NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING SAME USING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

摘要

A neighborhood watch system includes a central control unit (CCU), an environment sensing units mounted on one or more autonomous vehicles which are self-driven vehicles, alarm units mounted on the autonomous vehicles, the environment sensing units being operable to continuously obtain 360° views of surroundings of the autonomous vehicle, and to send the 360° views of the surroundings to the CCU. The CCU is configured to receive the 360° views of the surroundings and to analyze the 360° views to obtain at least one object of interest stored in the CCU. When the CCU obtains the one object of interest, the CCU informs a security agency about time and location of the one object of interest, and selectively activates the alarm unit. The neighborhood watch system further includes a communication unit including one of a handheld device and a computer operatively connected with the CCU.