SIMULTANEOUS EVENT CAPTURE AND ALERT GENERATION

• US 20150049189A1
• Filed: 08/13/2013
• Published: 02/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chamblerlain Group LLC, The Chamberlain Group LLC
• Original Assignee: The Chamberlain Group, Inc. (The Chamberlain Group LLC)
• Inventors: Yau, Herman, Pace, Ronald G.
• Granted Patent: US 10,319,202 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/554 involving event detection and direct action
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19656 Network used to communicate with a camera, e.g. WAN, LAN, Internet
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19697 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors generate an alarm themselves

Abstract

A method and a system provide a security system for simultaneously capturing events and generating alerts for security. The security system communicates with a data management server via a network. The security system includes an image capture device integrated with a wireless access point, a gateway device, and one or more alarm devices. The security system simultaneously receives event data associated with events from the image capture device and one or more electronic devices connected to the wireless access point, and alarm data simultaneously recorded by the alarm devices based on detection of one or more security conditions. The security system generates alerts for security using the simultaneously received event data and the recorded alarm data. The security system transmits the simultaneously received event data, the recorded alarm data, and the generated alerts to the data management server accessible by a control device and the electronic devices via the network.

Claims

1. A method for simultaneously capturing events and generating alerts for security, comprising:

providing a security system comprising at least one processor configured to simultaneously capture said events and generate said alerts for said security, said security system further comprising;

an image capture device configured to capture event data associated with said events;

a wireless access point integrated in said image capture device, said wireless access point configured to directly connect a control device and a plurality of electronic devices to said security system, and route said control device and said electronic devices to a network;

a gateway device integrated in said image capture device, wherein said gateway device is configured to communicate with said image capture device, said control device, and one or more of said electronic devices, and monitor, manage, and receive said event data associated with said events from said image capture device and said one or more of said electronic devices, wherein said control device and said one or more of said electronic devices are configured to connect to said gateway device of said security system via said wireless access point; and

one or more alarm devices operably connected to said gateway device, said one or more alarm devices configured to record alarm data based on detection of one or more security conditions;

simultaneously receiving said event data associated with said events and recording said alarm data by said security system, wherein said security system is configured to simultaneously receive said event data from said image capture device of said security system and said one or more of said electronic devices, and said alarm data simultaneously recorded by said one or more alarm devices of said security system based on said detection of said one or more security conditions; and

generating said alerts for said security by said security system using said simultaneously received event data and said recorded alarm data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting said simultaneously received event data and said recorded alarm data, and said generated alerts by said security system to a data management server configured to communicate with said security system via said network, wherein said data management server comprises at least one processor configured to process and store said simultaneously received event data and said recorded alarm data, and said generated alerts in a database, and wherein said data management server is accessible by said control device and said electronic devices via said network.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said data management server is configured to transmit said generated alerts to said control device via said network.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a security management application executable by at least one processor on said control device configured to communicate with said security system via said wireless access point of said security system, wherein said security management application is configured to access, configure, and control said security system through said wireless access point of said security system.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said event data associated with said events comprises one of image data, video data, audiovisual data, multimedia data, and any combination thereof.

6. A method for simultaneously and continuously capturing events and generating alerts for security, comprising:

providing a plurality of security systems communicatively coupled to each other via a wireless access point and to a data management server via a network through one or more of a plurality of connection modes, wherein each of said security systems comprises at least one processor configured to simultaneously capture said events and generate said alerts for said security, and wherein said each of said security systems further comprises;

an image capture device configured to capture event data associated with said events;

said wireless access point integrated in said image capture device, said wireless access point configured to directly connect a control device and a plurality of electronic devices to said security system, and route said control device and said electronic devices to a network;

a gateway device integrated in said image capture device, wherein said gateway device is configured to communicate with said image capture device, said control device, and one or more of said electronic devices, and monitor, manage, and receive said event data associated with said events from said image capture device and said one or more of said electronic devices, wherein said control device and said one or more of said electronic devices are configured to connect to said gateway device of said security system via said wireless access point; and

one or more alarm devices operably connected to said gateway device, said one or more alarm devices configured to record alarm data based on detection of one or more security conditions;

simultaneously receiving said event data associated with said events and recording said alarm data by said each of said security systems, wherein said each of said security systems is configured to simultaneously receive said event data from said image capture device of said each of said security systems and from said one or more of said electronic devices, and said alarm data simultaneously recorded by said one or more alarm devices of said each of said security systems based on said detection of said one or more security conditions;

generating said alerts for said security by said each of said security systems using said simultaneously received event data and said recorded alarm data; and

transmitting said simultaneously received event data and said recorded alarm data, and said generated alerts by one or more of said security systems to said data management server via said network based on an active connection of said one or more of said security systems to said network via said one or more of said connection modes.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising transmitting said simultaneously received event data and said recorded alarm data, and said generated alerts by another one or more of said security systems to said one or more of said security systems via said wireless access point of each of said one or more of said security systems, if said active connection of said another one or more of said security systems via another one or more of said connection modes is disabled.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising redirecting said connection of said electronic devices from said gateway device of each of another one or more of said security systems, to said gateway device of each of said one or more of said security systems, if said another one or more of said security systems fail.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising integrating an energy storage device in each of said one or more of said security systems for powering said each of said one or more of said security systems and sustaining said active connection of said each of said one or more of said security systems to said network via said one or more of said connection modes.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising processing and storing said simultaneously received event data and said recorded alarm data, and said generated alerts by said data management server in a database, wherein said data management server is accessible by said control device and said electronic devices via said network.

11. The method of claim 6, further comprising transmitting said generated alerts by said data management server to said control device via said network.

12. The method of claim 6, further comprising providing a security management application executable by at least one processor on said control device configured to communicate with said each of said security systems via said wireless access point of said each of said security systems, wherein said security management application is configured to access, configure, and control said each of said security systems through said wireless access point of said each of said security systems.

13. The method of claim 6, wherein said event data associated with said events comprises one of image data, video data, audiovisual data, multimedia data, and any combination thereof.

14. The method of claim 6, wherein said connection modes comprise a cellular data connection and a broadband connection.

15. A system for simultaneously capturing events and generating alerts for security, comprising:

one or more of a plurality of security systems configured to communicate with a data management server via a network, wherein each of said one or more of said security systems comprises;

at least one processor configured to execute modules of said each of said one or more of said security systems;

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium communicatively coupled to said at least one processor, said non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store said modules of said each of said one or more of said security systems;

an image capture device configured to capture event data associated with said events;

a wireless access point integrated in said image capture device, said wireless access point configured to directly connect a control device and a plurality of electronic devices to said each of said one or more of said security systems, and route said control device and said electronic devices to said network;

a gateway device integrated in said image capture device, wherein said gateway device is configured to communicate with said image capture device, said control device, and one or more of said electronic devices, and monitor, manage, and receive said event data associated with said events from said image capture device and said one or more of said electronic devices, wherein said control device and said one or more of said electronic devices are configured to connect to said gateway device of said each of said one or more of said security systems via said wireless access point;

one or more alarm devices operably connected to said gateway device, said one or more alarm devices configured to record alarm data based on detection of one or more security conditions, simultaneously with said capture of said event data associated with said events performed by said image capture device and said one or more of said electronic devices, wherein each of said one or more alarm devices comprises an alert generation module configured to generate said alerts for said security using said simultaneously received event data and said recorded alarm data; and

a transmission module configured to transmit said simultaneously received event data and said recorded alarm data, and said generated alerts to said data management server via said network; and

said data management server accessible by said control device and said electronic devices via said network, said data management server comprising at least one processor configured to process said simultaneously received event data and said recorded alarm data, and said generated alerts in communication with said one or more of said security systems.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said data management server further comprises a database configured to store said simultaneously received event data and said recorded alarm data, and said generated alerts.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein said data management server further comprises an alerting module configured to transmit said generated alerts to said control device via said network.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein said event data associated with said events comprises one of image data, video data, audiovisual data, multimedia data, and any combination thereof.

19. The system of claim 15, further comprising a security management application executable by at least one processor on said control device configured to communicate with said each of said one or more of said security systems via said wireless access point of said each of said one or more of said security systems, wherein said security management application comprises a configuration and control module configured to access, configure, and control said each of said one or more of said security systems through said wireless access point via a graphical user interface of said security management application.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein said transmission module of said each of said one or more of said security systems is configured to transmit said simultaneously received event data and said recorded alarm data, and said generated alerts from said each of said one or more of said security systems to said data management server via said network based on an active connection of said each of said one or more of said security systems to said network via one or more of a plurality of connection modes, wherein said connection modes comprise a cellular data connection and a broadband connection.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein said transmission module of each of another one or more of said security systems is further configured to transmit said simultaneously received event data and said recorded alarm data, and said generated alerts from said each of said another one or more of said security systems to said each of said one or more of said security systems via said wireless access point of each of said one or more of said one or more of said security systems, if said active connection of said another one or more of said security systems via another one or more of said connection modes is disabled.

22. The system of claim 15, wherein said each of said one or more of said security systems further comprises a redirection module configured to redirect said connection of said electronic devices from said gateway device of said each of said one or more of said security systems, to said gateway device of each of another one or more of said security systems, if said each of said one or more of said security systems fail.

23. The system of claim 15, wherein said each of said one or more security systems further comprises an energy storage device configured to power said each of said one or more of said security systems and sustain an active connection of said each of said one or more of said security systems to said network via one or more of a plurality of connection modes, wherein said connection modes comprise a cellular data connection and a broadband connection.