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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2024
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Hayato Mizuma, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Matsushita, Ichinomiya, JP;
Yuko Mizuno, Nagoya, JP;
Kohei Miwa, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Naoki Yamada, Kasugai, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/61 (2023.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/61 (2023.01); G01C 21/3679 (2013.01); G01C 21/3811 (2020.08); G01C 21/3837 (2020.08); H04N 23/64 (2023.01);
Abstract
A drive recorder mounted on a vehicle includes a camera and a processing device. When the processing device recognizes that a landmark appears in the image shot by the camera, the processing device performs a process of setting the shutter speed and shooting timing for taking a photo of the landmark based on the vehicle speed, and A process of shooting a landmark at the shutter speed and shooting timing is executed.