VEHICLE EVENT DATA RECORDER AND ANTI-THEFT ALARM SYSTEM WITH 360 DEGREE PANOGRAPH FUNCTION

• US 20130182065A1
• Filed: 01/17/2012
• Published: 07/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shih-Yao Chen
• Original Assignee: Shih-Yao Chen
• Inventors: CHEN, Shih-Yao
• Application Number:
  US13/351,628
• Publication Number:
  US 20130182065A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/36
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/1004 Alarm systems characterised by the type of sensor, e.g. current sensing means using door lock sensors B60R25/1001
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/302 using recording means, e.g. black box
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/305 using a camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19647 Systems specially adapted for intrusion detection in or around a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

A vehicle event data recorder and anti-theft alarm system consisting of a power management system, a 360 degree panoramic lens, a digital data storage unit, a mini display, an operating unit and a wireless communication module is disclosed. When the car is running, the 360 degree panoramic lens picks up images in front of the car for processing through the digital signal processor for enabling the processed image data to be recorded in the digital data storage unit and displayed on the mini display. When the car is parked in a parking place or area, the 360 degree panoramic lens keeps picking up surrounding images, and the digital signal processor immediately actuates an external car anti-theft alarm system/car anti-theft ignition switch cutoff system and drives the wireless communication module to actuate a wireless alarm system in giving off an alarm signal upon occurrence of an abnormal condition.

Claims

1. A vehicle event data recorder and anti-theft alarm system used in a car, comprising:

a power management system adapted to obtain electricity from a power supply system of said car;

a 360 degree panoramic lens installed in said car for picking up high resolution images;

a digital signal processor adapted to receive image signal from said 360 degree panoramic lens and to manipulate received image signal digitally;

a digital data storage unit electrically coupled to said digital signal processor for storing digital image data;

a mini display electrically coupled to said digital signal processor for image display;

an operating unit electrically coupled to said digital signal processor for setting and control; and

a wireless communication module electrically coupled to said digital signal processor;

wherein when said car is running, said 360 degree panoramic lens picks up images in front of said car for processing through said digital signal processor for enabling the processed image data to be recorded in said digital data storage unit and displayed on said mini display;

when said car is parked in a parking place or area, said 360 degree panoramic lens keeps picking up surrounding images for processing by said digital signal processor, and said digital signal processor immediately actuates an external car anti-theft alarm system/car anti-theft ignition switch cutoff system and drives said wireless communication module to actuate a wireless alarm system in giving off an alarm signal upon occurrence of an abnormal condition.

2. The vehicle event data recorder and anti-theft alarm system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said digital data storage unit is selected from the group of SD/US/HDD data storage peripheral devices.

3. The vehicle event data recorder and anti-theft alarm system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said wireless communication module is selected from the group of RF, Wi-Fi and GPRS wireless communication systems.

4. The vehicle event data recorder and anti-theft alarm system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said wireless alarm system is an in-vehicle system.

5. The vehicle event data recorder and anti-theft alarm system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said wireless alarm system is an external remote system.

6. The vehicle event data recorder and anti-theft alarm system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a car stereo head unit installed in said car and connectable to said digital signal processor for displaying images picked up by said 360 degree panoramic lens on a display screen thereof.

7. The vehicle event data recorder and anti-theft alarm system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said car stereo head unit is electrically coupled to said digital signal processor by a wired communication path and adapted to control all system functions of said vehicle event data recorder and anti-theft alarm system to input parameters into said vehicle event data recorder and anti-theft alarm system.

8. The vehicle event data recorder and anti-theft alarm system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said car stereo head unit is electrically coupled to said digital signal processor by a wired communication technology selected from the group of IR, 12C and UART.

9. The vehicle event data recorder and anti-theft alarm system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said car stereo head unit is connected to said digital signal processor by a wireless communication technology and adapted to control all system functions of said vehicle event data recorder and anti-theft alarm system and to input parameters into said vehicle event data recorder and anti-theft alarm system.

10. The vehicle event data recorder and anti-theft alarm system as claimed in claim 9, wherein said wireless communication technology for communication between said car stereo head unit and said digital signal processor is selected from the group of RF, Wi-Fi and GPRS.

11. The vehicle event data recorder and anti-theft alarm system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an infrared transmitter and receiver electrically connected to said digital signal processor, and a remote controller having audio and video transmission functions for communication with said infrared transmitter and receiver for monitoring car internal images and voices.

12. The vehicle event data recorder and anti-theft alarm system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said remote controller is drivable by said digital signal processor to give off an alarm signal and to display images when said digital signal processor discovers an abnormality during processing of an image signal provided by said 360 degree panoramic lens.