Drone Intruder Tracking via Security System Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional security systems face challenges in promptly locating and tracking unauthorized intruders due to fixed camera installations and inherent time delays in emergency response, often resulting in the intruder escaping before apprehension.
Innovation Solution
Integration of drones equipped with cameras and image capturing devices within the security system, which can receive alarm signals to quickly locate and continuously track intruders, transmitting real-time images and video to remote devices for immediate response, and optionally employing impeding mechanisms to prevent escape.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If fixed cameras are installed at fixed locations throughout the monitored region, then the security system can monitor specific areas, but the cameras cannot capture images of the entire monitored region, making it difficult to locate intruders outside the field of view
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces aerial surveillance using drones that operate in three-dimensional space above the monitored region, transitioning from two-dimensional fixed camera coverage to three-dimensional mobile surveillance. This dimensional expansion allows the system to cover the entire monitored region including areas previously outside fixed camera fields of view.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces static fixed camera installations with dynamic mobile drones that can actively move and reposition themselves to track intruders. The drones receive alarm signals and dynamically navigate to intruder locations, adapting their positioning in real-time rather than relying on fixed coverage zones.
2Reliability
If emergency personnel are notified when an alarm signal is received, then the security system can respond to intrusions, but there is an inherent time delay that allows the intruder to leave the monitored region before apprehension
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary surveillance and detection actions before emergency personnel are notified. Drones continuously monitor the region and can detect intruders in advance, maintaining visual tracking and gathering location information before the formal alarm response is initiated, thereby reducing the effective response time.
Solution Approach 2:
The drone acts as an intermediary between the alarm signal and emergency personnel response. Upon receiving an alarm, the drone immediately activates and tracks the intruder, providing real-time visual data and location information to both the central monitoring station and emergency personnel, enabling them to arrive with precise tracking information.
3Productivity
If drones are deployed to track intruders, then immediate and continuous tracking is enabled, but the system complexity increases with integration of mobile platforms and real-time control systems
Solution Approach 1:
The drones are equipped with autonomous navigation and tracking capabilities that allow them to self-manage their surveillance operations. Upon receiving alarm signals, the drones independently navigate to intruder locations, maintain visual tracking, and transmit data without requiring constant human intervention or complex ground control systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The drone system serves multiple functions within a single platform: surveillance, tracking, communication, and data transmission. This multi-functionality consolidates what would otherwise require separate systems into one integrated unit, managing complexity while maintaining high productivity in intruder tracking.
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AI summary
System and method for tracking unauthorized intruders (120) using a drone (110) integrated with a security system (100) are provided. The drone can carry a transceiver device and an image capturing device, the transceiver device can receive an alarm signal from a security system monitoring a region such that the alarm signal indicates an unauthorized intruder is located in the region, the drone can move to an initial location of the unauthorized intruder, the image capturing device can capture an initial image of the unauthorized intruder at the initial location, and the drone can track the unauthorized intruder.