Method and System for Recording and Managing Vehicle-Generated Data

A vehicle system, the system comprising:

• a telecommunication device that enables communication between a vehicle and a remote server;
• a first data recorder configured to store, in a first internal storage, a plurality of interaction data indicating timestamped interactions that occur between an autonomous driving system of the vehicle and a driver while driving and configured to protect main interaction data of the plurality of interaction data that is stored proximate to a point in time of an occurrence of a predefined event from being overwritten with new interaction data without first being uploaded to the remote server;
• and
• a second data recorder configured to store, in a second internal storage, event data indicating a state of the vehicle for a predetermined time before and after the event occurs.

A vehicle system, the system comprising:

• a telecommunication device;
• a first data recorder configured to:
• store, in a first internal storage, a plurality of interaction data indicating timestamped interactions that occur between an autonomous driving system of the vehicle and a driver while driving;
• protect main interaction data of the plurality of interaction data that is stored proximate to a point in time of an occurrence of a predefined event from being overwritten with new interaction data without first being uploaded to a remote server;
• and
• provide the plurality of interaction data stored in the first internal storage to the telecommunication device so the telecommunication device can upload the plurality of interaction data to the remote server;
• and
• a second data recorder configured to:
• store, in a second internal storage, event data indicating a state of the vehicle for a predetermined time before and after the event occurs;
• and
• provide the event data stored in the second internal storage to the telecommunication device so that the telecommunication device can upload the event data to the remote server.

A method performed by a vehicle system, the method comprising:

• storing, by a first data recorder, in a first internal storage, a plurality of interaction data indicating timestamped interactions that occur between an autonomous driving system of a vehicle and a driver while driving;
• storing, by a second data recorder, in a second internal storage, event data indicating a state of the vehicle for a predetermined time before and after a predefined event occurs;
• identifying, by the first data recorder, main interaction data of the plurality of interaction data stored proximate to a point in time of an occurrence of the event;
• and
• changing, by the first data recorder, a value of a lock flag of the main interaction data to protect the main interaction data from being overwritten with new interaction data without first being uploaded to a remote server.