Patent ID: 9495869
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: G06K,G08G

Claim Text:
1. A method of using cameras in a plurality of vehicles belonging to citizens which are not part of law enforcement and governmental authorities within a geographic area to aid in identifying a location of a vehicle of interest for authorities comprising the steps of: a computer receiving an alert to search for a vehicle of interest and a location from the authorities; the computer sending a notification of the vehicle of interest to a plurality of vehicles within a radius of the location to activate rear-facing cameras of the plurality of vehicles without notifying occupants of the plurality of vehicles; the computer receiving a vehicle of interest recognition from one of the plurality of vehicles indicating that the vehicle of interest had appeared in the rear-facing camera in the one of the plurality of vehicles; and the computer sending at least a location and a time of the vehicle of interest recognition to the authorities.