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US 12,610,026 B2Granted
Vehicle occupant security systems and methods
OwnerTerrance J. Williamsinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems for enhancing physical security of a vehicle occupant comprising a holographic projector component; a data repository component; a sensor component; a digital camera component; and a display screen component communicatively connected with the digital camera component. Also disclosed herein are associated methods for enhancing physical security of a vehicle occupant.
Claims19
A method for enhancing physical security of a vehicle occupant and a person approaching the vehicle comprising:
- providing a holographic or digital projector component positioned within the vehicle;
- providing a remote data repository component communicatively and operatively connected with the holographic or digital projector component;
- providing a sensor component;
- providing a digital camera component;
- and
- providing a display screen component communicatively connected with the digital camera component;
- wherein upon initiation of a command signal by the vehicle occupant, data is transmitted from the data repository component to the holographic or digital projector component;
- wherein, upon receipt of the data, the holographic or digital projector component projects the data into the external environment in a manner such that the data is perceptible to the person approaching the vehicle;
- providing a data analyzing component communicatively and operatively connected with the sensor component;
- and
- providing a control component communicatively and operatively connected with the data analyzing component and with the digital camera component;
- wherein, upon the data analyzing component determining that distance between the person approaching the vehicle and the vehicle has decreased below a threshold level, the data analyzing component transmits a command signal to the control component, whereupon the control component transmits a command signal to the digital camera component to begin recording, and wherein the content so recorded is transmitted to the display screen component and is also stored in the remote data repository component.
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A method for enhancing physical security of a vehicle occupant and a person approaching the vehicle comprising:
- providing a holographic or digital projector component positioned within the vehicle;
- providing a remote data repository component communicatively and operatively connected with the holographic or digital projector component;
- providing a sensor component;
- providing a data analyzing component communicatively and operatively connected with the sensor component;
- providing a control component communicatively and operatively connected with the data analyzing component;
- providing a digital camera component communicatively and operatively connected with the control component;
- and
- providing a display screen component communicatively and operatively connected with the digital camera component;
- wherein, upon the data analyzing component determining based on data received from the sensor component that distance between the person approaching the vehicle and the vehicle has decreased below a threshold level, such data is transmitted to the control component and a command signal is transmitted from the control component to the digital camera component for the digital camera component to begin recording, wherein the content so recorded is transmitted to a display screen component and is also stored in the remote data repository;
- providing an aperture in the vehicle extending from the interior to the exterior of the vehicle;
- wherein the aperture is sized and configured so as to allow the vehicle occupant to transmit documents to the person approaching the vehicle through the aperture without coming into direct physical contact or close proximity with the person approaching the vehicle;
- wherein upon entry of a command signal by the vehicle occupant, data is transmitted from the data repository component to the holographic or digital projector component;
- and
- wherein, the holographic or digital projector component, upon receipt of the data, projects the data onto a surface of the vehicle perceptible to the person approaching the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.