Inventors:
Ronald G. Silc - Park Forest IL
Assignee:
Computron Display Systems - Mount Prospect IL
International Classification:
H04N 718
Abstract:
A camera system and method are provided which are particularly well-suited for use in school buses for recording vehicles violating the stop-arm on the bus. The system and method provide advantages in terms of the ability to record both oncoming and upcoming vehicles relative to the bus that violate the stop-arm via one camera mounted to the bus and a redirecting mechanism disposed in the cameras field of view. More particularly, the redirecting mechanism can be a prism having reflective surfaces mounted in front of the lens of the camera with the surfaces oriented to redirect images from forward and rearward of the stop-arm through the camera lens. A video recording mechanism records the images redirected through the lens. In a preferred form, a video display monitor displays the images redirected through the lens to the driver of the school bus.