Patent ID: 8520070

Claim:
A system for recording the interior and exterior of a vehicle, comprising: a first housing including a first connection mechanism; a first camera disposed in the first housing, the first camera configured to provide a viewing area in a first direction; a second camera disposed in the housing, the second camera configured to provide a viewing area in a second direction and disposed in the first housing; at least one memory disposed in the first housing, the memory configured to record video captured from each of the first camera and the second camera; at least one accelerometer, the system configured, upon a measurement of a force beyond a predetermined threshold by the at least one accelerometer, to at least one of: store in a protected portion of the at least one memory or a second memory a predetermined length of video from at least one of the first camera and second camera and the measurement of the force by the at least one accelerometer, or mark the predetermined length of the video in the at least one memory and the measurement of the force by the at least one accelerometer as non-erasable, a second housing including a second connection mechanism, the second housing adapted to be removably connected to the first connection mechanism of said first housing and encasing said first housing within said second housing, and the second housing comprising a protective enclosure for the first camera, the second camera and the at least one memory and restricting access to the first camera, the second camera and the at least one memory to authorized personnel; and a mounting mechanism adjustably connected to said second housing, the mounting mechanism configured to maintain at least one of the first camera and the second camera in a predetermined position by adjusting said second housing, and comprising at least one of an L-shaped, U-Shaped and V-shaped bracket for coupling the second housing to the vehicle, and wherein said at least one of an L-shaped, U-shaped and V-shaped bracket further comprises a coupling mechanism that removably couples said at least one of L-shaped, U-shaped and V-shaped bracket to said second housing.