WIRELESS REMOTE VIDEO MONITOR
Methods and apparatus related to a wireless remote video monitor. A method includes providing a camera wirelessly linked to a base station, displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) on the base station, the GUI including an image of a subject captured by the camera, positioning a boundary around the image in the GUI, detecting motion across the boundary, and generating an alarm in response to the detected motion.
1 . A system comprising:
a camera wirelessly linked to a base station, the base station including at least a graphical user interface (GUI);
a user adjustable boundary positioned about a subject displayed in the GUI;
means for detecting motion across the boundary; and
means for sounding an alarm in response to the detected motion.
2 . The system of claim 1 boundary is a box.
3 . The system of claim 2 wherein a shape of the box is selected for the group consisting of a square, a rectangle, a triangle, a circle, an oval and a rhombus.
4 . The system of claim 1 wherein the camera includes one or more of a pan feature, a tilt feature, and zoom features.
5 . The system of claim 1 wherein the alarm is user adjustable.
6 . The system of claim 1 wherein the alarm is an audio alarm.
7 . The system of claim 1 wherein the alarm is a visual alarm.
8 . A method comprising:
providing a camera wirelessly linked to a base station;
displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) on the base station, the GUI including an image of a subject captured by the camera;
positioning a boundary around the image in the GUI;
detecting motion across the boundary; and
generating an alarm in response to the detected motion.