Streaming Networks, Inc.

 Bait Cars are used to discover and apprehend individuals or teams involved in stealing cars. A conventional Bait Car operating model involves a Bait Car, a monitoring agency, and a law enforcement agency. Bait Cars are deployed in high auto theft areas. When a theft is attempted, a notification is sent to the monitoring agency along with video and audio from the Bait Car and its GPS location. A law enforcement officer closest to the Bait Car is then dispatched by the monitoring agency to make an arrest and recover the stolen Bait Car. iCBaitcar application that runs on smart phones (iOS/Android) and web application which runs on PC/MAC eliminates the need of a monitoring agency, thereby giving complete operational control and data access to the law enforcement agency. The iCBaitcar application continuously monitors ARMED Bait Cars for activation at all times. iCBaitcar can run on multiple smart phones concurrently, thereby creating a collaborative mesh network among officers monitoring Bait Cars. Upon activation, an audio clip “warning vehicle being stolen” is played on all the devices registered with the Bait Car. When a call is accepted, video, audio, location map, sensor status, sensor causing the alert, car speed, and driving direction are displayed on the screen. An officer who accepted the call is able to activate the required output sensors.

The iCBaitcar application works with Bait Car model BC-200. BC-200 supports 5 input sensors and 6 output controls, up to 4 analog cameras, and 2 mono audio channels. Multiple BC-200 units can be registered and monitored with the iCBaitcar application. It can handle up to 2 activations concurrently and is capable of switching between the activations.

iCBaitcar’s smart phone application home page has Track, Events, and Boxes options. A brief description of each tab is given below:

* Track: ts all the BC-200 units registered with application. It also shows a map, GPIO sensor/control status, and video display window.
* Events: Lists the events associated with the activations. A/V files can be played back and downloaded.
* Boxes: Shows BC-200 units registered with the application and from where boxes can be added/edited and deleted.