Vehicle data recording system
First Claim
1. A vehicular vision system, said vehicular vision system comprising:
- at least one camera disposed at a vehicle equipped with said vehicular vision system, wherein said at least one camera has a field of view exterior the equipped vehicle and is operable to capture frames of image data;
a control comprising at least one data processor, wherein image data captured by said at least one camera is processed at said control;
wherein said vehicular vision system is operable to record frames of image data captured by said at least one camera;
wherein said vehicular vision system, responsive to the equipped vehicle being in a parked state, controls said at least one camera to capture frames of image data at a first capture rate, and wherein said vehicular vision system does not record frames of image data captured by said at least one camera at the first capture rate;
wherein, responsive to processing at said control of captured image data when the vehicle is in the parked state, said vehicular vision system compares a frame of captured image data to at least one previous frame of captured image data to determine change at an area of the frames of captured image data that is indicative of movement at a region of the field of view of said at least one camera;
wherein, when the vehicle is in the parked state and when said at least one camera is capturing frames of image data at the first capture rate and when said vehicular vision system is not recording frames of captured image data, and responsive to determination of change at the area of the frames of captured image data beyond a threshold degree of change, (i) said vehicular vision system controls said at least one camera to capture frames of image data at a second capture rate that is higher than the first capture rate and (ii) said vehicular vision system starts recording frames of image data captured by said at least one camera at the second capture rate;
wherein, responsive to determination of change at the area of the frames of captured image data beyond the threshold degree of change, said vehicular vision system updates a disturbance counter associated with the area;
wherein, responsive to the disturbance counter satisfying a threshold value, said vehicular vision system updates an ignore area mask for the area;
wherein, responsive to updating the ignore area mask for the area, image data captured by said at least one camera at the area in subsequent frames of captured image data is not compared at said control to at least one previous frame of captured image data; and
further comprising at least one non-imaging sensor disposed at the equipped vehicle, wherein said at least one non-imaging sensor has a field of sensing exterior of the equipped vehicle and is operable to capture sensor data, and wherein sensor data captured by the at least one non-imaging sensor is processed at said control, and wherein, responsive to processing at said control of captured sensor data when the vehicle is in the parked state, said vehicular vision system determines a change in the captured sensor data that is indicative of movement in the field of sensing of said at least one non-imaging sensor, and wherein, when the vehicle is in the parked state and when said at least one camera is capturing frames of image data at the first capture rate and when said vehicular vision system is not recording captured images, and responsive to determination, via processing of captured sensor data at said control, of change in the captured sensor data beyond another threshold degree of change, (i) said vehicular vision system increases the capture rate to the second capture rate, (ii) said at least one camera captures frames of image data at the second capture rate and (iii) said vehicular vision system starts recording frames of image data captured at the second capture rate.
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Abstract
A vision system for a vehicle includes at least one camera having a field of view exterior the vehicle. An image processor is operable to process image data captured by the camera. When the vehicle is parked, a control controls the camera to capture frames of image data at a first capture rate. The control compares a frame of captured imaged data to at least one previous frame of captured image data. Responsive to the comparison determining a change in the frames of captured image data beyond a threshold degree of change, (i) the control increases the capture rate to a second capture rate, (ii) the at least one camera captures frames of image data at the second capture rate and (iii) the control activates a recording device to record images captured by the camera at the second capture rate.
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23 Claims
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1. A vehicular vision system, said vehicular vision system comprising:
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at least one camera disposed at a vehicle equipped with said vehicular vision system, wherein said at least one camera has a field of view exterior the equipped vehicle and is operable to capture frames of image data; a control comprising at least one data processor, wherein image data captured by said at least one camera is processed at said control; wherein said vehicular vision system is operable to record frames of image data captured by said at least one camera; wherein said vehicular vision system, responsive to the equipped vehicle being in a parked state, controls said at least one camera to capture frames of image data at a first capture rate, and wherein said vehicular vision system does not record frames of image data captured by said at least one camera at the first capture rate; wherein, responsive to processing at said control of captured image data when the vehicle is in the parked state, said vehicular vision system compares a frame of captured image data to at least one previous frame of captured image data to determine change at an area of the frames of captured image data that is indicative of movement at a region of the field of view of said at least one camera; wherein, when the vehicle is in the parked state and when said at least one camera is capturing frames of image data at the first capture rate and when said vehicular vision system is not recording frames of captured image data, and responsive to determination of change at the area of the frames of captured image data beyond a threshold degree of change, (i) said vehicular vision system controls said at least one camera to capture frames of image data at a second capture rate that is higher than the first capture rate and (ii) said vehicular vision system starts recording frames of image data captured by said at least one camera at the second capture rate; wherein, responsive to determination of change at the area of the frames of captured image data beyond the threshold degree of change, said vehicular vision system updates a disturbance counter associated with the area; wherein, responsive to the disturbance counter satisfying a threshold value, said vehicular vision system updates an ignore area mask for the area; wherein, responsive to updating the ignore area mask for the area, image data captured by said at least one camera at the area in subsequent frames of captured image data is not compared at said control to at least one previous frame of captured image data; and further comprising at least one non-imaging sensor disposed at the equipped vehicle, wherein said at least one non-imaging sensor has a field of sensing exterior of the equipped vehicle and is operable to capture sensor data, and wherein sensor data captured by the at least one non-imaging sensor is processed at said control, and wherein, responsive to processing at said control of captured sensor data when the vehicle is in the parked state, said vehicular vision system determines a change in the captured sensor data that is indicative of movement in the field of sensing of said at least one non-imaging sensor, and wherein, when the vehicle is in the parked state and when said at least one camera is capturing frames of image data at the first capture rate and when said vehicular vision system is not recording captured images, and responsive to determination, via processing of captured sensor data at said control, of change in the captured sensor data beyond another threshold degree of change, (i) said vehicular vision system increases the capture rate to the second capture rate, (ii) said at least one camera captures frames of image data at the second capture rate and (iii) said vehicular vision system starts recording frames of image data captured at the second capture rate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for recording image data captured by a vehicular vision system, the method comprising:
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providing at least one camera disposed at a vehicle equipped with the vehicular vision system so as to have a field of view exterior the equipped vehicle; providing a control having at least one data processor;
capturing, by the at least one camera disposed at the equipped vehicle when the vehicle is in a parked state, multiple frames of image data at a first capture rate;comparing, at the control, a second frame of captured image data to a first frame of captured image data that was captured prior to a second frame of captured image data; responsive to the comparison of the second frame of captured image data to the first frame of captured image data, determining, at the control, a change at an area of the first and second frames of captured image data that is indicative of a movement at a region of the field of view of the at least one camera; responsive to determining the change at the area of the first and second frames of captured image data, determining, at the control, whether the change at the area of the frames of captured image data is greater than a threshold degree of change; responsive to determining that the change at the area of the first and second frames of captured image data is beyond the threshold degree of change; capturing, by the at least one camera, multiple frames of image data in a field of view exterior the equipped vehicle at a second capture rate that is greater than the first capture rate; recording, by the vehicular vision system, frames of image data captured by the at least one camera at the second capture rate; updating, by the vehicular vision system, a disturbance counter associated with the area at which the change is determined; determining, by the vehicular vision system, whether the disturbance counter satisfies a threshold value; and responsive to the disturbance counter satisfying the threshold value, updating, by the vehicular vision system, an ignore area mask to include the area at which the change is determined; after updating the ignore area mask to include the area at which the change is determined, capturing a third frame of image data; comparing, at the control, the third frame of captured image data to a fourth frame of captured image data that was captured prior to the third frame of captured image data; when comparing the third frame of captured image data to the fourth frame of captured image data, ignoring image data at areas of the frames of captured image data included in the ignore area mask; determining, at the control, and via the comparison of the third frame of captured image data to the fourth frame of captured image data, change at another area of the frames of captured image data that is indicative of movement at another region of the field of view of the at least one camera; and further comprising; capturing sensor data by at least one non-imaging sensor disposed at the equipped vehicle and having a field of sensing exterior the equipped vehicle; determining, at the control, a change in the captured sensor data that is indicative of movement in the field of sensing of the at least one non-imaging sensor; responsive to determining the change in the captured sensor data, determining, at the control, whether the determined change in the captured sensor data is beyond another threshold degree of change; responsive to determining that the change in the captured sensor data is beyond the other threshold degree of change; capturing, by the at least one camera, frames of image data at the second capture rate; and recording, by the vehicular vision system, frames of image data captured by the at least one camera at the second capture rate. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A vehicular vision system, said vehicular vision system comprising:
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at least one camera disposed at a vehicle equipped with said vehicular vision system, wherein said at least one camera has a field of view exterior the equipped vehicle and is operable to capture frames of image data; a control comprising at least one data processor, wherein image data captured by said at least one camera is processed at said control; wherein said vehicular vision system is operable to record frames of image data captured by said at least one camera; wherein said vehicular vision system, responsive to the equipped vehicle being in a parked state, controls said at least one camera to capture frames of image data at a first capture rate, and wherein said vehicular vision system does not record frames of image data captured by said at least one camera at the first capture rate; wherein, responsive to processing at said control of captured image data when the vehicle is in the parked state, said vehicular vision system compares a frame of captured image data to at least one previous frame of captured image data to determine change at an area of the frames of captured image data that is indicative of movement at a region of the field of view of said at least one camera; wherein, when the vehicle is in the parked state and when said at least one camera is capturing frames of image data at the first capture rate and when said vehicular vision system is not recording frames of captured image data, and responsive to determination of change at the area of the frames of captured image data beyond a threshold degree of change, (i) said vehicular vision system controls said at least one camera to capture frames of image data at a second capture rate that is higher than the first capture rate and (ii) said vehicular vision system starts recording frames of image data captured by said at least one camera at the second capture rate; wherein the threshold degree of change is dependent upon an amount of time that the vehicle has been in the parked state; wherein, responsive to determination of change at the area of the frames of captured image data beyond the threshold degree of change, said vehicular vision system increases a disturbance counter associated with the area; wherein, responsive to the disturbance counter satisfying a threshold value, said vehicular vision system updates an ignore area mask for the area; wherein, responsive to updating the ignore area mask for the area, image data captured by said at least one camera at the area in subsequent frames of captured image data is not compared at said control to at least one previous frame of captured image data; and further comprising at least one non-imaging sensor disposed at the equipped vehicle, wherein said at least one non-imaging sensor has a field of sensing exterior of the equipped vehicle and is operable to capture sensor data, and wherein sensor data captured by the at least one non-imaging sensor is processed at said control, and wherein, responsive to processing at said control of captured sensor data when the vehicle is in the parked state, said vehicular vision system determines a change in the captured sensor data that is indicative of movement in the field of sensing of said at least one non-imaging sensor, and wherein, when the vehicle is in the parked state and when said at least one camera is capturing frames of image data at the first capture rate and when said vehicular vision system is not recording captured images, and responsive to determination, via processing of captured sensor data at said control, of change in the captured sensor data beyond another threshold degree of change, (i) said vehicular vision system increases the capture rate to the second capture rate, (ii) said at least one camera captures frames of image data at the second capture rate and (iii) said vehicular vision system starts recording frames of image data captured at the second capture rate.
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