Vehicle surveillance and security system
View Patent ↗A vehicle surveillance and security system utilizes a camera to identify suspect vehicles that may have followed the driver's vehicle over a threshold distance to alert the driver of a potential threat. The system may utilize a singe camera, a camera that actuates or a plurality of cameras. A control system with a computing device analyzes the digital images to determine if a suspect vehicle is identified in a first and a second image over a threshold distance that the driver's vehicle has traveled. The system may produce an audible and/or visual alert when a suspect vehicle is detected. The digital images may be stores within memory in the vehicle or may be uploaded to a cloud database. The system may be manually activated by the driver or may be automatically activated when the vehicle stops at a store or bank for a threshold period of time.
1 . A vehicle surveillance and security system comprising:
a) a vehicle;
b) a camera coupled to said vehicle and configured to take a first image at a first location and a second image at a second location; and
c) a control system configured to receive said images and comprising:
i) a computer software,
ii) a computing device configured operate the computer software; and
iii) at least one of a visual alert and audible alert; and
iv) data storage for storing said first image and said second image;
wherein the control system is configured to produce an alert to a driver of said vehicle, when a suspect vehicle is recognized in both of said first image and said second image;
d) a global positioning system and wherein the threshold distance is determined by the global positioning system;
wherein the control system only produces said alert when the second location is a threshold distance from said first location, wherein the threshold distance is at least three miles and wherein the threshold distance is determined by said global positioning system.
2 . The vehicle surveillance and security system of claim 1 , wherein the camera is a back-end camera configure to take images behind said vehicle.
3 . The vehicle surveillance and security system of claim 2 , comprising a plurality of cameras including said back-end camera configured to take images of said suspect vehicle behind said vehicle and a front-end camera configured to take images in front of said vehicle.
4 . The vehicle surveillance and security system of claim 2 , comprising a plurality of cameras including said back-end camera configured to take images of said suspect vehicle behind said vehicle and a driver-side camera configured to take images out from a driver's side of said vehicle.
5 . The vehicle surveillance and security system of claim 2 , comprising a plurality of cameras including said back-end camera configured to take images of said suspect vehicle behind said vehicle and a passenger-side camera configured to take images out from a driver's side of said vehicle.
6 . The vehicle surveillance and security system of claim 1 , comprising a plurality of cameras including said back-end camera configured to take images of said suspect vehicle behind said vehicle and a passenger-side camera configured to take images out from a driver's side of said vehicle.
7 . The vehicle surveillance and security system of claim 1 , comprising a plurality of cameras including said back-end camera configured to take images of said suspect vehicle behind said vehicle and a top camera configured to take images around said vehicle.
8 . The vehicle surveillance and security system of claim 7 , wherein the top camera is an actuating camera that actuates to take images around said vehicle.
9 . The vehicle surveillance and security system of claim 1 , wherein the global positioning system is configured in said vehicle.
10 . The vehicle surveillance and security system of claim 1 , wherein the control system is configured to produce said alert to a driver when a first location is a store or bank and wherein the second location is a home of said driver.
11 . The vehicle surveillance and security system of claim 1 , wherein threshold distance is at least five miles.
12 . The vehicle surveillance and security system of claim 1 , wherein the threshold distance is at least ten miles.
13 . The vehicle surveillance and security system of claim 1 , wherein the data storage for storing said first image and said second image is in the vehicle.
14 . The vehicle surveillance and security system of claim 1 , wherein the control system further comprises a wireless transmitter configured to send said first image and said second image to a cloud database having cloud data storage to store said first image and said second image.
15 . The vehicle surveillance and security system of claim 1 , wherein the control system further comprises a display device and wherein said suspect vehicle is displayed on the said display device when said alert is provided to the driver.
16 . The vehicle surveillance and security system of claim 15 , wherein the alert is a visual alert that is on a display device.
17 . The vehicle surveillance and security system of claim 1 , further comprising a user interface, wherein the driver can activate or deactivate the system.
18 . The vehicle surveillance and security system of claim 1 , comprising a plurality of cameras comprising:
a) a back-end camera configured to take images of said suspect vehicle behind said vehicle;
b) a front-end camera configured to take images in front of said vehicle;
c) a driver-side camera configured to take images out from a driver's side of said vehicle; and
d) a top camera top camera configured to take images around said vehicle;
wherein the top camera is an actuating camera that actuates to take images around said vehicle;
wherein the control system is configured to produce said alert to a driver when a first location is a store or bank and wherein the second location is a home of said driver;
wherein the alert is an audible alert emitted from a speaker in said vehicle; and
wherein the control system further comprises data storage for storing said first and said second images;
wherein the control system further comprises a wireless transmitter configured to send said first image and said second image to a cloud database having cloud data storage to store said first image and said second image.