Vehicle recorder system

• US 6,535,804 B1
• Filed: 06/20/2002
• Issued: 03/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hu Hsueh Mei
• Original Assignee: Hu Hsueh Mei
• Inventors: Chun, Yu Chin
• Primary Examiner(s): Camby, Richard M.
• Application Number:
  US10/174,827
• Time in Patent Office: 271 Days
• Field of Search: 701/35, 701/29, 701/28, 701/33, 701/34, 701/66, 701/63, 701/48, 340/933, 340/937, 340/438, 340/439
• US Class Current: 701/35
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0858 wherein the data carrier is removable

Abstract

A vehicle recorder system comprises a system control unit as a control center of the system; a non-volatile memory card which is a reading-only and repeatedly writing memory; a control keyboard unit having functions of inputting, and selections; a power supply for supplying power to the system; a sensing detecting unit for capturing data of a moving vehicle; and an A/V compressing unit for compressing image and voice data for reducing the data required to be stored in the non-volatile memory card. The non-volatile memory card is used as a primary recorder and a microcomputer is used as a control center. An infrared lenses is used in real-time image capturing with a Doppler detector, and A/V compressor. Not only the operation of the vehicle can be recorded completely, but the environment condition can be recorded, and thereby, the faults due to manual determination can be avoided.

Claims

1. A vehicle recorder system comprising:

a system control unit as a control center of the system so that the system is capable of recording successfully;

a non-volatile memory card communicated to the system control unit for reading-only and writing repeatedly;

if the capacity of the non-volatile memory card is saturated, the non-volatile memory card is capable of being used repeatedly;

a control keyboard unit connected to the system control and having functions of inputting, and selections;

a power supply for supplying power to the system control unit;

a sensing detecting unit connected to the system control unit for capturing data about a moving vehicle and then transferring the captured data to the system control unit; and

an A/V compressing unit connected to the system control unit and non-volatile memory card for compressing image and voice data and transferring the compressed data to the non-volatile memory card so as to reduce the data required to be stored in the non-volatile memory card.

2. The vehicle recorder system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system control unit is a microcomputer.

3. The vehicle recorder system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the non-volatile memory card is a plug-in non-volatile memory card.

4. The vehicle recorder system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data captured by the sensing detecting unit includes speeds of a vehicle, braking conditions of the vehicle, throttle opening, and distances to the front vehicle.

5. The vehicle recorder system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the non-volatile memory card is used with a desk-top card reader.

6. The vehicle recorder system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the non-volatile memory card is used with a desk-top card reader.

7. The vehicle recorder system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the non-volatile memory card is used with a palm-top card reader.

8. The vehicle recorder system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the non-volatile memory card is used with a palm-top card reader.

9. The vehicle recorder system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the recorder is connected to a communication device or transferring the data in the recorder.

10. The vehicle recorder system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the recorder is connected to a communication device for transferring the data in the recorder as short messages.