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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5751345 | Image retention and information security system A video image retention and data information security system operates in conjunction with a group of transaction devices, such as receipt printers at bank teller stations. A video camera is provided at each teller station and a group of lobby video camera... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5751346 | Image retention and information security system A video image retention and data information security system operates in conjunction with a group of transaction devices, such as receipt printers at bank teller stations. A video camera is provided at each teller station and a group of lobby video camera... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5745167 | Video monitor system A video monitor system comprises a transmitting medium, video cameras, monitors, VTR, monitor terminals, a control portion and a transmitting medium having channels of video signals and a data channel coupling these units. The video monitor receives a req... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5671009 | CCTV system having improved detection function and detecting method suited for the system A closed circuit television (CCTV) system with an improved detection function and a detecting method wherein, a number of camera signals, generated by multiple monitoring cameras, are recorded on a single recording medium such as a magnetic tape, correspo... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5633946 | Method and apparatus for collecting and processing visual and spatial position information from a moving platform Visual and spatial position information is collected and processed for the formation of a geographic information database. In addition, the information collected and processed can be used to update the United States Census Bureau TIGER/Line files to impro... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5581297 | Low power video security monitoring system If motion occurs in an area viewed by a lens (14) of a video camera (12), a video security monitoring system (10) establishes a communication link with a video monitoring facility and begins transmitting compressed video images of the area. The system (10... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5550584 | Bus-line network communication system Bus-line network communication system in which changing of adding number or location of monitoring camera can be carried out with easy: A central monitoring device 50 and monitoring cameras C31 to C40 are connected with a communication bus-line 40. The ce... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5526133 | System and method for logging and retrieving information on video cassettes in a computer controlled surveillance system A method and system for use in a computer controlled video surveillance system are disclosed for storing and retrieving data relating to information recorded on a video tape, thereby locating visual information recorded on a video tape. The system compris... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5521634 | Automatic detection and prioritized image transmission system and method An image transmission system and method automatically reduce the size of digital data signals transmitted from visual sensors. The system and method are completely automated and (a) use a plurality of sensors to detect targets in an area of interest, (b) ... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5517236 | Video surveillance system A video surveillance system includes a plurality of remote surveillance units, each of which has a video camera mounted in a dome housing. The video camera is panned and/or tilted to a desired orientation within the dome by a pan motor and/or a tilt motor... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5491511 | Multimedia capture and audit system for a video surveillance network A multimedia capture and audit system for a video surveillance network provides a tamper resistant and easily reviewable record of each transaction monitored. The system stores a digital record of each physical transaction registered by an electronic devi... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5448290 | Video security system with motion sensor override, wireless interconnection, and mobile cameras This invention provides a family of improvements to video security systems. In a first embodiment, a television set employed for normal television viewing is switched to be the monitor of the security system only upon the happening of a security violation... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5229850 | Video monitoring system including a memory for storing and transmitting a video signal immediately following the occurrence of an event A communication path is established, only when monitoring a video signal on an object is required, between a sending station which acquires the video signal and a receiving station which monitors the acquired video signal through a display or the like. Us... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5109278 | Auto freeze frame display for intrusion monitoring system A video monitoring system responds to an intrusion alarm by automatically presenting still video images of the zone of the alarm at or about the time of the alarm. The operator can control magnification and contrast to enhance the displayed image. In one ... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5027104 | Vehicle security device A vehicle security device is disclosed which includes a multiplicity of video cameras mounted in a vehicle in hidden fashion, and designed to be activated responsive to sensing of a condition such as, for example, unauthorized entry of a vehicle, striking... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4992866 | Camera selection and positioning system and method An apparatus for a closed circuit television network having a plurality of video cameras producing video signals, a plurality of video display monitors and a video switcher apparatus coupled therebetween, comprising control apparatus coupled to the video ... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4831438 | Electronic surveillance system The present invention is a "tethered remote" surveillance system that uses a command and control transmitter/receiver to activate selectively a number of audio and video sensors. The system generally comprises a plurality of remote sensors which are selec... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4630110 | Surveillance system An improved surveillance system for recording and monitoring video information from a plurality of cameras (20) and data from a plurality of electronic cash registers (21). An intelligent controller (28) controls operation of the entire system. Data conce... | 12/16/1986 |
