ENERGY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20180144416A1
• Filed: 11/13/2017
• Published: 05/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Strategic Design Federation W, LLC
• Original Assignee: Strategic Design Federation W Incorporated
• Inventors: Osann, JR., Robert
• Application Number:
  US15/810,837
• Publication Number:
  US 20180144416A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 2204/45 Utility meters networked together within a single building
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 22/00 Arrangements for measuring time integral of electric power or current, e.g. electricity meters
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 22/06 by electronic methods
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/00 Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19619 Details of casing
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19634 Electrical details of the system, e.g. component blocks for carrying out specific functions
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19645 Multiple cameras, each having view on one of a plurality of scenes, e.g. multiple cameras for multi-room surveillance or for tracking an object by view hand-over
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19656 Network used to communicate with a camera, e.g. WAN, LAN, Internet
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19693 using multiple video sources viewed on a single or compound screen
• 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: G08B 15/001 Concealed systems, e.g. disguised alarm systems to make covert systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2843 Mains power line
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/55 Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/108 the cable being constituted by a pair of wires
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/30 : Smart metering, e.g. specially adapted for remote reading
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/18 : Network protocols supporting networked applications, e.g. including control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/20 : Information technology specific aspects, e.g. CAD, simulation, modelling, system security

Abstract

In one embodiment, a video surveillance, communications, and control system for the home is disclosed. The system may include one or more video cameras located in one or more rooms in a home, one or more motion detectors in one or more rooms in a home, one or more lights in the one or more rooms, each of the one or more lights being remotely controllable, and a console. The console may display video images sent from the one or more video cameras. The console may include a split screen capability for viewing one or more images of the one or more rooms, one or more buttons for remotely controlling lights in the one or more rooms, one or more motion indicators describing which of the one or more rooms have motion, and at least one button that enables a user to signal the police or security company.

Claims

1. A video surveillance, communications, and control system for a home, the system comprising:

one or more video cameras located in one or more rooms in the home;

one or more motion detectors in one or more rooms in the home;

one or more lights in the one or more rooms, each of the one or more lights being remotely controllable; and

a control console configured to display one or more images of the one or more rooms captured by the one or more video cameras, the control console including;

a split screen capability for displaying at least two images of the one or more rooms;

a light control capability for remotely controlling the one or more lights in the one or more rooms;

one or more motion indicators describing which of the one or more rooms have motion; and

at least one button that enables a user to signal the police or security company.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the control console has a touchscreen capability.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the light control capability uses the touchscreen capability.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the split screen capability uses the touchscreen capability for the user to choose one or more images to display.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the console displays the chosen one or more images.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein at least two of the one or more video cameras are in one of the one or more rooms.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein one of the one or more lights is associated with one of the one or more video cameras.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein one of the one or more lights is associated with one of the one or more motion detectors.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the system has a voice command capability.

10. A control console for a video surveillance system for a home, the control console including:

a display capable of displaying to a user one or more video images of one or more rooms in the home, the one or more video images captured by one or more video cameras located in the one or more of rooms in the home;

motion indicators for informing the user which rooms in the home contain a potential intruder when one or more motion detectors in one or more rooms in the home detects motion;

a split screen capability for viewing, at the same time, at least two images of the one or more video images of one or more rooms in the home;

a light control capability for remotely controlling one or more lights in one or more rooms where each of the one or more lights may initially be off and then may be remotely turned on by the user; and

at least one button enabling the user to signal the police or a security company.

11. The control console of claim 10, wherein the control console has a touchscreen capability.

12. The control console of claim 11, wherein the light control capability uses the touchscreen capability.

13. The control console of claim 11, wherein the split screen capability uses the touchscreen capability for the user to choose one or more images to display.

14. The control console of claim 13, wherein the console displays the chosen one or more images.

15. The control console of claim 10, wherein the console displays two or more images from two of the one or more video cameras that are in one of the one or more rooms.

16. The control console of claim 10, wherein the console has a voice command capability.

17. The control console of claim 10 capable of associating one of the one or more lights with one of the one or more video cameras.

18. The control console of claim 10 capable of associating one of the one or more lights with one of the one or more motion detectors.

19. A video surveillance, communications, and control system for a building comprising:

one or more video cameras located in one or more areas of the building;

one or more motion detectors in one or more areas in the home;

one or more lights in the one or more rooms, each of the one or more lights being remotely controllable; and

a control console configured to display one or more images of the one or more areas captured by the one or more video cameras, the control console including;

a split screen capability for displaying at least two images of the one or more areas;

a light control capability for remotely controlling the one or more lights in the one or more areas;

one or more motion indicators describing which of the one or more areas have motion; and

at least one button that enables a user to signal the police or security company.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein at least one of the one or more areas of the building is outside.