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Objective
The project calls for the design and construction of a car black box video recorder which, in case of a crash, records and stores the 30 seconds before the crash to aid dispute resolution in case of an accident.
It does so by providing an independent eyewitness account of the incident. In this project, the main objective was to build a car black box video recorder by investigating the viability of the idea, looking at existing examples from around the world and tracing the evolution of the camera to find the right type of camera and application for this particular function.
Based on the steep rise in road accidents, it is quite evident that this device could become an industry standard as early. The viability of the device will be examined by looking at the practical uses of such an instrument. Practical aspects like the technical specifications of the camera, memory and the software to be used will also be examined. Issues of cost will be considered in conjunction with the requirements of creating a viable product.
The car black box video recorder is a device fitted on-board a car and saves video recordings of accidents that can be reviewed at a later date.
Moving images can be recorded on film or tape or on digital cards. Film and tape are inconvenient as they involve the use of bulky equipment. For the specific purpose of tracking accidents the use of digital recordings would be optimal.The on-board recording system will capture videos, and store them in a digital format on the RAM in the Raspberry pi.
The system will continually overwrite the RAM memory every one minute retaining the video recorded during the last minute of the video in case of an accident. This video can then be downloaded to a computer and reviewed.
