Hector S Robles

US Patent:

20040233983, Nov 25, 2004

Filed:

May 20, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/441328

Inventors:

Christopher Crawford - Winter Garden FL, US
Cesar Guzman - Palm Bay FL, US
Patrick McNeeley - Grayson GA, US
Hector Robles - Miami FL, US
Ivor Petrie - Suwanee GA, US

Assignee:

Marconi Communications, Inc.

International Classification:

H04N007/12
H04N007/18

US Classification:

375/240010, 348/143000

Abstract:

A security system. The security system comprises N surveillance nodes, where N is greater than or equal to 17 and is an integer. Each surveillance node providing a video source of a scene of a location of the surveillance node. The security system comprises a monitoring node having a display in communication with the N surveillance nodes. The security system comprises a controller which simultaneously continuously shows on the display a live scene of the surveillance node when a predetermined event occurs at the surveillance node, and a recorded scene of the node for a predetermined time which spans before, during and after the predetermined event, the controller in communication with the monitoring node and the N surveillance nodes. Alternatively, N is greater than or equal to 2 and is an integer, and the security system comprises an ATM network through which the N surveillance nodes, the monitoring node and the controller communicate. A method for maintaining security.