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Surveillance apparatus for camera surveillance system

US6509926B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 17, 2000
Grant dateJan 21, 2003
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Expiry dateFeb 17, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/695
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A surveillance apparatus for use in a camera surveillance system, the surveillance apparatus being microprocessor controlled and including an image blanking unit provided to establish privacy zones in which the video images of the surveillance apparatus are partially or totally blanked out to obscure viewing by an operator. The privacy zones are established by designating triangular areas of the image.

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