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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1995
Daniel R Swanson, Dallas, TX (US);
Jerry M Moen, Plano, TX (US);
Bradley M Tate, Carrollton, TX (US);
Witness Systems, Inc., Lubbock, TX (US);
Abstract
A surveillance system operable to capture images and sounds concerning events for storage in a random access data store. A data management functionality is provided to dynamically manage storage of information in the data store and thus emphasize retention in storage of information concerning those events identified as events of interest. No longer wanted information is deleted to make room in storage for subsequently captured information. The identification of an event as being 'of interest' is made by a mode control functionality in response to the processing of signals received from an environment sensor monitoring conditions related to the events. The mode control functionality further controls the operation of the imaging and audio device used to capture images and sounds. The captured information is encrypted prior to storage to insure its integrity.