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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2022
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Yoshimasa Okabe, Kanagawa Ken, JP;
Takashi Okohira, Tokyo To, JP;
Yuya Hamai, Kanagawa Ken, JP;
Yudai Ishibashi, Osaka Fu, JP;
Naoki Hayashi, Kanagawa Ken, JP;
Toshihiko Hashinaga, Tokyo To, JP;
Jun Nakai, Kanagawa Ken, JP;
Kiyohiko Fujiwara, Kanagawa Ken, JP;
Masato Yuda, Osaka Fu, JP;
PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle monitoring apparatus includes a hardware processor functioning as an image acquisition unit, an abnormality information acquisition unit, a damage determination unit, and a damage reporting unit. The image acquisition unit serves to acquire a captured image including an image representation of an exterior of a vehicle body of a vehicle. The abnormality information acquisition unit serves to acquire vehicle-body abnormality information indicating an abnormality in the vehicle body. The damage determination unit serves to determine presence or absence of damage to the vehicle body on the basis of the captured image and the vehicle-body abnormality information. The damage reporting unit serves to report, to an information processing apparatus, a damage report including the captured image or an image generated on the basis of the captured image. The damage report is reported in accordance with on a result of the determination on the damage.