Patent ID: 8744522

Claim:
A portable security device, comprising: an image capturing module for capturing one or more images; an image analysis module in operable communication with the image capturing module, the image analysis module configured to (i) recognize, from the one or more images captured, one or more events related to detection of moving objects, (ii) selectively identify a finite number of spatial relationships of the moving objects, (iii) analyze the one or more images within the portable security device to classify the finite number of spatial relationships of the moving objects corresponding to predefined moving object data stored on a data storage unit located within the portable security device, the predefined moving object data corresponding to a type of movement indicative of a particular type of emergency situation, wherein each type of emergency situation includes a specific type of movement associated therewith, wherein the type of movement associated with an emergency situation is determined from the group consisting of an opening door, an opening window, a fire, smoke, a struggle, an approaching animal, and a carjacking; and an image transmission module for transmitting the one or more images recognized, selectively identified, and analyzed by the image analysis module to one or more external sources in response to a classification of the finite number of spatial relationships of moving objects as indicative of a particular type of emergency situation, wherein the one or more external sources associated with the particular type of emergency situation are automatically contacted in response to the classification indicating the particular type of emergency situation.