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Security system with locatable portable electronic camera image transmission

  • US 6,469,735 B2
  • Filed: 01/12/2001
  • Issued: 10/22/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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:

  • (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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