| abstract |
Security system for monitoring vehicular compartments includes at least one optical image receiving unit arranged to receive optical images of the compartment, a processor arranged to analyze the images received by the receiving unit(s) or data derived therefrom and determine whether an atypical situation relating to an occupant in the vehicle or the vehicle itself is present, and a security system coupled to the processor for reacting to the determination of the atypical situation by the processor. Receiving units may be positioned to obtain images of a passenger compartment of the vehicle and/or images of a trunk of the vehicle. The security system may be a telecommunications unit coupled to the receiving unit and the processor for effecting the transmission of the images or information derived therefrom received by the receiving unit or data derived therefrom to the processor. |