Automated mobile device onboard camera recording
AssigneeGreenovations Inc.
InventorsJason Mathew Green, Christopher Arthur General Alviar, Thomas Dieter Winkler
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Abstract
Embodiments of the system herein use a mobile device of a user to act as an onboard camera and capture video of the environment surrounding the user's vehicle and/or telematics data about the user's vehicle. The system can detect when a user has begun to operate the vehicle, for example based on mobile device power information and the proximity/connection of the mobile device to a device associated with the vehicle, and automatically begin onboard camera recording or prompt the user to begin onboard camera recording. The recorded videos and/or telematics data can be locally stored on the mobile device, or in some embodiments transferred to an outside server for storage.
Claims20
A method for capturing video through a device, the method comprising:
- detecting, at a mobile device, a vehicle device over a short range network, the vehicle device associated with a specific vehicle;
- establishing a connection between the mobile device and the vehicle device;
- determining that the mobile device is connected to an external power source;
- recording video through a camera of the mobile device based on the connection to the vehicle device and the determination that the mobile device is connected to an external power source;
- and
- storing the recorded video to internal storage of the mobile device.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the steps of:
- detecting, at a mobile device, a vehicle device over a short range network, the vehicle device associated with a specific vehicle;
- establishing a connection between the mobile device and the vehicle device;
- determining that the mobile device is connected to an external power source;
- recording video through a camera of the mobile device based on the connection to the vehicle device and the determination that the mobile device is connected to an external power source;
- and
- storing the recorded video to internal storage of the mobile device.
A system for capturing video through a device, the system comprising:
- a vehicle;
- a vehicle device associated with the vehicle;
- and
- a mobile device configured to:
- detect the vehicle device over a short range network;
- establish a connection between the mobile device and the vehicle device;
- determine that the mobile device is connected to an external power source;
- record video through a camera of the mobile device based on the connection to the vehicle device and the determination that the mobile device is connected to an external power source;
- and
- store the recorded video to internal storage of the mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.