Patent ID: 7138921
Filing Date: 2006-11-21
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. A child security system for activating an alarm when an unsupervised child enters a monitored area, comprising: a security camera for receiving video images from a monitored area; a computer; and the security camera being linked to send video data from the monitored area to the computer; and system software loaded in said computer enabling the computer to distinguish the image of a child entering the monitored area, distinguishing the image of a child from an image of an adult or an animal, determining whether the image of an adult is present within the monitored area simultaneously with a child, and the alarm linked to the computer such that the computer sends an ON signal to the alarm causing the alarm to activate when the image of a child is detected and no image of an adult is simultaneously detected, indicating that an unsupervised child has entered the monitored area.