65 results about "Home surveillance" patented technology

A home network system and a control method thereof. A user with a mobile station at a remote location can control a home robot and monitor security conditions and home appliance conditions at a house via a wireless network. In the home network system, the mobile station is adapted to transmit a control request message for the remote control of the home robot and monitoring-request messages for the monitoring at a house via a first network, and receive control result information related to the home robot control and monitoring information via the first network for display. A server is adapted to analyze the request messages received from the mobile station via the first network, transmit a corresponding request message to the home robot via a second network, and receive the control result information and the monitoring information from the home robot via the second network to transmit to the mobile station.

A networked mobile home surveillance system includes a home surveillance application running on a user device to access services on a home network and receive data from the home network. A home network gateway uses SIP messaging to allow communication of commands and data on the user device to and from a home networked device through bridging between SIP and a non-SIP protocol of the home network. A home surveillance service on the home network controls home networked remote devices used to monitor the home, and is subject to control by the application.

A method and apparatus for a home monitoring system is provided. The home monitoring system may include a command console for monitoring and processing the output of sensors. The processing of the sensors includes (1) providing a history of the sensor as an indicator to the operator of the sensor output over time; (2) analyzing the trends of the sensor to increase the effectiveness of the sensor beyond simply the current sensor output; and (3) analyzing the output of one sensor which may impact interpretation of a second sensor's output. The monitoring system may also be a prescription reminder system. The prescription reminder system may be used in homes or institutional medical facilities (assisted living or nursing homes) to provide patients with a manner to remind them to take pharmaceutical drugs at prescribed times.

A method and system for securing neighborhoods against crime. In one system, a short range wireless LAN technology, e.g., WiFi or WiMax, is employed to relay sensor information, including that from cameras, in real-time to a security server in a neighbor's house, which can significantly improve response time. The wireless LAN technology allows higher quality video to be captured by the on-site cameras, and relayed off-site in real-time, preserving the integrity of the data even if a burglar or intruder finds and destroys or steals the on-site security equipment. Modern IP monitoring may be employed to offer additional capabilities and reliability in these systems.

A system may include a set-top box, associated with a customer premises, configured to receive a television signal and provide the television signal to a television and a home monitoring device configured to obtain a weather forecast for a geographic area associated with the customer premises, determine a thermostat setting for the customer premises based on the obtained weather forecast, and provide a recommendation about the determined thermostat setting to the set-top box. The set-top box may be further configured to present the recommendation about the determined thermostat setting via the television; receive a selection of the determined thermostat setting; and provide an indication of the selection to the home monitoring device; and the home monitoring device may be further configured to apply the determined thermostat setting to a thermostat controller associated with the customer premises, in response to receiving the indication from the set-top box.

A system may include a set-top box configured to receive a television signal and provide the television signal to a media playing device, and a home monitoring device configured to obtain a video recording using a security camera, provide the video recording to a media manager device across a network, and provide information about the video recording to the set-top box. The set-top box may be further configured to provide the information about the video recording upon activation of the set-top box by a customer, receive a request to view the video recording from the customer, retrieve the video recording from the media manager device, and provide the video recording to a media playing device.

A method and apparatus for a home monitoring system is provided. The home monitoring system may include a command console for monitoring and processing the output of sensors. The processing of the sensors includes (1) providing a history of the sensor as an indicator to the operator of the sensor output over time; (2) analyzing the trends of the sensor to increase the effectiveness of the sensor beyond simply the current sensor output; and (3) analyzing the output of one sensor which may impact interpretation of a second sensor's output. The monitoring system may also be a prescription reminder system. The prescription reminder system may be used in homes or institutional medical facilities (assisted living or nursing homes) to provide patients with a manner to remind them to take pharmaceutical drugs at prescribed times.

The invention discloses a smart home monitoring system based on wireless fidelity (WIFI) and hyper text transport protocol (http) technologies and a running method thereof. The system comprises a master controller, and a remote operation terminal, a local operation terminal a power control part and a regulation and control monitoring part which are connected with the master controller by an RS485 data bus. The running method for the system comprises the processes of hardware management, task designing, plan designing, rule designing, holiday setting, task execution, task queue management, hardware condition management and the like. The system can be operated and monitored by a local terminal, a remote phone mobile, a remote personal digital assistant (PDA) or a remote computer, and is low in using cost, simply structured, convenient to install and operate, applicable to the satisfaction of flexible home monitoring needs of various house structures, stable in running, safe and reliable.

The invention is directed to a wireless location tracking device or tag and auxiliary device for use with a home monitoring unit for tracking individuals or objects. The location tracking device has position determining circuitry and first short range wireless circuitry that communicates position data representative of the location of the tracking device to an auxiliary device (or HMU). The auxiliary device has second short range wireless circuitry that communicates with the tracking device and long range communications circuitry that communicates the position data to a remote location. The tracking device can have a first operational mode, when communication is not established with the auxiliary device, wherein the position determining circuitry is maintained in a normal power state. The tracking device can also have a second operational mode, when communication is established between the tracking device and the auxiliary device, wherein the position determining circuitry is placed in a reduced power state. The remote location can include a monitoring station that communicates with the tracking device via the auxiliary device. The monitoring station can direct the tracking device to switch operational modes. In the alternative (e.g., in cases where the tag is unable to contact the CMS) the tag can maintain list of approved auxiliary devices and the tag can make the determination on whether or not switch operational modes.

The invention relates to a household video monitoring system based on a digital television set-top box and an IMS (Information Management System). The household video monitoring system comprises an indoor video monitoring device, an interactive set-top box, a monitoring client, an IMS core, a monitoring application server, a monitoring management server, a service operation support system, a third party alarm processing interface, an email server, an IMS short message gateway and a short message center. Convenient access of the household video monitoring system is realized by using existing digital television interactive set-top box and IMS system of a household, a set of safe, efficient, operable and expandable household monitoring system is constructed, assess of a third party security and protection expansion service system on the basis of alarming is realized while safe and convenient calling of video information of a user is realized, and access of illegal terminals can be limited effectively while the limitation on the access quantity of monitoring cameras is opened; and the IMS is embedded into the household video monitoring system, so that double authorization is realized through a terminal and the user, and high-level video information safety is realized.

The invention relates to an Internet of Things fire home cloud detection system. The system comprises a cloud server, a home monitoring terminal, an intelligent gateway router, a memory, a display module, an Internet of Things wireless terminal, a power supply module, a fire control module, a gas leakage detection module, an alarm module and a smoke detection module. The home monitoring terminal is connected with the cloud server through the intelligent gateway router. The home monitoring terminal is connected with the memory, the display module, the power supply module and the fire control module through the Internet of Things wireless terminal. The fire control module is connected with the gas leakage detection module, the alarm module and the smoke detection module. The fire control module is wirelessly connected with the Internet of things wireless terminal in real time for monitoring. According to the invention, the system has the advantages of ingenious design and diversified functions, and plays the dual roles of monitoring and quick alarm; and through the cooperation of the home monitoring terminal and the cloud server, fire is greatly reduced.

The invention discloses a multifunction all-round campus centralized monitoring system, which includes a local monitoring center. The local monitoring center is connected to a transmission network unit. The transmission network unit is connected respectively to a teaching building monitoring unit, a campus gate monitoring unit, a school wall monitoring unit, a remote monitoring center, a plurality of home monitoring terminals and a plurality of mobile monitoring terminals. According to the invention, based on campus multi-directional monitoring needs, the unified network design and a variety of capture devices are used for centralized monitoring, and campus resource sharing, unified management, cross-region and cross-business can be achieved. Video signals, attendance data, alarm data and the like can be converted to digital signals to be sent, received, controlled, stored and displayed, management and control are conducted on a unified management platform, a campus monitoring networking and multi-level management model is achieved, and the multifunction all-round campus centralized monitoring system provides campus security protection and has good economic and social benefits. The invention can be widely applied to various campus centralized monitoring systems.

The invention provides an interactive intelligent home monitoring, preventing and controlling system based on the internet of things. The interactive intelligent home monitoring, preventing and controlling system based on the internet of things comprises a camera, a control box, a terminal and a terminal accessory. The camera is connected with the control box. The control box is connected with the terminal through the internet. The control box is connected with the terminal accessory. The camera is used for collecting site video information. The control box is used for primary processing of the video information and sending a prompt message to the terminal when it is judged that abnormal conditions occur. The terminal is used for viewing of the video information and sending a control instruction when measures need to be taken. The terminal accessory is used for executing the control instruction. According to the interactive intelligent home monitoring, preventing and controlling system based on the internet of things, the control instruction can be sent by the terminal, actions are taken based on site conditions, and site operation is conducted remotely; video signals are analyzed through the image recognition technology, the prompt message is sent to a user when the abnormal conditions occur, the user watches a video at the moment and further judges whether abnormality occurs or not, and the user does not need to watch the video all the time or often.

A home surveillance device comprises a body, a module board, a vibration sensation module, a power supply module, a cover board, and a plate-like member. The body includes a housing having a first casing with a control interface and a second casing containing at least one accommodation space, an assembly member and a casing through-hole. The module board is arranged inside the housing and includes an image-capture module, a display module, a driving module, a microprocessor, a register module, a memory card module, and an I / O module. The vibration sensation module is arranged in the accommodation space. The power supply module connects with the module board and supplies power to the system. The cover board has an assembly through-hole and is assembled to the second casing and opposite to the first casing. The plate-like member has a plate through-hole and is assembled to the assembly member via the assembly through-hole.

A wireless multi-camera home surveillance system includes a plurality of video cameras located at different locations in and around the home. The cameras are respectively connected to a plurality of wireless addressable rf receivers which receive over-the-air binary-coded rf address signals from a remote control unit. The addressed receiver applies an operating voltage to its associated camera to turn it on while all other cameras, including any previously on camera, are turned off.

A remote monitoring system and a method for operating the same are revealed. The system gets monitoring images by a camera module of an automatic movable device. Then the monitoring images are output to a cloud storage device through a network module of the automatic movable device. A user at the remote end can receive and display the monitoring devices from the cloud storage device through the network or perform feedback control by a browsing device such as handheld electronic device or computer. Thus household appliances are integrated with cloud and other information media products to provide household monitoring function.

A system utilizing a transmitter emitting a unique signal and a base station receiver having a database of household members is used to ascertain the identity of household members who are home at any particular time. Such information is used by the local telephone network to provide specialized telephone services to the household based on the identity of the household members who are home. A manual and emergency services override is provided to permit the completion of telephone calls from emergency services personnel and other persons irrespective of the presence or absence of any household member. The information regarding the presence or absence of household members also may be used to intelligently provide other household services such as heating and cooling or home security depending on the identity of persons who are home.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a system for implementing a digital home entertainment-oriented interactive service. The system comprises a digital home central server, a video communication service module, a payment and settlement module, a multimedia and entertainment service module and a home monitoring service module. By implementing the system, a home and digital appliance interactive service platform is established by utilizing advanced information technology. A novel service function can be integrated with self-extension easily by analyzing the related services of the system and abstracting each module with independent function for component-based treatment, so that the requirements of increasingly abundant added services are met, and intelligent interconnection and cooperative service are really implemented.

The invention relates to a method for enabling a household monitoring system to realize mobile phone remote monitor function through an Internet. Through the network function of the prior household monitoring system, a supervisory video recording is realtimely transmitted to the Internet, a user can visit the network through a certain software mounted on a mobile phone, realtimely downloads the supervisory video recording and transmits a control command through software for controlling the work of a household monitor and a camera; as long as the mobile phone signals exist the monitoring can be carried out even at the place without a computer, the mobile phone can be used to control the monitor, the video recorder and the camera at home through a certain remote control software.

A system may include a set-top box configured to receive a television signal and provide the television signal to a media playing device, and a home monitoring device configured to obtain a video recording using a security camera, provide the video recording to a media manager device across a network, and provide information about the video recording to the set-top box. The set-top box may be further configured to provide the information about the video recording upon activation of the set-top box by a customer, receive a request to view the video recording from the customer, retrieve the video recording from the media manager device, and provide the video recording to a media playing device.

A portable tele-homecare monitoring system and method for the same overcomes the problem of medical monitoring requiring a large organized system, with the associated high costs and disadvantages generated due to the large amount of equipment required by the prior art. The present invention allows a user to access home monitoring data by a portable electronic device, an application program or explorer via the Internet from a distributed data server. The portable tele-homecare monitoring system does not require a server and is designed to be modular and portable, so it costs are reduced and so that the design is flexible.

The invention discloses an elderly health monitoring system based on big data and the Internet, which belongs to the medical and health field. The system includes: elderly health monitoring terminal, home monitoring system, medical center monitoring system, family monitoring terminal, wireless router and elderly health monitoring APP; elderly health monitoring terminal includes: controller, human physiological parameter monitoring sensor, GPS positioning module, first aid Buttons, quick dial buttons, reminder devices, touch screens, audio input and output devices, GPRS modules and wireless transceiver modules; elderly health monitoring APP includes: health assessment platform, personal database, standard parameter database, information exchange platform and exchange result database. The system embeds the elderly health monitoring APP into the home monitoring system, which is easy to use, less prone to failure, and has a long service life; by setting up an information exchange platform in the elderly health monitoring APP, more effective consultation results can be obtained for the elderly themselves.

A home surveillance device comprises a body, module board, vibration sensation module, power supply module, cover board, and a plate-like member. The body includes a housing having a first casing with a control interface and a second casing containing at least one accommodation space, an assembly member and a casing through-hole. The module board is arranged inside the housing and includes an image-capture module, display module, driving module, microprocessor, register module, memory card module, and an I / O module. The vibration sensation module is arranged in the accommodation space. The power supply module connects with the module board and supplies power to the system. The cover board has an assembly through-hole and is assembled to the second casing and opposite to the first casing. The plate-like member has a plate through-hole and is assembled to the assembly member via the assembly through-hole.

A portable tele-homecare monitoring system and method for the same overcomes the problem of medical monitoring requiring a large organized system, with the associated high costs and disadvantages generated due to the large amount of equipment required by the prior art. The present invention allows a user to access home monitoring data by a portable electronic device, an application program or explorer via the Internet from a distributed data server. The portable tele-homecare monitoring system does not require a server and is designed to be modular and portable, so it costs are reduced and so that the design is flexible.

The invention discloses a remote life information monitoring system on the basis of the ITO (Internet Of Things), which comprises a family monitor controller, a medical platform server, a video system, a short message sending server and a monitoring center. The video system is connected with the family monitor controller; the family monitor controller is connected with the medical platform server by the internet; the medical platform server is connected with the monitoring center; and the medical platform server comprises a body temperature sensor, an electrocardioscanner, a blood oxygen monitor, a GPS (Global Position System) positioner, an IRFD (radio frequency identification) reader, a microprocessor and a wireless communication transceiver. According to the invention, remote monitoring, diagnosis, treatment and the like on a patient can be implemented by remote medical information acquisition equipment and a communication network; integration of first-aid resources is implemented by monitoring and tracking personal health physical sign information; the utilization rate of medical resources is improved; and efficiency is improved so as to shorten diagnosis and treatment time.

The invention provides a smart household monitoring terminal, namely a smart monitoring unit. The smart monitoring unit comprises a security and protection monitoring system, a smart monitoring systemand an Internet of Things (IoT) monitoring system. The information collected by each household monitoring terminal is gathered and extracted by a monitoring center. Household safety is guaranteed bysecurity and protection monitoring, intelligent monitoring is achieved, and intelligent service is provided, such as turning on an air conditioner, a water heater, a lamp before a user arriving home,so that the user feels warm and comfortable when he / she arrives at home. Physical objects are accessed to the network for IoT monitoring, such as finding and positioning keys and jewelry, and searingtools owned by the user to see whether the available tools can be used to complete small projects at home. Safety, convenience and comfort of daily life of people are improved through the IoT smart community monitoring system, and the social stability index is improved. The scientific and technological development is combined with the life of people, so that the science and technology can providebetter service to people.