Patent ID: 8452502

Claim:
A vehicle-mounted driving recorder comprising a housing with a first surface complying in shape with a vehicle windshield and supporting an adhesive member for mounting the housing by the first surface on the vehicle windshield and a second surface having an operator activated input device, wherein the housing structure contains therein a global position sensor, an accelerator sensor, a camera for recording video images, an auxiliary electric power supply, an operator alert device, a removable record device, and an information processing device connected to the position sensor, acceleration sensor, camera, auxiliary electric power supply and removable recording device and configured to receive, analyze and store signals and provide data to a data receiving section and a data administration section; the data receiving section receives situation data from the information processing devise indicating behavior, a surrounding situation, and an operating situation of a vehicle; and the data administration section classifies the situation data into one of predetermined multiple categories based on contents of the received situation data and stores the classified situation data in a situation data storage section specified in a predetermined area of a memory in the removable record device.