A camera that is mounted on a vehicle is used to monitor the vehicle, the driver and the contents therein. The camera includes an external housing, a camera module having a camera lens, a lighting component, a dimmer switch and a transmission medium. The external housing may be made of alloy. The camera module may capture video data and the transmission medium may be coupled to the camera module to transmit the captured video data as a live video stream to an external device. The lighting component included in the fleet camera apparatus may include LEDs and have infra-red capabilities to provide a night vision mode. The dimmer switch is included to control the LEDs' brightness. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claim CLM-00001. 1. A camera apparatus for monitoring of a vehicle, the camera apparatus comprising:
an external housing having a front side, a back side, and a base for mounting the apparatus on the vehicle; a camera module including a camera lens, the camera module capturing video data; a lighting component including a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and having infra-red (IR) capabilities to provide a night vision mode; a dimmer switch controlling a brightness of the lighting component; a transmission medium coupled to the camera module to transmit the video data as a live video stream to an external device; and a mirror trigger that includes at least one threaded sealed hole and a screw-magnet, wherein the mirror trigger activates and deactivates a mirror function of the camera module.
Claim CLM-00013. 13. A system for monitoring of a plurality of vehicles, the system comprising:
a plurality of cameras, wherein each of the cameras includes:
an external housing having a front side and a back side, the external housing being made of an alloy material,a camera module including a camera lens, the camera module capturing video data,a lighting component including a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and having infra-red (IR) capabilities to provide a night vision mode,a dimmer switch controlling a brightness of the lighting component, anda transmission medium coupled to the camera module to transmit the video data as a live video stream; and
the network device including:
a communication interface coupled to the transmission medium of each of the cameras to receive the live video stream from each of the cameras, andcoupled to a cloud storage to transmit the live video stream to the cloud storage, anda recording unit to record the live video stream,wherein the cloud storage is accessed by at least one client device coupled to receive the live video stream, and wherein the cloud storage is accessed by the at least one client device to receive, upon request, video data corresponding to a time and a date from the cloud storage.
Claim CLM-00026. 26. A system for monitoring of a plurality of vehicles, the system comprising:
a plurality of cameras, wherein each of the cameras includes:
an external housing having a front side and a back side, the external housing being made of an alloy material,a camera module including a camera lens, the camera module capturing video data,a lighting component including a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and having infra-red (IR) capabilities to provide a night vision mode,a dimmer switch controlling a brightness of the lighting component, anda transmission medium coupled to the camera module to transmit the video data as a live video stream; and
the network device including:
a communication interface coupled to the transmission medium of each of the cameras to receive the live video stream from each of the cameras, and coupled to a cloud storage to transmit the live video stream to the cloud storage, anda recording unit to record the live video stream, wherein the network device is further coupled to the plurality of vehicles on which the plurality of cameras are mounted, respectively, and the network device further receives data from a plurality of vehicle sensors included on the vehicles.
Claim CLM-00028. 28. A system for monitoring of a plurality of vehicles, the system comprising:
a plurality of cameras, wherein each of the cameras includes:
an external housing having a front side and a back side, the external housing being made of an alloy material,a camera module including a camera lens, the camera module capturing video data,a lighting component including a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and having infra-red (IR) capabilities to provide a night vision mode,a dimmer switch controlling a brightness of the lighting component, anda transmission medium coupled to the camera module to transmit the video data as a live video stream; and
the network device including:
a communication interface coupled to the transmission medium of each of the cameras to receive the live video stream from each of the cameras, and coupled to a cloud storage to transmit the live video stream to the cloud storage,a location tracking unit that receives the location of the network device, anda recording unit to record the live video stream, wherein the recording unit included in the network device records the location of the network device in association with the live video stream, and the communication interface transmits the location of the network device with the live data stream to the cloud storage.
