Patent ID: 11877096
Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 6:
7. A method for integrating a body camera with a locking mechanism, comprising:
assigning a body camera to a user;
detecting a proximity of the body camera to a locking mechanism;
determining a state of the locking mechanism; and
automatically triggering recording of the body camera based at least in part on the proximity to the locking mechanism and the state of the locking mechanism;
wherein the state of the locking mechanism includes a locked state and an unlocked state;
sensing, by one or more sensors, an opening or closing of a door coupled to the locking mechanism;
wherein automatically triggering the recording of the body camera is based at least in part on sensing the opening of the door coupled to the locking mechanism;
deactivating the body camera responsive to at least one of the proximity of the body camera to the locking mechanism or closing of the door.