Portable security surveillance device

• US 9,578,261 B1
• Filed: 03/23/2016
• Issued: 02/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: David Keefe Rockwell, Phillip Flagg Rockwell
• Original Assignee: David Keefe Rockwell, Phillip Flagg Rockwell
• Inventors: Rockwell, David Keefe, Rockwell, Phillip Flagg
• Primary Examiner(s): Ustaris, Joseph
• Assistant Examiner(s): Volentine, Rebecca
• Application Number:
  US15/078,535
• Time in Patent Office: 335 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19621 Portable camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19656 Network used to communicate with a camera, e.g. WAN, LAN, Internet
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19684 Portable terminal, e.g. mobile phone, used for viewing video remotely
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19695 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors start video recording or forwarding but do not generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/28 Mobile studios
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/186 Video door telephones

Abstract

A multifunctional portable surveillance device having a strap and a first and second end modules disposed on the opposite ends of the strap. A first electronic device resides within the first end module, and the second electronic device resides within the second end module. The strap is configured to straddle an object, whereby the first and the second electronic devices are positioned on the opposite sides of the object. The surveillance device has a control unit. The device further includes a sensor configured to detect a predefined event. A network of connectors resides within the strap, the connectors configured to carry electric signals between the first electronic device, the second electronic device, the sensor, and the control unit. Responsive to detecting a predefined event through a sensor, the control unit actuates the first electronic device, the second electronic device, or both.

Claims

1. A portable security surveillance device comprising:

a strap having a thickness, a first end, and a second end, the strap configured to vertically hang on a door, wherein the thickness of the strap is less than 0.5 inches thereby permitting the strap to reside within a gap between the door and a door frame;

a first end module disposed on the first end of the strap, the first end module configured to reside on an exterior surface of the door;

a second end module disposed on the second end of the strap, the second end module configured to reside on an interior surface of the door, the strap, the first end module, and the second end module collectively forming an assembly, the strap retaining the assembly in a deployed position where the first end module resides on the exterior surface of the door and the second end module resides on the interior surface of the door whereby the assembly is detachable from the door by removing the strap from the door;

a first electronic device housed within the first end module, the first electronic device being an input device;

a second electronic device housed within the second end module, the second electronic device being an output device;

a control unit in electric communication with the first and the second electronic devices;

a sensor in electric communication with the control unit, the sensor configured to detect a predefined event and, responsive to detecting the predefined event, to transmit an electric signal to the control unit;

a power source configured to supply an electric current to the control unit, the first electronic device, and the second electronic device; and

a plurality of electrical connectors disposed within the strap, the electrical connectors carrying electric signals between the control unit, the first electronic device, the second electronic device, the sensor, or a combination thereof;

wherein responsive to the sensor detecting the predefined event, the sensor transmits an electric signal to the control unit, the control unit actuates the first electronic device and the second electronic device, whereby the second electronic device outputs data captured by the first electronic device.

3. The security device according to claim 1, wherein the first electronic device is a camera and the second electronic device is a projector.

4. The security device according to claim 3, wherein the projector outputs an image or a video feed onto the door using the interior surface thereof as a screen.

5. The security device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit analyzes the electric signal received from a vibration sensor and attributes the electric signal to a predefined event.

6. The security device according to claim 1, further comprising the security device having a proximity sensor, a density sensor, or both in electrical communication with the control unit, whereby the control unit analyzes electric signals received from the proximity sensor, the density sensor, or both and determines whether the door is in a first open state or a second closed state.

7. The security device according to claim 1, further comprising additional electronic devices disposed within the first end module, the second end module or both in electrical communication with the control unit, the additional electronic devices are selected from the group consisting of a camera, a motion sensor, a projector, a proximity sensor, a microphone, a speaker, a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, a biohazard detector, an infrared sensor, a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a humidity sensor, a gesture recognition device, and a combination thereof.

8. The security device according to claim 1, further comprising a wireless network adapter configured to connect to a wireless data network.

9. The security device according to claim 1, further comprising a layer of dry adhesive disposed on the strap, the first end module, the second end module, or a combination thereof.

10. The security device according to claim 1, wherein the first end module, the second end module, or both are detachable from the strap, thereby enabling a user to select a module containing an appropriate electronic device for a user-selectable application.

2. The following is an examiner'"'"'s statement of reasons for allowance:

None of the prior art of record, alone or in combination, discloses or teaches a portable security surveillance device comprising the following features;

a strap with a thickness, a first end and a second end, wherein the strap is configured to vertically hang on a door wherein the thickness of the strap allows the strap to reside within a gap between the door and a door frame

a first end module disposed on the first end of the strap wherein the first end module resides on an exterior surface of the door

a second end module disposed on the second end of the strap, the second end module resides on an interior surface of the door

the strap, the first end module and the second end module collectively form an assembly wherein the strap retains the assembly in a deployed position wherein the first end module resides on the exterior surface of the door and the second end module resides on the interior of the door

wherein the assembly is detachable from the door by removing the strap from the door

a first electronic device housed within the first end module wherein the first electronic device is an input device

a second electronic device housed within the second end module wherein the second electronic device is an output device

a control unit which is in electric communication with the first and the second electronic devices

a sensor which is in electric communication with the control unit, the sensor configured to detect a predefined event and, responsive to detecting the predefined event, to transmit an electric signal to the control unit

a power source configured to supply an electric current to the control unit, the first electronic device, and the second electronic device

a plurality of electrical connectors disposed within the strap, the electrical connectors carrying electric signals between the control unit, the first electronic device, the second electronic device, the sensor, or a combination thereof

wherein responsive to the sensor detecting the predefined event, the sensor transmits an electric signal to the control unit, the control unit actuates the first electronic device and the second electronic device, whereby the second electronic device outputs data captured by the first electronic device.

11. A portable security surveillance device comprising:

a flexible strap having a thickness, a first end, and a second end, the strap configured to vertically hang on an object, the object having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;

a first end module disposed on the first end of the strap, the first end module configured to reside on the first surface of the object;

a second end module disposed on the second end of the strap, the second end module configured to reside on the second surface of the object the strap retaining the first and the second end modules in their deployed positions, whereby the first end module, the second end module, and the strap form an assembly, the assembly being detachable from the object by removing the strap therefrom;

a first electronic device housed within the first end module;

a second electronic device housed within the second end module, wherein at least the first or the second electronic device is a camera;

a control unit in electric communication with the first and the second electronic devices;

a sensor in electric communication with the control unit, the sensor configured to detect a predefined event and, responsive to detecting the predefined event, to transmit an electric signal to the control unit; and

a plurality of electrical connectors disposed within the strap, the electrical connectors carrying electric signals between the control unit, the first electronic device, the second electronic device, and the sensor;

wherein responsive to the sensor detecting the predefined event, the sensor transmits an electric signal to the control unit, whereby the control unit actuates the first electronic device, the second electronic device, or both.

12. The security device according to claim 11, wherein the sensor is a vibration sensor and the predefined event is a vibration of the object.

13. The security device according to claim 11, wherein the first electronic device is a camera and the second electronic device is a projector.

14. The security device according to claim 13, wherein the projector outputs an image or a video feed captured by the camera onto the second surface of the object using it as a screen.

15. The security device according to claim 11, further comprising the security device having a proximity sensor, a density sensor, or both in electrical communication with the control unit.

16. The security device according to claim 11, further comprising additional electronic devices disposed within the first end module, the second end module or both in electrical communication with the control unit, the additional electronic devices are selected from the group consisting of a camera, a motion sensor, a projector, a proximity sensor, a microphone, a speaker, a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, a biohazard detector, an infrared sensor, a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a humidity sensor, a gesture recognition device, and a combination thereof.

17. The security device according to claim 11, further comprising a wireless network adapter configured to connect to a wireless data network.

18. The security device according to claim 11, further comprising a layer of dry adhesive disposed on the strap, the first end module, the second end module, or a combination thereof.

19. The security device according to claim 11, wherein the first end module, the second end module, or both are detachable from the strap, thereby enabling a user to select a module containing an appropriate electronic device for a user-selectable application.