Distributed vehicle event recorder systems having a portable memory data transfer system
First Claim
1. A vehicle event recorder system configured to be mounted in a vehicle, the vehicle event recorder system comprising:
- a camera configured to acquire visual information representing a vehicle environment, the vehicle environment including spaces in and around an interior and an exterior of the vehicle;
one or more sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to performance of the vehicle;
resident memory configured to electronically store information;
a microprocessor configured to effectuate storage of the visual information and the vehicle performance information in the resident memory in event record datasets;
a recorder communications port configured to facilitate transmission of the event record datasets to an external computing system, the external computing system comprising;
a datastore configured to electronically store information,an external system communications port configured to facilitate communication with the recorder communications port, anda download module communicatively coupled to the datastore and the external system communications port configured to facilitate execution of data transfer actions therebetween; and
an upload module communicatively coupled to the resident memory and the recorder communications port configured to facilitate execution of data transfer actions therebetween;
wherein, responsive to receiving an indication from the download module of the external computing system that the event record datasets have been successfully received, the upload module of the vehicle event recorder causes the resident memory to overwrite the transmitted event record datasets.
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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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1. A vehicle event recorder system configured to be mounted in a vehicle, the vehicle event recorder system comprising:
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a camera configured to acquire visual information representing a vehicle environment, the vehicle environment including spaces in and around an interior and an exterior of the vehicle; one or more sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to performance of the vehicle; resident memory configured to electronically store information; a microprocessor configured to effectuate storage of the visual information and the vehicle performance information in the resident memory in event record datasets; a recorder communications port configured to facilitate transmission of the event record datasets to an external computing system, the external computing system comprising; a datastore configured to electronically store information, an external system communications port configured to facilitate communication with the recorder communications port, and a download module communicatively coupled to the datastore and the external system communications port configured to facilitate execution of data transfer actions therebetween; and an upload module communicatively coupled to the resident memory and the recorder communications port configured to facilitate execution of data transfer actions therebetween; wherein, responsive to receiving an indication from the download module of the external computing system that the event record datasets have been successfully received, the upload module of the vehicle event recorder causes the resident memory to overwrite the transmitted event record datasets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for storing and transmitting vehicle event records with a vehicle event recorder system, the vehicle event recorder system configured to be mounted in a vehicle, the method comprising:
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acquiring visual information representing a vehicle environment with a camera of the vehicle event recorder system, the vehicle environment including spaces in and around an interior and an exterior of the vehicle; generating output signals conveying information related to performance of the vehicle with one or more sensors of the vehicle event recorder system; effectuating storage of the visual information and the vehicle performance information in a resident memory of the vehicle event recorder system in event record datasets; facilitating, with a recorder communications port of the vehicle event recorder, transmission of the event record datasets to an external computing system, the external computing system comprising; a datastore configured to electronically store information, an external system communications port configured to facilitate communication with the recorder communications port, and a download module communicatively coupled to the datastore and the external system communications port configured to facilitate execution of data transfer actions therebetween; facilitating, with an upload module of the vehicle event recorder system, execution of data transfer actions between the resident memory and the recorder communications port; and responsive to receiving an indication from the download module of the external computing system that the event record datasets have been successfully received, causing, with the upload module of the vehicle event recorder, the resident memory to overwrite the transmitted event record datasets. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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