VIDEO RECORDING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE AND VIDEO RECORDING METHOD FOR VEHICLE

• US 20140178030A1
• Filed: 06/19/2013
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: MOON, Dae Sung, CHOI, Jin Woo, MOON, Ki Young, YOO, Jang Hee, LEE, Han Sung
• Granted Patent: US 9,369,665 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure

Abstract

Disclosed is a video recording apparatus for a vehicle, which includes a camera unit formed so as to change a capturing direction; a driver'"'"'s viewing direction detecting unit configured to detect a driver'"'"'s viewing direction; a control unit configured to control the camera unit so that the detected viewing direction corresponds to the capturing direction; and a storing unit configured to store a video obtained by the camera unit. Therefore, a video in a direction at which the driver views is obtained and stored without mounting a plurality of cameras so that it is possible to obtain a video for a situation of an accident of a vehicle of the driver or a vehicle of another driver occurring not only in the front of the driver'"'"'s vehicle but also in the side of the driver'"'"'s vehicle.

Claims

1. A video recording apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

a camera unit formed so as to change a capturing direction;

a driver'"'"'s viewing direction detecting unit configured to detect a driver'"'"'s viewing direction;

a control unit configured to control the camera unit so that the detected viewing direction corresponds to the capturing direction; and

a storing unit configured to store a video obtained by the camera unit.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the driver'"'"'s viewing direction detecting unit detects the viewing direction using video information on a face direction of the driver.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the driver'"'"'s viewing direction detecting unit detects the viewing direction using posture information of the driver.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the camera unit is configured to be panned and tilted.

5. A video recording method for a vehicle, comprising:

recognizing a capturing direction of a camera unit;

detecting a viewing direction of a driver;

changing the capturing direction of the camera unit so as to match the capturing direction of the camera unit and the viewing direction of the driver; and

storing a video obtained by the camera unit.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein in the detecting of a viewing direction of a driver, the viewing direction is detected using video information on a face direction of the driver.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the viewing direction is detected using posture information of the driver.