Video surveillance system

• US 10,205,856 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2015
• Issued: 02/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Martha Abron, Robert Abron
• Original Assignee: Martha Abron, Robert Abron
• Inventors: Abron, Robert, Abron, Martha
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Jr., Howard D
• Application Number:
  US14/926,905
• Publication Number:
  US 20170126934A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,202 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/00 Details of viewing arrangements using cameras and displays, specially adapted for use in a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/305 using a camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/50 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/57 Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/695 Control of camera direction for changing a field of view, e.g. pan, tilt or based on tracking of objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

A video surveillance system includes a vehicle that has a dashboard. An electronic device is provided and the electronic device may be carried. A recording unit is positioned on the dashboard and the recording unit records video footage. The recording unit is in electrical communication with the electronic device such that the electronic device receives the video footage. Thus, the video footage may be remotely viewed. The recording unit rotates 360° such that the recording unit records the video footage of all sides of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A video surveillance system comprising:

a vehicle having a dashboard;

an electronic device being configured to be carried;

and a recording unit being positioned on said dashboard, said recording unit recording video footage, said recording unit being in electrical communication with said electronic device such that said electronic device receives said video footage thereby facilitating said video footage to be remotely viewed, said recording unit rotating 360°

such that said recording unit records said video footage of all sides of said vehicle, said recording unit including a tripod having a housing and a plurality of legs, said housing having a top side and a bottom side, each of said legs being coupled to and extending downwardly from said bottom side, each of said legs having a distal end with respect to said bottom side, each of said legs having a first section being slidably coupled to a second section such that each of said legs has a telescopically adjustable length, said distal end of each of said legs abutting said dashboard such that said housing is spaced from said dashboard;

a processor positioned in said housing of said tripod, said processor being operationally coupled to said recording unit;

and a power supply being electrically coupled to said processor, said power supply including a power cord electrically coupled to said processor, said power cord extending from said bottom side of said housing of said tripod between upper ends of said plurality of legs.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said second section of each of said legs has a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, said apertures on each of legs being spaced apart from each other and distributed along said second section of each of said legs.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein said first section of each of said legs has a lock being movably coupled thereto wherein said lock on each of said legs is configured to be manipulated, said lock on each of said legs extending outwardly through a selected one of said apertures in an associated one of said second sections such that each of said legs is retained at a selected length.

4. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a housing having a top side;

And a rotation unit being positioned within said housing, said rotation unit comprising;

said processor being positioned within said housing;

and a transmitter being positioned within said housing, said transmitter being electrically coupled to said processor, said transmitter being in electrical communication with said electronic device.

5. The system according to claim 4, further comprising:

a motor being positioned within said housing, said motor being electrically coupled to said processor;

and a shaft being rotatably coupled to said motor such that said motor rotates said shaft when said motor is turned on, said shaft extending upwardly through said top side of said housing, said shaft having a distal end with respect to said top side.

6. The system according to claim 5, further comprising said recording unit including a camera having a first end, a second end and an outer wall extending between said first end and said second end, said first end being open such that first end records said video footage, said outer wall being coupled to said distal end of said shaft such that said camera is spaced from said top side of said housing.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein said shaft rotates said camera 360°

when motor is turned on, said camera being electrically coupled to said processor such that said transmitter transmits said video footage to said electronic device thereby facilitating said video footage to be remotely viewed.

8. The system according to claim 6, further comprising a switch being movably coupled to said second end wherein said switch is configured to be manipulated, said switch being electrically coupled to said processor such that said switch selectively turns said motor on.

9. A video surveillance system comprising:

a vehicle having a dashboard;

an electronic device being configured to be carried, said electronic device including a receiver;

and a recording unit being positioned on said dashboard, said recording unit recording video footage, said recording unit being in electrical communication with said electronic device such that said electronic device receives said video footage thereby facilitating said video footage to be remotely viewed, said recording unit rotating 360°

such that said recording unit records said video footage of all sides of said vehicle, said recording unit comprising;

a tripod having a housing and a plurality of legs, said housing having a top side and a bottom side, each of said legs being coupled to and extending downwardly from said bottom side, each of said legs having a distal end with respect to said bottom side, each of said legs having a first section being slidably coupled to a second section such that each of said legs has a telescopically adjustable length, said distal end of each of said legs abutting said dashboard such that said housing is spaced from said dashboard, said second section of each of said legs having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, said apertures on each of legs being spaced apart from each other and distributed along said second section of each of said legs, said first section of each of said legs having a lock being movably coupled thereto wherein said lock on each of said legs is configured to be manipulated, said lock on each of said legs extending outwardly through a selected one of said apertures in an associated one of said second sections such that each of said legs is retained at a selected length, a rotation unit being positioned within said housing, said rotation unit comprising;

a processor being positioned within said housing, a transmitter being positioned within said housing, said transmitter being electrically coupled to said processor, said transmitter being in electrical communication with said receiver;

a motor being positioned within said housing, said motor being electrically coupled to said processor, a shaft being rotatably coupled to said motor such that said motor rotates said shaft when said motor is turned on, said shaft extending upwardly through said top side of said housing, said shaft having a distal end with respect to said top side, and a power supply being positioned within said housing, said power supply being electrically coupled to said processor, said power supply comprising at least one battery, said power supply including a power cord electrically coupled to said processor, said power cord extending from said bottom side of said housing of said tripod between upper ends of said plurality of legs;

and a camera having a first end, a second end and an outer wall extending between said first end and said second end, said first end being open such that first end records said video footage, said outer wall being coupled to said distal end of said shaft such that said camera is spaced from said top side of said housing, said shaft rotating said camera 360°

when motor is turned on, said camera being electrically coupled to said processor such that said transmitter transmits said video footage to said electronic device thereby facilitating said video footage to be remotely viewed, and a switch being movably coupled to said second end wherein said switch is configured to be manipulated, said switch being electrically coupled to said processor such that said switch selectively turns said motor on.