Video alarm verification
First Claim
1. A method for video monitoring an alarm zone in a perimeter, border and/or building, and automatically verifying by end-user cell phone whether alarm events detected in the alarm zone are true or false alarm events, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting an alarm event in the alarm zone;
acquiring video data of the detected alarm event in response to the detecting;
opening a communication session with an end-user by cell phone to communicate the alarm event detection to the end-user including forwarding the acquired video data so the end user can assess the captured alarm event and verify;
waiting a predetermined time period after the detected alarm event for receipt of an alarm event cancelation message from the end-user;
canceling the alarm event upon receipt of the alarm event cancelation message before expiration of the predetermined time period;
reporting the alarm event to a police department or other responders after the predetermined time period; and
canceling the reported alarm event upon receipt of the alarm cancelation message after expiration of the predetermined time period.
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Abstract
A method for monitoring an alarm zone within a perimeter, border and/or building includes capturing video image data of an alarm event detected in the alarm zone, and automatically establishing a cell phone session with an end-user to verify a true or false nature of the detected alarm. The end-user may use the cell phone display to review the video during the cell phone session, and may use the cell phone'"'"'s key for the verifying. The novel monitoring method with end-user alarm event verification avoids false alarms being raised where the nature of the detected alarm event is false, and the verifying occurs before a false alarm is raised/communicated.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for video monitoring an alarm zone in a perimeter, border and/or building, and automatically verifying by end-user cell phone whether alarm events detected in the alarm zone are true or false alarm events, the method comprising the steps of:
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detecting an alarm event in the alarm zone; acquiring video data of the detected alarm event in response to the detecting; opening a communication session with an end-user by cell phone to communicate the alarm event detection to the end-user including forwarding the acquired video data so the end user can assess the captured alarm event and verify; waiting a predetermined time period after the detected alarm event for receipt of an alarm event cancelation message from the end-user; canceling the alarm event upon receipt of the alarm event cancelation message before expiration of the predetermined time period; reporting the alarm event to a police department or other responders after the predetermined time period; and canceling the reported alarm event upon receipt of the alarm cancelation message after expiration of the predetermined time period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A central security monitoring and alarm system for monitoring to secure a building, perimeter or other premises (“
- the secured premises”
), comprising;at least one video monitor located in at least one alarm zone in the secured premises arranged to acquire video data of alarm events detected in the alarm zone; and a central panel arranged at the secured premises in communication with the at least one video monitor; wherein upon alarm event detection, the at least one video monitor captures video data of the detected alarm event, and the central panel automatically initiates a communication session with an end-user cell phone to forward the captured detected alarm event video data to the end-user cell-phone to verify whether the detected alarm event is a true or a false detected alarm event and wherein the central panel waits a predetermined time period after alarm event detection for receipt of a false detected alarm message from the end-user, cancels the alarm event upon detecting the false alarm message before expiration of the predetermined time period, notifies a police department or other responder after that, and cancels the notification upon detecting the false alarm message after expiration of the predetermined time period. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
- the secured premises”
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