Vehicle tracking and identification of emergency/law enforcement vehicles
First Claim
1. An apparatus for detecting an approaching emergency/law enforcement vehicle from a secondary vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one camera mounted on the secondary vehicle;
a display surface mounted inside an interior of the secondary vehicle for displaying video image data from the at least one camera;
at least one of a pan, tilt, and zoom motor operatively connected to the at least one camera for providing an enhanced view of an emergency/law enforcement vehicle displayed on the display surface; and
control means for controlling the at least one pan, tilt, and zoom motors to provide the enhanced view.
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Abstract
An apparatus for detecting an emergency/law enforcement vehicle from a secondary vehicle. The apparatus includes: at least one camera mounted on the secondary vehicle; a display surface mounted inside an interior of the secondary vehicle for displaying video image data from the at least one camera; at least one of a pan, tilt, and zoom motor operatively connected to the at least one camera for providing an enhanced view of an emergency/law enforcement vehicle displayed on the display surface; and a controller for controlling the at least one pan, tilt, and zoom motors to provide the enhanced view. The apparatus alternatively also has the capability to detect, track and/or classify an emergency/law enforcement vehicle in the video image data.
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1. An apparatus for detecting an approaching emergency/law enforcement vehicle from a secondary vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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at least one camera mounted on the secondary vehicle;
a display surface mounted inside an interior of the secondary vehicle for displaying video image data from the at least one camera;
at least one of a pan, tilt, and zoom motor operatively connected to the at least one camera for providing an enhanced view of an emergency/law enforcement vehicle displayed on the display surface; and
control means for controlling the at least one pan, tilt, and zoom motors to provide the enhanced view. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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14. An apparatus for detecting an approaching emergency/law enforcement vehicle from a secondary vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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at least one camera mounted on the secondary vehicle;
a display surface mounted inside an interior of the secondary vehicle for displaying video image data from the at least one camera;
tracking means for tracking an identified emergency/law enforcement vehicle displayed on the display surface; and
identification means for indicating the emergency/law enforcement vehicle to be tracked.
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17. An apparatus for detecting an approaching emergency/law enforcement vehicle from a secondary vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
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at least one camera mounted on the secondary vehicle;
a display surface mounted inside an interior of the secondary vehicle for displaying video image data from the at least one camera;
classification means for classifying vehicles in the video image data and identifying those of the classified vehicles which are emergency/law enforcement vehicles; and
tracking means for tracking the identified emergency/law enforcement vehicle in the video image data.
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