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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 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 ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 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; dete... | 01/05/2012 |
| 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 ar... | 12/29/2011 |
| 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 surveilla... | 12/01/2011 |
| 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 (1), an element (7) for transmitting or retransmitting a radiation lighting a scene observed by the camera (1), and a unit (4) for image analysis and processing and for driving the camera (<... | 10/13/2011 |
| 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 ... | 07/21/2011 |
| 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 o... | 06/02/2011 |
| 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 plural... | 02/10/2011 |
| 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 issu... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100123579 | VIRTUAL WATCH Embodiments of the disclosed invention include a system and a method for monitoring a location. For example, the disclosed embodiments may be utilized to monitor a border, such as, but not limited to, the border between the United States and Mexico. In addition, the dis... | 05/20/2010 |
| 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 tr... | 03/04/2010 |
| 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 mea... | 10/29/2009 |
| 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 secu... | 09/24/2009 |
| 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 survei... | 04/30/2009 |
| 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... | 03/26/2009 |
| 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; mobil... | 02/12/2009 |
| 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 arrangem... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080204558 | SECURITY SYSTEM TRIGGERED BY HEART RATE DETECTION A security system is provided for a facility (10). The security system includes: a central monitoring station (20) that controls one or more security measures for the facility (10); and, a heart rate monitor (30) that detects a heart rate of ... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080043106 | Stereo camera intrusion detection system A system and method is provided for an intrusion detection system. The intrusion detection system comprises a first camera configured to acquire first visual images of a monitored area and a second camera configured to acquire second visual images of the monitored area.... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080043089 | REAL TIME INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT Sports fans enjoy sporting activities more when they can feel connected to the participants. Through a method of increasing communications between athletes, their fans and commentators, sports fans can feel a greater connection to the athletes whom they are watching and... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20070153086 | Photographing apparatus A photographing apparatuses, enabling to keep dynamic resolution, as well as, to obtain an image being wide in dynamic range, with using a plural number of cameras therein, and further enabling to photograph a further wider range, comprises: a plural number of photograp... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070109409 | Method and System for Processing Multiview Videos for View Synthesis using Skip and Direct Modes A method processes a multiview videos of a scene, in which each video is acquired by a corresponding camera arranged at a particular pose, and in which a view of each camera overlaps with the view of at least one other camera. Side information for synthesizing a particu... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20070039030 | Methods and apparatus for a wide area coordinated surveillance system A coordinated surveillance system uses a larger number of fixed low resolution detection smart camera devices and a smaller number of pan/tilt/zoom controllable high resolution tracking smart camera devices. The set of detection cameras provide overall continuous covera... | 02/15/2007 |
| 20070030343 | Interactive, video-based content for theaters An interactive advertisement and entertainment system for public or private movie theaters (cinemas) or venues with large screens and an audience directly in front of, and viewing, the screens. ... | 02/08/2007 |
| 20060285723 | Object tracking system A system for tracking objects across an area having a network of cameras with overlapping and non-overlapping fields of view. The system may use a combination of color, shape, texture and/or multi-resolution histograms for object representation or target modeling for th... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20060279628 | Streaming non-continuous video data A method and apparatus for providing a plurality of sequential image data samples for display, is disclosed. A first one of the image data samples is accessed and then a second one of the image data samples is accessed. The first and second image data samples may then b... | 12/14/2006 |
| 20060274150 | Monitoring system and method thereof A monitoring system including N cameras, a digital video recorder (DVR), a monitor, a remote controller, a receiver and a host is provided. N is a positive integer. The N cameras successively shoot N sceneries, and output N successive images accordingly. The DVR receive... | 12/07/2006 |
| 20060220843 | Interactive surveillance network and method A plurality of modules interact to form an adaptive network in which each module transmits and receives data signals indicative of proximity of objects. A central computer accumulates the data produced or received and relayed by each module for analyzing proximity respo... | 10/05/2006 |
| 20060158514 | Portable camera and digital video recorder combination A portable camera and receiver combination is disclosed for displaying video signals on a real time basis or recording these signals directly onto a digital video recorder. This system could be used in the field of forensics as well as surveillance. Various wired or wir... | 07/20/2006 |
| 20060082651 | Autonomous operation control system A monitoring apparatus including a loudspeaker, a photographic camera that photographs image information on a photographic subject, a proximity sensor, and a monitoring control unit is disposed at a first remote location. An autonomous operation controller including an ... | 04/20/2006 |
| 20050212918 | Monitoring system and method A monitoring system is provided. The system includes a plurality of sensor elements for distribution at a location and a plurality of cameras for capturing video data of the location. The system further includes a display unit for displaying a graphical representation o... | 09/29/2005 |
| 20050185825 | Table type information terminal Projector units in a table display a content list, a content selected by the content list and the like, on screens. Infrared rays are uniformly irradiated to the screens from a plurality of infrared LED's. A camera unit images the silhouette of an object touching the sc... | 08/25/2005 |
| 20050162268 | Digital video surveillance A control system for use with one or more video surveillance cameras forming a video surveillance system. The control system includes a video database module wherein a database entry includes at least one sensor condition defining an alarm state for each camera. Additio... | 07/28/2005 |
| 20050157169 | Object blocking zones to reduce false alarms in video surveillance systems Blocking zones of a surveillance system are configured to prevent false alarms caused by motion within the zones, while allowing tracking of objects through the zones. An object that first appears within a blocking zone is not considered to be a reportable object until ... | 07/21/2005 |
| 20050128295 | Wireless security video system with a pre-alarm buffer Security systems are disclosed in which intrusion security sensors provided on the perimeter of a protected space immediately activate a plurality of wireless RF, battery operated, low current drain security video cameras elsewhere in the protected space to enable pre-a... | 06/16/2005 |
| 20050071883 | Remote monitoring system and method for controlling the same There is provided a remote monitoring system, which includes: means for recognizing a visitor; means for obtaining video/voice data from the recognized visitor; a controlling means for checking whether the visitor is an intruder on the basis of the obtained video/audio ... | 03/31/2005 |