Advertisement/surveillance system
OwnerThomas Paul Cogleyinventor
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Abstract
An object is positionable at a service provider's site to be surveilled. The object has an appearance to advertise services/products to be provided at the site to a service receiver. A camera is unobtrusively formed in the object to monitor the site and to create images. The object has operative components located within the object. The operative components include a source of electrical potential for the camera, a switch to activate and inactivate the camera, and a digital device to provide a record of the images created by the camera.
Claims2
An advertisement/surveillance system (10) for surveilling a veterinarian's office and for advertising services to be provided at the veterinarian's office to an animal patient, the system comprising, in combination:
- the veterinarian's office to be surveilled having at least one vertical wall;
- a caduceus (14) positioned on the at least one vertical wall, the caduceus formed of a staff (16) and a serpent (18), the serpent having an eye (20), the caduceus having an appearance to advertise veterinarian services to be provided at the veterinarian's office;
- a camera (22) unobtrusively formed behind the eye of the serpent to monitor the veterinarian's office and to create images;
- operative components (24) located within the caduceus, the operative components including a battery (26) within a battery compartment (28) with a door (30) in the caduceus to provide access for replacing the battery;
- the operative components also including a switch (32) adjacent to the camera to activate and inactivate the camera;
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- the operative components also including a digital device (34) to provide a record of the images created by the camera which can be uploaded to a cloud storage (36), a computer system with a monitor (37) for viewing images created by the camera in both real time and subsequently, the digital device including a transceiver (38) for controlling the system from a distance using a remote control (40), the digital device including a microphone/speaker assembly including a microphone/speaker (42) and a button (44) adapted to be depressed for recording a message and for playback of the message.
An advertisement/surveillance system (10) for surveilling the office of a medical practitioner and for advertising services to be provided at the office to a patient, the system comprising, in combination:
- the office to be surveilled having at least one vertical wall;
- an emblem (14) positioned on the wall, the emblem having an appearance to advertise medical services to be provided at the office;
- a camera (22) unobtrusively within the emblem to monitor activities at the office and to create images;
- operative components (24) located within the emblem, the operative components including a battery (26) within a battery compartment (28) with a door (30) in the emblem to provide access for replacing the battery;
- the operative components also including a switch (32) adjacent to the camera to activate and inactivate the camera;
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- the operative components also including a digital device (34) to provide a record of the activities created by the camera which can be uploaded to a cloud storage (36), a computer system with a monitor (37) for viewing images created by the camera in both real time and subsequently, the digital device including a transceiver (38) for controlling the system from a distance using a remote control (40), the digital device comprising a microphone/speaker (42) and a button (44) adapted to be depressed for recording a message and for playback of the message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.