Mobile digital surveillance system

• US 20050078195A1
• Filed: 10/13/2004
• Published: 04/14/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Craig K. Vanwagner
• Original Assignee: Craig K. Vanwagner
• Inventors: VanWagner, Craig K.
• Application Number:
  US10/964,131
• Publication Number:
  US 20050078195A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/231.300
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/145 Handheld terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4184 providing storage capabilities, e.g. memory stick
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/9201 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A mobile recording device includes a flexible camera head for capturing video stream data in real time; a microphone for capturing audio data in real time; a position determining module for capturing position data for the mobile recording device; a first and a second replaceable memory modules for storing the video stream data and the audio data, wherein the first replaceable memory module can be replaced when the second replaceable memory module is being used to store the video and audio data and the second replaceable memory module can be replaced when the first replaceable memory module is being used to store the video and audio data. The mobile recording device may further include a wireless transceiver for wirelessly transmitting the video, the audio, and the position data to a remote location and receiving data from the remote location.

Claims

1. A mobile recording device comprising:

a flexible camera head for capturing video stream data in real time;

a microphone for capturing audio data in real time;

a position determining module for capturing position data for the mobile recording device; and

a first and a second replaceable memory modules for storing the video stream data and the audio data, wherein the first replaceable memory module can be replaced when the second replaceable memory module is being used to store the video and audio data and the second replaceable memory module can be replaced when the first replaceable memory module is being used to store the video and audio data.

2. The mobile recording device of claim 1 further comprising a wireless transceiver for wirelessly transmitting the video, the audio, and the position data to a remote location and receiving data from the remote location.

3. The mobile recording device of claim 2 wherein the wireless transceiver receives a command from the remote location to start transmitting data.

4. The mobile recording device of claim 1 further comprising a compass for indicating a direction the camera head is pointing to.

5. The mobile recording device of claim 1 wherein the flexible camera head is configured to swivel.

6. The mobile recording device of claim 1 wherein the flexible camera head is configured to include user replaceable lenses.

7. The mobile recording device of claim 1 further comprising a LCD for displaying data.

8. The mobile recording device of claim 1 further comprising input keys for entering text data to be overlayed on the video stream data.

9. The mobile recording device of claim 1 further comprising a button for establishing wireless connection with a pre-programmed remote location for transmitting the video, audio and location data.

10. The mobile recording device of claim 1 further comprising a finger print sensor for capturing and transmitting finger print data in real time.

11. The mobile recording device of claim 1 further comprising a facial scanning module for capturing and transmitting facial profiles in real time.

12. A mobile recording device comprising:

a flexible camera head for capturing video stream data in real time;

a microphone for capturing audio data in real time;

a circular buffer for continuously storing the video stream data and the audio data; and

a wireless transceiver for transmitting the video and audio data in real time to a remote location.

13. The mobile recording device of claim 12 wherein the wireless transceiver receives a command from the remote location to start transmitting data.

14. The mobile recording device of claim 12 further comprising a compass for indicating a direction the camera head is pointing to.

15. The mobile recording device of claim 12 wherein the wireless transceiver receives a command from the remote location to start recording data.

16. The mobile recording device of claim 12 further comprising a position determining module for capturing position data for the mobile recording device

17. The mobile recording device of claim 12 further comprising a finger print sensor for capturing and transmitting finger print data in real time.

18. The mobile recording device of claim 12 further comprising a facial scanning module for capturing and transmitting facial profiles in real time.

19. A mobile recording device comprising:

a flexible camera head for capturing video stream data in real time;

a microphone for capturing audio data in real time;

a finger print sensor for capturing finger print data in real time; and

a wireless transceiver for transmitting the video, audio, and finger print data in real time to a remote location and for receiving commands from the remote location.

20. The mobile recording device of claim 19 further comprising a circular buffer for continuously storing the video stream data and the audio data.