US 12,134,356 B2
Vehicle camera and event notification
Jason Henry Kaminski, Renton, WA (US); Namwoo Kim, Bellevue, WA (US); and Carmine Maraglio, Maple Valley, WA (US)
Assigned to Firstech, LLC, Kent, WA (US)
Filed by Firstech, LLC, Kent, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/835,505.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/208,978, filed on Jun. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0396208 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 1/22 (2022.01); B60R 1/29 (2022.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01)
CPC B60R 11/04 (2013.01) [B60R 1/22 (2022.01); B60R 1/29 (2022.01); G06V 20/44 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); H04L 12/40117 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); B60R 2011/0003 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0005 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40215 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40273 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a factory vehicle computer that controls operation of the vehicle and controls access to the vehicle;
a Controller Area Network (CAN) bus coupled to the factory vehicle computer, wherein the CAN bus is configured to receive messages from the factory vehicle computer;
a remote starter configured to engage or disengage a starter of the vehicle, wherein the remote starter includes a CAN interface; and
a camera residing in a cabin of the vehicle, wherein the camera is configured to: (1) read the CAN bus via the CAN interface of the remote starter; and (2) capture event images in response to receiving a trigger message from the CAN bus via the CAN interface of the remote starter.