Vehicle video recording device and method of controlling the same

A method performed by an apparatus of a vehicle, the method comprising:

• starting a parking mode of a video recorder;
• detecting, using a motion sensor, a movement of an external object in a surrounding area of the vehicle, wherein the surrounding area comprises at least a portion of a first detection zone monitored by the motion sensor;
• adjusting one or more settings, of the motion sensor, for the first detection zone based on at least one of position information of the vehicle or frequency of detecting a movement of the external object in the first detection zone;
• and
• transmitting, based on the adjusted one or more settings, a command to the video recorder to adjust recording behavior for recording the surrounding area of the vehicle.

An apparatus of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing at least one instruction that, when executed by the processor communicating with the memory, is configured to cause the apparatus to:
• detect, using a motion sensor, at least one detected characteristic of a surrounding area of the vehicle;
• adjust, based on the at least one detected characteristic, a setting of the motion sensor, wherein the adjusted setting is associated with at least one of an adjusted detection zone of the motion sensor or an adjusted recording condition of the motion sensor;
• control, based on the adjusted setting, the motion sensor to detect motions within at least a portion of the surrounding area of the vehicle;
• and
• perform, based on the detected motions, video recording of the at least the portion of the surrounding area of the vehicle.