Patent ID: 9646479
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G08B,H04M

Claim:
1. A portable system for detecting wireless video cameras, the system comprising: an enclosure; at least one video receiver, the at least one video receiver operating in a radio frequency band typically used for video transmission from a wireless video camera, the at least one video receiver housed within the enclosure; at least one antenna housed within the enclosure, each of the at least one antenna operatively coupled to a respective video receiver of the at least one video receivers; a sync detector operatively coupled to the output of each of the at least one video receiver, the sync detector signaling an output for each detection of a synchronization signal at the output of any of the at least one video receiver, the sync detector housed within the enclosure; an indication device housed within the enclosure; and a processor operatively coupled to the output of the sync detector and coupled to the indication device such that, the processor determines whether the portable system for detecting wireless video cameras is receiving a wireless video signal by a count of the output exceeding a threshold of at least two and, responsive to the count of the output exceeding a threshold, the processor initiates operation of the indication device, the processor housed within the enclosure.