Systems and methods for distributed control

A method of distributed control performed by a peripheral device and a controllable camera device, the method comprising:

• detecting, by the peripheral device, a first change in status based on first data generated by one or more sensors of the peripheral device;
• automatically generating, by the peripheral device, a first notification in response to detecting the first change in status, wherein the first notification includes first status information regarding the detected first change in status;
• transmitting, by the peripheral device, the first notification via a first short-range wireless interface of the peripheral device;
• receiving, by the controllable camera device, the first notification from the peripheral device via a second short-range wireless interface of the controllable camera device;
• detecting, by the peripheral device, a second change in status based on second data generated by the one or more sensors of the peripheral device;
• automatically generating, by the peripheral device, a second notification in response to detecting the second change in status, wherein the second notification includes second status information regarding the detected second change in status;
• transmitting, by the peripheral device, the second notification via the first short-range wireless interface of the peripheral device;
• determining, by a processor of the controllable camera device, that a configuration setting of the first controllable camera device should be changed in response to the first status information or the second status information;
• and
• changing, by the controllable camera device, the configuration setting of the controllable camera device in response to the determining by the processor that the configuration setting of the controllable camera device should be changed in response to the first status information or the second status information, wherein:
• the peripheral device is one of a weapon peripheral device, a weapon holster peripheral device, and a vehicle monitor peripheral device;
• the changing of the configuration setting comprises at least one of saving video data collected by a video sensor of the controllable camera device in a data store of the controllable camera device, starting transmission of a live video stream from the controllable camera device via a first long-range wireless interface of the controllable camera device, or transmitting first data based on the first status information or the second status information from the first long-range wireless interface of the controllable camera device to a remote device:
• the second change in status is detected while the peripheral device is transmitting the first notification, wherein the second change in status supersedes the first change in status;
• and
• the transmitting of the first notification is stopped prior to the transmitting of the second notification.