CAR VIDEO RECORDER

• US 20130027537A1
• Filed: 05/19/2011
• Published: 01/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Steelmate Co. Ltd
• Original Assignee: Steelmate Co. Ltd
• Inventors: Li, Zhitao
• Application Number:
  US13/640,184
• Publication Number:
  US 20130027537A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/77
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0891 Video recorder in combination with video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19647 Systems specially adapted for intrusion detection in or around a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape

Abstract

A car video recorder includes a human body sensing device for generating a first signal when a person gets close to the device; an acceleration sensor for generating a second signal when it detects that an action is imposed on a car; a camera device for real time video recording; a control unit which detects whether the car starts; in case that the car flames out, if the control unit receives the first or second signal and the signal meets a predefined condition, then the control unit drives the camera device to automatically perform human body detection and human face recognition; after successful recognition, the control unit stores camera data as special data; and a memory at least including a first partition for storage of the special data therein. The car video recorder employs the microwave sensor and acceleration sensor and camera device cooperatively to realize the functions such as recognition of the human face, taking photos and video of the human face and safety transfer of the camera data carrying information related to the human face.

Claims

1. A car video recorder comprising:

a human body sensing device for generating a first signal when a person gets close to the device;

an acceleration sensor for generating a second signal when it detects that an action is imposed on a car;

a camera device for real time video recording;

a control unit which detects whether the car starts;

in case that the car flames out, if the control unit receives the first or second signal and the signal meets a predefined condition, then the control unit drives the camera device to automatically perform human body detection and human face recognition;

after successful recognition, the control unit stores camera data as special data; and

a memory at least including a first partition for storage of the special data therein.

2. The car video recorder according to claim 1, wherein when a start status of the car is detected, the control unit will determine whether there exists the second signal meeting the predefined condition;

if yes, then the camera data will be stored into the first partition of the memory as the special data; and

if no, the camera data will be stored into a second partition of the memory as normal data.

3. The car video recorder according to claim 2, wherein further comprising a first communication module which transfers wirelessly the special data to a remote server via a first communication network.

4. The car video recorder according to claim 3, wherein further comprising a second communication module which transfers wirelessly the special data to a remote server via a second communication network.

5. The car video recorder according to claim 4, wherein the control unit selects the first communication module for transfer of the special data, and when transfer realized by the first communication module fails, the control unit selects the second communication module for transfer of the special data.

6. The car video recorder according to claim 5, wherein the first and second communication modules employ any one of the following communication networks:

WiFi, WCDMA, CDMA2000 TD-SCDMA and GSM.

7. The car video recorder according to claim 1, wherein the first partition is set as hidden partition.

8. The car video recorder according to claim 1, wherein the first partition is set as encrypted.

9. The car video recorder according to claim 1, wherein the predefined condition to be satisfied by the first signal includes at least one of the following conditions:

duration of the first signal ranges from 2 seconds to 5 minutes;

the first signal waveform matches with the waveform stored in advance into the memory; and

the strength of the first signal is larger than predefined nominal amplitude.

10. The car video recorder according to claim 1, wherein the predefined condition to be met by the second signal is when the car is in flameout status, the acceleration value represented by the second signal should be no less than 0.1 g, wherein g=9.8 m/second.

11. The car video recorder according to claim 2, wherein the predefined condition to be met by the second signal is when the car is in start status, the acceleration value represented by the second signal should be no less than 2 g, wherein g=9.8 m/second.

12. The car video recorder according to claim 1, wherein the human body sensing device is an infrared sensor or microwave sensor.

13. The car video recorder according to claim 2, wherein the recorder further includes a video output interface connected electronically with the control unit for outputting the normal data stored in the second partition of the memory.