Device, System and Method for Aggregating Networks and Serving Data from Those Networks to Computers

摘要

Disclosed herein, in one example, is a device for aggregating networks in a vehicle and serving data, including video data, from those networks to a computer for integrating information from various systems in a vehicle, processing that information, and presenting the information to a user in a suitable format. The device for aggregating networks, in another example, is specific to a vehicle and serving data, including video data, from those networks to computers.

主权项

1. A video system for a vehicle for serving video data to a computer device, comprising:
a plurality of video cameras mounted on the vehicle and operable to obtain video data of a plurality of areas outside of the vehicle; the computer device being disposed within a passenger compartment of the vehicle in a position for viewing of a display screen of the computer device by a driver of the vehicle, the computer device being a portable computer device that is selectively removable from the vehicle by a user; a processing unit mounted in the vehicle, the processing unit including a processor, the processing unit being operable to receive the video data from the plurality of video cameras, the processing unit being operable to transmit the video data to the computer device for recording of the video data on the computer device; the computer device being connected to display video data from selected ones of the plurality of video cameras, the display screen being operable to alternatively display a plurality of layouts of the video data; and a plurality of sensors mounted in or on the vehicle, the plurality of sensors being connected to communicate sensor signals to the processing unit, the layout being displayed on the computer device changing between ones of the plurality of layouts depending on a sensor signal received by the processing unit, the plurality of sensors include a blind spot detection sensor connected to the processing unit, the display layouts including a layout on the display screen showing a view of the blind spot to reveal an approaching vehicle or road hazard.