On-vehicle recording control apparatus and recording control method

An on-vehicle recording control apparatus, comprising:

• a camera configured to capture an image of surroundings of a vehicle;
• a microphone configured to receive a voice command;
• a memory that is configured to store computer executable instructions;
• and
• a processor that is configured to execute the computer executable instructions to perform operations, comprising:
• acquiring video data captured by the camera;
• receiving voice operation based on the voice command received by the microphone and instructing event recording;
• detecting a speech state of the voice command of the voice operation received by the receiving;
• recording the video data acquired by the acquiring;
• generating event data while changing, based on the speech state of the voice command detected by the detecting when the receiving receives the voice operation for event recording, a period of the event data that is extracted from the video data;
• and
• storing the generated event data, wherein
• the receiving further comprises receiving the voice operation when a recognition rate of the voice command is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold,
• the detecting further comprises detecting, as the speech state, that the recognition rate of the voice command is low in a range of the recognition rate in which the voice operation is received, and
• the recording further comprises increasing, when it is detected that the recognition rate is low as the speech state of the voice command, the period of the event data extracted from the video data.

An on-vehicle recording control apparatus, comprising:

• a camera configured to capture an image of surroundings of a vehicle;
• a microphone configured to receive a voice command;
• a memory that is configured to store computer executable instructions;
• and
• a processor that is configured to execute the computer executable instructions to perform operations, comprising:
• acquiring video data captured by the camera;
• receiving voice operation based on the voice command received by the microphone and instructing event recording;
• detecting a speech state of the voice command of the voice operation received by the receiving;
• recording the video data acquired by the acquiring;
• generating event data while changing, based on the speech state of the voice command detected by the detecting when the receiving receives the voice operation for event recording, a period of the event data that is extracted from the video data;
• and
• storing the generated event data, wherein
• the detecting further comprises detecting, as the speech state, a speech volume of the voice command when the voice operation is received, and
• the recording further comprises increasing, when it is detected, as the speech state of the voice command, that the speech volume of the voice command is larger than a predetermined value, the period of event data extracted from the video data.