Patent ID: 11962953
Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 19:
20. A system comprising:
a memory;
a safety statistics driver coupled to the memory and configured to receive vehicle event data pertaining to operation of an associated vehicle and to write the vehicle event data to the memory;
a display subsystem coupled to the memory and configured to:
receive video data in a first video format;
read the vehicle event data from the memory;
write the vehicle event data into a portion of the video data such that the vehicle event data is unmodifiable during conversion from the first video format to a second video format; and
write the video data that includes the vehicle event data in the memory;

a display interface coupled to the memory and configured to:
read the video data that includes the vehicle event data from the memory;
convert the video data that includes the vehicle event data from the first video format to the second video format in which the vehicle event data is unmodified; and
provide the video data in the second video format including the unmodified vehicle event data; and

a processor coupled to the display interface and configured to:
determine whether to take a safety-related action with respect to operation of the associated vehicle based on a safety statistic in the event data, wherein the safety statistic is related to operation of the associated vehicle; and

in response to a decision to take the safety-related action, change an automated system in the associated vehicle to manual control.