Abstract: Vehicles and a method for initiating, maintaining, and terminating an image capture session with an external image capture component. The method includes initiating an image capture session with an image capture component that is external to the vehicle, receiving, from the image capture component, an image, determining whether image data of the image includes identifying information associated with the vehicle, and instructing the image capture component to maintain the image capture session associated with the vehicle in response to determining that the image data includes identifying information associated with the vehicle. Additionally, the method includes terminating the image capture session with the image capture component in response to determining that the image data does not include the identifying information.

Abstract: Vehicle communication systems and methods for identifying and classifying objects as relevant to an occupant of a vehicle. A method includes capturing first object data at a first vehicle, classifying the first object data as relevant or non-relevant based on a first user profile associated with the first vehicle, and transmitting a transmission package including the first object data to a server in response to classifying the first object data as relevant.

Abstract: Methods and systems for automatically implementing occupant settings in a vehicle. The system includes one or more sensors of a vehicle configured to detect sensor data associated with an identification of an occupant within the vehicle and a location of the occupant within the vehicle. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to adjust one or more vehicle settings based on the identification of the occupant within the vehicle and the location of the occupant within the vehicle to provide improved safety and convenience.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for a monitoring system are disclosed. The monitoring system includes a memory configured to store image data and a first camera configured to capture first image data including the activity of a passenger within the vehicle. The electronic control unit is configured to obtain, from the first camera, the first image data including the passenger, determine an activity of the passenger based on the first image data, and determine that the activity of the passenger will be different than a baseline activity of the passenger. The electronic control unit is configured to record and capture, in the memory and using the camera, the first image data for a time period before and after the determination that the activity of the passenger will be different than the baseline activity.

Abstract: Systems and methods for unlocking a digital lock. A system may include a master key and a nested key. The master key may be configured to transmit authorization data to the digital lock or the nested key. The nested key may be configured to unlock the digital lock upon the digital lock or the nested key receiving the authorization data. The nested key may be configured to transmit the authorization data to the digital lock to unlock the digital lock if the master key is configured to transmit the authorization data to the nested key. Alternatively, the nested key may be configured to transmit key data to the digital lock to unlock the digital lock if the master key is configured to transmit the authorization data to the digital lock.

Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting a surrounding environment around a vehicle and a trailer coupled to the vehicle. The system includes a plurality of cameras attached to and configured to detect image data. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle communicatively coupled to the plurality of cameras and configured to combine the image data from the plurality of cameras.

Abstract: A vehicle and methods for generating and displaying a composite image is provided. The method includes receiving a first image from a first image capture component external to the vehicle and a second image from a second image capture component that is external to the vehicle, generating a composite image using the first image and the second image, the first image is associated with a first perspective view of the vehicle and the second image is associated with a second perspective view of the vehicle, and outputting the composite image on a display of the vehicle. The method also includes making a selection at least one of the first image capture component and the second image capture component, and outputting one or more images from the selected image capture component on the display of the vehicle in response to receiving the selection.

Abstract: A method comprises determining a relative position between a mobile device and a parked vehicle and causing one or more sounds to be emitted, wherein a volume or a pattern of the one or more sounds is based on the relative position between the mobile device and the parked vehicle.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure acquires information about a print job generated in a predetermined print queue by a primer driver, and transmits the acquired information about the print job to an external service to aggregate information about print jobs.

Abstract: A vehicle and methods for transmitting messages to external devices by identifying and utilizing communication protocols that are specific to the data formats of these messages, is provided. The method includes generating, by an electronic control unit of a vehicle, a message in a data format, transferring, by the electronic control unit, the message in the data format to a data communication module of the vehicle, identifying, by the data communication module, a communication protocol associated with the data format of the message, and transmitting to a server that is external to the vehicle, by the data communication module, the message in the data format using the communication protocol.

Abstract: A method including identifying a user of a selected vehicle, determining a customary vehicle of the user based on the identification, determining differences between the selected vehicle and the customary vehicle, and informing the user of the determined differences.

Abstract: A method detecting passenger specific voice data based on vehicle operating conditions that are set based on the passenger specific voice data are provided. The method includes obtaining, using a sensor operating in association with the computing device, image data associated with a passenger in the vehicle, obtaining an identification of the passenger based on the image data, and retrieving one or more voice characteristics of the passenger based on the identification. The method also includes selecting, by the computing device, an operating condition for an additional sensor of the vehicle based on the one or more voice characteristics of the passenger, and detecting, by the additional sensor that operates in the operating condition, voice data specific to the passenger.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving vehicle monitoring using collaboration of nearby devices. In one embodiment, a method includes, responsive to receiving identifying information about a target vehicle in a monitoring device, detecting the target vehicle near to the monitoring device. The method includes acquiring monitoring information about the target vehicle. The method includes providing the monitoring information to a remote device.

Abstract: A method includes identifying a plurality of vehicles within a geographic area; transmitting a first signal to a device of a customer, the first signal being configured to control each of the plurality of vehicles; receiving a selection of a vehicle from among the plurality of vehicles; and transmitting a second signal to the device in response to receiving the selection, the second signal modifying the first signal to be disabled from controlling the plurality of vehicles except the selected vehicle.

Abstract: A driving settings control system and method for controlling operating conditions of a vehicle component. The method includes determining a route to a destination in response to receiving the destination from the vehicle, identifying triggers along the route, determining operating conditions of one or more vehicle components of the vehicle corresponding to the triggers, and transmitting control instructions to the vehicle including the route, the operating conditions of the one or more vehicle components, and executing commands instructing the vehicle to accept the operating conditions of the one or more vehicle components as the vehicle approaches locations of the triggers.

Abstract: A vehicle remote control system includes a server including a transceiver and a controller. The transceiver is configured to receive location data from a vehicle and location data from a remote device. The controller is configured to receive an operating instruction signal from the remote device, the operating instruction signal including instructions to operate one or more components of the vehicle. A distance between the vehicle and the remote device is determined based on the location data from the vehicle and the location data from the remote device. The operating instruction signal is transmitted to the vehicle in response to a determination that the distance between the vehicle and the remote device is equal to or less than a corresponding threshold distance.

Abstract: Methods, systems, devices and apparatuses for a video surveillance system. The video surveillance system includes a camera configured to detect first image data. The video surveillance system includes a memory. The memory is configured to store the first image data. The video surveillance system includes a processor. The processor is coupled to the camera and the memory and configured to identify one or more objects within the first image data. The processor is configured to generate metadata associated with the one or more objects within the first image data. The processor is configured to tag the metadata to the one or more objects within the first image data. The processor is configured to generate second image data that is a subset of the first image data based on the metadata tagged to the one or more objects.

Abstract: A driver assistance device mounted on a vehicle includes a communication unit; an output unit; an input unit configured to detect user input; and a control unit configured to perform driver assistance with use of a point on a map as a destination. The control unit is configured to i) execute a connection process to connect the driver assistance device to a terminal device wirelessly via the communication unit, ii) output identification information on the terminal device as an image or a voice via the output unit after the driver assistance device is wirelessly connected to the terminal device, and iii) execute a setting process to set the point determined by the terminal device as the destination for the driver assistance in a case where the control unit detects specified user input via the input unit after outputting the identification information on the terminal device.

Abstract: A driver assistance device mounted on a vehicle includes a communication unit; an output unit; an input unit configured to detect user input; and a control unit configured to perform driver assistance with use of a point on a map as a destination. The control unit is configured to i) execute a connection process to connect the driver assistance device to a terminal device wirelessly via the communication unit, ii) output identification information on the terminal device as an image or a voice via the output unit after the driver assistance device is wirelessly connected to the terminal device, and iii) execute a setting process to set the point determined by the terminal device as the destination for the driver assistance in a case where the control unit detects specified user input via the input unit after outputting the identification information on the terminal device.