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Equipped with extra-large image sensor!
Enabling recording of high-quality images that capture details down to car numbers and similar information.
- Two drive recorder models released via ECLIPSE -

September. 3, 2014
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED


DREC4000 DREC200

DREC4000
Drive recorder with camera separate from body

DREC200
Drive recorder with camera and body integrated


In early October, FUJITSU TEN Limited (Head Office: Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture; President & Representative Director: Akira Yamanaka) will be releasing, via its ECLIPSE car navigation brand, a drive recorder for ordinary cars that offers ease of mind in drivig. There are two models: the DREC4000 in which the camera is separate from the recorder, and the DREC200 in which the two are integrated.
These products answer the ordinary driver's wish to record high-quality video even under driving conditions that change from moment to moment. The image sensor is a major factor determining the image quality, and the products use an extra-large image sensor. They are equipped for the first time with a 1/2.7-inch CMOS sensor ? the largest class commercially marketed ? enabling clear and high-quality image recording. They can make high-quality recordings that capture even car numbers and other details previously hard to discern.
Further, thanks to the image sensor's "HDR imaging" image synthesizing functions, they have vastly increased visibility, with correction of blackout(*1) in tunnels or on unlit roads at night, and of whiteout(*2) of number plates in the glare of headlights.
They're not only well endowed with functions. They have the in-vehicle quality to cope with the harsh temperature and vibration environment unique to cars, and come with a long warranty of three years, supporting ease of mind for drivers.




What is a drive recorder?

A system that videos a vehicle's surroundings by means of a camera installed to the vehicle, and records the video. It's receiving attention as a support tool that enables determination of the causes of accidents or other events through analysis of the information it records when the event happens. Its use is expanding in the field, primarily in taxis and other commercial vehilcles. With the rise in safe driving and safety awareness, there is also an increasing need for drive recorders for ordinary cars. Since first delivering commercial-use drive recorders ? mainly for taxis ? in 2005, we have also released systems for buses and trucks, and in 2006 we began marketing systems for ordinary cars. By rounding out our range of these products to include those for ordinary cars as well as those for commercial use, we are supporting a car life for drivers.


New products' main features

  • Equipped with the largest commercially marketed high-performance sensors (1/2.7-inch CMOS sensors)!
    Achieve clear video recordings with high picture quality! New!
  • Vastly improved visibility, thanks to "HDR imaging" that synthesizes 2 images with differing exposures. New!
  • Equipped with GPS. Simple and convenient checking of your car's motion path and speed! New!
  • First time on the market! Drive recorder (DREC4000) with camera separate from body, but having megapixel capability. Installability side-by-side with high picture quality! New!
  • Equipped with voice guidance function. Supporting heightened safe driving awareness and energy-saving. (only in DREC4000)
  • Product design based on in-vehicle quality, plus 3-year warranty(*3)! New!

The new products list

Product name Model name Suggested retail price
(tax included)
Available
Drive recorder with camera separate from body DREC4000 Open price Early October
Drive recorder with camera and body integrated DREC200

New products' main features

Equipped with the largest commercially marketed high-performance sensors (1/2.7-inch CMOS sensors)!
Achieve clear video recordings with high picture quality! New!

The larger an image sensor's area is, the more light it can receive and the more information it can take in per pixel. Hence, its area is a major element determining picture quality. Thanks to being equipped with 1/2.7-inch CMOS sensors - the largest in the industry - the products are capable of high picture quality recordings that capture even car numbers and other details that were previously hard to discern.

The larger an images sensor


CMOS sensor

Images shown here may differ from actual images.


Vastly improved visibility, thanks to "HDR imaging" that synthesizes 2 images with differing exposures. New!

The products are equipped with HDR imaging (high dynamic range imaging), which synthesizes a low-exposure image with a high-exposure image to form an image with balanced gradations, thus expressing in easily viewed form the portions that previously could not be captured. This corrects blackout(*1) in tunnels or on unlit roads at night, and whiteout(*2) of number plates in the glare of headlights, enabling well-balanced recorded images even during nighttime.

exposure image


With HDR-equipped model

Images shown here may differ from actual images.


Equipped with GPS. Simple and convenient checking of your car's motion path and speed! New!

Equipped with GPS

Images shown here may differ from actual images.

Thanks to being equipped with GPS, the products can acquire positional and speed information along with moving images.
On the exclusive viewer, drivers can check the G value, vehicle speed, and ? via linkage with Google Maps or Google Earth ? their car's position and motion path.
Also, the viewer's image enlargement function can be used to check numbers, and its simple image processing functions to make uploads/edits to SNS. With other functions besides, it's simple and convenient.

*Google Maps and Google Earth are trademarks or tradenames of Google Inc.


First time on the market! Drive recorder (DREC4000) with camera separate from body, but having megapixel capability. Installability side-by-side with high picture quality! New!

To suppress interference with digital terrestrial broadcasts and so on, we've reduced the digital noise that occurs when the high-quality images taken by the separate megapixel camera are sent to the drive recorder body. Thanks to the camera-separate-from-body design with only a small-sized camera installed to the windshield, there is little to impair the driver's range of vision and a neat external appearance is maintained.


Equipped with voice guidance function. Supporting heightened safe driving awareness and energy-saving. (only in DREC4000)

A voice message warns: "That's dangerous driving!" or the like when the driver turns the steering wheel sharply or accelerates suddenly, etc. Also, if safe driving conditions are not met within a certain time, a voice announcement urges the driver's attention, thus contributing to safe driving education and eco driving.


Product design based on in-vehicle quality, plus 3-year warranty(*3) New!

The products' high quality has been assured by subjecting them to repeated testing under the harsh temperature, humidity and vibration conditions that are unique to cars.

Product design based on in-vehicle quality



Main Specifications

  DREC4000
Drive recorder with camera separate from body
DREC200
Drive recorder with camera and body integrated
DREC4000 DREC200
Outer dimensions of body 70(W)×113(H)×22.5(D)mm 55(W)×37(H)×85(D)mm
Outer dimensions of camera 26(W)×26(H)×40(D)mm
Weight of body Approx.100g Approx. 85g
Power voltage 12V/24V 12V
Power consumption Max. 1A
Operating temperature range -20℃ to +65℃
Camera specifications 1/2.7-inch CMOS 1 million pixels
Camera angles 110° horizontal, 70° vertical
Recording frames per second Max. 28 fps
Image size 1280×720
Recording format MP4 (H.264+AAC)
Recording medium (accessory) 4GB micro SDHC memory card (comes with SD card adapter)
G sensor
GPS
Event recording (protected) ○ 10 events
Manual recording (protected) ○ 5 events
Continuous recording
Recording time High quality mode: Max. 100 min
Standard mode: Max. 150 min
Prolonged mode: Max. 200 min
Audio recording ○ (on/off switchable)
Recording of G value, position and GPS car speed
Voice guidance ○ (speakers supplied)
Viewer Exclusive viewer (recording to accessory micro SDHC card)
Compatible OS Windows7, Windows8
Warranty period 3 years


*1  When the gradations in a dark portion are lost and it turns to solid black.

*2  When the gradations in a light portion are lost and it turns to solid white.

*3  The accessory micro SD card is not covered by the 3-year warranty.



About FUJITSU TEN

FUJITSU TEN LIMITED, established in 1972 with investment from FUJITSU LIMITED and with additional investment from Toyota Motor Corporation and DENSO Corporation in 1973, is a leading manufacturer of automotive electronic equipment.
It is a globally-recognized manufacturer of car navigation and audio systems, ECU for engine and airbag control, and mobile communication equipment, and is involved in the development of systems that use sensor technologies such as cameras and millimeter wave radar to detect obstacles near automobiles.
FUJITSU TEN is expanding its business globally by fulfilling orders for genuine products for TOYOTA and other automobile manufactures both domestically and overseas.

For more information about the Group and its businesses, please visit website at http://www.fujitsu-ten.com/
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