Mobile autonomous surveillance
First Claim
1. A vehicle system for creating a vehicle surveillance network, the system comprising:
- at least one vehicle camera in each of two or more vehicles, each vehicle camera configured to capture one or more images of objects or events outside of a respective vehicle;
at least one communication module in each of the two or more vehicles for enabling communication between the two or more vehicles of the vehicle surveillance network; and
at least one vehicle computer in each of the two or more vehicles, the at least one vehicle computer configured to;
broadcast at least one message via the at least one communication module to one or more vehicles of the vehicle surveillance network;
transmit instructions to the at least one vehicle camera to capture the one or more images in response to a broadcasted message received from the other of the at least two or more vehicles; and
transmit the one or more captured images from the one or more vehicles to one or more event responders.
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Abstract
Various embodiments relate to creating and utilizing a vehicle surveillance network to monitor objects and/or events. Messages may be broadcasted from at least one communication system of a surveillance network which is communicating with one or more vehicles of the surveillance network and received in a vehicle. Instructions may be transmitted to at least one vehicle camera to capture one or more images of objects or events outside of the vehicle in response to receiving the at least one broadcasted message. At least one vehicle camera in each of the vehicles of the surveillance network may capture the images of the object and/or events. Further instructions may include transmitting the captured images from the one or more vehicles to one or more event responders.
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16 Claims
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1. A vehicle system for creating a vehicle surveillance network, the system comprising:
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at least one vehicle camera in each of two or more vehicles, each vehicle camera configured to capture one or more images of objects or events outside of a respective vehicle; at least one communication module in each of the two or more vehicles for enabling communication between the two or more vehicles of the vehicle surveillance network; and at least one vehicle computer in each of the two or more vehicles, the at least one vehicle computer configured to; broadcast at least one message via the at least one communication module to one or more vehicles of the vehicle surveillance network; transmit instructions to the at least one vehicle camera to capture the one or more images in response to a broadcasted message received from the other of the at least two or more vehicles; and transmit the one or more captured images from the one or more vehicles to one or more event responders. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented method for utilizing a vehicle surveillance network to monitor objects and/or events, the method comprising:
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receiving at least one broadcasted message via at least one communication module from one or more vehicles of a vehicle surveillance network, the communication module being in each of two or more vehicles for enabling communication between the two or more vehicles of the vehicle surveillance network; transmitting instructions to at least one vehicle camera to capture one or more images of objects or events outside of a vehicle in response to the broadcasted message received from the other of the at least two or more vehicles; capturing the one or more images by at least one vehicle camera in each of the two or more vehicles; and transmitting the one or more captured images from the one or more vehicles to one or more event responders. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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