System and Method for Management of Surveillance Devices and Surveillance Footage
A system or method of transmitting and receiving surveillance video and/or alarm data and converting proprietary video formats into a single, standardized format for viewing on a multiplicity of devices at the surveillance location by authorized emergency responders.
1 . A method for providing surveillance video to responders, the method steps comprising:
a. providing a surveillance system, the system including at least one remote viewer running on a computer and a multiplicity of different format DVRs creating multiple video types for providing surveillance to a surveillance area, a storage device for storing video, and at least one central server; the remote viewer, DVRs, storage device and server connected via a network;
b. streaming live surveillance video from a surveillance area to the network;
c. converting the live streaming surveillance video to a format suitable for display on a multiplicity of different remote viewers and for transport over a network media;
d. streaming the live converted surveillance video to the responders through the at least one remote viewer.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the surveillance video is automatically converted to the video format by the DVR.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the surveillance video is automatically converted to the video format by the remote server.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the format suitable for transport over a network media is an Internet browser video format selected from the group consisting of .flv, .mp4, .l4v, .avi, .ogv, mjpeg, VP8, WebM, and combinations thereof.
5 . The method of claim 1 , further including the step of capturing pre-alarm video by buffering still images.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the processing of video images includes image cropping.
7 . The method of claim 1 , further including graphical mapping of the broadcasting DVRs in the vicinity of the alarm DVR.
8 . The method of claim 1 , further including on-demand requesting for immediate viewing of converted surveillance video by responders.
9 . The method of claim 1 , further providing access by volunteers or other local personnel to pull images and video for community policing.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the DVR is part of a mesh network and the video processing is performed by the mesh network.
11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the DVR is part of a mesh network and the converted surveillance video is distributed to the mesh network and made available to responders.
12 . A system of providing video surveillance, the system comprising:
a. a multiplicity of different format DVRs creating multiple video types for providing surveillance to a surveillance area;
b. at least one remote viewer running on a computer;
c. the at least one remote viewer and DVRs connected via a network;
d. the DVRs operable to capture live video;
e. the DVRs operable to convert the live video to a format suitable for display on a multiplicity of different remote viewers and for transport over the network media;
f. the DVRs operable to stream the live surveillance video during conversion to the at least one remote viewer.
13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein each DVR is operable for broadcasting a graphical mapping of other broadcasting DVRs in the vicinity of the DVR.
14 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the at least one remote viewer includes remote viewers by volunteers or other local personnel operable to pull images and video for community policing.
15 . A system of providing video surveillance, the system comprising:
a. a multiplicity of different format DVRs operable to create multiple video types for providing surveillance video of an surveillance area;
b. a server operable to convert the surveillance video to a format suitable for display on a multiplicity of different remote viewers and for transport over the network media;
c. at least one remote viewer running on a computer;
d. the remote viewer, server and DVRs connected via a network;
e. the DVRs operable to stream the captured video to the server;
f. the server operable to immediately convert and immediately stream the surveillance video to the at least one remote viewer.
16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein each DVR is operable for broadcasting a graphical mapping of other broadcasting DVRs in the vicinity of the DVR.
17 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the at least one remote viewer includes remote viewers by volunteers or other local personnel operable to pull images and video for community policing.