Apparatus for picking up and video recording a visual range outside a motor vehicle, and its use as a documentary proof of an occurrence

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EP 0 913 801 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	08.12.1999 Bulletin 1999/49

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	06.05.1999 Bulletin 1999/18

(21)	Application number: 98830635.3

(22)	Date of filing: 23.10.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: G08B 15/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

29.10.1997 IT RM970659

(71)	Applicant: Archimede Informatica S.r.l.
	00156 Roma (IT)

(72)	Inventor:
	Mancini, Vincenzo 00156 Roma (IT)

(74)	Representative: Gristina, Giorgio
	Studio Rag. GRISTINA Giorgio, Via delle Quattro Fontane, 29 00184 Roma 00184 Roma (IT)

(54)	Apparatus for picking up and video recording a visual range outside a motor vehicle, and its use as a documentary proof of an occurrence

(57) An apparatus for picking up and video recordina a visual ranae outside a motor vehicle comprises at least one camera (21, 22, 23, 24), which is mounted inside the motor vehicle (20) and is focused toward the outside, at least a connected video recorder (30) through an interconnecting cable 7 and provided with an "autoreverse" device, a power supply circuit (5, 9) of said at least one camera and said at least a video recorder, includina the battery (3) of the motor vehicle (20) and a start switch (4). The apparatus is used for an audiovisual reproduction. valid as a documentary proof, in particular of a road accident.

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