75655064
Mar 5, 1999
Jun 6, 2000
MICROPROCESSOR BASED SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING, DIGITIZING, AND COMPRESSING IMAGES FROM CAMERAS AND FOR ALLOWING ACCESSES TO THE IMAGES VIA COMPUTER NETWORKS, NAMELY LOCAL AREA NETWORKS, WIDE AREA NETWORKS, AND GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPRISING A MICROPROCESSOR, A DATA INPUT AND DATA OUTPUT DEVICE, A LENSE FOR CAPTURING IMAGES, AND SOFTWARE FOR OPERATING THE MICROPROCESSOR; SECURITY SYSTEMS, COMPRISING CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISIONS, COLOR CCD CAMERAS, BLACK AND WHITE CCD CAMERAS, COLOR BOARD CAMERAS, BLACK AND WHITE BOARD CAMERAS, COLOR PINHOLE LENS CAMERAS, COLOR DOME CAMERAS, COLOR DESK STYLE CAMERAS, BLACK AND WHITE DOME CAMERAS, SMOKE DETECTOR CAMERAS, ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS, COMPRISING CARD READERS, NUMERIC KEY PADS, AND BAR CODE READERS, ALARM CONTROL PANELS, ALARM SIGNAL RECEIVERS; AND SOFTWARE FOR SECURITY ALARM SYSTEMS, FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS, SECURITY ALARM SENSORS, FIRE ALARM SENSORS, AND VIDEO CENTRAL STATIONS FOR USE IN MANAGING THE OPERATION OF THE ABOVE SYSTEMS
Electrical and Scientific Apparatus