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6802656 Retained hardware system and method  
A low profile captive screw assembly used, for example, for attaching a protective cover, such that the captive screw assembly can be retracted to remove the protective cover without damaging the...
6803962 Adjustable vandal-proof housing for television camera  
An adjustable housing for a surveillance TV camera which can be mounted by a mount to a wall, a pole or a ceiling inside or outside the building includes a front panel, an adjustable camera support...
6801640 Gate control device  
The present invention discloses a gate control device which controls the passage (e.g., entry, exit, etc.) through a passageway of both authorized persons and unauthorized companions of authorized...
6798344 Security alarm system and method with realtime streaming video  
A security alarm system that provides secure, realtime video of a secured location to one or more emergency response agencies over a high-speed communications link, such as an Internet link....
6793414 Movable camera apparatus with a pan head  
A movable camera apparatus including a camera unit and a pan head which has a movable portion and a fixed portion includes first and second support portions erected from the movable portion for...
6795642 Video recording apparatus and monitoring apparatus  
When a video input (image data) sequentially fetched from a monitor camera is to be stored in data storage means, frame rate calculating means calculates a frame rate for storage of the image data...
6793416 System and method for protecting and clearing the lens of an optical surveillance device operating in a hostile environment  
A system and method for cleaning an optical device in a hostile environment. A camera system is mounted in a protective mounting structure which may be unitary or comprise layers of material. The...
6795113 Method and apparatus for the interactive display of any portion of a spherical image  
Apparatus for interactive display of any portion of a spherical image preferably comprises a personal computer or other digital processor apparatus for storing digital data representative of at...
6792339 Artificial passenger with condition sensors  
A situation controller for a vehicle. The situation controller includes a processing device and an image monitor coupled to the processing device, for monitoring images associated with one or more...
6791673 Ground surveillance system  
The invention is a method and apparatus for exercising surveillance over a surface from an observation point above the surface utilizing three-dimensional map data pertaining to the surface. The...
6783286 Monitoring camera with detachable lens housing  
A monitoring camera includes a camera housing, a camera body housed in the camera housing, a lens barrel protruding from the camera housing, and a lens housing mounted for protecting the lens...
6771306 Method for selecting a target in an automated video tracking system  
A method for selecting a target in an automated video tracking system. The method including the steps of: displaying video image data of a scene having a target to be tracked; freezing the video...
6771741 Surveillance arrangement and controller  
A multimedia surveillance arrangement comprising a surveillance sensor adapted to communicate by a standard communication protocol media representing at least one sensed parameter according, a...
6768508 Video node for frame synchronized multi-node video camera array  
A number of synchronized low-cost camera nodes sharing a single cable to reduce cost associated with wiring, installation, cameras, video multiplexer and mounting is provided. Each camera node is...
6762790 Universal camera bracket that allows 180 degree of pitch adjustment  
A universal bracket is disclosed that allows 180 degree of pitch adjustment for a camera. The camera has two brackets that can adapt to various mounting angles on any vehicle surface configuration....
6760011 Keyboard apparatus  
Herein disclosed is a keyboard apparatus which comprises a joystick, a switch mounted on the joystick, a scan board operative to input a switch signal of the switch-on action of the switch, a...
6760063 Camera control apparatus and method  
For easy operation of switching a plurality of cameras, the cameras are arranged in juxtaposition such that the image-sensible range between the cameras partially overlap each other. A frame 36 ...
6759957 Home security system  
A home security system which includes sensors 11 to 18 that detect an alarming situation in different locations inside a facility, cameras 21 to 26 that capture images of different...
6756910 Sensor for automatic doors  
Cameras take images of a predetermined area around a door. A distance measurement unit measures a distance from the cameras to each object in the taken images. Based on the measured distance, a...
6757008 Video surveillance system  
A linescan camera is used in conjunction with a mechanical scanning mechanism to acquire high-resolution images of an area under video surveillance. The video signal from the linescan camera is...
6754368 Object recognition and tracking system  
An object recognition and tracking system having detector arrays ( 60, 70 ), each detector array ( 60, 70 ) including a first type of detector ( 95 ) and a second type of detector ( 96 ). The first...
6747687 System for recognizing the same vehicle at different times and places  
In a vehicle time-of-entry and time-of-exit system, the passing of a vehicle through an entrance generates a “trigger-t 0 ” signal. An entrance video camera provides realtime images of entering...
6744980 Enclosure for wildlife surveillance system and security apparatus therefore  
An enclosure for a wildlife surveillance system includes a base configured to house the surveillance system, and a cover coupled to the base. In addition, the enclosure includes a locking assembly...
6742942 Fire-rated dome housing for security cameras  
A preferred fire-rated dome housing assembly ( 10 ) is mountable in a space ( 12 ) formed between a ceiling ( 14 ) and a false ceiling ( 16 ) and having a height ( 20 ) as little as 8.9 cm. The...
6744462 Apparatus and methods for resolution of entry/exit conflicts for security monitoring systems  
A security monitoring system including; an exit and entrance camera located at the exit and entrance of a structure; a detector for detecting the exit or entry of an individual; an image recording...
6741276 Camera control system  
In a camera control system, a video sending terminal sends video from a video camera through a network to client terminals. The video camera is controlled by control commands from a client terminal...
6741165 Using an imaging device for security/emergency applications  
A system, apparatus and method are provided for using an imaging device for surveillance. According to one embodiment, a sensor is triggered when a situation occurs, the triggered sensor is...
6741977 Image recording/reproducing apparatus in monitor system  
For image recording/reproduction in a monitoring system, a monitoring image signal as inputted is converted into a plurality of time-serial digitized monitoring image frames to be stored...
6738089 Image recording system and method  
A camera system and method are provided which are particularly well-suited for use in school buses for recording vehicles violating the stop-arm on the bus. The system and method provide advantages...
6737970 Opto-electronic apparatus for monitoring and detection of intrusion of an object  
An opto-electronic apparatus for the monitoring of a protection area which has at least one protection device, which works in a non-contact manner, is described. The protection device, which works...
6735382 Pressurized camera housing  
A pressurizable camera housing of a surveillance camera. The housing includes a transparent dome, an upper housing shell, and an upper sealing plate. The components are separable for access to the...
6731805 Method and apparatus to distinguish deposit and removal in surveillance video  
A system and method that detects and identifies an event from a sequence of images received. The system comprises a control unit that receives and processes the sequence of images from the camera....
6727938 Security system with maskable motion detection and camera with an adjustable field of view  
A security system with a Pan/Tilt/Zoom Camera and maskable motion detection is disclosed. At selected fields of view of the P/T/Z camera, masks are created to mask, from motion detection, select...
6724303 Method and apparatus for monitoring a safe  
The present invention generally relates to a method of monitoring a safe comprising the steps of providing ( 402 ) an electronic lock for the safe; receiving ( 404 ) information from a security...
6724421 Video surveillance system with pilot and slave cameras  
A video surveillance system for monitoring an area is made up of a stationary pilot camera for monitoring the area and one or more moveable slave cameras for monitoring at least part of the area....
6721681 Chronometric, communication, identification, and tracking tag  
A chronometric identification and location tag for an animal, such as a dog, that incorporates a variety of detection and sensing functions as well as communication capacities. Assembled in a...
6720990 Internet surveillance system and method  
A system and method are disclosed for a central server to manage remote monitoring tasks performed by users of a data network. An exemplary method comprises: receiving a request from a user of a...
6721501 Installation structure for installing camera  
An installation structure for a camera includes a frame having an installation hole, and a bolt having a through hole therein. The bolt passes through the installation hole and fixed to the frame....
6717518 Method and apparatus for detection of drowsiness  
In a process of detecting a person falling asleep, an image of the face of the person is acquired. Pixels of the image having characteristics corresponding to an eye of the person are selected and...
6715940 Rugged miniature pan/tilt dome camera assembly  
A dome camera assembly ( 10 ) of this invention includes a base housing ( 12 ) and a transparent dome ( 14 ). A pan motor ( 18 ), a tilt motor ( 20 ), and a video camera ( 22 ), are mounted to a...
6705774 Camera apparatus  
A camera apparatus which includes a casing; a pan unit having an external video incident section; a pan shaft; a pan shaft support; pan driving means for rotating the pan unit about the pan shaft;...
6701058 Image capturing and recording system utilizing wireless communication and image transmission-reception method thereof  
If the residual capacity of a recording medium in an image capturing apparatus becomes five or less, the image capturing apparatus wirelessly transmits a command signal to an image recording...
6700605 Apparatus for monitoring  
In a monitoring device, a camera controller controls each of cameras, a display controller controls at least one display to show thereon a picture taken by at least one of the cameras to be...
6698021 System and method for remote control of surveillance devices  
A system and method for enabling real-time off-site video image storage is disclosed. An off-site storage site is coupled to camera servers at client sites via a private network. Each camera server...
6697104 Video based system and method for detecting and counting persons traversing an area being monitored  
A video based system and method for detecting and counting persons traversing an area being monitored is provided. The method includes the steps of initialization of at least one end unit forming...
6697103 Integrated network for monitoring remote objects  
Integrated imaging and GPS network monitors remote object movement. Browser interface displays objects and detectors. Database stores object position movement. Cameras detect objects and generate...
6693533 Method of controlling quality of communication among a plurality of clients over a network  
In order to allow efficient use of bandwidth in communication paths in a surveillance system, the surveillance system has an operation unit which assigns fixed bandwidths to each of the...
6694251 Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program  
The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus including: moving image data storing means for storing moving image data; degree of importance setting means for setting the...
6690412 Remote control pan head system  
If a remote control pan head on which a TV camera is mounted is installed on the rooftop of a building for example, the TV camera shoots an image in which a part of the building appears. If an...
6690273 Wireless video audio data remote system  
A method and system for remote assistance and review of a technician or multiple technicians, in real time, working with equipment of various complexity. A technician or multiple technicians at a...