Photographic security system

• US 20010001561A1
• Filed: 01/12/2001
• Published: 05/24/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/1989
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Christopher F. Coles
• Original Assignee: Christopher F. Coles
• Inventors: Coles, Christopher F.
• Granted Patent: US 6,469,735 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/158
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0009 Transmission of position information to remote stations involving assistance data G01S5/0236
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19621 Portable camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19671 Addition of non-video data, i.e. metadata, to video stream
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0297 Robbery alarms, e.g. hold-up alarms, bag snatching alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12

Abstract

A method of detecting a breach of security in a first location and providing information about the breach of security to security personnel in a remote location is provided. The method includes acquiring global positioning signals at the first location upon the breach of security and transmitting the global positioning signals to the remote location. Personnel at the remote location are thus notified of the breach of security and also are provided the position of the first location for taking action appropriate to the breach.

Claims

1. A security apparatus comprising in combination an electronic camera and a transmitter for transmitting the image received by the electronic camera to a remote receiver characterised in that the apparatus is portable and includes a position location apparatus and in that the transmitter also transmits the positional information received from the position location apparatus.

2. An apparatus as claimed in

claim 1

in which the position location apparatus comprises means for receiving positional information from satellites, ground stations and like reference point transmitters and means for converting the received information into display information for locating the position of the location apparatus on a map.

3. An apparatus as claimed in

claim 1

or

claim 2

including at least one sensor for receiving information about the environment of the security system, and means for processing that information into a form transmittable by the transmitter.

4. An apparatus as claimed in

claim 3

, wherein the sensor is a microphone.

5. An apparatus as claimed in

claim 4

when adapted to be sound activated.

6. An apparatus as claimed in any one of the preceding claims when adapted to be activated by a manually operable switch.

7. An apparatus as claimed in any one of the preceding claims including an internal memory for storing at least some of the transmitted information.

8. An apparatus as claimed in

claim 7

, wherein the internal memory is pre-programmed with information about the user of the security apparatus which is also transmitted by the transmitter.

9. An apparatus as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the operations thereof are combined and controlled by software.

10. In combination, a portable security apparatus as claimed in any one of the preceding claims and a remote receiving apparatus adapted to receive the information transmitted by the transmitter of the portable security apparatus.

11. The combination of

claim 9

including means for transforming the received information from the camera into a printed image.

12. The combination of

claim 9

or

claim 10

including means for displaying the received information from the position location apparatus on a map.