US 12,447,928 B2
Vehicle with interior imaging system
Kenichi Yamada, Nisshin (JP); Toshiki Kashiwakura, Tokyo (JP); Akane Umezu, Nagoya (JP); Kayo Tsumoto, Nisshin (JP); Yuta Shishime, Tokyo (JP); Satoshi Komamine, Nagoya (JP); and Kenji Ishiyama, Kasugai (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Sep. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/469,005.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-199783 (JP), filed on Dec. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0198963 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 25/30 (2013.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60R 25/102 (2013.01); B60R 25/31 (2013.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01)
CPC B60R 25/305 (2013.01) [B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60R 25/102 (2013.01); B60R 25/31 (2013.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle having an interior imaging system, comprising:
a camera that is mounted on the vehicle, configured to capture an image of an inside of the vehicle;
a detection mechanism configured to detect unlocking of the vehicle by a predetermined worker; and
a processor configured to
cause the camera to start capturing an image of a predetermined range in a case where the detection mechanism detects that the vehicle is unlocked by the worker and the worker is present in the vehicle for a predetermined amount of time after the vehicle is unlocked, and
cause the camera to terminate capturing the image in a case where the detection mechanism detects that the worker has exited the vehicle.