Home, office security, surveillance system using micro mobile drones and IP cameras

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9819911-B2
Application number	US-201514797303-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 13, 2015
Priority date	Jul 13, 2015
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

A system is provided that includes a security system that protects a secured geographic area including at least a building, a wireless helicopter drone, a camera carried by the drone and a processor of the security system that controls a geographic location of the drone based upon threats detected within the secured area and that records video via the camera from the controlled location.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a security system that protects a secured geographic area including at least a building;
a wireless drone;
a camera carried by the wireless drone; and
a processor of the security system that retrieves, from a memory of the security system, a pre-saved route to direct the wireless drone to a first specific geographic location within the secured geographic area,
wherein the pre-saved route is based upon a second location of threats detected within the secured geographic area and a current location of the wireless drone, and
wherein the pre-saved route includes camera position information used to position the camera for recording video, via the camera, from specific positions along the route.

2. The system as in claim 1 further comprising a positioning system carried by the wireless drone.

3. The system as in claim 2 wherein the positioning system includes a GPS device.

4. The system as in claim 1 wherein the pre-saved route includes outside limits defined by opposing sides of a hallway through the secured geographic area.

5. The system as in claim 1 further comprising one or more threat sensors within the secured geographic area, wherein the one or more threat sensors detect the threats and send the second location of the threats to the processor.

6. The system as in claim 5 wherein the one or more threat sensors include one or more of fire sensors, intrusion sensors, and toxic gas detectors.

7. A system comprising:
a security system that protects a secured geographic area;
a plurality of sensors of the security system, wherein at least one of the plurality of sensors detects intruders entering the secured geographic area;
a wireless drone;
a camera carried by the wireless drone; and
a processor of the security system that detects an activation of the at least one of the plurality of sensors, receives a geographic location of a threat from the at least one of the plurality of sensors, receives a current location of the wireless drone, and retrieves, from a memory of the security system, a pre-saved route to direct the wireless drone to the geographic location within the secured geographic area,
wherein the pre-saved route includes camera position information used to position the camera for recording video, via the camera, from the geographic location.

8. The system as in claim 7 wherein the plurality of sensors include one or more of fire sensors, smoke detectors, and toxic gas sensors.

9. The system as in claim 7 wherein the pre-saved route includes one or more maps of the secured geographic area.

10. The system as in claim 9 wherein the one or more maps include at least one defined pathway to the geographic location.

11. The system as in claim 10 wherein the at least one defined pathway includes a hallway.

12. The system as in claim 9 further comprising a user input device that receives control instructions.

13. The system as in claim 9 further comprising a WiFi or RF6 wireless interface that couples the wireless drone to the security system.

14. A system comprising:
a security system that protects a secured geographic area;
a plurality of sensors of the security system, wherein at least one of the plurality of sensors detects intruders entering the secured geographic area;
a wireless drone;
a camera carried by the wireless drone;
a processor of the security system that detects an activation of the at least one of the plurality of sensors, receives a geographic location of a threat from the at least one of the plurality of sensors, receives a current location of the wireless drone, and retrieves, from a memory of the security system, a pre-saved route to direct the wireless drone to the geographic location; and
a joystick of the security system that provides at least some instructions for control of the wireless drone or the camera,
wherein the pre-saved route includes camera position information used to position the camera for recording video, via the camera, from the geographic location.

15. The system as in claim 14 wherein the joystick controls one or more of a pan, tilt, and zoom of the camera.

Assignees

• Honeywell Int Inc

Inventors

• K V Vijaya Krishna
• Khot Bharat Balaso
• Oh Eric
• Swain Bikram

Classifications

• H04N23/69

  Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming · CPC title

• B64C2201/127

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B64D47/08

  Arrangements of cameras · CPC title

• G05D1/00

  Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots (drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles B60W60/00) · CPC title

• H04N5/23296

  Electricity · mapped topic