Remote monitoring system
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorsRon Johan, Gabriel Daher, Daniel Ming On Wu
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Abstract
A method and system for remote monitoring are provided. The system includes a network including a plurality of communication points that provide a path of communication between connected devices, wherein the network is adapted to communicate via internet resources, a video device that is communicatively connected using the network an image/alarm converter that is communicatively connected to the video device using the network, and a proprietary router in the network through which the video device is able to connect to the image/alarm converter using a secure communication tunnel established by the proprietary router over the network.
Claims20
A system for remote monitoring, the system comprising:
- a network comprising a plurality of communication points that provide a path of communication between connected devices, wherein the network is adapted to communicate via internet resources;
- a video device that is communicatively connected using the network;
- an image/alarm converter that is communicatively connected to the video device using the network;
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- a proprietary router in the network through which the video device is able to connect to the image/alarm converter using a secure communication tunnel established by the proprietary router over the network.
A method of remote monitoring, the method comprising:
- receiving a video signal, at a video device, using a camera sensor of the video device;
- generating, using a signal processing device of the video device, an alarm signal based on the video signal;
- providing a secure communication tunnel over a network using a proprietary router located on the network;
- transmitting the video signal and the alarm signal to an image/alarm converter device using the secure communication tunnel;
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- generating a standard alarm signal, using the video signal and the alarm signal, wherein the standard alarm signal is in a format understandable by an automation system;
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- transmitting the standard alarm signal from the image/alarm converter device to the automation system through the proprietary router using the secure communication tunnel.
A video system for remote monitoring, the video system comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by one or more processors of the video system to cause the one or more processors to:
- receive a video signal, at a video device, using a camera sensor of the video device;
- generate an alarm signal based on the video signal;
- provide a secure communication tunnel over a network using a proprietary router located on the network;
- transmit the video signal and the alarm signal to an image/alarm converter device using the secure communication tunnel;
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- generate a standard alarm signal, using the video signal and the alarm signal, wherein the standard alarm signal is in a format understandable by an automation system;
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- transmit the standard alarm signal from the image/alarm converter device to the automation system through the proprietary router using the secure communication tunnel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.