Security system with locatable portable electronic camera image transmission
First Claim
1. A method of detecting a breach of security in a first location and providing information regarding the breach of security to security personnel in a remote location, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) upon the breach of security at the first location, acquiring global positioning signals at the first location, calculating the position of the first location based upon the acquired global positioning signals, converting the calculated position into transmittable data representative of the position, acquiring a digital image of the vicinity of the first location, and converting the digital image into transmittable data representative of the digital image;
(b) at the first location, generating a transmittable signal that contains the data representative of the calculated position of the first location and the data representative of the digital image;
(c) transmitting the transmittable signal from the first location to the remote location;
(d) receiving the transmitted signal at the remote location;
(e) at the remote location, extracting from the received signal the data representative of the position of the first location and extracting from the received signal the digital image;
(f) at the remote location, presenting the extracted data representative of the position of the first location and presenting the digital image in a form usable by security personnel to identify the position of the first location.
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Abstract
A method of detecting a breach of security in a first location and providing information about the breach of security to security personnel in a remote location is provided. The method includes acquiring global positioning signals at the first location upon the breach of security and transmitting the global positioning signals to the remote location. The method further may include acquiring a digital image of the first location and transmitting the digital image to the remote location along with the global positioning signals. Personnel at the remote location are thus notified of the breach of security and also are provided the position and a photograph of the first location for taking action appropriate to the breach.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of detecting a breach of security in a first location and providing information regarding the breach of security to security personnel in a remote location, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) upon the breach of security at the first location, acquiring global positioning signals at the first location, calculating the position of the first location based upon the acquired global positioning signals, converting the calculated position into transmittable data representative of the position, acquiring a digital image of the vicinity of the first location, and converting the digital image into transmittable data representative of the digital image;
(b) at the first location, generating a transmittable signal that contains the data representative of the calculated position of the first location and the data representative of the digital image;
(c) transmitting the transmittable signal from the first location to the remote location;
(d) receiving the transmitted signal at the remote location;
(e) at the remote location, extracting from the received signal the data representative of the position of the first location and extracting from the received signal the digital image;
(f) at the remote location, presenting the extracted data representative of the position of the first location and presenting the digital image in a form usable by security personnel to identify the position of the first location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of identifying the position of a first location to security personnel in a remote location upon the occurrence of a distress condition at the first location, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) acquiring global positioning signals at the first location and acquiring an image of the first location upon occurrence of the distress condition, the global positioning signals being indicative of the position of the first location;
(b) converting the acquired global positioning signals and the acquired image into transmittable data;
(c) generating a transmittable signal that contains the transmittable data;
(d) transmitting the transmittable signal to the remote location;
(e) receiving the transmitted signal at the remote location;
(f) at the remote location, extracting from the received signal the position of the first location and the image and presenting the position of the first location and image to security personnel at the remote location as a part of an alarm indicating the distress condition at the first location; and
(g) at the remote location, taking action appropriate to the distress condition. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of identifying the position of a first location to security personnel at a remote location, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving global positioning signals at the first location;
(b) obtaining an image of the first location; and
(c) transmitting the received global positioning signals and the obtained image from the first location to the remote location. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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