# US 2019/0244497 A1 · Surveillance monitoring systems and methods for remotely viewing data and controlling cameras

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- Number: US 2019/0244497 A1
- Document ID: US20190244497A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/367,097
- Filed: 2019-03-27
- Published: 2019-08-08
- Earliest claimed: 2004-10-29
- Assignees: Sensormatic Electronics Corporation
- Applicants: Sensormatic Electronics, LLC
- Inventors: Martin A. Renkis
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190244497A1

## CPC

- G08B 13/1966: {Wireless systems, other than telephone systems, used to communicate with a camera}
- G06T 7/246: using feature-based methods, e.g. the tracking of corners or segments
- G08B 13/19641: {Multiple cameras having overlapping views on a single scene}
- G08B 13/19656: {Network used to communicate with a camera, e.g. WAN, LAN, Internet}
- G08B 13/19669: {Event triggers storage or change of storage policy}
- G08B 13/19682: {Graphic User Interface [GUI] presenting system data to the user, e.g. information on a screen helping a user interacting with an alarm system}
- G08B 13/19693: {using multiple video sources viewed on a single or compound screen}
- G08B 13/19695: {Arrangements wherein non-video detectors start video recording or forwarding but do not generate an alarm themselves}
- G08B 25/009: {Signalling of the alarm condition to a substation whose identity is signalled to a central station, e.g. relaying alarm signals in order to extend communication range}
- H04L 63/0428: {wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload}
- H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46)
- H04L 67/125: involving control of end-device applications over a network
- H04N 5/77: between a recording apparatus and a television camera
- H04N 7/181: {for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources}
- H04N 7/188: {Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position (signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253)}
- H04N 23/661: Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
- H04W 4/70: Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
- H04W 8/005: {Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals}
- H04W 12/02: Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
- H04W 12/033: of the user plane, e.g. user's traffic
- H04W 76/15: Setup of multiple wireless link connections
- H05K 7/20172: {Fan mounting or fan specifications}
- H05K 7/20209: {Thermal management, e.g. fan control}
- H04L 2209/80: Wireless
- H04N 23/631: {Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters}
- H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
- H05K 7/20145: {Means for directing air flow, e.g. ducts, deflectors, plenum or guides}
- G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
- G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS

## Abstract

A surveillance system monitors a predetermined environment based on received data. The surveillance system includes a first intelligent appliance configured to capture video and/or still images and configured to be in wireless communication with a second intelligent appliance that operates based on data from the first intelligent appliance. The surveillance system can detect a person located within the predetermined environment and can track the person's movement. The surveillance system is configured to allow remote viewing of data and/or controlling cameras.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

-12. (canceled)

### Claim 13

A system for operation at a user's premises, comprising:
a plurality of intelligent appliances configured to automatically establish communication channels with one another based on their positions relative to one another, thereby maintaining a mesh network at the user's premises; and
a wireless computing device configured to receive data from each of the plurality of intelligent appliances, wherein the wireless computing device includes memory for storing the received data, wherein the wireless computing device is programmed to
manage the mesh network, and
receive at least a portion of environment data captured by a first intelligent appliance of the plurality of intelligent appliances, wherein the environment data includes video, images, sound, temperature data, chemical presence data, motion data, or any combinations thereof regarding the user's premises,
wherein the system is configured to provide remote viewing, via a communication viewing device associated with a person, of the received environment data, wherein the communication viewing device is capable of controlling, via a remote server, at least one of the wireless computing device or one or more of the intelligent appliances,
wherein the system is configured to detect one or more trigger events based, at least in part, on user input received from the communication viewing device and the at least a portion of the received environment data, and
wherein the system is configured to in response to detection of the one or more trigger events, cause a second intelligent appliance of the plurality of intelligent appliances perform an action at the user's premises.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The system of claim 13, wherein the wireless computing device stores data from the person, and the system is further configured to coordinate, via the wireless computing device, operation of the first intelligent appliance and the second intelligent appliance in wireless communication based on the stored data.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The system of claim 13, wherein the wireless computing device is configured to control operation of the first intelligent appliance based on environment data from a second intelligent appliance of the of the plurality of intelligent appliances without requiring communication with the remove server computer.

### Claim 16 (depends on 13)

The system of claim 13, wherein the system is further configured to determine whether a person associated with the detected one or more trigger events has permission to be at a certain location within the user's premises.

### Claim 17 (depends on 13)

The system of claim 13, wherein at least one of the plurality of intelligent appliances includes a camera.

### Claim 18 (depends on 13)

The system of claim 13, wherein the system is configured to search for a new intelligent appliance, identify the new intelligent appliance, and allow the identified new intelligent appliance to join the mesh network.

### Claim 19 (depends on 13)

The system of claim 13, wherein the mesh network is a secured network with locked communication channels for cross-communication between the intelligent appliances.

### Claim 20 (depends on 13)

The system of claim 13, wherein the wireless computing device is configured to locally store instructions for coordinating operation of the Intelligent appliances in response to detection of the one or more trigger events.

### Claim 21 (depends on 13)

The system of claim 13, wherein the remote viewing device is a cell phone, and the system is configured to cause at least one of a signal or a message to be sent to the cell phone notifying the user of detection of the one or more trigger events.

### Claim 22

A wireless device comprising:
one or more processors;
memory having instructions, executable by the one or more processors, to cause the wireless device to:
detect a first intelligent appliance at the user's premises;
in response to detecting the first Intelligent appliance, cause the first intelligent applicant to communicate via a secured mesh network, wherein a second intelligent appliance communicates via the secured mesh network with the wireless device, wherein at least one of the first second intelligent appliance or the second intelligent appliance is configured to function as a repeater to extend to the range of the secured mesh network;
receive, via a remote server, user data from a communication device associated with at least one person, wherein the wireless device is configured to enable the at least one person to
view, via the communication device, environmental data captured by the first intelligent appliance and/or second intelligent appliance, and
control, via the communication device, at least one of the first intelligent appliance or the second intelligent appliance;
detect one or more trigger events based, at least in part, on the user data and the at least a portion of the captured environment data from the first Intelligent appliance; and
in response to detecting the one or more trigger events, cause the second intelligent appliance to perform an action.

### Claim 23 (depends on 22)

The wireless device of claim 22, wherein the instructions allow the communication device to control whether the first intelligent appliance or the second intelligent appliance are part of the secured mesh network.

### Claim 24 (depends on 22)

The wireless device of claim 22, wherein the wireless computing device is configured to locally store instructions for coordinating operation of the first and second intelligent appliances in response to detection of the one or more trigger events.

### Claim 25

A wireless device that communicates via a secured mesh network, the wireless device comprising:
one or more processors;
memory having instructions, executable by the one or more processors, to cause the wireless device to:
manage the secured mesh network, at a user's premises, to communicate with the first and second intelligent appliances, wherein at least one of the first intelligent appliance or the second intelligent appliance is configured to function as a repeater,
allow a new Intelligent appliance to join the secured mesh network based on user-activation;
detect one or more trigger events based, at least in part, on one or more inputs from a user and the at least a portion of environment data captured by the first intelligent appliance;
in response to detecting the one or more trigger events, automatically causing the second intelligent appliance to perform at least one action at the user's premises; and
providing control, via a remote server, of the first intelligent applicant and/or the second intelligent appliance to a remote viewing device associated with a user.

### Claim 26 (depends on 25)

The wireless device of claim 25, wherein the wireless device is configured to provide, via the remote server, access to environment data captured by the first intelligent applicant and environment data captured by the second intelligent appliance

### Claim 27 (depends on 25)

The wireless device of claim 25, wherein the first intelligent appliance and/or the second intelligent appliance extends a radio range of the secured mesh network.

### Claim 28 (depends on 25)

The wireless device of claim 25, wherein the wireless device is configured to control operation of the first Intelligent appliance based on environment data from a second intelligent appliance without requiring communication with the remote server.

### Claim 29 (depends on 25)

The wireless device of claim 25, wherein the wireless device is configured to send the environment data, captured by the first and second environment data, to the remote server.