Standalone remote video surveillance device

• US 20050007458A1
• Filed: 05/14/2004
• Published: 01/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Frederic Benattou
• Original Assignee: Frederic Benattou
• Inventors: Benattou, Frederic
• Application Number:
  US10/845,457
• Publication Number:
  US 20050007458A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/211.990
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19621 Portable camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19634 Electrical details of the system, e.g. component blocks for carrying out specific functions
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1966 Wireless systems, other than telephone systems, used to communicate with a camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control

Abstract

Disclosed is a remote, standalone video surveillance device which wirelessly transmits video data in a plurality of types of transmission signals, simultaneously. The device includes one or more video acquisition modules which acquire a video signal, process the video signal, and output the processed video signal; one or more wireless transmission modules which transmit the output video signal; and a power supply which provides power to the video acquisition modules and the wireless transmission modules. Also, the device provides for wired transmission of video data, as well as the wireless transmission.

Claims

1. A video surveillance device comprising:

a video acquisition module which acquires a video signal, processes the video signal, and outputs the processed video signal;

a wireless transmission module which transmits the output video signal; and

a power supply which provides power to the video acquisition module and the wireless transmission module.

2. The video surveillance device of claim 1, further comprising a video camera for outputting the video signal to the video acquisition module, wherein the power supply provides power to the video camera.

3. The video surveillance device of claim 1, further comprising a video data storage unit for outputting the video signal to the video acquisition module, wherein the power supply provides power to the video data storage unit.

4. The video surveillance device of claim 1, wherein the wireless transmission module comprises a GSM/GPRS transmission module.

5. The video surveillance device of claim 1, wherein the wireless transmission module comprises a CDMA transmission module.

6. The video surveillance device of claim 1, further comprising a network transmission module which transmits the output video signal.

7. The video surveillance device of claim 6, wherein the network transmission module comprises at least one of a T1 transmission module, a T3 transmission module, a cable transmission module, and a DSL transmission module.

8. The video surveillance device of claim 7, further comprising a telephone transmission module which transmits the output video signal.

9. The video surveillance device of claim 1, wherein the wireless transmission module comprises a radio frequency (RF) module.

10. The video surveillance device of claim 1, further comprising a weatherproof enclosure.

11. The video surveillance device of claim 1, further comprising an ON/OFF switch for turning the power supply ON and OFF.

12. The video surveillance device of claim 1, wherein the power supply comprises a battery.

13. The video surveillance device of claim 12, further comprising a charger connector for connecting a charging device to the battery to charge the battery.

14. The video surveillance device of claim 12, further comprising a power management board which supplies power only to the wireless transmission module when the video surveillance device is in a standby mode.

15. The video surveillance device of claim 1, wherein the video acquisition module processes the acquired video signal by digitizing and compressing the acquired video signal.

16. A video surveillance device comprising:

a plurality of video acquisition modules which acquire a video signal, process the video signal, and output the processed video signal;

a plurality of wireless transmission modules which transmit the output video signal; and

a power supply which provides power to the video acquisition modules and the wireless transmission modules.

17. The video surveillance device of claim 16, wherein the wireless transmission modules comprise at least one of a GSM/GPRS transmission module, a CDMA transmission module, and a radio frequency (RF) module.

18. The video surveillance device of claim 17, further comprising a network transmission module which transmits the output video signal.

19. The video surveillance device of claim 17, further comprising a telephone transmission module which transmits the output video signal.

20. The video surveillance device of claim 16, wherein the wireless transmission modules comprise a GSM/GPRS transmission module, a CDMA transmission module, and a radio frequency (RF) module.

21. The video surveillance device of claim 20, further comprising a network transmission module which transmits the output video signal.

22. The video surveillance device of claim 20, further comprising a telephone transmission module which transmits the output video signal.

23. The video surveillance device of claim 16, wherein the power supply comprises a battery.

24. The video surveillance device of claim 23, further comprising a charger connector for connecting a charging device to the battery to charge the battery.

25. The video surveillance device of claim 16, further comprising a video camera for outputting the video signal to the video acquisition modules, wherein the power supply provides power to the video camera.

26. The video surveillance device of claim 16, further comprising a video data storage unit for outputting the video signal to the video acquisition modules, wherein the power supply provides power to the video data storage unit.

27. The video surveillance device of claim 16, further comprising a weatherproof enclosure.

28. The video surveillance device of claim 16, further comprising an ON/OFF switch for turning the power supply ON and OFF.

29. The video surveillance device of claim 16, further comprising a power management board which supplies power only to the wireless transmission module when the video surveillance device is in a standby mode.

30. The video surveillance device of claim 16, wherein the video acquisition modules process the acquired video signal by digitizing and compressing the acquired video signal.