| CPC G07C 5/085 (2013.01) [G07C 5/0816 (2013.01)] | 5 Claims |
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1. An accident information recording device that is removably mounted on a vehicle, the accident information recording device comprising:
a non-volatile memory including a first recording region and a second recording region different from the first recording region; and
a processor including a volatile provisional memory, wherein the processor is configured to
acquire first vehicle identification information at a time when a first vehicle is shipped from a factory, the first vehicle identification information including information identifying the first vehicle on which the accident information recording device is mounted at the time when the first vehicle is shipped from the factory,
record the acquired first vehicle identification information in the first recording region at the time the first vehicle is shipped from the factory,
start in response to activation of a vehicle on which the accident information recording device is mounted, after is the first vehicle has been shipped,
acquire second vehicle identification information after the processor starts, the second vehicle identification information including information identifying the vehicle on which the accident information recording device is mounted at a time when the processor acquires the second vehicle identification information,
record the second vehicle identification information in the provisional memory, and
determine, after acquiring the second vehicle identification information, whether a condition is met in the vehicle on which the accident information recording device is mounted, the condition being a condition for starting to record information on an accident in a case where the accident involving the vehicle on which the accident information recording device is mounted has occurred, and
determine whether the vehicle on which the accident information recording device is mounted has stopped, wherein:
in response to determining that the condition is met, the processor is configured to
(i) record information on the accident in the non-volatile memory, and
(ii) record the second vehicle identification information that is recorded in the provisional memory, in the second recording region; and
in response to determining that the vehicle has stopped without determining that the condition is met during a period from when the processor starts to when the processor determines that the vehicle has stopped, the processor is configured to clear the second vehicle identification information recorded in the provisional memory.
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