Patent ID: 9191627
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: B60R,H04N

Abstract:
1. A security monitoring, theft prevention, and recovery system for an automobile that captures video footage of a perpetrator and surrounding landmarks during a theft, restricts the mobility of the automobile and restrains the perpetrator, wherein said system comprises: (a) an automobile comprising a passenger cabin having a passenger cabin anterior end and a passenger cabin posterior end, a wheel and tire assembly having a valve stem, an exterior light housing having an exterior light housing transparent or translucent window, and a seatbelt latch (b) a control system having a microprocessor, a transceiver, an intrusion sensor, and a power source, wherein the microprocessor is operatively connected to the power source, wherein the transceiver is operatively connected to the microprocessor, wherein the intrusion sensor is operatively connected to the microprocessor; (c) an exterior light housing camera disposed in the exterior light housing, wherein a camera lens of the exterior light housing camera is disposed proximal to the exterior light housing transparent or translucent window for capturing a video image, wherein the exterior light housing camera is operatively connected to the microprocessor, wherein the exterior light housing camera is activated via a signal from the control system; (d) an interior passenger cabin camera bar having an interior passenger cabin camera disposed within, wherein the camera lens of the interior passenger cabin camera is disposed proximal to an interior passenger cabin camera bar transparent or translucent window for capturing a video image, wherein the interior passenger cabin camera bar is disposed inside the passenger cabin, wherein the interior passenger cabin camera is operatively connected to the microprocessor, wherein the interior passenger cabin camera is activated to capture a video image via a signal from the control system; (e) an automatic release air valve disposed on the valve stem, wherein the automatic release air valve comprises a valve core disposed in the valve stem having a sliding air valve rod and an air valve receiver operatively connected an air valve actuator having an air valve engagement rod, wherein a power source is operatively connected to the air valve receiver and the air valve actuator, wherein the automatic release air valve is activated to release pressurized air disposed within the wheel and tire assembly via a wireless signal from the transceiver to the air valve receiver, wherein the air valve actuator activates the valve core to release pressurized air located within the wheel and tire assembly via the air valve engagement rod of the air valve actuator activating the sliding valve rod of the valve core; (f) an automatic seatbelt immobilizing lock disposed in the seatbelt latch, wherein the automatic seatbelt immobilizing lock is operatively connected to a power source, wherein the automatic seatbelt immobilizing lock comprises an immobilizing lock receiver operatively connected to an immobilizing lock actuator having an immobilizing lock engagement rod, wherein the automatic seatbelt immobilizing lock is operatively connected to the control system, wherein the seatbelt immobilizing lock is activated to engage and prohibit release of the seatbelt latch via a signal from the control system to the immobilizing lock receiver, wherein upon activation, the immobilizing lock engagement rod is displaced into an extended position to block movement of a seat belt latch button for releasing a seatbelt, thus preventing release of a seatbelt tongue from the seatbelt latch; wherein upon detection of an invasive activity, the intrusion sensor provides a signal to the microprocessor, wherein the exterior light housing camera and the interior passenger cabin camera are activated by the microprocessor to provide a video signal thereto, wherein the automatic release air valve and the automatic seatbelt immobilizing lock are activated by the microprocessor to release air pressure from the wheel and tire assembly and immobilize the seatbelt latch, respectively; wherein the security monitoring, theft prevention, and recovery system for the automobile captures video footage of the perpetrator and surrounding landmarks during the theft, restricts mobility of the automobile, and restrains the perpetrator.