JP6751276B2 - Vehicle recording device and reproducing method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a vehicular recording device and a reproducing method, and more particularly, to a vehicular recording device and a reproducing method for recording an image of a vehicle such as a drive recorder used in the vehicle.

In recent years, drive recorders have been widely used as recording devices for vehicles. A general drive recorder is mounted above a windshield of a vehicle via a bracket or the like. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a drive recorder that is attached to a windshield of a vehicle by using a mounting bracket.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-058928

Many drive recorders, such as the drive recorder of Patent Document 1 described above, are installed close to the windshield in order to photograph the outside of the vehicle through the windshield of the vehicle. Since most windshields of vehicles are installed at an angle, the light from the inside or outside of the vehicle is reflected by the inclined windshield, and the dashboard located below the drive recorder or objects in the vicinity can be used as a drive recorder. It will be reflected.
Such reflection is remarkable when sunlight is incident in the daytime or streetlight light is incident at night.
When the image recorded in the drive recorder includes the above-mentioned reflection, the quality of the recorded image is deteriorated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording device for a vehicle and a reproducing method whose operation can be controlled easily and quickly.

A vehicle recording device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a main body unit including at least a camera, a display unit that is rotatably attached below the main body unit, and displays information, and the camera captures an image. A reproduction control unit that controls a reproduction operation of the video data recorded in the storage unit that stores the video data, wherein the display unit allows the user to visually check the display surface of the display unit. The reproduction operation is enabled when the second orientation is set.
Further, a reproducing method according to another aspect of the present invention is a vehicle recording system including a main body unit including at least a camera, and a display unit rotatably attached below the main body unit and displaying information. A reproducing method performed by an apparatus, wherein a reproducing operation is possible when the display unit is in a second arrangement in which a display surface of the display unit is oriented in a direction visible to a user.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a recording device for a vehicle and a reproducing method for which the operation can be controlled easily and quickly.

It is the figure which showed typically the installation example in the vehicle of the recording device for vehicles of this invention. It is the figure which showed typically the state example and structure of the recording device for vehicles concerning 1st Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle recording apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing an example of a state of the vehicle recording apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing an example of a state of the vehicle recording apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a flowchart showing a process of the vehicle recording apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It is the figure which showed typically the example of a state of the recording device for vehicles concerning 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed typically the example of a state of the recording device for vehicles concerning 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed typically the example of a state of the recording device for vehicles concerning 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed typically the example of a state of the recording device for vehicles concerning 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed typically the example of a state of the recording device for vehicles concerning 4th Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, an example of application as a drive recorder for detecting and recording an event such as an impact will be described as an example of the vehicle recording apparatus according to the present embodiment, but the present invention is not limited to this. Absent. For example, the vehicle recording device may be a device that performs recording/reproduction in response to a user request, in addition to the drive recorder.

Further, the vehicle recording apparatus according to the present embodiment is described as being used by being attached to the windshield of an automobile, but the attachment position and the attachment target are not limited to these. For example, it may be attached to an inner mirror or a ceiling portion of an automobile, or may be attached to work equipment, a two-wheeled vehicle, etc. other than the automobile.

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing an installation example of a vehicle recording device 10 according to a first embodiment of the present invention on a vehicle 1. The configuration of the vehicle 1 is omitted, and only the ceiling portion 300, the dashboard 400, and the windshield 500 are shown. The vehicular recording device 10 is installed on the vehicle interior side, which is the right side of the drawing, with respect to the inclined windshield 500. In Japan, when the vehicular recording device 10 which is a drive recorder is attached and installed above the windshield 500, it is obliged to install it within 20% from the upper end of the windshield 500. A dashboard 400 exists below the windshield 500 and the vehicle recording device 10.

In FIG. 1, the left side of the drawing is the front of the vehicle 1 and is also the shooting direction of the vehicle recording device 10. The vehicle recording device 10 records an image outside the vehicle via the windshield 500.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a state example and a configuration of the vehicular recording apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The vehicle recording device 10 is attached to the windshield 500 using the attachment portion 18 so that the photographing direction includes at least the horizontal plane. The attachment portion 18 is attached to the windshield 500 with, for example, double-sided tape or the like. The vehicle recording device 10 includes at least a main body portion 11, a display portion 12, a rotating portion 13, a camera 14, and a control portion 15. The angle between the mounting portion 18 and the body portion 11 may be adjustable.

The installation state of the vehicular recording apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 2 is the third arrangement referred to in the present invention. The third arrangement is a state in which the display unit 12 faces the main body unit 11 with the back surface 122 facing downward, and is a so-called stored state. The display unit 12 is rotatably attached to the main body unit 11 by the rotating unit 13. The display unit 12 has a flat plate shape, and one surface is a display surface 121 for displaying various information and the other surface is a back surface 122 for not displaying information. Since the display unit 12 is in the third arrangement, the display surface 121 of the display unit 12 is protected and the display unit 12 is compactly stored.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the vehicular recording apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The vehicle recording device 10 includes a storage unit 16, a rotational position detection unit 17, and a sensor unit 19 in addition to the display unit 12, the camera 14, and the control unit 15 illustrated in FIG. 2.

The control unit 15 is configured by a single or multiple CPU (Central Processing Unit) that performs various data processing, a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), a buffer memory 156, and the like. The control unit 15 includes at least a photographing control unit 151, a display control unit 152, a reproduction control unit 153, an event detection unit 154, and a power supply control unit 155 as a configuration realized by the function.

The storage unit 16 is a recording element built in the vehicle recording device 10 or removable.

The shooting control unit 151 controls the operation of the camera 14, acquires the video data shot by the camera 14, and controls the shooting operation to be recorded in the storage unit 16 via the buffer memory 156. The reproduction control unit 153 controls the reproduction operation of reading and reproducing the video data recorded in the storage unit 16. The display control unit 152 displays the video data on the display unit 12 when the reproduction control unit 153 reproduces the display related to the setting of the vehicle recording device 10 and the video data recorded by the imaging control unit 151 in the storage unit 16. .. The display control unit 152 also controls display on/off of the display unit 12.

The buffer memory 156 is an internal memory provided in the control unit 15, and records video data for a certain period of time acquired by the imaging control unit 151 while updating it.

The event detection unit 154 determines whether or not an event has occurred based on the information acquired from the sensor unit 19, and when the event has occurred, outputs the information to the imaging control unit 151.

When the shooting control unit 151 has not acquired the information that the event is detected from the event detection unit 154, the shooting control unit 151 records the video data shot by the camera 14 from the buffer memory 156 in the storage unit 16 so that the video data can be overwritten. Such a shooting operation is called a loop recording operation. When the imaging control unit 151 acquires the event detection information from the event detection unit 154, the imaging control unit 151 causes the storage unit 16 to record the video data from a predetermined time before the predetermined time to a predetermined time after the event detection from the buffer memory 156 as overwriting prohibited. .. Such a shooting operation is called an event recording operation.

In the event recording operation, the imaging control unit 151 records the video data 10 seconds before the event detection in the storage unit 16 from the buffer memory 156 as the overwrite prohibition of the video data from the end of the event or 10 seconds after the event detection, for example. Let As the loop recording operation, the imaging control unit 151 records the overwritable video data in the storage unit 16, and erases the overwritable video data when the upper limit of the overwritable storage capacity of the storage unit 16 is reached. Meanwhile, the next overwritable video data is recorded in the storage unit 16.

The power supply controller 155 controls the power on/off of the vehicle recording apparatus 10. Powering off includes a standby state.

The display unit 12 is a liquid crystal panel, an organic EL panel, a projection image screen, or the like. The camera 14 includes a light receiving element that receives visible light and converts it into electrical data, a lens, and the like. The sensor unit 19 is an acceleration sensor, a microphone, or the like attached to the vehicle recording device 10, and a detection result used for event detection such as acceleration information or volume information applied to the vehicle 1 or the vehicle recording device 10 is sent to the event detection unit 154. Output.

The event detection unit 154 always acquires the detection result of the sensor unit 19 at least during the period when the imaging control unit 151 is recording video data. When the acceleration information acquired from the sensor unit 19 is acceleration exceeding a predetermined threshold value, or when the volume information exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the event detection unit 154 determines that the vehicle 1 and the other vehicles are not connected to each other. It is determined to be an event such as a collision with an object or a trouble involving the user of the vehicle 1.

When the event detection unit 154 detects the occurrence of an event based on the acceleration information acquired from the sensor unit 19, the event detection unit 154 has an acceleration of a magnitude exceeding a predetermined threshold and is of a magnitude corresponding to a collision between the vehicle and another object. When the acceleration of is detected, it is determined that an event has occurred. The event detection unit 154 may determine that an event has occurred based on the transition of the acceleration that has a magnitude exceeding a predetermined threshold and that corresponds to a collision between the vehicle and another object. Further, when the event detection unit 154 detects the occurrence of an event based on the volume acquired from the sensor unit 19, the event detection unit 154 detects a sound volume that exceeds a predetermined threshold value and that corresponds to a collision sound or a scream. , Judge that an event has occurred.

The rotation position detection unit 17 is provided in the rotation unit 13 and detects the rotation position of the display unit 12 with respect to the main body unit 11. The rotation position detection unit 17 detects the rotation position of the display unit 12 based on, for example, the position of the electrical contact that changes due to the rotation of the rotation unit 13 or the change in the electric resistance value. The rotational position detecting unit 17 may be capable of continuously detecting the rotational position of the display unit 12 with respect to the main body unit 11, or may be capable of intermittently detecting only the required rotational position.

FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing a state example of the vehicular recording apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The difference from FIG. 2 is that the display unit 12 has a first arrangement with the display surface 121 facing downward.

As shown in FIG. 4, since the display unit 12 is in the first arrangement, it is possible to prevent the lower dashboard 400 and surrounding objects from being reflected on the camera 14 by being reflected by the inclined windshield 500. To do.

As an example of FIG. 4, the state in which the display unit 12 is in the first arrangement is a state in which the display unit 12 faces the display surface 121 downward, and the display unit 12 is held in a horizontal or nearly horizontal state. Is Rukoto. In the case of the first arrangement shown in FIG. 4, reflection may occur even when external light incident from the outside of the vehicle through the windshield 500 is reflected on the back surface 122 of the display unit 12. In order to suppress this, the back surface 122 of the display unit 12 is preferably a light absorbing surface. For example, the back surface 122 of the display unit 12 may be painted in matte black, have an uneven shape, or have a light absorbing member attached thereto.

FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a state example of the vehicular recording apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment of the invention. The difference from FIG. 2 and FIG. 4 is that the display unit 12 is in a second arrangement in which the display unit 12 is held in a vertical or nearly vertical state. The second arrangement may be, for example, within an angle range in which the user who is the driver of the vehicle 1 can appropriately see the information displayed on the display surface 121 of the display unit 12.

As shown in FIG. 5, since the display unit 12 is arranged in the second arrangement, the display surface 121 is arranged so as to face the user. Therefore, it is easy to confirm the information displayed on the display surface 121 of the display unit 12. Become.

Next, with reference to FIG. 6, a process when the display unit 12 is arranged from the first arrangement to the third arrangement will be described.

First, the power supply controller 155 turns on the power so that the vehicle recording apparatus 10 can operate based on an arbitrary power-on trigger (step S11). The power-on trigger is triggered, for example, by supplying power to the vehicle recording apparatus 10 by starting the operation of the vehicle 1 in which the vehicle recording apparatus 10 is mounted.

When the operation of the vehicular recording apparatus 10 becomes possible, the shooting control unit 151 starts to start the shooting operation (step S12). This is because when the vehicular recording device 10 is a drive recorder, it is necessary to start the shooting operation even when there is no operation by the user or the like when the operation of the vehicle 1 is started. The shooting operation started in step S12 is a so-called loop recording that can be overwritten, and although not shown in FIG. 6, event detection is always performed during the shooting operation of the vehicle recording device 10. When an event is detected, so-called event recording is performed so that overwriting is prohibited.

After step S12 or at the same time as the processing of step S12, the control unit 15 determines whether the position of the display unit 12 is the third arrangement based on the detection result of the rotation position detection unit 17 (step S13). .. When it is determined in step S13 that the vehicle is in the third arrangement (step S13: Yes), that is, when the operation of the vehicle recording apparatus 10 is started in the third arrangement, an arbitrary power-off trigger is generated. It is determined whether or not (step S14). The power-off trigger is, for example, the end of the operation of the vehicle 1 in which the vehicle recording device 10 is mounted, and is specifically based on the fact that the engine is turned off.

If it is determined in step S14 that the engine is not turned off (step S14: No), the determination in step S13 is continued. When it is determined in step S14 that the engine has been turned off (step S14: Yes), the power supply control unit 155 turns off the power of the vehicular recording apparatus 10 (step S15) and ends this processing. If it is determined in step S14 that the engine has been turned off, if a shooting operation, a reproduction operation, a display operation, or the like are being performed, those operations are ended and the power is turned off.

When it is determined in step S13 that the third arrangement is not set (step S13: No), that is, when the display unit 12 is in the first arrangement or the second arrangement, the display control unit 152 determines that the imaging control unit 151 Display of the acquired image from the camera 14 is started (step S16). The process of step S16 is a process called so-called live view display or through image display in which a video image that is shot and recorded is displayed.

When it is determined in step S13 that the display unit 12 is not the third arrangement but the second arrangement, the arrangement of the display unit 12 in the second arrangement is a position where the user can easily confirm the display content, and thus the live view display is performed. To start. If it is determined in step S13 that the display unit 12 is not the third arrangement but the first arrangement, the arrangement of the display unit 12 in the first arrangement is also a position where the user cannot easily confirm the display content, and thus the live view is performed. The display does not have to be performed.

After the live view display is started as the process of step S16, the control unit 15 determines whether or not the arrangement of the display unit 12 has been changed based on the detection result by the rotation position detection unit 17 (step S17). .. When it is determined in step S17 that the disposition of the display unit 12 has been changed (step S17: Yes), the control unit 15 determines that the disposition of the display unit 12 is the third position based on the detection result of the rotation position detection unit 17. It is determined whether or not the arrangement has been changed to the arrangement (step S18). When the determination in step S17 is made, the display unit 12 is arranged in either the first arrangement or the second arrangement. Therefore, the condition of Yes in step S18 is when the arrangement of the display unit 12 is changed from the first arrangement to the third arrangement and when the arrangement of the display unit 12 is changed from the second arrangement to the third arrangement.

If it is determined in step S18 that the third placement has not been changed (step S18: No), the process of step S17 is continued. When it is determined in step S18 that the layout has been changed to the third layout (step S18: Yes), the live view display is terminated (step S19). The process of step S19 may be configured to terminate the live view display when the live view display is being performed when the determination of step S18 is Yes. In step S19, after the live view display is completed, the process proceeds to step S14.

When it is determined in step S17 that the arrangement of the display unit 12 has not been changed (step S17: No), the control unit 15 determines whether or not the reproduction is started (step S20). The judgment as to whether or not the reproduction has started is, for example, a judgment as to whether or not a reproduction start trigger such as reception of an operation for reproducing by the user has occurred.

When it is determined in step S20 that the reproduction is not started (step S20: No), the process of step S17 is continued. If it is determined in step S20 that reproduction has started (step S20: Yes), the shooting/recording process started in step S12 is stopped, and if live view display is started in step S16, live view display is started. After that, the reproduction of the video data recorded in the storage unit 16 is started (step S21). The video data reproduced in the process of step S21 is arbitrary video data and is video data selected by the user's selection operation. For example, the latest event recording data or the loop recording from the immediately preceding predetermined time before is performed. It may be video data.

In step S21, after the reproduction of the video data is started, similarly to step S14, it is determined whether or not an arbitrary power-off trigger such as engine off has occurred (step S22). When it is determined in step S22 that an arbitrary power-off trigger such as engine off has occurred (step S22: Yes), the process proceeds to step S15. When it is determined in step S22 that an arbitrary power-off trigger such as engine off has not occurred (step S22: No), the control unit 15 determines whether or not the reproduction is completed (step S23). Whether or not the reproduction has ended is determined by, for example, whether an operation for stopping the reproduction by the user has been received, or whether a reproduction end trigger has occurred such as whether the reproduction of the video data to be reproduced has completed the reproduction to the final position. It is a judgment of whether or not.

When it is determined in step S23 that the reproduction is not completed (step S23: No), the process of step S22 is continued. When it is determined in step S23 that the reproduction has been completed (step 23: Yes), the reproduction control unit 153 stops the reproduction operation of the video data, and starts the photographing operation by the photographing control unit 151 (step S24). After the processing of step S24, the processing of step S16 is performed. That is, the reproduction operation is ended, the shooting operation stopped in step S21 is started, and the live view display of the video being shot is started.

By enabling the above-described processing in each arrangement state of the display unit 12 in the vehicular recording apparatus 10, the first arrangement can be performed while shooting and recording while the vehicular recording apparatus 10 is operating. By making it possible, it becomes possible to record high-quality video data in which glare is suppressed.

Since the flowchart of FIG. 6 is the process when the vehicle recording apparatus 10 is a drive recorder, the photographing operation is performed even in the third arrangement. In addition to the process shown in FIG. 6, various processes may be executed by associating each process with the process and performing the operation of changing the layout of the display unit 12.

For example, when the display unit 12 is in the third arrangement, the standby mode is set or the power of the vehicle recording apparatus 10 is turned off without performing the photographing operation. Further, when the display unit 12 is in the second arrangement, a reproduction operation for reproducing the video data recorded in the storage unit 16 can be executed, and when the display unit 12 is in the first arrangement, the photographing operation is performed. Is executed.

Further, as a condition for the display unit 12 to be the first arrangement, when the second arrangement is maintained for a predetermined time such as 2 seconds or more and then becomes the first arrangement, the loop recording is started and the event is recorded. It is a recording operation to perform event recording by detection, and if it is changed from the third arrangement to the first arrangement through the second arrangement within a predetermined time, the processing that operates due to the second arrangement is skipped. Then, the recording operation as the event recording may be started.

In addition, as a condition for the display unit 12 to be in the second arrangement, when the third arrangement is changed to the second arrangement, it is possible to reproduce any video data recorded in the storage unit 16 and display it. When the unit 12 is changed from the first arrangement to the second arrangement, the reproduction operation of the latest video data recorded in the storage unit 16 may be performed. When the display unit 12 changes from the first arrangement to the second arrangement, the video data recorded as the latest event record may be reproduced.

By the processing as described above, the operation of the vehicular recording apparatus 10 can be easily and quickly controlled by rotating the display unit 12, and at least recording is performed in the first arrangement, so that It is possible to perform recording while suppressing the reflection of light due to the incidence of light.

FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing a state example and a configuration of the vehicular recording apparatus 20 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The difference between the vehicle recording device 20 according to the second embodiment and the vehicle recording device 10 according to the first embodiment is that the mounting portion 18 is provided with a slide portion 181. The slide unit 181 is a member that can slide the main body unit 11 in the front-rear direction, which is the left and right of the paper, while maintaining the shooting direction of the main body unit 11.

As shown in FIG. 7, by sliding the slide portion 181 in the first arrangement state, the front end portion (the end portion on the left side of the drawing) of the display portion 12 is brought closer to the windshield 500. You can By making the front end of the display unit 12 closer to the windshield 500, the gap between the display unit 12 and the windshield 500 can be reduced, and the reflected light from the dashboard 400 or the like can be further blocked. Therefore, by performing recording with the display unit 12 in the state of being in the first arrangement and being in the vicinity of the windshield 500, it is possible to further suppress the reflection due to the incidence of external light.

FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically showing a state example and a configuration of the vehicular recording apparatus 30 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. In the third embodiment, the presence or absence of the slide portion 181 does not matter. The difference between the vehicular recording apparatus 30 according to the third embodiment and the vehicular recording apparatus 10 according to the first embodiment is that the angle of the display unit 12 in the first arrangement corresponds to the angle of view of the camera 14. This is a point that is set as a position that does not fall within the shooting range of 14.

As shown in FIG. 8, when the vertical angle of view of the camera 14 is the angle of view S, a position where the display unit 12 does not enter the angle of view S is defined as the first arrangement. In this case, the rotation unit 13 may limit the rotation so that the display unit 12 does not rotate to the position where the display unit 12 enters the angle of view S of the camera 14. For this reason, by performing recording in the state of the first arrangement, it is possible to suppress the reflection due to the incidence of external light and prevent the display unit 12 from entering the photographing range of the camera 14. it can. Further, in the third embodiment, as in the second embodiment, the mounting portion 18 is provided with the slide portion 181, and the display portion 12 is brought close to the windshield 500 in the first arrangement state, so that the external light is emitted. It is possible to further suppress the reflection due to the incidence of the.

9 to 11 are diagrams schematically showing an installation example of the vehicle recording device 50 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention with respect to the vehicle 1. FIG. 9 shows a state in which the vehicle recording device 50 is in the third arrangement. FIG. 10 shows a state in which the vehicle recording device 50 is in the second arrangement. FIG. 11 shows a state in which the vehicle recording device 50 is in the first arrangement. The vehicle recording apparatus 50 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention has a different structure from the vehicle recording apparatuses according to the other embodiments, but the configuration shown in FIG. 3 and the processing shown in FIG. 6 are the same.

The configuration of the vehicle recording device 50 according to the fourth embodiment is substantially the same as the vehicle recording device according to the other embodiments. The main body 51 of the vehicle recording apparatus 50 according to the fourth embodiment corresponds to the main body 11 of the vehicle recording apparatus according to another embodiment, and is different in that the shape viewed from the side is a vertically long shape. The display unit 52, the display surface 521, and the back surface 522 correspond to the display unit 12, the display surface 121, and the back surface 122. The camera 54, the control unit 55, and the mounting unit 58 correspond to the camera 14, the control unit 15, and the mounting unit 18. The rotating unit 53 corresponds to the rotating unit 13, and the rotating unit 53 can slide the display unit 52 with the slide unit 581.

The transition between the third arrangement and the second arrangement causes the rotating unit 53 to rotate the display unit 52. The transition between the second arrangement and the first arrangement causes the rotating portion 53 to rotate the display portion 52 and the slide portion 581 to slide the display portion 52. Although not shown, the mounting portion 58 may be provided with a slide portion like the vehicle recording apparatus 20 according to the second embodiment. Further, like the vehicle recording device 30 according to the third embodiment, the first arrangement may be set to an angle at which the display unit 52 does not enter the angle of view of the camera 54.

With such a configuration, even with the vehicular recording device 50 that is thin in the front-rear direction, the same effects as those of the other embodiments can be obtained.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be modified as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

For example, in the second embodiment, the display portion 12 is arranged close to the windshield 500 by sliding the main body portion 11 back and forth by adding the slide portion 181, but the display portion 12 is arranged in the windshield 500. The same effect can be obtained by providing a structure for bringing them close to each other between the main body 11 and the rotating portion 13.

Further, when the display unit 12 is in the second arrangement, the touch detection on the entire or almost the entire touch detection surface of the display unit 12 functioning as a touch panel indicates a detection surface for instructing start of shooting and start of recording of video data. May be In this case, when the user pushes the display surface 121 that functions as the touch panel from the second arrangement state to the first arrangement, the touch on the touch panel is detected, and the imaging control unit 151 starts recording. In the first arrangement, detection of the touch panel may be continued regardless of whether information is displayed on the display unit 12. In such a process, since recording is also started by the operation of rotating the display unit 12 so as to be in the first arrangement, it is possible to perform the recording operation more appropriately according to the judgment of the user.

Further, a protection member may be provided at an end portion of the display unit 12 that is close to the windshield 500 in the first arrangement. The protective member is elastic so as to prevent or suppress damage to the display unit 12 and the vehicular recording device 10 even when the end of the display unit 12 hits the windshield 500 due to vibration caused by traveling of the vehicle 1 or the like. It is preferable that the member has a property. Furthermore, in the first arrangement, the end portion of the display unit 12 may be provided with a shielding member that prevents or suppresses the transmission of light from the gap between the end face of the display unit 12 and the windshield 500. It is preferable that the shielding member is made of, for example, a black material or a flexible material that transmits little light.

1 Vehicle 10, 20, 30, 50 Vehicle Recording Device 11, 51 Main Body 12, 52 Display 121, 521 Display 122, 522 Rear 13, 53 Rotating 14, 54 Camera 15, 55 Control 151 Imaging Control Part 152 Display control part 153 Reproduction control part 154 Event detection part 155 Power supply control part 156 Buffer memory 16 Storage part 17 Rotational position detection part 18, 58 Mounting parts 181, 581 Slide part 19 Sensor part 300 Ceiling part 400 Dashboard 500 Window shield

Claims (4)

At least a main body equipped with a camera,
A display unit that is rotatably attached below the main body and displays information,
A playback control unit that controls a playback operation of video data recorded in a storage unit that stores video data captured by the camera;
Equipped with
The reproduction control unit records in the storage unit when the display unit is in a second arrangement in which the display surface of the display unit is oriented in a direction visible to the user, from the third arrangement in which the display unit is in the stored state. When the display unit is changed from the first disposition in which the display surface of the display unit faces downward to the second disposition, the display unit records the data in the storage unit. A recording device for a vehicle that reproduces the latest video data that has been recorded. The playback control unit, when the display unit has become the second arrangement from the first arrangement performs the reproducing operation of most recent movies image data recorded in the overwrite prohibition in the storage unit,
The vehicle recording device according to claim 1 . An event detection unit that detects the occurrence of an event,
A shooting control unit that records video data shot by the camera in the storage unit as event recording data when the event detection unit detects an event,
Further equipped with,
When the display unit is changed from the first arrangement to the second arrangement, the reproduction control unit performs a reproduction operation of the latest event record data,
The vehicle recording device according to claim 1. A reproducing method carried out by a vehicle recording device comprising a main body unit having at least a camera, and a display unit that is rotatably attached below the main body unit and displays information,
A memory that stores video data captured by the camera when the display unit is in the second position in which the display surface of the display unit is oriented in a direction visible to the user from the third position in which the display unit is in the stored state. When the display unit is changed from the first disposition in which the display surface of the display unit faces downward to the second disposition, the storage unit enables the reproduction operation of any video data recorded in the unit. A method of playing back the most recent video data recorded in the section .

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