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US 6,947,071 B2Granted
Vehicle compartment monitor
OwnerKirstin Eichmanninventor
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Abstract
The present invention includes devices, systems, and methods for providing a vehicle compartment monitoring system. The embodiments of the invention generally include a display, a camera, and a mechanism for relaying data signals from the camera to the display.
Claims30
A vehicle compartment monitoring system, comprising:
- a portable display which can be removably positioned within a compartment of a vehicle, where the display can be attached to and removed from a surface of the compartment without altering the surface;
- a portable camera removably positioned within the compartment of the vehicle and operable to transmit data signals, where the camera can be attached to and removed from a surface of the compartment without altering the surface;
- and
- means for relaying data signals from the camera to the display.
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A vehicle compartment monitoring system, comprising:
- a portable display releasably positionable on a number of different surfaces within a compartment of a vehicle, wherein the display can be interchanged between different vehicles without altering an original configuration of a given vehicle;
- a first portable camera releasably position able on a number of different surfaces within the compartment of a vehicle and provided to transmit data signals, where the first camera can be interchanged between different vehicles without altering the original configuration of the given vehicle;
- a second portable camera releasably positionable on a number of different surfaces within the compartment of a vehicle and provided to transmit data signals, where the second camera can be interchanged between different vehicles without altering the original configuration of the given vehicle;
- a first transceiver connected to the first portable camera operable to transmit and receive data signals with the display;
- a second transceiver connected to the second portable camera operable to transmit and receive data signals with the display;
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- a third transceiver connected to the display operable to transmit and receive data signals with the first and second camera.
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A multiple object monitoring system for use in a vehicle, comprising:
- a first camera;
- a second camera;
- a first display;
- and
- wherein each camera is operable to transmit data signals to the first display and the first display is operable to receive the data signals the first display includes one or more controls for selection of which data signal to provide on the first display.
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A method of forming a vehicle monitoring system, comprising;
- removably positioning a first a portable camera and a first portable display within a forward passenger compartment of a vehicle, where the first portable camera and the first portable display can be removed from a surface of the vehicle without altering the surface;
- removably positioning a second a portable camera and a second portable display within a rear passenger compartment of a vehicle, where the second portable camera and the second portable display can be removed from a surface of the vehicle without altering the surface;
- operatively coupling the first portable camera in the forward passenger compartment to the second portable display in the rear passenger compartment so that an occupant in the rear passenger compartment can view an image from the first portable camera on the second portable display;
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- operatively coupling the second portable camera in the rear passenger compartment to the first portable display in the forward passenger compartment so that an occupant in the forward passenger compartment can view an image from the second portable camera on the first portable display.
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A method of monitoring a vehicle compartment comprising;
- locating a first camera and a first display within a vehicles, where the first camera and the first display can be removed from a surface of the vehicle without altering the surface to store and to prevent theft of the first camera and the first display, and to transfer the first camera and the first display far use in a separate vehicle;
- locating a second camera and a second display within the vehicle, where the second camera and second display can be removed from a surface of the vehicle without altering the surface to store and to prevent theft of the second camera and the second display, and to transfer the second camera and the second display for use in a separate vehicle;
- communicating data signals from the first camera to the first and the second display;
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- communicating data signals from the second camera to the first and the second display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.