US 12,420,822 B2
Data transmitter and method for data transmission
Takuhiro Omi, Anjo (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and AISIN CORPORATION, Aichi (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and AISIN CORPORATION, Aichi (JP)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/420,864.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-034566 (JP), filed on Mar. 7, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0300508 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 60/0059 (2020.02); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); B60W 2040/0827 (2013.01); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2540/229 (2020.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A data transmitter to be mounted on a vehicle under travel control by a level of autonomous driving in which a driver need not be alert, the data transmitter comprising a processor configured to:
detect the driver's state from output data of an interior sensor mounted on the vehicle, the interior sensor including a camera that outputs a face image representing the driver's face;
determine whether the driver's state is suitable for continuing the control by the level of autonomous driving;
transmit, when it is determined that the state is suitable for continuing the control, the face image to a terminal communicably connected via a communication network, together with a first setting for displaying the face image on the terminal in first mode; and
transmit, when it is determined that the state is unsuitable for continuing the control, the face image to the terminal, together with a second setting for displaying the face image on the terminal in second mode that draws more attention of a user of the terminal than the first mode.