Automated, remotely-verified alarm system with intrusion and video surveillance and digital video recording
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a server, a first signal including at least one image captured in response to a detection of an event at a monitored premise;
automatically analyzing, using an image analysis module at the server, the at least one image according to a set of predetermined parameters; and
transmitting a second signal including at least a portion of the at least one image to a user device in response to the at least one image satisfying at least one criterion of the set of predetermined parameters such that a user of the user device can verify an alarm status.
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Abstract
An automated self-monitored alarm verification solution including at least a premises portion, a server portion, and an end user device portion. Alarm verification includes capturing by an image capture device at least one image in response to a detection event, and transmitting a first data signal including the image to a local signal processing device. The signal processing device transmits a second signal including at least a portion of the image to a remote hosted server according to at least a first set of predetermined parameters. After receiving the second signal, the server transmits a third signal including at least a portion of the image from the hosted server to a user device. Using the user device, a user views the image and indicates a validity status of the alarm based at least in part on the content of the image. Based at least upon either the validation status indicated by the user, or upon a failure to receive a message including a validation status from the user within a predetermined duration of time, the server portion may send an alarm signal to an emergency response service.
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26 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, at a server, a first signal including at least one image captured in response to a detection of an event at a monitored premise; automatically analyzing, using an image analysis module at the server, the at least one image according to a set of predetermined parameters; and transmitting a second signal including at least a portion of the at least one image to a user device in response to the at least one image satisfying at least one criterion of the set of predetermined parameters such that a user of the user device can verify an alarm status. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system, comprising:
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at least one image capture device configured to detect an alarm event, the at least one image capture device configured to capture image data and transmit a first signal including the image data based on detecting the alarm event; a signal processing device configured to receive the first signal and to transmit a second signal including at least the image data according to a first set of transmission parameters; and a remote server configured to receive the second signal and configured to analyze the image data according to a set of configuration parameters to determine if at least one criterion is satisfied, the remote server configured to transmit a third signal including the image data according to a second set of transmission parameters in response to the remote server determining that the at least one criterion is satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus, comprising:
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a signal receiving module configured to receive a first signal from an imaging device, the first signal including at least one image captured by the imaging device in response to a detection of an event at a monitored premise; an image analysis module configured to analyze the at least one image according to a set of configuration parameters to detect a valid alarm event; and a signal transmission module configured to transmit a second signal to an emergency response service in response to the at least one image satisfying a criterion of the set of configuration parameters, the signal transmission module configured to transmit a third signal to a user device in response to the at least one image not satisfying the criterion such that a user of the user device can verify an alarm status. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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