| abstract |
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for monitoring and analysis. The system ( 1000 ) includes a wireless detector ( 1040 ) within a body of water in combination with video cameras ( 1080 ) that surround a body of water. The wireless detector ( 130 ) sends acceleration data and the video cameras sends image data, both using a mesh-type wireless network, to a wireless Collector/Analyzer Server ( 1020 ). The Collector/Analyzer Server ( 1020 ) processes the received data and provides an alarm signal based on the results of comparisons of the different types of data to respective reference data. Image tracking video algorithms are used to create video fences around the swimming pool's perimeter and using this as the boundary conditions for creating an alarm criteria. |