Patent ID: 11863712
Assignee: SAMSARA INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A computerized method comprising:
electronically coupling a controller to a first of a plurality of cameras, the controller configured to store video data from each of the plurality of cameras positioned on a vehicle, wherein each of the plurality of cameras is coupled to another of the plurality of cameras;
sequentially power-on individual cameras of the plurality of cameras;
wherein the controller is configured to, in response to detecting a newly powered on camera, assign a virtual channel identifier to the camera, wherein each of the plurality of cameras is assigned a unique virtual channel identifier;
receiving a serial data stream including video data from each of the plurality of cameras;
generating separate video data streams for each of the plurality of cameras by deserializing the serial data stream based on associations between virtual channel identifiers and video data in the serial data stream; and
storing or transmitting the separate video data streams.