SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING TRACK OF VEHICLES AND ACQUIRING ROAD CONDITIONS USING THE RECORDED TRACKS
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1. An image recording device mounted to a vehicle, comprising:
- an imaging unit for capturing a sequence of images including an image of a road that the vehicle is running and circumstances around the road by taking photographs;
an image management unit for storing the captured images in a recording medium and for extracting a target image corresponding to a request for image transmission from the recording medium; and
a communication unit for receiving the request for image transmission and for transmitting the extracted images to the external entity.
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Abstract
An image recording device mounted to a vehicle includes an imaging unit for capturing a sequence of images including an image of a road that the vehicle is running and circumstances around the road by taking photographs; an image management unit for storing the captured images in a recording medium and for extracting a target image corresponding to a request for image transmission from the recording medium; and a communication unit for receiving the request for image transmission and for transmitting the extracted images to the external entity.
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1. An image recording device mounted to a vehicle, comprising:
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an imaging unit for capturing a sequence of images including an image of a road that the vehicle is running and circumstances around the road by taking photographs; an image management unit for storing the captured images in a recording medium and for extracting a target image corresponding to a request for image transmission from the recording medium; and a communication unit for receiving the request for image transmission and for transmitting the extracted images to the external entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An image recording method comprising:
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capturing a sequence of images including an image of a road on which a vehicle is running and circumstances around the road by taking photographs; storing the captured images in a recording medium; in response to receive a request to send a target image from an external entity, extracting the target image corresponding to the request from the recording medium; and transmitting the target images to the external entity. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for acquiring road conditions, the apparatus comprising;
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an image request unit for making a request to send a target images from image recording devices, wherein each image recording devices having a sequence of images captured by taking photographs of a road on which a vehicle is running and circumstances around the road; an image extraction unit for analyzing the target images, which have been received from the respective image recording device by the request, to extract the road conditions from the target image; and an image database for storing the extracted road conditions along with the target images. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for acquiring road conditions in associated with a plurality of image recording devices, each image recording device having a sequence of images captured by taking photographs of a road on which a vehicle is running and circumstances around the road, the method comprising:
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receiving positional information of the vehicles; making a request to send a target image to one or more image recording devices in the vehicles within a specific region; and analyzing the targets images, which have been received from the image recording devices by the request, to extract the road conditions. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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