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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2006
Satoru Okada, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Motomi Iyoda, Seto, JP;
Satoru Okada, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Motomi Iyoda, Seto, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular data recording apparatus includes crash detection portion () for detecting a crash of a vehicle, and recording process portion () for recording and retaining output data of various vehicle-mounted sensors () mounted in the vehicle, in a non-volatile memory (). If a crash is detected by the crash detection portion (), a data recording/retaining process relevant to the crash is performed by the recording process portion. If a plurality of crashes different in the crash form are detected continually in a short time by the crash detection portion, the recording process portion performs the data recording/retaining process relevant to each crash in accordance with a predetermined order of priority based on the crash form of each crash.