Intelligent video monitor system

Claim 1

An intelligent video monitor system comprising: a video monitoring unit for providing surveillance of a defined area and detecting an intruder in a region within said defined area, comprising: a plurality of detectors arranged in an array to monitor said defined area and detect movement by said intruder into said region, a plurality of video receiver units dispersed with and arranged in an array along with the plurality of detectors to monitor the defined area, each of the plurality of video receiver units being arranged to monitor a portion of the defined area, processing and control circuitry adapted to centrally process outputs from the plurality of detectors and outputs from the video receiver units, and automatically determine based on the processed outputs a direction of said movement by said intruder within said region, track said movement and select at least one of the video receiver units based on the tracked movement, and a wireless transmitter adapted to transmit the output from the automatically selected at least one video receiver unit, wherein the video monitoring unit is arranged in a shape of one of a sphere and hemisphere, with the plurality of detectors and plurality of video receiver units being provided around the outer circumference to provide a field of view of 360 degrees in at least one direction around the video monitoring unit, and the video monitoring unit being a compact self sufficient portable unit; and a wireless receiver unit adapted to receive the output signal transmitted by the transmitter, said receiver unit comprising: an antenna adapted to receive the signal output from the transmitter, a receiver adapted to demodulate the output signal received by the antenna to provide a demodulated received signal, a decoder adapted to decode the demodulated received signal to provide at least one decoded signal, and a display adapted to display the at least one decoded signal.