DRIVE RECORDER, RECORDING METHOD OF DRIVE RECORDER, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM

• US 20170140166A1
• Filed: 10/14/2016
• Published: 05/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited (DENSO Corporation)
• Inventors: KOSEKI, Tomohisa
• Granted Patent: US 10,102,392 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0866 the electronic data carrier being a digital video recorder in combination with video camera

Abstract

A drive recorder according to an embodiment includes a capture unit and an access controller. The capture unit captures an outside of a vehicle. The access controller sets access limitation, which limits an access from a person other than an occupant of the vehicle, for traveling images of the vehicle. The traveling images are captured by the capture unit and stored in a storage medium. When an event arising from the vehicle meets a predetermined condition that indicates at least level of urgency, the access controller removes the access limitation.

Claims

1. A drive recorder comprising:

a capture unit that captures an outside of a vehicle, and

an access controller that sets access limitation, which limits an access from a person other than an occupant of the vehicle, for traveling images of the vehicle, the traveling images being captured by the capture unit and stored in a storage medium, wherein

when an event arising from the vehicle meets a predetermined condition that indicates at least level of urgency, the access controller removes the access limitation.

2. The drive recorder according to claim 1, further comprising:

an authentication unit that executes personal authentication of the occupant based on identification information by which the occupant is identified, wherein

the access controller sets, for the traveling images, the access limitation that limits an access from a person other than an authentication person that is authenticated by the authentication unit.

3. The drive recorder according to claim 1, wherein the access controller removes the access limitation when an acceleration sensor provided in the vehicle detects an acceleration of a predetermined threshold or more.

4. The drive recorder according to claim 2, wherein the access controller removes the access limitation when an acceleration sensor provided in the vehicle detects an acceleration of a predetermined threshold or more.

5. The drive recorder according to claim 1, wherein the access controller removes the access limitation when a distance between the vehicle and a target object that approaches the vehicle is a predetermined threshold or less.

6. The drive recorder according to claim 2, wherein the access controller removes the access limitation when a distance between the vehicle and a target object that approaches the vehicle is a predetermined threshold or less.

7. The drive recorder according to claim 3, wherein the access controller removes the access limitation when a distance between the vehicle and a target object that approaches the vehicle is a predetermined threshold or less.

8. The drive recorder according to claim 4, wherein the access controller removes the access limitation when a distance between the vehicle and a target object that approaches the vehicle is a predetermined threshold or less.

9. The drive recorder according to claim 2, wherein

the identification information includes information on an administrator that has administrator authority by which the administrator can perform a privileged function on the traveling images, and

the access controller gives the authentication person an access right corresponding to the administrator authority over all of the traveling images when the authentication person is the administrator.

10. The drive recorder according to claim 1, wherein the access controller accepts an operation from the occupant, by which one of setting or removal of the access limitation is selected, and switches between the setting and the removal of the access limitation in accordance with the operation when the event arising from the vehicle is a particular event.

11. The drive recorder according to claim 2, wherein the access controller accepts an operation from the occupant, by which one of setting or removal of the access limitation is selected, and switches between the setting and the removal of the access limitation in accordance with the operation when the event arising from the vehicle is a particular event.

12. The drive recorder according to claim 3, wherein the access controller accepts an operation from the occupant, by which one of setting or removal of the access limitation is selected, and switches between the setting and the removal of the access limitation in accordance with the operation when the event arising from the vehicle is a particular event.

13. The drive recorder according to claim 4, wherein the access controller accepts an operation from the occupant, by which one of setting or removal of the access limitation is selected, and switches between the setting and the removal of the access limitation in accordance with the operation when the event arising from the vehicle is a particular event.

14. The drive recorder according to claim 5, wherein the access controller accepts an operation from the occupant, by which one of setting or removal of the access limitation is selected, and switches between the setting and the removal of the access limitation in accordance with the operation when the event arising from the vehicle is a particular event.

15. The drive recorder according to claim 6, wherein the access controller accepts an operation from the occupant, by which one of setting or removal of the access limitation is selected, and switches between the setting and the removal of the access limitation in accordance with the operation when the event arising from the vehicle is a particular event.

16. The drive recorder according to claim 7, wherein the access controller accepts an operation from the occupant, by which one of setting or removal of the access limitation is selected, and switches between the setting and the removal of the access limitation in accordance with the operation when the event arising from the vehicle is a particular event.

17. The drive recorder according to claim 8, wherein the access controller accepts an operation from the occupant, by which one of setting or removal of the access limitation is selected, and switches between the setting and the removal of the access limitation in accordance with the operation when the event arising from the vehicle is a particular event.

18. The drive recorder according to claim 9, wherein the access controller accepts an operation from the occupant, by which one of setting or removal of the access limitation is selected, and switches between the setting and the removal of the access limitation in accordance with the operation when the event arising from the vehicle is a particular event.

19. A recording method of a drive recorder, the method comprising:

capturing an outside of a vehicle;

setting access limitation, which limits an access from a person other than an occupant of the vehicle, for traveling images of the vehicle, the traveling images being captured and stored in a storage medium; and

removing the access limitation when an event arising from the vehicle meets a predetermined condition that indicates at least level of urgency.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein a recording program, the program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:

capturing an outside of a vehicle;

setting access limitation, which limits an access from a person other than an occupant of the vehicle, for traveling images of the vehicle, the traveling images being captured and stored in the storage medium; and

removing the access limitation when an event arising from the vehicle meets a predetermined condition that indicates at least level of urgency.