Locomotive wireless video recorder and recording system
First Claim
1. A video recorder system carried on-board a railroad locomotive for recording images relating to events of interest in a vicinity of the locomotive and transmitting the images to a location off-board of the locomotive, the system comprising:
- a camera mounted on the locomotive for imaging an environment in a vicinity of the locomotive, said camera transmitting imaging data indicative of images acquired;
data storage on-board the locomotive in communication with said camera for storing said imaging data;
a processor on-board the locomotive in communication with said data storage for identifying and retrieving selected imaging data of interest from said data storage; and
a wireless communication transmitter on-board the locomotive in communication with said processor for transmitting signals associated with said selected imaging data of interest to a location off-board of the locomotive, wherein images relating to an event of interest are communicated to the off-board location.
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Abstract
A video recorder system carried on-board a railroad locomotive for recording images relating to events of interest in a vicinity of the locomotive and transmitting the images to a location off-board of the locomotive, the system comprising: an audio/video system with a camera mounted on the locomotive for imaging an environment in a vicinity of the locomotive, the camera transmitting imaging data indicative of images acquired; and data storage on-board the locomotive in communication with the camera for storing the imaging data. The system also includes a processor on-board the locomotive in communication with the data storage for identifying and retrieving selected imaging data of interest from the data storage. Optionally the system may further include a wireless communication system on-board the locomotive in communication with said processor for transmitting signals associated with the selected imaging data of interest to a location off-board of the locomotive and receiving commands and information from off board the locomotive.
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55 Claims
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1. A video recorder system carried on-board a railroad locomotive for recording images relating to events of interest in a vicinity of the locomotive and transmitting the images to a location off-board of the locomotive, the system comprising:
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a camera mounted on the locomotive for imaging an environment in a vicinity of the locomotive, said camera transmitting imaging data indicative of images acquired;
data storage on-board the locomotive in communication with said camera for storing said imaging data;
a processor on-board the locomotive in communication with said data storage for identifying and retrieving selected imaging data of interest from said data storage; and
a wireless communication transmitter on-board the locomotive in communication with said processor for transmitting signals associated with said selected imaging data of interest to a location off-board of the locomotive, wherein images relating to an event of interest are communicated to the off-board location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A video recorder system carried on-board a railroad locomotive for recording images relating to events of interest in a vicinity of the locomotive while being controlled from a location off-board of the locomotive, the system comprising:
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a camera mounted on the locomotive for imaging an environment in a vicinity of the locomotive said camera transmitting imaging data indicative of images acquired;
data storage on-board the locomotive in communication with said camera for storing said imaging data;
a processor on-board the locomotive in communication with said camera said data storage for controlling operation thereof; and
a wireless communication receiver on-board the locomotive in communication with said processor and a transmitter at a location off-board of the locomotive said receiver receiving signals from said transmitter at said location off-board to direct operation of said camera and storage of said imaging data in said data storage, wherein images relating to an event of interest in the vicinity of the locomotive, which are of interest at said location off-board are acquired and captured in said data storage upon direction therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 17)
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16. The video recorder system of claim 111 further comprising a microphone for monitoring sound associated with the events of interest and transmitting audio data to said data storage device, wherein said processor correlates said audio data with said imaging data associated therewith.
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18. A video recorder system carried on-board a railroad locomotive for transmitting images relating to events of interest in a vicinity of the locomotive while being controlled from a location off-board of the locomotive, the system comprising:
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a camera mounted on the locomotive for imaging an environment in a vicinity of the locomotive said camera transmitting imaging data indicative of images acquired;
data storage on-board the locomotive in communication with said camera for storing said imaging data;
a wireless communication transmitter on-board the locomotive for transmitting imaging data to a location off-board of the locomotive;
a processor on-board the locomotive in communication with said wireless communication transmitter, and said data storage for controlling their operation;
a wireless communication receiver on-board the locomotive in communication with said processor and a transmitter off-board of the locomotive, said receiver receiving signals from said location off-board to access said imaging data stored in said data storage and transmit said imaging data to said location off-board; and
wherein images relating to an event of interest in the vicinity of the locomotive, which are of interest at said location off-board of the locomotive are transmitted to said location off-board upon direction therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A video recorder system carried on-board a railroad locomotive for recording images relating to events of interest in the vicinity of the locomotive and a time of occurrence such images and events, the system comprising:
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a camera mounted on a locomotive for imaging an environment in a vicinity of the locomotive said camera transmitting imaging data indicative of images acquired;
data storage on-board the locomotive in communication with said camera for storing said imaging data;
a wireless receiver on-board the locomotive receiving signals indicative of a chronological date and time, constituting time tag data, at a time of transmission of the signals; and
a processor on-board the locomotive in communication with said wireless communication receiver, and said data storage to correlate time tag data with said imaging data, wherein said time tag data are correlated with associated image data of said event of interest. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A video recorder system carried on-board a railroad locomotive for recording images relating to events of interest in the vicinity of the locomotive and a location of such events, the system comprising:
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a camera mounted on a locomotive for imaging an environment in a vicinity of the locomotive said camera transmitting imaging data indicative of images acquired;
data storage on-board the locomotive in communication with said camera for storing said imaging data;
a global positioning system wireless receiver on-board the locomotive receiving signals indicative of a location of the locomotive; and
a processor on-board the locomotive in communication with said global positioning system wireless receiver, and said data storage to correlate location data with associated imaging data;
wherein location data indicative of a location of the locomotive at which an event of interest occurred are associated with imaging data therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A video recorder system carried on-board a railroad locomotive for recording images and a plurality of sets of locomotive operating parameter data relating to an event of interest in a vicinity of the locomotive, with said event being one of a plurality of types of events and said parameter data being organized in different sets of data, the system comprising:
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a camera mounted on the locomotive for imaging an environment in a vicinity of the locomotive, said camera transmitting imaging data indicative of images acquired;
a plurality of sensors disposed on-board the locomotive for monitoring a plurality of operating parameters of the locomotive, generating operating parameter data indicative of such parameters and transmitting such operating parameter data;
data storage on-board the locomotive in communication with said camera for storing said imaging data, said data storage in communication with said plurality of sensors for storing said operating parameter data;
a database identifying a type of event of said plurality of types of events and a set of parameter data of relevance to a selected type of event respectively; and
a processor on-board the locomotive in communication with said data storage, and said database; and
wherein said processor associates a selected set of parameter data of relevance to a selected set of imaging data for said event. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40)
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41. A video recorder system carried on-board a railroad locomotive for recording images and sets of environmental parameter data relating to an event of interest in a vicinity of the locomotive, with said event being one of a plurality of types of events and the environmental data being organized in different sets of data, the system comprising:
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a camera mounted on a locomotive for imaging an environment in a vicinity of the locomotive, said camera transmitting imaging data indicative of images acquired;
a plurality of sensors disposed on-board the locomotive for monitoring a plurality of the environmental parameters occurring in the vicinity of the locomotive, said plurality of sensors generating environmental data indicative of such environmental parameters and transmitting such environmental data;
data storage on-board the locomotive in communication with said camera for storing said imaging data, said data storage in communication with said plurality of sensors for storing said environmental data;
a database identifying a of type of event of said plurality of types of events and a set of environmental parameter data of relevance to a selected type of event; and
a processor on-board the locomotive in communication with said data storage, said plurality of sensors, and said data base; and
said processor associating a selected set of environmental parameter data of relevance to a selected set of imaging data for said event. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44)
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45. A video recorder system carried on-board a railroad locomotive for recording images and sets of video recorder system operating parameter data relating to a health of the video recorder system, the system comprising:
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a camera mounted on a locomotive for imaging an environment in a vicinity of the locomotive and for transmitting imaging data indicative of images acquired;
a plurality of sensors for monitoring a plurality of operating parameters of the video recorder system, said plurality of sensors generating operating parameter data indicative of said operating parameters and transmitting such operating parameter data;
data storage on-board the locomotive in communication with said camera for storing said imaging data, said data storage in communication with said plurality sensors for storing said operating parameter data;
a processor on-board the locomotive in communication with said data storage, said plurality of sensors to identify and retrieve relevant system operating parameter data, wherein operating parameter data indicative of the health of the system are recorded. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47)
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48. A method of video and data recording with a video recorder system for recording images relating to events of interest in a vicinity of locomotive and transmitting the images to a location off-board of the locomotive, the method comprising:
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imaging an environment in a vicinity of the locomotive with a camera mounted on the locomotive, said camera transmitting imaging data indicative of images acquired;
storing said imaging data in data storage on-board the locomotive in communication with said camera;
identifying and retrieving selected imaging data of interest from said data storage with a processor on-board the locomotive in communication with said data storage; and
transmitting signals associated with said selected imaging data of interest to a location off-board of the locomotive with a wireless communication transmitter onboard the locomotive in communication with said processor. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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