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GB2436924A
GB2436924A GB0607257A GB0607257A GB2436924A GB 2436924 A GB2436924 A GB 2436924A GB 0607257 A GB0607257 A GB 0607257A GB 0607257 A GB0607257 A GB 0607257A GB 2436924 A GB2436924 A GB 2436924A
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Nikhil Prakash
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Abstract

A portable security monitor that includes an antenna 1 for wireless communications with the control device and the play back device, a camera 2 for taking still pictures or videos, a user display panel 3, a data entry device such as a keyboard 4 for setting up the security monitor, a microphone 5 for recording sound. The security monitor accepts commands from the command device figure 2, which includes an antenna 6 for wireless communications with the security monitor, a user display 7, and a keyboard 8 for data entry by the user for creating command messages to be sent to the security monitor. A play back device (Fig. 3), includes an antenna 9 for receiving the media messages from the security monitor, a loudspeaker or earphone 10 for playing back the audio media, a display 11 for playing back the still photos and the video pictures, and a data entry device 12 to allow user control of the media play back. The command device (figure 2) and the playback device (figure 3) may be constructed as a single unit.

Description

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2436924
Portable Security Monitor
This invention relates to a portable security monitor,
When citizens are parted from their valuable belongings and assets they seek assurance that such belongings and assets are not threatened. For example parents are concerned about their children even when cared for by a child minder, owners are concerned about the welfare of their cats and dogs when left on their own and owners are equally concerned about the safety of their property when they are absent. The timing and location of these threats will vary for any particular person as well as the particular location of that person at any point in time.
To overcome this, the present invention proposes a portable monitoring device constructed by adding additional functionality to a mobile phone that will record pictures, videos, sound or a combination of these media and relay them wirelessly to a playback device under the control of the interested party either on request or on the basis of some pre-determined criteria such as time or the detection of movement or sound within the scope of the monitoring device or by the action of a person holding the security monitor. The security monitor can even be used to send pictures or videos to a processing device that might be used for facial recognition. The portable monitoring device incorporates security features which may be enabled to ensure only authorised access to the recording media.
The advantage of this invention is that it doesn't matter where you are or where the protected belongings or assets are located, as long as you can have a wireless connection, using GSM for example it is possible for the user to monitor the belongings or assets remotely, even thousands of miles away for example when using GSM, on demand just by sending the command message. Because the security monitor is portable it can be run by battery power and needs no permanent fixture to the surrounding environment. The security monitor also acts as a normal mobile phone capable of making and receiving voice calls, there is no need to carry a separate monitoring device. This extra functionality in the phone can be created by downloading a program into the phone either wirelessly or by a cable connection to some processing machinery.
The invention includes security features which can ensure that only authorised users can gain access to the recorded media. It is also possible to use the portable security monitor as the source of photos or videos that might be used for facial recognition. The verification process could take place in the security monitor or the image(s) could be sent to a remote device that does the checking.
In addition to this security advantage the invention also has many applications just for fun where users may want to capture and look at the media as a form of entertainment.
Friends may want to surprise each other by secretly capturing photos, videos, or sound in a whole manner of applications.
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The invention will now be described solely by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 shows the security monitor which can accept commands from the command device and capture the photo, video or audio media and send them to the play back device.
Figure 2 shows the command device which creates and sends the commands to control the security monitor,
Figure 3 shows the play back device which plays the media captured and sent by the security monitor.
In figure 1 the security monitor could be a mobile phone with an antenna 1, a camera 2, keyboard 4, display 3 and microphone 5. A program stored in the mobile phone is configured to intercept incoming SMS (Short Message Service) messages. The program looks for a message containing a string of text that indicates what action the phone should take such as taking a still photograph (e.g. 'ipic') using the phone's camera, recording a video sequence (e.g. 'ivid') using the phone's camera or recording a sound sequence (e.g. 'irec' ) picked up by the phones microphone.
The program may provide the user with a menu allowing them to adjust the various camera and audio settings where available on a particular model of mobile phone such as brightness, contrast, exposure mode, capture size, video image size in pixels, flash mode, zoom, image compression settings, capture time duration, and the access conditions. These access conditions may require the command SMS message to include some password or pass code which the program in the phone needs to verify before taking any action or it might be the case that the user has set up a list of allowed phone numbers stored in the memory of the phone, SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card, or additional memory card or stick. Only commands received from phone numbers on this list will be acted upon. It is a particular feature of SMS messages that in general the phone number of the calling device is included as part of the SMS communication.
The command message created by the command device figure 2 could be a simple command using SMS to the security monitor to just implement an agreed action like taking a photo or the command may be one of a set that the program in the phone can differentiate to select which of the available media to record.
As a further security feature it is possible for the command device figure 2 to encipher the command message or to create some cryptographic check sum using well known cryptographic algorithms and mechanisms that the program in the monitor phone will decode and check before invoking any action.
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Assuming the incoming command is understood and the security constraints have not been breached then the program in the phone will create an MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) message with the play back device figure 3 as the target phone number or address such as an email address or any recognisable network address.
For this example the command device and the play back device could be achieved by using a single device, also a mobile phone with an antenna 9 to send the SMS message and to receive the MMS message, a loudspeaker or ear phone 10 to play back the audio media, a display 11 to provide feedback on data entry and to play back the picture or video media and a data entry or keyboard 12 to allow the user to create the SMS command message and to control the play back of media. In this example the play back mobile phone device does not need to be modified.
For alternative systems using a separate control device figure 2 and playback device figure 3 it would be possible to include the destination phone number or address or a reference to the phone number or address for the media as part of the SMS message or this information could be stored in the portable security monitor.
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Claims
1. A portable security monitor constructed from a battery operated mobile camera phone that in addition to the normal operation of making and receiving voice calls can record pictures or videos from an integrated camera or sound from an integrated microphone or any combination of these media and incorporating processing means by which it can decode an SMS command message and determine the recording action required and the destination address where it should send the recorded media and as a result can send these media wirelessly to the remote device for playing back the recorded media on a display screen or audio system or a combination of both.
2. A portable security monitor according to claim 1. in which the identity of the command device can be determined from the received command message such that the monitor device only sends media to the playback device if that identity is contained within a preset list of allowed identities stored in the portable security monitor which can be set up by the user using a data entry device on the security monitor.
3. A portable security monitor according to claim 1, in which the device checks the correctness of a password or code from the received command message such that the monitor device only sends media to the playback device if that password or code correctly matches a stored value on the monitor device which can be set up by the user using a data entry device on the security monitor.
4. A portable security monitor according to claim 1, in which the command sent to the security monitor can be differentiated to enable the chosen selection of picture, video, or sound media to be sent to the remote play back device.
5. A portable security monitor according to claim 1, in which the command sent to the security monitor incorporates a cryptographic integrity check value such that when the security monitor decodes the command it knows the command is from an authentic source.
6. A portable security monitor according to claim 1, that can record pictures or videos from an integrated camera or sound from an integrated microphone or any combination of these media as the result of detecting movement in the field of view and send these media wirelessly to another remote device capable of playing back the recorded media on a display screen or audio system or a combination of both.
7. A portable security monitor according to claim 1, that can record pictures or videos from an integrated camera or sound from an integrated microphone or any combination of these media as the result of detecting sound in range of the microphone and send these media wirelessly to another remote device capable
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of playing back the recorded media on a display screen or audio system or a combination of both.
8. A portable security monitor according to claim 1, in which the processing means for decoding the SMS messages and taking pictures or videos on the camera is able to put the camera in sleep mode after a pre-determined time or event in order to reduce battery consumption.
9. A portable security monitoring device that can record pictures or video from an integrated camera and by means of processing algorithms and mechanisms is able to verify the identity of the face(s), against a stored set of reference data, within the field of view of the camera and send this identity reference to the playback device.
10. A portable security monitoring device that can record pictures or video from an integrated camera and send these images to the playback device which by means of processing algorithms and mechanisms is able to verify the identity of the face(s), against a stored set of reference data, within the field of view of the camera.
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