Distributed vehicle event recorder systems having a portable memory data transfer system
First Claim
1. A vehicle event recorder system comprising:
- a video event recorder, said video event recorder comprising an upload module, a resident memory, and a video event recorder communications port;
a portable memory; and
a server computer, said server computer comprising a download module, a datastore, and a server communications port,wherein the video event recorder communications port is arranged for electromechanical coupling with said portable memory,wherein the server communications port is arranged for similar electromechanical coupling with said portable memory,wherein said upload module is communicatively coupled to the vehicle event recorder'"'"'s resident memory and the vehicle event recorder'"'"'s communications port such that execution of data transfer actions therebetween is facilitated, andwherein said download module is communicatively coupled to the server computer'"'"'s datastore and the server computer'"'"'s communications port such that execution of data transfer actions therebetween is facilitated.
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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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16 Claims
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1. A vehicle event recorder system comprising:
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a video event recorder, said video event recorder comprising an upload module, a resident memory, and a video event recorder communications port; a portable memory; and a server computer, said server computer comprising a download module, a datastore, and a server communications port, wherein the video event recorder communications port is arranged for electromechanical coupling with said portable memory, wherein the server communications port is arranged for similar electromechanical coupling with said portable memory, wherein said upload module is communicatively coupled to the vehicle event recorder'"'"'s resident memory and the vehicle event recorder'"'"'s communications port such that execution of data transfer actions therebetween is facilitated, and wherein said download module is communicatively coupled to the server computer'"'"'s datastore and the server computer'"'"'s communications port such that execution of data transfer actions therebetween is facilitated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A vehicle event recorder system comprising:
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a video event recorder, said video event recorder comprising an upload module, a resident memory, a video camera, a microcontroller, and a video event recorder communications port; a portable memory; and a server computer, said server computer comprising a download module, a datastore, and a server communications port, wherein the video event recorder communications port is arranged for electromechanical coupling with said portable memory, wherein the server communications port is arranged for similar electromechanical coupling with said portable memory, wherein the video camera has a field-of-view including an environment about a vehicle and is operable to provide image data for temporary storage in the resident memory, and wherein the microcontroller is arranged to affect a transfer of data under direction of the upload module from the resident memory to the portable memory coupled to the vehicle event recorder'"'"'s communications port. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A method of conveying event records originated in a vehicle event recorder to a remote cooperating server computer, the method facilitated by a processor of the vehicle event recorder and a processor of the remote cooperating server computer, the method comprising:
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writing, with an upload module associated with the processor of the vehicle event recorder, an event record dataset to a portable memory coupled to the vehicle event recorder; receiving, responsive to said portable memory being decoupled from the vehicle event recorder and transported to said cooperating server computer, the portable memory with a server communications port of the cooperating server computer; and reading the event record dataset from said portable memory into a datastore of the cooperating server with a download module associated with the processor of the cooperating server computer. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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