Moving object, control method, and non-transitory storage medium
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroyasu HADANO, Yusuke KANEKO, Jun GOTO, Hiroko TSUJIMURA, Miho OTSUKA, Hideo HASEGAWA
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Abstract
A moving object includes: a holder configured to hold a mobile terminal provided with an image pick-up unit; and a controller comprising at least one processor configured to execute enabling the moving object to be used in cases where user authentication is succeeded by carrying out user authentication between the mobile terminal and the controller, instructing the mobile terminal to pick up an image in a repeated manner by using the image pick-up unit during use of the moving object, and transmitting the image obtained from the mobile terminal to an external server.
Claims7
A moving object comprising:
- a holder configured to hold a mobile terminal provided with an image pick-up unit;
- and
- a controller comprising at least one processor configured to execute
- enabling the moving object to be used in cases where user authentication is succeeded by carrying out user authentication between the mobile terminal and the controller,
- instructing the mobile terminal to pick up an image in a repeated manner by using the image pick-up unit during use of the moving object, and
- transmitting the image obtained from the mobile terminal to an external server.
A control method for a moving object which is performed by a computer, the method comprising:
- enabling the moving object to be used in cases where user authentication is succeeded by carrying out user authentication between a mobile terminal of a user and the computer;
- instructing the mobile terminal to pick up an image in a repeated manner by using an image pick-up unit provided by the mobile terminal during use of the moving object;
- and
- transmitting the image obtained from the mobile terminal to an external server.
A non-transitory storage medium which stores a program for causing a computer to execute a control method for a moving object, the program being configured to cause the computer to execute:
- enabling the moving object to be used in cases where user authentication is succeeded by carrying out user authentication between a mobile terminal of a user and the computer;
- instructing the mobile terminal to pick up an image in a repeated manner by using an image pick-up unit provided by the mobile terminal during use of the moving object;
- and
- transmitting the image obtained from the mobile terminal to an external server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.