Wearable camera system for crime deterrence
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of Michigan
InventorsSridhar KOTA, Kiran Mohan KOTA, Alexander R. W. MCMILLAN, Paul W. KEBERLY, Lakshmi Venkatesh KAKUMANI, Bargav NARAPAREDDY
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Abstract
A visible wearable device to be worn by a user having one or more housings configured to be worn by the user, one or more cameras disposed in the housing and configured to record one or more visual scenes and output one or more visual data files, one or more power sources for powering the one or more cameras, and one or more transmitters transmitting the one or more visual data files to a location remote from the user. The stored data to be released only in response to an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
Claims18
A visible wearable device to be worn by a user, the system comprising:
- a housing configured to be worn by the user;
- a first camera disposed in the housing, the first camera being configured to record a visual scene and output a visual data file;
- a power source for powering the first camera;
- and
- a transmitter system transmitting the visual data file to a location remote from the user.
A visible wearable device to be worn by a user, the system comprising:
- one or more housings configured to be worn by the user;
- one or more cameras disposed in the housing, the one or more cameras being configured to record one or more visual scenes and output one or more visual data files;
- one or more power sources for powering the one or more cameras;
- one or more transmitters transmitting the one or more visual data files to a location remote from the user.
A method of storing and retrieving data, the method comprising:
- providing a media system relative to a user;
- collecting at least one of video data, audio data, and photographic data from the media system;
- monitoring location information of the user;
- continuously wirelessly transmitting at least one of the video data, audio data, and photographic data to a remote computer, the remote computer being separate from the user;
- wirelessly transmitting the location information to the remote computer;
- and
- disclosing at least one of the video data, audio data, photographic data, and location information only in response to an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.