Television – Special applications – Observation of or from a specific location
Patent
1998-09-15
2000-05-30
Britton, Howard
Television
Special applications
Observation of or from a specific location
358423, 386112, 386109, 364514, 340500, 340825, H04N 718
Patent
active
060696532
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a security control system, comprising a system controller (2) arranged to receive video signals from a plurality of video sources, and to selectively output a subset of the received video signals for display on a display means, and a display controller (10, 12) arranged to receive the subset of video signals output by the system controller, and to process those signals to generate images for display on the display means. In accordance with the present invention, the system controller (2) is further arranged to receive alarm signals, each alarm signal being associated with a video source, the system controller (2) being responsive to receipt of an alarm signal to output the video signal of the associated video source to the display controller. The display controller (10, 12) is then arranged to cause any images generated from video signals associated with alarm signals to be displayed in a predetermined area (M11) of the display means.
By ensuring that all of the video information associated with alarms is displayed in a predefined area, it is easier for the operator to review that video information in order to ensure that effective action is taken in response to the alarm condition(s).
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An Shawn S.
Britton Howard
Frommer William S.
Smid Dennis M.
Sony United Kingdom Limited
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