DRIVING RECORDER

• US 20100152964A1
• Filed: 06/23/2006
• Published: 06/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Horiba Limited
• Original Assignee: Horiba Limited
• Inventors: Hashimoto, Akihiro, Kohsaka, Hiroji, Ishikura, Masatomo
• Granted Patent: US 8,280,577 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/35
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0891 Video recorder in combination with video camera

Abstract

An integrated driving recorder (1) in which trouble due to a temperature rise in a vehicle interior can be avoided. The driving recorder (1) has one or more detection means for sensing conditions of the behavior of the vehicle, surrounding conditions, etc. and outputting data indicating the conditions, and also has a condition data storage section for storing the condition data outputted from the detection means. Both means are held in a single casing (2). A heat radiation region (2a) is formed on the casing (2), and a heat conduction member (9) is provided on the casing. The heat conduction member (9) is connected at one surface to the heat radiation region (2a) and exhibits predetermined thermal conductivity. The other surface can be bonded to the window glass (W) of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A driving recorder, wherein

one or multiple detection devices that sense a situation concerning a behavior or a surrounding conditions of a vehicle and that output situation data indicating the situation, and a situation data storage section that stores the situation data output from the detection device are held in a single casing, and

a heat dissipation area is formed on the casing and the heat conduction member that has a predetermined thermal conductivity and whose one surface is connected to a heat dissipation area is arranged and another surface of the heat conduction member can be bonded to a window glass of the vehicle.

2. The driving recorder described in claim 1, wherein

the heat dissipation area is made of metal.

3. The driving recorder described in claim 1, wherein

almost all of the casing is made of metal and the metal is magnesium alloy.

4. The driving recorder described in claim 1, wherein

the heat dissipation area is of a generally elliptical annular shape or a toric shape having a predetermined width, and the heat conduction member having a predetermined thickness and elasticity is arranged along the heat dissipation area.

5. The driving recorder described in claim 4, wherein

a whole shape of the driving recorder is of a generally egg-shaped form and an outer circumferential edge part of a generally elliptical flat surface part formed by cutting a part of the egg-shaped form with a flat plane is set as the heat dissipation area.

6. The driving recorder described in claim 5, wherein

the detection device comprises at least an image receiving device, an acceleration sensor and a position sensor, and an image receiving surface of the image receiving device faces an opening of the generally elliptical flat surface part.

7. The driving recorder described in claim 2, wherein

almost all of the casing is made of metal and the metal is magnesium alloy.