360 degree automobile video camera system

• US 20030210328A1
• Filed: 08/23/2002
• Published: 11/13/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Joseph J. Mazzilli
• Original Assignee: Joseph J. Mazzilli
• Inventors: Mazzilli, Joseph J.
• Application Number:
  US10/227,170
• Publication Number:
  US 20030210328A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/148
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/12 Mirror assemblies combined with other articles, e.g. clocks
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/02 for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0211 for record carriers apparatus, e.g. video recorders, tape players or CD players
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0235 of flat type, e.g. LCD
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2001/1253 with cameras, video cameras or video screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0026 Windows, e.g. windscreen
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0035 Sun visors
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0082 collapsible, e.g. for storing after use
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0085 with adjustment by rotation in their operational position
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0891 Video recorder in combination with video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19619 Details of casing
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19632 Camera support structures, e.g. attachment means, poles
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19641 Multiple cameras having overlapping views on a single scene
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19647 Systems specially adapted for intrusion detection in or around a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1965 the vehicle being an aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19673 Addition of time stamp, i.e. time metadata, to video stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

The present invention relates to a video camera system which has a 360° range for digital video recording inside and outside of an automotive vehicle.

Claims

1. A video system for an automotive vehicle, comprising:

a camera housing located inside an automotive vehicle including a plurality of cameras, located on each side of said housing to provide a 360°

range for video recording images received by said lenses, said camera housing being incorporated into a rear view mirror of said vehicle;

a digital video recorder for multiplying and recording all recorded images received from said cameras thereby a providing a recording of a 360°

environment surrounding said camera housing.

2. The video system according to claim 1 wherein said camera s transmit said recorded images to digital video recorder by wireless transmission.

3. The video system according to claim 1 wherein said camera s transmit said recorded images to digital video recorder by wired transmission.

4. The video system according to claim 1 wherein said digital video recorder is located inside said automotive vehicle.

5. The video system according to claim 1 wherein said digital video recorder is located remote from said automotive vehicle.

6. The video system according to claim 1 further comprising a flip down monitor attached to the rear view mirror for displaying said recorded images.

7. The video system according to claim 1 wherein said camera housing is shaped circularly and each of said cameras is located 90 degrees apart from each other.

8. The video system according to claim 1 wherein said camera housing is cube shaped and each side surface of said cube shaped camera housing has a lens therein.

9. The video system according to claim 1 wherein said digital video recorder is located in a glove compartment inside said automotive compartment.

10. The video system according to claim 1 wherein said digital video recorder is located in a trunk of said automotive vehicle.

11. A method for digital video recording within an automotive vehicle, the steps comprising:

locating a camera housing inside an automotive vehicle including a plurality of cameras located on each side of said housing to provide a 360°

range for video recording images received by said lenses, said camera housing being part of a housing of a rear view mirror of said vehicle;

multiplying and recording images by means of a digital video recorder thereby a providing a recording of a 360°

environment surrounding said camera housing.