Automated, remotely-verified alarm system with intrusion and video surveillance and digital video recording
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- an image capture module configured to capture image data based on receiving a signal associated with an alarm event detected by a sensor distinct from the image capture module;
an image analysis module configured to receive a signal including the image data from the image capture module, the image analysis module configured to automatically analyze the image data according to a set of configuration parameters to determine if at least one criterion is satisfied; and
a transmission module configured to transmit a signal including the image data according to a set of transmission parameters in response to the image analysis module determining that the at least one criterion is satisfied.
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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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21 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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an image capture module configured to capture image data based on receiving a signal associated with an alarm event detected by a sensor distinct from the image capture module; an image analysis module configured to receive a signal including the image data from the image capture module, the image analysis module configured to automatically analyze the image data according to a set of configuration parameters to determine if at least one criterion is satisfied; and a transmission module configured to transmit a signal including the image data according to a set of transmission parameters in response to the image analysis module determining that the at least one criterion is satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus, comprising:
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an image analysis module configured to analyze at least one image according to a set of configuration parameters to detect a valid alarm event, the at least one image being associated with an event at a monitored premise; and a signal transmission module configured to send the at least one image to a user device when the at least one image does not satisfy a criterion of the set of configuration parameters such that a user of the user device can verify an alarm status using the at least one image. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to:
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receive, from a sensor, a signal indicating an event occurred at a monitored premise; receive, from an image capture device, an image associated with the event; send, to a user device remote from the monitored premise, the image associated with the event such that a user of the user device can verify an alarm status of the event; receive, from the user device and in response to the image associated with the event, a request for a current image from the image capture device; and send, to the image capture device, an instruction to capture the current image. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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