FILTERING VIDEO EVENTS IN A SECURED AREA USING LOOSE COUPLING WITHIN A SECURITY SYSTEM

• US 20110133930A1
• Filed: 12/09/2009
• Published: 06/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Blum, William R.
• Application Number:
  US12/633,997
• Publication Number:
  US 20110133930A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/545.2
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19602 Image analysis to detect motion of the intruder, e.g. by frame subtraction
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19669 Event triggers storage or change of storage policy
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19673 Addition of time stamp, i.e. time metadata, to video stream
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19697 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence

Abstract

A method and apparatus for detecting events in a security system. The method includes the steps of providing a secured area having a plurality of physical sensors that detect events associated with the secured area and a plurality of video devices that each collect video images of the secured area and detect motion within the collected images, a database storing events associated with activated sensors and video sequences associated with detected motion and an event processor associating activation of a predetermined sensor of the plurality of sensors with detected motion from a predetermined video device of the plurality of video devices and storing the associated video sequence and identifier of the activated sensor in a log file.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing a secured area having a plurality of physical sensors that detect events associated with the secured area and a plurality of video devices that each collect video images of the secured area and detect motion within the collected images;

a database storing events associated with activated sensors and video sequences associated with detected motion; and

an event processor associating activation of a predetermined sensor of the plurality of sensors with detected motion from a predetermined video device of the plurality of video devices and storing the associated video sequence and identifier of the activated sensor in a log file.

2. The method as in claim 1 wherein the predetermined sensor further comprises a card reader.

3. The method as in claim 1 wherein the predetermined sensor further comprises a motion sensor.

4. The method as in claim 1 wherein the predetermined sensor further comprises a door or window switch.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the association further comprises a time delay between activation of the predetermined sensor and detected motion within the video of the predetermined video device.

6. The method as in claim 1 further comprising sending the associated sequence of images to a requesting person.

7. The method as in claim 6 further comprising the requesting person identifying the predetermined sensor and video device to the event processor.

8. The method as in claim 7 further comprising the requesting person defining a time period for associating the detected motion of the video device with the predetermined sensor.

9. A system comprising:

a secured area;

a plurality of physical sensors within the secured area that detect events associated with the secured area and a plurality of video devices that each collect video images of the secured area and detect motion within the collected images;

a database that stores events associated with activated sensors and video sequences associated with detected motion; and

an event processor that associates activation of a predetermined sensor of the plurality of sensors with detected motion from a predetermined video device of the plurality of video devices and storing the associated video sequence and identifier of the activated sensor in a log file.

10. The apparatus as in claim 9 wherein the predetermined sensor further comprises a card reader.

11. The apparatus as in claim 9 wherein the predetermined sensor further comprises a motion sensor.

12. The apparatus as in claim 9 wherein the predetermined sensor further comprises a door or window switch.

13. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the association further comprises a time delay between activation of the predetermined sensor and detected motion within the video of the predetermined video device.

14. The apparatus as in claim 9 further comprising sending the associated sequence of images to a requesting person.

15. The apparatus as in claim 14 further comprising the requesting person identifying the predetermined sensor and video device to the event processor.

16. The apparatus as in claim 15 further comprising the requesting person defining a time period for associating the detected motion of the video device with the predetermined sensor.

17. An apparatus comprising:

a secured area having a plurality of physical sensors that detect events associated with the secured area and a plurality of video devices that each collect video images of the secured area and detect motion within the collected images;

means for storing events associated with activated sensors and video sequences associated with detected motion; and

means for associating activation of a predetermined sensor of the plurality of sensors with detected motion from a predetermined video device of the plurality of video devices and storing the associated video sequence and identifier of the activated sensor in a log file.

18. The apparatus as in claim 17 wherein the predetermined sensor further comprises a card reader.

19. The apparatus as in claim 17 wherein the predetermined sensor further comprises a motion sensor.

20. The apparatus as in claim 17 wherein the predetermined sensor further comprises a door or window switch.