Wireless surveillance system releasably mountable to track lighting

• US 20060251259A1
• Filed: 06/30/2006
• Published: 11/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sensormatic Electronics LLC (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Original Assignee: Smartvue Corp. (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Inventors: Renkis, Martin
• Granted Patent: US 8,750,509 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 380/270
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19621 Portable camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19656 Network used to communicate with a camera, e.g. WAN, LAN, Internet
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19682 Graphic User Interface [GUI] presenting system data to the user, e.g. information on a screen helping a user interacting with an alarm system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/009 Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A wireless surveillance system and methods of operating same, providing at least one data input capture device (ICDs), including cameras which have the ability to capture video, audio, and/or data from sensors such as temperature and humidity data, while being newly or retrofittably releasably mountable to a track lighting system.

Claims

1. A wireless surveillance system including:

at least one input capture device (ICD) having input sensors operable for capturing data input from activities within a target environment, wherein the ICD is constructed and configured for releasably mounting to a track of a track lighting system, thereby providing a quick installation of the ICD.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the track is ceiling mounted.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the ICD is newly or retrofittably releasably mountable to the track lighting system.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the ICD is functional and operable to capture video, audio, and/or data from sensors such as temperature and humidity data, while being newly or retrofittably releasably mountable to a track lighting system.

5. The system of claim 1, further including an adjustable mounting device connected to the housing of the ICD for adjusting the angle and direction of the ICD to optimize data input by the sensors.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the adjustable mounting device functions to pivot the ICD relative to a first position when mounted to the track.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the adjustable mounting device functions to rotate the ICD relative to a first position when mounted to the track.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the adjustable mounting device is a universal joint that includes functions of pivoting and rotating relative to a first position when mounted to the track.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the data input includes initial readings from the environment.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the data input includes changes in the target environment relative to the initial readings or predetermined settings.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the data input from the sensors is selected from visual images, sound, odor, temperature, the presence of chemicals or radiation, the presence or absence of movement, and combinations thereof.