Wearable camera and method for using wearable camera
A wearable camera includes: a manipulator that receives operation by a user; a camera that picks up an image; a communicator that receives biological information on the user from a biosensor worn or owned by the user; and a controller that makes a transition from a vital reaction mode to a privacy mode in a case where the manipulator receives operation to specify the privacy mode, the vital reaction mode being a mode in which recording of the image picked-up by the camera is started when the biological information becomes abnormal, and the privacy mode being a mode in which image recording by the camera is not started even when the biological information becomes abnormal.
1. A wearable camera, comprising:
a manipulator that receives an operation performed by a user;
a camera that picks up an image;
a communicator that receives biological information on the user from a biosensor to be worn or owned by the user; and
a controller that makes a transition from a vital reaction mode to a privacy mode in a case where the manipulator receives an operation to specify the privacy mode, the vital reaction mode being a mode in which a recording of the image picked-up by the camera is started when the biological information becomes abnormal, and the privacy mode being a mode in which an image recording by the camera is not started even when the biological information becomes abnormal,
wherein the controller starts the image recording by the camera in a case where an instruction to start the image recording is received from an on-vehicle monitoring apparatus mounted on a vehicle, even after the transition to the privacy mode.
2. The wearable camera according to claim 1 , wherein the controller makes a transition to the vital reaction mode after a predetermined time elapses from the transition to the privacy mode.
3. The wearable camera according to claim 1 , wherein the controller starts the image recording by the camera in a case where the manipulator receives an operation to start the image recording by the camera even after the transition to the privacy mode.
4. The wearable camera according to claim 1 , wherein the controller makes a transition to the vital reaction mode in a case where the wearable camera moves a predetermined distance after the transition to the privacy mode.
5. The wearable camera according to claim 1 , further comprising a storage apparatus that stores the image picked-up by the camera, wherein
the image stored in the storage apparatus is not erasable from the storage apparatus.
6. The wearable camera according to claim 1 , wherein
the biosensor includes at least any one of a heart rate sensor, a perspiration sensor, and a temperature sensor, and
the communicator receives at least any of a heart rate, a perspiration amount and a body temperature of the user, as the biological information.
7. The wearable camera according to claim 1 , wherein the controller records a log that relates to the transition to the privacy mode at a time of the transition to the privacy mode, and the controller records a log that relates to cancel of the privacy mode at a time of the cancel of the privacy mode.
8. The wearable camera according to claim 1 , wherein the controller records a time at which a transition to the privacy mode is made.
9. The wearable camera according to claim 1 , wherein the controller records a time at which the privacy mode is cancelled.
10. A method for using a wearable camera, wherein
the wearable camera includes
a manipulator that receives an operation performed by a user, and
a camera that picks up an image, and wherein
the method comprises:
receiving biological information on the user from a biosensor to be worn or owned by the user; and
making a transition from a vital reaction mode to a privacy mode in a case where the manipulator receives an operation to specify a privacy mode, the vital reaction mode being a mode in which a recording of the image picked-up by the camera is started when the biological information becomes abnormal, and the privacy mode being a mode in which an image recording by the camera is not started even when the biological information becomes abnormal,
wherein the image recording is started by the camera in a case where an instruction to start the image recording is received from an on-vehicle monitoring apparatus mounted on a vehicle, even after the transition to the privacy mode.