Patent Application
20220303651
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The disclosure relates to surveillance device and more particularly pertains to a new surveillance device for discretely recording audio and video. The device includes a video camera and a microphone that are each integrated into a pendant on a necklace. Additionally, each of the video camera and the microphone are in communication with a personal electronic device for storing video and audio that are recorded.
The prior art relates to surveillance devices including a variety of surveillance devices that include a microphone integrated into a pendant for recording audio. The prior art also discloses a smart device concealment that includes a pendant that can house a smart device. In no instance does the prior art disclose a pendant which houses a video camera and a microphone which are each in communication with a personal electronic device for storing video and audio.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a personal electronic device and a pendant that is attachable to a necklace for wearing on a user. A video camera is integrated into the pendant to capture video footage of the user's environment. A microphone is integrated into the pendant to record audio of the user's environment. Each of the video camera and the microphone are in remote communication with the personal electronic device for storing video and audio in the personal electronic device.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A video camera 30 is integrated into the pendant 14 to capture video footage of the user's environment. The video camera 30 is positioned on the front wall 18 of the pendant 14 and the video camera 30 is positioned closer to the bottom side 26 than the top side 24 of the outer wall 22 of the pendant 14. The video camera 30 may comprise a digital video camera of any conventional design. A lens 32 is coupled to the front wall 18 of the pendant 14 and the lens 32 is aligned with the video camera 30. The lens 32 is comprised of a translucent material and the lens 32 may be a wide angle lens, a fish eye lens or any other lens designed to maximize the field of view available to the video camera 30. A microphone 34 is integrated into the pendant 14 to record audio of the user's environment. The microphone 34 is positioned on the front wall 18 of the pendant 14 and the microphone 34 is positioned between the video camera 30 and the top side 24 of the outer wall 22 of the pendant 14. Additionally, the microphone 34 may comprise an electronic microphone of any conventional design.
A control circuit 36 is provided and the control circuit 36 is integrated into the pendant 14. The video camera 30 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 36 and the microphone 34 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 36. A power supply 38 is removably positioned in the pendant 14, the power supply 38 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 36 and the power supply 38 comprises at least one battery. A battery cover 40 is removably integrated into the back wall 20 of the pendant 14 and the power supply 38 is positioned beneath the battery cover 40 for removing and replacing the power supply 38.
A transmitter 42 is integrated into the pendant 14 and the transmitter 42 is electrically coupled to the control circuit 36. The transmitter 42 broadcasts a video signal for communicating the video footage captured by the video camera 30. Additionally, the transmitter 42 broadcasts an audio signal for communicating the audio footage captured by the microphone 34. The transmitter 42 is in wireless communication with the personal electronic device 12 thereby facilitating the personal electronic device 12 to receive the video signal and the audio signal. In this way the personal electronic device 12 can record the video and audio for subsequent analysis. The transmitter 42 may comprise a radio frequency transmitter or the like and the transmitter 42 may employ Bluetooth communication protocols.
In use, the pendant 14 is worn on the necklace 16 when the user wishes to discretely capture video footage and audio footage for subsequent analysis. The personal electronic device 12 is synched with the transmitter 42 to facilitate the personal electronic device 12 to receive the video signal and the audio signal from the transmitter 42. In this way the video footage and the audio footage can be stored on the personal electronic device 12 for subsequent analysis. Additionally, the video footage and the audio footage can be downloaded from the personal electronic device 12 for archiving and analysis.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
