Nova Patents
EP1533768B1

Portable security system

Abstract

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EP1533768B1, drawing sheet 1
Sheet 1 of 7

Term

Term ended

Expired 25 October 2024, 1.9 years ago.

  1. Priority
  2. Filed
  3. Granted
  4. Expired
  5. Today

21 claims: 2 independent, 19 dependent

  1. 1
    A security system (100) comprising:a camera(104) directed to a surveillance area (110) and configured to generate a video signal;an object recognition system (106) coupled to said camera (104) and configured to receive said video signal;a portable personal digital assistant (PDA) (112) wirelessly coupled to said object recognition system (106) and said camera (104) and a video recorder(108) for recording said video signal, wherein said object recognition system (106) comprises a computer (116) configured to provide a detection signal in response to an object entering said surveillance area (110), said video recorder (108) configured to receive said video signal from said camera (104) and being responsive to said detection signal to record said video signal to create a recorded video segment, wherein said object recognition system further comprises a database, said database comprising stored data associated with each of a plurality of identified objects, said computer (116) further configured to compare data representative of said object entering said surveillance area (110) with said stored data, wherein said video recorder (108) is configured to discard said recorded video segment if said data representative of said object entering said surveillance area (110) does not match said stored data associated with at least one of said plurality of identified objects and wherein said video recorder (108) is configured to store said recorded video segment if said data representative of said object entering said surveillance area (110) matches said stored data associated with at least one of said plurality of identified objects, and wherein the PDA (112) is configured to provide command signals to said video recorder (108) to prompt the video recorder to provide a recorded video segment to the PDA and command signals to said object recognition system (106) to prompt said object recognition system to compare data representative of known objects with data representative of the detected object to enable a security person to determine a course of action.
  2. 15
    A method of providing security information, said method comprising:generating live video of a surveillance area (110);communicating said live video via a wireless connection to a portable personal digital assistant (PDA) (112);displaying said live video on said PDA (112), detecting entry of an object into said surveillance area (110), providing an indication of said entry of said object into said surveillance area (110) to said PDA (112), recording said live video in response to entry of said object into said surveillance area (110) to create a recorded video segment, comparing data representative of an object entering said surveillance area (110) with stored data, associated with each of a plurality of identified objects, providing a signal to said PDA (112) in response to said comparing step, and discarding said recorded video segment in response to said comparing step or saving said recorded video in response to said comparing step, wherein said video recorder (108) is configured to discard said recorded video segment if said data representative of said object entering said surveillance area (110) does not match said stored data associated with at least one of said plurality of identified objects and wherein said video recorder (108) is configured to store said recorded video segment if said data representative of said object entering said surveillance area (110) matches said stored data associated with at least one of said plurality of identified objects, and wherein the PDA (112) is configured to provide command signals to said video recorder (108) to prompt the video recorder to provide a recorded video segment to the PDA and command signals to said object recognition system (106) to prompt said object recognition system to compare data representative of known objects with data representative of the detected object to enable a security person to determine a course of action.