Patent ID: 8159535

Claim:
A communication system comprising a communication terminal configured to be mounted on a movable body and an information processing device, wherein: the information processing device includes a request transmission part which transmits to the communication terminal a request signal requesting transmission of an image, the request signal including positional information indicative of a position, the communication terminal includes an image obtaining part that obtains an image around the communication terminal, a position acquisition part that obtains a position at which the image is obtained, a recording part that associates the obtained image with the position at which the image is obtained and records the obtained image and the position, a receiving part that receives the request signal, and an image transmission part that transmits an image, the image transmission part transmits an image corresponding to a first received request signal to the information processing device, when the recording part has the image corresponding to a position indicated by positional information in the first received request signal and the movable body is involved in a traffic jam, and the image transmission part does not transmit an image corresponding to a second received request signal to the information processing device, when the recording part has the image corresponding to a position indicated by positional information in the second received request signal but the movable body is not involved in a traffic jam, the request signal includes information indicative of whether or not a request is urgent, and the image transmission part does not transmit an image corresponding to a third received request signal to the information processing device, when the recording part has the image corresponding to a position indicated by positional information in the third received request signal, but the third received request signal does not include the information indicative that the third received request signal is urgent and the movable body is not involved in a traffic jam, and the image transmission part transmits an image corresponding to a fourth received request signal to the information processing device, when the recording part has the image corresponding to a position indicated by positional information in the fourth received request signal and the fourth received request signal includes the information indicative that the fourth received request signal is urgent, irrespective of whether the movable body is involved in a traffic jam or not.