vehicles. The system includes an image sensor of a first vehicle configured to detect image data of an environment around the first vehicle as it traverses a road. The system also includes a transceiver of the first vehicle configured to communicate the detected image data. The system also includes a transceiver of a second vehicle configured to receive the detected image data. The system also includes a display screen of the second vehicle configured to display a view of the environment around the road based on the detected image data.
Claims20
A system for sharing image data between vehicles, the system comprising:
- an image sensor on a first vehicle configured to detect image data of an environment around the first vehicle as the first vehicle traverses a road;
- a transceiver on the first vehicle configured to communicate the detected image data and associated attribute data including driver information of the first vehicle associated with the traversal of the road;
- a transceiver on a second vehicle configured to receive the detected image data based on the associated attribute data matching requested attribute data included in a user request from a user of the second vehicle;
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- a display screen on the second vehicle configured to display the detected image data.
A system for sharing image data between vehicles, the system comprising:
- a transceiver on a first vehicle configured to communicate a request for an image of the first vehicle at a location to be captured by an image sensor on a second vehicle, the request including attribute data including driver information of the second vehicle;
- a transceiver on the second vehicle configured to communicate image data of the image of the first vehicle at the location captured by the image sensor on the second vehicle;
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- a remote data server configured to:
- receive the request from the first vehicle for the image of the first vehicle at the location,
- communicate the request from the first vehicle to the second vehicle based on the request from the first vehicle including the attribute data including the driver information of the second vehicle,
- receive the image data of the image of the first vehicle at the location from the second vehicle, and
- communicate the image data of the image of the first vehicle at the location to the first vehicle based on the request from the first vehicle including the attribute data including the driver information of the second vehicle.
A method for sharing image data between vehicles, the method comprising:
- detecting, by an image sensor on an image-taking vehicle, image data of an environment around the image-taking vehicle as the image-taking vehicle traverses a road;
- communicating, by a transceiver on the image-taking vehicle, the detected image data and associated attribute data including driver information of the image-taking vehicle associated with the traversal of the road;
- receiving, by a transceiver on an image-receiving vehicle or a transceiver on a mobile device, the detected image data based on the associated attribute data matching requested attribute data included in a user request from a user of the image-receiving vehicle or the mobile device;
- and displaying, by a display screen on the image-receiving vehicle or a display screen on the mobile device, a view of the environment around the image-taking vehicle based on the detected image data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.