Methods and apparatus to manage audiovisual recording in a connected vehicle

• US 9,774,816 B2
• Filed: 11/06/2015
• Issued: 09/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Rios, III, Roque, Beattie, Jr., James Gordon
• Primary Examiner(s): Shibru, Helen
• Application Number:
  US14/935,023
• Publication Number:
  US 20170134687A1
• Time in Patent Office: 690 Days
• Field of Search: 386224, 386227, 386228, 386232
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0866 the electronic data carrier being a digital video recorder in combination with video camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44 Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence
• 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

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture disclosed herein may be used to manage audiovisual recording in a connected vehicle. An example disclosed method includes accessing a profile having a recording parameter and a first quality selected by a user from a recording server. The example method also includes comparing a reading from a vehicle sensor to the recording parameter in the profile to determine whether to record a video. Additionally, the example method includes, in response to determining to record the video, storing the video using the first quality to a memory located in the vehicle.

Claims

1. A method of recording videos, the method comprising:

accessing, with an on-vehicle processor, a profile having a recording parameter and a first video quality level, the profile downloaded from a recording server remote from the on-vehicle processor, and the recording parameter and the first video quality level in the profile being selected by a user associated with a vehicle in which the on-vehicle processor is installed;

comparing a reading from a vehicle sensor to the recording parameter in the profile to determine whether to record a video; and

in response to determining to record the video, storing the video using the first quality level to an on-vehicle memory.

2. The method as defined in claim 1, further including, in response to identifying that an amount of available on-vehicle memory is below a memory threshold, determining a second video quality level with which to record the video, the second video quality level causing a size of a file containing the recorded video to be smaller than when using the first video quality level.

3. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the vehicle sensor identifies a driver of the vehicle.

4. The method as defined in claim 3, wherein the determining to record the video includes determining that an identity of the driver of the vehicle matches a driver identity included in the profile.

5. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the vehicle sensor identifies a geographic location of the vehicle, and wherein the determining to record the video includes determining that the vehicle is located within a geographic region specified by the profile.

6. The method as defined in claim 1, further including uploading the video to the recording server based on an upload parameter specified by the profile, the upload parameter selected by the user.

7. The method as defined in claim 1, further including connecting the on-vehicle processor to the recording server via a cellular network connection.

8. An apparatus to record video, the apparatus comprising:

an on-vehicle processor;

a first on-vehicle memory including instructions that, when executed, cause the on-vehicle processor to perform operations including;

accessing a profile having a recording parameter and a first video quality level, the profile downloaded from a recording server, and the recording parameter and the first video quality level selected by a user associated with a vehicle in which the on-vehicle processor is installed;

comparing a reading from a vehicle sensor to the recording parameter in the profile to determine whether to record a video; and

in response to determining to record the video, storing the video using the first video quality level to a second on-vehicle memory.

9. The apparatus as defined in claim 8, wherein the operations further include, in response to identifying that an amount of the second on-vehicle memory that is available is below a memory threshold, determining a second video quality level with which to record the video, the second video quality level causing a size of a file containing the recorded video to be smaller than when using the first video quality level.

10. The apparatus as defined in claim 8, wherein the vehicle sensor identifies a driver of the vehicle.

11. The apparatus as defined in claim 10, wherein the determining to record the video includes determining that an identity of the driver matches a driver identity included in the profile.

12. The apparatus as defined in claim 8, wherein the vehicle sensor identifies a geographic location of the vehicle, and wherein the determining to record the video includes determining that the vehicle is located within a geographic region specified by the profile.

13. The apparatus as defined in claim 8, wherein the operations further include uploading the video to the recording server based on an upload parameter specified by the profile, the upload parameter selected by the user.

14. The apparatus as defined in claim 8, wherein the operations further include connecting the on-vehicle processor to the recording server via a cellular network connection.

15. A tangible computer readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed, cause an on-vehicle processor to perform operations comprising:

accessing a profile having a recording parameter and a first video quality level, the profile downloaded from a recording server remote from the on-vehicle processor, and the recording parameter and the first video quality level selected by a user associated with a vehicle in which the on-vehicle processor is installed;

comparing a reading from a vehicle sensor to the recording parameter in the profile to determine whether to record a video; and

in response to determining to record the video, storing the video using the first video quality level to an on-vehicle memory.

16. The tangible computer readable storage medium as defined in claim 15, wherein the operations further include in response to identifying that an amount of available on-vehicle memory is below a memory threshold, determining a second video quality level with which to record the video, the second video quality level causing a size of a file containing the recorded video to be smaller than when using the first video quality level.

17. The tangible computer readable storage medium as defined in claim 15, wherein the vehicle sensor identifies a driver of the vehicle, and wherein the determining to record the video includes determining that an identity of the driver matches a driver identity included in the profile.

18. The tangible computer readable storage medium as defined in claim 15, wherein the vehicle sensor identifies a geographic location of the vehicle, and wherein the determining to record the video includes determining that the vehicle is located within a geographic region specified by the profile.

19. The tangible computer readable storage medium as defined in claim 15, wherein the operations further include uploading the video to the recording server based on an upload parameter specified by the profile, the upload parameter selected by the user.

20. The tangible computer readable storage medium as defined in claim 15, wherein the operations further include connecting the on-vehicle processor to the recording server via a cellular network connection.