Glassbreak noise detector and video positioning locator

• US 20060197666A1
• Filed: 02/18/2005
• Published: 09/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Babich, Thomas S., Piel, Kevin G.
• Granted Patent: US 7,812,855 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/566
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/04 by breaking of glass
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19695 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors start video recording or forwarding but do not generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19697 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors generate an alarm themselves

Abstract

A glass break detector is provided with microphones for detecting glass breaking, and microphones for detecting noise, and generating a noise output once a noise is detected. The noise output triggers a video camera to record in the area of the glass break detector. Also, a security apparatus is provided, having a video dome, a video camera provided in the video dome, and one or more microphones provided on an outside surface of the video dome. If a noise is detected by the one or more microphones, the video camera points to a direction of the noise by determining the time of arrival of the noise, and the camera begins to record.

Claims

1. A glass break detector, comprising:

glass break detecting means for detecting glass breaking; and

noise detecting means for detecting noise and generating a noise output once a noise is detected;

wherein the noise output triggers a video camera to record in the area of the glass break detector.

2. The glass break detector of claim 1, wherein the glass break detecting means comprises one or more microphones.

3. The glass break detector of claim 1, wherein the noise detecting means comprises one or more microphones.

4. The glass break detector of claim 1, further comprising. a terminal block, wherein said terminal block has a glass break output and the noise output.

5. The glass break detector of claim 1, further comprising a setting to set a predetermined threshold for glass break detection.

6. The glass break detector of claim 1, further comprising a setting to set a predetermined threshold of a level of noise, wherein if the noise detected is above the threshold level, the noise output is generated.

7. The glass break detector of claim 1, wherein a signal is sent to a control center to alert the control center that a noise has been detected.

8. The glass break detector of claim 1, further comprising a DIP switch for setting a mode of the glass break detector.

9. The glass break detector of claim 8, wherein the mode is set to only detect glass breaking.

10. The glass break detector of claim 8, wherein the mode is set to detect glass breaking and noise.

11. A security apparatus comprising:

a video dome;

a video camera provided in the video dome; and

one or more microphones provided on an outside surface of the video dome;

wherein if a noise is detected by the one or more microphones, the video camera points to a direction of the noise.

12. The security apparatus of claim 11, wherein said number of microphones is three.

13. The security apparatus of claim 11, wherein the video camera is capable of up to 180 degree rotation.

14. The security apparatus of claim 11, wherein the video camera is capable of up to 360 degree rotation.

15. The security apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a time of arrival processing circuit that determines the direction of the noise by the time of arrival of the noise at the one or more microphones.

16. The security apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a circuit board that directs the video camera to the source of the noise detected by the one or more microphones.

17. The security apparatus of claim 11, wherein the video camera starts recording once directed to the source of the noise.

18. The security apparatus of claim 11, wherein the video camera is continuously directed to the source of the noise and continuously tracks a source of the noise.

19. The security apparatus of claim 18, wherein the video camera continuously tracks the source of the noise by the one or more microphones continuously monitoring a time of arrival of the noise from the noise'"'"'source.

20. A method of tracking a noise source, comprising:

detecting a noise by providing one or more microphones on an outside surface of a video dome;

providing a video camera inside the video dome;

deterrning a direction that the noise is coming from; and

directing the camera to a direction of the noise.

21. The method of tracking a noise source of claim 20, wherein the direction that the noise is coming from is determined by the time of arrival of the noise at the one or more microphones.

22. The method of tracking a noise source of claim 20, further comprising recording video on the video camera once the noise is detected and the camera is directed to the direction of the noise.

23. The method of tracking a noise source of claim 20, wherein three microphones are provided on the outside surface of the video dome.

24. The method of tracking a noise source of claim 20, wherein a video camera capable of up to 360 degree rotation inside the video dome is provided.

25. The method of tracking a noise source of claim 20, further comprising continuously tracking a source of the noise.

26. The method of tracking a noise source of claim 25, wherein the one or more microphones continuously tracks the source of the noise by continuously monitoring a time of arrival of the noise.

27. The method of tracking a noise source of claim 26, further comprising continuously directing the video camera to the direction of the noise and continuously recording in that direction.