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 coupling with said portable memory,said to server computer comprising a communications port arranged for coupling with said portable memory,said vehicle event recorder and said server communications ports are each arranged with an electro-mechanical interface operable for repeated coupling and decoupling, these electro-mechanical interfaces having same gender,said portable memory is arranged with a complementary electro-mechanical interface operable for repeated coupling and decoupling having gender opposite of the vehicle event recorder and server interfaces whereby the portable memory may be alternately coupled with the vehicle event recorder and server computer.
21 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
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.
-
Citations
13 Claims
-
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 coupling with said portable memory, said to server computer comprising a communications port arranged for coupling with said portable memory, said vehicle event recorder and said server communications ports are each arranged with an electro-mechanical interface operable for repeated coupling and decoupling, these electro-mechanical interfaces having same gender, said portable memory is arranged with a complementary electro-mechanical interface operable for repeated coupling and decoupling having gender opposite of the vehicle event recorder and server interfaces whereby the portable memory may be alternately coupled with the vehicle event recorder and server computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
-
-
12. 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 coupling with said portable memory, said to server computer comprising port arranged for coupling with said portable memory, said video event recorder further comprises; a video camera; resident memory; microcontroller; and a upload module, the video camera has a field-of-view coupled to an environment about a vehicle and is operable to provide image data for temporary storage at the resident memory, the microcontroller is arranged to effect transfer of data under direction of the upload module from the resident memory to the portable memory coupled at the vehicle event recorder'"'"'s communications port. - View Dependent Claims (13)
-
Specification