SCENE RECONSTRUCTION USING PRE-BUFFERING IN SENSOR TRIGGERED AUTOMOBILE CAMERAS
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1. A method for capturing video from a sensor triggered camera, comprising:
- receiving from a camera a video stream into buffer storage, the video stream associated with a period of time;
receiving from a sensor a signal indicating a triggering event during the period of time;
capturing a portion of the video stream in the buffer storage beginning prior to the triggering event and ending after the triggering event, the captured portion of the video stream being a subset of the video stream; and
saving the captured portion of the video stream in memory.
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Abstract
The present application is directed to systems and methods for capturing video from a sensor triggered camera. External automobile cameras run continuously and content is buffered. Buffer storage is triggered by one or more other automobile sensors to store content beginning at some period of time (e.g. 30 seconds) prior to the triggering of the sensor.
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1. A method for capturing video from a sensor triggered camera, comprising:
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receiving from a camera a video stream into buffer storage, the video stream associated with a period of time; receiving from a sensor a signal indicating a triggering event during the period of time; capturing a portion of the video stream in the buffer storage beginning prior to the triggering event and ending after the triggering event, the captured portion of the video stream being a subset of the video stream; and saving the captured portion of the video stream in memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for capturing video from a sensor triggered vehicle camera, the method comprising:
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receiving from a camera on a vehicle a continuous video stream into buffer storage; receiving from a sensor on the vehicle a signal to transfer the continuous video stream from the buffer storage to a memory; receiving from a system controller on the vehicle a first predefined time, the first predefined time indicating a time prior to the receiving of the signal in which to initiate a transfer of the continuous video stream from the buffer storage to the memory; receiving from the system controller on the vehicle a second predefined time, the second predefined time indicating a time after the receiving of the signal to transfer in which to stop the transfer of the continuous video stream from the buffer storage to the memory; and saving the continuous video stream in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for capturing video from a sensor triggered vehicle camera, comprising:
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a camera on a vehicle producing a continuous video stream; a buffer storage communicatively coupled to the camera on the vehicle storing the continuous video stream for a period of time; a sensor on the vehicle, the sensor communicatively coupled to the camera, the buffer storage and a memory on the vehicle; a system controller on the vehicle, the system controller communicatively coupled to the camera, the sensor, the buffer storage, and the memory; and an intelligent agent communicatively coupled over a network to the system controller on the vehicle, the intelligent agent configured to receive over the network from the system controller on the vehicle a portion of the saved continuous video stream, an associated time stamp, an associated GPS location, and an associated identifier of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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