SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING VIDEO OF ENTIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROCESSING

• US 20090290022A1
• Filed: 08/20/2008
• Published: 11/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ID. Fone Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: ID. Fone Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: UHM, Hyun Duk
• Application Number:
  US12/194,675
• Publication Number:
  US 20090290022A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/148
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19647 Systems specially adapted for intrusion detection in or around a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for transmitting video of an entire law enforcement processing. The system includes a portable video storage device provided to be detachably worn on an arbitrary portion on a helmet, goggles, or a body of a law enforcement officer and is configured to store and manage first law enforcement information and to transmit the first law enforcement information. A vehicle-use video storage device is provided on a front and a rear portion of a police vehicle and is configured to compress second law enforcement information, store the compressed second law enforcement information, and transmit the first and second law enforcement information. The police station server generates law enforcement record information by combining the first law enforcement information and the first and second law enforcement information, stores and manages the law enforcement record information, and outputs indexed law enforcement record information.

Claims

1. A system for transmitting video of an entire law enforcement processing, comprising:

a portable video storage device provided to be detachably worn on an arbitrary portion on a helmet, goggles, or a body of a law enforcement officer, including a shoulder or a forearm, and configured to store and manage first law enforcement information, which is generated by receiving location and time information through a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite, recording conversation between the law enforcement officer and a criminal suspect, and capturing video in a law enforcement processing, and to transmit the generated first law enforcement information both to a vehicle-use video storage device and to a police station server;

the vehicle-use video storage device provided on a front and a rear portion of a police vehicle and configured to compress second law enforcement information, which is generated by receiving location and time information through the GPS satellite, recording conversation content between the law enforcement officer and a criminal suspect, and capturing video in the law enforcement processing, for respective preset channels, to store the compressed second law enforcement information, and to transmit both the first law enforcement information and the second law enforcement information to the police station server; and

the police station server configured to generate law enforcement record information by combining the first law enforcement information, received from the portable video storage device, and the first and second law enforcement information, received from the vehicle-use video storage device, to store and manage the law enforcement record information, and to output law enforcement record information indexed according to the location and time information.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the portable video storage device comprises:

a first camera for capturing video in response to operation by the law enforcement officer;

a first microphone unit for recording conversation content between the law enforcement officer and a criminal suspect and generating first recording information;

a first GPS unit for reading real-time location information and current time information, included in a satellite signal received from the GPS satellite, and generating information about a location and time at which the video is currently being captured;

a first memory unit for generating the first law enforcement information by combining the location and time information, the captured video and the first recording information, and storing the first law enforcement information;

a first output unit for outputting the first law enforcement information stored in the first memory unit, the generated first law enforcement information being output in real time in response to operation by the law enforcement officer;

a first radio transmission unit for transmitting the first law enforcement information to the vehicle-use video storage device through an information network; and

a first control unit for supplying power to and controlling the first camera, the first microphone unit, the first GPS unit, the first memory unit, the first output unit, and the first radio transmission unit.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the first memory unit is implemented as detachable Secure Digital card-type memory.

4. The system according to claim 2, wherein the first output unit comprises:

a first screen display for outputting the video and the location and time information, included in the first law enforcement information; and

a first speaker for outputting the recording information.

5. The system according to claim 2, wherein:

the first radio transmission unit comprises a first high-speed mobile communication modem including a High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) modem, a High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) modem, and an EVolution Data Only (BVDO) modem for providing asynchronous mobile communication and Wireless Broadband (Wibro), and

the first radio transmission unit is configured to transmit the first law enforcement information to the police station server, which is located far away or in a remote place, in real time over the information network by way of the first high-speed mobile communication modem.

6. The system according to claim 2, wherein:

the first radio transmission unit comprises a wireless transmitter including Wireless Fidelity (WiFi), ZigBee, and Bluetooth, which enable near-field communication, and

the first radio transmission unit is configured to transmit the first law enforcement information to the police station server, which is located far away or in a remote place, in real time over the information network by way of the wireless transmitter.

7. The system according to claim 2, wherein the first control unit comprises:

a first internal battery provided in the first control unit and configured to supply charged power; and

a first external battery connected to a power supply device provided in the vehicle through a power plug and configured to be supplied with power.

8. The system according to claim 2, wherein the first control unit comprises a first external connection port including a USB port and a first AV port for transmitting the first law enforcement information, received from the first memory unit, to a monitor and a PC connected thereto.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle-use video storage device comprises:

a second camera configured to capture video in response to operation by the law enforcement officer, and provided with a front camera mounted on a front window of the police vehicle to capture video, and a rear camera mounted on a rear portion of the police vehicle to capture video from rear seats inside the vehicle and an area behind the vehicle;

a second microphone unit configured to record conversation content between the law enforcement officer and a criminal suspect and generate second recording information;

a second GPS unit configured to read real-time location information and current time information, included in a satellite signal received from the GPS satellite, and generate information about a location and time at which the video is currently being captured;

a second memory unit configured to generate the second law enforcement information by combining the location and time information, the captured video, and the second recording information, and compress and store the second law enforcement information for respective preset channels;

a second output unit configured to output the second law enforcement information, stored in the second memory unit, and the first law enforcement information, which is received from the first radio transmission unit and is stored, the first law enforcement information and the second law enforcement information being output in real time in response to operation by the law enforcement officer;

a second radio transmission unit configured to transmit the first and second law enforcement information, stored in the second memory unit, to the police station server through a third channel based on the information network, and transmit the first and second law enforcement information to the police station server in real time through a second high-speed mobile communication modem provided in the second radio transmission unit; and

a second control unit configured to supply power to and control the second camera, the second microphone unit, the second GPS unit, the second memory unit, the second output unit, and the second radio transmission unit.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein:

the second memory unit comprises a detachable compact flash card and a Hard Disc Drive (HDD), and is configured to compress the generated second law enforcement information for respective preset channels depending on a codec corresponding to the second law enforcement information, store the compressed second law enforcement information in a format of a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) file, compress the first law enforcement information, received from the second radio transmission unit, and store the compressed first law enforcement information in a format of an FTP file, and

the FTP file is a file in which the first and second law enforcement information is configured as metadata in a form of an Open Software Description (OSD).

11. The system according to claim 9, wherein the second output unit comprises:

a second screen display for outputting the video and the location and time information, included in the first and second law enforcement information; and

a second speaker for outputting recording information included in the first and second law enforcement information,

wherein the first and second law enforcement information is decompressed and output.

12. A method of transmitting video of an entire law enforcement processing, comprising:

a first step of a vehicle-use video storage device receiving location and time information through a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite in response to operation by a law enforcement officer, and generating second law enforcement information on a basis of the location and time information, video captured in a law enforcement processing conducted by a law enforcement officer, and recording information;

a second step of, when a law enforcement place of the law enforcement officer changes from a road to a side street or a building, a portable video storage device receiving location and time information through the GPS satellite in response to operation by the law enforcement officer, and generating first law enforcement information on a basis of the location and time information, video captured in a law enforcement processing conducted by the law enforcement officer, and recording information;

a third step of the portable video storage device transmitting the generated first law enforcement information to the vehicle-use video storage device; and

a fourth step of the vehicle-use video storage device transmitting both the generated second law enforcement information and the first law enforcement information, received from the portable video storage device, to a police station server.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising, after the first step, a fifth step of the vehicle-use video storage device outputting the second law enforcement information in real time, and outputting second law enforcement information stored in a second memory unit.

14. The method according to claim 12, further comprising, after the second step, a sixth step of the portable video storage device outputting the first law enforcement information in real time, and outputting first law enforcement information stored in a first memory unit.

15. The method according to claim 12, further comprising, after the fourth step:

a seventh step of the police station server generating law enforcement record information on a basis of the first and second law enforcement information, and storing and managing the law enforcement record information; and

an eighth step of indexing and outputting the law enforcement record information according to location and time information.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein the first step comprises the steps of:

providing the vehicle-use video storage device on a front and a rear portion of a police vehicle, capturing video in the law enforcement processing conducted by the law enforcement officer, and generating recording information by recording conversation;

reading real-time location information and current time information, included in a satellite signal received from the GPS satellite, and generating information about a location and time at which the video is currently being captured; and

generating the second law enforcement information on a basis of the location and time information, the captured video, and the recording information, compressing the second law enforcement information, and storing the compressed second law enforcement information in a format of an FTP file.

17. The method according to claim 12, wherein the second step comprises the steps of:

providing the portable video storage device to be detachably worn on an arbitrary portion on a helmet, goggles, or a body of the law enforcement officer, including a shoulder or a forearm, capturing video in the law enforcement processing, and generating recording information by recording conversation;

reading real-time location information and current time information, included in a satellite signal received from the GPS satellite, and generating information about a location and time at which the video is currently being captured; and

generating the first law enforcement information on a basis of the location and time information, the captured video, and the recording information, compressing the first law enforcement information, and storing the compressed first law enforcement information in a format of an FTP file.