Vehicle camera peripheral
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1. A vehicle camera peripheral system configured to connect with a smartphone to display on said smartphone, by running a camera viewing application program on said smartphone, images received form said vehicle camera peripheral system, comprising:
- a peripheral unit comprising;
a camera for producing a stream of images;
a peripheral unit interface configured to establish a first wireless connection with said smartphone, and to transmit said stream of images produced by said camera to said smartphone via said first wireless connection once said peripheral unit is activated; and
a mounting for securing said peripheral unit to a vehicle; and
an activation unit configured to transmit, upon receiving specific external input, an activation signal to at least one of said peripheral unit and said smartphone for causing said peripheral unit to transmit said stream of images to said smartphone;
wherein said peripheral unit is activated upon receiving one of;
said activation signal from said activation unit; and
an activation signal from said smartphone.
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Abstract
A vehicle camera peripheral. It has a frame having a surface for supporting a license plate, at least one compartment for containing a battery and a circuit board having a wireless transmitter and video transmission circuitry, the compartment provided in the frame and positioned behind the license plate supporting surface, a camera mounted to the frame and connected to the circuit board, and a mounting for connecting the frame to existing license plate fastening devices of a vehicle.
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1. A vehicle camera peripheral system configured to connect with a smartphone to display on said smartphone, by running a camera viewing application program on said smartphone, images received form said vehicle camera peripheral system, comprising:
a peripheral unit comprising; a camera for producing a stream of images; a peripheral unit interface configured to establish a first wireless connection with said smartphone, and to transmit said stream of images produced by said camera to said smartphone via said first wireless connection once said peripheral unit is activated; and a mounting for securing said peripheral unit to a vehicle; and an activation unit configured to transmit, upon receiving specific external input, an activation signal to at least one of said peripheral unit and said smartphone for causing said peripheral unit to transmit said stream of images to said smartphone; wherein said peripheral unit is activated upon receiving one of; said activation signal from said activation unit; and an activation signal from said smartphone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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5. A vehicle camera peripheral comprising:
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a frame having a surface for supporting a license plate; at least one compartment for containing a battery and a circuit board having a wireless transmitter and video transmission circuitry, said compartment provided in said frame and positioned behind said license plate supporting surface; a camera mounted to said frame and connected to said circuit board; and a mounting for connecting said frame to existing license plate fastening devices of a vehicle, wherein said wireless transmitter is configured to transmit wirelessly to a display device a stream of image data produced by said camera. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A vehicle camera peripheral comprising:
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a mounting for securing the peripheral to a vehicle; a camera producing a stream of video images; a wireless transmitter using a wireless channel in communication with a display device which wireless channel can be shared with other peripherals; and video compression and transmission circuitry configured to assess an available bandwidth of said wireless channel, wherein said available bandwidth fluctuates in accordance with said other peripherals'"'"' shared use of said wireless channel, and to dynamically adapt a video compression rate of said stream of video images in accordance with said available bandwidth. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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