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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2011
Applicant:
Dennis M. Petricoin, Jr., Hemlock, NY (US);
Inventor:
Dennis M. Petricoin, Jr., Hemlock, NY (US);
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G08B 13/196 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2013.01); H04N 5/225 (2013.01); H04N 5/23241 (2013.01); G08B 13/19619 (2013.01); G08B 13/19695 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery-powered camera is mounted within the interior of a suitcase. The camera has an awake mode in which the camera captures a plurality of images in response to it being detected that the suitcase is in an open position. A controller switches the camera from a sleep mode to the awake mode in response to the user actuating an awake mode switch, a motion detector mounted to the suitcase detecting motion of the suitcase, and/or a touch sensor mounted to the suitcase detecting a human being touching the suitcase.