US 11,700,358 B2
Drive recorder, image recording method, and recording medium for image recording
Tomoki Kojima, Yokohama (JP); Akinori Sugata, Yokohama (JP); and Yukihiko Murakami, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION, Yokohama (JP)
Filed by JVCKENWOOD Corporation, Yokohama (JP)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/701,747.
Application 17/701,747 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/034349, filed on Sep. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-174977 (JP), filed on Sep. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0217309 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 7/188 (2013.01) [H04N 5/76 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drive recorder comprising:
an imaging unit that captures an image of a neighborhood of a vehicle;
an image processing unit that records the image captured by the imaging unit in a recording medium;
a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information on the vehicle;
a communication unit that communicates with a server apparatus to deliver information including the position information; and
a function control processing unit that acquires area information transmitted from the server apparatus based on the position information, the area information relating to an area in which the vehicle is located, and controls a function accordingly, wherein
the area information includes a distance to a border of the area in which the vehicle is located closest to a position of the vehicle, and the function control processing unit determines a timing of transmitting the position information to the server apparatus in accordance with the distance.