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

Claim 7:
8. 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;
determining a status of auxiliary power of the associated vehicle;
when the status of the auxiliary power is determined to be off, determining to not record the interior cab of the vehicle; and
when the status of the auxiliary power is determined to be on:
determining 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, transmitting, via the output port, a signal to monitor a learned region in the interior cab of the vehicle using the associated camera; and

transmitting a recorder control signal, via an output port operatively coupled with the processor, activating the recorder based on the determined parking brake status and the auxiliary power.