Vehicle event recorders with integrated web server
DCFirst Claim
1. A vehicle event recorder comprising:
- a video camera configured to acquire visual information representing a vehicle environment, the vehicle environment including spaces in and around an interior and an exterior of a vehicle;
a memory configured to electronically store information;
an event trigger configured to detect a vehicle event responsive to an event parameter breaching an event trigger threshold level; and
a microprocessor configured to;
responsive to detection of the vehicle event, effectuate storage of visual information associated with the vehicle event in the memory;
facilitate wireless communication of information between the vehicle event recorder and a remotely located computing device using HTTP;
receive settings information from the remotely located computing device, wherein the settings information is operable to adjust vehicle event recorder settings pertaining to operation of one or both of the video camera and the event trigger, andadjust the vehicle event recorder settings based on the received settings information.
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Abstract
Vehicle event recorders are arranged with integrated web servers to provide a simple user interface and control mechanism which may be address with commonly available hardware and software. A vehicle event recorder of these inventions couples to a network having a workstation node. The workstation having either of the many available web browsers can be used to view, address, control, perform data transfer, et cetera, by way of data exchange in accordance with simple IP protocols. A vehicle equipped with these systems returns to a household to make a network connection. A local server is used to see all exposed system controls as provided by predefined web pages provided by a web server integrated as part of the vehicle event recorder unit.
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20 Claims
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1. A vehicle event recorder comprising:
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a video camera configured to acquire visual information representing a vehicle environment, the vehicle environment including spaces in and around an interior and an exterior of a vehicle; a memory configured to electronically store information; an event trigger configured to detect a vehicle event responsive to an event parameter breaching an event trigger threshold level; and a microprocessor configured to; responsive to detection of the vehicle event, effectuate storage of visual information associated with the vehicle event in the memory; facilitate wireless communication of information between the vehicle event recorder and a remotely located computing device using HTTP; receive settings information from the remotely located computing device, wherein the settings information is operable to adjust vehicle event recorder settings pertaining to operation of one or both of the video camera and the event trigger, and adjust the vehicle event recorder settings based on the received settings information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer implemented method for adjusting vehicle event recorder settings with a vehicle event recorder, the vehicle event recorder comprising a video camera, a memory, an event trigger, and a processor, the method comprising:
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acquiring, with the video camera, visual information representing a vehicle environment, the vehicle environment including spaces in and around an interior and an exterior of a vehicle; detecting, with the event trigger, a vehicle event responsive to an event parameter breaching an event trigger threshold level; responsive to detecting the vehicle event, effectuate, with the processor, storage of visual information associated with the vehicle event in an electronic memory; facilitating, with the processor, wireless communication of information between the vehicle event recorder and a remotely located computing device using HTTP; receiving settings information from the remotely located computing device, wherein the settings information is operable to adjust vehicle event recorder settings pertaining to operation of one or both of the video camera and the event trigger; and adjusting, with the processor, the vehicle event recorder settings based on the received settings information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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