Surveillance network for unattended ground sensors

• US 20070236343A1
• Filed: 09/23/2005
• Published: 10/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Albert Becksted, Allan Stokes
• Original Assignee: Albert Becksted, Allan Stokes
• Inventors: Stokes, Allan, Becksted, Albert
• Application Number:
  US11/233,099
• Publication Number:
  US 20070236343A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/521
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19695 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors start video recording or forwarding but do not generate an alarm themselves

Abstract

A method for responding to a sensor event is provided, comprising the steps of: (a) recognizing and analyzing a sensor event, and declaring an alarm condition; (b) taking a picture, storing the picture, and transmitting the picture to a central server; (c) notifying subscribers with a message that can contain visual confirmation and other data describing the alarm event; and (d) interrogating a module, downloading event data and images.

Claims

1. A method for responding to a sensor event, comprising the steps of:

(a) recognizing and analyzing a sensor event,

(b) taking a photograph, storing the photograph, and transmitting the photograph to a central server;

(c) notifying a subscriber with a message containing said photograph and data describing the sensor event.

2. A system for gathering and transmitting information from a site, comprising:

(a) a module located at said site;

(b) a camera connected to said module;

(c) a plurality of sensors connected to said module;

(d) a plurality of digital RF connections from the module to a server; and

(e) user interface software subscribers and interrogators of the module.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the digital RF connection comprises a satellite link.

4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the digital RF connection comprises a wireless LAN connection.

5. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the digital RF connection comprises a cellular connection.

6. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising an audio signal capture device.

7. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the sensor comprises a magnetic anomaly sensor.

8. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the sensor comprises a seismic sensor.

9. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the sensor comprises an infrared sensor.

10. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the sensor comprises a trip wire.

11. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the sensor comprises an acoustic sensor.

12. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the camera comprises an infrared laser to allow pointing the camera at a location at night.

13. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the camera comprises a day/night camera.

14. A methods of discriminating sensor data within a module comprising:

(a) obtain data from a plurality of sensors, said sensors capable of magnetic or seismic sensing;

(b) analyzing a time delay between the activation of seismic sensing;

(c) determining if a magnetic sensor has provided data;

(d) based on said time delay and said data provided by said magnetic sensor, establishing a threat level; and

(e) if said threat level is greater than a predetermined threshold, communicating an alert.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein said alert is communicated via a distributed network.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein said alert is communicated to a command center, and the data is selectively transmitted through a slow channel.

17. The method of claim 14 wherein the module is in communication with a camera, said camera taking a photograph when one of said sensors is communicates data, and said photograph is transmitted to a command center.