DIRECTIONAL SURVEILLANCE CAMERA WITH RING OF DIRECTIONAL DETECTORS
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1. A motion detector associated with a surveillance camera, the motion detector comprising:
- a plurality of motion detector elements arranged in a unitary structure around the camera, each element having a fixed detection zone;
a detector controller;
means for communicating an alarm signal from each motion detector element to the detector controller when movement is detected in the detection zone; and
means for communicating a control signal from the detector controller to the camera in response to receiving the alarm signal, the control signal causing the camera to do one or more of pan, tilt, zoom and travel to a preset field of view corresponding to the detection zone.
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Abstract
A motion detector consisting of multiple motion detector elements each having a preset field of view. An alarm signal generated by a motion detector element when movement is detected is sent to a detector controller which converts the alarm signal to a control signal for an associated camera to direct the field of view of the camera to match the preset field of view of the motion detector element that generated the alarm.
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1. A motion detector associated with a surveillance camera, the motion detector comprising:
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a plurality of motion detector elements arranged in a unitary structure around the camera, each element having a fixed detection zone; a detector controller; means for communicating an alarm signal from each motion detector element to the detector controller when movement is detected in the detection zone; and means for communicating a control signal from the detector controller to the camera in response to receiving the alarm signal, the control signal causing the camera to do one or more of pan, tilt, zoom and travel to a preset field of view corresponding to the detection zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A network of multiple motion detectors each associated with one or more cameras wherein detection of movement by at least one of the motion detectors causes one or more of the cameras to do at least one of pan, tilt, zoom and travel to view the movement each motion detector comprising:
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a plurality of motion detector elements arranged in a unitary structure around the camera, each element having a fixed detection zone; a detector controller; means for communicating an alarm signal from each motion detector element to the detector controller when movement is detected in the detection zone; and means for communicating a control signal from the detector controller to the camera, the control signal causing the camera to do the one or more of pan, tilt, zoom and travel to a preset field of view corresponding to the detection zone. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of detecting motion in an area under surveillance including the steps of:
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monitoring the area with multiple motion detectors associated with one or more cameras, each motion detector comprising a plurality of motion detector elements arranged in a unitary structure around the camera and providing an alarm signal when movement is detected, and a detector controller, each motion detector element having a fixed detection zone; receiving an alarm signal from at least one detector element at a detector controller; sending control signals from the detector controller to at least one of the one or more cameras to cause the camera to do at least one of pan, tilt, zoom and travel to a preset field of view the movement. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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