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US 10,946,832 B2Granted
Method and control unit for monitoring an interior of a motor vehicle, in particular during a delivery
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorMatthias Eberlein
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Abstract
A method for monitoring an interior of a motor vehicle using at least one camera directed into the interior during a temporary access to the interior or to a trunk of the motor vehicle, the camera being switched on by a control unit during the entire access or in the event of deviations from specified rules for the access and transmitting the recorded data to a storage device.
Claims6
An apparatus for monitoring an interior of a motor vehicle having a trunk, which has a locking device, comprising:
- a control unit, for controlling, including switching on, at least one camera in the motor vehicle, and which is coupled to a storage device to record image data during a temporary access;
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- a device in the motor vehicle for providing temporary access for a specified time to an interior and/or the trunk;
- wherein the control unit is coupled to the device, so that information as to when the temporary access for the specified time occurs is providable from the device to the control unit,
- wherein image data is recorded, in a storage device coupled to the control unit, with the at least one camera during the temporary access of the interior or the trunk of the motor vehicle, and wherein the recorded image data is provided from the camera to the storage device coupled to the control unit, and
- wherein the control unit is connected to a warning device in the motor vehicle, wherein, when the temporary access has not been authorized, prior to switching on the camera and/or during the operation of the camera, the warning device announces and/or indicates an activation of the camera by a warning signal by an acoustic transducer and/or optical transducer.
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A method for monitoring an interior of a motor vehicle having a trunk, which has a locking device, the method comprising:
- switching on at least one camera, which is directed into an interior of the motor vehicle, by a control unit during a temporary access for a specified time or for deviations from prescribed rules for the temporary access for the specified time;
- recording image data, in a storage device coupled to the control unit, with the at least one camera during the temporary access of an interior or the trunk of the motor vehicle;
- providing the temporary access for a specified time to the interior and/or the trunk;
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- providing recorded image data from the camera to the storage device coupled to the control unit;
- wherein, when the temporary access has not been authorized, prior to switching on the camera and/or during the operation of the camera, a warning signal is generated by a warning device, the warning signal being an optical and/or acoustic warning signal, and
- wherein the control unit is connected to the warning device in the motor vehicle, and wherein the warning device announces and/or indicates an activation of the camera by the warning signal by the acoustic transducer and/or the optical transducer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.