Video system and method for data communication

US10110795B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Mark Bradshaw Kraeling · Melbourne, US
• Michael Scott Miner · Melbourne, US
• Shannon Joseph Clouse · Lawrence Park, US
• Anwarul Azam · Lawrence Park, US
• Matthew Lawrence Blair · Lawrence Park, US
• Nidhi Naithani · Bengaluru, IN
• Dattaraj Jagdish Rao · Bengaluru, IN
• Anju Bind · Bengaluru, IN
• Sreyashi Dey Chaki · Bengaluru, IN
• Scott Daniel Nelson · Melbourne, US
• Nikhil Uday Naphade · Bengaluru, IN
• Wing Yeung Chung · Erie, US
• Daniel Ballesty · Wattsburg, US
• Glenn Robert Shaffer · Erie, US
• Jeffrey James Kisak · Erie, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 14, 2014
• Grant date: Oct 23, 2018
• Expiry date: Nov 26, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04N7/185
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A camera system and method capture image data with a camera, a data storage device electrically connected to the camera and configured to store the video data and/or a communication device electrically connected to the camera and configured to communicate the image data to a system receiver located remote from the camera. The system receiver may be located onboard a vehicle such that an operator can carry the camera off board the vehicle and communicate the image data back to the vehicle, when performing, for example, work on the vehicle or inspecting the vehicle or the environs of the vehicle.