Advertisement/surveillance system
View Patent ↗An object is positionable at a service provider's site to be surveilled. The object has an appearance to advertise services/products to be provided at the site to a service receiver. A camera is unobtrusively formed in the object to monitor the site and to create images. The object has operative components located within the object. The operative components include a source of electrical potential for the camera, a switch to activate and inactivate the camera, and a digital device to provide a record of the images created by the camera.
1. An advertisement/surveillance system ( 10 ) for surveilling a veterinarian's office and for advertising services to be provided at the veterinarian's office to an animal patient, the system comprising, in combination:
the veterinarian's office to be surveilled having at least one vertical wall;
a caduceus ( 14 ) positioned on the at least one vertical wall, the caduceus formed of a staff ( 16 ) and a serpent ( 18 ), the serpent having an eye ( 20 ), the caduceus having an appearance to advertise veterinarian services to be provided at the veterinarian's office;
a camera ( 22 ) unobtrusively formed behind the eye of the serpent to monitor the veterinarian's office and to create images;
operative components ( 24 ) located within the caduceus, the operative components including a battery ( 26 ) within a battery compartment ( 28 ) with a door ( 30 ) in the caduceus to provide access for replacing the battery;
the operative components also including a switch ( 32 ) adjacent to the camera to activate and inactivate the camera; and
the operative components also including a digital device ( 34 ) to provide a record of the images created by the camera which can be uploaded to a cloud storage ( 36 ), a computer system with a monitor ( 37 ) for viewing images created by the camera in both real time and subsequently, the digital device including a transceiver ( 38 ) for controlling the system from a distance using a remote control ( 40 ), the digital device including a microphone/speaker assembly including a microphone/speaker ( 42 ) and a button ( 44 ) adapted to be depressed for recording a message and for playback of the message.
2. An advertisement/surveillance system ( 10 ) for surveilling the office of a medical practitioner and for advertising services to be provided at the office to a patient, the system comprising, in combination:
the office to be surveilled having at least one vertical wall;
an emblem ( 14 ) positioned on the wall, the emblem having an appearance to advertise medical services to be provided at the office;
a camera ( 22 ) unobtrusively within the emblem to monitor activities at the office and to create images;
operative components ( 24 ) located within the emblem, the operative components including a battery ( 26 ) within a battery compartment ( 28 ) with a door ( 30 ) in the emblem to provide access for replacing the battery;
the operative components also including a switch ( 32 ) adjacent to the camera to activate and inactivate the camera; and
the operative components also including a digital device ( 34 ) to provide a record of the activities created by the camera which can be uploaded to a cloud storage ( 36 ), a computer system with a monitor ( 37 ) for viewing images created by the camera in both real time and subsequently, the digital device including a transceiver ( 38 ) for controlling the system from a distance using a remote control ( 40 ), the digital device comprising a microphone/speaker ( 42 ) and a button ( 44 ) adapted to be depressed for recording a message and for playback of the message.