Vehicle event recorders with integrated web server

摘要

Vehicle event recorders are arranged with integrated web servers to provide a simple user interface and control mechanism which may be address with commonly available hardware and software. A vehicle event recorder of these inventions couples to a network having a workstation node. The workstation having either of the many available web browsers can be used to view, address, control, perform data transfer, et cetera, by way of data exchange in accordance with simple IP protocols. A vehicle equipped with these systems returns to a household to make a network connection. A local server is used to see all exposed system controls as provided by predefined web pages provided by a web server integrated as part of the vehicle event recorder unit.

主权项

1. A vehicle event recorder comprising:
a video camera configured to acquire visual information representing a vehicle environment, the vehicle environment including spaces in and around an interior and an exterior of the vehicle, the video camera configured to acquire the visual information based on one or more camera control settings; a memory configured to electronically store information; a microprocessor configured to effectuate storage of the visual information in the memory; and a web server module configured to:
facilitate wireless communication of the visual information to a remotely located computing device associated with a user, wherein communicating the information includes generating one or more web pages that present the visual information for browsing by the user via a web browser of the computing device; andadjust the camera control settings based on control information received from the user via the remotely located computing device, the web server module configured such that the one or more web pages are configured to receive entry and/or selection of the control information from the user.