Patent Application
20110169631
The present invention relates to a surveillance system and particularly to an intelligent real-time alarm system.
In recent years, reports of unsafe events and hazardous incidents on newspapers and TV news increase at an alarming rate. They often take place randomly and could happen on resident areas or working places and recreation sites in different types and unpredictable ways. This causes a great stress to people. The awareness of self and family protection grows significantly. People's life and work quality also are impacted.
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In view of the disadvantages of the conventional technique, the present invention aims to provide a real-time alarm system that offers an improved technique to enhance community safety and reduce costs.
The real-time alarm system according to the present invention comprises at least one image capturing element, at least one network transmission system, a control processing unit and at least one mobile device. The image capturing element is installed on a selected site to record and generate continuous image information. The network transmission system has one end linking the image capturing element to transmit the image information. The control processing unit is linked to the network transmission system and contains at least one preset information to compare with the image information and perform process to generate a comparison information. The mobile device is linked to the control processing unit to receive the comparison information.
The real-time alarm system thus formed provides many benefits, notably:
1. The network transmission system provides instant transmission of the image information and comparison information. The control processing unit can perform monitor by comparing and checking the preset information with graphic information and time information at different sites that require verification. A great of manpower can be saved and response time is shortened. It greatly improves public safety.
2. In addition to public safety, with growing popularity of communication products such as cellular phones, portable computers or PDAs, people at present also demand more personal and residential privacy. Hence striking a proper balance between safety and privacy becomes a growing requirement of the surveillance system that is not achievable in the conventional surveillance system located on public place. The present invention provides the mobile device and control processing unit to perform a desired service and monitor to meet such a requirement.
3. The conventional surveillance system often records a great amount of useless images and results in waste of storage space, and also makes browsing historical images difficult. The control processing unit of the present invention can analyze specific conditions and record the images sent from the image capturing element for a selected duration to reduce image storage space and research time during browsing the historical images.
The foregoing, as well as additional objects, features and advantages of the invention will be more readily apparent from the following detailed description, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying embodiment and drawings. The embodiment serves merely for illustrative purpose and is not the limitation of the invention.
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The control processing unit 30 also includes a server 31 which contains a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). The control processing unit 30 and mobile device 40 are linked through an IP-based network. The mobile device 40 may be a telephone, a personal computer, a notebook computer, a cellular phone, or a PDA.
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As a conclusion, the present invention can provide instant transmission of the image information and comparison information. The control processing unit 30 can compare the preset information with graphic information and time information at varying sites that are required to be compared and checked, and perform monitor. Such an approach not only can save a great deal of manpower that otherwise needed in the conventional technique, the response time can be shortened, and demand of human labor can be reduced to spare the manpower to do other desired businesses. This also helps to improve public safety.
In addition, aside from taking into account of public safety, with growing popularity of communication products such as cellular phones, portable computers and PDAs, people at present also demand more personal and residential privacy and take close care of family members. Hence striking a proper balance between safety and privacy becomes a growing requirement of the surveillance system that is not achievable in the conventional surveillance system located on public place. The control processing unit 30 of the present invention contains the preset information which can be adjusted and altered according to user's requirements of different sites and conditions, such as personal privacy, family members, or varying public sites such as tunnels, museums, natural disaster image monitor and the like. Through connection between the mobile device 40 and the control processing unit 30, instant transmission and fast alert services can be accomplished to meet users' requirements. It helps to improve public safety.
