SMART COORDINATOR AND VIDEO SAFEGUARD SYSTEM

• US 20120019658A1
• Filed: 01/19/2011
• Published: 01/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Innovative Wireless Technologies Inc.
• Original Assignee: Innovative Wireless Technologies Inc.
• Inventors: Mironichev, Sergei Y., Mechling, Christopher C.
• Application Number:
  US13/009,715
• Publication Number:
  US 20120019658A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19602 Image analysis to detect motion of the intruder, e.g. by frame subtraction
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19621 Portable camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19632 Camera support structures, e.g. attachment means, poles
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19658 Telephone systems used to communicate with a camera, e.g. PSTN, GSM, POTS
• 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: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control

Abstract

A smart coordinator or telecommunications module useful for integrating multiple electronic devices, the telecommunications module further coupled to a digital video camera is disclosed herein. A related method of providing smart video surveillance with command and control provided to a smart phone or a computer device is provided herein. In a preferred embodiment, command and control is provided by mobile device technology incorporated to the coordinator. The video camera is supported by a base portion and coupled thereto via a releasable connection and a ball and socket joint. Many advanced features for monitoring a secure area are further provided herein.

Claims

1. A video surveillance system comprising:

a telecommunications module comprising;

programmable electronics including flash memory and a transceiver; and

a hardware interface; and

a digital video camera for providing digital images or video to a user via the telecommunications module, the digital video camera further including a hardware interface compatible to the telecommunications module.

2. The video surveillance system of claim 1, the digital video camera further comprising:

a hollowed base portion for supporting the digital video camera;

an upright portion defining a height of the digital camera; and

a camera portion coupled to an upper end of the upright portion, wherein the camera portion together with the hollowed base portion and the upright portion form a “

Z”

shape in a profile of the digital video camera.

3. The video surveillance system of claim 1, wherein the digital video camera is coupled to the upper end of the upright portion via a releasable connection and a ball and socket joint.

4. The video surveillance system of claim 1, wherein the hollowed out base portion houses a battery.

5. The video surveillance system of claim 1, the telecommunications module further comprising mobile device technology, the mobile device technology chosen from CDMA and GSM.

6. The video surveillance system of claim 1, the telecommunications module further comprising low power RF technology, the low power RF technology chosen from wireless protocols commonly known as Bluetooth and ZigBee.

7. The video surveillance system of claim 1, further comprising a smart phone device the smart phone device in communication with the telecommunications module via chosen from a voice over a cellular phone network, an SMS, or an MMS, the communication for command and control of the digital video camera.

8. A method of providing video surveillance to an area desired to be monitored, the method comprising:

providing a digital video camera;

interfacing the digital video camera with a telecommunications module;

configuring the telecommunications module to wirelessly transmit data; and

transmitting said data to a electronic device configured to receive the data, the electronic device further providing command and control to the video surveillance.

9. The method of providing video surveillance to an area desired to be monitored of claim 8, further comprising providing security alerts to the electronic device via chosen from SMS, MMS or electronic mail, wherein the electronic device is a smart cellular telephone.

10. The method of providing video surveillance to an area desired to be monitored of claim 8, further comprising enhancing the video surveillance by providing audio surveillance to the area with a microphone.

11. The method of providing video surveillance to an area desired to be monitored of claim 8, further comprising;

providing wireless connectivity to a motion sensor, a smoke detector, an entrance alarm and a lighting system; and

providing feedback and control of the motion sensor, the smoke detector, the entrance alarm and the lighting system.

12. The method of providing video surveillance to an area desired to be monitored of claim 8, further comprising:

comparing a first image to a second image by the telecommunications module; and

transmitting an alert by the telecommunications module to the electronic device based on the comparing images indicating movement.

13. The method of providing video surveillance to an area desired to be monitored of claim 8, further comprising:

sensing a discharged battery power; and

transmitting an alert by the telecommunications module to the electronic device.

14. The method of providing video surveillance to an area desired to be monitored of claim 8, further comprising providing an online store, the online store providing desired applications able to be downloaded and customized by a user.