Home security video system using internet technique

• US 7,034,681 B2
• Filed: 11/20/2001
• Issued: 04/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Kenji, Murata, Koh
• Primary Examiner(s): Hofsass, Jeffery
• Assistant Examiner(s): Previl, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US09/989,772
• Publication Number:
  US 20020118107A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,617 Days
• Field of Search: 340/531, 340/541, 340/500, 340/506, 340/501, 340/520, 348/143, 348/152, 348/153, 348/154, 348/155, 379/40, 379/44, 379/47
• US Class Current: 340/541
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19645 Multiple cameras, each having view on one of a plurality of scenes, e.g. multiple cameras for multi-room surveillance or for tracking an object by view hand-over
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19656 Network used to communicate with a camera, e.g. WAN, LAN, Internet
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/001 Alarm cancelling procedures or alarm forwarding decisions, e.g. based on absence of alarm confirmation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence

Abstract

A security system including several camera devices and a communication device in sites at which monitoring is required by a user. The several camera devices may constantly monitor the sites. The camera devices have motion detecting functions and provide unusual status reporting signals and necessary image information to the communications device when the movements of an intruder have been detected. The communication device communicates with and is connected to a server that serves as an information center via the internet line when unusual status signals have been received. The information from the camera devices is also sent to server. The server automatically notifies the user by a predetermined user-selected method. The notified user can access the server and confirm the information.

Claims

1. A security system for monitoring and reporting of an intruder of a specified place via a communication line, said system comprising:

a plurality of camera devices for monitoring said specified place, said camera devices comprising a data-processing component for detecting said intruder;

a communication device connected to said camera devices and a communication line including an internet line; and

a server connected to said communication device by said communication line;

wherein said camera devices constantly monitor for intruders in said specified place, and said camera devices, upon detecting an unusual status caused by an intruder, establish a connection with said communication device to send an unusual status reporting signal and image data to said communication device, and said communication device establishes communication with said server only when said communication device receives said unusual status reporting signal, and collects said image data in predetermined units to send to said server.

2. The security system as described in claim 1, wherein said communications device is constructed such that units of said image data corresponding to said specified place are sent to said server means, and said image data are automatically deleted.

3. The security system as described in claim 1, wherein the units of said image data in a specified place include several items of image data obtained from one of said plurality of camera devices at different times.

4. The security system as described in claim 1, wherein an interconnection between said camera devices and said communication device are formed by a power source line or by wireless means.

5. The security system as described in claim 1, wherein said server provides image information based on said image data to a specified web site.

6. The security system as described in claim 1, wherein said server reports to a registered terminal upon receipt of said image data.

7. The security system as described in claim 6, wherein said reporting is performed using the internet.

8. The security system as described in claim 1, wherein said camera devices detect voice information, combine voice data based on said voice information with said image data, and transmit combined voice and image data.

9. The security system as described in claim 1, wherein said server includes a web server and a data base server.