System and method for controlling a driver facing camera

A method for controlling a recorder in an associated vehicle, the method comprising:

• receiving a parking brake status signal, via an input port operatively coupled with a processor, representative of a status of a parking brake on the associated vehicle;
• storing parking brake status data, representative of the status of the parking brake, in a non-transient memory device operatively coupled with the processor;
• identifying the status of the parking brake, based on the parking brake status data, as one of engaged and disengaged;
• determining a status of auxiliary power of the associated vehicle;
• when the status of the auxiliary power is determined to be off, determining to not record the interior cab of the vehicle;
• and
• when the status of the auxiliary power is determined to be on:
• determining when the auxiliary power of the associated vehicle is in a low power mode;
• and
• when the auxiliary power of the associated vehicle is in the low power mode, transmitting, via the output port, a signal to monitor a learned region in the interior cab of the vehicle using the associated camera;
• and
• transmitting a recorder control signal, via an output port operatively coupled with the processor, activating the recorder based on the determined parking brake status and the auxiliary power.

A method for controlling a recorder in an associated vehicle, the method comprising:

• receiving a parking brake status signal, via an input port operatively coupled with a processor, representative of a status of a parking brake on the associated vehicle;
• storing parking brake status data, representative of the status of the parking brake, in a non-transient memory device operatively coupled with the processor;
• identifying the status of the parking brake, based on the parking brake status data, as one of engaged and disengaged;
• transmitting, via an output port operatively coupled with a processor, a signal to monitor a learned region in the interior cab of the vehicle using the associated camera;
• determining when a face is present in the learned region;
• and
• when a face is present in the learned region and based on the determined parking brake status, transmitting, via the output port, a recorder control signal activating the recorder to record the learned region using the associated camera.

A control device for a recorder in an associated vehicle, the control device comprising:

• a processing means;
• an input port operatively coupled with the processing means, the input port receiving a parking brake status signal based on a status of a parking brake on the associated vehicle;
• a memory means operatively coupled with the processing means, the memory means storing parking brake status data representative of the parking brake status and monitoring a learned region in the interior cab of the associated vehicle;
• control logic stored in the memory means, the control logic being executable by the processing means to determine:
• the status of the parking brake, as one of engaged and disengaged, based on the parking brake status data;
• and
• a status of auxiliary power of the associated vehicle;
• when the status of the auxiliary power is determined to be off, the control logic determines to not record the interior cab of the vehicle;
• when the status of the auxiliary power is determined to be on, the control logic determines when the auxiliary power of the associated vehicle is in a low power mode, and when the auxiliary power of the associated vehicle is in the low power mode, the control logic determines to transmit, via the output port, a signal to monitor a learned region in the interior cab of the vehicle using the associated camera;
• and
• an output port operatively coupled with the processing means, the output port transmitting a recorder control signal activating the recorder based on the determined parking brake status and the determined auxiliary power status.