AU2015101269A4 - System to Capture and Provide Road Incident Information - Google Patents
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Abstract A system to capture and provide road incident information, comprising: mobile phone; one or more cameras, wherein a camera may be incorporated in the mobile phone; localized wired or wireless data transmission system may be employed to transmit the data of any external cameras to said mobile phone, wherein said localized wireless data transmission system is selected from the group consisting of Bluetooth, wireless networks and the Internet; server system; communications network where said server system is in communication with said mobile phone over said communications network, wherein said communications network includes one or more local area networks, wide area networks, wireless networks, telephone networks and the Internet; mobile phone road incident application that resides on said mobile phone, wherein the said mobile phone road incident application is configured to obtain road incident information from a user. rn' '0 ,c m I it 'IL
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AUSTRALIA Patents Act 1990 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION INNOVATION PATENT System to Capture and Provide Road Incident Information The following statement is a full description of this invention, Including the best method of performing it known to me: 1/4 System to capture and provide road incident information Currently there are limited alternatives that help to easily capture and provide specific road incident information. The present invention generally relates to a system to capture and provide road incident information. The present invention is a system to capture road incident information and provide such information, the system comprising of mobile phone; one or more cameras, wherein a camera may be incorporated in the mobile phone; localized wired or wireless data transmission system that may be employed to transmit data of any external cameras to said mobile phone; server system that may be used to store and configure road incident data; communications network where said server system is in communication with said mobile phone over said communications network; mobile phone road incident application that resides on said mobile phone, wherein the said mobile phone road incident application is configured to obtain road incident information from a user. There is no maximum number of mobile phones that may be connected to the present system. The server system may further comprise databases provided to law enforcement agencies, configured to associate and store road incident information, wherein a database is provided to a law enforcement agency comprising information of road incidents that occur within the regulatory boundary of the law enforcement agency. Law enforcement agencies may comprise of Police departments or any other government department. The server system may further comprise databases provided to insurance companies, configured to associate and store road incident information, wherein a database is provided to an insurance company comprising information of road incidents involving a member of the insurance company. The server system may yet further comprise databases shared to social media, wherein a database comprises information of road incidents selected by a user of the mobile phone application. Examples of social media may include but are not limited to websites, applications and emails that allow people to create, share or exchange information such as Facebook, Youtube and Twitter. The said databases comprising of road incident information that may include but not be limited to video, pictures, time, date, location data, speed data, number plates, application user registration information, descriptive user comments and descriptive tags related to a road incident. In a preferred embodiment the camera is incorporated in the mobile phone with one or more additional external cameras connected via a localized wired or wireless data transmission system where one or more said cameras are transmitting data to said mobile phone over said localized wired or wireless data transmission system. The localized wireless data transmission system is selected from the group consisting of Bluetooth, wireless networks and the Internet. The server system of the present invention may be connected to multiple mobile phones through a communications network where said server system is in communication with said mobile phones over said communications network. The communications network is selected from the group consisting of one or more local area networks, wide area networks, wireless networks, telephone networks and the Internet. The server system also stores the data transmitted, which may undergo processing into specific databases, and such databases or data components of such databases may be transmitted to other servers, or in another embodiment server access may be granted to specific organizations to enable access to such databases or data components of such databases.
2/4 The present invention is to provide road users with a system to capture and provide road incident information. The said system to capture and provide road incident information may be employed within a vehicle owned or operated by a company, an individual, government body or other organization. The said system to capture and provide road incident information may be employed within a vehicle selected from the group consisting of car, van, truck, bus, motor bike and bicycle. According to the present invention, a 'mobile phone' includes any unwired communications device. Such devices access communication networks and may be separate devices or incorporated within a vehicle. Mobile phones are currently used in road vehicles for communication and navigational purposes, wherein a mobile phone or like device is using an application with GPS, telephone network or internet to provide location data and directional guidance. In another embodiment of the present invention, the system to capture and provide a road incident may operate as a single system or as a subsystem of a driver assistance application, which may include communications, navigation, road obstacle notification, speed notification and number plate recognition systems or applications. In general, voice commands may be used to activate certain commands of the mobile phone road incident application. When the mobile phone road incident application is used in conjunction with a driver assistance system or application, voice commands may operate certain functions or navigate between applications. According to the present invention, a 'Road Incident' includes any incident occurring on or nearby a roadway including accidents, breaking of road rules, breaking of the law or an incident of interest. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention will be described by way of exemplary embodiments in which: FIG. 1 illustrates an overview of a system to capture and provide road incident information, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 illustrates an overview of a screen of the application to capture and provide road incident information, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENTS Various aspects of the illustrative embodiments will be described using terms commonly employed by those skilled in the art to convey the substance of their work to others skilled in the art. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced with only some of the described aspects. For purposes of explanation, specific numbers, materials and configurations are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the illustrative embodiments. However, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without the specific details. In other instances, well-known features are omitted or simplified in order not to obscure the illustrative embodiments.
3/4 Various operations will be described as multiple discrete operations, in turn, in a manner that is most helpful in understanding the present invention. However, the order of description should not be construed as to imply that these operations are necessarily order dependent. In particular, these operations need not be performed in the order of presentation. The phrase "in one embodiment" is utilized repeatedly. The phrase generally does not refer to the same embodiment, however, it may. The terms "comprising", "having" and "including" are synonymous, unless the context dictates otherwise. FIG. 1 illustrates an overview of system 100 to capture and provide road incident information, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. The system 100 includes external camera 1, local area network 2, mobile phone 3 with internal camera and road incident application, communications network 4, server system 5 with databases 5A, 5B, 5C and database access points 6A, 6B, 6C. The mobile phone 3 serves as a client system containing the road incident application. The mobile phone 3 is connected to an external camera 1 through local area Bluetooth network 2. In this example, the mobile phone 3 is using its internal camera to record video from inside a car in an outward forward direction and external camera 1 to record video from inside a car in an outward rear direction, however the present invention is not limited to this combination and mobile phone 3 may use only its internal camera, or may be connected to only external cameras via wired or wireless local area network, wherein live video may be streamed or video may be downloaded. Once a road incident has been recorded on mobile phone 3 the user may add comments and select where to send the road incident information using the road incident application. The video and other road incident information may be transmitted to a central server 5 through communications network 4. In this example the communications network 4 is WIFI internet. Information transmitted from mobile phone 3 to server 5 comprises video, time, date, location data, user name, user email address, user comments and a tag describing the type of road incident. The communications network 4 is capable of handling the connection of one or more mobile phones 3. In this example, road incident information on server 5 is categorized into a road infringement database 5A, road accident database 5B, and social media database 5C. Access to road infringement database SA is provided by database access 6A to a regional police department. Access to road accident database 5B is provided by database access 6B to a regional insurance company. Access to road incident database SC is provided by database access 6C to social media site Youtube. In this example 6A and 6B may utilize additional communication networks used by the Police and Insurance company, and 6A and 6B may simply represent encrypted password protected access to the databases SA and 5B of server S. Road incident access 6C represents an uploading of video from database SC of server 5 to external social media Youtube server. In this example, a single regional police department and single insurance company is served, in order to simplify the example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and numerous law enforcement departments and insurance companies may be served by the present system with multiple databases.
4/4 FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a review screen 3c of the road incident application residing on mobile phone 3b, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. The screen 3c of mobile phone 3b is separated into sections A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Section A represents a thumbnail of a single frame of video recorded by the road incident application, which when selected may open up into a video player. Section B represents the time, date and location data relating to the road incident video. Section C represents an editable text box that enables the user to describe the road incident, including a descriptive comment and selecting a tag that describes the type of road incident. However, the present invention is not limited to this and voice data may be recorded to describe the road incident. Tags may describe whether the incident is a road infringement, road accident, parking infringement or other infringement of the law. Second level tags may also be employed to further describe the incident. Section D represents a button to transmit the road incident information to a police accessible database. Section E represents a button to transmit the road incident information to a database accessible by an insurance company. Section F represents a button to transmit the road incident information to a social media website or app, including Youtube, Facebook or other such social media portal. Section G represents a button to delete the video and all information relating to the road incident. The screen may also display the sending status, displaying information to the user indicating the road incident information is sending or has been sent. In this example, the screen 3c of mobile phone 3b comprises all the sections A to G. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and certain sections may be visible, while other sections may be swiped into view, pop up into view or may be removed. In this example, the screen 3c of mobile phone 3b comprises of the sections A to G horizontally displaying a single captured road incident. However, the present invention is not limited to this and the screen 3c may comprise of alternate styles or several horizontally displayed captured road incidents. While the present invention has been related in terms of the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that the invention is not limited to the embodiments described. The present invention can be practiced with modification and alteration within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Thus, the description is to be regarded as illustrative instead of restrictive on the present invention.
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1. A system to capture and provide road incident information, comprising: mobile phone; one or more cameras, wherein a camera may be incorporated in the mobile phone; localized wired or wireless data transmission system may be employed to transmit data of any external cameras to said mobile phone, wherein said localized wireless data transmission system is selected from the group consisting of Bluetooth, wireless networks and the Internet; server system; communications network where said server system is in communication with said mobile phone over said communications network, wherein said communications network includes one or more local area networks, wide area networks, wireless networks, telephone networks and the Internet; mobile phone road incident application that resides on said mobile phone, wherein the said mobile phone road incident application is configured to obtain road incident information from a user.
2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the system further comprises: databases provided to law enforcement agencies configured to associate and store road incident information, wherein a database is provided to a law enforcement agency comprising information of road incidents that occur within the regulatory boundary of the law enforcement agency.
3. The system according to claims 1-2, wherein the system further comprises: databases provided to insurance companies configured to associate and store road incident information, wherein a database is provided to an insurance company comprising information of road incidents involving a member of the insurance company.
4. The system according to claims 1-3, wherein the system further comprises: databases shared to social media configured to associate and store road incident information, wherein a database is provided to social media comprising information of road incidents selected by users of the mobile phone application.
5. The system according to claims 1-4, wherein the databases comprise of road incident information that may include but not be limited to video, pictures, time, date, location data, speed data, number plates, application user registration information, descriptive user comments and descriptive tags related to a road incident.
6. The system according to claims 1-5, wherein the system to capture and provide road incident information operates as a single system or as a subsystem of a driver assistance system, which may include a navigational system, road obstacle notification system, speed notification system and number plate recognition system, wherein voice commands may be used to operate such subsystems. 2/3
7. A system to capture and provide road incident information, comprising: mobile phone; one or more cameras, wherein a camera may be incorporated in the mobile phone; localized wired or wireless data transmission system may be employed to transmit data of any external cameras to said mobile phone, wherein said localized wireless data transmission system is selected from the group consisting of Bluetooth, wireless networks and the Internet; server system, wherein the server system comprises: databases provided to law enforcement agencies configured to associate and store road incident information, wherein a database is provided to a law enforcement agency comprising information of road incidents that occur within the regulatory boundary of the law enforcement agency, databases provided to insurance companies configured to associate and store road incident information, wherein a database is provided to an insurance company comprising information of road incidents involving a member of the insurance company, wherein the databases comprise of road incident information that may include but not be limited to video, pictures, time, date, location data, speed data, number plates, application user registration information, descriptive user comments and descriptive tags related to a road incident; communications network where said server system is in communication with said mobile phone over said communications network, wherein said communications network includes one or more local area networks, wide area networks, wireless networks, telephone networks and the Internet; mobile phone road incident application that resides on said mobile phone, wherein the said mobile phone road incident application is configured to obtain road incident information from a user; the system to capture and provide road incident information operating as a single system or as a subsystem of a driver assistance system, which may include a navigational system, road obstacle notification system, speed notification system and number plate recognition system, wherein voice commands may be used to operate such subsystems.
8. A system to capture and provide road incident information, comprising: mobile phone; one or more cameras, wherein a camera may be incorporated in the mobile phone; localized wired or wireless data transmission system may be employed to transmit data of any external cameras to said mobile phone, wherein said localized wireless data transmission system is selected from the group consisting of Bluetooth, wireless networks and the Internet; server system, wherein the server system comprises: databases provided to law enforcement agencies configured to associate and store road incident information, wherein a database is provided to a law enforcement agency comprising information of road incidents that occur within the regulatory boundary of the law enforcement agency, 3/3 databases provided to insurance companies configured to associate and store road incident information, wherein a database is provided to an insurance company comprising information of road incidents involving a member of the insurance company, databases shared to social media configured to associate and store road incident information, wherein a database is provided to social media comprising information of road incidents selected by users of the mobile phone application, wherein the databases comprise of road incident information that may include but not be limited to video, pictures, time, date, location data, speed data, number plates, application user registration information, descriptive user comments and descriptive tags related to a road incident; communications network where said server system is in communication with said mobile phone over said communications network, wherein said communications network includes one or more local area networks, wide area networks, wireless networks, telephone networks and the Internet; mobile phone road incident application that resides on said mobile phone, wherein the said mobile phone road incident application is configured to obtain road incident information from a user; the system to capture and provide road incident information operating as a single system or as a subsystem of a driver assistance system, which may include a navigational system, road obstacle notification system, speed notification system and number plate recognition system, wherein voice commands may be used to operate such subsystems. Australian Sciences 10/09/2015
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