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US 2007/0182540 A1Published application
Local verification systems and methods for security monitoring
AssigneeGE Security, Inc.
InventorDouglas Marman
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AssigneeGE Security, Inc.
InventorDouglas Marman
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A security monitoring system for reducing the number of false alarms through verification comprises a remote system at a first location remote from a second location and a local system located at the second location. The remote system comprises a remote database. The local system is electronically linked with the remote system to provide indication of alarm events to the remote system and comprises at least one camera operable to capture at least one image of a local object in view of the camera, a local database operable to electronically store at least one template corresponding to an authorized object, and an image processing system operable to perform a visual verification. The visual verification comprises comparing the at least one image of the local object with the at least one template corresponding to the authorized object and, if a matching result occurs from the visual verification, suppressing indication of an alarm event to the remote system.
A security monitoring system for reducing false alarms through visual verification, comprising:
In a security monitoring system having at least one monitored first location with a communications link to a central monitoring system at a second location remote from the first location, a method of reducing false alarms comprising:
A verification module of a local component of a security system configured to communicate with a remote component, the verification module comprising an electronic circuit with a processor operable to perform a verification based on a comparison of at least one image of a monitored local scene and stored reference data, the verification module determining autonomously whether to indicate an alarm event, wherein, based on the comparison results, if the at least one image is determined not to match the reference data, an alarm event is recognized and the local component communicates the alarm event to the remote component, and if the at least one image is determined to match the reference data, an alarm event is not recognized and no alarm event communication to the remote component occurs.
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