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WO2001052214A1
WO2001052214A1 PCT/GB2001/000123 GB0100123W WO0152214A1 WO 2001052214 A1 WO2001052214 A1 WO 2001052214A1 GB 0100123 W GB0100123 W GB 0100123W WO 0152214 A1 WO0152214 A1 WO 0152214A1
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Cook Laurence
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B13/00—Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
    • G08B13/18—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength
    • G08B13/189—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems
    • G08B13/194—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems using image scanning and comparing systems
    • G08B13/196—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems using image scanning and comparing systems using television cameras
    • G08B13/19665—Details related to the storage of video surveillance data
    • G08B13/19671—Addition of non-video data, i.e. metadata, to video stream
    • G08B13/19673—Addition of time stamp, i.e. time metadata, to video stream
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B13/00—Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
    • G08B13/18—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength
    • G08B13/189—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems
    • G08B13/194—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems using image scanning and comparing systems
    • G08B13/196—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems using image scanning and comparing systems using television cameras
    • G08B13/19654—Details concerning communication with a camera
    • G08B13/19656—Network used to communicate with a camera, e.g. WAN, LAN, Internet
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B13/00—Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
    • G08B13/18—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength
    • G08B13/189—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems
    • G08B13/194—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems using image scanning and comparing systems
    • G08B13/196—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems using image scanning and comparing systems using television cameras
    • G08B13/19697—Arrangements wherein non-video detectors generate an alarm themselves
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B13/00—Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
    • G08B13/22—Electrical actuation
    • G08B13/24—Electrical actuation by interference with electromagnetic field distribution
    • G08B13/2402—Electronic Article Surveillance [EAS], i.e. systems using tags for detecting removal of a tagged item from a secure area, e.g. tags for detecting shoplifting
    • G08B13/2465—Aspects related to the EAS system, e.g. system components other than tags
    • G08B13/248—EAS system combined with another detection technology, e.g. dual EAS and video or other presence detection system

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  • This invention relates to an electronic security system for use in preventing or deterring theft or fraud at locations where transactions involving the supply of goods, services or cash are involved.
  • a primary area to which the present invention applies is that of point of sale terminals in retail premises, but the invention may also be applicable to other situations and equipment such as automated teller machines (ATM's), Electronic Funds Transfer Point of Sale (EFTPOS) and Electronic Cash Registers (ECRs) . All such locations are referred to herein for conciseness as "point of sale” (POS) .
  • ATM's automated teller machines
  • EFTPOS Electronic Funds Transfer Point of Sale
  • ECRs Electronic Cash Registers
  • Fraud for example credit card fraud and fraud by sales staff at point of sale, is a serious problem globally, responsible for large financial losses.
  • Various attempts have been made to reduce this including continuous recording of persons and transactions by video camera, and still photography by concealed cameras triggered manually.
  • Such methods are indiscriminate, produce large quantities of records which are difficult to review and assess, have doubtful evidential value, and can pose privacy problems .
  • the present invention provides a security system for use with at least one point of sale (POS) device, the system including a respective camera, having a video output, imaging a location at each POS device; a local control unit; local communication means interconnecting the local control unit, the POS device (s) and the camera (s) video signal output; and router or other transmission means connecting the local control unit being arranged to transmit to a remote location one or more images from the respective camera upon the occurrence of a predefined operation at any of the POS devices.
  • POS point of sale
  • the local communication means is a Local Area Network.
  • the local communication means is a serial connection.
  • each POS device will be an electronic point of sale terminal.
  • the electronic point of sale terminal incorporates a card swiping facility and the predefined operations will include or consist of credit or debit card transactions.
  • the POS device may be an ATM and the predefined operations will comprise a request for cash dispensing.
  • the local control unit operates to stamp the image (s) with data defining date, time and location/device before transmission.
  • the datestamped images may be transmitted in association with selected data from the POS; to avoid compromising customers' privacy, such POS data would preferably be limited to the minimum required to provide proof that the image (s) relate to a particular transaction.
  • the datestamped images and the POS data may be encrypted
  • the remote location is preferably an electronic store at which the transmitted data and image (s) are stored as received for a given period of time, and are only retrieved for image reconstruction if a fraud is detected or suspected.
  • the transmission to the remote location is preferably via a public communication network, which may conveniently be the Internet where preferably, data from a large number of sites is warehoused.
  • a public communication network which may conveniently be the Internet where preferably, data from a large number of sites is warehoused.
  • the invention provides a method for use in detecting fraud at a point of sale (POS) , the method comprising: forming images of persons present at the POS, providing a trigger signal in the event of a predetermined occurrence at the POS,
  • a remote location in response to a triggered signal but not otherwise, transmitting to a remote location data defining one or more of said images proximate in time to occurrence of the trigger signal together with data identifying the date, time and place of occurrence.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a first embodiment of the invention
  • Fig.2 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a second embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig.3 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a third embodiment of the invention.
  • one system includes an electronic point of sale terminal 10.
  • a video camera 12 is positioned to capture an image of a customer 14 at the point of sale terminal 10. It will be understood that, in the typical application such as a supermarket, there will be a number of point of sale terminals 10 and cameras 12. These are connected via a local area network indicated at 16 to a control and storage device 18.
  • the LAN 16 also includes a router 20 which is connected to a communications network such as the Internet.
  • the device 18 includes control software and storage means .
  • the system operates as follows.
  • the device 18 stores one or a short series of snapshots from the output of the camera 12 on the occurrence of a predefined event at the relevant point of sale terminal 10.
  • Such event could be, for example:
  • the snapshot image (s) are formed into a data packet by the device 18, and the packet is timestamped and related to the EFTPOS data from the point of sale terminal, or other data defining the point of sale terminal and the transaction. This combined information is then encrypted and transmitted via the Internet to a central storage location, such as a data warehouse . where it is simply stored as raw data .
  • the data is retrieved according to place, date and time and the image (s) reconstituted for use by law enforcement agencies, banks or credit card providers.
  • the data may be retrieved according to place, date and time and the image (s) reconstituted for use by the retailer or his systems service provider for his own use in tackling the problem.
  • the device 18 may store all video data from all connected cameras 12 for a period, for example a half-hour's images may be stored on hard disk. These images can then be frozen on the actuation of a trigger such as a panic button or intruder alarm for direct retrieval. This is useful on the occurrence of an extreme event such as an armed robbery.
  • a trigger such as a panic button or intruder alarm for direct retrieval. This is useful on the occurrence of an extreme event such as an armed robbery.
  • the system is triggered by software rather than by special purpose hardware, and can therefore be readily adapted to different situations.
  • the system preferably connects to the point of sale terminal using an interface that supports TCP/IP protocol, for example Ethernet.
  • This connection could be a LAN as used above, or could be point-to-point or a WAN or internet.
  • the device 18 runs TCP/IP socket services, which provides an interface to a select sub-set of the device's functionality.
  • control and storage device 18 is a separate unit connected by a LAN or the like.
  • the device 18 could be implemented as a plug- in board to be installed in a PC-based point of sale terminal.
  • Fig. 2 shows a second embodiment of the present invention. Identical reference numerals to those used in the previous example have been used where the same features are described.
  • the security system is for use in a shop which includes a camera 12 located at a POS and two additional cameras 22 and 24.
  • Camera 22 is located over the Tag Barriers at the entrance/exit of the shop and camera 24 is located over an alarmed exit to the shop such as a fire escape.
  • Tag Barriers are found in a variety of shops and are used as a theft prevention measure to detect persons leaving the shop with items which have their tags attached. When such an event occurs, the presence of the tags at or near the barrier is detected by the barrier and an alarm is set off.
  • the Tag Barriers are linked to the security system such that when the tag is detected, the camera 22 is triggered to take one or more snapshots in order to capture the event that caused the tag to be detected by the barrier.
  • a further camera 24 is located over an alarmed exit such as a fire escape. It is often the case that a person attempting to leave a shop illegally with goods will do so through a fire escape or other alarmed exit.
  • a camera 24 is located over an alarmed exit and the exit is linked to the security system , such that when the alarmed exit is opened, the camera 24 is triggered to take one or more snapshots in order to capture the event that caused the alarmed exit to be opened.
  • FIG.3 A third embodiment of the present invention is shown in Fig.3. Identical reference numerals to those used in the previous examples have been used where the same fearures are described.
  • the security system is adapted for use with a point of sale terminal known as an Electronic Cash Register 30 (ECR) .
  • ECRs are commonly used in small retail outlets having only one or two points of sale (POS) and mostly operate as "stand alone" devices which are not connected together via a LAN. ECRs may have built in credit/debit card readers or may be connected to a separate credit/debit card reader.
  • the security system of the present invention can be connected to an ECR 30 by a serial communications link 32.
  • the camera video output is connected to the storage device 18 by a BNC cable 34.
  • snapshots can be taken when a credit card is read at the ECR
  • the ECR operator can type in a code into the ECR to initiate one or a series of snapshots. This can be done to allow the operator to record an event that in their opinion is worth recording.
  • the security system can also be attached to a panic button located on the point of sale terminal, where a robbery is in progress.
  • Fig. 4 shows a security system in which the storage device 18 is serially connected to two ECR POS terminals 30, to Tag barriers 36 and to an exit 38.
  • This example provides security system with a number of serial connections to the storage device consequently a local area network is not used to connect the ECR POS terminals 30 together.
  • the cameras described above can include motion detection software such that, once trading has ceased and the shop has been closed for the day, the present invention can be switched to night mode in order to respond to motion detected by the camera. Therefore, if movement is detected, the camera can take one or more snapshots in response to a signal from the movement detector, and the control and storage device store and/or transmit these snapshots to the remote server together with an alarm command.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un système de sécurité pouvant être utilisé avec des dispositifs de point de vente. Ce système comprend une caméra respective permettant de visualiser l'emplacement de chacun des dispositifs de point de vente. De plus, une unité de commande locale et des moyens de communications locaux permettent de relier l'unité de commande locale, le(s) dispositif(s) et la ou les caméra(s). Un routeur ou tout autre moyen de transmission permet de relier l'unité de commande locale à un emplacement à distance auquel une ou plusieurs images provenant de la caméra respective sont transmises lorsque des opérations ou des événements prédéterminés surviennent à l'un des dispositifs de point de vente. Généralement, chaque dispositif de point de vente consiste en un tiroir-caisse électronique comprenant un équipement de lecture de carte et les opérations prédéterminées comprennent ou consiste en des opérations sur cartes de crédit ou cartes de débit. Dans un autre mode de réalisation, le dispositif de point de vente peut consister en un guichet automatique bancaire (GAB) et les opérations prédéterminées peuvent comprendre une demande de distribution de billets.
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WO1995021506A2 (fr) * 1994-02-04 1995-08-10 Dan'l Systems Systeme d'acquisition et d'audit multimedia pour reseau de surveillance video
WO1997041692A1 (fr) * 1996-05-01 1997-11-06 Tvx, Inc. Systeme ameliore pour sites de securite
US5751346A (en) * 1995-02-10 1998-05-12 Dozier Financial Corporation Image retention and information security system
DE29815797U1 (de) * 1998-09-02 1998-10-29 Siemens Ag Videoüberwachungsanlage

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WO1995021506A2 (fr) * 1994-02-04 1995-08-10 Dan'l Systems Systeme d'acquisition et d'audit multimedia pour reseau de surveillance video
US5751346A (en) * 1995-02-10 1998-05-12 Dozier Financial Corporation Image retention and information security system
WO1997041692A1 (fr) * 1996-05-01 1997-11-06 Tvx, Inc. Systeme ameliore pour sites de securite
DE29815797U1 (de) * 1998-09-02 1998-10-29 Siemens Ag Videoüberwachungsanlage

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