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US 2023/0410620 A1Published application
Electronic Monitoring System with Intuitive Activity Zone Definition
AssigneeArlo Technologies, Inc.
InventorMark Kretsch
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Abstract
An area monitoring system is provided that allows flexible definitions of activity zones for activating a camera by using articulated motion detectors defining fields-of-view as subsets of the camera field-of-view. First and second motion detectors may be mounted on an escutcheon on opposite sides of the camera such that the first and second motion detectors may swivel independently of one another and of the camera.
Claims19
An electronic monitoring system comprising:
- an escutcheon;
- a camera attached to the escutcheon, the camera being adapted to capture video images within a camera field-of-view when the camera is activated;
- a first motion detector and a second motion detector configured to detect motion in respective first and second fields-of-view and independently attached to the escutcheon by articulated joints allowing adjustment of the first and second fields-of-view in elevation and azimuth, the first and second motion detectors providing electronic motion signals upon detection of motion in the respective field-of-view;
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- wherein the camera activates in response to an electronic motion signal of each or any of the first and second motion detectors.
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An electronic monitoring system comprising:
- a housing adapted to attach to a line voltage;
- a camera attached to the housing by an articulated joint movable in elevation and azimuth, the camera being adapted to capture video images being within a camera field-of-view when the camera is activated, the camera having a motion detector having a first motion field-of-view aligned with the camera field-of-view and providing an electronic motion signal upon detection of motion in the first motion field-of-view;
- a second motion detector and third motion detector independent of the camera, the second and third motion detectors being adapted to detect motion in respective second and third motion fields-of-view and independently attached to the housing by articulated joints movable in elevation and azimuth, the second and third motion detectors each providing an electronic motion signal upon detection of motion in the respective fields-of-view;
- where the second and third motion detectors each include floodlights;
- an interface connecting the second and third motion detectors to the camera;
- wherein the second and third motion detectors and the camera are configured such that operation of the floodlights of the second and third motion detectors can be controlled by the camera via the interface;
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- wherein the camera and each of the motion detectors intercommunicate and are configured to activate the camera for video recording in response to an electronic motion signal.
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A method of area monitoring comprising:
- positioning a camera for capturing video images within a camera field-of-view when the camera is activated;
- positioning first and second motion detectors independently of the camera and of each other in elevation and azimuth, the first and second motion detectors having respective fields-of-view and providing electronic motion signals upon detection of motion in the respective first and second fields-of-view;
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- activating the camera in response to at least one electronic motion signal of the first and second motion detectors.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.