Appeal No. 1997-2314
Application No. 08/349,728
and that records video at another speed based upon the door of
the vehicle being in an opened position.
Claim 1 is the only independent claim on appeal, and it
reads as follows:
1. In combination with a vehicle, said vehicle having an
exterior wall which encloses an internal compartment, a
passenger door formed within said exterior wall, said
passenger door being movable from a closed position to an open
position, said closed position being when said passenger door
is flush with said exterior wall preventing access through
said passenger door into said internal compartment, said open
position being when said passenger door is located transverse
to said exterior wall permitting access into said internal
compartment, a security system comprising:
a plurality of cameras mounted in conjunction with said
vehicle, one of said cameras comprising a door camera in
position to observe the area of said door located within said
internal compartment; and
all of said cameras having an output signal which is
transmitted to a multiplexer and into a video recorder, said
multiplexer to cause the outputs of all said cameras to be
placed on a single frame of said video recorder, said video
recorder including an audio recorder, with said passenger door
in said closed position said video recorder recording said
output signal of each said camera at a first playback speed,
with said passenger door in said open position said video
recorder recording said output signal of only said door camera
at a second playback speed, said first playback speed being
substantially slower than said second playback speed, said
first playback speed not including sound, said second playback
speed including sound.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
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