Video recorder

• US 10,559,141 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2018
• Issued: 02/11/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2003
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Chanyu Holdings LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Kreiner, Barrett Morris, Page, Jr., Joseph E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Allen C
• Application Number:
  US16/025,926
• Publication Number:
  US 20180315261A1
• Time in Patent Office: 589 Days
• Field of Search: 348143
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0858 wherein the data carrier is removable
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0866 the electronic data carrier being a digital video recorder in combination with video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19647 Systems specially adapted for intrusion detection in or around a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19669 Event triggers storage or change of storage policy
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19671 Addition of non-video data, i.e. metadata, to video stream
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19676 Temporary storage, e.g. cyclic memory, buffer storage on pre-alarm
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/9201 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the video signal

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for recording video data of an event. The apparatuses include a processor communicating with memory. The memory stores video data of the event captured by a camera, and the video data includes a series of picture frames of the event. A loop buffer also stores video data of the event captured by the camera. A rule-based engine stored in the memory uses a set of rules to store the contents of the loop buffer in the memory. The apparatus utilizes the loop buffer to provide video data prior to occurrence of the event.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor;

a buffer in communication with the processor;

a camera configured to capture video data;

an accelerometer configured to collect accelerometer data;

a first memory having program instructions stored therein that are executable by the processor to cause the system to perform operations including;

receiving vehicle data from an ignition sensor of a vehicle;

in response to the received vehicle data, storing the video data in the buffer; and

in response to a triggering event, transferring the stored video data from the buffer to a second memory in the vehicle, wherein the triggering event is an occurrence of the accelerometer data exceeding a threshold and indicating one or both of (a) full jounce or rebound of a suspension component or (b) excessive yaw, pitch, or roll movement of the vehicle; and

a wireless interface capable of transferring the video data from at least one of the camera, the buffer, or the second memory to a portable device.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a microphone configured to capture audio data, and wherein the operations further include:

in response to the received vehicle data, storing the audio data in the buffer; and

in response to the triggering event, transferring the stored audio data from the buffer to the second memory.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further include, in response to the triggering event, transferring the stored video data from the buffer to a remote device via the wireless interface.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the second memory is at least one of a memory subsystem or a flash memory.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the portable device comprises a cellular telephone.

6. A system, comprising:

a processor;

an accelerometer configured to collect accelerometer data; and

a first memory having program instructions stored therein that are executable by the processor to cause the system to perform operations including;

receiving vehicle data from an ignition sensor of a vehicle;

receiving video data from a camera;

in response to the received vehicle data, sending the received video data to a second memory to be stored as time-delayed video data; and

in response to a triggering event, suspending a rule that would overwrite the time-delayed video data after a predetermined period of time or after a certain amount of data is stored in the second memory, wherein the triggering event is an occurrence of the accelerometer data exceeding a threshold and indicating one or both of (a) full jounce or rebound of a suspension component or (b) yaw, pitch, or roll movement of the vehicle exceeding one or more predetermined amounts; and

a wireless interface capable of allowing transfer of the video data from the second memory to a portable device.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the second memory is at least one of a memory subsystem or a flash memory in the vehicle.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the portable device is a cellular telephone.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the operations further include:

receiving audio data from a microphone; and

in response to the received vehicle data, sending the received audio data to the second memory to be stored as time-delayed audio data.

10. A system, comprising:

a processor;

an accelerometer configured to collect accelerometer data; and

memory having program instructions stored therein that are executable by the processor to cause the system to perform operations including;

receiving vehicle data, wherein the vehicle data includes ignition data of a vehicle;

receiving video data from a camera;

in response to the received vehicle data, sending the received video data to a first storage to be stored as time-delayed video data; and

in response to a triggering event, transferring the time-delayed video data from the first storage to a different storage, wherein the triggering event is an occurrence of the accelerometer data exceeding a threshold corresponding to a yaw, pitch, or roll movement of the vehicle exceeding one or more predetermined amounts; and

a wireless interface capable of allowing transfer of the stored video data from the first storage or the different storage to a portable device.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the different storage is at least one of a memory subsystem or a flash memory in the vehicle.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the different storage is a remote device, and wherein the transferring is via the wireless interface.

13. The system of claim 10, further comprising an ignition switch configured to provide the ignition data.

14. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a system, vehicle data from an ignition sensor of a vehicle;

storing, in a buffer of the system and in response to the received vehicle data, video data captured by a camera;

collecting accelerometer data from an accelerometer installed in the vehicle; and

transferring, in response to an occurrence of the accelerometer data exceeding one or both of (a) a full jounce or rebound threshold for a suspension component or (b) a yaw-, pitch-, or roll-movement threshold for the vehicle, the stored video data from the buffer to a memory; and

receiving, at the system, a user command; and

transferring, in response to the user command, the video data from at least one of the buffer or the memory to a portable device via a wireless interface.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

storing, in the buffer and in response to the received vehicle data, audio data captured by a microphone;

transferring, in response to the occurrence of the accelerometer data exceeding one or both thresholds, the stored audio from the buffer to the memory; and

transferring, in response to the user command, the audio data from at least one of the buffer or the memory to the portable device via the wireless interface.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

transferring, in response to the occurrence of the accelerometer data exceeding one or both thresholds, the stored video data from the buffer to a remote device via the wireless interface.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the memory is at least one of a memory subsystem or a flash memory.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the portable device comprises a cellular telephone.