Location based activation of a vehicle camera system
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1. A method of activating a camera system mounted to a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
- learning a user camera preference, said learning step comprising;
monitoring use of the camera system with a vehicle system controller;
detecting a user activation of a specific camera display of said camera system, wherein said user activation detecting step is performed by said vehicle system controller, and wherein said user activation corresponds to direct activation of said specific camera display; and
identifying a specific geographic location corresponding to the vehicle, wherein said specific geographic location corresponds to a current vehicle location when said user activation of said specific camera display is detected, wherein said identifying step is performed automatically by said vehicle system controller;
monitoring said current vehicle location, wherein said current vehicle location monitoring step is performed continuously by said vehicle system controller; and
automatically activating said specific camera display whenever said current vehicle location corresponds to said specific geographic location indicating said user camera preference, wherein said step of automatically activating said specific camera is performed by said vehicle system controller.
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Abstract
A method is provided for learning driver preferences relative to the use of a vehicle'"'"'s camera system, where the system automatically activates a specific camera based on these driver preferences, and where the driver preferences include both identification of the specific camera and the geographic locations associated with activating and then deactivating that camera.
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1. A method of activating a camera system mounted to a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
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learning a user camera preference, said learning step comprising; monitoring use of the camera system with a vehicle system controller; detecting a user activation of a specific camera display of said camera system, wherein said user activation detecting step is performed by said vehicle system controller, and wherein said user activation corresponds to direct activation of said specific camera display; and identifying a specific geographic location corresponding to the vehicle, wherein said specific geographic location corresponds to a current vehicle location when said user activation of said specific camera display is detected, wherein said identifying step is performed automatically by said vehicle system controller; monitoring said current vehicle location, wherein said current vehicle location monitoring step is performed continuously by said vehicle system controller; and automatically activating said specific camera display whenever said current vehicle location corresponds to said specific geographic location indicating said user camera preference, wherein said step of automatically activating said specific camera is performed by said vehicle system controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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