APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SURVEILLANCE OF AN AREA OR A SPACE
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1. A surveillance apparatus comprising:
- a deployable balloon adapted to reside within a housing prior to deployment and further adapted to support a surveillance payload after deployment, said balloon being further adapted to automatically exit said housing during deployment; and
a deployment mechanism adapted to cause deployment of said balloon from said housing upon occurrence of a predefined condition.
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Abstract
The present invention is an apparatus and system for providing surveillance of an area or a space. According to some embodiments of the present invention there may be provided a housing containing a deployable and inflatable surveillance balloon, which balloon may elevate and/or support a surveillance payload including one or more sensor assemblies. Data collected by the sensors may be transmitted to a user interface which may display the data to a user.
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1. A surveillance apparatus comprising:
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a deployable balloon adapted to reside within a housing prior to deployment and further adapted to support a surveillance payload after deployment, said balloon being further adapted to automatically exit said housing during deployment; and a deployment mechanism adapted to cause deployment of said balloon from said housing upon occurrence of a predefined condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A surveillance system comprising:
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a user interface device; a deployable balloon adapted to reside within a housing prior to deployment and further adapted to automatically exit said housing during deployment, said balloon being further adapted to support a surveillance payload after deployment, wherein said payload includes a communication module adapted to communicate with said user interface device; and a deployment mechanism adapted to cause deployment of said balloon from said housing upon occurrence of a predefined condition. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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