Portable vehicle monitoring system

• US 9,946,734 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2016
• Issued: 04/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ekin Teknoloji Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi
• Original Assignee: Ekin Teknoloji Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi
• Inventors: Ekin, Akif
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilliard, Delomia L
• Application Number:
  US15/294,487
• Publication Number:
  US 20170075888A1
• Time in Patent Office: 550 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/2611 Indicating devices mounted on the roof of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/50 characterised by the display information being shared, e.g. external display, data transfer to other traffic participants or centralised traffic controller
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/8073 for vehicle security, e.g. parked vehicle surveillance, burglar detection
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/302 using recording means, e.g. black box
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/32 of vehicle dynamic parameters, e.g. speed or acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 17/06 Systems determining position data of a target
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/02 Bodies
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2215/0567 Solid-state light source, e.g. LED, laser
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2217/002 Details of arrangement of components in or on camera body
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 29/00 Combinations of cameras, projectors or photographic printing apparatus with non-photographic non-optical apparatus, e.g. clocks or weapons; Cameras having the shape of other objects combinations with flash apparatus G03B15/03
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/56 exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/62 Text, e.g. of license plates, overlay texts or captions on TV images
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/161 Detection; Localisation; Normalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0175 by photographing vehicles, e.g. when violating traffic rules
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/04 using optical or ultrasonic detectors
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/054 photographing overspeeding vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/56 provided with illuminating means

Abstract

The invention is related to a portable vehicle monitoring system that is to be mounted on mobile objects such as police cars for security purposes and ambulances which have right of way; characterized in that it comprises a camera placed on the front right and front left and both sides of the system which enables the system to capture images and recognize faces, LED lighting located around the cameras which are directed towards visual direction and which enable capturing of legible images even at night time police lights placed at the front and rear faces of the base which can flash on and off when necessary, an alarm control device, Ethernet connection forming the network, a cooling device which eliminates the heat formed inside the apparatus, a control card which operates the police lights, modem which continuously provide wireless communication and a top cover which encloses the entire system.

Claims

1. A portable apparatus which can be mounted on a vehicle for security purposes, comprising:

a mounting apparatus which enables coupling of the portable apparatus to the vehicle;

a base forming a structural frame of the portable apparatus onto which the mounting apparatus is positioned;

a first camera mounted on a left portion of a front side of the base;

a second camera mounted on a right portion of the front side of the base;

a third camera mounted on a left side of the base;

a fourth camera mounted on a right side of the base;

a plurality of LED lights located around the cameras which are directed towards a visual direction and which enables capturing of legible images even at night time;

a general view camera positioned behind the base, which can carry out image resolution;

a plurality of police lights placed at a front and a rear face of the base which are capable of flashing on and off;

a recording device positioned on the base which stores a plurality of obtained data and images, wherein the recording device comprises a database server;

an alarm control device;

an ethernet connection forming the network,

a cooling device which eliminates any heat formed inside the portable apparatus;

a control card configured to operate the police lights;

a modem configured to provide wireless communication;

a top cover which encloses and seals off the portable; and

a lidar system configured to obtain a speed information of other vehicles and recording said speed information to the database server;

a face recognition module configured to recognize persons;

a radiation sensor configured to detect radiation;

a license plate reader configured to read license plates of other vehicles;

wherein a longitudinal axis of the first camera and a longitudinal axis of the second camera intersect with each other, and a longitudinal axis of the third camera and a longitudinal axis of the fourth camera coincide with each other.

2. The portable apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a radar configured to obtain the speed information of other vehicles and recording said speed information to the database server.

3. The portable apparatus of claim 1, wherein the lidar system is configured to obtain a parking position of said other vehicles.

4. The portable apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an air pollution detection sensor, wherein the air pollution detection sensor is configured to detect an amount of different gases emitted by each individual vehicle of said other vehicles and recording said information to the database server.

5. The portable apparatus of claim 4, wherein the database server is configured to compare the amount of different gases emitted by said each individual vehicle to a threshold pollution value and issue a warning if said amount of gas emission is more than the threshold pollution value.

6. The portable apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an audio sensor, wherein said audio sensor is configured to recognize an explosion sound and transfer location co-ordinates of said explosion sound to the database server and other nearby security vehicles.

7. The portable apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a weather sensor configured to detect weather parameters and choose a speed and position determining device amongst the lidar system and a radar system.

8. The portable apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a terminal which is capable of distributing power to the portable apparatus.