VEHICLE DATA RECORDING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A vision system for a vehicle, said vehicle vision system comprising:
- at least one camera disposed at a vehicle equipped with said vehicle vision system, wherein said at least one camera has a field of view exterior the equipped vehicle and is operable to capture image data;
an image processor operable to process image data captured by said at least one camera;
a recording device operable to record images captured by said at least one camera;
a control controlling operation of said at least one camera;
wherein said control, responsive to a determination that the equipped vehicle is in a parked state, controls said at least one camera to capture frames of image data at a first capture rate;
wherein, responsive to image processing of captured image data, said control compares a frame of captured image data to at least one previous frame of captured image data; and
wherein, responsive to said comparison determining a change in the frames of captured image data beyond a threshold degree of change, (i) said control increases the capture rate to a second capture rate, (ii) said at least one camera captures frames of image data at said second capture rate and (iii) said control activates said recording device to record images captured at said second capture rate.
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Abstract
A vision system for a vehicle includes at least one camera having a field of view exterior the vehicle. An image processor is operable to process image data captured by the camera. When the vehicle is parked, a control controls the camera to capture frames of image data at a first capture rate. The control compares a frame of captured imaged data to at least one previous frame of captured image data. Responsive to the comparison determining a change in the frames of captured image data beyond a threshold degree of change, (i) the control increases the capture rate to a second capture rate, (ii) the at least one camera captures frames of image data at the second capture rate and (iii) the control activates a recording device to record images captured by the camera at the second capture rate.
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20 Claims
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1. A vision system for a vehicle, said vehicle vision system comprising:
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at least one camera disposed at a vehicle equipped with said vehicle vision system, wherein said at least one camera has a field of view exterior the equipped vehicle and is operable to capture image data; an image processor operable to process image data captured by said at least one camera; a recording device operable to record images captured by said at least one camera; a control controlling operation of said at least one camera; wherein said control, responsive to a determination that the equipped vehicle is in a parked state, controls said at least one camera to capture frames of image data at a first capture rate; wherein, responsive to image processing of captured image data, said control compares a frame of captured image data to at least one previous frame of captured image data; and wherein, responsive to said comparison determining a change in the frames of captured image data beyond a threshold degree of change, (i) said control increases the capture rate to a second capture rate, (ii) said at least one camera captures frames of image data at said second capture rate and (iii) said control activates said recording device to record images captured at said second capture rate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A vision system for a vehicle, said vehicle vision system comprising:
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a plurality of cameras disposed at a vehicle equipped with said vehicle vision system, wherein said cameras having respective fields of view exterior the equipped vehicle and is operable to capture image data; an image processor operable to process image data captured by said cameras; a recording device operable to record images captured by said cameras; a control controlling operation of said cameras; wherein said control, responsive to a determination that the equipped vehicle is in a parked state, controls said cameras to capture respective frames of image data at a first capture rate; wherein, responsive to image processing of image data captured by said cameras, said control compares a frame of image data captured by an individual camera to at least one previous frame of image data captured by that individual camera; and wherein, responsive to said comparison determining a change in the frames of image data captured by an individual camera beyond a threshold degree of change, (i) said control increases the capture rate to a second capture rate for at least that individual camera, (ii) at least that individual camera captures frames of image data at said second capture rate and (iii) said control activates said recording device to record images captured at said second capture rate by at least that individual camera. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A vision system for a vehicle, said vehicle vision system comprising:
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a plurality of cameras disposed at a vehicle equipped with said vehicle vision system, wherein said cameras having respective fields of view exterior the equipped vehicle and is operable to capture image data; an image processor operable to process image data captured by said cameras; wherein said plurality of cameras and said image processor comprise at least a part of a surround view system of the equipped vehicle; a recording device operable to record images captured by said cameras; a control controlling operation of said cameras; wherein said control, responsive to a determination that the equipped vehicle is in a parked state, controls said cameras to capture respective frames of image data at a first capture rate; wherein, responsive to image processing of image data captured by said cameras, said control compares a frame of image data captured by an individual camera to at least one previous frame of image data captured by that individual camera; and wherein, responsive to said comparison determining a change in the frames of image data captured by an individual camera beyond a threshold degree of change, (i) said control increases the capture rate to a second capture rate for at least that individual camera, (ii) at least that individual camera captures frames of image data at said second capture rate and (iii) said control activates said recording device to record images captured at said second capture rate by at least that individual camera; wherein said control, responsive to determination of a threshold level of repeating activity at at least a portion of captured image data of at least one of said cameras, increases the threshold degree of change. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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