Emergency telephone with integrated surveillance system connectivity
First Claim
1. A visual surveillance system comprising:
- a. An emergency telephone at an emergency call location, the emergency call location being remote from a monitoring station, the emergency telephone being usable by an emergency user at the emergency call location to generate a signal;
b. An interface connecting the emergency telephone to an IP network;
c. A discrete surveillance camera separate from the emergency telephone, the surveillance camera being connected to the IP network and focused on the emergency user and the emergency telephone during use of the emergency telephone, the camera when activated being operable to provide to the network camera captured data, the camera captured data including at least one visual image of the emergency user and the emergency telephone;
d. A control system connected to the IP network for receiving the signal, the control system activating the camera upon receiving the signal from the emergency telephone;
e. the monitoring station being connected to the network for receiving the camera captured data, the monitoring station being operable to display a visual image to be viewed by personnel, the monitoring station upon receiving the camera captured data displaying the at least one visual image of the emergency user and the emergency telephone.
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Abstract
A digital telephone or an analog telephone system with VOIP conversion is linked into the surveillance system and transmissions therefrom are treated as an event requiring an emergency response from the system. The system supports integration of emergency telephone systems into a multi-media surveillance system to permit comprehensive and multiple responses to an event triggered by receipt of the emergency phone call transmission. The telephone transmission is captured and transmitted to a surveillance system processor. Upon receipt, the system can react with any of numerous responses. First, the telephone call is transmitted to a manned station and may be answered in the normal fashion with a live voice response. The receipt of the call also activates the entire system in the same manner as a triggering signal from any other sensor or appliance. In addition, various other responses may be activated, either manually or in a pre-programmed hierarchy.
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Citations
55 Claims
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1. A visual surveillance system comprising:
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a. An emergency telephone at an emergency call location, the emergency call location being remote from a monitoring station, the emergency telephone being usable by an emergency user at the emergency call location to generate a signal; b. An interface connecting the emergency telephone to an IP network; c. A discrete surveillance camera separate from the emergency telephone, the surveillance camera being connected to the IP network and focused on the emergency user and the emergency telephone during use of the emergency telephone, the camera when activated being operable to provide to the network camera captured data, the camera captured data including at least one visual image of the emergency user and the emergency telephone; d. A control system connected to the IP network for receiving the signal, the control system activating the camera upon receiving the signal from the emergency telephone; e. the monitoring station being connected to the network for receiving the camera captured data, the monitoring station being operable to display a visual image to be viewed by personnel, the monitoring station upon receiving the camera captured data displaying the at least one visual image of the emergency user and the emergency telephone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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17. A surveillance system adapted for use with an emergency telephone system, the emergency telephone system including an emergency telephone accessible by a respective emergency user at a respective emergency call location for placing a respective emergency call, the emergency location being remote from personnel receiving the emergency call from the emergency telephone on the emergency telephone system, the surveillance system comprising:
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an internet protocol network; a network interface connected to the internet protocol network, the network being connected to the emergency telephone system, the emergency telephone system via the network interface being in communication with the internet protocol network to provide to the internet protocol network the emergency call, the emergency call being provided to the internet protocol network in a format compatible with the internet protocol network; a discrete surveillance camera separate from the emergency telephone, the surveillance camera being operable to capture visual image data of the emergency user placing the emergency call on the emergency telephone, the surveillance camera being in communication with the internet protocol network to provide to the internet protocol network captured visual image data of the emergency user placing the emergency call on the emergency telephone; a monitoring station in communication with the internet protocol network to receive the captured visual image data of the emergency user placing the emergency call on the emergency telephone, the monitoring station upon receiving the captured visual image data of the emergency user placing the emergency call on the emergency telephone being operable to display for viewing by personnel a visual image of the emergency user placing the emergency call on the emergency telephone; and the emergency call received from the internet protocol network being provided to personnel at the monitoring station viewing the visual image. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 52, 53)
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54. An emergency communication system comprising:
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an emergency telephone at an emergency call location, the emergency call location being remote from a monitoring station, the emergency telephone being usable by an emergency user at the emergency call location to generate an emergency call, the emergency telephone being in communication with the internet protocol network to provide to the internet protocol network the emergency signal; a surveillance camera at the emergency call location, the surveillance camera being operable to capture visual image data of the emergency user using the emergency telephone to generate the emergency call, the surveillance camera being in communication with the internet protocol network to provide to the internet protocol network captured visual image data of the emergency user; a monitoring station in communication with the internet protocol network to receive the captured visual image data of the emergency user, the monitoring station upon receiving the captured visual image data of the emergency user being operable to display for viewing by personnel a visual image of the emergency user, the emergency call being directed to the personnel at the monitoring station viewing the visual image of the emergency user.
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55. An emergency communication system comprising:
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an emergency telephone at an emergency call location, the emergency call location being remote from a monitoring station, the emergency telephone being usable by an emergency user at the emergency call location to generate an emergency call, the emergency telephone being in communication with the internet protocol network to provide to the internet protocol network the emergency signal; a surveillance camera at the emergency call location, the surveillance camera when the emergency call is generated being operable to capture visual image data of the emergency user using the emergency telephone to generate the emergency call, the surveillance camera being in communication with the internet protocol network to provide to the internet protocol network captured visual image data of the emergency user; a monitoring station in communication with the internet protocol network to receive the captured visual image data of the emergency user, the monitoring station upon receiving the captured visual image data of the emergency user being operable to display for viewing by personnel a visual image of the emergency user.
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