US Patent Issued to Special Services Group on March 11 for "Street light controller and video surveillance system" (Washington, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,495, issued on March 11, was assigned to Special Services Group LLC (Denair, Calif.).

"Street light controller and video surveillance system" was invented by Andrew J. Ashworth (Vancouver, Wash.) and Elizabeth A. Goblirsch (Moss Landing, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a street light controller and concealed video surveillance system having an optical zoom lens mounted in a lamp head for securement to a modern street light having a NEMA socket. The video surveillance device is a single, compact unit consisting of a 10x zoom camera with an internal recorder, cellular modem, and a video compressor. The video compres...