Information processing device, information processing system, and information processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12456310-B2
Application number	US-202318244921-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2023
Priority date	Sep 14, 2022
Publication date	Oct 28, 2025
Grant date	Oct 28, 2025

Abstract

An information processing device mounted in a moving object includes a display device having a display display a person image indicating a person or a character corresponding to the person and capable of adjusting a position of the display so that an occupant of a backseat is shown in a mirror when an occupant of a driver's seat or a front passenger seat of the moving object visually recognizes the display on the assumption that the display is the mirror and the occupant is sitting in the backseat of the moving object and a control device control a first speaker within the moving object so that a sound is output from a direction of the backseat when the display is allowed to display a service image including the person image in which the person or the character is sitting in the backseat of the moving object.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An information processing device mounted in a moving object that an occupant boards, the information processing device comprising:
a display device having a display configured to display a person image indicating a person or a character corresponding to the person and capable of adjusting a position of the display so that an occupant of a backseat is shown in a mirror when an occupant of a driver's seat or a front passenger seat of the moving object visually recognizes the display on the assumption that the display is the mirror and the occupant is sitting in the backseat of the moving object; and a control device configured to control a first speaker within the moving object so that a sound is output from a direction of the backseat when the display is allowed to display a service image including the person image in which the person or the character is sitting in the backseat of the moving object, wherein the first speaker outputs a sound by localizing a sound image so that the sound can be heard from the backseat to the occupant of the driver's seat or the front passenger seat, wherein the first speaker comprises a plurality of first sub-speakers arranged at positions different from each other, and wherein the control device localizes the sound image so that the sound can be heard from the backseat to the occupant of the driver's seat or the front passenger seat by adjusting at least one of volumes and phase differences of the plurality of first sub-speakers.

2 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , comprising a first communication device configured to communicate with a second communication device of a second device including the second communication device and a second microphone and used by a user at a location different from that of the moving object,
wherein the sound is a sound acquired via the first communication device and uttered by the user into the second microphone.

3 . The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the person image is an image of the user using the second device or an image indicating a character corresponding to the user.

4 . The information processing device according to claim 3 , wherein the control device generates the service image by synthesizing the person image with an image in which the backseat is imaged and causes the display device to display the generated service image.

5 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the display of the display device is a rearview mirror provided for the occupant of the driver's seat to visually recognize the rear of the moving object and displays an image captured by an imager configured to image the rear.

6 . The information processing device according to claim 5 , wherein the rearview mirror is provided in front of the occupant of the driver's seat when the occupant of the driver's seat is sitting in the driver's seat of the moving object and is provided on a front windshield or ceiling of a cabin of the moving object.

7 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the control device causes the display device to display a service image including the person image when the moving object is not stopped.

8 . An information processing device mounted in a moving object that an occupant boards, the information processing device comprising:
a display device having a display configured to display a person image indicating a person or a character corresponding to the person and capable of adjusting a position of the display so that an occupant of a backseat is shown in a mirror when an occupant of a driver's seat or a front passenger seat of the moving object visually recognizes the display on the assumption that the display is the mirror and the occupant is sitting in the backseat of the moving object; and a control device configured to control a first speaker within the moving object so that a sound is output from a direction of the backseat when the display is allowed to display a service image including the person image in which the person or the character is sitting in the backseat of the moving object, wherein the control device causes the display to display a service image of first quality when the moving object is moving, and causes the display to display a service image of second quality higher than the first quality when the moving object is stopped.

9 . An information processing device mounted in a moving object that an occupant boards, the information processing device comprising:
a display device having a display configured to display a person image indicating a person or a character corresponding to the person and capable of adjusting a position of the display so that an occupant of a backseat is shown in a mirror when an occupant of a driver's seat or a front passenger seat of the moving object visually recognizes the display on the assumption that the display is the mirror and the occupant is sitting in the backseat of the moving object; and a control device configured to control a first speaker within the moving object so that a sound is output from a direction of the backseat when the display is allowed to display a service image including the person image in which the person or the character is sitting in the backseat of the moving object, wherein the control device permits the display device to display a service image including the person image when the moving object is not stopped, and causes an image captured by an imager for imaging a rear view from the moving object to be displayed without permitting the display device to display the service image including the person image when the moving object is stopped.

10 . The information processing device according to claim 9 , comprising a first communication device configured to communicate with a second communication device of a second device including the second communication device and a second microphone and used by a user at a location different from that of the moving object,
wherein the sound is a sound acquired via the first communication device and uttered by the user into the second microphone, and wherein the control device causes the display device to display a service image including the person image when the moving object is not stopped and controls the first speaker so that the sound is output from a direction of the backseat or the driver's seat, and subsequently continuously controls the first speaker so that the sound is output when the moving object is stopped and causes the display device to display an image captured by the imager by stopping a process of causing the display device to display the service image including the person image.

11 . An information processing device mounted in a moving object that an occupant boards, the information processing device comprising:
a display device having a display configured to display a person image indicating a person or a character corresponding to the person and capable of adjusting a position of the display so that an occupant of a backseat is shown in a mirror when an occupant of a driver's seat or a front passenger seat of the moving object visually recognizes the display on the assumption that the display is the mirror and the occupant is sitting in the backseat of the moving object; and a control device configured to control a first speaker within the moving object so that a sound is output from a direction of the backseat when the display is allowed to display a service image including the person image in which the person or the character is sitting in the backseat of the moving object, wherein the control device permits the display device to displa

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

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

Classifications

• G06F3/14

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

• H04R1/00

  Details of transducers, {loudspeakers or microphones} · CPC title

• G06F3/16

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

• G06T2207/30168

  Image quality inspection · CPC title

• G06T7/70

  Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras (camera calibration G06T7/80) · CPC title