Vehicle recording device

• US 9,387,814 B1
• Filed: 12/15/2014
• Issued: 07/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: William Cintron Jr
• Original Assignee: William Cintron Jr
• Inventors: Cintron, William Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhao, Daquan
• Application Number:
  US14/570,589
• Time in Patent Office: 575 Days
• Field of Search: 386/358, 386/359, 386/362, 386/224
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0247 for microphones or earphones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0003 inside the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0075 using a containment or docking space
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0866 the electronic data carrier being a digital video recorder in combination with video camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

A vehicle recording device featuring a cylindrical housing having a first cylindrical portion and a second cylindrical portion. A video camera, a microphone, and a speaker are each disposed upon a front face of the second cylindrical portion. A play button and a communication port is disposed upon a back face of the first cylindrical portion. A CPU is disposed within the housing. Each of the video camera, the microphone, the speaker, the play button, and the communication port are in operational communication. A concealment cap having an inner cavity is configured to fit each of the front face and a first portion of a second outer perimeter within the inner cavity, forming a closed configuration. The concealment cap has at least one obround cutout configured to reflect a sound wave into the inner cavity of the cap.

Claims

1. A vehicle recording device camouflaged as an air freshener, comprising:

a cylindrical housing having a first cylindrical portion and a second cylindrical portion, the first cylindrical portion having each of a back face, a front perimeter surface, and a hollow cylindrical first outer perimeter, the second cylindrical portion having each of a front face and a hollow cylindrical second outer perimeter, a diameter of the front face smaller than a diameter of the back face;

a rounded base having a top surface and a bottom surface, a bottom end of an at least one mounting bracket disposed upon the top surface, the housing disposed upon a top end of the at least one mounting bracket, the mounting bracket configured to steadily support the housing above the base;

a cylindrical concealment cap having each of a round inner surface, a hollow cylindrical concealment cap perimeter, and an inner cavity, the inner cavity having a diameter each greater than the diameter of the front face and smaller than the diameter of the back face, the cylindrical concealment cap configured to fit each of the front face and a first portion of the second outer perimeter within the inner cavity forming a closed configuration;

the inner surface of the concealment cap having a first side wall, a second side wall, a first parabola, a second parabola, and at least one of an obround cutout, wherein each of the first side wall, the second side wall, the first parabola, and the second parabola is configured to reflect a sound wave into the inner cavity of the concealment cap;

a recording button disposed upon the front perimeter surface;

a microphone disposed upon the front face;

a play button disposed upon the back face;

a CPU disposed within the housing;

a communication port disposed upon the back face, the communication port configured for two-way data transmission and for transmission of electricity to each of the microphone, and the CPU;

each of the recording button, the microphone, the play button, the port, and the CPU in operational communication;

wherein the concealment cap is configured to press the recording button upon a pressure of the concealment cap towards the housing while in the closed configuration; and

wherein a pressing of the recording button activates each of the microphone, and the CPU, the CPU configured to store an audio recording of the microphone, the CPU further configured to optionally transmit the audio recording to the communication port.

2. The vehicle recording device camouflaged as an air freshener of claim 1 further

comprising:

a speaker disposed upon the front face;

the communication port further configured for transmission of electricity to the speaker;

the speaker in operational communication with the CPU;

the CPU configured to optionally transmit the audio recording of the microphone to the speaker;

wherein a pressing of the play button activates a transmission of the audio recording to the speaker.

3. The vehicle recording device camouflaged as an air freshener of claim 1 further

comprising:

a video camera disposed upon the front face;

the communication port further configured for transmission of electricity to the video camera;

the video camera in operational communication with the CPU;

the CPU configured to optionally transmit a video recording of the video camera to the communication port.

4. The vehicle recording device camouflaged as an air freshener of claim 2 further

comprising:

a video camera disposed upon the front face;

the communication port further configured for transmission of electricity to the video camera;

the video camera in operational communication with the CPU;

the CPU configured to optionally transmit a video recording of the video camera to the communication port.

5. The vehicle recording device camouflaged as an air freshener of claim 3 wherein the communication port is a USB communication port.

6. The vehicle recording device camouflaged as an air freshener of claim 4 wherein the communication port is a USB communication port.

7. The vehicle recording device camouflaged as an air freshener of claim 5 wherein the concealment cap is configured to partially conceal the front face.

8. The vehicle recording device camouflaged as an air freshener of claim 6 wherein the concealment cap is configured to partially conceal the front face.

9. A vehicle recording device camouflaged as an air freshener, comprising:

a cylindrical housing having a first cylindrical portion and a second cylindrical portion, the first cylindrical portion having each of a back face, a front perimeter surface, and a hollow cylindrical first outer perimeter, the second cylindrical portion having each of a front face and a hollow cylindrical second outer perimeter, a diameter of the front face smaller than a diameter of the back face;

a rounded base having a top surface and a bottom surface, a bottom end of an at least one mounting bracket disposed upon the top surface, the housing disposed upon a top end of the at least one mounting bracket, the mounting bracket configured to steadily support the housing above the base;

a cylindrical concealment cap having each of a round inner surface, a hollow cylindrical concealment cap perimeter, and an inner cavity, the inner cavity having a diameter each greater than the diameter of the front face and smaller than the diameter of the back face, the cylindrical concealment cap configured to fit each of the front face and a first portion of the second outer perimeter within the inner cavity forming a closed configuration;

the inner surface of the concealment cap having a first side wall, a second side wall, a first parabola, a second parabola, and at least one of an obround cutout, wherein each of the first side wall, the second side wall, the first parabola, and the second parabola is configured to reflect a sound wave into the inner cavity of the concealment cap;

a recording button disposed upon the front perimeter surface;

a video camera disposed upon the front face;

a microphone disposed upon the front face;

a speaker disposed upon the front face;

a play button disposed upon the back face;

a CPU disposed within the housing; and

a USB communication port disposed upon the back face, the USB communication port configured for two-way data transmission and for transmission of electricity to each of the video camera, the microphone, the speaker, and the CPU;

each of the recording button, the video camera, the microphone, the play button, the speaker, the USB communication port, and the CPU in operational communication;

wherein the concealment cap is configured to press the recording button upon a pressure of the concealment cap towards the housing whilst in the closed configuration, the concealment cap configured to partially conceal the front face whilst in the closed configuration;

wherein a pressing of the recording button activates each of the microphone, the video camera, and the CPU, the CPU configured to store each of an audio recording of the microphone, and a video recording of the video camera, the CPU further configured to optionally transmit each of the video recording and the audio recording to the USB communication port; and

wherein a pressing of the play button activates a transmission of the audio recording from the CPU to the speaker.