JPS5885110A - Device for recording cause of accident and the like in running vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the investigation of the causes of automobile accidents and the like by mounting a video device having an endless tape, and continuously recording the front view of the running vehicle. CONSTITUTION:The video camera 2 is provided on the center of the ceiling over the back seat of the automobile so as to face the front. A recorder 3 of the video camera 2 is provided at the back surface of the driving seat. Said recorder 3 is enclosed by a box having sufficient strength, so that the destruction of the equipment and the damage of the tape by the accident can be prevented. The mounted recording system is operated by a battery 4, and it is so constituted that it is operated for a specified time after the accident. In this constitution, the video recording is performed within the specified time after the occurrence of the accident, and the events before and after the accident can be grasped as one continuous imaged record.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention relates to the disclosure of a recording device that can investigate the cause of an accident during the operation of a moving vehicle, especially a car, etc., and can take appropriate and complete measures after the accident. .

However, in the past, no equipment had been installed to record the details of accidents caused by the driving of this type of motor vehicle, etc., and when an actual accident occurred, there was no equipment to record the details of the accident. The details of the damage, the slip situation on the road surface,
The cause was estimated after the fact by comprehensively considering the state of damage to road bridges, etc.

However, in practice, investigating the cause of an accident after the fact is extremely difficult, and although it requires a lot of manpower and time, it is far from necessarily determining the truth.

In particular, there are large individual differences in the fIgR of operators, etc., and in general, the recognition itself is often not accurate, and there are many disadvantages in understanding the content of the accident based on the recognition of the parties involved. It contains the following.

Secondly, in cases where there are no witnesses to the accident at the actual accident scene and the driver or other vehicle is dead, it is only possible to infer the nature of the accident from the traces left behind, and it is difficult to know what actually happened. It was considered almost impossible to investigate whether an accident occurred under such a process.

However, as a practical matter, it is important to know under what circumstances the accident occurred, not only in the aftermath of the accident, especially in pursuing civil or criminal liability, but also in various automobile insurance policies. This has had a major impact on structural improvements to prevent recurrence of accidents, and the need to investigate these matters is a social imperative that cannot be ignored.

The present invention is a device for recording the causes of accidents, etc., which has been specially devised to address the inconveniences of the prior art, and is designed to keep the front of a vehicle lying down for a certain amount of time at all times when the vehicle is in operation. The aim is to investigate the cause of the accident by recording it and reproducing a certain period of time before the accident occurred, and the gist of its configuration is to install a video device with endless tape to continuously record the front of the vehicle. Based on this point, the following specific embodiments and considerable design changes accompanying these embodiments are planned.

A typical embodiment of the accident cause recording device according to the present invention will be explained below with reference to the attached drawings. (1) shows a car as a typical example of a traveling vehicle, and the center ceiling surface of the rear seat of the car is shown below. A video camera (2) is installed facing forward, and a recording device (3) for the nuclear video camera (2) is installed behind the driver's seat.

The camera (2) and the recording device [131] may be installed in different locations depending on the type and shape of the vehicle being driven, and may be located in a position that is optimal for confirming and understanding the intended accident situation, and in particular in terms of operability. Good locations are scheduled from time to time.

In addition, the recording device (3) is usually covered with a box having sufficient strength around its periphery to provide good impact resistance, heat resistance, and water resistance, and to avoid the disadvantage of equipment damage after an accident, especially for tapes. It is intended to reliably prevent damage.

The onboard recording system consists of a video camera (2) operated by a battery (4) and a video recording device ff (
31 and 4r, in principle, this operating circuit is configured to operate for a certain period of time after the occurrence of an accident, and also records within a certain period of time after the occurrence of an accident, so that it is possible to grasp the sequence of events before and after the accident. This is what I did.

The illustrated example shows the - column, in which the exciter (6) in the circuit of the sensor (5) that detects heat, water, V-iron, etc. is used to activate the circuit of the time switch (7). The switch (8) with a holding circuit is closed and the switch (19) with a self-holding circuit in the recording device is opened, so that it is possible to close the switch (8) with a self-holding circuit and open the switch (19) with a self-holding circuit in the recording device within a certain period of time after an accident occurs in these devices. It is designed to stop operating.

This stoppage of operation within a specified period of time is due to the fact that this device is used for continuous silver drawings using an endless type of tape, and even after an accident occurs, the circuit of the notation device is not disconnected. Moreover, as long as the equipment is not damaged, the recording device will continue to record 41I! II, which caused the inconvenience of erasing and re-recording the recorded portion before that time, that is, at the time of the accident, and it is recommended that the recorded portion associated with such re-recording be erased by stopping the operation of the recording device. This is what I did.

The tapes used in the recording device are so-called endless type recording devices and tapes that are capable of continuous recording for a predetermined period of time, such as 3 hours or 6 hours, and are always recorded up to 6 hours before the recording point. It is designed so that a record of the information remains.

In addition to the recording by the video camera (2), the external sounds of the vehicle, especially the presence or absence of phonon use, digital recording of speed, and braking processing records should also be recorded on tape. was scheduled separately.

The device according to the present invention has the characteristics of FW4 in the above, and records completely the situation within a certain period of time before the accident, and prepares it in a reproducible state, which was previously considered difficult. It is expected to make it extremely easy to investigate the causes of car accidents, etc., and to be particularly effective in resolving various disputes and countermeasures for car accidents.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view of an automobile equipped with a device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the same. In the figure, (1)...Car, (2)...Video camera, (3)...Video recording device, (4)...Battery, (5)...Sensor, (6) ... Exciter, (
7)...Time switch'/f, (81-(9)...Switches are shown. Patent applicant: Hisashi Ichi Kawa; Attorney: Minoru Kuwahara.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A device for recording the cause of an accident in a moving vehicle, characterized in that it is equipped with a video device having an endless tape so as to continuously record the area in front of the moving vehicle. (2) The operating circuit in the video device is configured to be released upon input of a sensing signal from a shock sensing device, a heat sensing device, a humidity IW sensing device, etc. A device for recording the causes of accidents, etc. in the vehicle mentioned above.