# US 8,786,671 B2 · Driving recorder system and method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,786,671 B2 - Document ID: US8786671B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/666,047 - Filed: 2012-11-01 - Published: 2013-10-17 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2012-04-13 - Assignees: dadny, Inc. - Applicants: dadny Inc. - Inventors: Daniel Shih; Mao Hui Wu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8786671B2 ## CPC - H04N 5/772: {the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A driving recorder system and a coordinate positioning method thereof. The system comprises a curved image lens, an operation module, a processing module, a display module and a storage module. The curved image lens captures the curved image of the surrounding areas thereof. The operation module restores the curved image into a restored image. The processing module receives the restored image and adds time data to the restored image. The display module displays the restored image and the time data. The storage module stores the restored image and the time data. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A driving recorder system, comprising: a curved image lens, arranged for capturing an image of surrounding areas of the driving recorder system to generate a curved image; an operation module, arranged for restoring the curved image to a restored image; a coordinate positioning module, arranged for receiving the restored image and adding a coordinate system to the restored image to generate a restored image with the coordinate system added; a processing module, arranged for receiving the restored image with the coordinate system added and adding time data to the restored image with the coordinate system added; a display module, arranged for displaying the restored image with the coordinate system added and the time data; and a storage module, arranged for storing the restored image with the coordinate system added and the time data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The driving recorder system of claim 1, further comprising a global positioning module, arranged for providing velocity and position data of the driving recorder system. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The driving recorder system of claim 1, further comprising a gravity sensor, wherein the gravity sensor is connected to the processing module and provided for measuring an instantaneous acceleration of the driving recorder system to provide an instantaneous velocity and displacement data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The driving recorder system of claim 1, wherein the coordinate positioning module generates the restored image with the coordinate system added according to an angular orientation of the restored image. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The driving recorder system of claim 2, further comprising a gravity sensor, wherein the gravity sensor is connected to the processing module and provided for measuring an instantaneous acceleration of the driving recorder system to provide an instantaneous velocity and displacement data. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The driving recorder system of claim 2, wherein the processing module calculates a relative motion relationship between the driving recorder system and at least one object according to the restored image with the coordinate system added, the time data and the velocity and position data. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The driving recorder system of claim 6, wherein the relative motion relationship comprises a relative velocity and a relative distance. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The driving recorder system of claim 6, further comprising an alarm module, wherein the processing module determines whether or not to drive the alarm module to send out a warning signal according to the relative motion relationship. ### Claim 9 A coordinate positioning method, applicable to a driving recorder system and comprising the steps of: capturing an image of surrounding areas of the driving recorder system by a curved image lens to generate a curved image; restoring the curved image to a restored image by an operation module; receiving the restored image and adding a coordinate system to the restored image by a coordinate positioning module to generate a restored image with the coordinate system added; receiving the restored image with the coordinate system added and adding time data to the restored image with the coordinate system added by a processing module; displaying the restored image with the coordinate system added and the time data by a display module; and storing the restored image with the coordinate system added and the time data by a storage module. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The coordinate positioning method of claim 9, further comprising the step of: providing velocity and position data of the driving recorder system by a global positioning system. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The coordinate positioning method of claim 9, furthering comprising the step of: generating the restored image with the coordinate system added according to an angular orientation of the restored image by the coordinate positioning module. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The coordinate positioning method of claim 9, furthering comprising the step of: determining an instantaneous acceleration of the driving recorder system by a gravity sensor. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The coordinate positioning method of claim 10, furthering comprising the step of: determining an instantaneous acceleration of the driving recorder system by a gravity sensor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The coordinate positioning method of claim 10, furthering comprising the step of: calculating a relative motion relationship between the driving recorder system and at least one object according to the restored image with the coordinate system added, the time data and the velocity and position data by the processing module. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The coordinate positioning method of claim 14, wherein the relative motion relationship comprises a relative velocity and a relative distance. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The coordinate positioning method of claim 14, furthering comprising the step of: determining whether or not to drive an alarm module to send out a warning signal according to the relative motion relationship by the processing module.