IP Library Granted Patent US 11,729,358
Granted Patent B2
US 11,729,358 · App. 17/393,108 · Granted Aug 15, 2023

Mobile surveillance unit

Inventors: Aaron Phillips (Lubbock, TX); Greg Stout (Lubbock, TX); David Bateman (Lubbock, TX)
Assignee: SitePro, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,729,358
App. No.
17/393,108
Granted
Aug 15, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a surveillance system, including: a trailer having wheels, a mast, and a trailer towing coupler; a camera coupled to the mast; a cellular modem communicatively coupled to the camera and operative to transmit video captured by the camera; a command center server operative to remotely receive and store data describing operation of a fluid-handling device and to receive the transmitted video and send the video to a user in response to a request from a web browser of the user; a power storage device; and a solar panel coupled to the power storage device such that the solar panel charges the power storage device.

Claims (60)

1. A supervisory control and data acquisition system to monitor deployments of fluid-handling devices, comprising:

a camera at a fluid-handling facility;

a computer integrated with the camera;

a wireless modem at the fluid-handling facility communicatively coupled to the computer integrated with the camera and operative to transmit video on a first network connected to Internet, the video comprising one or more images, captured by the camera;

one or more computers at the fluid-handling facility operative to effectuate operations comprising:

obtaining data describing operation of a fluid-handling device based on signals from a sensor that is different from the camera at the fluid-handling facility,

sending the data and the video to a remote server system configured to both serve a report depicting the data and associate the video with a network address by which the video is viewable on a user computing device by entering the network address into a program running on the user computing device;

receiving a request to access the video from the user computing device after the network address is entered into the program;

authenticating the user computing device by determining that the user computing device is associated with a data access account; and

granting access to the first network in response to authenticating the user computing device, wherein the one or more computers at the fluid-handling facility are operative to send one or more web interfaces to the user computing device by which a user controls the camera and the fluid-handling device;

one or more remote computers operative to remotely receive and store the data and to send instructions by which the user computing device obtains the video and an indication of the data describing operation of the fluid-handling device to a user in response to a request from the user computing device; and

an actuator at the fluid-handling facility.

2. The supervisory control and data acquisition system of claim 1 , wherein the computer integrated with the camera is configured to store video captured by the camera in a plurality of video formats, wherein:

a first format, itself comprising single frames of video; and

a second format comprises a stream of video feed.

3. The supervisory control and data acquisition system to monitor deployments of fluid-handling devices of claim 1 , wherein the one or more computers are configured to display on the user computing device a means for selecting between a plurality of video formats.

4. The supervisory control and data acquisition system to monitor deployments of fluid-handling devices of claim 1 , wherein the one or more images comprise a portion of video with a plurality of video speeds.

5. The supervisory control and data acquisition system to monitor deployments of fluid-handling devices of claim 1 further comprising:

a mast; and

a trailer.

6. The supervisory control and data acquisition system to monitor deployments of fluid-handling devices of claim 1 , wherein a site master controller is operative to change one or more properties of the fluid-handling device responsive to receiving control instructions from the user computing device configured, the one or more properties of the fluid-handling device comprising:

location; and

state.

7. The supervisory control and data acquisition system to monitor deployments of fluid-handling devices of claim 6 , wherein:

the site master controller is collocated with the fluid-handling device; and

the site master controller is configured to change the one or more properties of the fluid-handling device without at least a subset of the control instructions being received by the one or more computers.

8. The supervisory control and data acquisition system to monitor deployments of fluid-handling devices of claim 1 , wherein the one or more computers at the fluid-handling facility are configured to change a state of a valve from open to closed and from closed to open without at least a subset of the control instructions being received by the one or more remote computers.

9. The supervisory control and data acquisition system to monitor deployments of fluid-handling devices of claim 1 , wherein a first computer of the one or more computers at the fluid-handling facility are operative to send signals to the actuator, wherein the signals are operative to change one or more properties of the fluid-handling device, the one or more properties of the fluid-handling device comprising:

location; and

state.

10. The supervisory control and data acquisition system to monitor deployments of fluid-handling devices of claim 9 , wherein:

the fluid-handling device is a valve;

the one or more properties of the fluid-handling device comprise information describing the state of the valve; and

the signals sent to the actuator by the one or more computers are configured to modulate the actuator configured to change the state of the valve.

11. The supervisory control and data acquisition system to monitor deployments of fluid-handling devices of claim 9 , wherein:

the fluid-handling device is a pump; and

the one or more properties of the fluid-handling device comprising information describing one or more of:

a flowrate of the pump;

a speed of the pump;

a pressure of the pump; and

the signals sent to the actuator by the one or more computers are configured to change the one or more properties of the fluid-handling device.

12. The supervisory control and data acquisition system to monitor deployments of fluid-handling devices of claim 1 , wherein the program is an industrial automation application running natively on the user computing device of the user.

13. The supervisory control and data acquisition system to monitor deployments of fluid-handling devices of claim 1 , where means for mounting the camera is attached to the camera at one part of the means for mounting.

14. The supervisory control and data acquisition system to monitor deployments of fluid-handling devices of claim 1 , wherein the one or more remote computers comprise a remote server system, wherein:

the remote server system is communicatively coupled with a database;

the remote server system is communicatively coupled with one or more remote client devices, wherein the one or more remote client devices are non-collocated with the user computing device of the user; and

the remote server system is communicatively coupled with the one or more computers at the fluid-handling facility operative to change one or more properties of the fluid-handling device, the one or more properties of the fluid-handling device comprising:

location; and

state.

15. The supervisory control and data acquisition system to monitor deployments of fluid-handling devices of claim 1 , wherein the operations performed by the one or more computers at the fluid-handling facility comprise a means for selecting between a first authentication plan and a second authentication plan, wherein:

the first authentication plan comprises a request for one or more credentials of the user computing device; and

the second authentication plan comprises a request for one or more fewer credentials of the user computing device than requested by the first authentication plan.

16. The supervisory control and data acquisition system of claim 15 , wherein the operations effectuated by the one or more computers at the fluid-handling facility comprise processing instructions to send signals to the actuator to dislodge a stuck valve.

17. The supervisory control and data acquisition system of claim 16 , wherein the instructions to send signals are operative to cause the actuator to oscillate a state of the stuck valve between an open state and a closed state.

18. The supervisory control and data acquisition system of claim 17 , wherein the instructions to send signals are operative to cause the actuator to gradually change a state of the stuck valve from a first state to a second state.

19. The supervisory control and data acquisition system of claim 1 , wherein the operations performed by the one or more computers at the fluid-handling facility comprise means for establishing a full-duplex communication channel between the one or more computers at the fluid-handling facility and the one or more remote computers.

20. The supervisory control and data acquisition system of claim 1 , wherein the camera is configurable to obtain infrared images.

21. The supervisory control and data acquisition system of claim 1 further comprising audio speakers configured to issue audio alarms responsive to security information, wherein the security information is based on the one or more images obtained by the camera.

22. The supervisory control and data acquisition system of claim 1 further comprising a solar panel, wherein the solar panel is configured to pivot about an axis.

23. The supervisory control and data acquisition system of claim 22 further comprising actuators configured to pivot the solar panel about the axis.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2021
From: PHILLIPS, AARON; STOUT, GREG; BATEMAN, DAVID
To: AMPLISINE LABS, LLC
Reel/Frame 057529/0612 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 20, 2021
From: AMPLISINE LABS LLC
To: SITEPRO, LLC
Reel/Frame 057541/0334 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 20, 2021
From: SITEPRO, LLC
To: SITEPRO, INC.
Reel/Frame 057541/0395 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 16201773 · Nov 27, 2018
Continuation 14875899 · Oct 6, 2015
Continuation In Part 14147190 · Jan 3, 2014
Continuation 13708557 · Dec 7, 2012
Provisional Application 62060068 · Oct 6, 2014
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