Incident recording secure database

A system for producing an integrated database of data generated from a remote vehicle incident recording system comprising:

• a) at least one video camera for generating video signals of the incident proximate the vehicle;
• b) a recording device for capturing said video signals as data;
• c) an interface permitting input of an authorization code for accessing said data captured by said recording device, the captured data being inaccessible without the authorization code thereby securely maintaining the captured data as evidence of the incident;
• d) an information datalink for accessing data captured by said recording device;
• e) a transfer device coupled at least indirectly to said information datalink, the transfer device adapted to securely receive data from said remote vehicle incident recording system;
• f) means for generating an integrated indexed database of data from said remote vehicle incident recording system wherein said means is coupled at least indirectly to said transfer device;
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• g) a secure, tamper proof storage facility in secure communication with said means for permanently storing said integrated, indexed database.

A method for capturing an incident proximate a vehicle, the method comprising:

• a) activating at least one video camera for generating video signals of the incident proximate to the vehicle;
• b) generating a video signal of the incident proximate to the vehicle;
• c) storing said video signal of the incident proximate to the vehicle on a large capacity recording device as data;
• d) providing an authorization code following storing of said data, the authorization code permitting access to the video signal stored on said large capacity recording device;
• accessing the data stored on said large capacity recording device, the stored video signal being inaccessible without the use of the authorization code thereby securely maintaining the captured video signals as evidence of the incident;
• e) transferring said data to a transfer device for securely receiving said data;
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• f) generating an integrated, indexed database of said data.

A device for permanent, secure tamper proof storage of vehicle information from a vehicle incident recording system, the device comprising:

• a) at least one interface for accessing data from a remote vehicle incident recording system;
• b) an information datalink coupled to the at least one interface for receiving data from the remote vehicle incident recording system;
• c) a transfer device coupled at least indirectly to the information datalink, the transfer device adapted to securely receive data from the remote vehicle incident recording system and index said data for storage;
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• d) a secure, tamer proof storage facility, separate from said transfer device, but in secure communication with said transfer device, for permanently storing an indexed database of integrated data transferred from said remote vehicle to said transfer device.

A method for permanently storing data from a recording system located on a vehicle in an indexed data base, comprising:

• a) activating a device having an interface for accessing data from a remote vehicle recording system;
• b) receiving data from the remote vehicle recording system;
• c) transmitting data from the remote vehicle recording system to a secure location separate from the device using a transceiver coupled to the device;
• d) indexing said data to form a database, and
• e) storing said database at said secure location to a permanent, secure, tamperproof device to form a permanent, non-tamperable indexed database.