82 results about "Event data recorder" patented technology

Disclosed are methods and apparatus for using black box data to analyze vehicular accidents. The methods include obtaining information from an event data recorder associated with a vehicle and using the data obtained therefrom in determining and analyzing the vehicular accident. Attributes to be analyzed include impact severity, change in velocity, and other desired parameters. Further disclosed are methods to securely communicate the downloaded black box information to a secure location for later analysis and processing.

An environmental control system, or data pack, is provided in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. The system allows for audio and video recording on hard drive media in situations where temperature, vibration and humidity would otherwise have prevented the use of such technology. The system can be used in conjunction with an event recorder for use in motor vehicles, trains and the like. The environmental control system includes a thermoelectric module connected to the hard drive and to a housing. The thermoelectric module is for transferring heat between the hard drive and the housing in response to an applied voltage in order to maintain a hard drive temperature within a hard drive operable temperature range. The vehicle operating temperature range includes temperatures outside the hard drive operable temperature range.

An environmental control system, or data pack, is provided in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. The system allows for audio and video recording on hard drive media in situations where temperature, vibration and humidity would otherwise have prevented the use of such technology. The system can be used in conjunction with an event recorder for use in motor vehicles, trains and the like. The environmental control system includes a thermoelectric module connected to the hard drive and to a housing. The thermoelectric module is for transferring heat between the hard drive and the housing in response to an applied voltage in order to maintain a hard drive temperature within a hard drive operable temperature range. The vehicle operating temperature range includes temperatures outside the hard drive operable temperature range.

A storage device of car event data recorders is revealed. The storage device of car event data recorders includes at least two sets of memory or at least one memory set with at least two memory areas. The first memory module (or area) is used to record real time audio / video data with continuous attributes while the second memory module (or area) is for retrieving and recording audio / video data at the time of the accident and / or pre-alarm audio / video data before the accident and / or post-alarm audio / video data after the accident. The interval before or after the accident may be a few decades of seconds. Thereby the storage device of car event data recorders can perform long-term safety control operations and completely record real time audio / video data during, before and after each event. Therefore, certain audio / video data is stored for long-term preservation and checked. Thus the efficiency of the storage device of car event data recorders is improved.

An event data recorder network data querying method based on mobile terminals is disclosed. According to steps of the method, a user sends a query request of event data recorder video data of a vehicle through a mobile terminal to a data server; the data server searches vehicle information meeting the query request, and sends a query request to a user mobile terminal of the target vehicle; the user mobile terminal of the target vehicle downloads corresponding video data from an event data recorder of the vehicle according to the query request; and when the user mobile terminal of the target vehicle is in an interconnection state, the downloaded video data are uploaded to the data server, and the data server distributes the video data to the request user. In the method, mobile phones are adopted as transmission media to extract the event data recorder video data, and the video data is sent to the server end, and therefore a user can know driving events timely and real value of the video data is achieved.

The invention provides a driving behavior detection method and device based on an acceleration transducer, an event data recorder and an automobile. The driving behavior detection method comprises the following steps: sampling acceleration data of the acceleration transducer in a first dimension direction at a pre-set sampling interval, wherein the first dimension direction is parallel to a front-back driving direction of a vehicle and the acceleration data in the first dimension direction has a value and a direction; averaging the acceleration data in the first dimension direction, which is obtained within a first pre-set duration, so as to obtain an average acceleration, wherein the average acceleration has a value and a direction; if the value of the average acceleration is higher than a pre-set threshold value, judging that violent driving behavior occurs. By adopting the driving behavior detection method provided by the invention, the violent driving behaviors of a driver in a driving process can be rapidly and really judged.

A system for marking video comprises an input interface, a processor, and an output interface. The input interface is configured to receive event recorder data from an event data recorder and to receive an indication of an event of interest. The processor is configured to determine a start mark and an end mark for the event of interest. The output interface configured to provide the start mark and the end mark to a continuous video recorder of the vehicle.

The invention relates to a driving event data recording method and device, and an event data recorder. The driving event data recording method comprises the steps of: when a vehicle generates a passive safety event, taking a first locking condition record; and when the vehicle generates an active safety event, taking a second locking condition record, wherein the priority of the first locking condition is higher than the priority of the second locking condition. The vehicle driving event record data is locked according to the features of a vehicle intelligent driving system to prevent the vehicle driving event record data from being covered to cause important event data loss and reduce the demand of the storage space amount of the event data recorder, and the record of the event data is beneficial to the subsequent technical analysis and confirmation of responsibility for traffic accidents.

Disclosed are methods and apparatus for using black box data to analyze vehicular accidents. The methods include obtaining information from an event data recorder associated with a vehicle and using the data obtained therefrom in determining and analyzing the vehicular accident. Attributes to be analyzed include impact severity, change in velocity, and other desired parameters. Further disclosed are methods to securely communicate the downloaded black box information to a secure location for later analysis and processing.

A five-lens image lens system is revealed. The five-lens image lens system includes a first lens group with a negative power and a second lens group with a positive power. Along an optical axis in order from an object plane to an image plane, the first lens group includes a negative first lens and a negative second lens while at least one of optical surfaces of the first lens and the second lens is an aspherical optical surface. The second lens group includes a positive third lens, a positive fourth lens, and a negative fifth lens from the object plane to the image plane while an image-side lens surface of the positive fourth lens is glued with an object-side lens surface of the negative fifth lens. The image lens system satisfies the following conditions: 2R2>R4>R2, 2|F12|<|F34|, and Vd1>Vd2, Vd4>Vd5; wherein R2, R4 respectively represent curvature radius of the image-side lens surface of the negative first lens and the negative second lens; f12, f34 respectively represent focal length of the negative first lens and the negative second lens; Vd1, Vd2, Vd4, Vd5 respectively are Abbe numbers of the first lens, the second lens, the fourth lens, and the fifth lens. Thus the image lens system has features of wide viewing angle, small Fno, high brightness, high resolution, and effectively minimized length (through the lens, TTL). Therefore, the applications and effects of the image lens system are improved and especially suitable for lens of EDR (Event Data Recorder) of car safety systems.

A mounting system for a control module in a vehicle comprises a housing with a flange formed with an opening adapted to receive a fastener for securing the housing to the vehicle. A crack initiator causes a crack to occur in the flange or the housing and thus reduces bending of the housing during a side impact collision causing lateral forces. Preferably, an attachment bolt extends through the opening into the vehicle and the flange forms a C-shape around the opening to allow lateral forces during the side impact collision to force the attachment bolt to slide out of the opening. Preferably, electronic components in the module include an event data recorder for recording data about the vehicle collision and relaying the data after the collision, a communications system for calling for assistance and a controller for cutting off the vehicle fuel supply.

The invention discloses an event data recorder provided with signal lamps for reminding other vehicles and a control method of the event data recorder. The recorder is used on an n oversize vehicle and comprises an image based zebra crossing identification module and a physical isolation belt isolated non-motor vehicle road identification module which are embedded into a host. The event data recorder is characterized in that one output end of a CPU (central processing unit) is sequentially connected with a left side lamp on-off control module and a left side pedestrian signal lamp in series, and the other output end is sequentially connected with a right side lamp on-off control module and a right side pedestrian signal lamp in series; an image based module for identifying whether a pedestrian exists at the zebra crossing and identifying the pedestrian movement behavior and trend in a sectional manner is further embedded into the host; and the left and right slide pedestrian signal lamps are used for catching attention of vehicles on the left side and the right side of the vehicle respectively. The movement direction of pedestrians on a zebra crossing vision dead zone produced by the vehicle body is reminded, so that when the oversize vehicle slows down or stops to give way before the zebra crossing, traffic accidents caused when other vehicles on the same side road ways on the left side or the right side pass by the zebra crossing are reduced.

The invention discloses a collision detection device, an event data recorder comprising the same as well as a collision detection processing method. The collision detection device comprises a loudspeaker, a vibration signal conversion module and a signal processing module, wherein the loudspeaker is used for detecting vibration outside the collision detection device and generating vibration signals; the vibration signal conversion module is electrically connected with the loudspeaker and used for converting the vibration signals generated by the loudspeaker into electrical signals; the signal processing module is electrically connected with the vibration signal conversion module and used for processing the electrical signals generated by the vibration signal conversion module and determining whether the vibration signals are produced through collision. The collision detection device utilizes the loudspeaker for vibration detection, so that the collision detection cost is reduced greatly. Besides, with adoption of vibration detection, interference of sound similar to collision sound can be avoided to a great extent, the collision accident recognition rate is increased, and the detection signal acquisition cost is reduced. The event data recorder and the collision detection processing method provided by the invention also have the advantages.

A system and method to preserve the integrity of data being extracted from an electronic data recorder (“EDR”) of an electronic control module (“ECM”) makes use of a forensic link adapter (20) and, optionally, a sensor simulator (10) (when ECM is out of the vehicle). The forensic link adapter (20) has one or more first microprocessors (23) and a first software means which prevent any message being sent by an external network from corrupting the previously recorded data measurements. The data measurements are then extracted, verified, and stored in a separate file. The sensor simulator (10) has one or more second microprocessors (23), a second software means, and a bank of resistors (21) that mimic sensors normally in communication with the ECM. The simulator “tricks” the ECM into thinking it is still in the vehicle by using the replicating vehicle system values the ECM normally sees when in the vehicle.

The invention provides borosilicate optical glass the refractive index (nd) of which is 1.48-1.52 and the Abbe number (vd) of which is 63-70, a prefabricated member formed by the optical glass and an optical element formed by the optical glass. Based on oxides, the borosilicate optical glass comprises 60-75% by weight of SiO2, 5-15% by weight of B2O3, 1-8% by weight of Al2O3, 0-2% by weight of Li2O, 0-10% by weight of Na2O and 0-13% by weight of K2O, and is free of La2O3. Through reasonably arranging contents of components, the glass transition temperature Tg of the optical glass is low, compression moulding forming temperature is lowered, chemical stability of the glass is good, and corrosion marks influencing transmission of light and imaging quality are not liable to generate on the surfaces of the glass when the glass is used. The optical glass, the prefabricated member and the optical element can be widely applied in mobile optical video equipment, such as a card camera, a mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera, a camera phone and an event data recorder.

An event data recorder (EDR) is configured to operate in a driving mode and a parking mode. In the driving mode, the EDR is configured to perform high quality video recording using an image-capturing circuit. In the parking mode, the EDR is configured to periodically activate the image-capturing circuit for event detection and start to perform low quality video recording after detecting a specific event.

A mobile event data recorder is described providing a contained environmental control system for a hard drive module for use in, or with, a vehicle. A hard drive housing with multiple hard drives and a vibration isolation system are provided within a hard drive module chassis. The vibration isolation system simultaneously provides triaxial isolation in each of two different orientations of the hard drive module. First and second vibration isolators connect the hard drive housing with adjoining walls of the chassis, the first and second vibration isolators positioned to achieve a natural resonant frequency suitable to isolate frequencies in the hard drive operating range, taking into account the forces that will be applied to the vehicle. The natural resonant frequency can be about 10 Hz or less, in order to isolate the hard drives from frequencies of greater than about 10 Hz.

A personal event data recorder (PEDR) is provided. The PEDR may be integrated within a mobile communications device or may be provided as a separate add-on device operatively linked to the mobile communications device. The PEDR is configured to activate a number of sensors based upon an event trigger and monitor and record event data from the sensors. The PEDR is further configured to store the recorded event data in one of a memory and a network database. The PEDR may also be utilized with a secondary sensor system such as, but not limited to, a vehicle sensor system or a security sensor system.

This invention provides a system for sharing real-time recording and the method thereof. The system in this invention transmits the traffic image from the traffic recording device to the cloud server database for storage by the hand-held communication device. Here, the system for sharing real-time recording includes at least three parts: a traffic recording device, a hand-held communication device and a cloud server. User can automatically transmit traffic image provided by the vehicle event data recorder capable of transmitting traffic image to the cloud server by the system and its method disclosed here to achieve real-time sharing of the traffic images.

A vehicle event data recorder and anti-theft alarm system consisting of a power management system, a 360 degree panoramic lens, a digital data storage unit, a mini display, an operating unit and a wireless communication module is disclosed. When the car is running, the 360 degree panoramic lens picks up images in front of the car for processing through the digital signal processor for enabling the processed image data to be recorded in the digital data storage unit and displayed on the mini display. When the car is parked in a parking place or area, the 360 degree panoramic lens keeps picking up surrounding images, and the digital signal processor immediately actuates an external car anti-theft alarm system / car anti-theft ignition switch cutoff system and drives the wireless communication module to actuate a wireless alarm system in giving off an alarm signal upon occurrence of an abnormal condition.

A five-lens image lens system is revealed. The five-lens image lens system includes a first lens group with a negative power and a second lens group with a positive power. Along an optical axis in order from an object plane to an image plane, the first lens group includes a negative first lens and a negative second lens while at least one of optical surfaces of the first lens and the second lens is an aspherical optical surface. The second lens group includes a positive third lens, a positive fourth lens, and a negative fifth lens from the object plane to the image plane while an image-side lens surface of the positive fourth lens is glued with an object-side lens surface of the negative fifth lens. The image lens system satisfies the following conditions: 2R2>R4>R2, 2|F12|<|F34|, and Vd1>Vd2, Vd4>Vd5; wherein R2, R4 respectively represent curvature radius of the image-side lens surface of the negative first lens and the negative second lens; f12, f34 respectively represent focal length of the negative first lens and the negative second lens; Vd1, Vd2, Vd4, Vd5 respectively are Abbe numbers of the first lens, the second lens, the fourth lens, and the fifth lens. Thus the image lens system has features of wide viewing angle, small Fno, high brightness, high resolution, and effectively minimized length (through the lens, TTL). Therefore, the applications and effects of the image lens system are improved and especially suitable for lens of EDR (Event Data Recorder) of car safety systems.

The invention discloses a road view sharing method. Road views are shot through an event data recorder, shooting geographical locations are acquired by GPS, and the road views and the geographical locations are packed, sent together to a cloud platform and shared after being subjected to standardization editing by the cloud platform. The invention also discloses a road view sharing device. GPS location recording and cloud standardization editing are added based on functions of the event data recorder at present to achieve a function of sharing routes and road views.

A mobile event data recorder is described providing a contained environmental control system for a hard drive module for use in, or with, a vehicle. A hard drive housing with multiple hard drives and a vibration isolation system are provided within a hard drive module chassis. The vibration isolation system simultaneously provides triaxial isolation in each of two different orientations of the hard drive module. First and second vibration isolators connect the hard drive housing with adjoining walls of the chassis, the first and second vibration isolators positioned to achieve a natural resonant frequency suitable to isolate frequencies in the hard drive operating range, taking into account the forces that will be applied to the vehicle. The natural resonant frequency can be about 10 Hz or less, in order to isolate the hard drives from frequencies of greater than about 10 Hz.

The invention relates to an event data recorder with function of a lane departure warning system, which combines the lane departure warning system (LDWS) and the event data recorder (EDR) into a whole for use so that the LDWS and the EDR not only have respective using functions, but also can further simultaneously record bodywork signals, lane departure times and peripheral situations when accidents happen, and store the bodywork signals, the lane departure times and the peripheral situations into a storage device. The event data recorder is favorable for judging whether the accidents are caused by vehicle factors or human factors when the accidents happen so as to increase the using functions and efficiency of the EDR and avoid the trouble for arranging the LDWS and the EDR respectively.

A head up display system comprises an optical projector, a projection screen, a combiner, a driver system board, an event data recorder, a front image sensor and a rear image sensor. The optical projector is a front projector or a rear projector for projecting the image onto the projection screen. Then the combiner projects a virtual image from the image of the projection screen within two to three meters behind the combiner and thus, drivers are able to observe the environment outside the car and to read the information provided by the head up display system simultaneously. The driver system board can connect to a driver's smart phone through wire (such as HDMI / MHL) or wireless (such as WiFi) and thus, an image from real-time contents of the smart phone or an image from other functions of the smart phone can be transmitted to the driver system board and projected by the optical projector for drivers' watch or use. The event data recorder and the front image sensor can record the driving information and traffic information and save them into a built-in memory or a Secure Digital Memory Card. The front image sensor can record the brightness outside a car so that a luminous flux of the optical projector can be adjusted automatically through the driver system board and thus, drivers are able to watch the images clearly on the head up display system under any circumstances. Meanwhile the event data recorder and the rear image sensor can record driving information and inside information and save them into a built-in memory or a Secure Digital Memory Card. The rear image sensor supports finger movement sensing technology to input instructions without finger contact or touch, and the inputted instructions will be transmitted to the driver's smart phone after being processed by the driver system board so as to operate the smart phone.

The invention discloses a vehicle event data recorder capable of enlarging the visual field of a driver, and the recorder comprises a central control console of an automobile, wherein a lifting deviceis arranged in the central control console, a U-shaped mounting plate is arranged on the upper side of the central control console, the lower end of the mounting plate is fixedly connected with the lifting device, mounting shafts are rotationally arranged between the mounting plate, mounting blocks are fixedly arranged on the mounting shafts, power supply devices are arranged in the mounting blocks, steering cavities are symmetrically arranged on the left side and the right side of the power supply devices, and telescopic devices are rotationally arranged in the steering cavities. The vehicleevent data recorder capable of enlarging the visual field of the driver is provided with double recording cameras, the two cameras can adjust the size of the transverse visual field of a shooting andrecording area through the telescopic devices, the camera is driven by a steering block to adjust the size of the longitudinal visual field, and secondly, the recorder can be contracted and arrangedin the central control console of the automobile, and is convenient to store and enlarge the visual field of the driver.

The invention discloses an event data recorder and an image record module. The event data recorder can be operated in a driving mode and a parking mode. In the driving mode, the event data record performs a high-quality video function by using the image record module. In the parking mode, the event data recorder firstly starts the image record module regularly to detect a specific event, and performs a low-quality video function after the specific event is detected, so that the event data recorder disclosed by the invention has the advantages of low energy consumption and a variety of modes.

The invention discloses an uninterruptible-power event data recorder and a control method thereof. The recorder comprises a back-up power module, a vehicle power module, an internal power module, a vehicle switching detection module and an event data recorder work module, wherein when the vehicle switching detection module detects a starting signal of the vehicle power module, the vehicle power module supplies power to the internal power module, and then power is supplied to the event data recorder work module; when the vehicle switching detection module detects that the vehicle power module stops working, the back-up power module supplies power to an image processing power source of the internal power module, and then power is supplied to an image processing unit of the event data recorder work module. According to the uninterruptible-power event data recorder and the control method thereof, a back-up power source supplies power to the image processing unit and the image processing unit is enabled to work normally when a vehicle stops, and video picking, processing and storing functions on the surrounding environment of the vehicle are realized.