When a driver-facing camera lens is covered, the lens cannot detect driving behaviours, record footage, and the cloud AI cannot analyse footage. Detecting driver-facing behaviours keeps drivers safe by prompting an in-cab alert (if switched on in your fleet's AI driving assistance settings), and by adding context to a video event.
Footage from the driver camera is not visible because:
The privacy cover is in use.
A buildup of dust, mud, grime, or leftover plastic film is obscuring the lens.
Vehicle interior components, such as a sun visor or wind deflector, are blocking the dashcam.
A maximum of one event is triggered per journey.
A journey is defined as the time between the ignition being turned on and turned off.
If the ignition is turned on again within five minutes of a journey ending, only one event is triggered.
If the camera is covered at any stage during a journey, one event is triggered.
How a covered camera lens is detected
A Driver camera covered tag is applied by one of the following:
Camera AI: The driving behaviour is detected by the AI Dashcam in real-time, alerts the driver (if in-cab alerts are enabled) and triggers a video event in Reveal.
Cloud AI: The driving behaviour is detected by the cloud AI when the video is uploaded to Reveal. The video event was triggered by a different unsafe driving behaviour.
Note
Even if driving behaviours detected by camera AI are disabled in your fleet's AI driving assistance settings, videos triggered by other events will be analyzed and the driving behaviour may be detected by the cloud AI.
How a covered camera lens affects a driver's safety score
When a covered camera lens is detected, it does not negatively impact the Video driver safety score.
How to reduce the misuse of covered camera lenses in your fleet
To make sure drivers are using the privacy cover appropriately, you can:
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