System and program and the like

Abstract

To provide a convenient system, power supply device, and program etc.SOLUTION: A drive recorder 1 has an image recording function of recording an image captured at a vehicle 100. As the image recording function, a parking recording mode is provided to record images for a parking time. The parking recording mode has a function of waiting without starting recording images for a parking time, in a case where a parking record start condition is established. For example, after a passage of a waiting state after the establishment of the parking record start condition, the recording images for a parking time is started.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to, for example, a system, a program, and the like. [Background technology]

[0002] For example, in-vehicle recording devices, so-called drive recorders, which are mounted on vehicles to capture images of the area around the vehicle and record the surrounding images and vehicle speed when the vehicle is subjected to an impact due to an event such as sudden braking, sudden steering, or a collision, are now widely used (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

[0003] The drive recorder (vehicle recording device) described in Patent Document 1 continuously records video and detects events while the vehicle is not parked and is operating. Furthermore, when the drive recorder is powered by the vehicle's battery while the vehicle is parked, it continuously records video and detects events. When the drive recorder is operating on a battery dedicated to the drive recorder, it detects events and captures video when an event is detected (see paragraph 0043 of Patent Document 1). The drive recorder determines that the vehicle is parked by detecting the shift position being in "parking," the handbrake being operated, for example, for a period of five seconds or more, the speed being zero, the engine being stopped, or an arbitrary trigger such as a user operation. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Patent No. 6696558 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] In recent years, there has been a demand for more convenient drive recorders and other systems. For example, in a system capable of continuing to record images while a vehicle is parked, such as that disclosed in Patent Document 1, some drive recorders cannot directly acquire information regarding the state of the shift position, parking brake, vehicle speed, engine, etc. There is a demand for a system that can determine the state of the vehicle even for such drive recorders that cannot directly acquire information from the vehicle.

[0006] Also, for example, when determining the parking status of a vehicle based on user operation, if the user operates the vehicle and recording while the vehicle is parked begins immediately, the user who performed the operation may be captured on camera every time, or an impact caused by the opening and closing of a door when a passenger gets off the vehicle may be mistakenly detected as an event, resulting in unnecessary event recording.

[0007] In view of the above-mentioned problems, one object of the present invention is to provide a highly convenient system, program, etc.

[0008] The object of the present invention is not limited to this, and the applicant intends to obtain rights for configurations that aim to achieve the effects achieved by parts of the configuration disclosed in the specification and drawings, etc., through divisional applications, amendments, etc. For example, this specification discloses problems in which the phrases "can" and "is possible" are read as "the problem is." Each problem is described as an independent problem, and the applicant intends to obtain rights for configurations that solve each problem separately through divisional applications, amendments, etc. Even if the problem is implicitly understood from the description in the specification, the applicant intends to claim part of the configuration described in this specification through amendments or divisional applications. Furthermore, the applicant has disclosed configurations that solve problems that combine these independent problems, and the applicant intends to obtain rights for them. [Means for solving the problem]

[0009] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the system of the present invention is characterized in that (1) it is equipped with a recording device having a recording function for recording images captured in a vehicle, and the recording function has a parking recording mode for recording when the vehicle is parked, and has a function for waiting without starting recording when the parking recording start condition is met.

[0010] In this way, even when the parking record start condition is met, the device has the function of waiting without starting parking recording in the parking record mode, thereby preventing unnecessary recording for the user. This improves convenience. Waiting without starting parking recording may mean, for example, maintaining operation in the parking record mode but not starting parking recording. Alternatively, during the waiting period without starting parking recording, the device may stop operation in the parking record mode and operate in another mode (for example, continuous recording mode).

[0011] Furthermore, in the present invention, (2) the parking recording mode preferably starts recording for parking after the parking recording start condition is met and then goes through a standby state. By providing a standby state before starting recording for parking in the parking recording mode, it is possible to prevent unnecessary event recording from being performed due to an undesired user image or an impact caused by a passenger exiting the vehicle door being mistakenly detected as an event occurrence. This improves convenience.

[0012] In addition, in the present invention, (3) the parking recording start condition may be that a predetermined command has been input. In this way, even if the recorder is a model that cannot detect the vehicle state, it can easily determine whether the parking recording mode has started.

[0013] In addition, in the present invention, (4) continuous recording may be performed in the continuous recording mode during the standby state, which has the advantage of preventing recording gaps during the standby state.

[0014] In addition, in the present invention, (5) the recording function may include an event recording mode that records in response to an impact on the vehicle, and the event recording mode may be restricted in the standby state. In this way, unnecessary event recording caused by an impact such as opening and closing of a door when a passenger gets off the vehicle can be more reliably suppressed.

[0015] In addition, in the present invention, (6) a door opening / closing detection function may be provided for detecting whether a door of the vehicle is closed or opened, and the standby state may be terminated in response to the door opening / closing detection function detecting the door opening / closing. In this way, unnecessary event recording caused by the impact of the door opening / closing can be suppressed, while the standby state can be terminated at an appropriate timing and recording in the parking recording mode can be started.

[0016] In addition, in the present invention, (7) a door opening / closing detection function may be provided for detecting whether a door of the vehicle is closed or opened, and the parking recording start condition may be that the door opening / closing is detected by the door opening / closing detection function. In this way, the parking recording mode can be switched to without user operation, and unnecessary event recording caused by unwanted reflections of the user or the impact of opening and closing the door can be suppressed.

[0017] In addition, in the present invention, (8) the recording function may be capable of capturing an image of the interior of the vehicle, and the door opening / closing detection function may detect whether the door of the vehicle is opened or closed from the image of the interior of the vehicle. In this way, by detecting whether the door is opened or closed from the image of the interior of the vehicle, it is possible to detect whether the door is opened or closed using only the function of the recording device, without obtaining door opening / closing information from the vehicle.

[0018] In addition, in the present invention, (9) the standby state may be ended in response to detection of a predetermined situation from the video captured by the vehicle. In this way, the standby state can be ended at an appropriate time and recording in the parking recording mode can be started while suppressing unnecessary event recording caused by the impact of opening and closing the door.

[0019] In the present invention, (10) the parking record start condition may be that a predetermined situation is detected from an image captured by the vehicle. In this way, the parking record mode can be switched to without user operation.

[0020] In the present invention, (11) the parking record start condition may be that an accessory power source of the vehicle is turned off. This allows the parking record mode to be switched to without user operation.

[0021] Furthermore, in the present invention, (12) the device may have a function of detecting that a door of the vehicle has been closed, the parking record start condition may include a first condition indicating that a predetermined impact has been detected on the vehicle, and the parking record mode may have a function of canceling parking recording when the first condition is met based on the detection result of the door being closed as the standby state. This prevents unnecessary recording from being performed by determining that an impact caused by the door being closed is an event, under a configuration in which parking recording is started when the first condition indicating that a predetermined impact has been detected on the vehicle is met. Canceling parking recording may mean not performing the recording under a configuration in which parking recording is performed due to the detection of the occurrence of a predetermined impact.

[0022] Furthermore, in the present invention, (13) the device may have a function of detecting that a vehicle door is closed, and the parking record start condition may include a first condition indicating that a predetermined impact has been detected on the vehicle, and the parking record mode may be configured to wait without starting recording for parking if the timing at which the door is detected to be closed and the timing at which the first condition is met are within a predetermined time. This configuration starts recording for parking when the first condition indicating that a predetermined impact has been detected on the vehicle is met, making it possible to prevent unnecessary recording from being performed by determining that an impact caused by the door being closed is an event occurrence. Since the timing at which the door is detected to be closed and the timing at which the predetermined impact occurs on the vehicle are likely to be simultaneous or closely spaced, the predetermined time may be determined taking that time difference into consideration.

[0023] Furthermore, in the present invention, (14) when the first condition is met within the predetermined time, it may be possible to set whether to wait without starting recording for parking or to start recording for parking without waiting. This allows operation according to the setting to prioritize between starting recording for parking when a predetermined impact including an impact due to a door closing is detected, thereby preventing a situation where no recording occurs when a predetermined event such as an accident occurs, and preventing unnecessary recording by determining that an impact due to a door opening is an event occurrence.

[0024] Furthermore, in the present invention, (15) the device may have a function of detecting the vehicle's location information, and the parking recording mode may wait without starting parking recording if the first condition is met within the predetermined time and the vehicle's location information satisfies the predetermined condition. As a result, if the vehicle's location information satisfies the predetermined condition, parking recording can be waited without starting even if the timing at which the vehicle door is detected as being closed and the timing at which a predetermined impact is detected are not within the predetermined time, thereby preventing unnecessary recording due to the impact being determined to be an event. The predetermined condition may be, for example, a condition for location information of a location where there is little need to record parking recording due to the occurrence of the predetermined impact, particularly a condition for location information of a location where there is little possibility of an accident occurring. A location where there is little possibility of an accident occurring may be, for example, a location within the premises of the user's home or workplace, such as a parking lot, where the user or a trusted person (e.g., family or colleague) can easily keep an eye on the location. The predetermined condition may also be location information of a location where there is little possibility of theft or crime occurring, such as a location with a solid security system or a location where third parties can easily keep an eye on the location.

[0025] Furthermore, in the present invention, (16) the parking recording mode may start recording for parking when it is determined that a predetermined event has occurred, even when the standby condition is met. Thus, when it is determined that a predetermined event has occurred, recording for parking can be performed even when the standby condition for parking recording described above is met. Such an event may be, for example, an event indicating a situation in which recording should be performed, particularly an event for determining the possibility of an accident.

[0026] (17) It is preferable to make a program for causing a computer to realize the functions of any one of the systems (1) to (16) above. In this way, the functions (1) to (16) above can be executed by the computer.

[0027] The inventions described in (1) to (17) above can be combined in any way. For example, a configuration may be created by adding at least a portion of the configuration of at least one of the inventions described in (2) and subsequent items to all or a portion of the configuration of the invention described in (1). In particular, an invention may be created by adding at least a portion of the configuration of at least one of the inventions described in (2) and subsequent items to the invention described in (1). Furthermore, any configuration may be extracted from the inventions described in (1) to (17) and combined. The applicant of this application intends to obtain rights to inventions including these configurations. Furthermore, even if a description is made of "in the case of..." or "when...," it is not intended to describe a configuration that is limited to that case or time. These are merely examples of better configurations, and the applicant intends to obtain rights to configurations that are not in these cases or times. Furthermore, any descriptions that specify an order are not limited to this order. Configurations in which some parts are deleted or the order is changed are also disclosed, and the applicant intends to obtain rights to them. [Effects of the Invention]

[0028] According to the present invention, convenience can be improved.

[0029] The effects of the present invention are not limited to these, and effects achieved by the configuration disclosed in the present specification and drawings, etc. are also disclosed, and the applicant intends to obtain rights to the configuration achieving such effects through divisional applications, amendments, etc. For example, in this specification, phrases such as "can" and "is possible" are descriptions that clearly indicate the effects achieved, and there are also parts that demonstrate effects even without the phrases "can" and "is possible." Furthermore, there are effects that can be understood from the configuration even without such phrases. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0030] [Figure 1] FIG. 1A is a perspective view of a front camera of a drive recorder according to one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1B is a view showing the front of a vehicle on which the front camera is installed; and FIG. 1C is a view showing the rear of the vehicle on which a rear camera is installed. [Figure 2] 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic system configuration of an embodiment; [Figure 3] FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the wiring structure of a power supply unit. [Figure 4] 10 is a flowchart showing a process of switching to a parking recording mode executed by a controller of the drive recorder. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0031] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the embodiment shown below is one embodiment of the present invention, and the content of the present invention should not be interpreted as being limited based on the following description.

[0032] [First embodiment] First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described. [System Configuration] An example of the system configuration will be described with reference to Figures 1 and 2. The "system" may be one in which part or all of the system is attached to a mobile body. In addition, when part of the "system" is attached to a mobile body, it is particularly preferable that an imaging unit such as a camera can be attached to the mobile body, and the control unit may be provided in a location separate from the mobile body to which the imaging unit is attached. In addition, the "system" may have the functions of a drive recorder or other imaging device.

[0033] Furthermore, the moving body to which part or all of the system is attached may not only be a vehicle such as an automobile or an electric vehicle, but may also be a system mounted on an object other than a vehicle. Examples of objects other than vehicles include systems mounted on transportation vehicles such as trains, linear motor cars, and monorails, as well as moving bodies other than vehicles (e.g., vehicles) such as ships and airplanes. A system mounted on a vehicle is particularly preferable. The vehicle is not limited to a four-wheeled automobile, but may also be a two-wheeled automobile such as a motorcycle or a large transport vehicle with four or more wheels, particularly a four-wheeled automobile capable of observing the outside of the vehicle from inside the vehicle. The vehicle may be, for example, a transportation vehicle (e.g., a truck or a forklift), a commercial vehicle (e.g., a taxi or a bus), or a general vehicle, but may also be used for a wider variety of purposes. In this embodiment, a drive recorder will be described as an example of a recording device that can be mounted on a vehicle.

[0034] Furthermore, when the "imaging unit" is a camera, the cameras may be installed in multiple locations on the vehicle. For example, a separate camera may be provided for the rear of the vehicle in addition to the camera for the front of the vehicle, and images of other moving objects may be captured by the two cameras, the camera for the front of the vehicle (hereinafter referred to as the "front camera") and the camera for the rear of the vehicle (hereinafter referred to as the "rear camera"). Furthermore, the front camera or the rear camera may be a camera capable of capturing images with a 360-degree viewing angle, so that the interior of the vehicle may also be captured.

[0035] The system according to this embodiment has a drive recorder 1 (an example of a recorder) that has a recording function for recording images captured in a vehicle 100.

[0036] The drive recorder 1 has two imaging units: a front camera 10 provided in front of the vehicle and a rear camera 20 provided in the rear of the vehicle. The front camera 10 and the rear camera 20 capture images of multiple color components, for example, red (R), green (G), and blue (B), but the types and number of color components can be modified in various ways.

[0037] FIG. 1(a) is a perspective view showing a front camera 10 of a drive recorder 1. As shown in FIG. 1(a), a memory card insertion slot 11 is provided on one side of the housing of the front camera 10. A display 12 and an operation unit 13 (in the example shown in FIG. 1(a) , a plurality of operation buttons 13a to 13d) are provided on the back of the housing. For example, in this embodiment, operation button 13a is a display button for switching images, operation button 13b is a mode button for displaying the playback mode, operation button 13c is a REC / STOP button for starting / stopping recording, operation button 13d is a menu button for displaying a setting menu, and operation button 13e is a record button for manually starting event recording, which will be described later.

[0038] In addition, a joint rail 14 is provided on the top surface of the housing. Although not shown in Fig. 1(a), a lens for a front camera 10, which is an example of an imaging unit, is provided on the front surface of the housing. A connection terminal 15 is provided on the side opposite to the side on which the memory card insertion slot 11 is provided, and although not shown in Fig. 1(a), a speaker and an HD output terminal are provided on the bottom surface.

[0039] The front camera 10 has a lens and captures, for example, an image of the area in front of the vehicle. The memory card slot 11 is an insertion slot for inserting a memory card. The speaker outputs sound such as voice. The HD output terminal is a terminal for connecting to other information devices via a cable. The joint rail 14 is for attaching a joint member for mounting the front camera 10 on the vehicle. The display 12 displays various images. The operation unit 13 is operated by the user to input various commands to the drive recorder 1.

[0040] In this embodiment, the user may be, for example, the driver of the vehicle in which the drive recorder 1 is installed, or may be someone other than the driver, for example, a passenger.

[0041] Fig. 1(b) is a diagram showing the front of a vehicle in which a front camera 10 of this embodiment is installed. In the example shown in Fig. 1(b), the front camera 10 of the drive recorder 1 is disposed on the passenger side, adjacent to a rearview mirror 102, near the center in the left-right direction, above a windshield 101 of the vehicle 100. The front camera 10 is attached and fixed to the windshield 101 with a mounting member such as double-sided tape. A connection terminal 15 of the front camera 10 is connected to an accessory power supply 110 via a power supply unit 16. The connection terminal 15 and the power supply unit 16 will be described later.

[0042] Fig. 1(c) is a diagram showing the rear of a vehicle on which a rear camera 20 is installed. In the example shown in Fig. 1(c), the rear camera 20 is attached and fixed to the rear window 104 of the vehicle by a mounting member at an upper portion of the rear window 104 near the center in the left-right direction. The rear camera 20 shown in Fig. 1(c) also has a display function, but this is not essential. It is preferable to provide a display on the dashboard 105 that displays images captured by the rear camera 20 so that the images captured by the rear camera 20 can be viewed from the front.

[0043] The drive recorder 1 may capture images using two separate cameras, a front camera 10 and a rear camera 20, with various functions provided only on the front camera 10 side and the rear camera 20 connected to the front camera 10. The drive recorder 1 may also have a function for performing various settings on the front camera 10 side, and the front camera 10 and the rear camera 20 may operate according to the settings performed on the front camera 10 side. However, this is not essential, and systems capable of performing various functions and settings may be installed at the front and rear of the vehicle.

[0044] As shown in Fig. 1(a), some components of the drive recorder 1 may be provided at a position other than the windshield 101 depending on the purpose of the component. For example, an operation button 13f, which is one of the operation units 13, may be provided on a dashboard 105 as shown in Fig. 1(b). The controller 30 may transmit video data captured by a camera to the outside, for example, and record the video data externally.

[0045] 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic system configuration of the drive recorder of this embodiment. The drive recorder 1 includes the front camera 10 (an example of an imaging unit) and rear camera 20 (an example of an imaging unit), a display 12, an operation unit 13 including operation buttons 13a to 13f, a connection terminal 15, and a power supply unit 16, as well as a controller 30 (an example of a control unit), a speaker 40, a GPS receiver 41, an acceleration sensor 42, a wireless communication circuit 43, and a memory card reader 44. Note that the memory card reader 44 has a read / write function, and strictly speaking, should be called a "memory card reader / writer," but in this specification it will simply be called a "memory card reader."

[0046] The display 12 and the speaker 40 function as a notification unit for informing the user of various information. The display 12 outputs various information as image displays under the control of the controller 30. The speaker 40 outputs warnings and various information as sounds under the control of the controller 30. The operation unit 13 functions as an input means by which the user gives various commands to the drive recorder 1 (more specifically, the controller 30).

[0047] In this embodiment, the front camera 10 has a lens directed forward of the vehicle 100 and functions as an imaging unit that captures images within a field of view (within the field of view) in front of the vehicle. Images captured by the front camera 10 are input to the controller 30 as video data. The front camera 10 is capable of capturing images at least in front of the vehicle. For example, the front camera 10 may be provided with a camera that captures images in front of the vehicle and a camera that captures images inside the vehicle, and each may capture images separately. It is even more preferable to use a camera with a 360-degree viewing angle so that it can capture images of both the front and the interior of the vehicle.

[0048] In this embodiment, the rear camera 20 has a lens directed toward the rear of the vehicle 100 and functions as an imaging unit that captures images within a field of view (within the field of view) behind the vehicle. Images captured by the rear camera 20 are input to the controller 30 as image data. The rear camera 20 is capable of capturing images at least behind the vehicle, but it is even better if it can capture images of the sides in addition to the rear. In this embodiment, there are two imaging units, the front camera 10 and the rear camera 20, but the number of imaging units may be one or two or more.

[0049] The GPS receiver 41 detects the position information of the vehicle at the current time based on instructions from the controller 30. The position information detected includes the time, speed, longitude, latitude, altitude, etc. of the vehicle, which are determined based on signals from GPS satellites. The controller 30 performs processing to record the history of this position information.

[0050] The acceleration sensor 42 is a three-axis sensor that detects acceleration and tilt in each of three axes (x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis). Measurement values ​​by the acceleration sensor 42 are constantly input to the controller 30. The controller 30 acquires three-axis acceleration information, for example, every 10 ms.

[0051] The wireless communication circuit 43 functions as a communication unit for wirelessly communicating with external devices, such as servers (e.g., servers of public institutions such as police, servers of companies that operate publicly accessible internet sites, etc.), personal computers, smartphones, tablet terminals, etc. The controller 30 has a function of transmitting video data to external devices via the wireless communication circuit 43 by executing a wireless communication processing program. The wireless communication circuit 43 may be a communication circuit that complies with, for example, a short-range wireless communication standard such as the Wi-Fi standard or Bluetooth (registered trademark), or a mobile communication system standard such as LTE (Long Term Evolution), 4G, or 5G. The mobile communication system standard can be applied, for example, to communication between an external device and a vehicle moving within a wider area.

[0052] The memory card reader 44 functions as a medium holder that holds a memory card 45. The memory card 45 is, specifically, an SD card, a miniSD card, a microSD card, or the like, and functions as a removable recording medium. A user can insert a memory card into the memory card reader 44 through the memory card insertion slot 11. The memory card reader 44 reads data from the memory card 45 held in the memory card reader 44 or records data to the memory card 45 under control of the controller 30. The memory card reader 44 may have separate areas for recording data captured by the front camera 10 and data captured by the rear camera 20. While a single memory card may have separate recording areas, it is preferable to allow insertion of two or more memory cards, with data captured by the front camera 10 being recorded on a first memory card and data captured by the rear camera 20 being recorded on a second memory card.

[0053] The controller 30 includes a known arithmetic processing unit such as a CPU 31, memories such as a ROM 32 and a RAM 33, a timer 34, and other peripheral circuits. Various programs are recorded in the ROM 32 of the controller 30. The controller 30 executes these programs to realize various functions. The various programs include an operating system (OS), a GPS information processing program, a wireless communication processing program, a recording processing program, and the like. The GPS information processing program, the wireless communication processing program, and the recording processing program do not need to be independent programs, and a program combining multiple of these functions may be used.

[0054] The controller 30 executes the GPS information processing program, thereby recording the GPS information received by the GPS receiver 41 onto a memory card 45 held in a memory card reader 44 .

[0055] By executing the recording processing program, the controller 30 can record the images captured by the front camera 10 and the rear camera 20 in association with the time in a recording area of ​​the memory card 45. The controller 30 has a function of accessing the memory card 45 held in the memory card reader 44, and functions as a control unit having a recording function of recording the images captured by the front camera 10 and the rear camera 20 on the memory card held in the memory card reader 44. Specifically, the recording function of the controller 30 temporarily writes the image data captured by the front camera 10 and the rear camera 20 to the RAM 33, and then writes the data from the RAM 33 to the memory card 45 via the memory card reader 44, thereby recording the image data.

[0056] The recording function of the controller 30 allows various settings, and the settings of the recording function will be described in detail below.

[0057] The controller 30 of this embodiment has three recording modes: an event recording mode, a continuous recording mode, and a parking recording mode. The parking recording mode is a mode associated with a parking recording function that records while the vehicle 100 is parked. The parking recording function is a function related to recording while the vehicle 100 is parked. The parking recording function is also called a parking monitoring function, since it monitors the interior or surroundings of the vehicle 100 while it is parked. Specifically, the parking recording function is executed by selecting at least one recording mode from the time lapse mode and the motion detection mode. The event recording mode can be executed as a multitasking process in parallel with the continuous recording mode or the parking recording mode, even when the continuous recording mode or the parking recording mode is selected.

[0058] The event recording mode is a recording mode in which video data captured by the front camera 10 and the rear camera 20 is recorded in response to the occurrence of a specific event (e.g., an event). A specific event may be, for example, a user's sudden steering or braking while the vehicle is in motion, or the vehicle's collision with another object. The controller 30 determines such a specific event based on, for example, a measurement value obtained by the acceleration sensor 42. Specifically, the controller 30 determines that a specific event has occurred when the measurement value obtained by the acceleration sensor 42 exceeds a predetermined threshold value or exhibits a predetermined temporal change. The conditions for determining a specific event are not limited to the above, and may include, for example, vehicle conditions such as vehicle speed and steering state. The controller 30 also determines that a specific event has occurred when a specific operation button on the operation unit 13 (e.g., the operation button 13e in FIG. 1(a)) is pressed. Note that capturing and recording in the event recording mode by pressing the operation button 13e is hereinafter also referred to as one-touch recording. Note that the operation that triggers the start of recording does not necessarily have to be a one-touch operation; any specific operation may be used. The recording in this case is called manual recording, and can be substituted for one-touch recording.

[0059] In the event recording mode, when a specific event described above occurs, the controller 30 records video data captured for a certain period of time before and after the event. For example, the controller 30 records 20 seconds before the event and 20 seconds after the event, a total of 40 seconds of video data, as one recording file, on the memory card 45.

[0060] The continuous recording mode is a recording mode in which video data is continuously captured and recorded by the front camera 10 and the rear camera 20. Specifically, in the continuous recording mode, the controller 30 records video data captured at least from the start to the stop of the engine of the vehicle 100. Starting the engine corresponds to, for example, turning on the accessory power supply of the vehicle 100, and stopping the engine corresponds to turning off the accessory power supply. The determination of whether the accessory power supply is on or off will be described later.

[0061] The time lapse mode, which is one of the parking recording modes, is a recording mode in which intermittent image capture is performed by the front camera 10 and the rear camera 20 and the image is recorded. In this embodiment, intermittent image capture means capturing images at a frame rate that is lower than the reference frame rate. In this embodiment, when the time lapse mode is selected, the controller 30 sets the frame rate of the images captured by the front camera 10 and the rear camera 20 to a frame rate that is lower than the reference frame rate, and performs image capture and recording. The reference frame rate may be, for example, the frame rate used in at least one of the continuous recording mode, the event recording mode, the one-touch recording mode, and the motion detection mode. For example, while the frame rates of the other recording modes are, for example, 20 to 30 frames per second (hereinafter, this may also be referred to as "frames per second"), the frame rate of the time lapse mode is, for example, 1 frame per second.

[0062] In this embodiment, the controller 30 records video captured in time lapse mode as a time-compressed moving image. For example, video data captured at 1 frame per second is compressed to 30 frames per second, which is the same frame rate as in other recording modes, and recorded as video data. Note that video data captured in time lapse mode may also be recorded as a moving image at one frame per second.

[0063] Furthermore, the motion detection mode, which is one of the parking recording modes, is a recording mode in which an image is captured and recorded in response to the detection of a moving object. Specifically, when the motion detection mode is selected, the controller 30 detects a moving object from changes in the images captured by the front camera 10 and the rear camera 20, and records the image data when there is movement (i.e., when a moving object is detected). The frame rate in the motion detection mode is higher than the frame rate in the time lapse mode, for example, 20 to 30 frames per second. The controller 30 performs motion detection based on the image data temporarily written to the RAM 33, and when a moving object is detected, the controller 30 performs recording by writing the image data to the memory card 45 based on the image data in the RAM 33.

[0064] The recording function of the controller 30 creates a new file each time a video is recorded for a predetermined period of time, for example, one minute in continuous recording mode, 30 minutes in time lapse mode, and 40 or 30 second intervals in event recording mode and one-touch recording.

[0065] When a parking recording start condition is met, such as when the controller 30 detects that the engine of the vehicle 100 is off or the accessory power supply is off, or when the user switches to parking recording mode on the operation unit 13, the controller 30 goes through a standby state and then starts recording (capturing and recording) for parking in parking recording mode (specifically, time lapse mode or moving object detection mode).

[0066] Specifically, in this embodiment, the parking record start condition is, for example, a long press of the operation button 13c for three seconds or more. This long press is an example of a command input for starting parking record, and if the controller 30 has a voice recognition function, the command may be input by voice operation. The command input method is not important as long as it is an input made by the user to explicitly command the start of parking record.

[0067] Furthermore, the parking record start condition may be that the vehicle 100 is detected as being parked. The detection of the vehicle 100 being parked may be performed, for example, by detecting that the accessory power supply is turned off, that the engine is turned off, or that the vehicle speed is 0 km / h or a predetermined speed or less. A specific method of detecting the OFF state of the accessory power supply of the vehicle will be described later.

[0068] In the standby state, the controller 30 does not capture and record images based on the parking recording mode for a predetermined standby time (for example, one minute), and starts capturing and recording images based on the parking recording mode after the predetermined standby time has elapsed.

[0069] During the standby state, the controller 30 may, for example, not record any video, i.e., not record video captured by the front camera 10 and the rear camera 20, or may stop capturing video. Alternatively, the state before the parking record condition was satisfied may be maintained during the standby state. That is, if the continuous recording mode was active before the parking record condition was satisfied, the continuous recording mode is maintained even during the standby state. On the other hand, in the standby state of this embodiment, the controller 30 restricts the event recording mode so that event recording is not performed even if an impact is detected by the acceleration sensor 42 during the standby state. Note that the restriction on the event recording mode during the standby state is not limited to completely disabling event recording. For example, a predetermined threshold for event recording may be increased so that event recording is not performed for a relatively weak impact, such as opening or closing a door of the vehicle 100, but event recording is performed for a relatively strong impact, such as a collision with another object.

[0070] Furthermore, the condition for ending the standby state (hereinafter referred to as the standby state ending condition) is not limited to time. For example, the standby state may be ended and recording in the parking recording mode may be started when it is detected that the doors of the vehicle 100 are closed or locked, i.e., when it is detected that the driver has likely gotten out. Note that the parking recording mode may not be executed immediately after it is detected that the doors of the vehicle 100 are closed or locked, but may be executed after a predetermined standby maintenance time has elapsed. Furthermore, the opening of the door may be detected instead of the closing of the door. In this way, in this embodiment, the opening or closing of the door is recognized as either the closing or opening of the door.

[0071] When the information can be directly acquired from the control device of the vehicle 100, the detection of whether the doors are open or closed (door open / close detection function) and whether the doors are locked can be performed based on that information. When the information cannot be acquired, the detection can be performed by detecting the sound when the doors are closed or locked, for example, using a microphone provided in the drive recorder 1. Furthermore, when the front camera 10 or the rear camera 20 is a camera with a 360-degree viewing angle and is capable of capturing images of the interior of the vehicle, the opening / closing or locking of the doors can be detected by image recognition processing or the like from the captured image of the interior of the vehicle.

[0072] Furthermore, if the front camera 10 or the rear camera 20 is a camera with a 360-degree viewing angle, the controller 30 may recognize passengers, such as the driver, from the captured interior video and maintain a standby state while the passenger is inside the vehicle. During this standby state, as described above, for example, no recording is performed or a continuous recording mode is executed. Then, once the passenger disappears from the captured interior video, the controller 30 executes the parking recording mode immediately or after a predetermined standby time. Passengers may be recognized from the captured interior video using, for example, a passenger recognition AI that has learned to recognize passengers inside the vehicle, or image recognition processing. The presence or absence of a passenger may be determined not only from the captured interior video but also from sounds inside the vehicle acquired by the microphone of the drive recorder 1. Furthermore, the standby state may be maintained until a passenger who has exited the vehicle 100 moves out of a predetermined range (e.g., outside the angle of view) from the exterior video captured by the front camera 10 and the rear camera 20, in addition to the interior video. The condition for terminating the standby state based on the interior video is not limited to a passenger-related situation, but may also be the detection of another predetermined situation. For example, if there are no passengers in the vehicle but they have luggage, the standby state may be maintained for a predetermined time in consideration of the possibility that the passengers will return to retrieve their luggage. Furthermore, the detection of a predetermined situation from the video footage inside the vehicle may be used as a parking recording start condition. For example, parking recording may be started after a predetermined period of standby time has elapsed since the passengers left the vehicle. Since this configuration is intended to prevent users such as the driver from being captured on camera, the situation based on passengers included in the predetermined situation may be interpreted as a situation based on people inside the vehicle.

[0073] The parking record start condition and the standby state end condition may be one of the above-mentioned conditions or a combination of two or more of them.

[0074] After starting the parking record mode, the controller 30 executes the parking record mode for a predetermined off timer period. The controller 30 may terminate the parking record mode when the voltage of the battery unit 53 (an example of a power supply device) falls below a predetermined voltage, that is, when the charge amount of the battery unit 53 reaches a predetermined charge amount.

[0075] The memory card 45, which is the recording destination for video data in the drive recorder 1, has at least two recording areas, a first recording area and a second recording area. The recording function realized by the recording processing program executed by the controller 30 records video data captured in the event recording mode, i.e., in response to the occurrence of a specific event, in the first recording area (an event recording folder in this embodiment). Also, the second recording area (a normal recording folder in this embodiment) records video data captured in the continuous recording mode, time lapse mode, and motion detection mode.

[0076] The controller 30 has a playback function for playing back video data recorded by the recording function. The playback function has a function for selectively playing back video data captured by the front camera 10 and video data captured by the rear camera 20. The user can switch which video to play back by, for example, operating a predetermined operation button on the operation unit 13.

[0077] The display 12 also functions as a notification unit that notifies the user of the role played by the memory card 45 accessed by the controller 30.

[0078] Furthermore, a viewer program having a function of simultaneously playing back the video data captured by the front camera 10 and the video data captured by the rear camera 20 may be provided.

[0079] Furthermore, the display 12 may be provided on the dashboard 105 of the vehicle 100 as described above, or only a display capable of playing back only the video captured by the rear camera 20 out of the video captured by the front camera 10 and the video captured by the rear camera 20 may be provided on the dashboard 105. Furthermore, the playback function may be implemented not only on the display 12 of the drive recorder 1, but also on the display of another information terminal such as a PC, smartphone, mobile phone, or tablet terminal. For example, a viewer program having the playback function may be installed in another information terminal to realize the playback function on the display of the information terminal. The viewer program may be provided from the drive recorder 1 to the information terminal via the wireless communication circuit 43, recorded on the memory card 45, or provided via a communication network such as the Internet.

[0080] The drive recorder 1 configured as above is connected to an accessory power supply 110 of the vehicle 100 via the connection terminal 15 and the power supply unit 16 .

[0081] The connection terminal 15 of the drive recorder 1 is, for example, a 10-pin miniUSB terminal (female terminal) and has a wiring structure including at least a power line, a ground (GND) line, and a UART communication line. The UART communication line is a communication line that performs asynchronous serial communication using two signal lines, UART_TX for data transmission and UART_RX for data reception. The drive recorder 1 is connected to an accessory power supply 110 of the vehicle 100 from the connection terminal 15 via a power supply unit 16.

[0082] FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the connection configuration of the power supply unit, and the connection relationship between the drive recorder 1 and the accessory power supply 110 of the vehicle 100 will be described below with reference to this figure.

[0083] As shown in FIG. 3, the power supply unit 16 includes a first cable 50 (an example of a communication line), a converter 51, a second cable 52 (an example of a communication line), a battery unit 53, and a third cable .

[0084] The first cable 50 is a cable that connects the connection terminal 15 and the converter 51, and is provided at the tip on the connection terminal 15 side with a terminal (male terminal) that can be inserted into the connection terminal 15.

[0085] Converter 51 is connected to first cable 50 and second cable 52 so as to form an integral unit. Converter 51 is a DC / DC converter that converts DC (direct current) 12V power input from second cable 52 to DC 5V and outputs it to first cable 50.

[0086] The second cable 52 is a cable that connects the converter 51 and the battery unit 53, and is provided with a terminal (male terminal) at the tip on the battery unit 53 side.

[0087] The battery unit 53 has an output terminal 53a connected to the second cable 52, an input terminal 53b connected to the third cable 54, a communication control unit 53c that controls communication with the drive recorder 1, and an off timer setting unit 53d, and is equipped with a battery pack inside for storing electricity.

[0088] Third cable 54 is a cable that connects battery unit 53 and accessory power supply 110, and is provided at its end on the battery unit 53 side with connector 54a that can be inserted into battery unit 53. As shown in Fig. 3, third cable 54 has a GND cord 54b that connects from connector 54a to a metal part of vehicle 100 and a power cord 54c that connects to accessory power supply 110, each extending as a separate wire. A fuse holder 54d that has a fuse mounted therein is provided midway on power cord 54c.

[0089] [Effect] Next, an example of the operation of the process of switching to the parking recording mode executed by the controller 30 of the drive recorder 1 will be described.

[0090] First, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the process of switching to the parking recording mode executed by the controller 30 of the drive recorder 1. Hereinafter, the process of switching to the parking recording mode executed by the controller 30 of the drive recorder 1 will be described in accordance with this flowchart.

[0091] First, in step S10, the controller 30 determines whether the parking record start condition for the parking record mode is met. As described above, the parking record start condition is one or more conditions, such as a long press of the operation button 13c for three seconds or more, or detection of an accessory power OFF state. If the long press or the accessory power OFF state is not detected, the determination result is false (No), and the routine is returned. In other words, the following processing is not performed unless the parking record start condition is met. If a long press of the operation button 13c is detected, the determination result is true (Yes), and the process proceeds to the next step S11.

[0092] In step S11, the controller 30 enters a standby state in the parking recording mode. In this standby state, the controller 30 performs recording in the continuous recording mode, or does not perform recording, as described above. The controller 30 also restricts the event recording mode.

[0093] In step S12, the controller 30 determines whether the standby state termination condition is met. As described above, the standby state termination condition is one or more conditions, such as a predetermined time having elapsed since the start of the standby state or the door of the vehicle 100 being closed. If the passage of the predetermined time or the closure of the door is not detected, the determination result is false (No), and the process returns to step S11 to maintain the standby state. On the other hand, if the passage of the predetermined time or the closure of the door is detected, the determination result is true (Yes), and the process proceeds to the next step S13.

[0094] In step S13, the controller 30 ends the standby state and executes the parking recording mode. Specifically, the parking recording mode executes recording in either the pre-set time lapse mode or the motion detection mode. Note that if the event recording mode was restricted in the standby state, the controller 30 removes the restriction and executes the event recording mode in parallel.

[0095] In the next step S14, the controller 30 determines whether the off-timer time has elapsed. If the determination result is false (No), the determination in step S14 is repeated until the off-timer time has elapsed. If the off-timer time has elapsed, the determination result in step S14 becomes true (Yes), and the process proceeds to the next step S15. Note that the determination in step S14 is not limited to being based on the off-timer time. For example, a determination as to whether the voltage of the battery unit 53 has fallen below a predetermined voltage, i.e., whether the charge amount of the battery unit 53 has fallen below a predetermined amount, may also be made in addition to the determination of the off-timer time. In this case, if the voltage of the battery unit 53 has fallen below the predetermined voltage, the determination result becomes true (Yes).

[0096] In step S15, the controller 30 ends the parking recording mode and ends the routine.

[0097] [effect] As described above, the drive recorder 1 in the system of this embodiment has a recording function of a parking recording mode that records when the vehicle is parked. In the parking recording mode, the parking recording starts after the parking recording start condition is met, and then after a standby state. By providing a standby state before starting parking recording in the parking recording mode, it is possible to prevent unnecessary event recording from being performed due to false detection of an event such as an unwanted user image or an impact caused by opening or closing a door when a passenger exits the vehicle. This improves the convenience of the system of this embodiment.

[0098] In particular, by setting the parking recording start condition to a predetermined command input, such as a long press of the operation button 13c, it is possible to easily determine the start of the parking recording mode even in a drive recorder 1 model that cannot detect the vehicle state.

[0099] Furthermore, if continuous recording is performed in the continuous recording mode during standby, there is an advantage that there will be no gaps in recording during standby.

[0100] Furthermore, by restricting the event recording mode during standby, unnecessary event recording caused by shocks such as the opening and closing of doors when passengers get off can be more reliably suppressed.

[0101] In addition, by ending the standby state when the opening / closing or locking of the door is detected, unnecessary event recording caused by the impact of opening and closing the door can be suppressed, while the standby state can be ended at an appropriate time and recording in the parking recording mode can be started.

[0102] In addition, the detection of door opening / closing or door locking can be set as the condition for starting parking recording. In this case, the parking recording mode can be switched to without user operation, and unnecessary event recording caused by unwanted reflections of the user or the impact of door opening / closing can be suppressed.

[0103] In particular, when the drive recorder 1 is capable of capturing images of the interior of the vehicle, the opening and closing of the doors can be detected from the images of the interior of the vehicle, and the opening and closing of the doors can be detected using only the functions of the drive recorder 1, without obtaining door opening and closing information from the vehicle.

[0104] Furthermore, if the drive recorder 1 is capable of capturing images of the interior of the vehicle, the standby state can be ended when a predetermined situation, such as the passengers having disappeared, is detected from the image of the interior of the vehicle, thereby preventing unnecessary event recording caused by the impact of opening and closing the door, and ending the standby state at the appropriate time to start recording in parking recording mode.

[0105] Furthermore, the detection of a predetermined situation from the video of the inside of the vehicle may be used as a parking recording start condition, and in this case, the parking recording mode can be switched to without any operation by the user.

[0106] Furthermore, the parking record start condition may be that the accessory power supply 110 of the vehicle 100 is turned off. In this case, too, the parking record mode can be switched to without any user operation.

[0107] [Second embodiment] Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In this embodiment, even if the controller 30 of the drive recorder 1 detects the occurrence of a predetermined impact on the vehicle 100, if the impact is due to the door of the vehicle 100 being closed, the controller 30 has a function of canceling event recording as recording for parking. This embodiment can also be understood as follows, for example. Even if the controller 30 of the drive recorder 1 detects the occurrence of a predetermined impact on the vehicle 100, if the timing at which the door of the vehicle 100 is detected being closed and the timing at which the predetermined impact is detected are within a predetermined time, the controller 30 waits without starting recording for parking in the parking recording mode. Below, the characteristic configuration and operation of the drive recorder 1 of this embodiment will be mainly described, and descriptions of configurations and operations common to the first embodiment will be omitted or simplified.

[0108] In this embodiment, the controller 300 may switch to the parking recording mode when the accessory power supply of the vehicle 100 is turned off, but may also switch when other conditions described in the first embodiment above are met.

[0109] When the controller 300 determines that a predetermined impact has been detected by the acceleration sensor 42 during operation in the parking record mode, the controller 300 determines that the parking record start condition has been met. The controller 300 determines whether the timing of the detection is within a predetermined time from the timing of detecting the door being closed. For example, the controller 300 may determine whether the timing of the detection of the predetermined impact is before the predetermined time has elapsed from the timing of detecting the door being closed. The predetermined impact may be the same condition (an example of the first condition) as the impact used to determine that an event has occurred in the first embodiment described above. If the controller 300 determines that the predetermined time has elapsed, the controller 300 waits without starting event recording for recording during parking. This waiting can be understood as canceling event recording triggered by the detection of this impact. Alternatively, this waiting can be understood as maintaining operation in the parking record mode but not starting event recording triggered by the impact. In this case, the controller 300 may stop operation in the parking record mode during the waiting period and operate in another mode (e.g., continuous recording mode). Since the timing at which the door is detected as being closed and the timing at which a predetermined impact occurs in the vehicle are likely to occur simultaneously or with a short time difference, the predetermined time may be determined taking into consideration this time difference. For example, the predetermined time may be determined taking into consideration the relationship between the timing at which the door is detected as being closed and the timing at which an impact occurs when exiting the vehicle.

[0110] In this way, controller 300 has a function of canceling an event trigger caused by a door closing, which prevents unnecessary recording from being performed by determining that the impact caused by a door closing is an event, even in a configuration in which event recording for recording while parking is started when a parking recording start condition is met, indicating that a predetermined impact has been detected in vehicle 100.

[0111] Incidentally, a drive recorder is also a device that should actively record in order to enable post-event verification from captured images when a predetermined event such as an accident occurs. Therefore, even if the door is closed, for example, if the door is closed when an accident occurs, such as when the driver gets out of the vehicle, the drive recorder should record, and recording should not be canceled easily.

[0112] Therefore, it is preferable that the drive recorder 1 (controller 300) be configured to be able to set whether to wait without recording the event as described above or to start recording the event without waiting, when it is determined that the timing at which the acceleration sensor 42 detects a predetermined impact is within a predetermined time from the timing at which the door is detected being closed. For example, the drive recorder 1 may be configured to allow the user to set whether to wait or not on a predetermined menu screen. For example, the drive recorder 1 may be configured to allow the user to turn on / off a function that cancels an event trigger caused by a door closure. This allows the drive recorder 1 to start event recording when it detects a predetermined impact, including an impact caused by a door closure, thereby controlling, according to the setting, whether to prevent a situation in which no recording occurs when a predetermined event such as an accident occurs, or to prevent unnecessary recording of the impact caused by the door closure as much as possible.

[0113] Instead of or in addition to such a configuration that enables ON / OFF setting, the drive recorder 1 (controller 300) may be configured to wait without performing event recording as described above when it determines that the timing at which the acceleration sensor 42 detected a predetermined impact is within a predetermined time from the timing at which the door was detected to be closed, and when it determines that the position information of the vehicle 100 satisfies a predetermined condition. If the controller 300 determines, based on the position information of the vehicle 100, that the position information does not satisfy the predetermined condition, it may perform event recording.

[0114] The location information of the vehicle 100 may be detected by the GPS receiver 41. The predetermined condition may be, for example, set by a user operation, or may be set by the controller 300 without user operation (so-called automatic setting). The predetermined condition may be, for example, a condition for location information of a location where there is little need to record an event caused by the occurrence of a predetermined impact, particularly a condition for location information of a location where there is little possibility of an accident occurring. A location where there is little possibility of an accident occurring may be, for example, a location within the premises of the user's home or workplace, such as a parking lot, where the user or a trusted person (e.g., family member or colleague) can easily keep an eye on it. For example, within such premises, the possibility of an accident occurring is low, and the driver is likely to be present immediately after closing the door after turning off the accessory power. Thus, in situations where there is little possibility of an accident occurring, it is possible to prioritize preventing unnecessary recording. The controller 300 may perform event recording in locations where there is a possibility of an accident occurring, such as on public roads. The specified condition may also be location information of a location where theft or crime is unlikely to occur, such as a location with a strong security system or a location that is easily visible to third parties.

[0115] Furthermore, when controller 300 determines that a predetermined event has occurred, it may perform event recording as parking recording, even if the conditions for standby recording for parking recording described above are met. Such an event may be, for example, an event indicating a situation in which recording is required, particularly an event for determining the possibility of an accident. Controller 300 may, for example, recognize images captured by front camera 10 and rear camera 20 to recognize the behavior of people or vehicles in front or behind and determine whether an accident may have occurred. The predetermined event may be other events indicating a situation in which recording is required, such as dangerous driving, such as tailgating or sudden braking.

[0116] Even when a predetermined impact is detected in the vehicle 100 as described above, if the impact is due to the door of the vehicle 100 being closed, event recording as recording for parking may not be started within a predetermined period from when the accessory power source of the vehicle 100 is turned off or when the drive source (e.g., the engine) is turned off, but may not be started thereafter. This is because people often get out of the vehicle 400 fairly soon after the accessory power source of the vehicle 100 is turned off or the drive source of the vehicle 100 is turned off. The predetermined period should preferably be longer than the above-mentioned predetermined time. Various setting methods are conceivable for the start point of the predetermined period, such as when the vehicle 400 stops or when it is considered to have stopped.

[0117] In this embodiment, the drive recorder 1 may detect that the door is opened instead of that that the door is closed. In this case, the drive recorder 1 may perform processing based on the detection result of that the door is closed and the detection result of that the door is opened.

[0118] The recording processing program of the drive recorder 1 in each of the above-described embodiments is a program for causing a computer to realize the recording function, playback function, detection function, notification function, etc. of the controller 30 described above, and can achieve the above-described effects.

[0119] Although the description of the embodiment of the present invention has been completed above, the configurations of the above-described embodiments may be combined as appropriate, and the aspects of the present invention are not limited to these embodiments.

[0120] In the above-described embodiment, the parking recording mode includes two recording modes for parking: time lapse mode and moving object detection mode. However, it is possible to use only one of these modes, or to add another recording mode for parking.

[0121] In the above embodiment, the vehicle 100 is provided with two imaging units, the front camera 10 and the rear camera 20, but the number and locations of the imaging units are not limited to this. For example, an imaging unit that is oriented toward the side of the vehicle or an imaging unit that captures images of the interior of the vehicle may be provided.

[0122] In the above embodiment, the memory card 45 is described as being a recording medium such as an SD card, a miniSD card, or a microSD card, but it may be other recording media such as a USB memory, an SSD, a small hard disk, etc. The memory card reader 44 can also be changed to a writing / reading device suitable for the recording medium.

[0123] The scope of the present invention is not limited to the structures explicitly described in the specification, but also includes combinations of various aspects of the present invention disclosed herein. The structures of the present invention that are sought to be patented are specified in the appended claims, but it is the intention of the present inventors to claim structures disclosed in this specification in the future, even if they are not currently specified in the claims.

[0124] The present invention is not limited to the configurations described in the above-described embodiments. The components of each of the above-described embodiments and variations may be arbitrarily selected and combined. Furthermore, any component of each embodiment or variation may be arbitrarily combined with any component described in the Summary of the Invention or any component embodying any component described in the Summary of the Invention. The present invention also intends to obtain rights to these configurations through amendments or divisional applications of the present application. Even if a description is made of "in the case of..." or "when...," it is not intended to describe a configuration limited to that case or time. Configurations that are not limited to those cases or times are also disclosed, and the present invention intends to obtain rights to them. Furthermore, any descriptions that specify an order are not limited to this order. Configurations in which some parts are deleted or the order is changed are also disclosed, and the present invention intends to obtain rights to them.

[0125] Furthermore, we intend to obtain rights to the overall design or partial design by converting the application to a design registration. The drawings depict the entire device in solid lines, but they also include partial designs claimed for parts of the device. For example, a partial design can be a partial design for a part of the device, or a part of that part. A partial design can be a part of the device, or a part of that part. We intend to obtain rights not only for the overall design, but also for partial designs in which any part of the solid line portion of the drawing is drawn as a broken line. Furthermore, all of the modules, components, and parts inside the device's casing, shown in the drawings, are subject to independent commerce, and we intend to similarly obtain rights by converting the application to a design registration. [Explanation of symbols]

[0126] 1 Drive recorder (system) 10. Front camera 13 Control section 13a~13f Operation buttons 15 Connection terminal 16 Power Supply Unit 50 First Cable (Communication Line) 51 Converter 52 Second Cable (Communication Line) 53 Battery Unit 53a output terminal 53c Communication control unit 54 Third Cable 100 vehicles 110 Accessory Power Supply

Claims

1. A recording device having a recording function for recording images captured in a vehicle is provided, The recording function has a parking recording mode for recording when the vehicle is parked, and starts recording when a parking recording start condition is met; A function of detecting that a door of the vehicle is closed, the parking record start condition includes a first condition indicating that a predetermined impact has occurred in the vehicle, The parking recording mode has a function of canceling recording for parking when the first condition is met based on the detection result that the door is closed. system.

2. A function of detecting that a door of the vehicle is closed, the parking record start condition includes a first condition indicating that a predetermined impact has occurred in the vehicle, The parking recording mode waits without starting recording for parking if the timing at which the door is detected to be closed and the timing at which the first condition is satisfied are within a predetermined time. The system of claim 1 .

3. The parking recording mode is configured to be able to set whether to wait without starting recording for parking or to start recording for parking without waiting when the first condition is met within the predetermined time. The system of claim 2 .

4. a function of detecting the position information of the vehicle; In the parking recording mode, if the first condition is met within the predetermined time and the vehicle position information satisfies a predetermined condition, the parking recording mode waits without starting recording for parking. A system according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

5. In the parking recording mode, when it is determined that a predetermined event has occurred, recording for parking is started even when the standby condition is met. A system according to any one of claims 2 to 4.

6. A program for causing a computer to realize the functions of the recorder of the system according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

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