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Surveillance system workstation

US7385590B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 25, 2004
Grant dateJun 10, 2008
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Expiry dateMar 15, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0489
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A workstation for a surveillance system comprising a display, a user input device and a control unit in communication with the display and the user input device. The user input device has a plurality of keys and a light source to light the keys with a plurality of different colors. The control unit generates an image on the display that has a plurality of differently colored icons with each of the icons symbolizing a function to be performed by the control unit. The control unit generates a control signal to the user input device causing the light source to light the plurality of keys in the user input device in colors to correspond to the colors of the icons in the image on the display. The control unit performs the control function corresponding to a particular icon from the plurality of differently colored icons when a user activates a key from the plurality keys having the color that corresponds to the color of the particular icon.

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