System of deploying videophone and early warning

• US 20110128346A1
• Filed: 09/12/2008
• Published: 06/02/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Vanlong Joseph Pham, Vanthach Peter Pham
• Original Assignee: Vanlong Joseph Pham, Vanthach Peter Pham
• Inventors: Pham, Vanthach Peter, Pham, Vanlong Joseph
• Application Number:
  US12/283,509
• Publication Number:
  US 20110128346A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/14.07
• 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 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control

Abstract

A device and method for surveillance and early warning detection of undesired activity comprising local videophone and a remote videophone for the purposes of surveying a predetermined area with the local videophone and sending images of the captured information to the remote videophone for real time observation. The method also comprises at will surveillance of the predetermined area by calling the local videophone from the remote videophone to turn the local videophone on, conducting surveillance, and transmitting the captured information, in real time, to the remote videophone. The captured information may be recorded on the remote videophone, by a service provider, or by an emergency response team.

Claims

1. A videophone and early warning system to transmit a captured activity to a remote location, comprising:

a. a local videophone, comprising;

i. a sensor to automatically detect a signal to activate the local videophone,

ii. a processor to execute a command in response to the signal,

iii. a video camera to capture a visual information, the video camera having a night vision capability,

iv. a microphone to capture an auditory information,

v. a global positioning system (“

GPS”

) receiver to detect the location information of the local videophone, and

vi. a transmitting device to transmit the visual information, the auditory information, and the location information; and

b. a remote videophone communicably connected to the local videophone, the remote videophone comprising;

i. a receiving device to receive the visual information, the audio information, and the location information transmitted from the local videophone in real time,

ii. an input device to initiate and transmit a communication signal to the local videophone,

iii. a display device to display the visual information and the location information,

iv. a speaker to reproduce the audio information,

v. an electronic storage system to store the visual information and audio information.

2. A videophone and early warning system to transmit an image of a captured activity to a remote location, comprising:

a. a local videophone, comprising;

i. a sensor, and

ii. an information capture device, wherein the sensor automatically detects a signal to turn the information capture device on and transmit the image of the captured activity; and

b. a remote videophone, comprising;

i. a display device, and

ii. a speaker, wherein the remote videophone receives the image of the captured activity and reproduces the image on the display device and the speaker.

3. The videophone and early warning system of claim 2 further comprising a service provider, wherein the service provider receives and electronically stores the image transmitted by the local videophone.

4. The videophone and early warning system of claim 2, wherein the information capture device is a video camera.

5. The videophone and early warning system of claim 3, wherein the video camera comprises a means for night-vision.

6. The videophone and early warning system of claim 3, wherein the video camera comprises a wide-angle lens.

7. The videophone and early warning system of claim 2, wherein the local videophone comprises a solar power module.

8. The videophone and early warning system of claim 2, wherein the sensor detects a signal selected from the group consisting of a visual signal, a mechanical signal, an auditory signal, and an electrical signal.

9. The videophone and early warning system of claim 2, wherein the local videophone further comprises a global positioning system receiver to determine the location of the local videophone.

10. The videophone and early warning system of claim 2, wherein the display device comprises a split-screen function to display a plurality of visual information, wherein each visual information is from a different source.

11. The videophone and early warning system of claim 2, wherein the remote videophone further comprises a remote temporary disengagement button to temporarily disengage the videophone and early warning system.

12. A method of surveillance in real time, comprising:

a. automatically detecting a signal at a local videophone, wherein the signal is selected from the group consisting of an optical signal, a mechanical signal, an electrical signal, and an audio signal;

b. capturing an image of an activity with a local videophone in response to detecting the signal;

c. transmitting the captured image of the activity to a remote location in real time; and

d. recording the activity at the remote location.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the signal is a call from a remote videophone.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the remote location is selected from the group consisting of a location of a remote videophone, a service provider, or an emergency response team.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

a. activating a global positioning system in response to detecting the signal; and

b. transmitting a location of the local videophone to a remote party.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the remote party is selected from the group consisting of a remote videophone user, a service provider, and an emergency response team.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising simultaneously displaying the captured image transmitted in real time and the location of the local videophone transmitted in real time.