VEHICLE IMAGE RECORDING SYSTEM

• US 20120274770A1
• Filed: 04/27/2012
• Published: 11/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: LEE, Jae Hoon
• Application Number:
  US13/458,306
• Publication Number:
  US 20120274770A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/148
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0866 the electronic data carrier being a digital video recorder in combination with video camera

Abstract

There is provided a vehicle image recording system including: a vehicle having a receiving space provided therein; a camera installed in the receiving space; a reflective device installed on a window of the vehicle or a ceiling of the vehicle to reflect image information captured from the front or the rear of the vehicle, to the camera; and a fixing member fixing the reflective device to the window or the ceiling.

Claims

1. A vehicle image recording system comprising:

a vehicle having a receiving space provided therein;

a camera installed in the receiving space;

a reflective device installed on a window of the vehicle or a ceiling of the vehicle to reflect image information captured from the front or the rear of the vehicle, to the camera; and

a fixing member fixing the reflective device to the window or the ceiling.

2. The vehicle image recording system of claim 1, further comprising an impact absorbing unit installed in the receiving space to protect the camera from an external impact.

3. The vehicle image recording system of claim 2, wherein the impact absorbing unit includes:

a camera housing receiving the camera therein; and

a filling member filling the camera housing.

4. The vehicle image recording system of claim 1, wherein the reflective device includes:

a reflective member reflecting image information of the front of the vehicle to the camera; and

an operating fluid allowing the reflective member to be inclined in a turning direction of the vehicle through centrifugal force generated when the vehicle is driven or turned on a winding road.

5. The vehicle image recording system of claim 1, wherein the reflective device includes a reflective member having multiple surfaces or a reflective member having a single curved surface.

6. The vehicle image recording system of claim 1, wherein the receiving space is provided between the ceiling and a roof of the vehicle.

7. The vehicle image recording system of claim 1, wherein the receiving space is further installed with a ventilation unit circulating air in an interior of the vehicle to the receiving space.