Video surveillance system having communication acknowledgement nod
AssigneeSensormatic Electronics Corporation
InventorThomas F. Berkey
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for controlling a motor in a video surveillance system including a video camera, a tilt motor operable to move the video camera in a tilt direction, a pan motor operable to move the video camera in a pan direction, and a controller in electrical communication with the tilt and pan motors. The controller assesses an operational condition of the video surveillance system and, if the assessment is successful, actuates at least one of the tilt motor and pan motor to move the video camera along a first predetermined motion pattern. In addition, if the assessment is unsuccessful, the controller actuates at least one of the tilt motor and pan motor to move the video camera along a second predetermined motion pattern.
Claims14
A system for controlling a motor in a video surveillance system, comprising:
- a controller configured to:
- assess an operational condition of the video surveillance system;
- and
- actuate the motor to visibly indicate the outcome of the assessment of the operational condition of the video surveillance system by visibly moving a camera in a predetermined motion pattern during at least one of an installation phase and a diagnostic phase, the motor being actuated to move the camera in the predetermined motion pattern if the assessment is successful, and the motor being actuated to move the camera in a different predetermined motion pattern if the assessment is unsuccessful.
A video surveillance system, comprising:
- a video camera;
- a tilt motor configured to move the video camera in a tilt direction;
- a pan motor configured to move the video camera in a pan direction;
- and
- a controller in electrical communication with the tilt and pan motors, the controller configured to:
- assess an operational condition of the video surveillance system;
- and
- actuate at least one of the tilt motor and pan motor to visibly indicate the outcome of the assessment of the operational condition of the video surveillance system by visibly moving the video camera along a predetermined motion pattern during at least one of an installation phase and a diagnostic phase, the at least one of the tilt motor and pan motor being actuated to move the camera along the predetermined motion pattern if the assessment is successful, and the at least one of the tilt motor and pan motor being actuated to move the video camera along a different predetermined motion pattern if the assessment is unsuccessful.
A method of operating a video camera surveillance system, comprising:
- assessing an operational condition of the video surveillance system;
- and
- actuating one or more video camera motors to visibly indicate the outcome of the assessment of the operational condition of the video surveillance system by visibly moving a video camera along a predetermined motion pattern during at least one of an installation phase and a diagnostic phase, at least one of the one or more video camera motors being actuated to move the video camera along the predetermined motion pattern if the assessment is successful, and at least one of the one or more video camera motors being actuated to move the video camera along a different predetermined motion pattern if the assessment is unsuccessful.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.