Entertainment device configured for interactive detection and security vigilant monitoring in communication with a control server

• US 20070256105A1
• Filed: 12/05/2006
• Published: 11/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Costa Verdi, Series 63 of the Allied Security Trust I (Allied Security Trust)
• Original Assignee: Costa Verdi, Series 63 of the Allied Security Trust I (Allied Security Trust)
• Inventors: Tabe, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US11/634,535
• Publication Number:
  US 20070256105A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/78
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19697 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/085 using central distribution transmission lines
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/14 Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/21 Server components or server architectures
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23 Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4131 home appliance, e.g. lighting, air conditioning system, metering devices home automation data switching networks exchanging configuration information on appliance services H04L12/2807
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

Home security detectors configured with the control components of the home comprising interactive detectors enhanced to support location-awareness and home occupant-awareness and functionality. The system includes at least one motion sensor configured with communication devices operatively arranged to transmit information about any motion of occupants in the various sections of the home as part of the information about the occupancy of the home during an emergency. At least one sensor is provided in various rooms of a home each sensing a state of the home. A central communication device is coupled, wired or wirelessly, directly or indirectly, to each home sensor configured to transmit the state of the home. The number of occupants in the home are determined by at least one body heat sensor and at least one heartbeat sensor each configured with the interactive detectors to detect the presence of emergency and home occupants and to know the present situations such as their heartbeats, such that the number of occupants and their locations are determinable from the number of detected body heat and their security and safety conditions are determinable by their heartbeats. The detection method includes the steps of sensing a state of the home and transmitting the state of the home to at least a server. Images of the home are captured by at least a camera means configured with at least a MOS and/or CMOS based active sensor array for producing real-time images and stored in the server for wireless retrieval. The images ideally include at least an intruder of the home. The server is configured with a central processor for enabling controlling security vigilance monitoring and for enabling rapid distribution of detection data, voice, and other detection signals within the monitoring environment. The system establishes a network which includes configuring home audio/visual devices, media destination means such as televisions, monitors, PDAs, notepads, notebooks, MP3, wireless stereo, cell phones etc for the detection means. The control server supports video/audio servings, telephony, messaging, file sharing, internetworking, and security monitoring and allows home occupants to access and control the home network environment from any location within a controlled residential, commercial/industrial and/or non-residential, commercial/industrial environment with at least a computer means such as a cell phone.

Claims

1. A method for enabling security vigilant monitoring and communications;

comprising;

a control server responsive for distributing detection signals through radio frequency (RF);

interactive detectors;

an entertainment device configured with at least a camera means;

said entertainment device enabling security monitoring in communication with at least a control server responsive for distributing signals exchanged between networked appliances;

said exchanged signals including RF modulated video signals from at least said interactive detectors, television camera/detector, cable box detector, entertainment appliances detection, and RF modulated video signal appliances and un-modulated digital signal appliances configured with coaxial cables having cable characteristic impedance for transmitting text and image data, the method further comprising the steps of;

installing at least a device which enables detection and comprises interactive means responsive for communicating with said distribution unit for distributing detection data through wired/wireless means;

said distribution unit comprising signals from plurality devices to enable detection data transmission/distribution to apparatus having a source input for receiving at least the RF modulated broadcast television signals from the broadcast source and having a plurality of signal ports for receiving the RF modulated video signals and un-modulated digital signals from each of the plurality interactive detectors;

coupling the RF broadcast signals from said interactive detectors to within said signal distribution unit, from said source input to each said signal port;

coupling at least the RF modulated video signals and the un-modulated digital signals received at each said signal port wired/wirelessly to each other signal port external to said distribution unit; and

connecting each entertainment appliance having monitoring and detection means to its associated coaxial cable through an associated plurality of signal frequency filters having at least a digital/analog signal frequency filtering means with at least a frequency band-pass suitable for passing through un-modulated digital signals at a selected signal bit speed capable of transporting at least a still image, each said filter being connected at a first terminal to the associated entertainment appliance for enabling communication thereof, each one of said filters providing a substantially equal filter characteristic impedance to band-pass signals propagation for enabling security monitoring and communication with said control server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said interactive detector includes at least a high definition Interactive television with embedded camera having MOS or CMOS based active sensor array enabled for producing electronic images during a detection phase and having electron-hole producing light coupled to the pass-band of said RF modulated video signal filter, and wherein said video signal filter is at a higher frequency spectrum than the pass-band of said digital signal filter.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the sensor array having mega-pixel resolution with optical/digital zoom and includes a layered photodiode for converting the electron-hole producing light into electrical charges in communication with the control server having a central processor for enabling the control of security monitoring and for enabling the distribution of detected data, voice, and other control signals within an environment via a wired and/or wireless communications network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said steps for enabling interactive security vigilant monitoring, detection, and communication further includes the steps of:

monitoring and distributing detected signals through radio frequency (RF) modulated television signals from a wired/wireless connection and/or a broadcast signal source to network with components of the interactive detector configured with coaxial cables capable identifying each digital signal source to each associated digital signal frequency filter; and

inserting a filter impedance matching network intermediate to the connection between each digital signal source and said first terminal of said associated digital signal frequency filter, said filter impedance matching network providing a terminating impedance value at said first terminal which approximates the cable characteristic impedance provided to said second terminal, thereby providing substantially equal filter characteristic impedance to un-modulated digital signals exchanged at a signal bit speed appropriate for enabling security monitoring and communication with said control server through said digital signal frequency filter.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said step for enabling security vigilant monitoring and detection further includes the step of:

enabling the control server to support video/audio serving, telephony, messaging, file sharing, internetworking, and security to allow home occupants to access and control the home network environment during emergency from any location within a controlled residential, commercial/industrial and/or non-residential, commercial/industrial environment, including the surrounding areas, and wherein said network provides impedance matching detection signals as a series resistor functionally connected at a first side detection to said first terminal of said digital signal filter and connected at a second side detection to the digital signal source, said series resistor being further connected at said first and second side through a shunt resistor to the low voltage potential reference of the digital signal source.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said step for enabling security vigilant monitoring and detection further includes the step of:

embedding a camera in a television for monitoring and providing security assistance to a home, home occupants, and other security agencies;

communicating captured and detection signals to at least a control server for determining at least one intruder and/or one fire-property or characteristic of occupancy of the home constituting information about the security and occupancy state of the home;

control server automatically establishing a communication channel between the home and at least a remote facility without manual intervention to thereby enable the information about the security and occupancy state of the home to be transmitted to the said remote facility;

blocking the RF modulated video signals and un-modulated digital signals received at said control server output signal ports from being coupled to a source input at the remote facility and considering the information about the security and occupancy state of the home received from the home television for central communication device and directing assistance to the home and any of the occupied sections based on the transmitted information;

obtaining images of the various sections of the home and identifying local devices within a vicinity of said source, said local devices comprising plurality of network devices; and

enabling creation of a sequence of commands that, when executed, controls an operation or a function of the plurality of network devices associated with sequence of single command, storing said sequence on a control server for transmitting the images of the various sections after the break-through or at least a detection.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising the steps of:

storing said single command on a controller device such that execution of said single command sends a request to said control server to execute said sequence of commands for determining when the home experiences a break-through and for obtaining images of the various sections of the home; and

transmitting the images of the various sections to at least a remote facility prior to the break-through.

8. A method for enabling security vigilant monitoring and communication comprising:

a control server responsive for distributing detection signals through radio frequency (RF);

an entertainment device configured with at least a camera means responsive for distributing signals from a broadcast signal source to network appliances forming a complete network comprised of single conductor coaxial cables interconnected through a distribution unit;

said distribution unit and said entertainment device simultaneously therewith enabling security monitoring and communication with the control server configured for distributing signals exchanged between the networked appliances over the same coaxial cables throughout the complete network;

said exchanged signals including RF modulated video signals from at least interactive detectors, television camera/detector, cable box detector, entertainment appliances detection, and RF modulated video signal appliances and un-modulated digital signal appliances, wherein the coaxial cables having cable characteristic impedance for transmitting text and image data, the method further comprising the steps of;

installing at least a device which enables detection and comprises interactive means responsive for communicating with a distribution unit for distributing detection data through wired/wireless means;

configuring said control server and said distribution unit comprising signals from plurality detection and monitoring devices to enable detection data transmission/distribution to apparatus having a source input for receiving at least the RF modulated broadcast television signals from the broadcast source and having plurality of signal ports for receiving the RF modulated video signals and un-modulated digital signals from each of the plurality interactive detectors;

coupling the RF broadcast signals from said interactive detectors to within said signal distribution apparatus to each said signal port representation of at least a detection data type;

coupling at least the RF modulated video signals and the un-modulated digital signals received at each said signal port wired/wirelessly to each other signal port external to said distribution unit;

connecting each appliance having monitoring and detection means to its associated coaxial cable through an associated plurality of signal frequency filters having at least a digital/analog signal frequency filtering means with at least a frequency band capable of transporting at least a still image, and configured with at least a video signal filter having a frequency band-pass suitable for enabling security monitoring and communication with a control server responsive for video data and detection caption in communication with an external device;

determining at least one fire-property or characteristic of occupancy of the home constituting information about the security and occupancy state of the home;

automatically establishing a communication channel between the home television device, the control server, and a remote facility without manual intervention to thereby enable the information about the security and occupancy state of the home to be transmitted to the remote facility;

at the remote facility, considering the information about the security and the occupancy state of the home received from the home and directing assistance to the home based on the transmitted information; and

the step of determining at least one fire-property or characteristic of an emergency and the occupancy state of the home comprising the step of determining any motion in the various sections of the home, whereby information about any motion of occupants in the various sections is transmitted as part of the information about the security and the occupancy state of the home.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of determining at least one fire-property or characteristic of occupancy of the home comprises the step of determining the number of occupants in the various sections of the home as part of the information about the security and occupancy state of the home.

10. A method for monitoring and providing security assistance to a home and home occupants, comprising the steps of:

determining at least one fire-property or characteristics of occupancy of the home constituting information about the security and occupancy state of the home;

automatically establishing a communication channel between the home and a remote facility without manual intervention to thereby enable the information about the security and the occupancy state of the home to be transmitted to the remote facility;

at the remote facility, considering the information about the security and the occupancy state of the home received from the home and directing assistance to the home based on the transmitted information;

the step of determining at least one fire-property or characteristic of emergency and the occupancy state of the home comprising the step of determining the number of occupants in the various sections, the number of occupants in the various sections being transmitted as part of the information about the occupancy state of the home; and

wherein the step of determining the number of occupants in the home comprising the steps of receiving waves energy or radiation from all of the each locations in the various sections and determining the number of occupants in the various sections from the received waves, energy or radiation, the number of occupants in the various sections being transmitted as part of the information about the security and the occupancy state of the home.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of determining the number of occupants in the home comprises the step of arranging at least one heartbeat sensor and at least one body heat sensor in the home to detect the presence of human heartbeats in the home such that the number of occupants is determinable from the number of detected body heat and the security is determinable from the number of detected heartbeats and or body heat.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of determining the number of occupants in the home comprises the step of arranging at least one plurality sensor system in the home to detect at least one of the plurality sections and plurality distribution applied to the each entrance such that the number of occupants is determinable from the at least one of the detected plurality sections and plurality distribution.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of determining the number of occupants in the home comprises the step of arranging at least one body temperature sensor to measure temperature in the various sections whereby the number of occupants is determinable from the measured temperature in the various sections, whereby at least one body temperature is configured with at least one interactive-detector to provide an indication of the interactive-detector being in communication with at another one interactive detector, whereby the number of occupants is determinable from the communicated state of information of the interactive-detectors.

14. The method for enabling security vigilant monitoring and communication comprising

a control server comprising a communication means configured to transmit various detection applications and communicatively connected to a at least an entertainment device comprising at least an interactive television;

said interactive television responsive for viewing contents and said communication means comprising a wireless/wired device configured with method for using in-house communication control device to set a wireless/wired electronic device to join a wireless/wired local area network (LAN);

said communication means further comprising sending a setup request from the control server configured with in-house entertainment devices comprising interactive detection means via at least a limited access connection;

said setup request comprising a request to be compiled on the control server to the wireless/wired LAN for receiving a data package from at least said in-house entertainment device,

said data package including at least a detection by the interactive detection means to enable network data distribution necessary for wireless/wired device to join the wireless LAN for utilizing the network data at the control server to establish a full access connection to an access point of at least a home;

said communication means configured with said interactive detectors in communications with said control server comprising;

at least a modem;

computer means comprising a micro processor, at least one memory means, at least an input/output means configured with at least one input/output;

said communications means connected to the communication control device and configured for selectively and simultaneously transmitting and receiving analog and digital images;

said control server in communication with least wireless/wired communication means;

said communication control device providing at least a wireless/wired interconnectivity of the control server and a wireless/wired network through the communications means in wireless communication with at least a local internet service provider portal to the network, at least a satellite network;

said interactive television comprising at least a media device responsive to normal read-only data, and the computer means having operating software contained on one of the memory means; and

at least a logic means is configured with at least a software configured for in-house positioning and communications.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the step of determining at least one fire-property or characteristic of occupancy of the homes comprises the step of determining the number of human occupants in the various sections through at least said interactive detection.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising the steps of:

said interactive detection sensing a state of the home, a state of occupancy of the home, and/or a state of a component of the home;

transmitting the state of the home, the state of occupancy of the home, and/or the state of the component of the home to at least a control server;

sensing a state of the environment around and exterior of the home; and

transmitting information about the environment of the home.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising the step of determining when the home experiences a break-through, the step of transmitting information about the occupancy of the home comprising the step of transmitting information when it has been determined that the home has experienced a break-through.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising the steps of:

providing a memory unit in the home television to receive the information about the security and occupancy state of the home and storing the information about the security and occupancy state of the home for transmission to at least a control server; and

interrogating the memory unit to obtain the stored information about the security and occupancy state of the home to enable detection data transmission thereof.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising the steps of:

monitoring and providing assistance to a home, comprising the steps of;

determining at least one fire-property or characteristic of occupancy of the home constituting information about the security and occupancy state of the home;

determining at least one state of the home or of a component of the home constituting information about the operation of the home;

selectively and automatically establishing a communication channel between the home and a remote facility without manual intervention to thereby enable the information about the security and occupancy state of the home and the information about the operation of the home to be transmitted to the remote facility to enable assistance to be provided to the home based on the transmitted information;

at the remote facility, considering the information about the security and occupancy state of the home and the information about the operation of the home received from the control server, said control server directing assistance to the home based on the transmitted information; and

the step of selectively and establishing a communication channel between the home and a remote facility without manual intervention comprising the step of addressing a transmission of information about the security and occupancy state of the home differently from a transmission of information about the operation of the home.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising the steps of:

obtaining images of the various sections of the home; and

transmitting the images of the various sections after an emergency and/or a break-through involving the home;

determining when the home experiences a break-through, the step of obtaining images of the various sections of the home comprising the step of obtaining images including the image of an intruder of the home; and

transmitting the images of the various sections just prior to the break-through once it has determined that the home has experienced a break-through.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the step of determining at least one fire-property or characteristic of occupancy of the home comprises the step of determining any motion in the various sections of the home,

whereby information about any motion of occupants in the various sections is transmitted as part of the information about the security and occupancy state of the home;

and,

determining the number of occupants in the various sections, the number of occupants in the various sections being transmitted as part of the information about the security and occupancy state of the home.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the step of determining the number of occupants in the home comprises the steps of receiving waves or radiation energy from all of the each locations in the various sections of the home and determining the number of occupants in the various sections from the received waves, energy or radiation, and arranging at least one heartbeat sensor and at least a body heat sensor in the various sections of the home to detect the presence of heartbeats and body heat in the home such that the number of occupants is determinable from the number of detected body heat and security is determinable by at least the heartbeats.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the step of determining the number of occupants in the home comprises the step of arranging at least one plurality sensor in the home to detect at least one of the plurality sections and plurality distribution assigned to each entrance such that the number of occupants is determinable from the at least the presence of home occupant in one of the detected plurality sections and plurality distribution;

and

arranging at least one temperature sensor to measure temperature in the various sections whereby the number of occupants is determinable from the measured temperature in the various sections.

24. The method of claim 26, wherein the step of determining the number of occupants in the home comprises the step of arranging at least one interactive-detector to provide an indication of the interactive-detector being in communication with at least another one interactive detector, whereby the number of occupants is determinable from the information provided by the state of the interactive-detectors;

sensing a state of the environment around the interior/exterior of the home;

transmitting information about the environment of the home;

to at least the control server;

transmitting information when it has been determined that the home has experienced a break-through;

using a portable device to obtain detection data from the control server; and

receiving said request and processing said request by said control server.