Remote monitoring
Assigneeen-Gauge, Inc.
InventorsTerrance Riedel, Brendan T. McSheffrey
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Abstract
Remote monitoring and inspection of measurement devices, emergency equipment, parking spaces, and other items is accomplished by using a digital image sensor (e.g., a CMOS sensor) to capture a digital image containing information about the monitored item. A signal containing information about the digital image (e.g., data representing the captured digital image or data indicating the state of the captured digital image) is transmitted to a remote central station.
Claims36
Apparatus for remote inspection of a measurement device having a visible display, the apparatus comprising:
- a digital image sensor positioned to face the display of the measurement device and configured to capture a digital image of the display of the measurement device;
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- communications circuitry configured to transmit to a remote central station a signal including information about the captured digital image of the display.
Apparatus for detection of presence of a portable item in an installed location, the apparatus comprising:
- a digital image sensor positioned to face the portable item in its installed location and configured to capture a digital image of the installed location;
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- communications circuitry configured to transmit to a remote central station a signal including information about the captured digital image.
Apparatus for detection of presence of an obstruction blocking access to or viewing of an item, the apparatus comprising:
- a digital image sensor positioned to face an access area to the item and configured to capture a digital image of the access area;
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- communications circuitry configured to transmit to a remote central station a signal including information about the captured digital image.
An apparatus for remotely monitoring an item, the apparatus comprising:
- a digital image sensor positioned to face an access area to the item and configured to capture a digital image of the access area in response to a change in a state of the item;
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- communications circuitry configured to transmit to a remote central station a signal data representing the captured digital image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.