Patent Application
20240140313
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The disclosure relates to video cameras and more particularly pertains to a new video camera for recording an interior and exterior of a vehicle.
The prior art relates to video cameras and includes a variety of video cameras being mounted to a vehicle and recording an exterior of the vehicle. Known prior art does not allow a video camera to record the exterior and an interior of the vehicle simultaneously and be in wireless communication with an electronic device.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a vehicle having a dashboard and a housing including a top wall, a bottom wall, and a perimeter wall. A plurality of cameras is mounted on the top wall and records a 360° range of view of an exterior and an interior of the vehicle. A mounting member is attached to the bottom wall and removably secures the housing to the dashboard. A control circuit is electrically coupled to the cameras and is positioned within the housing. A motion sensor is electrically coupled to the control circuit and actuates the cameras when the motion sensor detects movement. A transmitter is electrically coupled to the control circuit and is configured for wirelessly communicating with an electronic device.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A mounting member 38 is attached to the bottom wall 20 and removably secures the housing 16 to the dashboard 14. The mounting member 38 may comprise a magnetic disc 40. The mounting member 38 will typically be extendable and retractable to adjust a height of the housing 16 relative to the dashboard 14. A dome 42 is mounted on the top wall 18 and encloses the cameras 28 in an interior space 44 to protect each camera 28 from external damage. The dome 42 normally comprises a transparent material and has a semi-spherical shape.
A control circuit 46 is electrically coupled to the cameras 28 and is positioned within the housing 16. A motion sensor 48 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 46 and actuates the cameras 28 when the motion sensor 48 detects movement. The motion sensor 48 is attached to the top wall 18 and is positioned within the interior space 44 contained between the top wall 18 and the dome 42. A transmitter 50 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 46 and is configured for wirelessly communicating with an electronic device 52 such as a mobile phone. The transmitter 50 is positioned within the housing 16.
A power supply 54 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 46 and is positioned within the housing 16. The power supply 54 typically comprises a rechargeable battery. A charging port 56 is positioned on the upper perimeter wall 24 and is electrically coupled to the rechargeable battery. A plurality of solar panels 58 is electrically coupled to the power supply 54 and the solar panels 58 are mounted on the top wall 18 and are positioned adjacent to the perimeter wall 22.
In use, the mounting member 38 is removably secured to the dashboard 14 of the vehicle 12. The plurality of cameras 28 records a 360° range of view of the exterior 30 and the interior 32 of the vehicle 12. The plurality of cameras 28 is actuated to record when the motion sensor 48 detects movement, typically detecting movement proximate to the vehicle 12. The transmitter 50 wirelessly communicates with the electronic device 52 such that a user 60 of the electronic device 52 can view the recoding from each of the cameras 28.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
