Vehicle monitoring systems
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1. A monitoring system for a vehicle, the monitoring system comprising:
- a plurality of cameras disposed around the vehicle to generate video streams about a scene surrounding the vehicle;
a video processing device;
a display screen on a dashboard of the vehicle; and
a transmission medium to transport the video streams from the cameras to the video processing device for processing to be collectively displayed on the display screen, wherein some or all of the video streams are respectively displayed in allocated display areas of the display screen, the display areas are reconfigurable to accommodate more or less of the video streams, and wherein the some or all of the video streams provide a driver of the vehicle an outward surrounding view of the vehicle.
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Abstract
A monitoring system for vehicles is disclosed. At least two cameras are disposed around a vehicle to generate videos or images representing surrounding scenes in which the vehicle is present. Video streams from the cameras are transported via wired means or wireless means to a video processing system. Depending on applications, the video streams are processed to be collectively displayed on a screen (e.g., on the dashboard of the vehicle), analyzed to assist the driver of the vehicle to perform a task, stored in a storage device of limited capacity, or transported to a remote server for remote assistance or analysis.
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1. A monitoring system for a vehicle, the monitoring system comprising:
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a plurality of cameras disposed around the vehicle to generate video streams about a scene surrounding the vehicle; a video processing device; a display screen on a dashboard of the vehicle; and a transmission medium to transport the video streams from the cameras to the video processing device for processing to be collectively displayed on the display screen, wherein some or all of the video streams are respectively displayed in allocated display areas of the display screen, the display areas are reconfigurable to accommodate more or less of the video streams, and wherein the some or all of the video streams provide a driver of the vehicle an outward surrounding view of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A monitoring system for a vehicle, the monitoring comprising:
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a storage device; a video processing unit configured to receive video streams from at least two cameras disposed around the vehicle, the video processing unit is further configured to compress the video streams and couple the compressed video streams to the storage device, where the storage device has a storage capacity to store video data of a predefined period, the compressed video streams are stored in the storage device in FIFO (first-in-first-out) fashion; and wherein the storage device is coupled to a set of sensors and stops from taking the compressed video streams upon any of the sensors detecting an impact to the vehicle to preserve the data already in the storage device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for monitoring a vehicle, the method comprising:
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generating video streams from at least two cameras disposed around the vehicle; coupling the video streams to a video processing unit configured to compress the video streams; storing the compressed video streams in the storage device, where the storage device has a storage capacity to store video data of a predefined period, the compressed video streams are stored in the storage device in FIFO (first-in-first-out) fashion; and
wherein the storage device is coupled to a set of sensors and stops from taking the compressed video streams upon any of the sensors detecting an impact to the vehicle to preserve the data already in the storage device.
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