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

Claim 13:
14. A method for controlling a recorder in an associated vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving a parking brake status signal, via an input port operatively coupled with a processor, representative of a status of a parking brake on the associated vehicle;
storing parking brake status data, representative of the status of the parking brake, in a non-transient memory device operatively coupled with the processor;
identifying the status of the parking brake, based on the parking brake status data, as one of engaged and disengaged;
transmitting, via an output port operatively coupled with a processor, a signal to monitor a learned region in the interior cab of the vehicle using the associated camera;
determining when a face is present in the learned region; and
when a face is present in the learned region and based on the determined parking brake status, transmitting, via the output port, a recorder control signal activating the recorder to record the learned region using the associated camera.