DISTRIBUTED VEHICLE EVENT RECORDER SYSTEMS HAVING A PORTABLE MEMORY DATA TRANSFER SYSTEM
First Claim
1. ) Vehicle event recorder systems comprising:
- a video event recorder;
a portable memory; and
a server computer,said video event recorder comprising a communications port arranged for electromechanical coupling with said portable memory,said to server computer comprising a communications port arranged for similar electromechanical coupling with said portable memory.
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Abstract
Data transfer systems for vehicle event recorders are provided as: a vehicle event recorder, a vehicle event recorder resident memory, and upload module in conjunction with, a communication port suitable for coupling with, a portable memory device, a server computer datastore, a server download module in conjunction with, a similar cooperating communications port. The portable memory device is arranged to operably couple with the communications ports of both the vehicle event recorder and the server computer and to be repeatedly moved between the two. The upload/download modules are arranged to transfer data to/from the portable memory in an orderly fashion in which no files are removed from the vehicle event recorder resident memory without first having been successfully transferred to the server computer datastore.
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Citations
17 Claims
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1. ) Vehicle event recorder systems comprising:
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a video event recorder; a portable memory; and a server computer, said video event recorder comprising a communications port arranged for electromechanical coupling with said portable memory, said to server computer comprising a communications port arranged for similar electromechanical coupling with said portable memory. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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2. ) Vehicle event recorder systems of claim I, said video event recorder further comprises:
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a plurality of sensors; and a resident memory, said plurality of sensors are coupled to vehicle subsystems and environments and further arranged to capture data related to vehicle performance, said resident memory is arranged to receive and store said data from the plurality of sensors, the data being characterized as event record datasets. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4)
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12. ) Vehicle event recorders of claim 11, said server computer comprises:
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a datastore memory; a microprocessor; and download module, the server computer is arranged as an application specific computing system which provides data analysis and data handling services on data from vehicle event recorder systems including storage of data at the datastore memory; the microprocessor is arranged to effect data transfer under direction of the download module from the portable memory to the datastore memory via the server computer'"'"'s communications port. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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12-1. ) Methods of conveying event records originated in a vehicle event recorder to a remote cooperating server computer comprising the steps:
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writing an event record dataset to a portable memory coupled to a vehicle event recorder; decoupling said portable memory from the vehicle event recorder; transporting said portable memory to a cooperating server computer; coupling said portable memory to said server computer; and reading event record data from said portable memory into a local memory.
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15. ) Methods of conveying event record data created in a vehicle event recorder to a remote disconnected server comprising the steps:
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forming a copy of event record datasets at a vehicle event recorder resident memory and writing that copy to a coupled portable memory; decoupling said portable memory from the vehicle event recorder; coupling said portable memory to an application specific server computer programmed to receive vehicle event record data; transferring data to server computer; providing indication of successful transfer of data; decoupling portable memory from server computer and recoupling to vehicle event recorder; and in agreement with indications provided on the portable memory, erasing or marking for ‘
overwrite’
those event record datasets associated with a successful transfer action. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. ) Methods of event record transfer in a vehicle event recorder system comprising the steps:
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a) recording event record data to a vehicle event recorder local resident memory; b) receiving a portable memory at a communications port; c) copying event record data to the portable memory while maintaining event record data at local resident memory; d) removing portable memory from vehicle event recorder and coupling it with a remote server at a communications port thereon; e) transferring event record data to a server local resident memory; f) writing to a portable memory an indication of transfer state whereby the integrity and success of event record transfer is indicated for each event record; and g) re-coupling portable memory with vehicle event recorder at a communications port thereon; and h) in response to indication provided on portable memory, deleting/preserving corresponding copies of event data in vehicle event recorder resident memory.
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