Patent ID: 7623155
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: G01S,H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera system for capturing and transmitting real-time trail data over a wireless communication system, said camera comprising: a central processing unit (CPU) having control logic for generating output signals based upon corresponding user input signals; a hand-operable controller for allowing a user to remotely transmit said input signals to said CPU; a housing comprising a keypad for identifying access codes and instructions by which a user can directly operate said capturing means, and an internal power source electrically coupled to said housing; a wireless communication link for transmitting said input signals between remote locations; and means for wirelessly sending the trail images in real-time to said hand-operable controller based upon said input and output signals respectively, said sending means comprising an antenna for facilitating transmission of the trail images over said communication link; wherein said CPU receives user-defined triggering information and thereby sets said capturing means to a triggering mode, said triggering information being set at a sensitivity level and a time frame; wherein said CPU comprises a plurality of infra-red sensors that detect a plurality of operating parameters including at least one operating parameter including: motion, temperature, light, barometric pressure, and internal power source fluctuations; wherein said CPU monitors said operating parameters in a sleep mode until at least one of said infra-red sensors is tripped; if a triggered interruption does not last for said time frame, said CPU returns to said sleep mode for conserving battery consumption; if said triggered interruption lasts for said timeframe, said CPU wakes up said capturing means and thereby causes said capturing means to automatically capture an image of a triggered interrupter associated with said triggered interruption.