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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7355628 | Method and apparatus of maintaining a video signal through brief interruptions of a related control signal A night vision system that allows a video camera to continue to be operational after a power control signal, such as a headlamp switch, to the camera has been temporarily interrupted. The system is designed to avoid a camera calibration or equalization process every... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7263280 | Method and/or apparatus for retroactive recording a currently time-shifted program A method for retroactively recording from a circular buffer comprising the steps of (A) determining a starting point in the circular buffer, (B) generating a linear buffer by breaking the circular buffer before the starting point and (C) appending to an ending point... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260312 | Method and apparatus for storing content A system receives a broadcast program and temporarily stores the program data. A request is received to permanently record the broadcast program. This request is received after a portion of the broadcast program has been received and temporarily stored. The broadcas... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249106 | Information processing method and apparatus and program storage medium for prohibiting duplication of contents in large quantities A contents database 114 memorizes the discriminating information for discriminating contents and the temporal information as to the time of content duplication associated with the discriminating information. A recording program 113 acquires the discrim... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7158167 | Video recording device for a targetable weapon A compact video image recording device which is mountable to a gun and useful for recording video images before and after the firing of the gun. The recording device includes a camera comprising a lens and a video image sensor. The video recording device is mounted ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155321 | System, method and computer program product for remote vehicle diagnostics, monitoring, configuring and reprogramming A remote vehicle diagnostics, monitoring, configuration and reprogramming tool is provided. The system includes a fleet of vehicles equipped with wireless mobile communications means that enable fleet managers to remotely diagnose, monitor and reprogram vehicles in ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7149422 | Motion detector camera A motion detector camera includes a camera mechanism mounted inside a housing, a motion detector exposed on a surface of the housing, and a controller for controlling the camera mechanism in response to signals received from the motion detector. The camera can inclu... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7119844 | Digital camera On the external packing film 124 of the memory card insertion section vicinity of the bottom surface of the digital camera 100, the ROM chip and the print wiring 131 are surface-mounted, and one end of the print wiring 131 is connected to... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117075 | Driver activity and vehicle operation logging and reporting A method for logging and reporting driver activity and vehicle operation includes identifying a driver of a vehicle, recording operating data with an on-board recorder that is hard-wired to an engine control module, coupled to a mileage sensing system, and linked to... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7092803 | Remote monitoring, configuring, programming and diagnostic system and method for vehicles and vehicle components A system and method for monitoring, configuring, programming and/or diagnosing operation of at least one vehicle includes an on-board unit disposed on the vehicle to send and receive data corresponding to at least one vehicle operating characteristic, a plurality of... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088387 | Video recording device responsive to triggering event A compact video image recording device for recording video images before and after a triggering event and which utilizes no moving parts is disclosed. The recording device includes at least one camera wherein each camera comprises a lens and a video image sensor. Ea... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085087 | Data storage apparatus and method for managing buffer memory To avoid degradation of performance of a storage apparatus even when access biased to writing or reading of data is performed in a buffer memory that adopts a dual ring buffer system as a data structure. A sector buffer for caching an access request is provided in a... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7064730 | Viewing device with replay feature A viewing device may be utilized to facilitate viewing of a scene or event. The viewing device may continuously record a sequence of frames of predetermined duration. At periodic intervals, the sequence of frames overwrite previously stored sequence of frames. When ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7039507 | Apparatus for tracking and recording vital signs and task-related information of a vehicle to identify operating patterns An apparatus is provided for diagnosing the state of health of a vehicle and for providing the operator of the vehicle with a substantially real-time indication of the efficiency of the vehicle in performing an assigned task with respect to a predetermined goal. A p... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7012632 | Data storage with overwrite A method stores a plurality of sequentially ordered data samples in a plurality of sequential storage segments such that one of the plurality of sequentially ordered data samples is stored at one of the plurality of sequential storage segments which is non-sequentia... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6977673 | Portable moving picture recording device including switching control for multiple data flow configurations A portable moving picture recording device includes switching control to enable multiple data flow configurations. Two output encoders receive either composite or component digital video signals. The component video signals can come from one of three sources: decode... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6957011 | Video recording apparatus A low cost video recording apparatus for one time recording on a recording medium, comprises a casing (15) which houses a video cassette tape, a lens (1), a microphone (16), a colour CMOS sensor, a signal processing module, a write head and a dr... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6937706 | System and method for data recording A system and method for monitoring a telephone switching environment. In a preferred embodiment the system and method simultaneously monitor both an SMDR link and a real-time CTI link, gather information about calls from both sources, and combine gathered informatio... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6922644 | System and method of detecting fire causing card shorts Method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling electrical current delivered to a computer subsystem are provided. One embodiment provides a method for detecting a short circuit in a computer subsystem, comprising: obtaining a measured current which is supplied ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6895165 | Apparatus for enabling perpetual recording and instant playback or storage of a time-specific portion of an audio or audio visual broadcast medium A radio or television apparatus has tuning circuitry for selecting a channel from an input spectrum, an output for presenting a presentation from a selected channel, a recording apparatus having a memory with capacity for recording a fixed time duration T of the sel... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6636791 | Collision record apparatus, collision state estimation method, and record medium A collision recording apparatus records times in a memory, when a collision waveform provided accompanying a collision of a mobile unit and a waveform derived from the collision waveform reach predetermined values. The collision recording apparatus also r... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6629030 | Method and device for recoding vehicle data A method for recording data from parameter values captured using sensors in a vehicle, particularly for the reconstruction of accidents, as well as a memory device and a device for recording such data, it being possible to record all relevant data continu... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6614986 | Delayed decision recording device Apparatus, methods and computer program products permit a decision to record time sequential information, beginning at a particular point in time, to be made after that particular point in time. In one implementation, a decision to record a piece of music... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6606448 | Time lapse recording/reproducing device that provides for both continuous recording and intermittent recording simultaneously With a time lapse recording/reproducing device for applying time lapse recording/reproducing processing to a video image signal gained through a video surveillance system and the like, a recording control unit (14) performs controlling by giving direction... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6593848 | Motor vehicle recorder system This invention relates to a Motor Vehicle Recorder System device, which consists of a recorder device, microphones and a camera system installed in an automobile to record a conversation or other events. The invention reveals a recorder installed in a mot... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6570609 | Method and apparatus for monitoring operation of a motor vehicle A method and apparatus for monitoring the operation of a motor vehicle for the purposes of determining causation and fault in the event of an accident, and to enhance physical security of the vehicle utilizes electronic digital cameras strategically place... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6507694 | Intermittent data recorder, intermittent data recording controller, intermittent data recording method, and intermittent data recording control method It is an object of the invention to suppress burden on a device portion and a tape recording medium occurred through recording of intermittent data. A CPU (7) controls a RAM block (3) and a VTR block (4) to record input information on a RAM (32), and tran... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6501502 | Automatic detector for starting security cameras An automatic detector for starting security cameras comprises a detection module disposed on a video camera and the detection module includes a regulator circuit, a light-sensitive circuit, a switch circuit, and a passive infrared sensor circuit, and a re... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6424788 | Method and apparatus for controlling intermittent recording site In the method and apparatus for controlling an intermittent recording state, an operating mode is received from a user. The operating mode indicates an operation period and a pause period, wherein operations are performed on a tape medium during the opera... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6404569 | Light switch cover plate with audio recording and playback feature A light switch cover plate having mechanism for recording and playing back an audio sample through a speaker when the light switch is turned either on or off. Several messages can be recorded and they can be played back serially or randomly.... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6360147 | Method for minimizing errors in sensors used for a recording apparatus of car accidents In a method for minimizing errors in sensors used for a recording apparatus of car accidents, data including acceleration, yaw-rate, vehicle speed measured at the transmission, and steering angle are first measured by sensors, then error in forward accele... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6310541 | Motor vehicle recorder system This invention relates to a Motor Vehicle Recorder System device, which consists of a tape recorder and sensitive microphone system installed in an automobile to record a conversation. The invention reveals a mini-tape recorder installed in a motor vehicl... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6282673 | Method of recording information system events A method of recording events occurring in an information processing system in a memory unit. A system recorder is used as part of a server system which supports communication of digital information for a microcontroller network. The server system monitors... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6266588 | Vehicle motion detection and recording method and apparatus The present invention provides a method and apparatus for recording vehicle motion. The self-contained vehicle motion recorder apparatus is a sealed unit that contains at least a power source, and controller, sensor and recording devices. The controller d... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6263147 | Delayed decision recording device Apparatus, methods and computer program products permit a decision to record time sequential information, beginning at a particular point in time, to be made after that particular point in time. In one implementation, a decision to record a piece of music... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6259977 | Aircraft flight data analysis system and method An aircraft data analysis computer program and method that allows user-defined measurements to be made on a set of flight data obtained from a variety of sources. Post-flight measurement and trending analysis software provides a user configurable measurem... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6211907 | Secure, vehicle mounted, surveillance system A novel system for gathering, analyzing and storing information for the purpose of motor vehicle theft and vandalism investigations. An on board secure vehicle mounted surveillance system, that can monitor the vehicle for brief or extended periods of time... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6198502 | Headrest and seat video imaging apparatus A video imaging apparatus for receiving, recording, and displaying images from a motor vehicle in which the video camera rigidly connects to a support member in a cavity of a headrest for a seat in the motor vehicle. A cover detachably closes an opening i... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6167186 | Video recording device for retroactively reproducing a video image of an event, while also recording images in real time An input image is digitized. The corresponding digital video data are reproduced while they are successively recorded on a magnetic video device. A successive recording control unit manages at which position of a successive recording area the digital data... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6101433 | Automated vehicle preventative maintenance system Actual time of operation of a plurality of motorized vehicles is automatically recorded utilizing an operation logging circuit installed in each of the vehicles. Each operation logging circuit in each vehicle includes a memory button located in a protecte... | 08/08/2000 |
