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US 2003/0146974 A1Published application
Street furniture or the like
OwnerDavid Barry Murphyinventor
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The present invention relates to a piece of street furniture comprising a structure incorporating a display or advertising unit (7) and a multi-channel closed circuit television security system. The system includes video cameras (CAM1 . . . . CAMN) located in a camera housing (4) above the display unit (7), and connected to two or more video tape recorders (VCR 1 . . . VCRN) located in a base storage unit (10) below the display unit (7). The video recorders (VCR) are interconnected, and connected to the outputs of the cameras (CAM), by circuitry associated with switching means (14) which is operable, when one recorder is recording the camera outputs and reaches a predetermined capacity, to cause the other recorder to commence recording the camera outputs, and vice versa. The camera outputs are therefore recorded by the recorders in turn, in a continuous loop.
A structure for use as a piece of street furniture or the like, which includes display means, and a closed circuit television system comprising at least one camera and means to record and store the camera output, the recordal and storage means including at least two recording devices which are interconnected, and connected to the output of the or each camera, by circuitry associated with switching means, the switching means being operable, when one of the recording devices is recording the camera output and nears or reaches a predetermined capacity, to cause the other, or another, recording device to commence recording the camera output, and vice versa.
A structure as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the video output from the or each camera is recorded at a time lapse frequency of about 3 frames per second, or higher.
A structure as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the video recording devices are video tape recorders.
A structure as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the recording devices are jointly capable of storing images recorded over a period of at least 5 days, and preferably up to at least 10 days.
A structure as claimed in any preceding claim, comprising an upright, stand alone integrated unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.