Drive recorder, image recording method, and recording medium for image recording

An image recording method comprising:

• capturing an image of a neighborhood of a vehicle;
• recording the image captured by the imaging in a recording medium;
• acquiring position information on the vehicle;
• communicating with a server apparatus to deliver information including the position information;
• and
• acquiring area information transmitted from the server apparatus based on the position information, the area information relating to an area in which the vehicle is located including a distance to a border of the area closest to a position of the vehicle, and controlling a function accordingly, including determining a timing of transmitting the position information to the server apparatus in accordance with the distance.

A non-transitory recording medium for image recording encoded with a program causing a computer to implement modules, including:

• a module that captures an image of a neighborhood of a vehicle;
• a module that records the image captured by the imaging in a recording medium;
• a module that acquires position information on the vehicle;
• a module that communicates with a server apparatus to deliver information including the position information;
• and
• a module that acquires area information transmitted from the server apparatus based on the position information, the area information relating to an area in which the vehicle is located including a distance to a border of the area closest to a position of the vehicle, and controls a function accordingly, including determining a timing of transmitting the position information to the server apparatus in accordance with the distance.