Portable security surveillance device

• US 10,115,276 B2
• Filed: 01/12/2017
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: David Keefe Rockwell, Phillip Flagg Rockwell
• Original Assignee: David Keefe Rockwell, Phillip Flagg Rockwell
• Inventors: Rockwell, Phillip Flagg, Rockwell, David Keefe
• Primary Examiner(s): Volentine, Rebecca A
• Application Number:
  US15/404,613
• Publication Number:
  US 20170124822A1
• Time in Patent Office: 656 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19621 Portable camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19656 Network used to communicate with a camera, e.g. WAN, LAN, Internet
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19684 Portable terminal, e.g. mobile phone, used for viewing video remotely
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19695 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors start video recording or forwarding but do not generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/28 Mobile studios
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/186 Video door telephones

Abstract

A multifunctional portable surveillance device having a strap and a first and second end modules disposed on the opposite ends of the strap. A first electronic device resides within the first end module, and the second electronic device resides within the second end module. The strap is configured to straddle an object, whereby the first and the second electronic devices are positioned on the opposite sides of the object. The surveillance device has a control unit. The device further includes a sensor configured to detect a predefined event. A network of connectors resides within the strap, the connectors configured to carry electric signals between the first electronic device, the second electronic device, the sensor, and the control unit. Responsive to detecting a predefined event through a sensor, the control unit actuates the first electronic device, the second electronic device, or both.

Claims

1. A portable security surveillance device comprising:

a saddle having a thickness, a first end, and a second end, the saddle configured to deploy over an object;

a first end module disposed on the first end of the saddle, the first end module configured to reside on a first surface of the object;

a second end module disposed on the second end of the saddle, the second end module configured to reside on a second surface of the object, whereby the saddle, the first end module, and the second end module collectively form an assembly, the saddle retaining the assembly in a deployed position wherein the first end module resides on the first surface of the object and the second end module resides on the second surface of the object, wherein the assembly is removable from the object by removing the saddle from the object, the first and the second surfaces of the object being unaltered by deployment and removal of the saddle;

a first electronic device housed within the first end module, the first electronic device being an input device;

a second electronic device housed within the second or first end module, the second electronic device being a data transmission device;

a control unit in electronic communication with the first and the second electronic devices;

a sensor in electronic communication with the control unit, the sensor configured to detect a predefined event and, responsive to detecting the predefined event, to transmit an electric signal to the control unit;

a power source configured to supply an electric current to the control unit, the first electronic device, and the second electronic device; and

a plurality of electrical connectors disposed within the saddle, the electrical connectors carrying electric signals between the power source, the control unit, the first electronic device, the second electronic device, the sensor, or a combination thereof;

wherein responsive to the sensor detecting the predefined event, the sensor transmits an electric signal to the control unit, the control unit actuates the first electronic device and the second electronic device, whereby the second electronic device transmits data captured by the first electronic device.

2. The security device according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is a vibration sensor or a motion sensor and the predefined event is a vibration of the object or a motion sensor within a predefined range of the object.

3. The security device according to claim 1, wherein the first electronic device is a camera.

4. The security device according to claim 3, wherein the camera captures an image or a video feed to be transmitted via the second electronic device.

5. The security device according to claim 1, the second electronic device further comprising a transmitter, the transmitter configured to transmit data to a central hub, to other security devices, a computing device, or both.

6. The security device according to claim 1, further comprising the security device having a proximity sensor, a density sensor, or both in electrical communication with the control unit, whereby the control unit analyzes electric signals received from the proximity sensor, the density sensor, or both and determines whether the object is in a first open state or a second closed state.

7. The security device according to claim 1, further comprising additional electronic devices disposed within the first end module, the second end module or both in electrical communication with the control unit, the additional electronic devices are selected from the group consisting of a camera, a motion sensor, a projector, a proximity sensor, a microphone, a speaker, a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, a biohazard detector, an infrared sensor, a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a humidity sensor, a gesture recognition device, and a combination thereof.

8. The security device according to claim 1, further comprising a wireless network adapter configured to connect to a wireless data network.

9. The security device according to claim 1, further comprising a layer of dry adhesive disposed on the saddle, the first end module, the second end module, or a combination thereof.

10. The security device according to claim 1, wherein the first end module, the second end module, or both are detachable from the saddle, thereby enabling a user to select a module containing an appropriate electronic device for a user-selectable application.

20. The security device according to claim 1, wherein the object is a door or a human body part.

11. A portable security surveillance device comprising:

a saddle having a thickness, a first end, and a second end, the e configured to deploy over an object, the object having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;

a first end module disposed on the first end of the saddle, the first end module configured to reside on the first surface of the object;

a second end module disposed on the second end of the saddle, the second end module configured to reside on the second surface of the object the saddle retaining the first and the second end modules in their deployed positions, whereby the first end module, the second end module, and the saddle form an assembly, the assembly being detachable from the object by removing the saddle therefrom, wherein the first and the second surfaces of the object are unaltered by deployment and removal of the saddle;

a first electronic device housed within the first end module;

a second electronic device housed within the second end module, wherein at least the first or the second electronic device is an input device;

a control unit in electric communication with the first and the second electronic devices;

a sensor in electronic communication with the control unit, the sensor configured to detect a predefined event and, responsive to detecting the predefined event, to transmit an electric signal to the control unit; and

a plurality of electrical connectors disposed within the saddle, the electrical connectors carrying electric signals between the control unit, the first electronic device, the second electronic device, the sensor, or a combination thereof;

wherein responsive to the sensor detecting the predefined event, the sensor transmits an electric signal to the control unit, whereby the control unit actuates the first electronic device, the second electronic device, or both.

12. The security device according to claim 11, wherein the second electronic device comprises a transmitter in communication with the control unit, the transmitter configured to transmit data to a central hub, to other security devices, to a computing device, or a combination thereof.

13. The security device according to claim 11, wherein the first electronic device is a camera.

14. The security device according to claim 13, wherein the camera captures an image or a video feed transmission to the second electronic device.

15. The security device according to claim 11, wherein the sensor is selected from the group consisting of a vibration sensor, a proximity sensor, a motion sensor, and a density sensor.

16. The security device according to claim 11, wherein the first electronic device is selected from the group consisting of a camera, a motion sensor, a projector, a proximity sensor, a microphone, a speaker, a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, a biohazard detector, an infrared sensor, a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a humidity sensor, a gesture recognition device, and a combination thereof.

17. The security device according to claim 11, wherein the second electronic device comprises a wireless network adapter configured to connect to a wireless data network.

18. The security device according to claim 11, further comprising a layer of dry adhesive disposed on the saddle, the first end module, the second end module, or a combination thereof.

19. The security device according to claim 11, wherein the first end module, the second end module, or both are detachable from the saddle, thereby enabling a user to select a module containing an appropriate electronic device for a user-selectable application.

21. The security device according to claim 11, wherein the object is a door or a human body part.