REMOTE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE, OBSERVATION, MONITORING AND CONFIRMING SENSOR SYSTEM

• US 20070291115A1
• Filed: 06/20/2006
• Published: 12/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: United States Incorporated
• Original Assignee: United States Incorporated
• Inventors: BACHELDER, PAUL W., MOYER, ANDREW, CERUTTI, ANDREW C., BOWERS, RICKY E.
• Application Number:
  US11/425,332
• Publication Number:
  US 20070291115A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19621 Portable camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1966 Wireless systems, other than telephone systems, used to communicate with a camera
• 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 15/001 Concealed systems, e.g. disguised alarm systems to make covert systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control

Abstract

A video surveillance system includes at least one camera module electrically coupled to at least one Mini Intrusion Detection System® (MIDS). Additionally, a base station is electrically coupled to the at least one camera module to provide surveillance, monitoring, observation and confirmation of an item detected by the MIDS.

Claims

1. A video surveillance system comprising:

at least one camera module electrically coupled to at least one Mini Intrusion Detection System®

(MIDS), and

a base station electrically coupled to the at least one camera module to provide surveillance, monitoring, observation and confirmation of a motion detected by the MIDS.

2. The video surveillance system as recited in claim 1, wherein the at least one camera module is electrically coupled to the at least one MIDS by a wireless network.

3. The video surveillance system as recited in claim 2, wherein the wireless network is an 802.11 standard wireless network.

4. The video surveillance system as recited in claim 1, wherein the base station is electrically coupled to the at least one camera module by a wireless network.

5. The video surveillance system as recited in claim 4, wherein the wireless network is an 802.11 standard wireless network.

6. The video surveillance system as recited in claim 1, wherein the camera module compresses, encodes and transmits video and audio digitally.

7. The video surveillance system as recited in claim 1, wherein the camera module includes a day camera and a night camera and the system selects between the day camera and the night camera based on the environmental conditions.

8. The video surveillance system as recited in claim 1, wherein a field monitor is electrically coupled to the at least one camera module to view and assess a video output of the at least one camera module.

9. The video surveillance system as recited in claim 1, wherein the at least one camera module includes a day camera and a night camera and a photocell and circuit board to select therebetween.

10. The video surveillance system as recited in claim 9, wherein the at least one camera module includes an anti-reflective filter to reduce glare.

11. The video surveillance system as recited in claim 1, wherein a timer relay is integrated to turn off the camera module between detection alerts.

12. A video surveillance system comprising:

at least one camera module electrically coupled to at least one Mini Intrusion Detection System®

(MIDS), and

a base station electrically coupled to the at least one camera module to provide surveillance, monitoring, observation and confirmation of a motion detected by the MIDS,

wherein the camera module is hardwired to a transmit receiver and the transmit receiver is wirelessly connected to the base station.

13. The video surveillance system as recited in claim 12, wherein the at least one camera module is electrically coupled to the at least one MIDS by a wireless network.

14. The video surveillance system as recited in claim 13, wherein the wireless network is an 802.11 standard wireless network.

15. The video surveillance system as recited in claim 12, wherein the camera module compresses, encodes and transmits video and audio digitally.

16. The video surveillance system as recited in claim 12, wherein the camera module includes a day camera and a night camera and the system selects between the day camera and the night camera based on the environmental conditions.

17. The video surveillance system as recited in claim 12, wherein a field monitor is electrically coupled to the at least one camera module to view and assess a video output of the at least one camera module.

18. The video surveillance system as recited in claim 12, wherein the at least one camera module includes a day camera and a night camera and a photocell and circuit board to select therebetween.

19. The video surveillance system as recited in claim 18, wherein the at least one camera module includes an anti-reflective filter to reduce glare.

20. The video surveillance system as recited in claim 12, wherein a timer relay is integrated to turn off the camera module between detection alerts.