US 11,943,566 B2
Communication system
Motoki Ito, Tokyo (JP); and Ryusuke Tamanaha, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/972,924.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-194420 (JP), filed on Nov. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0171381 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 7/181 (2013.01) [G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 5/77 (2013.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication system comprising:
a first camera mounted on a vehicle and capturing images of surroundings of the vehicle; and
a processor, wherein the processor comprises:
a communication unit configured to execute a first communication with a plurality of mobile communication terminals and a second communication with a communication device other than the plurality of mobile communication terminals to execute relay communication relaying a communication between the plurality of mobile communication terminals and the communication device through an antenna;
a communication control unit configured to receive, from each of the plurality of mobile communication terminals via the first communication, data of a second captured image that is captured by a second camera provided in each of the plurality of mobile communication terminals having the first communication established for the relay communication, wherein at least one of the plurality of mobile communication terminals is used by at least one user of the vehicle, and at least one of the plurality of mobile communication terminals is present outside the vehicle in a vicinity of the vehicle; and
an image processing unit configured to generate integrated image data in which data of a first captured image that is captured by the first camera and the data of the second captured image captured at a same timing are integrated.