Apparatus and method for safeguarding vehicles

An apparatus for safeguarding a vehicle, comprising:

• a first image capturing device;
• a second image capturing device, wherein when a first alerting event occurs the first image capturing device is triggered by a first sensor to capture a first image, upon the occurrence of a second alerting event, which is detected by a second sensor, the first image capturing device captures the first image, when a third alerting event occurs, which is detected by a third sensor, the second image capturing device captures a second image and upon the occurrence of a fourth alerting event, which is detected by a fourth sensor, the second image capturing device captures the second image;
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• a processing unit for when determining the occurrence of the third alerting event causing positional information of the vehicle, detected by a position detector, along with the second image to be transmitted to a pre-selected destination;
• wherein the processing unit is configured to determine the occurrence of the fourth alerting event and when the vehicle stops travelling for more than a first predetermined period of time, before causing the positional information of the vehicle and the second image to be transmitted to the pre-selected destination, and the processing unit is configured to proactively initiate a first communication request with a pre-selected destination disregarding the occurrence of the first alerting event, the second alerting event, the third alerting event, and/or the fourth alerting event before causing the first image, the second image, and/or the positional information of the vehicle to be transmitted to the pre-selected destination.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a set of computer instructions when executed by a processing unit for safeguarding a vehicle causing the processing unit to:

• (a) determine the occurrence of a first alerting event and use a first sensor to trigger the first image capturing device to capture the first image when the first alerting event occurs and cause the first image and positional information of the vehicle to be transmitted to a pre-selected destination;
• (b) determine the occurrence of a second alerting event using a second sensor or a third alerting event using a third sensor, when the second alerting event occurs capture the first image and transmit the first image to the pre-selected destination, and when the third alerting event occurs capture the second image and transmit the second image and the positional information of the vehicle to the pre-selected destination;
• (c) determine the occurrence of a fourth alerting event using a fourth sensor and based on whether the vehicle stops travelling for more than a first predetermined period of time, and capture the second image and transmit the second image and the positional information to the pre-selected destination when the fourth alerting event occurs;
• (d) alternatively proactively initiate a first communication request with the pre-selected destination disregarding the occurrence of the first alerting event, the second alerting event, the third alerting event, and/or the fourth alerting event, before causing the first image, the second image, and/or the positional information of the vehicle to be transmitted to the pre-selected destination;
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• (e) alternatively receive a communication request asking for the first image, the second image, and the positional information disregarding the occurrence of the first alerting event, the second alerting event, the third alerting event, or the fourth alerting event, before causing the first image, the second image, and/or the positional information of the vehicle to be transmitted to the pre-selected destination.