Server, server control method, server control program, communication terminal, terminal control method, and terminal control program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11354953-B2
Application number	US-202117176675-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 16, 2021
Priority date	Jan 22, 2019
Publication date	Jun 7, 2022
Grant date	Jun 7, 2022

Abstract

A server includes a server controller, a server communication unit, and a server storage unit, and is adapted to be connected to a communication terminal via the server communication unit. The server controller stores a video taken by a vehicle during traveling, in the server storage unit, such that the video is associated with a road on which the vehicle is traveling, determines a scheduled traveling route, in response to a request from the communication terminal, obtains the video corresponding to each of one or more roads that constitute the scheduled traveling route, from the server storage unit, and sends the video to the communication terminal, on which the video is displayed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A server, comprising:
server controller circuitry;
server communication interface circuitry configured to connect to a communication terminal; and
server memory circuitry,
wherein the server controller circuitry is configured to store a video taken by a vehicle during traveling, in the server memory circuitry, such that the video is associated with a road on which the vehicle is traveling;
the server controller circuitry is configured to evaluate each video stored in the server memory circuitry based on at least one item including a date and time at which the video was taken; and
when two or more videos of which each predetermined item other than the at least one item has the same value are associated with the same road, the server controller circuitry is configured to delete one or more of the two or more videos other than a video having a predetermined evaluation.

2. The server according to claim 1 , wherein the server controller circuitry is configured to:
determine a scheduled traveling route that bypasses a road corresponding to a video that is being displayed on the communication terminal, in response to a request for bypassing from the communication terminal that is displaying the video; and
obtain a video corresponding to each of one or more roads that constitute the scheduled traveling route, from the server memory circuitry, and send the obtained video to the communication terminal.

3. The server according to claim 1 , wherein:
the server memory circuitry stores a vehicle width of the vehicle on which the communication terminal is installed;
the server controller circuitry is configured to determine whether the vehicle on which the communication terminal is installed is able to travel on the road, based on a road width of the road and the vehicle width; and
the server controller circuitry is configured to obtain a video corresponding to each of one or more roads that constitute the scheduled traveling route, from the server memory circuitry, when the server controller circuitry determines that the vehicle is able to travel on the one or more roads, and send the obtained video to the communication terminal.

4. The server according to claim 1 , wherein the server memory circuitry stores, in association with the video taken by the vehicle, at least one of a road width of the road, a vehicle type of the vehicle, a date and time at which the video was taken, a weather in the video, and a traveling direction of the vehicle.

5. The server according to claim 1 , wherein the server memory circuitry stores map information corresponding to the video taken by the vehicle.

6. The server according to claim 1 , wherein the server memory circuitry stores an indication of whether the video taken by the vehicle includes a caution-needed object.

7. The server according to claim 1 , wherein the video having a predetermined evaluation has a highest evaluation of the two or more videos.

8. A method for a server comprising:
storing, by server controller circuitry, a video taken by a vehicle during traveling, in server memory circuitry of the server, such that the video is associated with a road on which the vehicle is traveling;
evaluating, by the server controller circuitry, each video stored in the server memory circuitry based on at least one item including a date and time at which the video was taken; and
when two or more videos of which each predetermined item other than the at least one item has the same value are associated with the same road, deleting, by the server controller circuitry, one or more of the two or more videos other than a video having a predetermined evaluation.

9. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:
determining a scheduled traveling route that bypasses a road corresponding to a video that is being displayed on a communication terminal that communicates with the server, in response to a request for bypassing from the communication terminal that is displaying the video; and
obtaining a video corresponding to each of one or more roads that constitute the scheduled traveling route, from the server memory circuitry, and send the obtained video to the communication terminal.

10. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:
storing, in server memory circuitry of the server, a vehicle width of the vehicle on which a communication terminal is installed;
determining whether the vehicle on which the communication terminal is installed is able to travel on the road, based on a road width of the road and the vehicle width; and
obtaining a video corresponding to each of one or more roads that constitute the scheduled traveling route, from the server memory circuitry, when the vehicle is able to travel on the one or more roads, and sending the obtained video to the communication terminal.

11. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising storing, in server memory circuitry of the server and in association with the video taken by the vehicle, at least one of a road width of the road, a vehicle type of the vehicle, a date and time at which the video was taken, a weather in the video, and a traveling direction of the vehicle.

12. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising storing, in a server memory circuitry of the server, map information corresponding to the video taken by the vehicle.

13. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising storing, in server memory circuitry of the server, an indication of whether the video taken by the vehicle includes a caution-needed object.

14. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the video having a predetermined evaluation has a highest evaluation of the two or more videos.

15. A system, comprising:
a communication terminal; and
a server including:
server controller circuitry,
server communication interface circuitry configured to connect to a communication terminal, and
server memory circuitry,
wherein the server controller circuitry is configured to store a video taken by a vehicle during traveling, in the server memory circuitry, such that the video is associated with a road on which the vehicle is traveling,
the server controller circuitry is configured to evaluate each video stored in the server memory circuitry based on at least one item including a date and time at which the video was taken, and
when two or more videos of which each predetermined item other than the at least one item has the same value are associated with the same road, the server controller circuitry is configured to delete one or more of the two or more videos other than a video having a predetermined evaluation.

16. The system according to claim 15 , wherein the server controller circuitry is configured to:
determine a scheduled traveling route that bypasses a road corresponding to a video that is being displayed on the communication terminal, in response to a request for bypassing from the communication terminal that is displaying the video, and
obtain a video corresponding to each of one or more roads that constitute the scheduled traveling route, from the server memory circuitry, and send the obtained video to the communication terminal.

17. The system according to claim 15 , wherein:
the server memory circuitry stores a vehicle width of the vehicle on which the communication terminal is installed,
the server controller circuitry is configured to determine whether the vehicle on which the communication terminal is installed is able to travel on the road, based on a road width of the road and the vehicle width, and
the server controller circuitry is c

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hasegawa Hideo
• Kameda Keiko
• Ejiri Misa
• Naruse Shintaro
• Kashiwai Tadahiro
• Oka Naoya
• Koike Kensuke
• Monji Hiroyuki

Classifications

• H04N21/23109

  by placing content in organized collections, e.g. EPG data repository (details of retrieval of video data and associated meta data in video databases G06F16/739) · CPC title

• H04N21/23418

  involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics (television picture signal circuitry for scene change detection H04N5/147; filtering for image enhancement G06T5/00; methods or arrangements for recognising scenes G06V20/00; arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59) · CPC title

• G06F16/743

  a collection of video files or sequences · CPC title

• H04N5/77

  between a recording apparatus and a television camera · CPC title

• G07C5/008

  communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C) · CPC title