Remote-control door viewer surveillance system

• US 20090059001A1
• Filed: 08/27/2007
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chuan Wang
• Original Assignee: Chuan Wang
• Inventors: Wang, Chuan
• Application Number:
  US11/892,682
• Publication Number:
  US 20090059001A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/186 Video door telephones

Abstract

A remote-control door viewer surveillance system includes a door viewer holding a lens assembly in the door panel of a house, an image sensor for picking up image signals through the lens assembly, an image processing circuit for processing image signals received from the image sensor into digital image signals, a monitor for displaying images of digital image signals outputted by the image processing circuit, a communication module for transmitting digital image signals outputted by the image processing circuit to the user'"'"'s mobile phone, a memory for storing digital image signals outputted by the image processing circuit for further review, and a TCP/IP equipment for transmitting the digital image signal outputted by the image processing circuit to a computer at a predetermined IP address for monitoring and storage.

Claims

1. A remote-control door viewer surveillance system comprising;

a door viewer, said door viewer comprising a lens holder mounted in a door panel of a house, a lens assembly mounted in said lens holder, and an image sensor holder fastened to said lens holder by a screw joint;

an image sensor mounted in said image sensor holder and adapted to pick up image signals through said lens assembly;

an image processing circuit electrically connected to said image sensor and adapted to process image signals received from said image sensor into digital image signals;

video display means electrically connected to said image processing circuit and adapted to display images of digital image signals outputted by said image processing circuit;

a communication module adapted to transmit digital image signals outputted by said image processing circuit to a mobile phone;

memory means adapted to store digital image signals outputted by said image processing circuit; and

power supply means electrically connected to said image sensor, said image processing circuit, said communication module and said memory means to provide the necessary working voltage.

2. The remote-control door viewer surveillance system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a membrane switch mounted in between a front side of said lens holder and said door panel and adapted to output a signal when pressed by a person, and a wireless transmitting circuit electrically connected to said membrane switch and adapted to transmit the signal produced by said membrane switch to a remote-control electric bell wirelessly to drive said remote-control electric bell to ring.

3. The remote-control door viewer surveillance system as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

a microphone mounted in said lens holder and adapted to pick up a visitor'"'"'s voice;

a speaker for voice output; and

a voice amplifier electrically connected in series between said microphone and said speaker and adapted to amplify the voice picked up by said microphone for output through said speaker.

4. The remote-control door viewer surveillance system as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a TCP/IP equipment adapted to transmit the digital image signal outputted by said image processing circuit to a computer at a predetermined IP address for monitoring and storage.

5. The remote-control door viewer surveillance system as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a power-saving circuit electrically connected to said power supply means to control supply of electric power, said power-saving circuit automatically driving on said power supply means to output electricity to said image sensor, said image processing circuit, said communication module and said memory means when said image processing circuit receives an image signal from said image sensor, or when said voice amplifier receives a voice from said microphone, or when said wireless transmitting circuit receives a signal from said membrane switch.

6. A door viewer for used in a remote-control door viewer surveillance system, comprising:

an image sensor holder installed in a door panel, said image sensor holder comprising an inner thread extending to one end thereof, an oblique cut groove disposed in said inner thread, and an inside annular groove;

a C-shaped retainer mounted in said inside annular groove inside said image sensor holder, said C-shaped retainer having a stop end portion disposed in said oblique cut groove; and

a lens holder holding a lens assembly, said lens assembly comprising a plurality of lens elements, said lens holder comprising an outer thread for threading into said inner thread of said image sensor holder;

wherein when fastening said lens holder to said image sensor holder, said lens holder is rotated clockwise and fastened up with the image sensor holder and tightly secured with said image sensor holder to the door panel;

when rotating said lens holder in the reversed direction relative to said image sensor holder after locking of said lens holder with said image sensor holder to said door panel, said outer thread of said lens holder is rubbing said stop end portion of said C-shaped retainer against a bevel edge of said oblique cut groove to have said stop end portion of said C-shaped retainer be jammed in said lens holder, stopping said lens holder from reverse rotation relative to said lens holder.

7. The door viewer as claimed in claim 6, wherein said lens assembly comprises a plurality of gasket rings respectively mounted in between a first lens element and a second lens element thereof and at an outer side of a posterior lens element thereof seal the lens assembly against outside moisture.

8. An auto-illuminating door viewer comprising a lighting apparatus installed in a door viewer face panel thereof, an electrical doorbell, a control circuit for controlling the operation of said lighting apparatus and said doorbell, a sensor installed in said door viewer face panel and electrically connected to said lighting apparatus and adapted to detect the presence of a person and to drive said control circuit to turn on said lighting apparatus upon detection of the presence of a person, and a touch switch for touching by a person to drive said control circuit to turn on said electrical doorbell.