摘要 |
The security system for homes and small offices provides snapshots of potential trespassers for viewing on conventional television receivers. The system consists of at least one scene capture unit, a scene recovery unit, and communication links between the scene capture units and the scene recovery unit. A scene capture unit consists of a motion detector, a conventional television camera, and circuitry which converts the camera signal into a sequence of integers that is stored in semiconductor memory and then communicated to the scene recovery unit. The scene recovery unit generates from the sequence of integers communicated by the scene capture unit a signal which, when fed into a conventional television receiver, causes the scene recorded by the camera to be displayed on one portion of the television screen and the time of occurrence to be displayed on another portion. In those situations where building access by authorized persons is significant, the scene capture unit is equipped with an event detector which aborts the processing of snapshots taken of authorized persons either entering or leaving the building.
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