RECORDING DEVICE AND RECORDING METHOD
First Claim
1. A recording device installed in a vehicle, comprising:
- a recording section that records vehicle information indicative of current conditions of the vehicle at predetermined recording intervals;
an accident level-determining section that determines whether or not an accident has occurred, based on a magnitude of an impact on the vehicle detected by an impact-detecting section; and
a recording control section that is operable when it is determined that an accident has occurred, to cause said recording section to record the vehicle information at the recording intervals shorter than those before the accident.
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Abstract
There is provided a recording device capable of collecting information which makes it possible to investigate an accident. A recording section, such as a FeRAM, records vehicle information indicative of current conditions of the vehicle at predetermined recording intervals. An accident level-determining section determines whether or not an accident has occurred, based on a magnitude of an impact on the vehicle detected by an impact-detecting section. When it is determined that an accident has occurred, a recording control section causes the recording section to record the vehicle information at the recording intervals (e.g. 0.1 seconds) shorter than those (e.g. 1 second) before the accident. This makes it possible to use pre-accident information and post-accident information to thereby investigate an accident in more detail.
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20 Claims
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1. A recording device installed in a vehicle, comprising:
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a recording section that records vehicle information indicative of current conditions of the vehicle at predetermined recording intervals; an accident level-determining section that determines whether or not an accident has occurred, based on a magnitude of an impact on the vehicle detected by an impact-detecting section; and a recording control section that is operable when it is determined that an accident has occurred, to cause said recording section to record the vehicle information at the recording intervals shorter than those before the accident. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. The recording device installed in a vehicle, comprising:
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a recording section that records vehicle information indicative of current conditions of the vehicle at predetermined recording intervals; an accident level-determining section that determines whether or not an accident has occurred, based on a magnitude of an impact on the vehicle detected by an impact-detecting section; and a recording control section that sets the recording interval before it is determined that an accident has occurred according to a speed of the vehicle.
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15. A recording method, comprising:
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recording vehicle information indicative of current conditions of a vehicle in a recording section at predetermined recording intervals; determining whether or not an accident has occurred, based on a magnitude of an impact on the vehicle detected by an impact-detecting section; and recording the vehicle information in the recording section at the recording intervals shorter than those before the accident when it is determined that that accident has occurred. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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