# US 12,010,777 B2 · Crime prevention system, crime prevention method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,777 B2 - Document ID: US12010777B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/213,001 - Filed: 2023-06-22 - Published: 2023-12-28 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2022-06-28 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Hiromitsu Urano - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010777B2 ## CPC - B60Q 1/247: {for illuminating the close surroundings of the vehicle, e.g. to facilitate entry or exit (for reverse drive B60Q1/22; by opening a side door B60Q1/323)} - H05B 47/105: in response to determined parameters - B60Q 1/544: {for indicating other states or conditions of the vehicle occupants, e.g. for indicating disabled occupants} - G06V 10/141: Control of illumination - G06V 20/53: {Recognition of crowd images, e.g. recognition of crowd congestion} - G06V 20/58: Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads - G06V 40/10: Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands - G06V 40/103: {Static body considered as a whole, e.g. static pedestrian or occupant recognition} - G06V 40/20: Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition (recognition of facial expressions G06V40/16) - B60Q 2400/40: Welcome lights, i.e. specific or existing exterior lamps to assist leaving or approaching the vehicle - B60Q 2800/10: Autonomous vehicles - H05B 47/115: by determining the presence or movement of objects or living beings - B60Q: ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING ## Abstract The crime prevention system executes evaluating whether or not a degree of safety of the passenger getting off the vehicle is equal to or higher than a predetermined level on a basis of a recognition result of the recognition sensor (at least one of a first recognition sensor and a second recognition sensor), in a case where the degree of safety is lower than the predetermined level, executing illumination control of irradiating a position of the passenger getting off the vehicle with illumination from the illumination device (at least a first illumination device) while the vehicle is kept stopped for a period set in accordance with the degree of safety, and terminating the illumination control in response to a predetermined termination condition being satisfied. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A crime prevention system that provides a crime prevention service to a passenger getting off a vehicle that transports passengers, the crime prevention system comprising: a recognition sensor configured to recognize an environment situation around the vehicle and recognize persons including the passenger getting off the vehicle; an illumination device; and an information processing device, wherein the information processing device is configured to: evaluate whether or not a degree of safety of the passenger getting off the vehicle is equal to or higher than a predetermined level on a basis of a recognition result of the recognition sensor; in a case where the degree of safety is lower than the predetermined level, execute illumination control of irradiating a position of the passenger getting off the vehicle with illumination from the illumination device while the vehicle is kept stopped for a period set in accordance with the degree of safety; and terminate the illumination control in response to a predetermined termination condition being satisfied. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The crime prevention system according to claim 1, wherein: the recognition sensor is mounted on the vehicle; the illumination device is mounted on the vehicle; and the information processing device is mounted on the vehicle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The crime prevention system according to claim 1, wherein the recognition sensor includes: a first recognition sensor mounted on the vehicle; and a second recognition sensor provided at an infrastructure device capable of performing communication with the vehicle, wherein the information processing device is configured to evaluate whether or not the degree of safety is equal to or higher than the predetermined level on a basis of at least one of a first recognition result of the first recognition sensor and a second recognition result of the second recognition sensor. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The crime prevention system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined termination condition includes at least one of a condition that the degree of safety becomes equal to or higher than the predetermined level, a condition that a distance from the vehicle to the passenger getting off the vehicle becomes equal to or longer than a predetermined distance, a condition that the passenger getting off the vehicle is no longer recognized by the recognition sensor, and a condition that the passenger getting off the vehicle stays at a place where the passenger getting off the vehicle gets off the vehicle for a period equal to or longer than a fixed period. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The crime prevention system according to claim 1, wherein: the recognition of the environment situation includes at least one of obtainment of information on a degree of brightness and obtainment of information on a degree of busyness; and the recognition of the persons includes at least one of obtainment of information regarding the passenger getting off the vehicle, obtainment of information regarding behavior of the passenger getting off the vehicle, obtainment of information regarding a surrounding person of the passenger getting off the vehicle and obtainment of information regarding behavior of the surrounding person. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The crime prevention system according to claim 5, wherein the information processing device is configured to evaluate the degree of safety on a basis of a combination of at least two among the information on the degree of brightness, the information on the degree of busyness, the information regarding the passenger getting off the vehicle, the information regarding the behavior of the passenger getting off the vehicle, the information regarding the surrounding person of the passenger getting off the vehicle and the information regarding the behavior of the surrounding person. ### Claim 7 A crime prevention method for providing a crime prevention service to a passenger getting off a vehicle that transports passengers, the crime prevention method comprising: evaluating whether or not a degree of safety of the passenger getting off the vehicle is equal to or higher than a predetermined level on a basis of a recognition result of a recognition sensor that recognizes an environment situation around the vehicle and recognizes persons including the passenger getting off the vehicle; in a case where the degree of safety is lower than the predetermined level, executing illumination control of irradiating a position of the passenger getting off the vehicle with illumination from an illumination device while the vehicle is kept stopped for a period set in accordance with the degree of safety; and terminating the illumination control in response to a predetermined termination condition being satisfied. ### Claim 8 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a crime prevention program that is configured to cause a computer to execute: evaluating whether or not a degree of safety of a passenger getting off the vehicle is equal to or higher than a predetermined level on a basis of a recognition result of a recognition sensor that recognizes an environment situation around the vehicle and recognizes persons including the passenger getting off the vehicle; in a case where the degree of safety is lower than the predetermined level, executing illumination control of irradiating a position of the passenger getting off the vehicle with illumination from an illumination device while the vehicle is kept stopped for a period set in accordance with the degree of safety; and terminating the illumination control in response to a predetermined termination condition being satisfied.