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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:

Damian M. Lyons, Putnam Valley, NY (US);

Eric Cohen-Solal, Ossining, NY (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 ; H04N 9/47 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 ; H04N 9/47 ;
Abstract

A security monitoring system including: an alarm system having detectors for detecting an unauthorized individual in a structure; at least one camera for capturing first image data of the unauthorized individual; a memory for storing second image data of at least one individual authorized to be in the structure; and a data link for transmitting third image data to a remote location upon the detection of the unauthorized individual. The third image data including at least portions of the first and second image data for comparison at the remote location. In a preferred implementation, the first image data includes image data of more than the face of the unauthorized individual and the system further includes a computer vision system for detecting the face of the unauthorized individual from the first image data. In such an implementation, the first and second image data are face images and are arranged in a picture having the unauthorized individual at a top portion of the picture and the authorized individuals arranged along a bottom row of the picture.


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