Drive recorder, recording method of drive recorder, and computer-readable medium

• US 10,102,392 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2016
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Inventors: Koseki, Tomohisa
• Primary Examiner(s): Dunn, Alex C
• Application Number:
  US15/294,363
• Publication Number:
  US 20170140166A1
• Time in Patent Office: 732 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0866 the electronic data carrier being a digital video recorder in combination with video camera

Abstract

A drive recorder according to an embodiment includes a capture unit and an access controller. The capture unit captures an outside of a vehicle. The access controller sets access limitation, which limits an access from a person other than an occupant of the vehicle, for traveling images of the vehicle. The traveling images are captured by the capture unit and stored in a storage medium. When an event arising from the vehicle meets a predetermined condition that indicates at least level of urgency, the access controller removes the access limitation.

Claims

1. A non-transitory drive recorder that is provided in a vehicle shared by a plurality of users, the drive recorder comprising:

a capture unit that includes an image sensor, the image sensor capturing an outside of the vehicle;

a non-transitory storage unit that stores identification information and sequentially stores traveling images of the vehicle captured by the capture unit, the identification information including identifiers (IDs) of the users and passwords associated with the respective IDs; and

a processor operatively connected to the storage, the processor configured to;

determine whether or not an ID and a password that are sent from a terminal device of each of the users that is an occupant of the vehicle equate to an ID and a password that are included in the identification information stored in the storage; and

set, for each of the users, corresponding access limitation by using a corresponding password of the passwords based on a determination result for corresponding traveling images among the traveling images stored in the storage, the corresponding access limitation allowing the corresponding user to access the corresponding traveling images and limiting an access from a person other than the corresponding user, and,

when an acceleration sensor provided in the vehicle detects an acceleration of a predetermined threshold or more, a sensor provided in the vehicle detects that a distance between the vehicle and a target object approaching the vehicle is a predetermined threshold or less, or a sensor provided in the vehicle detects lane departure of the vehicle, remove the password set for the traveling images so as to remove the access limitation, the access limitation set for traveling images from a first time point to a second time point among the traveling images stored in the storage unit, the second time point being a time point at which an event meeting a predetermined condition indicating at least a level of urgency arises and the first time point being a time point that is a predetermined time period before the second time point.

2. A non-transitory drive recorder that is provided in a vehicle shared by a plurality of users, the drive recorder comprising:

a capture unit that includes an image sensor, the image sensor capturing an outside of the vehicle;

a non-transitory storage unit that stores identification information and sequentially stores traveling images of the vehicle captured by the capture unit, the identification information including identifiers (IDs) of the users and passwords associated with the respective IDs; and

a processor operatively connected to the storage, the processor configured to;

determine whether or not an ID and a password that are sent from a terminal device of each of the users that is an occupant of the vehicle equate to an ID and a password that are included in the identification information stored in the storage; and

set, for each of the users, corresponding access limitation by using a corresponding password of the passwords based on a determination result for corresponding traveling images among the traveling images stored in the storage, the corresponding access limitation allowing the corresponding user to access the corresponding traveling images and limiting an access from a person other than the corresponding user, and,

when an acceleration sensor provided in the vehicle detects an acceleration of a predetermined threshold or more, a sensor provided in the vehicle detects that a distance between the vehicle and a target object approaching the vehicle is a predetermined threshold or less, or a sensor provided in the vehicle detects lane departure of the vehicle, remove the password set for the traveling images so as to remove the access limitation, the access limitation set for traveling images from a first time point to a second time point among the traveling images stored in the storage unit, the second time point being a time point at which an event meeting a predetermined condition indicating at least a level of urgency arises and the first time point being a time point that is a predetermined time period before the second time point,

the identification information includes information on an administrator that has administrator authority by which the administrator can perform a privileged function on the traveling images, and

the processor is configured to give the authentication person an access right corresponding to the administrator authority over all of the traveling images when the authentication person is the administrator.

3. A non-transitory drive recorder that is provided in a vehicle shared by a plurality of users, the drive recorder comprising:

a capture unit that includes an image sensor, the image sensor capturing an outside of the vehicle;

a non-transitory storage unit that stores identification information and sequentially stores traveling images of the vehicle captured by the capture unit, the identification information including identifiers (IDs) of the users and passwords associated with the respective IDs; and

a processor operatively connected to the storage, the processor configured to;

determine whether or not an ID and a password that are sent from a terminal device of each of the users that is an occupant of the vehicle equate to an ID and a password that are included in the identification information stored in the storage, and

set, for each of the users, corresponding access limitation by using a corresponding password of the passwords based on a determination result for corresponding traveling images among the traveling images stored in the storage, the corresponding access limitation allowing the corresponding user to access the corresponding traveling images and limiting an access from a person other than the corresponding user, and,

when an acceleration sensor provided in the vehicle detects an acceleration of a predetermined threshold or more, a sensor provided in the vehicle detects that a distance between the vehicle and a target object approaching the vehicle is a predetermined threshold or less, or a sensor provided in the vehicle detects lane departure of the vehicle, remove the password set for the traveling images so as to remove the access limitation, the access limitation set for traveling images from a first time point to a second time point among the traveling images stored in the storage unit, the second time point being a time point at which an event meeting a predetermined condition indicating at least a level of urgency arises and the first time point being a time point that is a predetermined time period before the second time point

and

the processor is configured to accept an operation from the occupant, by which one of setting or removal of the access limitation is selected, and switches between the setting and the removal of the access limitation in accordance with the operation when the event arising from the vehicle is a particular event.

4. A recording method of a drive recorder that is provided in a vehicle shared by a plurality of users, the method comprising:

capturing an outside of the vehicle by using an image sensor;

storing identification information and sequentially storing traveling images of the vehicle captured using the image sensor, the identification information including identifiers (IDs) of the users and passwords associated with the respective IDs;

determining whether or not an ID and a password that are sent from a terminal device of each of the users that is an occupant of the vehicle equate to an ID and a password that are included in the stored identification information;

setting, for each of the users, corresponding access limitation by using a corresponding password of the passwords based on a determination result for corresponding traveling images among the stored traveling images, the corresponding access limitation allowing the corresponding user to access the corresponding traveling images and limiting an access from a person other than the corresponding user, and

when an acceleration sensor provided in the vehicle detects an acceleration of a predetermined threshold or more, a sensor provided in the vehicle detects that a distance between the vehicle and a target object approaching the vehicle is a predetermined threshold or less, or a sensor provided in the vehicle detects lane departure of the vehicle, removing the password set for the traveling images so as to remove the access limitation, the access limitation set for traveling images from a first time point to a second time point among the stored traveling images, the second time point being a time point at which an event meeting a predetermined condition indicating at least a level of urgency arises and the first time point being a time point that is a predetermined time period before the second time point.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein a recording program, the program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:

capturing an outside of a vehicle by using an image sensor;

storing identification information and sequentially storing traveling images of the vehicle captured using the image sensor, the identification information including identifiers (IDs) of the users and passwords associated with the respective IDs;

determining whether or not an ID and a password that are sent from a terminal device of each of the users that is an occupant of the vehicle equate to an II) and a password that are included in the stored identification information;

setting, for each of the users, corresponding access limitation by using a corresponding password of the passwords based on a determination result for corresponding traveling images among the stored traveling images, the corresponding access limitation allowing the corresponding user to access the corresponding traveling images and limiting an access from a person other than the corresponding user, and

when an acceleration sensor provided in the vehicle detects an acceleration of a predetermined threshold or more, a sensor provided in the vehicle detects that a distance between the vehicle and a target object approaching the vehicle is a predetermined threshold or less, or a sensor provided in the vehicle detects lane departure of the vehicle, removing the password set for the traveling images so as to remove the access limitation, the access limitation set for traveling images from a first time point to a second time point among the stored traveling images, the second time point being a time point at which an event meeting a predetermined condition indicating at least a level of urgency arises and the first time point being a time point that is a predetermined time period before the second time point.