REMOTE TRESPASSING DETECTION AND NOTIFICAITON SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A trespass detection system for notifying a recipient of a possible trespass at a remote location, the system comprising:
- a low bandwidth satellite network; and
a hand-portable base station positioned at the remote location and comprising a satellite transceiver for communicating with said low bandwidth satellite network; and
an image capture sensor located proximate to said base station for capturing an image in response to an alarm trigger, said image capture sensor further comprising a processor for analyzing said captured image to identify a predetermined type of object and on identifying at least one of said predetermined type of object in said captured image, generating a contour image of said identified object;
wherein said contour image is transmitted to the recipient via said base station and said satellite network.
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Abstract
A trespass detection system for notifying a recipient of a possible trespass at a remote location is disclosed. The system comprises a low bandwidth satellite network, and a hand-portable base station positioned at the remote location and comprising a satellite transceiver for communicating with the low bandwidth satellite network, and an image capture sensor located proximate to the base station for capturing an image in response to an alarm trigger, the image capture sensor further comprising a processor for analyzing the captured image to identify a predetermined type of object and on identifying at least one of the predetermined type of object in the captured image, generating a contour image of the identified object, wherein the contour image is transmitted to the recipient via the base station and the satellite network.
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23 Claims
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1. A trespass detection system for notifying a recipient of a possible trespass at a remote location, the system comprising:
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a low bandwidth satellite network; and a hand-portable base station positioned at the remote location and comprising a satellite transceiver for communicating with said low bandwidth satellite network; and an image capture sensor located proximate to said base station for capturing an image in response to an alarm trigger, said image capture sensor further comprising a processor for analyzing said captured image to identify a predetermined type of object and on identifying at least one of said predetermined type of object in said captured image, generating a contour image of said identified object; wherein said contour image is transmitted to the recipient via said base station and said satellite network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for compressing a captured high resolution color image of an object for subsequent transmission via a low bandwidth network, comprising:
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converting the image to grayscale; blurring the image; adjusting a brightness threshold attribute of said blurred image to generate a line representative of a contour of the object; determining a number of data points necessary to characterize said line, wherein said blurring act and said adjusting act are iteratively repeated until said number of data points is below a predetermined level; and converting said line into a series of said data points. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A trespass detection system for notifying a recipient of a possible trespass at a remote location, the system comprising:
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a low bandwidth satellite network; and a hand-portable base station positioned at the remote location and comprising a satellite transceiver for communicating with said low bandwidth satellite network and a sensor interface capable of communicating with a plurality of co-located sensors, each of said sensors for detecting one of a plurality of different alarm conditions; wherein when one of said sensors detects a respective one of said alarm conditions, a notification is transmitted to said recipient via said low bandwidth satellite network. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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