Server, vehicle detection system, and vehicle detection method
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYui Sugie, Koichi Suzuki, Naoki Uenoyama, Hiroki Takeda, Hirohiko Morikawa, Genshi Kuno
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Abstract
A server includes a control unit. The control unit determines whether a parked vehicle is used as a shelter based on a first image which is included in an image captured by a camera and which is obtained by imaging the vehicle and surroundings of the vehicle.
Claims17
A server comprising a processor configured to determine whether a parked vehicle is used as a shelter based on a first image which is included in an image captured by a camera and which is obtained by imaging the vehicle and surroundings of the vehicle, wherein:
- the first image includes an image from a far-infrared camera that is able to measure a temperature of a subject as at least a part of the first image;
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- the processor is configured to evaluate that there is a higher likelihood that the vehicle is used as a shelter when it is recognized from the image from the far-infrared camera that at least a part of the vehicle has a temperature different from that of surroundings than when it is recognized that at least a part of the vehicle does not have a temperature different from that of the surroundings.
A vehicle detection system comprising:
- a mobile object that includes a camera;
- and
- a server that is able to communicate with the mobile object, wherein
- the server includes a processor configured to determine whether a parked vehicle is used as a shelter based on a first image which is included in an image captured by the camera and which is obtained by imaging the vehicle and surroundings of the vehicle,
- the mobile object transmits position information of the vehicle to the server, and
- the processor of the server is configured to recognize identification information of the vehicle based on the first image, to acquire position information of the vehicle from the mobile object, and to transmit the identification information and the position information of the vehicle to the outside when it is determined that an evaluation value indicating a likelihood that the vehicle is used as a shelter is higher than a predetermined value.
A vehicle detection method comprising causing a processor to determine whether a parked vehicle is used as a shelter based on a first image which is included in an image captured by a camera and which is obtained by imaging the vehicle and surroundings of the vehicle, wherein:
- the processor recognizes identification information of the vehicle based on the first image;
- the processor acquires position information of the vehicle from the mobile object having the camera mounted therein;
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- the processor transmits the identification information and the position information of the vehicle to the outside when it is determined that an evaluation value indicating a likelihood that the vehicle is used as a shelter is higher than a predetermined value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.