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US 12,223,747 B2Granted
Control device, control method and program
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAi Miyata
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Abstract
A control device includes a control unit configured to: acquire a first image, a second image and report information, the first image being an image resulting from photographing a vehicle before a user gets in the vehicle, the second image being an image resulting from photographing the vehicle after the user gets out of the vehicle, the report information being relevant to a change in a state of the vehicle and being reported by the user; detect the change in the state of the vehicle based on the first image and the second image; and evaluate the user based on the detected change and the report information.
Claims11
A control device comprising a control unit configured to:
- determine whether a user arrives at a vehicle;
- upon determination that the user arrives at the vehicle, capture a first image of an external appearance of the vehicle before the user gets in the vehicle;
- determine whether the user gets out of the vehicle;
- upon determination that the user gets out of the vehicle, capture a second image of the external appearance of the vehicle after the user gets out of the vehicle;
- detect a first change in a state of the external appearance of the vehicle by comparing first luminance values of pixels of the first image to second luminance values of pixels of the second image;
- acquire report information indicating a second change in the state of the vehicle based on responses of the user to a plurality of questions regarding the state of the external appearance of the vehicle;
- determine whether the report information includes information about the second change;
- upon determination that the report information includes the second change, modify a total number of points assigned to the user;
- determine whether the first change coincides with the second change;
- upon determination that the first change coincides with the second change, modify the total number of points assigned to the user;
- determine whether the first change comprises a deterioration of the vehicle;
- upon determination that the first change does not comprise the deterioration of the vehicle, modify the total number of points assigned to the user;
- determine whether the second change includes information that is not included in the first change;
- upon determination that the second change includes information that is not included in the first change, modify the total number of points assigned to the user;
- and
- evaluate the user based on the total number of points assigned to the user.
13 more elements
A control method that is executed by a control device, the control method comprising:
- determining whether a user arrives at a vehicle;
- upon determination that the user arrives at the vehicle, capturing a first image of an external appearance of the vehicle before the user gets in the vehicle;
- determining whether the user gets out of the vehicle;
- upon determination that the user gets out of the vehicle, capturing a second image of the external appearance of the vehicle after the user gets out of the vehicle;
- detecting a first change in a state of the external appearance of the vehicle by comparing first luminance values of pixels of the first image to second luminance values of pixels of the second image;
- acquiring report information indicating a second change in the state of the vehicle based on responses of the user to a plurality of questions regarding the state of the external appearance of the vehicle;
- determining whether the report information includes information about the second change;
- upon determination that the report information includes the second change, modifying a total number of points assigned to the user;
- determining whether the first change coincides with the second change;
- upon determination that the first change coincides with the second change, modifying the total number of points assigned to the user;
- determining whether the first change comprises a deterioration of the vehicle;
- upon determination that the first change does not comprise the deterioration of the vehicle, modifying the total number of points assigned to the user;
- determining whether the second change includes information that is not included in the first change;
- upon determination that the second change includes information that is not included in the first change, modifying the total number of points assigned to the user;
- and
- evaluating the user based on the total number of points assigned to the user.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute an operation comprising:
- determining whether a user arrives at a vehicle;
- upon determination that the user arrives at the vehicle, capturing a first image of an external appearance of the vehicle before the user gets in the vehicle;
- determining whether the user gets out of the vehicle;
- upon determination that the user gets out of the vehicle, capturing a second image of the external appearance of the vehicle after the user gets out of the vehicle;
- detecting a first change in a state of the external appearance of the vehicle by comparing first luminance values of pixels of the first image to second luminance values of pixels of the second image;
- acquiring report information indicating a second change in the state of the vehicle based on responses of the user to a plurality of questions regarding the state of the external appearance of the vehicle;
- determining whether the report information includes information about the second change;
- upon determination that the report information includes the second change, modifying a total number of points assigned to the user;
- determining whether the first change coincides with the second change;
- upon determination that the first change coincides with the second change, modifying the total number of points assigned to the user;
- determining whether the first change comprises a deterioration of the vehicle;
- upon determination that the first change does not comprise the deterioration of the vehicle, modifying the total number of points assigned to the user;
- determining whether the second change includes information that is not included in the first change;
- upon determination that the second change includes information that is not included in the first change, modifying the total number of points assigned to the user;
- and
- evaluating the user based on the total number of points assigned to the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.