Omnidirectional camera for use in police car event recording
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1. A system for capturing and storing images, the system comprising:
- a camera mounted to a vehicle and configured to capture a wide-angle image of a scene in a field of view of the camera;
a digital processor coupled to the camera and configured to receive the captured image, locate an area of interest from the scene and define a first subset of the image corresponding to the area of interest as a region of interest;
a data-storage device coupled to the digital processor and configured to receive and store the first subset of the image at a first resolution;
an antenna coupled to the digital processor, wherein the antenna and the digital processor detect a signal from a wireless device; and
wherein the digital processor defines the at least one region of interest from a direction of the detected signal from the wireless device.
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Abstract
A system and method for an omnidirectional camera for use in recording events around a police vehicle is disclosed. The system and method include an omnidirectional camera and a digital processor for processing the omnidirectional images captured by the omnidirectional camera. The digital processor may be operable to locate one or more regions of interests disposed within the omnidirectional images. A recordable medium is also disclosed for storing at least some of the captured images.
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1. A system for capturing and storing images, the system comprising:
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a camera mounted to a vehicle and configured to capture a wide-angle image of a scene in a field of view of the camera; a digital processor coupled to the camera and configured to receive the captured image, locate an area of interest from the scene and define a first subset of the image corresponding to the area of interest as a region of interest; a data-storage device coupled to the digital processor and configured to receive and store the first subset of the image at a first resolution; an antenna coupled to the digital processor, wherein the antenna and the digital processor detect a signal from a wireless device; and wherein the digital processor defines the at least one region of interest from a direction of the detected signal from the wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of capturing and storing images, the method comprising:
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providing a camera mounted to a vehicle and configured to capture a wide-angle image of a scene in a field of view of the camera; transmitting the wide-angle image to a digital processor coupled to the camera; locating, via the digital processor, an area of interest from the scene and defining at least one region of interest within the wide-angle image corresponding to the area of interest, the at least one region of interest corresponding to a first subset of the wide-angle image; storing the first subset at a first resolution in a data-storage device coupled to the digital processor; coupling an antenna to the digital processor; detecting, via the antenna and the digital processor, a signal from a wireless device; determining, by the digital processor, a direction of the detected signal; and defining the at least one region of interest using the determined direction. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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