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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2006
Satoru Itani, Osaka, JP;
Yuji Mizuguchi, Osaka, JP;
Satoru Itani, Osaka, JP;
Yuji Mizuguchi, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image-taking control section determines, based on information outputted from a location information obtaining section, whether a vehicle has entered a car park. When the vehicle has entered the car park, an image storage section stores, at predetermined time intervals, images of a view in a traveling direction of the vehicle, which images are taken by a vehicle-mounted camera. Image taking is terminated when the vehicle is parked at a parking space and a parking brake is applied. Thereafter, the taken images are transmitted via a transmission section to a mobile terminal held by a user. The user is allowed to easily recognize the parking position of his/her vehicle by viewing the images with the mobile terminal.