Digital display system with a front-facing camera and rear digital display
AssigneeBcat, LLC
InventorCurtis M. Brubaker
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Abstract
There is provided a digital display system for use with a first vehicle. The first vehicle includes a vehicle body, a vehicle front end and a vehicle rear end. The system includes a front-facing camera affixed with the vehicle body configured to capture digital images from in front of the vehicle front end. The system further includes a wireless receiver affixed with the vehicle body configured to receive an activation request signal from a wireless transmitter of a second vehicle. The system further includes a digital display affixed with the vehicle body disposed at the vehicle rear end. The digital display is configured to display captured digital images from the front-facing camera in response to receipt of an activation request signal by the wireless receiver.
Claims20
A digital display system for use with a first vehicle, the first vehicle including a vehicle body, a vehicle front end and a vehicle rear end, the system comprising:
- a front-facing camera coupled to the first vehicle, the front-facing camera configured to capture a video stream of digital images from in front of the first vehicle;
- a detection component configured to identify an activation signal;
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- a digital display disposed at the rear end of the first vehicle such that the digital display can be viewed by a driver of a second vehicle that is behind the first vehicle, the digital display configured to display the captured video stream from the front-facing camera in response to identification of the activation signal by the detection component, wherein display of the captured video stream provides a substantially real-time view of objects in front of the first vehicle to the driver of the second vehicle.
A method of capturing and presenting a video stream of digital images, the method comprising:
- capturing, via a front-facing camera, a video stream of digital images from in front of a first vehicle;
- storing the captured video stream;
- detecting an activation signal;
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- in response to identification of the activation signal, presenting the captured video stream on a digital display disposed at the rear end of the first vehicle such that the digital display can be viewed by a driver of a second vehicle that is behind the first vehicle, wherein the display of the captured video stream provides a substantially real-time view of objects in front of the first vehicle to the driver of the second vehicle.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, configure the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:
- capturing, via a front-facing camera, a video stream of digital images from in front of a first vehicle;
- storing the captured video stream;
- detecting an activation signal;
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- in response to identification of the activation signal, presenting the captured video stream on a digital display disposed at the rear end of the first vehicle such that the digital display can be viewed by a driver of a second vehicle that is behind the first vehicle, wherein the display of the captured video stream provides a substantially real-time view of objects in front of the first vehicle to the driver of the second vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.