Patent ID: 11900798
Assignee: VIG VEHICLE INTELLIGENCE GROUP LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A surveillance apparatus for policing cell phone violations, comprising:
two or more imaging devices removably mounted on an exterior surface of a first vehicle, the two or more imaging devices configured to record driver characteristics and vehicle information corresponding to a second vehicle, wherein, in response to detecting the second vehicle, at least one or more of said imaging devices is motorized and configured to facilitate a 360 degree field of view in relation to said first vehicle for recording the driver characteristics and vehicle information;
data processing logic operatively coupled to a non-volatile, non-transitory memory and the one or more imaging devices, the data processing logic operative to:
access the recorded driver characteristics and the vehicle information;
process the vehicle information to extract characteristics of the second vehicle;
analyze the driver characteristics to detect one or more objects corresponding to an occupant of the second vehicle; and
preserve, in response to the detection of the one or more objects, in said memory the recorded driver characteristics and vehicle information corresponding to the second vehicle for generating an evidentiary record for use in policing cell phone and seat belt violations, wherein the imaging devices are configured to be removably mounted to the exterior surface of the first vehicle for retrieval of said evidentiary record for use in policing cell phone and seat belt violations.