Distributed vehicle event recorder systems having a portable memory data transfer system
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a communication port interface (216) configured to facilitate communication with portable memory, wherein the portable memory is configured to electronically store information, wherein the information includes one or more event record data sets and a transfer status file, wherein individual event record data sets include image data and vehicle information captured by a camera and one or more sensors that are mounted in a vehicle and/or carried by the vehicle;
datastore (223) configured to electronically store information; and
a microprocessor (219) configured to;
detect whether the transfer status file includes one or more indications that individual ones of the one or more event record data sets have not yet been successfully transferred from the portable memory to the datastore;
responsive to detection of the one or more indications, facilitate transfer of the one or more event record data sets from the portable memory to the datastore;
verify whether the one or more event record data sets have been successfully transferred to the datastore; and
write, through the communication port interface, information to the transfer status file on the portable memory to include, in the transfer status file, one or more success indications that individual ones of the one or more event record data sets have been successfully transferred from the portable memory to the datastore.
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Abstract
Data transfer systems for vehicle event recorders are provided as: a vehicle event recorder, a vehicle event recorder resident memory, and upload module in conjunction with, a communication port suitable for coupling with, a portable memory device, a server computer datastore, a server download module in conjunction with, a similar cooperating communications port. The portable memory device is arranged to operably couple with the communications ports of both the vehicle event recorder and the server computer and to be repeatedly moved between the two. The upload/download modules are arranged to transfer data to/from the portable memory in an orderly fashion in which no files are removed from the vehicle event recorder resident memory without first having been successfully transferred to the server computer datastore.
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1. A system comprising:
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a communication port interface (216) configured to facilitate communication with portable memory, wherein the portable memory is configured to electronically store information, wherein the information includes one or more event record data sets and a transfer status file, wherein individual event record data sets include image data and vehicle information captured by a camera and one or more sensors that are mounted in a vehicle and/or carried by the vehicle; datastore (223) configured to electronically store information; and a microprocessor (219) configured to; detect whether the transfer status file includes one or more indications that individual ones of the one or more event record data sets have not yet been successfully transferred from the portable memory to the datastore; responsive to detection of the one or more indications, facilitate transfer of the one or more event record data sets from the portable memory to the datastore; verify whether the one or more event record data sets have been successfully transferred to the datastore; and write, through the communication port interface, information to the transfer status file on the portable memory to include, in the transfer status file, one or more success indications that individual ones of the one or more event record data sets have been successfully transferred from the portable memory to the datastore. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for storing and transmitting vehicle event records between a system and a portable memory, wherein the system includes datastore (223), the method comprising:
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facilitating, by a communication port interface (216) of the system, communication with the portable memory, wherein the portable memory electronically stores information, wherein the information includes one or more event record data sets and a transfer status file, wherein individual event record data sets include image data and vehicle information captured by a camera and one or more sensors that are mounted in a vehicle and/or carried by the vehicle; detecting whether the transfer status file includes one or more indications that individual ones of the one or more event record data sets have not yet been successfully transferred from the portable memory to the datastore; responsive to detection of the one or more indications, facilitating transfer of the one or more event record data sets from the portable memory to the datastore; verifying whether the one or more event record data sets have been successfully transferred to the datastore; and writing, through the communication port interface, information to the transfer status file on the portable memory to include, in the transfer status file, one or more success indications that individual ones of the one or more event record data sets have been successfully transferred from the portable memory to the datastore. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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