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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:
Dec. 20, 2005

Filed:

Jul. 09, 2003
Applicants:

Dietrich Falk, Tokyo, JP;

Takashi Hosoda, Kanagawa, JP;

Chu Hui Chu, Tokyo, JP;

Boyd Weston, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Dietrich Falk, Tokyo, JP;

Takashi Hosoda, Kanagawa, JP;

Chu Hui Chu, Tokyo, JP;

Boyd Weston, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B029/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

To provide a monitoring system and method that allows customization of a monitoring system and method according to a user's instruction, thereby achieving a higher flexibility in configuring the monitoring scheme. The monitoring system comprises a user system and a security server. The user system includes a capture unit, an input unit, a sensor, an imaging unit and a home server. The home server accepts the user's instructions and configure monitoring program realized by the home server. The user may specify logical connections between imaging unit and sensor, notification rule when the alarm is occurred.


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