US 12,475,724 B2
Vehicle service providing system
Konan Kagawa, Tokyo (JP); and Ryota Nakamura, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/449,034.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-144231 (JP), filed on Sep. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0087340 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 40/50 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 20/597 (2022.01) [G06V 40/169 (2022.01); G06V 40/53 (2022.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle service providing system comprising a vehicle and a server apparatus, the vehicle being configured to transmit data to the server apparatus, and the server apparatus being configured to provide a service based on the data received,
the vehicle comprising an in-vehicle camera and one or more vehicle processors, the in-vehicle camera being configured to capture an image of an occupant of the vehicle,
the server apparatus comprising an output unit, one or more server memories, and one or more server processors, the output unit being configured to output an image,
the one or more vehicle processors being configured to:
acquire a captured image including a face of the occupant, from the in-vehicle camera;
segment a captured region of the face of the occupant from the captured image acquired;
generate point group data regarding the face of the occupant, the point group data indicating an outline of the face of the occupant and positions of facial features of the face of the occupant, in the segmented captured region of the face of the occupant;
generate patch data with use of the generated point group data as a reference of image separation, the patch data separating the segmented captured region of the face of the occupant; and
transmit, to the server apparatus, the generated point group data and the generated patch data instead of the captured image including the face of the occupant, together with classification data regarding the occupant or the vehicle with which the occupant is uniquely unidentifiable,
the one or more server memories being configured to hold data regarding sample face images, as data regarding face images of random persons different from the occupant to be segmented from the captured image, the data regarding the sample face images including point group data and patch data regarding the sample face images, and being associated with classification data regarding the sample face images,
the one or more server processors being configured to
select, with use of the classification data regarding the occupant or the vehicle received from the one or more vehicle processors, one of the sample face images associated with data corresponding to the classification data regarding the occupant or the vehicle, from the sample face images held in the one or more server memories,
carry out morphing with use of the point group data and the patch data regarding the selected one of the sample face images, and the point group data and the patch data generated regarding the occupant, to generate a morphed face image, and
allow the output unit to output the morphed face image generated by the morphing, instead of a face image of the occupant of the vehicle.