System and method of remote surveillance and applications therefor

A surveillance system for theft-prevention, comprising:

• a surveillance device including a capturing unit, a local storage unit, and a motion sensor;
• the surveillance device being placed to monitor theft-prone goods;
• a remote server coupled to the surveillance device;
• wherein, when in operation, the surveillance device, via the capturing unit captures a recording of surrounding environment and events occurring therein for storage in the local storage unit;
• wherein, upon detection of human activity by the motion sensor, the surveillance device automatically begins to upload to the remote server in real time, the recording including a video recording of the human activity;
• wherein, when in operation, the remote server receives the recording including the video recording of the human activity and notifies an assistance center.

A system for surveillance and recordation of events inside and outside of a vehicle, comprising:

• a surveillance device installed with a vehicle, the surveillance device including a capturing unit, a local storage unit, and a location sensor;
• a remote server coupled to the surveillance unit;
• a device coupled to the remote server, the device being operated by a law enforcement officer;
• wherein, when in operation, the surveillance device, via the capturing unit captures a recording of surrounding environment and events occurring inside and outside of the vehicle when in motion or still, for storage in the local storage unit along with a location map of the surrounding environment and events captured in the recording as determined by the location-sensor;
• wherein, upon detection of a triggering event, the surveillance device uploads, the recording and the location map to the remote server;
• wherein, when in operation, the remote server receives the recording and broadcasts at least a portion of the recording to a device for preview by a law enforcement officer.

A system for remote surveillance and monitoring, comprising:

• a surveillance device including a capturing unit, a local storage unit, and a location-sensor;
• a remote server coupled to the surveillance unit;
• wherein, when in operation, the surveillance device, via the capturing unit captures a recording of surrounding environment and events occurring therein for storage in the local storage unit with location data associated with the surrounding environment captured in the recording as determined by the location-sensor;
• wherein, upon detection of a triggering event, the surveillance device uploads in real time, the recording and the associated location data to the remote server;
• wherein, when in operation, the remote server receives the recording and the associated location data and automatically alerts an assistive service.

A method for remote surveillance, comprising:

• capturing a recording of surrounding environment and events occurring therein for storage on a storage unit;
• upon detection of a triggering event occurring in the surrounding environment or proximal regions, automatically uploading, in real time, to a remote processing center, the recording of the surrounding environment and events that occurred subsequent to the detection of the triggering event;
• wherein, the recording uploaded to the remote processing center is encoded;
• transmitting at least a portion the recording to a user device.

A system for remote surveillance, comprising:

• a surveillance device including:
• a night vision device coupled to a capturing unit;
• a local storage unit coupled to the capturing unit;
• a location-sensor coupled to the capturing unit and the local storage unit;
• a motion sensor coupled to the local storage unit;
• a remote server coupled to the surveillance unit via a cellular network;
• one or more devices wirelessly coupled to the remote server via the Internet;
• wherein, when in operation, the surveillance device, via the capturing unit captures a recording of surrounding environment and events occurring therein for storage in the local storage unit with location data associated with the surrounding environment captured in the recording as determined by the location-sensor;
• wherein, upon detection of a triggering event by the motion sensor, the surveillance device automatically uploads in real time, the recording and the associated location data to the remote server via the cellular network;
• wherein, when in operation, the remote server receives the recording and generates a tactical response strategy using the recording;
• wherein, the remote server broadcasts at least a portion of the recording and the tactical response to one or more devices operated by law authority individuals;
• wherein, when in operation, the law authority individuals use the one or more devices to remotely control operation of the surveillance device.