Patent ID: 6873261
Filing Date: 2005-03-29
Classification: B60R,B64D,G08B,G08G

Abstract:
1. In a mobile vehicle having a driver and a plurality of passengers, a near-real-time early-warning security system comprising: a plurality of data collection devices disposed in and upon strategic locations of said vehicle, for recording a continuous stream of audio and visual information in at least near-real-time responsive to the relationship of said driver and said plurality of passengers to said mobile vehicle; a plurality of control devices disposed in and proximal to said mobile vehicle, for generating and receiving control signals responsive to the relationship of said driver and said plurality of passengers to said mobile vehicle, for controlling local operation of said mobile vehicle and for establishing mode of operation of said plurality of data collection devices; microprocessor means for controlling which data collection devices of said plurality of data collection devices are active and operational for recording said collected information in and upon strategic locations of said vehicle, and for coordinating said mode of operation of said plurality of data collection devices; first communications means for transmitting and uploading a continuous stream of said collected information in at least near-real-time from said plurality of data collection devices to a second communications means disposed remotely of said first communications means; said first communications means also transmitting and uploading said control signals in at least near-real-time from said plurality of data collection devices to said second communications means; said second communications means transmitting and downloading said continuous stream of collected information and said control signals received from said first communications means to a plurality of data/control centers; a streaming information collection database for storing said downloaded continuous stream of collected information for analysis and reconciliation with a reference database for identifying incipient or existing troublesome or dangerous situations involving said mobile vehicle and said driver and said plurality of passengers; and trigger means for alerting enforcement personnel to take immediate remedial action and for generating appropriate control signals responsive to said identification of incipient or existing troublesome or dangerous situations and for transmitting and downloading said appropriate control signals by third communications means from said plurality of data/control centers to said plurality of control devices to modify said operation of said mobile vehicle.