EP0913801A2 - Bildaufnahme- und Videoaufzeichnungsvorrichtung für das Sichtfeld ausserhalb eines Kraftfahrzeuges und deren Verwendung als dokumentarischer Beweis eines Vorfalles - Google Patents

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EP0913801A2
EP0913801A2 EP98830635A EP98830635A EP0913801A2 EP 0913801 A2 EP0913801 A2 EP 0913801A2 EP 98830635 A EP98830635 A EP 98830635A EP 98830635 A EP98830635 A EP 98830635A EP 0913801 A2 EP0913801 A2 EP 0913801A2
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Vincenzo Mancini
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B13/00—Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
    • G08B13/18—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength
    • G08B13/189—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems
    • G08B13/194—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems using image scanning and comparing systems
    • G08B13/196—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems using image scanning and comparing systems using television cameras
    • G08B13/19634—Electrical details of the system, e.g. component blocks for carrying out specific functions
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C5/00—Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
    • G07C5/08—Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time
    • G07C5/0841—Registering performance data
    • G07C5/0875—Registering performance data using magnetic data carriers
    • G07C5/0891—Video recorder in combination with video camera
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B13/00—Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
    • G08B13/18—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength
    • G08B13/189—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems
    • G08B13/194—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems using image scanning and comparing systems
    • G08B13/196—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems using image scanning and comparing systems using television cameras
    • G08B13/19617—Surveillance camera constructional details
    • G08B13/1963—Arrangements allowing camera rotation to change view, e.g. pivoting camera, pan-tilt and zoom [PTZ]
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B13/00—Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
    • G08B13/18—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength
    • G08B13/189—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems
    • G08B13/194—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems using image scanning and comparing systems
    • G08B13/196—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems using image scanning and comparing systems using television cameras
    • G08B13/19639—Details of the system layout
    • G08B13/19641—Multiple cameras having overlapping views on a single scene
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B13/00—Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
    • G08B13/18—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength
    • G08B13/189—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems
    • G08B13/194—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems using image scanning and comparing systems
    • G08B13/196—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems using image scanning and comparing systems using television cameras
    • G08B13/19639—Details of the system layout
    • G08B13/19647—Systems specially adapted for intrusion detection in or around a vehicle

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  • This invention relates to an apparatus for picking up and video recordina a visual ranae outside a motor vehicle, and its use for an audiovisual reproduction, valid as a documentary proof, of an occurrence.
  • the inventive concept which this invention is based on, aims to solve a problem of making a proof of an occurrence, in particular a road accident, available to those concerned.
  • a proof In the jurisprudence, a proof always relates to a demonstration of a juridical fact.
  • the demonstration of the existence of the juridical fact acquires a practical interest as it enables that the existence of rights or obligations, powers or duties, or the principle of punitive claims recognized by law are demonstrated.
  • the documentary proofs, together with the testimonial evidences are among the historical proofs, which are those facts that represent another, past or far, occurrence.
  • an occurrence finds its reproduction through a material element (e.g. a photographic, phonographic, audiovisual reproduction thereof, etc.), while in the testimonial evidence, a fact is represented by what a person is telling.
  • a main object of this invention is therefore to enable a motor vehicle driver to pick up all that happens outside his/her motor vehicle, automatically of course, so that he/she is not distracted from the drive.
  • a further object of the invention is that the pick up and video recording of occurrences can take place so as to be accepted later as an indubitable proof, because it is recoqnized free of manipulations without any need of involving further technical ascertainments.
  • an apparatus for picking up and video recordina a visual range outside a motor vehicle that comprises:
  • the invention has certainly a deterrent power, dissuading people in the road in general and motor vehicle drivers in particular from irresponsible behaviours.
  • the road accidents and crimes in general can decrease, as the behaviour of motor vehicle drivers and people in general, which can be video recorded and brought forward as a proof against them, tends to become more responsible in virtue of the invention.
  • the costs imposed on the community as losses of human lives and material damages, as well as directly the costs of the insurance companies can decrease.
  • the insurance companies in turn should reduce premiums of policies for motor vehicles in which the pickinq up and video recording apparatus according to the invention is applied, as a premium reduction is normally made to a policy-holder who takes some precaution in order to reduce road accidents.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a motor vehicle on which the picking up and video recording apparatus according to the invention is mounted.
  • numeral 10 denotes an assembly of a support 1 and at least a camera 21 mounted on the support 1 inside a motor vehicle 20, and numeral 30 denotes at least a video recorder, also situated inside the motor vehicle 20.
  • the schematically shown support 1 can be fitted inside on the ceiling 2 of the motor vehicle 20 and can support at least a camera 21 in a stationary way.
  • the camera 21 is e.g. an high resolution monochromatic half inch micro camera which is d.c. 12 volts power supplied.
  • the camera can be focused toward the windscreen so as to cover through a wide-angle lens a pick up field ⁇ covering more than 60 % of the visual range.
  • More than one camera can be provided on the support 1.
  • the fiqure numeral 22 denotes a camera focused toward the rear window so as to have a pick up field ⁇ , that can be equal to that in travelling direction.
  • the front camera can pick up the road with the motor vehicles travelling in opposite direction, probable obstacles, the crossings, the traffic-liqhts, etc., while the rear camera can pick up the reachina vehicles and therefore film any collision.
  • Further cameras 23 and 24 focused transversally to the motor vehicle can be provided on the support 1 to film transversal crashes by their relative pick up fields ⁇ and ⁇ .
  • the rotatina arm is a camera support able to rotate automatically the camera horizontally for a round anale and expose a series of frame in the same direction.
  • One series of frames is separated from another by a fixed short period of time; thus, the series of frame can be reconstructed into shots of relative pick up field.
  • the camera(s) and the rotating arm, if any, are power supplied by the battery 3 of the motor vehicle 20 via a feeding cable 5 passing through the iqnition switch indicated in 4.
  • the camera is powered and switched on by turning the ignition key 6 and is kept operating until the stop of the engine (not shown) of the motor vehicle 20.
  • the sole camera 21 or all the cameras 21, 22, 23, and 24 is/are connected with relative interconnecting cables (only a cable, indicated in 7, is shown in the figure) to at least a video recorder 30.
  • the video recorder 30 is situated in a place particularly protected inside the motor vehicle, for example under the driver's seat 8.
  • the video recorder 30 is power supplied by the same battery 3 through a cable 9.
  • the video recorder 30 is connected to said at least a camera 21 in order to receive therefrom electric information via the interconnecting cable 7.
  • the video recorder 30 can be a video cassette recorder, provided with an "autoreverse" device, which enable the automatic switching of the travelling direction at the end of the tape.
  • a video cassette (non shown) can be connected to every camera, or each tape of the video cassette can be provided with four tape channels and as many record heads, one for each camera 21, 22, 23, 24.
  • a cryptographic system of recording of electric information from the camera adapt to make not directly intelliqible the shot recorded on said video recorder
  • this system comprisinq a decoder for making clear the same shot.
  • This optional system is not further described, as it can be of any known kind.
  • the apparatus for picking up and video recording a visual range according to the invention is used for the audiovisual reproduction, valid as a documentary proof, of an occurrence in the way as described below.
  • the cameras for example the front and rear ones 21 and 22, are power supplied by the battery 3 through the cable 5, and the relative video recorders 30 through the cable 9.
  • the video recorders 30 operate continuously for the length of the cassette tape and stop only when the enqine is stopped again.
  • the picking up and video recording apparatus according to the invention will have recorded what has been in the picking up field of the cameras, the tape being erased when the tape is reversed. If the engine is stopped upon an accident, or after a legally or substantially important event, the video recorder(s) will have recorded from their picking up fields. In such a case, if the motor vehicle driver will want keep the proof, he/she has not to start the engine again, except after the tape cassette(s) being drawn out and being replaced with other one(s) without a interesting content.
EP98830635A 1997-10-29 1998-10-23 Bildaufnahme- und Videoaufzeichnungsvorrichtung für das Sichtfeld ausserhalb eines Kraftfahrzeuges und deren Verwendung als dokumentarischer Beweis eines Vorfalles Withdrawn EP0913801A3 (de)

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ITRM970659 IT1297777B1 (it) 1997-10-29 1997-10-29 Impianto di ripresa e videoregistrazione del campo visivo esterno di un autoveicolo e suo uso per la riproduzione audiovisiva di fatti
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