METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method of conducting surveillance on activities being performed, comprising:
- collecting data samples using at least one data gathering device and transmitting said data samples to a processor;
analyzing said data samples using said processor;
correlating each of said analyzed data samples or a combination of said analyzed data samples, using said processor, within a predetermined accuracy, with corresponding data samples in a data sample catalog stored in a database controlled by said processor; and
issuing a feedback command using at least one feedback device, based on a correlation between said data samples and said corresponding data samples in said data sample catalog, on condition that said feedback command is associated with said correlation.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus of electronic surveillance, which employs data gathering devices that continuously collect and relay data (such as images and sounds) to a processor, which analyzes and compares the analyzed data to data samples stored in a catalog, interpreting the data in real time, and if a closely correlated data sample is identified by the program, and if that correlation has a feedback command associated with it in the feedback command catalog, then the program will issue a feedback command to at least one of a specific combination of data feedback devices, and/or may inform users using electronic methods. The present invention is used to track and provide feedback with various quality and safety measures for various activities in diverse environments, such as prisoner management, elder or children'"'"'s care, or compliance in health care or in the food industry including hand washing behavior.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of conducting surveillance on activities being performed, comprising:
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collecting data samples using at least one data gathering device and transmitting said data samples to a processor; analyzing said data samples using said processor; correlating each of said analyzed data samples or a combination of said analyzed data samples, using said processor, within a predetermined accuracy, with corresponding data samples in a data sample catalog stored in a database controlled by said processor; and issuing a feedback command using at least one feedback device, based on a correlation between said data samples and said corresponding data samples in said data sample catalog, on condition that said feedback command is associated with said correlation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus which conducts surveillance on activities being performed, comprising:
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at least one data gathering device which collects data samples and transmits said data samples to a processor disposed in said at least one data gathering device or at a central processing system; wherein said processor analyzes said data samples; wherein each of said analyzed data samples or a combination of said analyzed data samples, using said processor, are analyzed within a predetermined accuracy, with corresponding data samples in a data sample catalog stored in a database controlled by said processor; and at least one feedback device which issues a feedback command, based on a correlation between said data samples and said corresponding data samples in said data sample catalog, on condition that said feedback command is associated with said correlation. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An apparatus which conducts surveillance on activities being performed, comprising:
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at least one memory which contains at least one program which comprises the steps of; collecting data samples at at least one data gathering device and transmitting said data samples to a processor; analyzing said data samples using said processor; correlating each of said analyzed data samples or a combination of said analyzed data samples, using said processor, within a predetermined accuracy, with corresponding data samples in a data sample catalog stored in a database controlled by said processor; and issuing a feedback command using at least one feedback device, based on a correlation between said data samples and said corresponding data samples in said data sample catalog, on condition that said feedback command is associated with said correlation; and at least one processor which executes the program.
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30. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing executable code for implementing a surveillance system which conducts surveillance on activities being performed, comprising:
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collecting data samples at at least one data gathering device and transmitting said data samples to a processor; analyzing said data samples using said processor; correlating each of said analyzed data samples or a combination of said analyzed data samples, using said processor, within a predetermined accuracy, with corresponding data samples in a data sample catalog stored in a database controlled by said processor; and issuing a feedback command using at least one feedback device, based on a correlation between said data samples and said corresponding data samples in said data sample catalog, on condition that said feedback command is associated with said correlation.
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