Where should the driving recorder go under the impact of the whole car image?

Against the backdrop of the increasing popularity of car wide imaging systems such as 360 ° surround view and intelligent driving assistance, the living space of traditional driving recorders may seem squeezed, but their core functions and user needs still have irreplaceability. Based on technological trends and industry conditions, the transformation path of driving recorders can be explored from the following perspectives:
 
 
1、 The core value and current challenges of driving recorders
1. Irreplaceability of evidence preservation
The core advantage of traditional driving recorders lies in independently and completely recording the accident process, providing key evidence for liability determination, insurance claims, and legal disputes. Especially in scenarios such as "porcelain collision" and violation disputes, the recorded data is the direct basis for car owners to protect their rights.
 
Comparing the whole car image: Although the original panoramic system of the car can provide surround view function, data storage is often controlled by the car manufacturer. For example, in the Ideal L8 accident, the automatic deletion of driving records by the backend made it difficult for car owners to protect their rights, exposing the defects of the original factory system in terms of data autonomy.
 
2. Technical shortcomings and user pain points
 
Frequent malfunctions of the entire vehicle's imaging system, such as complaints from owners of the Zhiji LS6 about 360 image failure and abnormal vehicle noise, indicate that there are still hidden dangers in the stability of the original system and after-sales service.
Functional limitations: Most original systems only support basic surround view and lack deep functions such as collision sensitivity adjustment and fatigue driving reminder, while professional driving recorders can achieve more accurate warning through sensor algorithms.
 
2、 The transformation direction of driving recorders
 
1. Technological upgrade: specialization and intelligence
Enhance AI capabilities: integrate collision warning (such as pedestrian detection, distance analysis of preceding vehicles), driving behavior analysis (fatigue reminder) and other functions, forming a dual core of "active safety+evidence recording".
 
Data fusion compatibility: Develop external devices that are compatible with the original factory system, supplement blind spots that are not covered by the entire vehicle image (such as side and rear dynamic tracking), or provide higher resolution and frame rate recording quality.
 
2. Data sovereignty protection: decentralized storage
 
In response to the risk of data deletion in the backend of car companies (such as ideal events), the dashcam can enhance local encrypted storage and blockchain authentication technology to ensure that data cannot be tampered with and that users have full control.
 
 
3. Differentiated market positioning
Stock car market: Old car models lack intelligent configurations, and driving recorders are still in high demand.
High end features are sinking: for example, the Dao Vision series of panoramic recorders already provides customized collision sensitivity, which can be extended to value-added services such as automatic accident reporting and direct insurance connection in the future.
 
4. Promotion of regulations and standards
Promote the establishment of standards for storing driving data, requiring car companies to retain accident related data and open up user access permissions, while encouraging third-party device authentication (such as the EU eCall standard) to create policy space for driving recorders.
 
 
3、 Future Ecology: Integration rather than Replacement
|Comparison dimension | Traditional driving recorder | Vehicle wide imaging system | Future fusion direction|
|Core functions | Independent recording of accident evidence | Surround view parking assistance, basic recording | High precision recording+AI active safety linkage|
|Data control | User local storage | Vehicle enterprise cloud management (with deletion risk) | Local+encrypted cloud dual backup|
 
|Reliability | High stability of dedicated equipment | Dependence on vehicle electronic architecture (high failure rate) | External equipment supplements the original factory's shortcomings|