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Image retention and information security system
Assignee: Dozier Financial Corp
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Filing: 1997-01-08
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Granted: 1998-05-12
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Expires: 2017-01-08
Abstract
Abstract A video image retention and data information security system operates in conjunction with a group of transaction devices, such as receipt printers at bank teller stations. A video camera is provided at each teller station and a group of lobby video cameras are provided for security surveillance. The video cameras are connected to the video inputs of a selector which connects any one of the inputs to a video output. The video output is provided to a video board that digitizes a received image upon command. A controller, such as a personal computer, receives through a video and data channel selector, a set of information from the transaction machine, such as the data related to a bank checking transaction. The controller causes the video camera associated with the teller station to be connected to the video board which is then activated to capture an image of the customer who conducted the transaction that resulted in the generation of the receipt printer transaction. The data associated with the transaction together with the image are stored on a disk drive. A data file is stored which includes multiple data entries relating to the image file, and the image file can be retrieved by any data in the data file. Surveillance cameras operate to take sequential images wherein a comparison of pixel values is made to determine whether a substantial change has been made from one image to the net If a substantial number of the pixels differ from one image to the next, the latter image is stored for security review. Both the images generated by the teller cameras and the security images can be remotely accessed via telephone lines.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles Wayne Dozier
- 👤 Thomas William Mitchell
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 09:08
CPC Classifications
G; G08; G08B; G08B13/00; G08B13/18; G08B13/189; G08B13/194; G08B13/196; G08B13/19663; G07; G07F; G07F19/00; G07F19/20; G07F19/209; G08B13/19639; G08B13/19641; G08B13/19665; G08B13/19671; H; H04; H04N; H04N7/00; H04N7/18; H04N7/181
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
237 words
A video image acquisition and information system for use in conjunction with a transaction machine which produces selected data upon occurrence of a transaction, comprising: a plurality of video cameras corresponding respectively to said transaction machines, a controller coupled to receive the data outputs from said transaction machines, a video switch having a plurality of inputs connected to said video cameras and having a video output, said video switch coupled to receive a command from said controller to connect a selected one of said video cameras to said video output of said video switch, an image digitizer connected to said controller and to said output of said video switch for producing a digital video frame image in response to a command from said controller, a plurality of digital data records each corresponding to one of said transactions and including said selected data, a respective digital image file for each of said digital video frame images, and a digital storage connected to said controller for storing in said digital storage a plurality of said digital image files together with a plurality of said digital data files each of which is associated with a respective one of said stored digital image files wherein each associated pair of one of said data records and one of said image files has a respective unique identifier that is stored in both the data record and the image file of an associated pair.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
237 words
A video image acquisition and information system for use in conjunction with a transaction machine which produces selected data upon occurrence of a transaction, comprising: a plurality of video cameras corresponding respectively to said transaction machines, a controller coupled to receive the data outputs from said transaction machines, a video switch having a plurality of inputs connected to said video cameras and having a video output, said video switch coupled to receive a command from said controller to connect a selected one of said video cameras to said video output of said video switch, an image digitizer connected to said controller and to said output of said video switch for producing a digital video frame image in response to a command from said controller, a plurality of digital data records each corresponding to one of said transactions and including said selected data, a respective digital image file for each of said digital video frame images, and a digital storage connected to said controller for storing in said digital storage a plurality of said digital image files together with a plurality of said digital data files each of which is associated with a respective one of said stored digital image files wherein each associated pair of one of said data records and one of said image files has a respective unique identifier that is stored in both the data record and the image file of an associated pair.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
A video image acquisition and information system as recited in claim 1 wherein each of said digital image files has a file name and said file name is included in the associated data record for each said digital image file.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
A video image acquisition and information system as recited in claim 1 wherein said image file does not include said selected data which is stored in the corresponding data record.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
A video image and acquisition system as recited in claim 1 wherein each said data record is a file.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
250 words
A video image retention and information system used in conjunction with a plurality of bank teller system printers each of which produces a print record which includes at least an account number, teller number and sequence number for each transaction, comprising: a plurality of video cameras corresponding respectively to said bank teller system printers, a video channel and data selector connected via a video line to each of said video cameras and to each of said bank teller system printers via a data line for receiving said print records therefrom, wherein said video channel and data selector connects one of said video cameras to a video output of said selector upon the generation of a print record by a one of said teller system printers corresponding to said one video camera, a control computer, an image digitizer connected to said control computer and to said video output of said channel and data selector, said digitizer produces a digital video frame image which is provided to said control computer, a digital storage connected to said control computer, and wherein said control computer stores said digital image on said digital storage as a digital image file together with said print record which is associated with the teller system printer which produced said print record provided to said channel and data selector and wherein said print record is dirty associated with said stood digital image file by a unique identifier that is included in both said print record and said digital image file.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
250 words
A video image retention and information system used in conjunction with a plurality of bank teller system printers each of which produces a print record which includes at least an account number, teller number and sequence number for each transaction, comprising: a plurality of video cameras corresponding respectively to said bank teller system printers, a video channel and data selector connected via a video line to each of said video cameras and to each of said bank teller system printers via a data line for receiving said print records therefrom, wherein said video channel and data selector connects one of said video cameras to a video output of said selector upon the generation of a print record by a one of said teller system printers corresponding to said one video camera, a control computer, an image digitizer connected to said control computer and to said video output of said channel and data selector, said digitizer produces a digital video frame image which is provided to said control computer, a digital storage connected to said control computer, and wherein said control computer stores said digital image on said digital storage as a digital image file together with said print record which is associated with the teller system printer which produced said print record provided to said channel and data selector and wherein said print record is dirty associated with said stood digital image file by a unique identifier that is included in both said print record and said digital image file.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
196 words
A method for acquiring and storing video images and related data, comprising the steps of: monitoring the outputs from a plurality of transaction machines to detect the generation of selected data by any one of said transaction machines, in response to detecting the generation of selected data by a one of said transaction machines, connecting the output of a video camera, which corresponds to said one transaction machine, to an input of an image digitizer, activating said image digitizer to produce a video digital frame image when said video camera has ben connected to said image digitizer, producing a digital image file for said digital image, producing an identification for said digital image file, producing a digital data record after the generation of said selected data by said one transaction machine, said digital data record including at least said selected data and said identification for said digital image file, wherein said identification is a unique identifier for associating said digital image file with its corresponding digital data record, and storing said digital image file and said digital data record on a digital storage, wherein said digital data record references said digital image file by said identification.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
196 words
A method for acquiring and storing video images and related data, comprising the steps of: monitoring the outputs from a plurality of transaction machines to detect the generation of selected data by any one of said transaction machines, in response to detecting the generation of selected data by a one of said transaction machines, connecting the output of a video camera, which corresponds to said one transaction machine, to an input of an image digitizer, activating said image digitizer to produce a video digital frame image when said video camera has ben connected to said image digitizer, producing a digital image file for said digital image, producing an identification for said digital image file, producing a digital data record after the generation of said selected data by said one transaction machine, said digital data record including at least said selected data and said identification for said digital image file, wherein said identification is a unique identifier for associating said digital image file with its corresponding digital data record, and storing said digital image file and said digital data record on a digital storage, wherein said digital data record references said digital image file by said identification.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method for acquiring and storing video images and related data as recited in claim 6 including the steps of compressing said digital image before said step of storing said digital image.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method for acquiring and storing video images as recited in claim 6 wherein said image file does not include said selected data which is stored in the corresponding data record.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method for acquiring and storing video images as recited in claim 6 wherein each said data record is a file.
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