WEARABLE CAMERA SYSTEM, AND VIDEO RECORDING CONTROL METHOD FOR WEARABLE CAMERA SYSTEM
A wearable camera system includes a wearable camera, an in-car recorder, and an in-car camera. One of the in-car recorder and the wearable camera transmits video recording starting information including information indicating that video recording has been started to the other of the in-car recorder and the wearable camera when one of the in-car recorder and the wearable camera starts the video recording. The other of the in-car recorder and the wearable camera starts video recording after the video recording starting information is received.
1 . A wearable camera comprising:
a capture that captures video;
an acceleration sensor;
a recorder that records video data captured by the capture;
a video recording switch, operation of which causes the recorder to record video data captured by the capture; and
a storage that stores a recording starting factor generated from at least the acceleration sensor or the video recording switch.
2 . The wearable camera of claim 1 , wherein, when the acceleration sensor detects a change in acceleration of a predetermined threshold value or greater, recording of the video data by the recorder is started.
3 . The wearable camera of claim 1 , further comprising:
a GPS receiver that receives current positional information of the wearable camera,
wherein the current positional information is a recording starting factor, and
the storage stores a recording starting factor generated from at least the acceleration sensor, the video recording switch or the GPS receiver.
4 . The wearable camera of claim 1 , wherein operation of the video recording switch causes starting or stoppage of the capture according to number of inputs received by the video recording switch.
5 . The wearable camera of claim 1 , wherein the video recording switch operates starting or stoppage of the capture according to number of inputs received by the video recording switch.
6 . A method for using a wearable camera, the method comprising:
capturing video by a capture of the wearable camera;
detecting acceleration of the wearable camera using an acceleration sensor of the wearable camera;
operating a video recording switch of the wearable camera to cause recording of video captured by the wearable camera;
recording video data captured by the capture of the wearable camera; and
storing a recording starting factor generated from at least the acceleration sensor or the video recording switch.
7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the detecting acceleration includes detecting that the acceleration of the wearable camera is a predetermined threshold or greater and starting the recording upon detecting the acceleration of the wearable camer is a predetermined threshold or greater.
8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the storing a recording starting factor includes storing a recording starting factor generated from the video recording switch.
9 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
receiving at a GPS receiver of the wearable camera, current positional information of the wearable camera; and
storing the current positional information as the recording starting factor.
10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising starting the recording video data based on the received current positional information.