Image-based event notification system

1. An image-based event notification system comprising:

a device configured to generate an image;

a sensor configured to generate an event;

a controller configured to receive the image when an event is generated by the sensor and output an associated event-based image indicative of an event; and

a user application including a user interface and a display, wherein the user application is configured to receive the event-based image from the controller, and display the event-based image on the display for a user to choose between a user event confirmation and a user event rejection, wherein the user application is configured to send the event-based image to the monitoring station with the user event confirmation.

2. The image-based event notification system set forth in claim 1 , wherein the device comprises the sensor.

3. The image-based event notification system set forth m claim 1 , further comprising:

a monitoring station configured to receive the user event confirmation from the user application and take an action indicative of the event, wherein if the user chooses the user event rejection the event is cancelled.

4. The image-based event notification system set forth in claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to detect the event based on the image as one of a plurality of images received from the detection device.

5. The image-based event notification system set forth in claim 1 , wherein the image is an event-based image comprising a plurality of images.

6. The image-based event notification system set forth in claim 2 , wherein the device includes a motion sensor and a camera, the motion sensor is configured to detect motion and trigger the event, and upon the event, the camera is configured to generate the image.

7. The image-based event notification system set forth in claim 6 , wherein the detection device is a passive infrared camera (PIRCam).

8. The image-based event notification system set forth in claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to store the image.

9. The image-based event notification system set forth in claim 2 , wherein the controller is a cloud server and the device is a wireless device.

10. The image-based event notification system set forth in claim 8 , wherein the controller is a cloud server.

11. The image-based event notification system set forth in claim 1 , wherein the image is strategically overlayed upon a preprogrammed scene.

12. The image-based event notification system set forth in claim 11 , wherein the scene is a building floor plan.

13. The image-based event notification system set forth m claim 3 , further comprising:

a timer associated with a timeout duration, wherein the timer is configured to start when the image is sent to the user application by the controller, stop upon generation of the user event confirmation or the user event rejection, and expire the timeout duration if neither of the user event confirmation and the user event rejection is generated whereupon the user application is configured to send an automated event confirmation to the monitoring station.

14. The image-based event notification system set forth in claim 13 , wherein the timer is part of the controller.

15. The image-based event notification system set forth in claim 1 , wherein the user application is a mobile application.

16. The image-based event notification system set forth in claim 1 , wherein one of the device, the controller, and the user application is configured to modify the image for privacy.

17. The image-based event notification system set forth m claim 16 , wherein modifying the image is facilitated by blurring the image.

18. The image-based security system set forth m claim 16 , wherein the user application is configured to un-modify the image upon user selection.

19. An image-based security system comprising:

a detection device configured to generate an alarm-based image indicative of a detected alarm event;

a controller configured to receive the alarm-based image, modify the alarm-based image for privacy, and output a modified alarm-based image;

a mobile user application including a user interface and a display, wherein the mobile user application is configured to receive the modified alarm-based image from the controller, display the modified alarm-based image on the display, facilitate a user selection to un-modify the modified alarm-based image, and output at least the modified alarm-based image; and

a monitoring station configured to receive the modified alarm-based image.