| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 348153000 | Using plural cameras | 39 |
| 20080204558 | SECURITY SYSTEM TRIGGERED BY HEART RATE DETECTION - A security system is provided for a facility ( | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080225119 | Video Distribution Device - A video display function that enables the user to view video. When a plurality of video signals are displayed on a screen, processes are performed to set at least one pattern of information about the arrangement of video signals on the screen, display a list of arrangement information, select at least one pattern of arrangement information from the displayed arrangement information list, and reproduce video signals on the screen according to the selected arrangement information. A video distribution system distributes video signals through a network to client terminals. The video distribution system manages user accounts, holds user information of each user account, acquires the previous access time of the user account associated with the client terminal currently keeping login to the system according to user information held by the system, and transmits to the client terminal information of whether any alarm-recorded video exists after the previous access time. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090040307 | Surveillance System and Method for Detecting Forbidden Movement along a Predetermined Path - The present invention relates to a surveillance system for detecting forbidden movement in any direction at one or more locations along a road. The system comprises cameras that are in data communication with a control station for detecting the forbidden movement; mobile platforms that are movable along a desired path along the road; mechanical connectors for connecting the cameras to the mobile platforms, that create an adjustable projection of the spatial distance between the camera and the mobile platform; and a control station for receiving and processing data from and transferring data the cameras. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090079831 | DYNAMIC TRACKING OF INTRUDERS ACROSS A PLURALITY OF ASSOCIATED VIDEO SCREENS - Tracking an intruder throughout regions in an area under surveillance by locating video cameras to provide an image for each region. For each camera a subset of the cameras are associated as auxiliary cameras to that camera; these associations are stored in a table. One camera is the initial primary camera and displays an initial primary image. An auxiliary video image is displayed for each of the auxiliary cameras that were previously associated with the initial primary camera. An intruder travels from region to region and leaves the primary video image and/or appears in an auxiliary video image. The user selects one of the auxiliary cameras to become a subsequent primary camera, and the video image from the subsequent primary camera is displayed as a subequent primary image. A video image for each of the auxiliary cameras previously associated with the subsequent primary camera will be displayed. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090109289 | Voice enhanced closed circuit TV system - A system and device that enables a security officer on site or an agent in a remote central station, to speak to, and optionally receive speech from, a potential intruder observed or otherwise detected in the field of view of a particular one of a multiplicity of surveillance cameras at the site. This is achieved by locating speakers and optionally microphones at each camera, and locating an audio unit at the camera head unit in communication with the speakers, by which the security officer or central station agent can select and speak through a particular speaker, thereby warding off an intruder who is near the particular camera. If the speech communication is two-way, the officer or agent can interrogate the potential intruder to determine if access to the site is authorized. The audio unit is configured for integration with many types of surveillance systems, and is particularly advantageous for routing an audio signal originating at a remote central station agent to a speaker associated with a particular camera. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090237508 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING IMMERSIVE SURVEILLANCE - A method and apparatus for providing immersive surveillance wherein a remote security guard may monitor a scene using a variety of imagery sources that are rendered upon a model to provide a three-dimensional conceptual view of the scene. Using a view selector, the security guard may dynamically select a camera view to be displayed on his conceptual model, perform a walk through of the scene, identify moving objects and select the best view of those moving objects and so on. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090268029 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPATIAL AREA - A spatial area is monitored by means of at least a first and a second image recording unit that have a common viewing area. At least one virtual protection zone is defined within the common viewing area. A first and a second image of the spatial area are recorded by means of the first and a second image recording unit. The images are compared with one another in order to identify mutually disjoint image regions in the images. An alarm signal is generated when a disjoint image region covers the virtual protection zone. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100053330 | SECURITY SYSTEM USING LADAR-BASED SENSORS - A security sensor system comprises one or more laser detection and ranging (LADAR) sensors configured for accumulation of three-dimensional image data. In one embodiment, the one or more LADAR sensors each comprise a LADAR device, such as a MEMS device, configured to transmit a plurality of laser pulses, and a microprocessor operatively coupled to the LADAR device. One or more data storage devices is operatively coupled to the microprocessor and configured to store the three-dimensional image data, as well as predetermined protected area boundary and fixed object definitions. A GPS receiver can be operatively coupled to the microprocessor and a GPS antenna. The microprocessor is configured to perform a LADAR image analysis that compares the three-dimensional image data with the protected area boundary and fixed object definitions to identify one or more potential intruders. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100182433 | OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM - A detection system that uses a plurality of input devices with different sensitive wavelengths as image and signal acquisition devices for detecting an intruding object and which performs coordinated processing on at least two or more pieces of information to avoid issuing false alarms during an intruding object detection. Based on the position or size of an object detected by processing an input from one of the input devices, an area range in which to process an input from other input devices is defined. According to one or more of processing results, a check is made as to the presence or absence of an intruding object. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20110032360 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING AN AREA - A system for transgression detection includes a plurality of modules, each module comprising a video camera, a microphone, an electronic display, and a processor; a plurality of sensors, each sensor configured for electronic communication with at least one of the plurality of modules; and a remote device configured to allow a user to both control a module via electronic communication, and interact with a module via electronic communication; wherein at least one module of the plurality of modules is configured to be triggered by a communication from a sensor of the plurality of sensors; and wherein each sensor of the plurality of sensors comprises a fiber optic line. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110128382 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR GAMING DATA ANALYSIS - A system for analyzing data generated by surveillance of a casino is provided. The system includes a plurality of cameras. Each camera is positioned with respect to a corresponding section of the casino and configured to digitally record a video segment upon detection of at least one defined trigger within the corresponding section and generate a signal indicative of the recorded video segment. A video surveillance center is in signal communication with each camera and includes a database configured to store a plurality of defined behaviors and a plurality of defined indicators that are each associated with at least one trigger. The video surveillance center is configured to receive content including the recorded video segment from at least one camera and analyze the content to identify the at least one defined trigger. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110176006 | VIDEO MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A processing unit receives information of the intruder from a detection unit and compares the received information with the camera database stored in a storage unit, to determine a next monitored area that the intruder will enter. If the intruder remains in the current monitored area, the processing unit controls the camera of the current monitored area to capture the images of the intruder and sends the images to the detection unit. If the intruder enters an intersection area of the current monitored area and the next monitored area, the processing unit obtains the camera of the current monitored area and a camera corresponding to the next monitored area from the camera database and controls the cameras of the current monitored area and the next monitored area to capture the images of the corresponding monitored areas and sends the images to the detection unit. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110249121 | PERIMETER SECURITY SYSTEM USING ACTIVE ANALYSIS OF IMAGES REFLECTED BY A SET OF MIRRORS ONTO A VIDEO CAMERA - A perimeter security system includes a video camera ( | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110292213 | DOOR MOUNTABLE CAMERA SURVEILLANCE DEVICE AND METHOD - One embodiment pertains to a surveillance device having at least two video cameras contained within a housing of the surveillance device. The device is configured to couple to at least one side of a door. One of the two cameras is positioned on one side of the surveillance device in order to record video images on one side of the door while the another camera is positioned on an opposite side of the surveillance device to record video images on the other side of the door. As the door opens and closes, the two video cameras are able to record a wider, sweeping angle of the interior and exterior areas of the door. The surveillance device may be mounted onto the door at a height near the average height of a human in order to maximize image capture of people's faces as they enter or exit through the door. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120002054 | MONITORING CAMERA SYSTEM, VIDEO RECORDING APPARATUS AND VIDEO RECORDING METHOD - A video recording method includes: detecting an intrusion of a person into a predetermined monitoring area based on the video information from the monitoring camera; recording the intrusion time when the intrusion of the person into the monitoring area is detected; detecting a left-behind object after the person has passed through the monitoring area based on the video information from the monitoring camera; generating alarm information in response to the detection of the left-behind object; overwriting so as to record the video information by every given amount of information until the alarm information is received. The method further includes receiving and recording, of the video information recorded in the first video recording step, video information from the intrusion time of the person to a time corresponding to the alarm information in accordance with the intrusion time of the person in a case in which the alarm information is generated. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120013744 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACTIVATING AND DEACTIVATING VIDEO CAMERAS IN A SECURITY SYSTEM - A method used a security system monitoring a secure area. The method includes a first processor of the security system providing a status of the security system including an active status output and a disarmed status output signal, a video system monitoring the secured area by capturing and locally saving images, a second processor of the video monitoring system activating one or more video cameras of the video monitoring system monitoring an interior space of the secured area upon receipt of the active status output signal and deactivating the video cameras upon receipt of a disarmed status output signal. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120257061 | Neighborhood Camera Linking System - A method and apparatus for recording video. The method includes the steps of a plurality of security systems within a predetermined geographical area each detecting intruders within a respective home of the predetermined geographic area, a camera associated with each of at least some respective homes of the plurality of private security systems, the camera recording video in a public area surrounding the respective home of the security system, detecting an intruder within a security system of the plurality of security systems and activating the at least one camera within each of the at least some security systems to record video in response to the detected intruder. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20140036085 | Monitoring System - A surveillance system includes presence detectors in a given area and an intruder identification system. The detectors are distributed among different mobile monitoring stations. A network is formed by the monitoring stations and a management unit which is designed to communicate with each of the monitoring stations and has software designed to automatically calculate the configuration to be given to the network which is to monitor the area and thus optimise the equipment used in each sector. The network configuration is calculated according to input data which include pre-recorded characteristics in the management unit and data that are at least partly provided by the monitoring stations once they are installed in the area. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140036086 | ACCESS-MONITORING DEVICE WITH AT LEAST ONE VIDEO UNIT - An access-monitoring device of an elevator installation includes at least one video unit, wherein the video unit is connected to a control unit via a communications network. The video unit records at least one image of a defined monitoring space of the access-monitoring device. The video unit filters out a non-changing part of the at least one image and evaluates the remaining image part as to whether there is an object in the monitoring space. In the case of there being an object in the monitoring space, the video unit communicates data to the control unit. The control unit checks, in dependence on the data communicated, the authorization of the object in the monitoring space and determines either the direction of movement or the location of the object within the monitoring space. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140267737 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, CAMERA SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR CAMERA SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A display control apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive a detection notification indicating detection of an event by a first camera; an image obtainment unit configured to obtain a video from a second camera; and a display control unit configured to, in a case where the detection notification is received from the first camera that corresponds to detection of the event in which an occurrence position is included in the video from the second camera, display a predetermined image corresponding to the detection of the event together with the video from the second camera. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150085130 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Security Systems - Remote notification of alarms improves security. When an alarm is detected by a security system, a notification message is sent to notify a user or emergency responder. If video data is requested, only certain locations are permitted access to outputs from cameras. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150379862 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING OF FRIEND AND FOE IN A SECURITY INCIDENT - The present invention is directed to providing a method and system that enables a first responder security officer to take command and control of a building having a security incident. Using the method and system herein, the security officer is able to clearly distinguish the positions of his building entry teams in the building relative to the position of a suspect through a graphic display of friend and foe designation whereupon he can precisely direct a maneuver to close with the suspect. A group of motion sensors are mounted throughout the building to monitor various hallways for movement and collocated RFID readers are interrogated by the security alarm panel software to provide the intelligence for the security alarm control panel to distinguish a police building entry team (Friend) from the suspect (Foe). | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160198127 | VIDEO MONITORING METHODS AND DEVICES | 07-07-2016 |
| 348154000 | Motion detection | 16 |
| 20080231705 | System and Method for Detecting Motion and Providing an Audible Message or Response - The present invention is to provide a system and method for monitoring a location that may include detecting motion in an area and providing an audible message in the area where motion is detected. The system may include a central processing unit (CPU), one or more video cameras coupled to the CPU, each camera monitoring an area and transmitting a video signal of the area to the CPU, and one or more audio output devices (AODs) coupled to the CPU, each AOD capable of producing an output and providing the output to at least one of the areas. A system may be provided in which the CPU is programmed to analyze the video signals from the video cameras to detect whether there is motion in one or more of the areas and transmits an audio file to the AODs producing an output to the one or more areas in which motion is detected. A method according the present invention includes the steps of monitoring at least one area using one or more video cameras, transmitting one or more video signals of the at least one area from each of the video cameras to a central processing unit (CPU); detecting motion in the at least one area; and transmitting an audio file over one or more AODs in the at least one area when motion is detected in the at least one area. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080273088 | INTELLIGENT SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATED EVENT BASED SURVEILLANCE - A surveillance system and method includes a plurality of sensors configured to monitor an environment. A plurality of analytic engines is associated with each of the plurality of sensors. The plurality of analytic engines employs different technologies and is configured to analyze input from the sensors to determine whether an event has occurred in a respective technology. A unifying data model is configured to cross correlate detected events from the different technologies to gain integrated situation awareness across the different technologies. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20090195654 | VIRTUAL FENCE - The present invention is directed to a virtual fence provided using a plurality of video cameras. A method for providing a virtual fence in accordance with an embodiment includes: positioning a plurality of video cameras about a perimeter to be monitored, the perimeter comprising a plurality of designated areas; for each of the designated areas: capturing video data of the designated area using at least one video camera; analyzing the captured video data to detect an event; and sending at least one of image or video data to a central facility only in response to the detection of the event. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090256912 | Method and a System for False Alarm Reduction in Motion Detection by Scanning Cameras - A method and a system for false alarm reduction in motion detection by scanning cameras. A method for reducing false alarms in scanning camera facilitated motion detection of an object, includes: setting a camera to observe a predefined area; continuously or non-continuously scanning by the camera of the said area for any motion; pausing the camera's scanning if a new motion is detected; analyzing the motion if it has not disappeared, while keeping the object within the camera's field of view; providing an alarm and possibly showing the motion if a motion that should be reported is obtained; and tracking the motion for a period of time at the discretion of the operator. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100007735 | ARRANGEMENT FOR VIDEO SURVEILLANCE - The invention relates to an arrangement for video surveillance with at least one video camera which can be directed into different positions by a remote controlled pan and/or tilt and/or zoom unit and with at least one video signal receiving device, which comprises means for demultiplexing the video Signals of the video camera in such a way that the at least one video signal receiving device receives video Signals generated by the video camera while remaining in one of the different positions only. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100073482 | Method and apparatus for providing a scalable multi-camera distributed video processing and visualization surveillance system - A scalable architecture for providing real-time multi-camera distributed video processing and visualization. An exemplary system comprises at least one video capture and storage system for capturing and storing a plurality of input videos, at least one vision based alarm system for detecting and reporting alarm situations or events, and at least one video rendering system (e.g., a video flashlight system) for displaying an alarm situation in a context that speeds up comprehension and response. One advantage of the present architecture is that these systems are all scalable, such that additional sensors (e.g., cameras, motion sensors, infrared sensors, chemical sensors, biological sensors, temperature sensors and like) can be added in large numbers without overwhelming the ability of security forces to comprehend the alarm situation. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100315508 | VIDEO MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A video monitoring system for monitoring an area includes a number of image capture units, a processing unit, and a storage system. The number image capture units capture a number of images. The storage system examines the number of images to find a face in the images, obtains a location where an intruder is located, estimates possible next locations according to the geographical features of the area, adjusts the corresponding cameras at the possible next locations, and notifies security guards to go to the next possible locations in advance. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315509 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE ACTIVITY OF A PERSON IN A COMPOUND, AND SENSOR FOR DETECTING A PERSON IN A PREDEFINED AREA - System and method for monitoring the activity of a person within a compound, comprising at least two predefined areas, characterized in that the system comprises means for detecting a person within the first predefined area, to verify the presence of a person within the first predefined area, means for activating the sensor of the first predefined area, means for deactivating the sensor of the first predefined area, to verify if there is activity of the person within the first predefined area, to verify the presence of the person within the second predefined area, means for activating the sensor of the second predefined area, means for deactivating the sensor of the second predefined area, to verify if there is activity of the person within the second predefined area; means for starting a counter of a predetermined period of time and means for generating an inactivity person alarm. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110228092 | SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - A surveillance system includes an input unit to receive a plurality of video frames that are acquired through the use of a first camera, a video processing unit to perform prediction and encoding processes on the plurality of video frames, a moving-object tracking unit to track a moving object between the video frames based on at least part of the results from the prediction and encoding processes to generate location information of the moving object being tracked, and a control unit to generate a control signal based on the location information and to transmits the control signal to a second camera to control the movement of the second camera | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110317016 | CAMERA LAYOUT DETERMINATION SUPPORT DEVICE - A device which can support a determination of a camera layout by automatically preparing the camera layout that satisfies a customer request based on the customer request including a surveillance layout. Specifically, a need table that is a data set of a plurality of arrangement candidate cameras satisfying the customer request is prepared from the customer request including the surveillance layout. An arrangement of the plurality of the arrangement candidate cameras on a map is calculated based on the need table using a clustering method and a temporary layout of cameras is prepared. Then, an arrangement layout of the cameras in the surveillance layout is determined based on the temporary layout. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120120241 | VIDEO SURVEILLANCE - A video surveillance system comprises two or more video cameras each providing a video signal, the cameras each being positioned at a respective known location; a motion detector to detect image motion of an image feature within the field of view of one of the video cameras and for deriving a corresponding physical motion of an object represented by the image feature; and a motion predictor to predict the physical motion of the object with respect to the known locations of the cameras so as to derive an expected time when the object may be observed in the field of view of another one of the video cameras, in which the motion predictor is responsive to routing data defining possible routes from the observed location of the object to the field of view of another of the cameras. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20130215276 | ENHANCED-SECURITY DOOR LOCK SYSTEM AND A CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An enhanced-security door lock system and a control method therefor are provided. The enhanced-security door lock system includes motion detection sensors respectively installed inside and outside a door and configured to detect surrounding motion; imaging cameras respectively installed inside and outside the door and configured to capture images of indoor and outdoor areas in response to operation signals output from the motion detection sensors; and an image storage device configured to store and output images and voices captured by the imaging cameras. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20140063258 | DISTANCE ESTIMATION IN CAMERA-BASED SYSTEMS UTILIZING MOTION MEASUREMENT AND COMPRESSION ATTRIBUTES - When estimating distance to an object in an image using a single camera, data acquired by an onboard accelerometer is analyzed to determine camera speed as the user takes a video of the object of interest. The compression that results during video processing is used to derive motion vectors for the object of interest in the scene. The motion vectors have an opposite direction to the camera motion and a magnitude that is a function of the unknown object distance and a known magnification level. The object distance is calculated from the estimated velocity and motion vector magnitude. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140354820 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIVE SURVEILLANCE PROPERTY MONITORING - A system and method for live surveillance property monitoring comprises camera being installed strategically on a property under surveillance for capturing a video, a server for hosting a video management software and a video analytics software, network for providing data communication access, router for forwarding data over the network, display device for displaying said video, outdoor access panel for turning on and off the system and speaker for announcements wherein a virtual fence is superimposed on the video captured through the camera by the video analytics software. The video is forwarded by the router to the server through the network. Any movement occurring across the virtual fence is detected by the video analytics software and the video management software then transmits the video to the display device for monitoring by an agent at a monitoring station whereby the agent takes appropriate action according to situation. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20160104357 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing system includes an input unit which receives inputs of videos captured by a plurality of imaging apparatuses, a detection unit which detects a moving body appearing in a first video captured by a first imaging apparatus among the plurality of imaging apparatuses and a moving body appearing in a second video captured by a second imaging apparatus among the plurality of imaging apparatuses, a first computation unit which derives, on the basis of similarity between a feature value of the moving body appearing in the first video and a feature value of the moving body appearing in the second video, a first probability indicating a probability that both moving bodies are the same, a second computation unit which derives a second probability indicating a probability that the moving body appearing in the first video does not appear in the second video on the basis of an elapsed time after the moving body exits and disappears from the first video, and a determination unit which determines whether or not the moving body appearing in the first video and the moving body appearing in the second video are the same on the basis of a comparison between the first probability and the second probability. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160381328 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRIVACY-AWARE MOTION TRACKING WITH NOTIFICATION FEEDBACK - Systems and methods to perform privacy-aware computer-vision-based human activity monitoring with real-time haptic feedback. The system and method described in this disclosure employing a registration process for consenting human subjects before their activities are monitored. The registration process involves the corroboration of human motion captured in different modalities, i.e., computer-vision-based via the programmable computer-vision-based motion sensor and accelerometer-based via the wearable device. The tracked human activities are assessed in real-time and upon detection of activities that violated predefined rules, haptic feedback is delivered in real-time to the tracked human subject via the wearable device worn by the caregiver. | 12-29-2016 |
