Integrative security system and method

A system for monitoring and securing a facility without employing a manned control center, comprising:

• a) a plurality of distributed and displaceable surveillance devices for acquiring a set of default surveillance data associated with at least a portion of said facility, based on default coverage of at least some of said plurality of surveillance devices;
• b) a plurality of mobile terminal devices, each of which held or carried by a corresponding guard serving to protect said facility;
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• c) a server, networked to said plurality of surveillance devices and having access to a surveillance device and actuator database (SDD) in which is stored static or dynamic information related to deployment of said plurality of surveillance devices, and to a map information database (MID) in which is stored map data related to said facility, said server being configured to perform operations selected from the group consisting of:
• c.1) acquire said acquired default surveillance data associated with said facility, from each of said surveillance devices and based on default coverage of said plurality of surveillance devices;
• c.2) analyze said set of surveillance data, to detect suspicious events associated with activity of an intruder;
• c.3) upon detecting a suspicious event:
• i) alert a selected one of said plurality of mobile terminal devices carried by a first guard;
• ii) transmit real time surveillance data to said selected mobile terminal device;
• iii) generate a map of an area surrounding a location of said suspicious event with a potential target being detected or identified in the form of a graphical indication on said map;
• iv) embed said real-time surveillance data into said map and/or graphical indication by said server or said selected mobile terminal device, to forma full situational awareness image;
• c.4) continuously update information provided to the first guard by repeating steps c.3.ii, c.3.iii, and c.3.iv above as said acquired surveillance data and/or analysis changes;
• c.5) display said full situational awareness image within said mobile terminal device, for allowing said first guard to assess a severity of said suspicious event;
• c.6) prompt said first guard to terminate said suspicious event if found by said first guard to be of a low severity, or otherwise, to initiate an interception operation;
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• c.7) transmit results of an action of the first guard to said server;
• wherein said server is configured to transmit to said plurality of terminal devices or said plurality of terminal devices are configured to generate, displayable Obstructed Field Of View (OFOV) information that was generated in response to subsequently acquired surveillance data, wherein said OFOV information is indicative of a line of sight view between an instantaneous location of the terminal device of a corresponding guard and a server-defined expected location of the intruder based on a trajectory of said intruder in response to subsequently acquired surveillance data and on the map data associated with said trajectory.

A method for monitoring and securing a facility without employing a manned control center, comprising the following steps:

• a) providing a given security sensitive facility with a plurality of distributed surveillance devices;
• b) providing a server, networked to said surveillance devices, access to a surveillance device and actuator database (SDD) in which is stored static or dynamic information related to deployment of said plurality of surveillance devices, and to a map information database (MID) in which is stored map data related to said facility;
• c.1) acquiring, by said server, a set of surveillance data associated with at least a portion of said facility from at least some of said plurality of surveillance devices, based on default coverage of said at least some of the plurality of surveillance devices;
• c.2) analyzing said set of surveillance data, by said server, to detect suspicious events associated with activity of an intruder;
• c.3) upon detecting a suspicious event:
• i) alerting a mobile terminal device carried by a first guard;
• ii) transmitting real time surveillance data to said mobile terminal device;
• iii) generating a map of the area surrounding a location of said suspicious event with a potential target being detected or identified in the form of a graphical indication on said map;
• iv) embedding said real-time surveillance data into said map and/or graphical indication by said server or mobile terminal device, to form a full situational awareness image;
• c.4) continuously updating information provided to the first guard by repeating steps c.3.ii, c.3.iii, and c.3.iv above as said acquired surveillance data and/or analysis changes;
• c.5) displaying said full situational awareness image within said mobile terminal device, for allowing said first guard to assess a severity of said suspicious event;
• c.6) prompting said first guard to terminate said suspicious event if found by said first guard to be of a low severity, or otherwise, to initiate an interception operation;
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• d) controlling, by the first guard, one or said surveillance devices to track said potential target and provide updated surveillance data.

A system for monitoring and securing a facility without employing a manned control center, comprising:

• a) a plurality of distributed and displaceable surveillance devices for acquiring a set of default surveillance data associated with at least a portion of said facility, based on default coverage of at least some of said plurality of surveillance devices;
• b) a plurality of mobile terminal devices, each of which held or carried by a corresponding guard serving to protect said facility;
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• c) a server, networked to said plurality of surveillance devices and having access to a surveillance device and actuator database (SDD) in which is stored static or dynamic information related to deployment of said plurality of surveillance devices, and to a map information database (MID) in which is stored map data related to said facility, said server being configured to perform operations selected from the group consisting of:
• c.1) acquire said acquired default surveillance data associated with said facility, from each of said surveillance devices and based on default coverage of said plurality of surveillance devices;
• c.2) analyze said set of surveillance data, to detect suspicious events associated with activity of an intruder;
• c.3) upon detecting a suspicious event:
• i) alert a selected one of said plurality of mobile terminal devices carried by a first guard;
• ii) transmit real time surveillance data to said selected mobile terminal device;
• iii) generate a map of an area surrounding a location of said suspicious event with a potential target being detected or identified in the form of a graphical indication on said map;
• iv) embed said real-time surveillance data into said map and/or graphical indication by said server or said selected mobile terminal device, to form a full situational awareness image;
• c.4) continuously update information provided to the first guard by repeating steps c.3.ii, c.3.iii, and c.3.iv above as said acquired surveillance data and/or analysis changes;
• c.5) display said full situational awareness image within said mobile terminal device, for allowing said first guard to assess a severity of said suspicious event;
• c.6) prompt said first guard to terminate said suspicious event if found by said first guard to be of a low severity, or otherwise, to initiate an interception operation;
• c.7) transmit results of an action of the first guard to said server;
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• c.8) determine, during an interception operation intended to intercept and apprehend said intruder found by analysis of said acquired surveillance data to have intruded into said facility, an expected instantaneous location of said intruder based on a trajectory of said intruder in response to subsequently acquired surveillance data and on the map data associated with said trajectory and to direct one or more dispatched guards towards said expected location, while displaying on the terminal device of each of said dispatched guards, locations of other dispatched guards.

A system for monitoring and securing a facility without employing a manned control center, comprising:

• a) a plurality of distributed and displaceable surveillance devices for acquiring a set of default surveillance data associated with at least a portion of said facility, based on default coverage of at least some of said plurality of surveillance devices;
• b) a plurality of mobile terminal devices, each of which held or carried by a corresponding guard serving to protect said facility;
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• c) a server, networked to said plurality of surveillance devices and having access to a surveillance device and actuator database (SDD) in which is stored static or dynamic information related to deployment of said plurality of surveillance devices, and to a map information database (MID) in which is stored map data related to said facility, said server being configured to:
• c.1) acquire said acquired default surveillance data associated with said facility, from each of said surveillance devices and based on default coverage of said plurality of surveillance devices;
• c.2) analyze said set of surveillance data, to detect suspicious events associated with activity of an intruder;
• c.3) upon detecting a suspicious event:
• i) alert a first of said plurality of mobile terminal devices carried by a first guard;
• ii) transmit real time surveillance data to said selected mobile terminal device;
• iii) generate a map of an area surrounding a location of said suspicious event with a potential target being detected or identified in the form of a graphical indication on said map;
• iv) embed said real-time surveillance data into said map and/or graphical indication by said server or said selected mobile terminal device, to form a full situational awareness image;
• c.4) continuously update information provided to the first guard by repeating steps c.3.ii, c.3.iii, and c.3.iv above as said acquired surveillance data and/or analysis changes;
• c.5) display said full situational awareness image within said first mobile terminal device, for allowing said first guard to assess a severity of said suspicious event;
• c.6) prompt said first guard to terminate said suspicious event if found by said first guard to be of a low severity, or otherwise, to initiate an interception operation;
• c.7) transmit results of an action of the first guard to said server;
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• c.8) toggle, in response to selection of an initiating guard holding or carrying said first or a second of said plurality of mobile terminal devices, between a line of sight view and a guard selected view of the intruder that is displayable in a take-over mode and that is different than the line of sight view, while manipulating a user interface of said first or said second of said plurality of terminal devices, if viewing of said guard selected view facilitates apprehension of said intruder, where during the take-over mode, the surveillance data to be acquired is controlled by said first or said second of said plurality of terminal devices of said initiating guard and is transmitted directly thereto.