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US 2006/0085831 A1Published application
System and method for vision-based security
OwnerRussell Jones, Mark West +1inventors
InventorsRussell Jones, Mark West, George Miller
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Abstract
A system and method for arming and disarming a network camera, limiting the number of e-mails sent by the network camera to a user, enabling the network camera to initiate phone calls, transmitting and/or recording video and audio, connecting the network camera to other detection devices, activating a siren, and allowing users to identify themselves within a fixed period of time before taking notification actions.
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A system for vision-based security comprising:
- a network camera for receiving a plurality of images, and outputting a video signal representing said plurality of images;
- an alarm device capable of receiving an alarm signal and generating an alarm in response to said alarm signal;
- a first device, positioned remotely from said network camera and disposed to receive said video signal from said network camera for detecting motion in said plurality of images, said first device having a first state that is modifiable by the user and is one of an armed state, a panic-mode state, or a disarmed state, said first device transmitting a motion message to a wide area network and transmitting an alarm signal to said alarm device when motion is detected in said plurality of images and said first state is in said armed state;
A method for vision-based security having a network camera positioned remotely from a first device, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a plurality of images, by the network camera, and transmitting a video signal, representing said plurality of images, from the network camera to the first device;
- detecting motion in said plurality of images;
- identifying, by the first device, a first state as being one of an armed state, a panic-mode state or a disarmed state, said first state modifiable by a user;
- transmitting a motion message from the first device to a wide area network when motion is detected in said plurality of images and said first state is in said armed state;
- generating an alarm signal when motion is detected in said plurality of images and said first state is in said armed state;
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- transmitting said alarm signal to an alarm device capable of generating an alarm in response to said alarm signal.
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