Information process system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12450916-B2
Application number	US-202318242042-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 5, 2023
Priority date	Sep 12, 2022
Publication date	Oct 21, 2025
Grant date	Oct 21, 2025

Abstract

An information process system includes: a first apparatus that is provided on a movable body on which an occupant boards; and a second apparatus that is used by a user at a place different from the movable body. The first apparatus includes: a first communication device that communicates with a second communication device of the second apparatus; and a camera unit that is capable of capturing an image of the inside and the outside of the movable body. The second apparatus includes: the second communication device that communicates with the first communication device; a display device that displays an image; and a second control device that switches, in response to an operation of the user, between a first mode that causes the display device to display an image which includes a predetermined interior of the movable body and is captured by the camera unit and a second mode that causes the display device to display a replacement image in which a region of the predetermined interior in the image captured by the camera unit is replaced by an image outside the movable body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information process system comprising:
a first apparatus that is provided on a movable body on which an occupant boards; and
a second apparatus that is used by a user at a place different from the movable body,
wherein the first apparatus includes:
a first communication device that communicates with a second communication device of the second apparatus; and
a camera unit that includes at least an inside camera provided on a predetermined seat of the movable body and is capable of capturing an image of an inside and an outside of the movable body,

the second apparatus includes:
the second communication device that communicates with the first communication device;
a display device that displays an image captured by the camera unit; and
a second control device that switches, in response to an operation of the user, between a first mode that causes the display device to display an image which includes a predetermined interior of the movable body and is captured by the camera unit and a second mode that causes the display device to display a replacement image in which a region of the predetermined interior in the image captured by the camera unit is replaced by an image outside the movable body captured by the camera unit,

wherein the second control device recommends either the first mode or the second mode based on a travel state of the movable body.

2. The information process system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second control device recommends either the first mode or the second mode based on an image of scenery outside the movable body captured by the camera unit.

3. The information process system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second control device recommends either the first mode or the second mode depending on whether or not the movable body is being parked at a garage.

4. The information process system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second control device recommends either the first mode or the second mode depending on whether or not another movable body is approaching the movable body.

5. The information process system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the camera unit further includes an outside camera that is provided outside the movable body, and
the display device displays, in the second mode, the replacement image in which the region of the predetermined interior in the image captured by the inside camera is replaced by the image outside the movable body captured by the outside camera.

6. The information process system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the movable body is a vehicle, and
the predetermined interior is a pillar or a roof provided in the vehicle.

7. The information process system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the display device replaces a portion that images a predetermined article in a room of the movable body in the image captured by the camera unit with an image drawn according to a computer process and displays the image.

8. The information process system according to claim 2 ,
wherein the second control device recommends either the first mode or the second mode based on a position of a head of the user.

9. The information process system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second control device determines whether or not the user is capable of seeing scenery with a good view based on an image of scenery outside the movable body captured by the camera unit, and
the second control device recommends the second mode when the second control device determines that the user is capable of seeing scenery with a good view.

10. The information process system according to claim 9 ,
wherein the second control device determines whether or not the user is capable of seeing scenery with a good view based on the image of the scenery outside the movable body captured by the camera unit using a learned model in which the image of the scenery outside the movable body is an input and a value indicating whether or not the scenery is scenery with a good view is an output.

11. An information process system, comprising:
a first apparatus that is provided on a movable body on which an occupant boards; and
a second apparatus that is used by a user at a place different from the movable body,
wherein the first apparatus includes:
a first communication device that communicates with a second communication device of the second apparatus; and
a camera unit that includes at least an inside camera provided on a predetermined seat of the movable body and is capable of capturing an image of an inside and an outside of the movable body,
the second apparatus includes:
the second communication device that communicates with the first communication device;
a display device that displays an image captured by the camera unit; and
a second control device that switches, in response to an operation of the user, between a first mode that causes the display device to display an image which includes a predetermined interior of the movable body and is captured by the camera unit and a second mode that causes the display device to display a replacement image in which a region of the predetermined interior in the image captured by the camera unit is replaced by an image outside the movable body captured by the camera unit,
wherein the first apparatus further includes:
a first speaker that outputs a sound which is emitted by the user and is acquired via the first communication device; and
a first microphone that collects a sound emitted by the occupant,
the second apparatus further includes:
a second speaker that outputs a sound which is emitted by the occupant and is acquired via the second communication device; and
a second microphone that collects a sound emitted by the user,
the first communication device transmits the sound collected by the first microphone to the second communication device, and
the second communication device transmits the sound collected by the second microphone to the first communication device.

12. An information process system, comprising:
a first apparatus that is provided on a movable body on which an occupant boards; and
a second apparatus that is used by a user at a place different from the movable body,
wherein the first apparatus includes:
a first communication device that communicates with a second communication device of the second apparatus; and
a camera unit that includes at least an inside camera provided on a predetermined seat of the movable body and is capable of capturing an image of an inside and an outside of the movable body,

the second apparatus includes:
the second communication device that communicates with the first communication device;
a display device that displays an image captured by the camera unit; and
a second control device that switches, in response to an operation of the user, between a first mode that causes the display device to display an image which includes a predetermined interior of the movable body and is captured by the camera unit and a second mode that causes the display device to display a replacement image in which a region of the predetermined interior in the image captured by the camera unit is replaced by an image outside the movable body captured by the camera unit,

wherein the second apparatus further includes a detection device for detecting an orientation direction of the user, and
the display device displays an image corresponding to the orientation direction when seen from the predetermined seat in the image captured by the camera unit.

13. The information process system according to claim 12 ,
wherein the second communication device transmits information of the orientation direction to the

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Onaka Junichiro
• Obara Junya
• Ishida Yusuke
• Maruyama Kenta

Classifications

• G06F3/14

  Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} · CPC title

• G06F3/16

  Sound input; Sound output (speech processing G10L) · CPC title

• G02B27/0172 Primary

  characterised by optical features · CPC title

• G06V20/59

  inside of a vehicle, e.g. relating to seat occupancy, driver state or inner lighting conditions · CPC title

• G06F3/165

  Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path · CPC title