Appeal No. 1998-0872
Application No. 08/438,479 Page 2
98. A graphical work station for an integrated security
system for controlling a plurality of security devices in a
protected premises including a plurality of output devices and a
plurality of video surveillance cameras, comprising a control
unit communicating with a display unit having one or more
monitors and an input device operable by an operator,
(a) said control unit having storage means for storing a
graphical image representing selected portions of the layout of
said protected premises, including first icons representative of
said output devices and second icons representative of said video
surveillance cameras, each first icon representative of an output
device being located on said graphical image in the same relative
location as that output device is located in said protected
premises and each second icon representative of a video
surveillance camera being located on said graphical image in the
same relative location as that video surveillance camera is
located in said protected premises,
(b) said control unit having means to display on said
display unit said stored graphical image with said each first
icon and said each second icon displayed in its respective
location,
(c) said input device having means controllable by said
operator for selecting a given second icon on said graphical
image representative of a given one of said plurality of video
surveillance cameras to activate said given one of said plurality
of video surveillance cameras,
(d) said control unit having means responsive to the
operation of said input device by said operator to select said
given second icon on said graphical image representative of said
given one of said plurality of video surveillance cameras, for
displaying on said display unit a live video image from said
given one of said plurality of video surveillance cameras,
(e) said input device having means controllable by said
operator for selecting a given first icon on said graphical image
representative of a given one of said plurality of output devices
to control said given one of said plurality of output devices,
and
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