Security motion sensor and video recording system
First Claim
1. An integrated alarm and surveillance system comprising:
- an alarm system including a user interface for enabling a user to arm and disarm the alarm system; and
a surveillance system including—
a video camera for detecting motion in a field of view of the camera, an input port for receiving alarm system status information from the alarm system, wherein the status information includes whether the alarm system is armed, and a controller for communicating an electronic notification in response to detected motion if the alarm system is armed.
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Abstract
A combined alarm and surveillance system integrates an existing alarm system (12) with an existing surveillance system (14) such that functions unique to each system are combined in a complementary manner. The existing alarm and surveillance systems are combined via an interface (16) comprising an array of electric relays (52,54,56,58,60,62). Each relay receives a signal from either the alarm system or the surveillance system and retransmits the signal to the other system in a form that is compatible with the receiving system. The alarm system is configured to communicate alarm status information to the surveillance system, and the surveillance system is configured to communicate control signals to the alarm system, such as an alarm system reset signal.
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20 Claims
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1. An integrated alarm and surveillance system comprising:
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an alarm system including a user interface for enabling a user to arm and disarm the alarm system; and
a surveillance system including— a video camera for detecting motion in a field of view of the camera, an input port for receiving alarm system status information from the alarm system, wherein the status information includes whether the alarm system is armed, and a controller for communicating an electronic notification in response to detected motion if the alarm system is armed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of integrating an alarm system and a surveillance system comprising the steps of:
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connecting an electric circuit to the alarm system and to the surveillance system such that the circuit receives a first signal from the alarm system and communicates the first signal to the surveillance system in a form compatible with the surveillance system; and
configuring the surveillance system to communicate an electronic notification in response to motion detected by a camera of the surveillance system if the first signal indicates that the alarm system is armed. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An integrated alarm and surveillance system comprising:
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an alarm system including— a user interface for enabling a user to arm and disarm the alarm system; and
an input port for receiving an alarm system reset signal;
a surveillance system including— a video camera for detecting motion in a field of view of the camera, an input port for receiving an alarm system status signal indicating whether the alarm system is armed, and a controller for generating an electronic notification in response to detected motion if the alarm system is armed, and for generating an alarm system reset signal;
an interface including— a first electronic relay for receiving the status signal from the alarm system and communicating the status signal to the surveillance system in a form compatible with the input port of the surveillance system, and a second electronic relay for receiving the alarm system reset signal from the surveillance system and communicating the alarm system reset signal to the alarm system in a form compatible with the input port of the alarm system. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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