# US 2018/0027231 A1 · Image transmitting device

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- Number: US 2018/0027231 A1
- Document ID: US20180027231A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/698,966
- Filed: 2017-09-08
- Published: 2018-01-25
- Earliest claimed: 2013-05-24
- Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
- Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
- Inventors: Shinichi SHIKII; Motoji OHMORI; Koichi KUSUKAME
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180027231A1

## CPC

- H04N 17/004: {for digital television systems}
- B60R 1/002: {specially adapted for covering the peripheral part of the vehicle, e.g. for viewing tyres, bumpers or the like (integrated in the windows B60R1/001; combined with rear-view mirrors B60R1/08)}
- B60R 25/1006: {Mechanical sensors, e.g. pendulums (B60R25/101 takes precedence)}
- B60R 25/305: {using a camera}
- G07C 5/008: {communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C)}
- H04N 7/16: Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
- H04N 7/185: {from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control}
- H04N 21/2187: Live feed
- H04N 21/41407: {embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop (constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57)}
- H04N 21/47202: {for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand}
- H04N 23/20: for generating image signals from infrared radiation only
- B60R 2300/8073: for vehicle security, e.g. parked vehicle surveillance, burglar detection
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE

## Abstract

In order to enhance security of a parked vehicle, an image transmitting device to be mounted on a vehicle includes: a checking unit that checks, at a parking place of the vehicle, communicability with an external device outside of the vehicle, that is, whether an image can be transmitted from the parking place to the external device; a providing unit that provides notification information based on a result of the checking by the checking unit; a capturing unit that captures an image while the vehicle is parked; and a transmitting unit that transmits the image captured by the capturing unit to the external device.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

1-20. (canceled)

### Claim 21

An image transmitting device to be mounted on a vehicle, the image transmitting device comprising:
a capturing unit configured to capture an infrared image using an infrared camera directed toward an outside of the vehicle while the vehicle is traveling;
a transmitting unit configured to transmit the infrared image captured by the capturing unit to an external device; and
a sensing unit configured to sense that a braking operation of the vehicle has been performed,
wherein the capturing unit is configured to perform the capturing when the sensing unit senses that the braking operation has been performed.

### Claim 22 (depends on 21)

The image transmitting device according to claim 21, further comprising
a checking unit configured to check communicability with an external device outside of the vehicle,
wherein the capturing unit is configured to record sequentially captured infrared images onto a storage medium, and
the transmitting unit is configured to avoid transmitting information about the infrared image when the result of the checking shows that the communicability is denied, and subsequently transmit a captured infrared image recorded on the storage medium when a result of the checking shows that the communicability is confirmed.