US 11,807,188 B2
Methods and systems for controlling image capture sessions with external devices
Masashi Nakagawa, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed by TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/148,792.
Prior Publication US 2022/0219645 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 25/30 (2013.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 25/305 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/0023 (2013.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a processor configured to:
initiate an image capture session with an image capture component that is external to the vehicle;
receive, from the image capture component, an image;
determine whether image data of the image includes identifying information associated with the vehicle;
instruct the image capture component to maintain the image capture session associated with the vehicle in response to determining that the image data includes the identifying information, and
terminate the image capture session with the image capture component in response to determining that the image data does not include the identifying information associated with the vehicle.