US 12,332,077 B2
Information transmission method and client device
Tadamasa Toma, Osaka (JP); Nobuhiko Hashida, Osaka (JP); Yohei Watakabe, Osaka (JP); and Toshiyasu Sugio, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/943,425.
Application 16/943,425 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/003460, filed on Jan. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/625,663, filed on Feb. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0356108 A1, Nov. 12, 2020
Int. Cl. G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/28 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01)
CPC G01C 21/38 (2020.08) [G01C 21/28 (2013.01); G01C 21/3638 (2013.01); G01C 21/3807 (2020.08)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information transmission method in a client device provided in a mobile object, the information transmission method comprising:
obtaining point cloud data that has been obtained by a first sensor provided in the mobile object and indicates a surrounding state of the mobile object, and storing the point cloud data into a storage;
obtaining a visible light image that has been obtained by a second sensor and indicates the surrounding state of the mobile object, and storing the visible light image into the storage;
determining whether a high speed communication is available between the mobile object and a server;
when the high speed communication is determined as being available between the mobile object and the server, transmitting the point cloud data to the server; and
when the high speed communication is determined as not being available between the mobile object and the server, transmitting the visible light image to the server.