CN1988655A - Left and right direction switching mechanism of car recording and playback device - Google Patents

Abstract

A left and right direction switching mechanism of a recording and playing device for a vehicle comprises an environment capturing device with a plurality of environment capturing modules, a sensor, a display, a storage device and a control unit. The environment capturing modules are arranged outside the automobile and used for capturing the information of the environment where the automobile is located. And the sensor is used for sensing whether the automobile turn light switch is started or not. The control unit is coupled to the sensor, and when the automobile turn signal switch is started, the control unit starts at least one of the environment capturing modules to capture the environment information of the automobile according to the position of the started turn signal, and the environment information is displayed on the display and stored in the storage device.

Description

Left and right direction switching mechanism of car recording and playback device

technical field

The present invention relates to a left-right direction switching mechanism, and in particular to a left-right direction switching mechanism of a car recording and playback device.

Background technique

As modern people pay more and more attention to the protection of their own lives and properties, when purchasing a car, in addition to considering the performance and ride comfort of the car, they will also consider whether the car they want to buy can provide sufficient safety protection. Under this trend, automobile manufacturers and automotive equipment design manufacturers are all racking their brains, whether it is to improve the rigidity of the car structure, or install airbags in the car, or install an automatic anti-deadlock braking system ( ABS), all in order to improve the level of safety protection.

In addition, installing a photography device to take pictures of the surrounding environment to assist the driver to reduce visual blind spots while driving, thereby reducing the occurrence of traffic accidents, has gradually become an exclusive equipment for some cars. However, the known technologies for providing driving surrounding environment information are very fixed and cannot be changed according to the special needs of the driver while driving.

Contents of the invention

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a left-right direction switching mechanism of a car recording and playback device, which can properly provide the driver with the environment outside the car and the driving situation according to the needs of driving in the car.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a driving recording method, so that the left and right direction switching mechanism of the vehicle recording and playback device can monitor and store the driving environment in real time, so that the responsibility can be quickly clarified when an accident occurs.

In order to achieve the above and other purposes, the left and right direction switching mechanism of the vehicle recording and playback device provided by the present invention includes:

An environment acquisition device, which has a plurality of environment acquisition modules, is arranged outside a vehicle, and is used to acquire the information of the environment where the vehicle is located;

A sensor is used to sense whether the switch of the automobile direction light is activated;

a display for displaying the environment information captured by at least one of the environment capture modules;

a storage device for storing the environment information captured by at least one of the environment capture modules; and

A control unit, coupled to the sensor, when the turn signal switch of the car is activated, the control unit will start at least one of the environment capture modules to start capturing the environment information of the car according to the position of the start signal light , and display it on the display and store it in the storage device.

The left-right direction switching mechanism of the vehicle recording and playback device, wherein each of the environment capture modules includes:

a camera unit for capturing images around the car; and

A radio is used for picking up ambient audio around the car.

In the left-right direction switching mechanism of the car recording and playback device, the photographing unit includes a charge-coupled device camera (CCD).

The left and right direction switching mechanism of the vehicle video and playback device, wherein the camera unit includes a CMOS camera lens.

In the left-right direction switching mechanism of the car recording and playback device, the storage device includes a hard disk device.

The left and right direction switching mechanism of the vehicle recording and playback device also includes:

a read-only memory, coupled to the control unit, for storing the basic input and output system;

a user control interface, coupled to the control unit, for receiving a control command input by a user and sending it to the control unit; and

A power supply unit is coupled to the power supply of the car, and is used to supply the power required for the operation of the left-right direction switching mechanism of the car recording and playback device.

The left and right direction switching mechanism of the vehicle recording and playback device, wherein the environment capture module includes:

a left side environment capture module, configured on the left rear mirror of the car, to capture the environment information of the left rear side of the car; and

A right side environment capture module is configured on the right rear mirror of the vehicle to capture the right rear environment information of the vehicle.

The driving recording method provided by the present invention comprises the following steps:

Detect whether a car turn signal switch is activated;

When the turn signal switch of the automobile is activated, according to the position of the activated turn signal, a preset direction of the automobile is retrieved with environmental information;

displaying the environmental information to the driver of the vehicle; and

The environment information is stored.

In the driving recording method, the environmental information includes the scene of the car in the preset direction and the sound around the car.

The driving record method described above, wherein when the left direction light of the car is activated, the environmental information is retrieved from the left rear of the car.

The driving record method described above, wherein when the right direction light of the car is activated, the environmental information is retrieved from the right rear of the car.

Specifically, the invention provides a left-right direction switching mechanism for a car recording and playback device, which includes an environment capture device with a plurality of environment capture modules, sensors, displays, storage devices, and a control unit. Wherein, the environment capture module is configured outside the vehicle, so that it can capture the information of the environment where the vehicle is located. The sensor is used to sense whether the switch of the turn signal of the car is activated. When the switch of the turn signal of the car is activated, the sensor will send a signal to the control unit. In this way, the control unit activates at least one of the environment capture modules to capture the environment information of the vehicle according to the position of the activated direction lights, and displays the environment information on the display and stores it in the storage device.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the left-right switching mechanism of the vehicle recording and playback device further includes a read-only memory, a user control interface, and a power supply unit. Wherein, the read-only memory is coupled to the control unit for storing a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS). The user control interface is coupled to the control unit for receiving control commands input by the user and sending the control commands to the control unit. The power supply unit is coupled to the vehicle power supply inside the vehicle to supply the power required for the operation of the left-right direction switching mechanism of the vehicle recording and playback device.

From another point of view, the present invention proposes a driving recording method, which includes the following steps: firstly, detecting whether the turn signal switch of the car is activated. When the turn signal switch of the car is activated, according to the position of the activated turn light, the environment information outside the car is retrieved for a preset direction of the car, and the captured environment information is displayed to the driver of the car at the same time, and The captured environment information is stored.

Known from the above, when the user switches the direction lights, the present invention will forcibly start the left and right direction switching mechanism of the car recording and playback device, so that it can display and record the environmental information outside the car in real time, so as to avoid driving when switching the car. Direction, resulting in a dead angle on the viewing angle.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a device block diagram of a left-right direction switching mechanism of a car recording and playback device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the configuration position of an environment capture module according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a driving record method according to an embodiment of the invention.

Detailed ways

In order to make the above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, preferred embodiments are exemplified below and described in detail with accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a device block diagram of a left-right direction switching mechanism of a car recording and playback device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, which can be used in a car. Please refer to FIG. 1 , the left-right switching mechanism of the car recording and playback device of the present invention includes an environment capture device 102 , a sensor 116 , a display 118 , a storage device 120 and a control unit 122 . Wherein, the control unit 122 is coupled to the environment capturing device 102 , and is also coupled to the sensor 116 , the display 118 and the storage device 120 .

In the present invention, the environment capture device 102 is configured outside the car to capture information about the surrounding environment where the car is located. In addition, the sensor 116 is used to sense whether the switch of the turn signal of the car is activated. When the driver of the car activates the turn signal switch of the car, the control unit 122 will know through the sensor 116 . At this time, the control unit 122 displays the environment information captured by the environment capture device 102 on the display 118 . In addition, the control unit 122 can also store the environment information captured by the environment capture device 102 in the storage device 120 .

In addition, in a preferred embodiment, the left-right switching mechanism of the vehicle recording and playback device of the present invention may further include a read-only memory 124 , a user control interface 126 and a power supply unit 128 . Wherein, the ROM 124 is used to store the basic input and output system, and the user control interface 126 is used to transmit the control command input by the user to the control unit 122 . For example, the user can operate the user control interface 126 to decide whether to activate the present invention, or to control the actions of the environment capture device 102 and the display 118 . In addition, the power supply unit 128 can be coupled to the vehicle power Vic inside the car to provide the power Vout for the left-right direction switching mechanism of the car recording and playback device of the present invention.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the environment capture device 102 has a plurality of environment capture modules. For example, in this embodiment, the environment capture device 102 may include a left environment capture module 104, which may be configured on the left rear-view mirror of the car, and the environment capture device 102 may also include a right environment capture module 106 , which can be relatively arranged at the right rear-view mirror of the car. In addition, each environment capture module may include a camera unit (such as 108 and 112 ) and a microphone (such as 110 and 114 ). Wherein, the photographing units 108 and 112 can be implemented by a charge coupled device camera (Charge Coupled Device Camera, CCD Camera) or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor, CMOS) photographic lens, which is used to capture the exterior of the car of the image. In addition, the receivers 110 and 114 are used to receive the sound of the surrounding environment. However, in some embodiments, the environment capture device 102 may include other environment capture modules besides the left environment capture module 104 and the right environment capture module 106 .

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the configuration position of an environment capture module according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 2 , a plurality of environment capture modules can be configured on a car, wherein, for example, the left side environment capture module 104 in FIG. To capture the environmental information of the left rear of the car. In addition, the right environment capture module 106 can be installed on the right rear mirror 204 and capture the environment information of the right rear of the vehicle in the direction indicated by 214 .

In addition, in a preferred embodiment, other environment capture modules can also be configured on the vehicle. For example, the environment capture module 210 can be installed on the hood of the car, and it can capture the environment information in front of the car in the direction indicated by 216 . Alternatively, the environment capture module 224 is arranged on the lid of the trunk of the car, and captures the environment information behind the car in the direction indicated by 218 . In addition, if you want to monitor the status of the rear seat of the car (for example, when there are children in the rear seat), you can also configure the environment capture module 220 near the driver's seat, and capture the image in the direction shown by 222 Environmental information in the car. In this way, the user can use the monitor 226 in the car to monitor the environmental information outside the car in various directions and the situation inside the car.

The positions set by the above environment capture module and the directions for capturing the environment information are not limited to the positions and directions shown in FIG. 2 , and users can adjust them arbitrarily according to actual needs. Moreover, the picture and sound displayed on the display at the same time are not limited to the scene or sound captured by a certain environment capture module. Captured sight or sound.

Please continue to refer to FIG. 1 , as mentioned above, the sensor 116 is used to sense whether the turn signal switch of the vehicle is activated. Assume that when the car is driving to turn on the left turn signal, the sensor 116 will provide a sensing signal to the control unit 122, and the control unit 122 will make the left environment capture module 104 start to capture the environment of the left rear of the car according to the sensing signal image and ambient audio, and the control unit 122 will transmit the image and audio captured by the left environment capture module 104 to the display 118 to immediately present the image and audio to the driver. At the same time, the control unit 122 can also store the left environment capture module 104 in the storage device 120 .

In contrast, when the sensor 116 detects that the right turn signal of the car is activated, it will provide a sensing signal to the control unit 122, and the control unit 122 will make the right environment capture module 106 start to capture the right rear of the car. Environmental image and environmental audio, and the image and environmental audio captured by the right environment capture module 106 are sent to the display 118 to immediately present the image and sound to the car driver. Similarly, the control unit 122 can also store the image and ambient audio captured by the right environment capture module 106 in the storage device 102 . Wherein, the storage device 120 may be implemented by a hard disk device.

In addition, the present invention can also have a working mode of forced action. That is to say, even if driving does not start the present invention, but when turn signal switch is activated, the present invention also can carry out above-mentioned action forcibly.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a driving record method according to an embodiment of the invention. To sum up the above description, the present invention provides a driving record method in FIG. 3 , and when the car is driven and started, it can enter the beginning of the process (as shown in step 302 ), but the present invention is not limited thereto. Next, the present invention detects whether the turn signal switch of the automobile is activated (as shown in step 304 ). When the turn signal of the vehicle is not activated (that is, "No" indicated in step 304), the detection is repeated. In contrast, when the turn signal of the car is activated by driving (that is, "yes" marked in step 304), the present invention will retrieve environmental information for a preset direction of the car according to the position of the turned on light ( As shown in step 306). For example, when the turn signal on the left side of the car is activated, the scene and the sound around the car are captured from the left rear of the car; the sound of.

Next, the present invention can display the captured environmental information to the driver of the car (as shown in step 308 ), so that the driver can grasp the environmental information around the car in time. And in a preferred embodiment, the present invention stores the environment information (as shown in step 310 ), so far a process ends (as shown in step 312 ).

In summary, when the user switches the direction lights, the present invention will forcibly activate the left and right direction switching mechanism of the car recording and playback device, so that it can display and record the environmental information outside the car in real time, so as to avoid driving while switching the car. When changing the direction, the dead angle on the viewing angle is formed, which further protects the life and property safety of the driver himself and the passengers in the car, and also further protects the life and property safety of other drivers and passengers, as well as the pedestrians around the car. And when a car accident dispute occurs, the recorded environmental information can be used to provide data evidence and define the responsibility for the car accident. Therefore invention for all drivers and the passengers on the car, is really another big guarantee to their life and property safety.

In addition, since the present invention has a working mode of forced activation, even if the driving does not activate the present invention, the present invention will still be forced to activate when switching the direction lights while driving. Thereby, the safety of driving can be guaranteed more.

Although the present invention has been described above with preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone skilled in the art can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, this The scope of protection of an invention shall be subject to the content defined in the scope of the patent application.

Claims (11)

1. the right and left direction switching mechanism of a recording and playing device of vehicle comprises:

One environment capture device has most environment acquisition modules, is disposed at an automobile external, in order to the information of the environment that captures this automobile place;

Whether one transducer starts in order to the switch of this directing light of automobile of sensing;

One display is in order to show those environment acquisition modules environmental information that is captured at least wherein;

One storage device is in order to store those environment acquisition module environmental informations that one of them captured at least; And

One control unit, couple this transducer, when this directing light of automobile is switch activated, this control unit can start those environment acquisition modules according to the indicator position that is started, and one of them begins to capture the environmental information at this automobile place at least, and is presented at it on this display and is stored in this storage device.

2. the right and left direction switching mechanism of recording and playing device of vehicle as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, wherein each those environment acquisition module comprises:

One camera unit is in order to capture the image of this peripheral vehicle; And

One radio reception device is in order to capture the environment message of this peripheral vehicle.

3. the right and left direction switching mechanism of recording and playing device of vehicle as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, wherein this camera unit comprises Charged Coupled Device camera (CCD).

4. the right and left direction switching mechanism of recording and playing device of vehicle as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, wherein this camera unit comprises the CMOS phtographic lens.

5. the right and left direction switching mechanism of recording and playing device of vehicle as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, wherein this storage device comprises a hard disk unit.

6. the right and left direction switching mechanism of recording and playing device of vehicle as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises:

One read-only memory couples this control unit, in order to store basic input output system;

One user's control interface couples this control unit, in order to receiving the control command that a user is imported, and delivers to this control unit; And

One power-supply unit couples the power supply of this automobile, in order to supply the required power supply of right and left direction switching mechanism running of this recording and playing device of vehicle.

7. the right and left direction switching mechanism of recording and playing device of vehicle as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, wherein the environment acquisition module comprises:

One left side environment acquisition module is disposed at the left back of this automobile and looks in the mirror, in order to the environmental information of the left back that captures this automobile; And

One right side environment acquisition module is disposed at the right back of this automobile and looks in the mirror, in order to capture the right back environmental information of this automobile.

8. a recording journey method comprises the following steps:

Whether detect an automobile steering lamp switch starts;

When this directing light of automobile is switch activated,, and a preset direction of this automobile is captured an environmental information then according to the position of the indicator that is activated;

Show of the driving of this environmental information to this automobile; And

Store this environmental information.

9. recording journey method as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, wherein this environmental information comprises the scene of this this preset direction of automobile and the sound of this motor vehicle environment.

10. recording journey method as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, wherein when this automobile left direction lamp was activated, then the left back from this automobile captured this environmental information.

11. recording journey method as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, wherein when this automobile right direction lamp was activated, then the right back from this automobile captured this environmental information.

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