# US 2021/0241591 A1 · Method and apparatus for remote surveillance > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0241591 A1 - Document ID: US20210241591A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/237,970 - Filed: 2021-04-22 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2015-04-02 - Assignees: Techcam, LLC - Applicants: Techcam, LLC - Inventors: GEORGE LEE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241591A1 ## CPC - G08B 13/19632: {Camera support structures, e.g. attachment means, poles} - G08B 13/1963: {Arrangements allowing camera rotation to change view, e.g. pivoting camera, pan-tilt and zoom [PTZ]} - H04N 23/00: Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof - H04N 23/661: Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet - H04N 7/183: {for receiving images from a single remote source} - H04N 7/185: {from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control} - H04N 23/695: Control of camera direction for changing a field of view, e.g. pan, tilt or based on tracking of objects - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A remote surveillance apparatus and method comprising a camera coupled to a support structure and configured to capture video data and transmit the captured video data, a router bound to a public internet protocol (IP) address of a data center computing device external to the remote surveillance apparatus using a virtual private network (VPN), the router being configured to receive the captured video data, and wirelessly retransmit the captured video data, via a modem, to a requesting computing device external to the remote surveillance apparatus in response to a request originating at the requesting computing device that is addressed to the public IP address of the data center computing device and subsequently directed to the router by the data center computing device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A remote surveillance apparatus, comprising, a camera coupled to a support structure and configured to capture video data and transmit the captured video data; and a router bound to a public internet protocol (IP) address of a data center computing device external to the remote surveillance apparatus using a virtual private network (VPN), the router being configured to: receive the captured video data, and wirelessly retransmit the captured video data, via a modem, to a requesting computing device external to the remote surveillance apparatus in response to a request originating at the requesting computing device that is addressed to the public IP address of the data center computing device and subsequently directed to the router by the data center computing device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: an enclosure coupled to the support structure that houses the router and the modem. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the enclosure further houses one or more of: a fan configured to cool components housed in the first enclosure; or a Power over Ethernet injector coupled to the camera. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the router comprises the termination point of the VPN. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the request directed to the router by the data center computing device using hairpin routing. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the public IP address of the data center computing device is translated to a private IP address associated with the router. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a solar panel movably coupled to the support structure and configured to tilt and swivel; a battery electrically coupled to the solar panel and configured to store energy collected by the solar panel and power one or more of the camera, the modem, and the router; and a battery enclosure coupled to a base of the support structure and housing the battery. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the camera is movably coupled to the support structure. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the router and the modem are contained within a single device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the support structure comprises a mast. ### Claim 11 A method for operating a remote surveillance apparatus, the method comprising: capturing, by a camera, video data, wherein the camera is coupled to a support structure; transmitting, by the camera, the captured video data to a router bound to a public internet protocol (IP) address of a data center computing device external to the remote surveillance apparatus using a virtual private network (VPN); and wirelessly retransmitting, by the router, the captured video data to a requesting computing device via a modem in response to a request originating at the requesting computing device that is addressed to the public IP address of the data center computing device and subsequently directed to the router by the data center computing device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising: an enclosure coupled to the support structure that houses the router and the modem. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the enclosure further houses one or more of: a fan configured to cool components housed in the first enclosure; or a Power over Ethernet injector coupled to the camera. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the router comprises the termination point of the VPN. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the request directed to the router by the data center computing device using hairpin routing. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the public IP address of the data center computing device is translated to a private IP address associated with the router. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising: a solar panel movably coupled to the support structure and configured to tilt and swivel; a battery electrically coupled to the solar panel and configured to store energy collected by the solar panel and power one or more of the camera, the modem, and the router; and a battery enclosure coupled to a base of the support structure and housing the battery. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the camera is movably coupled to the support structure. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the router and the modem are contained within a single device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the support structure comprises a mast.