A comprehensive,
wireless multimedia surveillance and
monitoring system provides a combination of megapixel
digital camera capability with
full motion video surveillance with a network, including network components and appliances such as wiring, workstations, and servers with the option of geographical distribution with various
wide area carriers. The
full service, multi-media surveillance
system is capable of a wide range of monitoring techniques utilizing
digital network architecture and is adapted for transmitting
event data, video and / or image monitoring information, audio signals and other sensor and
detector data over significant distances using
digital data transmission over a LAN,
wireless LAN,
Intranet or Internet for automatic assessment and response including dispatch of response personnel. Both wired and
wireless appliance and sensor systems may be employed. GPS dispatching is used to locate and alert personnel as well as to indicate the location of an event. Automatic mapping and dispatch permits
rapid response. The
wireless LAN connectivity permits local distribution of audio, video and image data over a relatively
high bandwidth without requirement of a
license and without relying on a
common carrier and the fees associated therewith. The surveillance
system may be interfaced with a WAN (
wide area Network) or
the Internet for providing a worldwide, low cost surveillance
system with virtually unlimited geographic application. Centralized monitoring stations have access to all of the
surveillance data from various remote locations via
the Internet or the WAN. A
server provides a centralized location for data collection, alarm detection and
processing,
access control, dispatch
processing,
logging functions and other specialized functions. The
server may be inserted virtually anywhere in the
Intranet /
Internet network. The topology of the network will be established by the geographic situation of the installation. Appropriate firewalls may be set up as desired. The
server based system permits a security provider to have access to the appliance and sensor and
surveillance data or to configure or reconfigure the system for any
station on the network.