Patent ID: 11958425
Assignee: BENDIX COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  H | IPC B  H

Claim 15:
16. A control device for a recorder in an associated vehicle, the control device comprising:
a processing means;
an input port operatively coupled with the processing means, the input port receiving a parking brake status signal based on a status of a parking brake on the associated vehicle;
a memory means operatively coupled with the processing means, the memory means storing parking brake status data representative of the parking brake status and monitoring a learned region in the interior cab of the associated vehicle;
control logic stored in the memory means, the control logic being executable by the processing means to determine:
the status of the parking brake, as one of engaged and disengaged, based on the parking brake status data; and
a status of auxiliary power of the associated vehicle;
when the status of the auxiliary power is determined to be off, the control logic determines to not record the interior cab of the vehicle;
when the status of the auxiliary power is determined to be on, the control logic determines when the auxiliary power of the associated vehicle is in a low power mode, and when the auxiliary power of the associated vehicle is in the low power mode, the control logic determines to transmit, via the output port, a signal to monitor a learned region in the interior cab of the vehicle using the associated camera; and

an output port operatively coupled with the processing means, the output port transmitting a recorder control signal activating the recorder based on the determined parking brake status and the determined auxiliary power status.