Stop-arm mounted camera system and method for mounting same
First Claim
1. A stop-sign assembly mountable to an external surface of a motor vehicle and which includes, a mechanism for moving said stop sign between an open position and a closed position;
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at least two image acquisition devices for acquiring images of a region proximate to said motor vehicle when said stop sign is in said open position, and wherein each of said at least two image acquisition devices have a field of view which is substantially non-overlapping;
said at least two image acquisition devices being mounted on a portion of said stop sign;
a storage device for storing said images acquired by said at least two image acquisition devices; and
a rotation mount for the at least two image acquisition devices.
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Abstract
A system and method for discouraging stop-arm violations is provided having a image recording means positioned on a stop-arm of a bus, ice cream truck or other such vehicle. The image recording means may be a digital still camera or video camera and is connected to a storage unit, such as a video cassette recorder (VCR), a digital video recorder (DVR) or solid-state memory storage. The image recording means is configured to activate and begin recording images when the stop-arm is fully extended and cease recording of images once the stop-arm is fully retracted.
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18 Claims
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1. A stop-sign assembly mountable to an external surface of a motor vehicle and which includes, a mechanism for moving said stop sign between an open position and a closed position;
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at least two image acquisition devices for acquiring images of a region proximate to said motor vehicle when said stop sign is in said open position, and wherein each of said at least two image acquisition devices have a field of view which is substantially non-overlapping; said at least two image acquisition devices being mounted on a portion of said stop sign; a storage device for storing said images acquired by said at least two image acquisition devices; and a rotation mount for the at least two image acquisition devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for recording stop sign violations, said method comprising:
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mounting a stop-sign assembly to an external surface of a motor vehicle, said stop-sign assembly including a stop sign; actuating said stop sign between an open position and a close position; acquiring images of a region proximate to said motor vehicle when said stop sign is in said open position; said image acquisition being performed by at least two image acquisition devices mounted on a portion of said stop sign and each of said at least two image acquisition devices having a field of view substantially non-overlapping; storing said images acquired in said image acquiring step; and a rotation mount for at least one image acquisition device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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