Information provision device, and moving body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10706270-B2
Application number	US-201716317144-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2017
Priority date	Sep 30, 2016
Publication date	Jul 7, 2020
Grant date	Jul 7, 2020

Abstract

An information provision device is disclosed. The information provision device comprises: cameras and a driver's seat microphone which detect the state of a user of a moving body, the user being located within a predetermined area including the moving body; an emotion engine which estimates emotions of the user based on the detection results from the cameras and the driver's seat microphone; and an image transmission unit which, when the emotion level of the user estimated by the emotion engine is increased by a predetermined level or higher, captures an image of the user through the driver's seat camera and transmits the captured image data of the user to a communication terminal of the user.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An information provision device which functions in a moving body, the information provision device comprising:
a user state detection unit which detects a state of a user of the moving body, the user being located in a predetermined area containing the moving body;
an imaging unit which images inside the predetermined area;
an emotion estimation unit which estimates an emotion of the user based on a detection result of the user state detection unit;
an information provision unit which provides the user with information, instructed the user to use a specific function possessed by the moving body, the specific function being started by an action of the user;
an image transmission unit which causes the imaging unit to image the user when the user performs an operation using the specific function in response to provision of the information, and also when the user performs the operation, an emotion level of the user increases, when estimated by the emotion estimation unit, and transmits an image data of the imaged user to a communication terminal of the user when it is estimated or detected that the user has left the predetermined area containing the moving body; and
a test drive recognition unit which recognizes that the user is test-driving the moving body, wherein
the image transmission unit causes the imaging unit to image the user while the test drive recognition unit recognizes that the user is test-driving the moving body, and when a predetermined time has elapsed since a point of time when a state, in which the test drive recognition unit recognizes that the user is test-driving the moving body, is switched to a state, in which the test drive recognition unit determines whether the user is test-driving the moving body, based on the determination results, the image transmission unit transmits the image data of the user to the communication terminal of the user.

2. The information provision device according to claim 1 , wherein
the image transmission unit transmits the image data of the user together with data indicating the moving body as a sender to the communication terminal of the user.

3. The information provision device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a moving body image acquisition unit which acquires data of a moving body image showing the moving body, wherein
the image transmission unit transmits the image data of the user together with data of the moving body image to the communication terminal of the user.

4. A moving body comprising the information provision device according to claim 1 .

5. The information provision device according to claim 1 , wherein
the image transmission unit transmits the image data of the user together with data indicating the moving body as a sender to the communication terminal of the user.

6. A moving body comprising the information provision device according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Goto Shinichiro
• Shintani Tomoko
• Yuhara Hiromitsu
• Soma Eisuke

Classifications

• H04L51/42

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• H04L51/08

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