Cellular telephone based surveillance system
First Claim
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1. A surveillance system, comprising:
- a cellular telephone;
a set of environmental sensors arranged on the cellular telephone, the set of environmental sensors configured to acquire environment signals from an environment surrounding the cellular telephone;
means for analyzing the environment signals;
means for detecting significant surveillance events from the analyzed signals; and
means for generating a set of actions in response to the detected surveillance events.
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Abstract
The invention provides sensors and event monitoring to a cellular telephone to perform surveillance. Using audio and visual sensing capabilities, an environment can be monitored to detect significant surveillance events and to trigger surveillance alerts in response to the events, or to report current sensor information in response to an in-coming call.
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24 Claims
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1. A surveillance system, comprising:
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a cellular telephone;
a set of environmental sensors arranged on the cellular telephone, the set of environmental sensors configured to acquire environment signals from an environment surrounding the cellular telephone;
means for analyzing the environment signals;
means for detecting significant surveillance events from the analyzed signals; and
means for generating a set of actions in response to the detected surveillance events. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A surveillance method, comprising:
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acquiring environment signals from an environment with a set of sensors arranged on a cellular telephone;
analyzing the environment signals;
detecting significant surveillance events from the analyzed signals; and
generating a set of actions in response to the detected surveillance events.
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