Vehicular Data Recording Apparatus
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Abstract
A vehicular data recording apparatus includes crash detection means (12) for detecting a crash of a vehicle, and recording process means (14) for recording and retaining output data of various vehicle-mounted sensors (20, 30, 40, 50) mounted in the vehicle, in a non-volatile memory (70), wherein if a crash is detected by the crash detection means (12), a data recording/retaining process relevant to the crash is performed by the recording process means. If a plurality of crashes different in the crash form are detected continually in a short time by the crash detection means, the recording process means performs the data recording/retaining process relevant to each crash in accordance with a predetermined order of priority based on the crash form of each crash.
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36 Claims
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18. A vehicular data recording apparatus that performs a data recording/retaining process relevant to a crash of a vehicle, comprising:
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a crash detection portion that detects a crash of the vehicle; and a recording process portion that records and retains output data of various vehicle-mounted sensors mounted in the vehicle, in a non-volatile memory, wherein if a plurality of crashes are detected continually in a short time by the crash detection portion, the recording process portion performs a data recording/retaining process relevant to each crash in accordance with a predetermined order of priority of each crash. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method of performing data recording/retention relevant to a crash of a vehicle, comprising:
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detecting a crash of the vehicle; and recording and retaining output data of various vehicle-mounted sensors mounted in the vehicle, in a non-volatile memory, wherein if a plurality of crashes are detected continually in a short time, a data recording/retaining process relevant to each crash is performed in the recording and retaining step in accordance with a predetermined order of priority of each crash.
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36. A vehicular data recording apparatus includes crash detection means for detecting a crash of a vehicle, and recording process means for recording and retaining output data of various vehicle-mounted sensors mounted in the vehicle, in a non-volatile memory, wherein if a crash is detected by the crash detection means, a data recording/retaining process relevant to the crash is performed by the recording process means, characterized in that if a plurality of crashes are detected continually in a short time by the crash detection means, the recording process means performs the data recording/retaining process relevant to each crash in accordance with a predetermined order of priority of each crash.
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