Integrated network for monitoring remote objects
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1. An integrated system for electronically monitoring remote objects comprising:
- a controller for monitoring one or more moveable objects;
a plurality of detectors for detecting one or more objects monitorable by the controller; and
a digital network for selectively interconnecting the controller to one or more detectors.
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Abstract
Integrated imaging and GPS network monitors remote object movement. Browser interface displays objects and detectors. Database stores object position movement. Cameras detect objects and generate image signal. Internet provides selectable connection between system controller and various cameras according to object positions.
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21 Claims
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1. An integrated system for electronically monitoring remote objects comprising:
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a controller for monitoring one or more moveable objects;
a plurality of detectors for detecting one or more objects monitorable by the controller; and
a digital network for selectively interconnecting the controller to one or more detectors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An integrated system for real-time monitoring of one or more remote objects comprising:
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a target unit in proximity to one or more remote objects, the target unit comprising a sensor unit, and a communication unit, including at least a processor and an Internet access application, a controller comprising a browser software interface for accessing a website comprising remote real-time object data associated with the remote object and displaying the remote object data on a screen, a database comprising a representation of each monitored object, and software means for detecting movement of one or more monitored object and modifying the object representation of each object movement to indicate an updated position in the database;
a plurality of camera detectors for detecting one or more objects monitored by the controller, and generating a digitized image signal of the monitored object disposed relative to the camera, the controller receiving the digitized image signal to monitor such object; and
a digital Internet network for selectively interconnecting the controller to one or more camera detectors.
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8. An integrated system for electronically monitoring remote objects comprising:
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a controller comprising a browser software interface for monitoring one or more moveable objects and graphically displaying at least one monitored object, a database comprising a representation of each monitored object, and software means for detecting movement of one or more monitored object and modifying the object representation of each object movement to indicate an updated position in the database;
a plurality of camera detectors for detecting one or more objects monitored by the controller, and generating a digitized image signal of the monitored object disposed relative to the camera, the controller receiving the digitized image signal to monitor such object; and
a digital Internet network for selectively interconnecting the controller to one or more camera detectors. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. In a network comprising a controller coupled to a plurality of detectors, a method for electronically monitoring remote objects, the method comprising the steps of:
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monitoring remotely over an Internet connection by a controller one or more moveable objects detected by one or more detectors;
maintaining a database comprising a representation of each monitored object;
detecting a movement of one or more monitored object; and
modifying in the database the object representation of each object movement to indicate an updated position. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. In an integrated digital monitoring system comprising a fixed network including a controller and a plurality of detectors, and a mobile network including a plurality of mobile sensors associated with a plurality of mobile objects, such sensors and detectors coupled to the Internet, a method for object surveillance comprising the steps of:
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receiving from at least one detector of the fixed network a first signal for monitoring an object associated therewith;
receiving from at least one sensor of the mobile network a second signal for monitoring the associated object;
determining a location of the associated object according to the first signal or the second signal; and
storing in a database the location of the associated object. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. In a console processing unit coupled via the Internet to at least one fixed detector and at least one mobile sensor, a data structure for representing a monitored object, the data structure comprising:
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an object identifier;
a first object location and a time monitored at such location, provided by a detector coupled to the console processing unit; and
a second object location and a time monitored at such location, provided by a sensor coupled to the console processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. In an Internet-coupled network for electronically linking at least one fixed vendor processor to at least one mobile buyer processor, a method for transacting between vendor and buyer processors, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining a first location of a mobile buyer processor coupled to the Internet;
receiving from the mobile buyer processor a first transaction message; and
sending to the mobile buyer processor a second transaction message indicating a first fixed vendor processor proximately disposed to the first location. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. Integrated tele-medicine system using fixed and mobile processor communication for enabling remote medical care, the system comprising:
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a care-giver processor coupled to a packet-switched digital network, the care-giver processor accessing a database including a representation of an identity and a location of at least one remote patient;
a mobile communications unit physically associated with a remote patient for monitoring at least one medical vital sign of such remote patient, the mobile communications unit communicating such monitored vital sign to the care-giver processor through the digital network; and
a first detector coupled to the digital network and selected by the care-giver processor for observing the remote patient when such remote patient is determined by the care-giver processor to be located within a first observation range of the selected first detector. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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