Security system
AssigneePortable Multimedia Ltd
InventorsCeri Hill, Graham Lambert, Sam Lewis
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Abstract
A security system for use in a vehicle includes a first device configured for mounting in a first location of a vehicle, and a second device configured for mounting in a second location of a vehicle different from the first location. The first device includes a first image capture sensor facing a first direction and a first object detection module operative to detect the presence of an object exterior to a vehicle in which the first device may be mounted. The second device includes a second image capture sensor facing a second direction and the second direction different from the first direction.
Claims19
A security system for use in a vehicle, comprising:
- a first device configured for mounting in a first location of a vehicle;
- a second device configured for mounting in a second location of a vehicle different from the first location;
- wherein, the first device comprises:
- a first image capture module facing a first direction;
- a first object detection module operative to detect the presence of an object exterior to a vehicle in which the first device may be mounted;
- the second device comprises:
- a second image capture module facing a second direction, the second direction different from the first direction;
- a second object detection module operative to detect the presence of an object exterior to a vehicle in which the first and second device may be mounted;
- wherein, the first device and the second device are configured to couple to each other to communicate data captured on the second device to the first device;
- and
- the first object detection module and the second detection module in combination disposed to provide object detection within a perimeter security region of a vehicle in which the first and second device may be mounted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.