Surveillance system control unit
First Claim
1. A control unit for utilization within a surveillance system that includes (a) a sensor unit coupled to one or more sensor devices, the sensor unit operative to provide an event record in response to detection of an object by a sensor device in an area under surveillance, the event record comprising data relating to characteristics of a detected object in the area under surveillance, and (b) a data unit operative to receive event records, incorporate the event records into a surveillance database, and issue commands to sensor devices via the sensor unit, comprising:
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a memory for the storage of data representative of a surveillance model of the area under surveillance;
a user interface for receiving operator commands with respect to a sensor device in the surveillance system and for outputting information corresponding to the surveillance model to a display device;
a processor in communication with the memory, the processor being configured to receive user input from the user interface and forward a command to a data unit for controlling a sensor device,the processor being further configured to retrieve surveillance data of an area under surveillance that has been published by the data unit, and the processor being further configured to display information derived from an event record obtained from a data unit in association with information corresponding to the surveillance model.
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Abstract
A control unit for use in a surveillance system is provided. The control unit is configured to access or retrieve surveillance data. The control is further configured to issue commands for control of a sensor device.
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28 Claims
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1. A control unit for utilization within a surveillance system that includes (a) a sensor unit coupled to one or more sensor devices, the sensor unit operative to provide an event record in response to detection of an object by a sensor device in an area under surveillance, the event record comprising data relating to characteristics of a detected object in the area under surveillance, and (b) a data unit operative to receive event records, incorporate the event records into a surveillance database, and issue commands to sensor devices via the sensor unit, comprising:
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a memory for the storage of data representative of a surveillance model of the area under surveillance; a user interface for receiving operator commands with respect to a sensor device in the surveillance system and for outputting information corresponding to the surveillance model to a display device; a processor in communication with the memory, the processor being configured to receive user input from the user interface and forward a command to a data unit for controlling a sensor device, the processor being further configured to retrieve surveillance data of an area under surveillance that has been published by the data unit, and the processor being further configured to display information derived from an event record obtained from a data unit in association with information corresponding to the surveillance model. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 24, 25)
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13. For use in a surveillance system that includes (a) a sensor unit coupled to one or more sensor devices, the sensor unit operative to provide an event record in response to detection of an object by a sensor device in an area under surveillance, the event record comprising data relating to characteristics of a detected object in the area under surveillance, and (b) a data unit operative to receive event records incorporate the event records into a surveillance database, and issue commands to sensor devices via the sensor unit, a computer program product provided on a computer readable medium that is usable by a control unit processor in a control unit in the surveillance system, the medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions that when executed by a control unit processor causes the control unit processor to execute the steps of:
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accessing and displaying a control panel that is associated with at least one sensor device in the surveillance system; receiving user input commands via the control panel with respect to the at least one sensor device; requesting sensor device information from the sensor device via a data unit coupled to the at least one sensor device; receiving the requested sensor device information from the sensor device via the data unit. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28)
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