TWM466827U - Video recorder, supporting device for being mounted on vehicle, and service system - Google Patents

Description

Image recording device, support device and service system mounted on the vehicle

The present invention relates to an image recording device mounted on a vehicle, and more particularly to an image recording device for recording images when a vehicle travels, and a support mounted on a vehicle to support a handheld mobile device. Device and a service system.

Most cars currently have a driving recorder installed to record the image of the car as it travels. Therefore, in the event of a traffic accident or dispute, the driver can use the recorded image to clarify the cause of the accident or dispute, thereby protecting his or her rights.

Current driving recorders require the use of non-volatile memory (such as a memory card) to record the images they acquire, and when the storage space of the non-volatile memory is full, the driving recorder deletes the non-volatile memory. Old images, freeing up storage space to store new images. Since long-term writing and erasing of non-volatile memory affects the service life of non-volatile memory, drivers need to periodically check whether non-volatile memory is normal or replace non-volatile memory. To ensure that images acquired during traffic accidents or disputes are reliably written into non-volatile memory.

On the other hand, the current driving recorder must be provided with a display device for displaying the image currently acquired by the image sensing unit on the screen of the display device. The cost of current driving recorders will increase due to the absence of display settings. In addition, although the current hand-held mobile device can be placed on a supporting device mounted on the vehicle for photographing the image of the vehicle while traveling, the shooting angle, resolution, and transparency of the lens module of the handheld mobile device are The light rate and shooting distance are poor, so it is difficult to replace the general driving recorder. In addition, most of the current service systems do not record the location information at the time of the accident, nor can they provide location information to users of remote devices.

The present invention provides an image recording apparatus for recording an image when a vehicle travels. The image recording device may optionally have no display device and includes a fixing portion, a main body portion and a lens module. The fixing portion is used to set the image recording device to the vehicle. The main body has an image recording module, wherein the image recording module is coupled to the handheld mobile device. The lens module is disposed on the first side of the main body portion.

The present invention provides a support device for mounting on a vehicle and for placing a handheld mobile device thereon, wherein the handheld mobile device can record an image of the vehicle as it travels. The supporting device comprises a fixing portion, a main body portion and a first lens module. The fixing portion is used to set the supporting device to the vehicle. The main body portion has at least one positioning portion disposed on the second surface thereof, and the first lens module is disposed on the first surface of the main body portion. When the handheld mobile device is correctly placed on the second surface through the action of the positioning portion, the first lens module corresponds to the lens module of the handheld mobile device.

The new embodiment provides a service system including an image recording device and a server. The server is connected to the image recording device. The image recording device is used to record images when the vehicle is traveling. When the video recording device determines that an event has occurred, the video recording device transmits its location information and an image of a few seconds before and after the event to the server.

In summary, the image recording apparatus provided by the new embodiment can be handheld The mobile device is connected and the obtained image is displayed on the screen of the handheld mobile device, so that the display device can be selectively omitted to reduce the manufacturing cost. The support device provided by the new embodiment may have another lens module corresponding to the lens module of the handheld mobile device, so as to increase the shooting angle, light transmittance, and the light transmittance of the image of the handheld mobile device when the vehicle travels. Resolution or shooting distance, etc. In addition, the server of the service system of the present embodiment acquires the position information of the image and image recording device a few seconds before and after the event through the image recording device, and can position the image and the image recording device a few seconds before and after the event. Information is transmitted to the driver's relatives, hospital staff, police officers, fire department personnel or insurance company personnel to reduce casualties and damage.

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Fig. 1A is a side view of the image recording apparatus of the present embodiment.

Fig. 1B is a front elevational view of the image recording apparatus of the present embodiment.

2A is a side elevational view of a handheld mobile device coupled to an image recording device of the present invention.

2B is a front elevational view of the handheld mobile device connected to the image recording apparatus of the present embodiment.

3 is a block diagram of an image recording module of the present embodiment.

4 is a flow chart of an image recording method of the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the microcontroller of the present embodiment using a sensing signal of a gravity sensor to determine whether an event has occurred.

6 is a schematic diagram of a graphical interface of an application of the image recording apparatus of the present embodiment.

Figure 7 is a schematic illustration of a service system of the present embodiment.

Fig. 8A is a side view of an image recording apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

8B is a side view of the second lens module mounted to the image recording apparatus of another embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 9 is a side elevational view of the support device of the present embodiment.

The present invention provides an image recording device that can connect a hand-held mobile device (such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, or other mobile device) that is currently in the hands of a person, and can record an image when the vehicle travels. The image recording device can display the acquired image to the driver through the display device of the handheld mobile device. The image recording device may not have a display device, so the cost of the image recording device can be further reduced.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the image recording device does not continuously record images in non-volatile memory, and the images are temporarily stored in volatile memory and are in volatile memory. Will be constantly covered by new images. When the image recording device detects an event (such as a traffic accident or a dispute), the image recording device records the image before the occurrence of the event and the image of the second after the event in the non-volatile memory. Accordingly, unnecessary writing and deleting operations of the non-volatile memory can be reduced, and the life of the non-volatile memory can be prolonged.

In addition, in another embodiment of the present invention, the first lens module of the image recording device can be removed and replaced, or an additional second lens module can be added to the image recording. The device, wherein the second lens module corresponds to the first lens module, and can be used to increase the shooting angle, light transmittance, resolution, or shooting distance of the image recording device.

The present invention also provides a support device mounted on a vehicle for supporting a handheld mobile device, wherein the handheld mobile device is used to record an influence of a vehicle traveling, the support device having a first lens module. When the handheld mobile device is correspondingly placed on the supporting device, the lens module of the handheld mobile device corresponds to the first lens module, so the first lens module can increase the shooting angle when the handheld mobile device shoots the image, Light transmittance, resolution, shooting distance, etc.

The new embodiment further provides a service system, the service system including a servo The image recording device and the handheld mobile device. The handheld mobile device is coupled to the image recording device and can be connected to the server via the Internet. Therefore, when the image recording device detects that an event occurs, the line image recording device can be connected to the server through the handheld mobile device, and the image is transmitted to the server a few seconds before and after the event occurs.

In addition, the handheld mobile device or the video recording device obtains location information, and the handheld mobile device transmits location information when the event occurs to the server. The server can transmit the location information of the event and several seconds before and after the event to a specific person, such as the driver's family, friends, hospital staff, fire department personnel, police officers.

In addition, the handheld mobile device can also install an application to interact with the server. For example, the driver transmits the current location information to the server through the handheld mobile device, and then the server transmits the tourist attraction information near the current location of the handheld mobile device to the handheld mobile device, and the server then follows the location of the handheld mobile device. Whether the information stays at a particular tourist attraction to update the popularity of the tourist attraction. Or, the driver can inform the server through the handheld mobile device that the information of the speed camera is nearby, and the server then verifies whether the information is true. If the information is true, the server updates the speed camera warning. Alert to use the updated speed camera to alert the driver to the driver passing the location.

Next, the image recording apparatus and service system provided by the novel embodiment will be described in conjunction with a plurality of embodiments. However, it should be understood that the present invention may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

[Embodiment of Image Recording Apparatus]

1A and 1B, FIG. 1A is a side view of the image recording apparatus of the present embodiment, and FIG. 1B is a front view of the image recording apparatus of the present invention. The image recording apparatus 1 includes a fixing portion 11, a connecting portion 12, a pivot portion 13, and a main body portion. 14. The first lens module 15 and the image recording module 16 (not shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, as shown in FIG. 3).

The fixing portion 11 has a power supply hole 111, a absorbing portion 112 (for example, a suction cup), and a plurality of sound emitting holes 113. Through the absorbing portion 112 of the fixing portion 11, the image recording device 1 can be attached to a transparent plate on the front side of a vehicle (for example, a car, a locomotive, a yacht, or a light aircraft) (for example, a windshield on the front side of the automobile), that is, through The absorbing unit 112 can mount the image recording device 2 on the vehicle. The power supply hole 111 of the fixing portion 11 is for connecting a power supply line for a vehicle to supply power required by the image recording apparatus 1. The fixed portion 11 further has a speaker, and the speaker is electrically connected to the image recording module 16 and correspondingly disposed under the sound hole 113. The speaker can expand the incoming call or music of the handheld mobile device 2, and the image recording device 1 has the function of disarming the handset to further reduce the risk of talking during driving.

The connecting portion 12 is for connecting the pivot portion 13 and the fixing portion 11, the pivot portion 13 is connected to the main body portion 14, and the pivot portion 13 is transmitted, and the main body portion 14 is rotated. The first lens module 15 has a lens and may be disposed on the back surface of the main body portion 14. The image recording module 16 is located in the main body portion 14. The front surface of the main body portion 14 has a connection port 143 and a plurality of positioning components 142, and the side surface of the main body portion 14 has a memory card slot 141 electrically connected to the image recording module 16.

The pivot portion 13 and the fixing portion 11 have a hollow structure, and a wire is connected to the image recording module 16 and the power hole 111. Therefore, the vehicle power supply can supply the power required by the image recording module 16 through the vehicle power cable. The first lens module 15 may even have a MICRO ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS), which can be electrically connected to the image recording module 16 to obtain the power required for operation. Similarly, the pivot portion 13 can even have a microelectromechanical system that electrically connects its internal leads to the image recording module 16. Through the setting of the MEMS system, the image recording module 16 can also automatically control the focal length and shooting angle of the lens. The port 143 is electrically connected to the image recording module 16 and is used to connect the hand-held mobile device 2 (not shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B).

2A and 2B, FIG. 2A is a side view of the handheld mobile device connected to the image recording device of the present embodiment, and FIG. 2B is a front view of the handheld mobile device connected to the image recording device of the new embodiment. Figure. As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the hand-held mobile device 2 is firmly placed on the front surface of the main body portion 14 by the action of the positioning portion 142. In addition, the handheld mobile device 2 connects the video recording module 16 via the port 143, and the video recording device 1 can charge the handheld mobile device 2 via the port 143. The port can be a USB port, an IEEE 1394 port, a 40-pin or 8-pin connector as specified by Apple Computer, or a port for other phone specifications.

In addition, the application of the image recording apparatus 1 can be installed in the handheld mobile device 2, so that after the handheld mobile device 2 is connected to the image recording device 1, the display device of the handheld mobile device 2 can display the current acquisition of the image recording device 1. Image. In addition, the driver can remotely control and set the image recording apparatus 1 by using an application installed in the handheld mobile device 2.

It should be noted that the image recording apparatus 1 described above is only one embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. A number of different embodiments will be described below, but these embodiments are also not intended to limit the present invention.

In other embodiments, the fixing portion 14 of the image recording apparatus 1 can fix the image recording device 1 to one of the vehicles without using the absorbing portion 142 instead of the absorbing portion 142, so that the image recording device 1 can be fixed. It is possible to smoothly capture images of the vehicle as it travels. For example, the fixing portion 14 of the image recording apparatus 1 can be disposed on the back surface of the mirror of the locomotive by means of a bonding or a clip. As another example, the fixing portion 14 may have a non-slip gasket and may stand directly in front of the front windshield of the automobile.

In other embodiments, the connection port 143 can also be removed, and the image recording device 1 can use WiFi communication, LTE communication, wireless USB communication, WiMax communication, near field communication, far infrared communication, Bluetooth communication, satellite communication, microwave. Technologies such as communications or IEEE 802.11 are connected to the handheld mobile device 2, and even The handheld mobile device 2 is charged using wireless charging technology.

In the present embodiment, since the video recording device 1 can be connected to the hand-held mobile device 2, the display device may not be provided. In addition, the image recording device 1 can also be connected to the Internet through the handheld mobile device 2. In addition, the image recording device 1 itself can also be directly connected to the Internet without connecting to the Internet through the handheld mobile device 2, thereby transmitting information with the server or the remote device, and can even become a tool for remote monitoring. In summary, the present invention does not limit the ability of the image recording apparatus 1 to directly connect to the Internet.

In addition, the image recording apparatus 1 can detect whether an event occurs, and when the event occurs, the image recording apparatus 1 stores the image of the seconds before and after the event in the non-volatile memory, wherein the event is, for example, a traffic accident. , disputes or events triggered by the driver through the application (such as immediate, scheduled or fixed-point recording instructions, etc.), but the present invention is not limited to this.

More precisely, the image recording apparatus 1 described above generally only temporarily stores images into volatile memory, and stores the images of the seconds before and after the event in the memory card slot 141 only when an event occurs. In the non-volatile memory of the card or the connected handheld mobile device 2, even the connected mobile device 2 can directly transmit the image before and after the event occurs to the server (for example, a cloud server, The social network server, video streaming server or network storage server is stored.

In other embodiments, the non-volatile memory can be disposed in the image recording module 16, and the memory card slot 151 can be removed. Alternatively, the non-volatile memory can be disposed in the image recording module 16, and the image recording device 1 still holds the memory card slot 151. Thus, the driver can set and control the image recording device 1 to determine the occurrence of the event. The image for a few seconds before and after is stored in at least one of the memory card in the memory card slot 151 and the built-in non-volatile memory. Even the memory card slot 151 can be changed to a USB port to connect non-volatile memory such as a USB flash drive or a solid state drive. In summary, the present invention is not limited to storing events. The non-volatile memory of the image before and after the seconds is set, and whether it is built-in, external to the image recording device 1 or located at the server.

In addition, location information, vehicle information (such as speed, fuel quantity, battery power, engine temperature or water volume), geographic information or weather information can also be selectively embedded in the image. For example, the information is embedded in at least one picture of the image by means of a watermark (for example, embedded in an I picture), or the information is directly recorded in a header or a tail of the file of the image. In addition, the above information can be placed after the header of the image file, before or after the image data, or before the end of the image file, and after the image data.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, the image recording apparatus 1 may not have the power hole 111, but may have a detachable battery module. Alternatively, the image recording apparatus 1 may include a detachable or built-in battery module in addition to the power supply hole 111. Therefore, when an event occurs, even if the vehicle is turned off, the image recording apparatus 1 can continue to record images to avoid interruption of recording.

The details of the image recording module 16 will be described below. The image recording module 16 can be in the form of a single wafer or a plurality of wafers and circuits. Please refer to FIG. 3. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an image recording module according to an embodiment of the present invention. The image recording module 16 includes an image sensing unit 161, an image processing unit 162, a volatile memory 163, a microcontroller 164, an event detecting unit 165, a sensing unit 166, a non-volatile memory 167, and a wired communication unit 168. The wireless communication unit 169 and the positioning unit 160. The image sensing unit 161 is electrically connected to the image processing unit 162. The image processing unit 162 is electrically connected to the volatile memory 163 and the microcontroller 164. The volatile memory 163 is electrically connected to the microcontroller 164. The microcontroller 164 is electrically connected to the event detecting unit 165, the non-volatile memory 167, the wired communication unit 168, the wireless communication unit 169, and the positioning unit 160, and the sensing unit 166 is electrically connected to the event detecting unit 165.

The image sensing unit 161 is correspondingly disposed on the lens of the first lens module 15 Thereafter, there are a plurality of complementary MOS transistor sensing circuits for sensing the picture obtained for each sampling time. The image processing unit 162 is configured to perform encoding processing on multiple images to generate images, and temporarily store the images in the volatile memory 163.

The handheld mobile device 2 can be coupled to the video recording module 16 via a wired communication unit 168 or a wireless communication unit 169. In this embodiment, one of the wired communication unit 168 or the wireless communication unit 169 can be selectively removed.

The microcontroller 164 can receive instructions or data from the wired communication unit 168 or the wireless communication unit 169, or can transmit instructions or data to the wired communication unit 168 or the wireless communication unit 169. The event detecting unit 165 is configured to receive the sensing signal generated by the sensing unit 166, and can determine whether an event occurs according to the sensing signal. Sensing unit 166 can be, for example, a gravity sensor, an accelerometer, or other inertial sensor. In this embodiment, the event detecting unit 165 is disposed in the image recording module 16, however, the event detecting unit 165 can be selectively removed, and the handheld mobile device 2 determines whether an event has occurred.

In addition, in other embodiments, the sensing signal may be obtained by sensing by the handheld mobile device 2 (ie, the sensing unit 166 may be selectively removed), and the microcontroller 164 may pass through the wired communication unit. The 168 or wireless communication unit 169 receives the sensing signal and transmits the sensing signal to the event detecting unit 165. For example, when a car accident or collision occurs, the gravity sensor of the handheld mobile device 2 generates a corresponding sensing signal, and transmits the sensing signal to the image recording mode through the wired communication unit 168 or the wireless communication unit 169. Group 16 of microcontrollers 164. In addition, in other embodiments, the driver can also operate the handheld mobile device to issue an event triggering command through the application, so that the event detecting unit 165 determines that an event has occurred.

When the event detecting unit 165 determines that an event has occurred, the microcontroller 164 acquires an image from the volatile memory 163 a few seconds before the occurrence of the event (for example, the first 15 seconds), and the microcontroller 164 stores the image a few seconds before the event is generated. Volatile memory 167. In addition, the microcontroller 164 also instructs the image processing unit 162 to store images of the seconds (e.g., the last 15 seconds) after the occurrence of the event to the non-volatile memory 167. Accordingly, the non-volatile memory 167 stores images for a few seconds before and after the event. Since the non-volatile memory 167 does not perform operations such as writing and erasing for a long time, the life of the non-volatile memory 167 is not reduced.

The positioning unit 160 is used to obtain position information of the image recording device, and may be, for example, a global satellite positioning system (GPS) unit or a wireless communication triangulation unit or the like. The microcontroller 164 can receive location information, and the image processing unit 162 can selectively move the location information into the acquired image. The positioning unit 160 can be selectively removed in this embodiment, and the handheld mobile device can have a positioning unit. The microcontroller 164 of the image recording module 16 can receive location information through the handheld mobile device.

In addition, in other embodiments, the non-volatile memory 167 can also be removed, and the image of the memory card slot 141 can be stored in the memory card slot 141 for a few seconds before or after the event, or can be transmitted through the wired communication unit 168 or wireless communication. The unit 169 stores the image of the mobile device 2 seconds before and after the event in the non-volatile memory of the handheld mobile device 2, or stores the image of the mobile device 2 seconds before and after the event in the server or other through the connected handheld mobile device 2 In the remote device. In summary, the present embodiment does not limit the location of the non-volatile memory used to store images for a few seconds before and after the event.

The flow of the above image recording method will be described below with a text matching diagram. Please refer to FIG. 4. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the image recording method of the new embodiment. First, in step S401, the video screen is written into a volatile memory (for example, a dynamic memory). Then, in step S402, it is determined whether an event has occurred. If an event occurs, step S403 is performed; otherwise, step S401 is repeatedly performed. In step S403, a video image of a few seconds before and after the event is written to the non-playable memory.

Please note that the first 15 seconds and the last 15 seconds of a traffic accident are usually key images. Therefore, in step S403, it is preferable to generate an event. The image of 15 seconds before and after is written to the non-active memory. Based on the actual situation and different applications, it is also possible to write an image of 15 seconds before the event and 10 seconds after the event to the non-important memory. In summary, it is not intended to limit the number of images before and after the event.

Please refer to FIG. 5. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the microcontroller of the present invention using the sensing signal of the gravity sensor to determine whether an event has occurred. As shown in FIG. 5, when a car accident occurs, the gravity sensor generates corresponding three sensing signal components A _X , A _Y , A _Z in three directions (X, Y, Z directions), that is, sensing. The signal is a signal vector consisting of three sensed signal components A _X , A _Y , A _Z . If at least one of the three sensing signal components A _X , A _Y , A _Z is greater than a specific value, the microcontroller determines that an event occurs, if none of the three sensing signal components A _X , A _Y , A _Z Above a certain value, the microcontroller determines that no events have occurred. That is to say, if the sensing signal does not fall within the vector space formed by the dashed box in FIG. 5, it indicates that an event occurs, and if the sensing signal falls within the vector space formed by the dotted box of FIG. , indicating that no events have occurred.

Please note that the sensing signal components A _X , A _Y , A _Z may be the sensing signal components corresponding to when the car is hit back and forth, the side of the car is hit, or the car is bumped, so the signal component is sensed. The specific values of the comparisons corresponding to A _X , A _Y , and A _Z may be different from each other. The specific value of the comparison corresponding to the sensing signal component is generally set to be relatively large to avoid a situation in which the sensing signal component A _Z easily exceeds a certain value due to road instability, and the event is misjudged.

On the other hand, the sensing unit may not only be an inertial sensor, but also may be a thermal sensor, a temperature sensor, a smoke sensor, a power sensor, a humidity sensor, a motion sensor ( For example, a gyroscope, a magnetic sensor or a biological signal sensor, etc., even the sensing unit includes a plurality of different types of sensors, and the event detecting unit can determine whether there is any according to various different types of sensing signals. The event occurs and even the type of event is judged.

For example, if the car is inexplicably burned, a thermal sensor, temperature sensor, smoke sensor or humidity sensor will be able to generate a corresponding sensing signal. Give another example Said that if the car's power system is suddenly shorted, the power sensor can generate a corresponding sensing signal. Even through the front lens of the handheld mobile electronic device and the processing unit (used as a biosignal sensor), it is also possible to detect the physical condition of the driver (for example, whether to sleep or suddenly faint) to generate a corresponding feeling. Measuring signal. In summary, the sensing unit is not intended to limit the novel.

In addition, in the present invention, the image recording device can also receive vehicle information of the vehicle, or receive geographic information, time information or weather information from the server or the handheld mobile device, and the event detecting unit can be based on the vehicle information and geography. At least one of information, location information, or weather information is used to determine whether the knowledge has occurred. For example, if the water volume of the car (known through the vehicle information) is insufficient, the event detection unit will judge that the event has occurred. As another example, if the weather conditions are bad (known through weather information) or the driver is driving on a mountain road (known by geographic information or location information), the event detection unit will determine that the event has occurred. As another example, if a driver is driving at night on a road lacking street lights (via geographic information and time information), the event detection unit will also determine that the event has occurred.

Next, the graphical interface of the application of the image recording apparatus of the present embodiment will be described, but it is to be noted that the following is only one embodiment of the present invention, which is not intended to limit the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 6. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a graphical interface of an application of the image recording apparatus of the present invention. After the handheld mobile device is connected to the image recording device, the screen 6 of the display device displays an image playing area 61, a plurality of standard function icons (icons) 62a to 62c, and a plurality of shortcut function icons 63a to 63d. .

The image playback area 61 is used to play the currently acquired image. The standard function icons 62a-62c are respectively used for the driver to set the image recording device, and forcibly store the images from the previous few seconds to the next few seconds to the application of the non-volatile memory and the ending image recording device, wherein the settings are made. The operating parameters of the image recording device may be included, including lens focal length, lens angle, network setting, or image resolution, and the operating parameters are not limited to the aforementioned items. Quick function The icons 63a, 63b are respectively used to allow the driver to fine-tune the angle of the lens of the image recording device counterclockwise and clockwise, and the shortcut function icons 63c, 63d are respectively used for the driver to increase and decrease the lens of the image recording device. focal length. It is worth mentioning that the functions and quantities of the above shortcut function icons 63a to 63d are not intended to limit the present invention.

In addition, although FIG. 6 shows the user how to operate the image recording apparatus by the graphical interface of the handheld mobile device, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, a specific button on the handheld mobile device can also be used to control the shooting angle or focal length of the image recording device. In addition, in other embodiments, a control and display interface different from the above graphical interface may also be designed for the user.

[Example of service system]

The service system using the image recording apparatus will be described below, and the following embodiments are not intended to limit the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 7. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a service system of the new embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7, the service system 5 includes a handheld mobile device in a vehicle 51 (for example, a car) and an image recording device mounted therein, a base station 52, an Internet 53, and a server 54 and more. Remote devices 55a and 55b.

The image recording device can connect the server 54 through the connected handheld mobile device, the base station 52 and the Internet 53 to transmit images of the seconds before and after the event to the server 54 or directly to the remote devices 55a and 55b. . In addition, the remote devices 55a and 55b can also be connected to the server 54 and log in to the server 54 to acquire images for several seconds before and after the event, or the remote devices 55a and 55b can directly acquire events from the image recording device via the Internet 53. An image that occurs a few seconds before and after it occurs.

The image recording device itself may optionally have a global positioning system unit to obtain current location information and transmit the location information to the server 54. Alternatively, the image recording device may not have a global positioning system unit, and the handheld mobile device may have a global positioning system unit to transmit the current location information to the servo. Server 54.

The service system 5 has an interactive function and can provide navigation information, tourist attraction information, or speed camera warning information. For example, when a traffic accident occurs, the server 54 records an image of a few seconds before and after the event, the remote device 55a or 55b can acquire the image and location information, and the server 54 can provide navigation information to the assisting remote device 55a. Or the user of 55b, so that specific personnel can quickly get to the scene of the traffic accident to help deal with traffic accidents. In addition, because the server 54 records images several seconds before and after the event, even if the driver's memory card may be removed by the perpetrator or destroyed by a car accident, there is no need to worry about defending his or her rights without evidence.

The user of the remote device 52 or 55b may be a driver's relatives, a fire department officer, a police officer, an insurance company employee, or a hospital staff member. For example, when the car is inexplicably caught, the server 54 will urgently send the image and location information of the car to the nearest fire station personnel, police officers and hospital personnel to let the fire station personnel, police officers and hospital staff Arrive at the scene quickly to reduce casualties and damage. In this embodiment, the server 54 may provide navigation information to the user according to the location information of the car and the location information of the remote device 52 or 55b, or may be the remote device 52 or 55b according to the location information and The location information of the car provides navigation information to the user so that the user can quickly arrive at the scene of the event.

In other embodiments, the driver can transmit the current location information to the server 54, requesting the server 54 for tourist attraction information near the current location. Then, if the location information transmitted to the server 54 for a period of time after the driver is located at the tourist attraction of the tourist attraction information, the server 54 may update the popularity of the tourist attraction in the tourist attraction information. In still another embodiment, if the driver finds that there is a speed camera near its position, the driver can transmit the information to the server 54. If the server 54 receives multiple pieces of information at a specific time, it indicates that there is a speed camera nearby. Then, the server 54 updates the speed camera warning alarm, so the driver can update the speed camera through the server 54 to alert the police that there is a speed camera near the position. Machine to drive the vehicle it drives at a specific speed.

[Another embodiment of the image recording apparatus]

The image recording device of the new embodiment can also replace the first lens module or the second lens module to increase the shooting angle, distance, resolution or light transmittance, and even the second lens module can be photographed. An artistically effective lens module to give the resulting image a particular aesthetic. 8A and FIG. 8B, FIG. 8A is a side view of another embodiment of the image recording apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 8B is a side view of the second lens module mounted to the image recording apparatus of another embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, the back side of the main body portion 14' of the image recording apparatus 1' is provided with a positioning assembly 144' (for example, two horizontal strips), and the second lens module 17 has a positioning assembly 172 corresponding to the positioning assembly 144'. (For example, two lateral grooves), therefore, the second lens module 17 can be attached to the back of the main body portion 14'. The lens of the second lens module 17 can increase the shooting angle, distance, and resolution of the image recording apparatus 1'. In addition, it should be noted that the positioning components 144' and 172 are not designed to limit the present invention. The positioning components 144' and 172 can also be implemented by other connection methods. For example, the positioning component 144' can be a hook structure. The positioning component 172 corresponds to the hole of the hook structure.

[Example of support device]

Please refer to FIG. 9. FIG. 9 is a side view of the supporting device of the new embodiment. The support device 9 includes a fixing portion 91, a connecting portion 92, a pivot portion 93, a main body portion 94, and a first lens module 95. The support device 9 can selectively have no electronic components therein, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The fixing portion 91 has a absorbing portion 911 (for example, a suction cup). Through the absorbing portion 911 of the fixing portion 91, the supporting device 9 can be attached to a transparent plate on the front side of the vehicle (for example, a windshield on the front side of the automobile), that is, the supporting device 9 can be mounted on the vehicle. Since the supporting device 9 may not have electronic components therein, in this embodiment, the fixing portion 91 may not have a power supply hole.

The connecting portion 92 is for connecting the pivot portion 93 and the fixing portion 91, and the pivot portion 93 is connected to the main portion. The body portion 94 passes through the pivot portion 93, and the body portion 94 is rotated. The first lens module 95 has a lens and may be disposed on the back surface of the main body portion 94. The front surface of the main body portion 94 has a plurality of positioning components 942, and may not have a memory card slot and a connection port, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The hand-held mobile device 2 is firmly placed on the front surface of the main body portion 94 by the action of the positioning portion 942. When the hand-held mobile device 2 is correctly placed on the front side of the main body portion 94, the lens module 21 of the hand-held mobile device 2 corresponds to the first lens module 95. Since the light transmittance, the resolution, and the shooting angle of the lens module 21 of the handheld mobile device 2 are poor, the shooting angle and distance when the handheld mobile device 2 captures an image can be increased by the action of the first lens module 95. , resolution or light transmittance, etc., even the first lens module can be a lens module with artistic effect to make the obtained image have a certain aesthetic.

In addition, the handheld mobile device 2 and the supporting device 9 can form an image recording device. Therefore, the handheld mobile device 2 and the supporting device 9 of this embodiment can also form a service system with the server, and the service system can have the same as described above. Features.

In this embodiment, the handheld mobile device 2 can store the image for a few seconds before and after the event in the non-volatile memory, or send it to the server or the remote end only when the event occurs. Device. In addition, the image may be embedded in the above-mentioned one location information, one vehicle speed information, one vehicle information, one weather information or one local information.

Those skilled in the art can apply the features of the foregoing embodiments to the hand-held mobile device 2 or the support device 9 from the disclosure of the present invention, so the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For example, the support device 9 can have a connection port to charge the hand-held mobile device 2. In addition, the support device 9 can also have a battery module and a power supply hole.

[Possible results of the embodiment]

In summary, the image recording apparatus provided by the new embodiment can be connected to a handheld mobile device, and the obtained image is displayed on the screen of the handheld mobile device. Therefore, it is possible to selectively have no display device to reduce the manufacturing cost. In addition, the image recording device stores the image for a few seconds before and after the event in the non-volatile memory only when the event occurs, so the service life of the non-volatile memory is not reduced. In addition, in another embodiment, the image recording device may also replace its first lens module or add a second lens module. In addition, the present invention also provides a service system with interactive functions that allows drivers to have convenient and secure services.

The support device provided by the new embodiment may have another lens module corresponding to the lens module of the handheld mobile device to increase the shooting angle, transmittance, resolution or shooting when the handheld mobile device shoots an image. Distance and so on. In addition, the server of the service system of the new embodiment can obtain the position information of the image and image recording device seconds before and after the event, and can transmit the position information of the image and the image recording device a few seconds before and after the event to the driving. People's friends, hospital staff, police officers, fire department personnel or insurance company personnel to reduce casualties and damage.

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11‧‧‧ Fixed Department

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Claims (43)

An image recording device for obtaining an image when a vehicle travels, which may optionally have no display device, and includes: a fixing portion for setting the image recording device to the vehicle; The image recording module is configured to be coupled to a handheld mobile device; and a first lens module is disposed on a first side of the body portion. The image recording device of claim 1, wherein the fixing portion has a power hole and a absorbing portion, wherein the power hole is used for connecting a power cord for the vehicle, and the absorbing portion is used for adsorbing A transparent board of the vehicle. The image recording device of claim 1, further comprising: a battery module. The image recording device of claim 1, further comprising: a connecting portion; and a pivot portion, wherein the connecting portion is configured to connect the fixing portion and the pivot portion; wherein the main body portion is connected to the pivot portion The shaft portion is rotatable relative to the pivot portion. The image recording apparatus of claim 4, wherein the connecting portion and the pivot portion are hollow and have a wire inside. The image recording device of claim 1, wherein a second surface of the main body corresponding to the first side is provided with at least one positioning component for the handheld mobile device to be firmly placed on the first surface. The image recording device of claim 1, wherein the main body further comprises a connecting port, wherein the connecting port is used to connect the handheld mobile device or to charge the handheld mobile device. The image recording device of claim 1, wherein the image recording device stores the image in a non-volatile memory a few seconds before the event occurs when an event occurs. The image recording device of claim 1, wherein the image recording device is coupled to the handheld mobile device in a wired or wireless manner. The video recording device of claim 8, wherein a side of the main body has a memory card slot, and the non-volatile memory is a memory card of the memory card slot. The image recording device of claim 8, wherein the non-volatile memory is the handheld mobile device, a server, the image recording module or an external non-volatile memory. The image recording device of claim 1, wherein a location information, a vehicle speed information, a vehicle information, a weather information, or a local information is embedded in the image. The image recording device of claim 8, wherein the image is stored in the non-volatile memory 15 seconds before the event occurs. The image recording device of claim 1, wherein the first lens module can be replaced. The image recording device of claim 1, wherein a second lens module can be added to the main body portion, wherein the second lens module corresponds to the first lens module. The image recording device of claim 8, wherein the image recording module determines whether the event occurs according to at least one sensing signal generated by a sensing unit. The image recording device of claim 16, wherein the sensing unit comprises a gravity sensor, an accelerometer, a thermal sensor, a temperature sensor, a smoke sensor, and a power source. At least one of a sensor, a humidity sensor, a motion sensor, a magnetic sensor, and a biosensor sensor. The image recording device of claim 16, wherein if the sensing signal does not fall within a specific space vector, it is determined that the event occurs. The image recording device according to claim 16, wherein the sensing unit is It is disposed in the handheld mobile device or the image recording module. The image recording device of claim 1, wherein the image recording module has a positioning unit. The image recording device of claim 1, wherein the fixing portion further has a speaker disposed therein, and has a plurality of sound holes, wherein the speakers are correspondingly disposed under the sound holes. A supporting device for mounting on a vehicle and for placing a handheld mobile device thereon, wherein the handheld mobile device is used to record an image of a vehicle traveling, and the supporting device comprises: a fixing portion for arranging the supporting device on the vehicle; a main body portion having at least one positioning portion disposed on a second surface thereof; and a first lens module disposed on a first surface of the main body portion When the handheld mobile device is correctly placed on the second surface through the positioning portion, the first lens module corresponds to a lens module of the handheld mobile device. The support device of claim 22, wherein the body portion further comprises a connection port, wherein the connection port is used to charge the handheld mobile device. The support device of claim 23, wherein the fixing portion has a power hole and a absorbing portion, wherein the power hole is used for connecting a power cord for the vehicle, and the absorbing portion is used for adsorbing A transparent board for transportation. The support device of claim 23, further comprising: a battery module. The support device of claim 22, further comprising: a connecting portion; and a pivot portion, wherein the connecting portion is configured to connect the fixing portion and the pivot portion; wherein the main body portion is connected to the pivot portion And rotating relative to the pivot portion. The support device of claim 26, wherein the connecting portion and the pivot portion are hollow structures and have wires inside. The supporting device of claim 22, wherein a second surface of the main body portion corresponding to the first surface is provided with at least one positioning component for the handheld mobile device to be firmly placed on the first surface . The support device of claim 23, wherein the handheld mobile device stores the image in the non-volatile memory a few seconds before the event occurs when an event occurs. The support device of claim 29, wherein the non-volatile memory is the handheld mobile device, a server or an external non-volatile memory. The support device of claim 22, wherein the handheld mobile device embeds a location information, a vehicle speed information, a vehicle information, a weather information or a local information in the image. The support device of claim 29, wherein the image is stored in the non-volatile memory 15 seconds before the event occurs. The support device of claim 29, wherein the handheld mobile device determines whether the event occurs according to at least one sensing signal generated by one of the sensing units. The support device of claim 33, wherein the sensing unit comprises a gravity sensor, an accelerometer, a thermal sensor, a temperature sensor, a smoke sensor, and a sense of power. At least one of a detector, a humidity sensor, a motion sensor, a magnetic sensor, and a biosensor sensor. The support device of claim 33, wherein the handheld mobile device determines that the event occurs if the sensing signal does not fall within a specific space vector. A service system comprising: an image recording device for obtaining an image of a vehicle traveling; and a server for connecting the image recording device; wherein the image recording device comprises: a fixing portion for the image a recording device is disposed in the vehicle; a main body having an image recording module, wherein the image recording module is coupled to a handheld mobile device; and a first lens module disposed on a first side of the main body; when the image is recorded When the device determines that an event occurs, the image recording device transmits a location information and an image of the seconds before and after the event to the server. The service system of claim 36, wherein the image recording device transmits the location information and the image to a user of a remote device when the event occurs. The service system of claim 36, wherein the server is further coupled to a user of a remote device to transmit the location information and the image to the user when the event occurs. The service system of claim 38, wherein the server further provides navigation information to the user according to a location information of the user and a location information of the image recording device, or the remote device is based on The user and the location information of the image recording device provide the navigation information to the user. A service system includes: a support device for mounting on a vehicle and for placing a handheld mobile device thereon, wherein the handheld mobile device is used to record an image of a vehicle while traveling; a server for connecting the handheld mobile device; wherein the supporting device comprises: a fixing portion for arranging the supporting device on the vehicle; and a main body portion having at least one positioning portion disposed on a second surface thereof; And a first lens module disposed on a first surface of the main body portion; wherein the first lens module is disposed when the handheld mobile device is correctly placed on the second surface through the positioning portion a lens module that should be a handheld mobile device; when the handheld mobile device determines that an event occurs, the handheld mobile device will A location information and an image of a few seconds before and after the event are transmitted to the server. The service system of claim 40, wherein the handheld mobile device transmits the location information and the image to a user of a remote device when the event occurs. The service system of claim 40, wherein the server is further coupled to a user of a remote device to transmit the location information and the image to the user when the event occurs. The service system of claim 42, wherein the server further provides a navigation information to the user according to the location information of the user and a location information of the handheld mobile device, or the remote device The navigation information is provided to the user according to the location information of the user and the handheld mobile device.