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US 11,854,578 B2Granted
Shift hub dock for incident recording systems and methods
AssigneeAxon Enterprise, Inc.
InventorsPatrick W. Smith, Nache D. Shekarri, Jasjit S. Dhillon, Milan Cerovic, Roger Clay Winn, Jr.
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Abstract
An incident recorder records original and supplemental incident information using a simplified user interface. A lead incident recorder may request any of several support tasks be accepted by other subsystems configured to Follow. Tactical support tasks may be requested. Communication support tasks may be requested. Collection support tasks may be requested. Collection support tasks may include directives for operation of an incident recorder.
Claims19
A system comprising:
- a first primary subsystem configured to be worn by a first officer at an incident, the first primary subsystem comprising a first video camera configured to be oriented by the first officer for recording the incident in a first field of view of the first officer, a first audio detector, a first pre-event buffer, a first rechargeable battery, a first user interface including a first user operated control, a first wired interface, a first processor, and a first memory storing first instructions that, when executed by the first processor, cause the first processor to perform first operations comprising:
- prior to receiving a first signal from the first user operated control, capturing first video information from the first video camera into the first pre-event buffer for a first period of time before overwriting first information previously recorded in the first pre-event buffer;
- and
- upon receiving the first signal:
- capturing second video information about the incident from the first video camera;
- capturing first audio information about the incident from the first audio detector;
- and
- storing the second video information and the first audio information in the first memory;
- a second primary subsystem configured to be worn by a second officer at the incident, the second primary subsystem comprising a second video camera configured to be oriented by the second officer for recording the incident in a second field of view of the second officer, a second audio detector, a second pre-event buffer, a second rechargeable battery, a second user interface including a second user operated control, a second wired interface, a second processor, and a second memory storing second instructions that, when executed by the second processor, cause the second processor to perform second operations comprising:
- prior to receiving a second signal from the second user operated control, capturing third video information from the second video camera into the second pre-event buffer for a second period of time before overwriting second information previously recorded in the second pre-event buffer;
- and
- upon receiving the second signal:
- capturing fourth video information about the incident from the second video camera;
- capturing second audio information about the incident from the second audio detector;
- and
- storing the fourth video information and the second audio information in the second memory;
- and
- a shift hub comprising docks, wherein the shift hub is configured to:
- provide wired connection to the first primary subsystem and the second primary subsystem via the docks;
- provide data transfer of:
- the second video information and the first audio information from the first primary subsystem via the first wired interface;
- and
- the fourth video information and the second audio information from the second primary subsystem via the second wired interface;
- and
- recharge the first rechargeable battery and the second rechargeable battery.
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A method comprising:
- prior to receiving a first signal from a first user operated control of a first user interface of a first primary subsystem configured to be worn by a first officer at an incident, capturing, by the first primary subsystem, first video information from a first video camera of the first primary subsystem into a first pre-event buffer of the first primary subsystem for a first period of time before overwriting first information previously recorded in the first pre-event buffer;
- upon receiving the first signal:
- capturing, by the first primary subsystem, second video information about the incident from the first video camera;
- capturing, by the first primary subsystem, first audio information about the incident from a first audio detector of the first primary subsystem;
- and
- storing, by the first primary subsystem, the second video information and the first audio information in a first memory of the first primary subsystem;
- prior to receiving a second signal from a second user operated control of a second user interface of a second primary subsystem configured to be worn by a second officer at the incident, capturing, by the second primary subsystem, third video information from a second video camera of the second primary subsystem into a second pre-event buffer of the second primary subsystem for a second period of time before overwriting second information previously recorded in the second pre-event buffer;
- upon receiving the second signal:
- capturing, by the second primary subsystem, fourth video information about the incident from the second video camera;
- capturing, by the second primary subsystem, second audio information about the incident from a second audio detector of the second primary subsystem;
- and
- storing, by the second primary subsystem, the fourth video information and the second audio information in a second memory of the second primary subsystem;
- providing, by a shift hub, a first wired communication link to the first primary subsystem via docks of the shift hub;
- providing, by the shift hub, a second wired communication link to the second primary subsystem via the docks;
- transferring, by the shift hub, the second video information and the first audio information from the first primary subsystem via the first wired communication link;
- transferring, by the shift hub, the fourth video information and the second audio information from the second primary subsystem via the second wired communication link;
- recharging, by the shift hub, a first rechargeable battery of the first primary subsystem via the docks;
- recharging, by the shift hub, a second rechargeable battery of the second primary subsystem via the docks;
- and
- transferring, by the shift hub, the second video information, the first audio information, the fourth video information, and the second audio information via a network to a station hub as coordinated by an evidence manager of the station hub and a third processor of the shift hub, wherein the station hub is configured to provide secure operation of the evidence manager.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.