RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING AND PROCESING IMAGE DATA IN A VEHICLE

• US 20100014842A1
• Filed: 07/16/2009
• Published: 01/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SMR Patents Sarl (SMR Patents)
• Original Assignee: Visiocorp Patents S.a.r.l.
• Inventors: Schaffer, Heinz-Erwin, Eder, Oliver
• Granted Patent: US 8,849,104 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/200
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2001/1253 with cameras, video cameras or video screens
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0866 the electronic data carrier being a digital video recorder in combination with video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0891 Video recorder in combination with video camera

Abstract

A recording device for capturing and processing image data in a vehicle is proposed. The recording device comprises an optical image generating sensor and an image processor for processing image data and a communication processor for bidirectional communication with the vehicle. The image data and additional vehicle data is imaged into the data structure of the vehicle bus system together as mixed data.

Claims

1. A recording device for capturing and processing image data in a vehicle with an optical image generating sensor and with an image processor for processing image data, with a communication processor for bidirectional communication with the vehicle, wherein the image data and additional vehicle data is imaged into the data structure of the vehicle bus system together as mixed data.

2. A recording device according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle bus is a CAN-bus and the data per byte is imaged into the data frame.

3. A recording device according to claim 1, wherein the recording device includes a storage medium which is connected to the optical sensor.

4. A recording device according to claim 1, wherein the image processor processes the image data and a data reduced image data set is stored in the memory.

5. A recording device according to claim 1, wherein the recording device is mounted at the vehicle at the exterior mirror.

6. A recording device according to claim 5, wherein the recording device performs the function of dead angle monitoring.

7. A recording device according to claim 1, wherein the recording device is mounted in the vehicle in the interior mirror.

8. A method for recording image data and vehicle data with an optical image generating sensor and with a signal processor for processing the image data, with a communication processor for bidirectional communication with the vehicle, wherein the following steps are being performed:

Capturing the image with the optical sensor

Processing the image with a signal processor

Receiving vehicle relevant data

Mixing the image data and the vehicle relevant data in a data flow in a data frame adapted to the vehicle bus.

9. A method for recording image and vehicle data according to claim 8, wherein the adapted data frames are stored in a storage medium.

10. A method for recording image and vehicle data according to claim 8, wherein the data frames of an image are stored in a sequence of at least one image per second.

11. A method for recording image and vehicle data according to claim 8, wherein the data of the image is reduced by processing image data and the reduced data of the image is stored.