Neighborhood watch system, and method of implementing same using autonomous vehicles

A neighborhood watch system comprising

• a central control unit;
• a plurality of environment sensing units, each mounted one of a plurality of autonomous vehicles, each of said environment sensing unit operable to continuously obtain 360° views of surroundings of the corresponding autonomous vehicles when vehicles are operated, and to communicate with said central control unit so as to send said 360° views of the surroundings and geospatial information to the central control unit;
• and
• an alarm unit mounted on each of the autonomous vehicles;
• communication unit operatively connected with the central control unit, and operable to configure and modify base images of the objects stored in the central control unit.
• wherein the central control unit is configured to receive said 360° views of the surroundings from the plurality of environment sensing units and to analyze said 360° views by comparing said 360° views with the base images of objects stored in the central control unit to identify at least one object of interest;
• wherein when the central control unit obtains said one object of interest, the central control unit informs a security agency about time and location of obtaining said one object of interest, and selectively activates the alarm units;
• wherein when the communication unit fails to communicate with the central control unit due to a presence of a suspicious jammer, said central control unit automatically triggers an alarm in the communication unit.

A method of using a neighborhood watch system, said neighborhood watch system comprising a central control unit;

• a plurality of environment sensing units, each mounted one of a plurality of autonomous vehicles, each of said environment sensing unit operable to continuously obtain 360° views of surroundings of the corresponding autonomous vehicle when vehicle is operated, and to send said 360° views of the surroundings and geospatial information to the central control unit;
• and an alarm unit mounted on each of the autonomous vehicles;
• each of the autonomous vehicles having a route defining unit which is operable to define a route of travel for the autonomous vehicle, the central control unit being operatively connected with said route defining unit;
• the central control unit being configured to receive said 360° views of the surroundings and to analyze said 360° views by comparing the 360° views with base images of objects stored in the central control unit to identify at least one object of interest;
• and to inform a security agency about time and location of obtaining said one object of interest, and selectively activates the alarm unit when the central control unit obtains said one object of interest;
• said method comprising the steps of;
• identifying a neighborhood to be monitored for safety of persons and property;
• identifying at least one route to be monitored in said neighborhood;
• sending a route information and a time of initiating travel to at least one of the autonomous vehicles;
• obtaining 360° views of the surroundings of the autonomous vehicles by using environment sensing units;
• automatically analyzing the 360° views of the surroundings received from the environment sensing units by comparing the 360° views with the base images of objects stored in the central control unit to identify at least one object of interest;
• informing a security agency about time and location of said one object of interest, selectively send audio visual recording of said one object of interest, and selectively activating the alarm unit when the central control unit obtains said one object of interest.