Apparatus and method for controlling image recording of vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11312262-B2
Application number	US-202016773082-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 27, 2020
Priority date	Jul 18, 2019
Publication date	Apr 26, 2022
Grant date	Apr 26, 2022

Abstract

An apparatus for controlling image recording of a vehicle includes: an input device that receives image recording setting information; and a controller that determines whether to control charging of a battery or an image recording operation according to whether the image recording setting information is input and whether the vehicle is in a starting state, thus controlling image recording while a vehicle is parked without the need for a separate battery and reducing an unnecessary increase in cost.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for controlling image recording of a vehicle comprising:
an input device configured to receive image recording setting information; and
a controller configured to determine whether to control charging of a battery or an image recording operation according to whether the image recording setting information is input and whether the vehicle is in a starting state,
wherein the controller controls the image recording operation according to whether a battery charge amount is received when it is determined that the image recording setting information is input and the vehicle is not in the starting state.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the image recording setting information includes time information of the image recording operation when the vehicle is parked.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller performs a control to fully charge the battery when it is determined that the image recording setting information is input and the vehicle is in the starting state.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller calculates a charge amount corresponding to the image recording setting information and performs a control to charge the battery additionally by the calculated charge amount when it is determined that the image recording setting information is input and the vehicle is in the starting state.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller calculates an available image recording time based on the battery charge amount received in the starting state of the vehicle and a charge amount corresponding to the image recording setting information when it is not possible to receive the battery charge amount in real time.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the controller controls the image recording operation based on the calculated time.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller determines whether the image recording operation is possible based on the battery charge amount received in real time and a charge amount corresponding to the image recording setting information when it is possible to receive the battery charge amount in real time.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the controller controls the image recording operation based on the battery charge amount received in real time when it is determined that the image recording operation is possible.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller does not control the charging of the battery or the image recording operation when the image recording setting information is not input.

10. A method for controlling image recording of a vehicle comprising:
determining whether image recording setting information is input;
determining whether to control charging of a battery or an image recording operation according to whether the image recording setting information is input and whether the vehicle is in a starting state; and
controlling the image recording operation according to whether a battery charge amount is received when it is determined that the image recording setting information is input and the vehicle is not in the starting state.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the image recording setting information includes condition information for image recording when the vehicle is parked.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising performing a control to fully charge the battery when it is determined that the image recording setting information is input and the vehicle is in the starting state.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
calculating a charge amount corresponding to the image recording setting information; and
performing a control to charge the battery additionally by the calculated charge amount when it is determined that the image recording setting information is input and the vehicle is in the starting state.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
receiving the battery charge amount in the starting state of the vehicle when it is not possible to receive the battery charge amount in real time; and
calculating an available image recording time based on the battery charge amount in the starting state of the vehicle and a charge amount corresponding to the image recording setting information.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising controlling the image recording operation based on the calculated time.

16. The method of claim 10 , further comprising determining whether the image recording operation is possible based on the battery charge amount received in real time and a charge amount corresponding to the image recording setting information when it is possible to receive the battery charge amount in real time.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising controlling the image recording operation based on the battery charge amount received in real time when it is determined that the image recording operation is possible.

18. The method of claim 10 , further comprising finishing the charging of the battery or the image recording operation when the image recording setting information is not input.

19. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the battery charge amount is received in real time.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Jeong Dong Hyuk
• Kim Yu Seok
• Han Dong Hun

Classifications

• Y02T10/70

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• G06V20/56

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• B60L58/13 Primary

  Maintaining the SoC within a determined range · CPC title

• G07C5/0866 Primary

  the electronic data carrier being a digital video recorder in combination with video camera · CPC title

• B60L1/00 Primary

  Supplying electric power to auxiliary equipment of vehicles (circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00) · CPC title