Information management device, information management method, and storage medium for managing information provided to a mobile object and device used by a user in location different from the mobile object

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12593141-B2
Application number	US-202318370894-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2023
Priority date	Sep 22, 2022
Publication date	Mar 31, 2026
Grant date	Mar 31, 2026

Abstract

An information management device according to the embodiment is an information management device that manages information provided to a first device mounted on a mobile object that an occupant has boarded and a second device used by a user at a location different from the mobile object, and includes an acquirer configured to acquire information from the first device and the second device, and a provider configured to provide each of the first device and the second device with information on the basis of the information acquired, in which the acquirer acquires an indoor image and an outdoor image of the mobile object using the first device, and acquires operation information of the user using the second device, and the provider switches between the indoor image and the outdoor image and provides the second device with a switching result when an operation of the user is a predetermined operation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An information management device that manages information provided to a first device mounted on a mobile object that an occupant has boarded and a second device used by a user at a location different from the mobile object, comprising:
a processor that executes instructions to: acquire information from the first device and the second device; and provide each of the first device and the second device with information on the basis of the information, wherein the processor acquires an indoor image and an outdoor image of the mobile object using the first device, and acquires operation information of the user using the second device, and the processor switches between the indoor image and the outdoor image and provides the second device with a result of the switching when an operation of the user is a predetermined operation, wherein the processor sets a reference position on the basis of a reference posture of the user, and switches from the indoor image to the outdoor image to provide a result of the switching when a movement distance from the set reference position is equal to or greater than a threshold value.

2 . The information management device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the threshold value is set according to a vehicle class of the mobile object.

3 . The information management device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor acquires indoor voice information of the mobile object from the first device, and changes a volume of the indoor voice information when the outdoor image is provided.

4 . The information management device according to claim 3 ,
wherein, when the outdoor image is provided, the processor increases a sound emitted from the outside of the mobile object included in the indoor voice information and/or decreases a sound emitted from the inside of the mobile object included in the indoor voice information.

5 . The information management device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor acquires information from an external sensor that recognizes an object near the mobile object, and provides the second device with information on a distance between the object detected by the external sensor and the mobile object when the outdoor image is provided.

6 . The information management device according to claim 5 ,
wherein the processor provides the second device with information indicating that a distance between the mobile object and the object is decreasing when the distance between the mobile object and the object is a predetermined distance or less.

7 . An information management method comprising:
by a computer of an information management device that manages information provided to a first device mounted on a mobile object that an occupant has boarded and a second device used by a user at a location different from the mobile object, acquiring information from the first device and the second device; providing each of the first device and the second device with information on the basis of the acquired information; acquiring an indoor image and an outdoor image of the mobile object using the first device and acquiring operation information of the user using the second device; switching between the indoor image and the outdoor image to provide the second device with a result of the switching when an operation of the user is a predetermined operation; and setting a reference position on the basis of a reference posture of the user, and switching from the indoor image to the outdoor image to provide a result of the switching when a movement distance from the set reference position is equal to or greater than a threshold value.

8 . A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium that has stored a program causing a computer of an information management device that manages information provided to a first device mounted on a mobile object that an occupant has boarded and a second device used by a user at a location different from the mobile object to execute:
acquiring information from the first device and the second device; providing each of the first device and the second device with information on the basis of the acquired information; acquiring an indoor image and an outdoor image of the mobile object using the first device and acquiring operation information of the user using the second device; switching between the indoor image and the outdoor image to provide the second device with a result of the switching when an operation of the user is a predetermined operation; and setting a reference position on the basis of a reference posture of the user, and switching from the indoor image to the outdoor image to provide a result of the switching when a movement distance from the set reference position is equal to or greater than a threshold value.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

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

Classifications

• H04N23/61

  based on recognised objects · CPC title

• H04N7/181

  for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources · CPC title

• G10L21/034

  Automatic adjustment · CPC title

• H04N23/90 Primary

  Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums · CPC title