Patent
Traffic accident data recorder and traffic accident reproduction system and method
TLDR
In this article, a system for sensing, storing and updating operation parameters, visual conditions and audible conditions for an automotive vehicle include a plurality of sensors for registering vehicular operation parameters including at least one vehicle-mounted digital video/audio camera.Abstract:
Systems for sensing, storing and updating operation parameters, visual conditions and audible conditions for an automotive vehicle include a plurality of sensors for registering vehicular operation parameters, including at least one vehicle-mounted digital video/audio camera. A microprocessor controller responsive to the vehicle operational parameters which have been registered by the plurality of sensors and video images and audio signals from the video/audio camera is provided for processing the operational parameters and the video images and the audio signals. A rewritable non-volatile memory is provided for storing those processed operational parameters, video images and audio signals which are provided by the microprocessor controller. The microprocessor controller updates the rewritable memory as new parameters, video images and audio signals are sensed. When the data is converted to computer-readable form and is read by a computer, an accident involving the automobile may be reconstructed.read more
Citations
More filters
Patent
Monitoring system for determining and communicating a cost of insurance
Alan Rex Bauer,Kurtis Tavis Burns,Michael Vincent Esposito,David Charles Huber,Patrick Lawrence O'malley +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, a means for recording, storing, calculating, communicating and reviewing one or more operational aspects of a machine is provided, and a discount may be provided in exchange for recording the operational aspects and providing the recorded information to the insurer.
Patent
Vision system for vehicle
Kenneth Schofield,Niall R. Lynam +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a forward-facing vision system for a vehicle includes a forwardfacing camera disposed in a windshield electronics module attached at a windshield of the vehicle and viewing through the windshield.
Patent
Vehicular vision system
Kenneth Schofield,Mark L. Larson +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the camera is disposed at an interior portion of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular vision system, where the camera one of (i) views exterior of the equipped vehicle through the windshield of the vehicle and forward of the equipment and (ii) views from the windshield into the interior cabin of the equipments.
Patent
Vehicle Monitoring System
Raymond Scott Ling,Richard Ashton Hutchinson,Wilbert John Steigerwald,William Andrew Say,Patrick Lawrence O'malley,Dane Allen Shrallow,William Curtis Everett,Robert John McMillan +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a data logging device that tracks the operation of a vehicle or driver actions, which includes a storage device, which may be removable or portable, having a first memory portion that may be read from and may be written to in a vehicle and a second memory portion, which is accessed through software that allows a user to access files.
Patent
Safety control system for vehicles
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a safety control system for vehicles, which includes, a communication device having at least one of an input accessible from within the vehicle and an output communicated within a vehicle, and a controller communicated with the sensor and the communication device to selectively suppress one of said input and said output in response to a sensed parameter of a vehicle's condition being outside of a threshold.
References
More filters
Patent
Recording of operational events in an automotive vehicle
TL;DR: The Event Recording Apparatus (ERA) as discussed by the authors is an apparatus and method for recording operational events in an automotive radar system that records selectable vehicle performance, operational status, and/or environment information, including information useful for accident analysis.
Patent
Traffic accident data recorder and traffic accident reproduction system
TL;DR: In this article, a traffic accident data recorder consisting of an acceleration sensor 3, an angular velocity sensor 4 if necessary, a memory 8, and a control section 7 for controlling the recording in the memory 8.
Patent
System and method for reconstruction of the position of objects utilizing a signal transmitting and receiving distance determining device
TL;DR: In this paper, a system and method for data entry and retroactive reconstruction of the relative position of features and objects, in particular with respect to scenes such as transitory occurrences, utilizing a signal transmitting and receiving distance determining device.
Patent
Method and apparatus for detecting and locating defects in a component of a turbine
TL;DR: In this article, a method for the early detection and location of a change in a component of a turbine, in particular in a turbine blade, in the event of a deviation from a standard value in at least one measured value determined during operation of the turbine, an acoustic spectrum generated by the component is measured in the interior of turbine and compared with a reference spectrum.
Patent
Data-recording unit in use with a camera
TL;DR: In this article, a data recording unit was used with a camera for recording information data, obtained through a GPS receiver, on a photographing film, including a selector for selecting a geodetic system from a set of plural geo-locations, and a data converter for converting position information data obtained through the GPS receiver.