Event Data Recorder with Lane Departure Warning Function

• US 20100013929A1
• Filed: 07/19/2008
• Published: 01/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Create Electronic Optical Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Create Electronic Optical Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LO, Chih-Wei, Lin, Shih-Ho, Wei, Hui-Chen
• Application Number:
  US12/176,340
• Publication Number:
  US 20100013929A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/148
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 15/029 Steering assistants using warnings or proposing actions to the driver without influencing the steering system
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0891 Video recorder in combination with video camera

Abstract

An event data recorder with a function of lane departure warning is revealed. The device combines a LDWS (Lane Departure Warning System) with a EDR (Event Data Recorder). The LDWS uses at least one image sensor to capture road images that are sent to a DSP for being processed and identified. The EDR uses image/audio sensors to capture images in front of the car and/or sounds of surrounding. The data is sent to a recorder and is compressed for being saved into a storage device. Thus the device not only has both functions of the EDR as well as the LDWS, it further records vehicle signals, numbers of lane departure issues, and surrounding conditions of car accidents for finding out human or vehicle faults that cause the accident. Therefore, functions and efficiency of the EDR are improved.

Claims

1. An event data recorder having a lane departure warning function of a LDWS (Lane Departure Warning System) comprising at least one image sensor, an electronic control unit (ECU), a driver vehicle interface, at least one storage unit, and a warning unit;

wherein

the image sensor is to capture images in front of a vehicle and input the shot images into the electronic control unit;

the electronic control unit having a video input unit, a digital signal processor (DSP), a memory unit, an image compression unit, a storage unit interface, an analog/digit (AID) unit, and an audio codec unit;

wherein, after the images from the image sensor being input into the video input unit, the images are sent to the digital signal processor and the memory unit for being processed and identified and at the same time by means of the vehicle signals from the driver vehicle interface, whether there is a dangerous vehicle driving behavior is checked;

once a result of checking is yes, the warning unit issues audiovisual warnings to a driver;

on the other hand, the images also pass through the image compression unit and the memory unit, the storage unit interface and then being saved into the storage unit;

wherein the electronic control unit synchronously records vehicle signals, numbers of lane departure issues, and surrounding conditions of car accident and saved them into the storage unit.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the event data recorder having a lane departure warning function of a LDWS further comprising at least one audio sensor that is used in combination with the image sensor to synchronously capturing sounds of surrounding the vehicle and inputting the captured sounds into the electronic control unit.

3. The device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the electronic control unit further comprising an analog/digit (A/D) unit and an audio codec unit while after the sounds captured by the audio sensor input into the electronic control unit, data of the sounds passes through the analog/digit (A/D) unit, the audio codec unit, then the image compression unit together with the memory unit, the storage unit interface and then being saved into the storage unit.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storage unit is a SD card.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the image sensor of the device is used to capture images in front of the car.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the warning unit is an audible warning unit or a visual warning unit.