VEHICLE-RELATED VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A machine and/or software-implemented method for automatically providing notice to one or more individuals within a first vehicle of vehicle-related information related to a second vehicle, said method comprising:
- receiving vehicle-related information detected by a detecting unit on-board said first vehicle, said vehicle-related information being related to said second vehicle, said vehicle-related information being received by said first vehicle automatically without user input;
analyzing said vehicle-related information with regard to predetermined criteria to determine vehicle status information of said second vehicle; and
providing notice to said one or more individuals within said first vehicle of said vehicle status information of said second vehicle.
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Abstract
A method, program product and implementing computer system are provided in which one or more a vehicle mounted cameras provide a video feed of the areas surrounding a camera-equipped (CE) vehicle to an on-board computer system for analysis and processing. The computer system determines which if any nearby vehicles pose an increased risk to the driver of the camera-equipped vehicle by analyzing image information obtained by the CE vehicle to determine unsafe driving patterns and/or an unsafe rate of closure of the nearby vehicle relative to said CE vehicle. The CE vehicle is also operable for accessing vehicle information contained in remote computer databases using a detected license plate number of nearby vehicles and informs the driver if the database record of the nearby vehicle indicates a possible current threat to the camera-equipped vehicle. CE vehicle performance data may also be acquired at times when CE vehicle images are taken, and such data may be associated with corresponding images and sent along with the images to be saved at remote computer systems for current and/or subsequent access and analysis.
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20 Claims
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1. A machine and/or software-implemented method for automatically providing notice to one or more individuals within a first vehicle of vehicle-related information related to a second vehicle, said method comprising:
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receiving vehicle-related information detected by a detecting unit on-board said first vehicle, said vehicle-related information being related to said second vehicle, said vehicle-related information being received by said first vehicle automatically without user input; analyzing said vehicle-related information with regard to predetermined criteria to determine vehicle status information of said second vehicle; and providing notice to said one or more individuals within said first vehicle of said vehicle status information of said second vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable, tangible storage device(s) and computer-readable program instructions stored on the computer-readable, tangible storage device(s) for automatically enabling a providing of notice to one or more individuals within a first vehicle of vehicle-related information related to a second vehicle, the computer-readable program instructions, when executed by a processing system, being operable for implementing a method comprising:
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receiving vehicle-related information detected by a detecting unit on-board said first vehicle, said vehicle-related information being related to said second vehicle, said vehicle-related information being received by said first vehicle automatically without user input; analyzing said vehicle-related information with regard to predetermined criteria to determine vehicle status information of said second vehicle; and providing notice to said one or more individuals within said first vehicle of said vehicle status information of said second vehicle.
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18. A processing system for automatically providing notice to one or more individuals within a first vehicle of vehicle-related information related to a second vehicle, said processing system comprising:
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a processing device; one or more image-capturing devices being operated from within said first vehicle, said one or more image-capturing devices being coupled to said processing device, said processing device being operable for receiving vehicle-related information detected by said one or more image-capturing devices, said vehicle-related information being related to said second vehicle, said vehicle-related information being received by processing device automatically without user input, said processing device being further operable for analyzing said vehicle-related information with regard to predetermined criteria to determine vehicle status information of said second vehicle; and one or more notification devices, said one or more notification devices being operable for providing notice to said one or more individuals within said first vehicle of said vehicle status information of said second vehicle.
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19. A machine and/or software-implemented method for automatically obtaining image information related to a vehicle environment nearby a camera-equipped vehicle, said method comprising:
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automatically obtaining image information by said camera-equipped (CE) vehicle, said image information including images of areas proximate to said CE vehicle, said image information being obtained at a predetermined frequency by one or more camera devices mounted on said CE vehicle; transmitting said image information from said CE vehicle to one or more remote computer systems outside of said CE vehicle; and saving said transmitted image information at said one or more remote computer systems for current and/or subsequent access and analysis. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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