Selfie button for vehicle cameras with flash
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRyan O'Gorman, Ankur Sharma
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Abstract
Systems and methods for logging images using integrated cameras, lights, and sensors of a vehicle are provided. The system may include a handheld actuator, e.g., a key fob, having a button for initiating the taking of a photo or the start or stop of the recording of a video by the integrated cameras of the vehicle. Moreover, the actuator may select lighting settings such that the integrated lights of the vehicle may illuminate the vicinity of the vehicle to create a flash effect for a photo, or illuminate the vicinity of the vehicle for a video. The image data captured by the cameras may be at least temporarily stored, and transmitted to, e.g., a mobile device within a predetermined range of the vehicle.
Claims19
A system for logging images, the system comprising:
- a handheld actuator;
- a memory that stores computer-executable instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to access the memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to:
- cause one or more sensors integrated with a vehicle to detect a position of the handheld actuator relative to the vehicle;
- select one or more cameras of a plurality of cameras integrated with the vehicle based on the detected position of the handheld actuator, the selected one or more cameras having a field of view of the detected position of the handheld actuator;
- cause the selected one or more cameras to capture image data within a vicinity of the vehicle upon actuation by the handheld actuator;
- at least temporarily store the image data until a mobile device is within a predetermined range of the vehicle;
- and
- transmit the image data to the mobile device when the mobile device is within the predetermined range of the vehicle, wherein the mobile device is configured to download the image data when the mobile device is within the predetermined range of the vehicle, and wherein the image download is temporarily paused when the mobile device moves out of the predetermined range of the vehicle.
A method for logging images, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, an actuation command from a handheld actuator;
- causing, by the processor, one or more sensors integrated with a vehicle to detect a position of the handheld actuator relative to the vehicle;
- selecting, by the processor, one or more cameras of a plurality of cameras integrated with the vehicle based on the detected position of the handheld actuator, the selected one or more cameras having a field of view of the detected position of the handheld actuator;
- causing, by the processor, the selected one or more cameras to capture image data within a vicinity of the vehicle responsive to the actuation command;
- at least temporarily storing, by the processor, the image data captured via the selected one or more cameras until a mobile device is within a predetermined range of the vehicle;
- transmitting, by the processor, the stored image data to the mobile device when the mobile device is within the predetermined range of the vehicle, wherein the mobile device is configured to download the image data when the mobile device is within the predetermined range of the vehicle, and wherein the image download is temporarily paused when the mobile device moves out of the predetermined range of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.