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

Claim 0:
1. A control device for a recorder in an associated vehicle, the control device comprising:
a processor;
an input port operatively coupled with the processor, the input port receiving a parking brake status signal comprising parking brake data representative of a parking brake status;
a non-transient memory device operatively coupled with the processor, the non-transient memory device storing parking brake status data representative of whether the parking brake is engaged;
control logic stored in the non-transient memory device, the control logic being executable by the processor to:
determine a parking brake status as engaged based on the parking brake data;
determine 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; and
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 processor, the output port transmitting a recording control signal enabling the recording based on the determined parking brake status and the auxiliary power.