INTEGRATED CAMERA AWARENESS AND WIRELESS SENSOR SYSTEM

摘要

A surveillance system is provided including an Internet-enabled (IP) camera and nodes that determine the location of a plurality of sensors, which are wirelessly connected to the IP camera. The nodes determine the position of the plurality of sensors and the IP camera through the use of position determining techniques including multilateration, trilateration, and triangulation. Additionally, line of sight positioning methods and global positioning system devices may be used in setting up a positional awareness system, which enables the IP camera to control systems based on condition information and positional awareness.

主权项

1. A surveillance system comprising:
a video camera producing encoded video; a plurality of sensors wirelessly connected to the camera, each of the plurality of sensors outputting condition information; a controller including a processor and a memory configured to
receive the condition information from the plurality of sensors,determine a location of each sensor of the plurality of sensors relative to the video camera using a local positional measurement such that the location of each of the plurality of sensors creates positional awareness for the video camera, andactivate an external system based on the positional awareness and the condition information.