Image data collection from mobile vehicles with computer, GPS, and IP-based communication

摘要

A system and method to capture a plurality of images and store the captured images. The system has multiple camera systems capable of transmitting image data. At least one camera system is equipped with an apparatus for determining location coordinates such as GPS. A computer system monitors location coordinates, retrieves image data from the camera systems, and stores the image data into a file. A contiguous array of location coordinates is entered and the computer system locates camera systems within the contiguous array of location coordinates; retrieves image data from the located camera systems; and files the image data taken from each of the camera systems to obtain a file of image data. The system provides the ability to serially interleave frames or video captured from multiple sources.

主权项

1. A method, for use in creating an image file using image data from multiple camera systems, comprising:
identifying, by a computing system having a processor, the multiple camera systems positioned within a target array of location coordinates by comparing location coordinates associated with a plurality of camera systems, including the multiple camera systems, to the target array of location coordinates, including identifying multiple mobile camera systems moving through a region of interest corresponding to the target array of location coordinates, as identified camera systems; and retrieving, by the computing system, image data from the identified camera systems, the image data including images of the region of interest corresponding to the target array of location coordinates, including images of the region corresponding to the target array of location coordinates obtained by each mobile camera system when the mobile camera system was within the target array of location coordinates.