Patents Assigned to Special Services Group, LLC
  • Patent number: 12677071
    Abstract: Disclosed is a street light controller and concealed video surveillance system having a camera lens with electronic pan, tilt and zoom capability 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 with a video compressor allowing live video to be wirelessly transmitted through cellular modem or microwave radio transmitters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Special Services Group, LLC
    Inventors: Elizabeth A. Goblirsch, Andrew J. Ashworth
  • Patent number: 12317004
    Abstract: Disclosed is a street light controller and concealed video surveillance system having a 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 zoom camera with an internal recorder, microwave radio, and a control processor. The control processor allows for live video from a zoom camera, which can be transferred across a microwave network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Special Services Group, LLC
    Inventors: Elizabeth A. Goblirsch, Andrew J. Ashworth
  • Patent number: 12250495
    Abstract: 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 10× zoom camera with an internal recorder, cellular modem, and a video compressor. The video compressor with a modem and recorder allows for live video from an optical zoom lens, which can be transferred across a cellular network at bitrates down to as low as 10 kbps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Special Services Group, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew J. Ashworth, Elizabeth A. Goblirsch
  • Patent number: 12137283
    Abstract: A compact video surveillance device consisting of a 30× zoom camera with internal recorder, cellular modem, and a video compressor in a compact size that can be easily concealed; the device having a length of 96.9 mm, a height of 74.24 mm, and a width of 51.2 mm. Live video transfer is at bit rates as low as 10 kbps by the video compressor for transfer by the modem across 3G/4G/LTE networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Special Services Group, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew J. Ashworth, Elizabeth A. Goblirsch
  • Patent number: 11523125
    Abstract: A video compressor system and device for securement to a drone controller. The device employs a low bandwidth, low latency video compressor, recorder and cellular modem that connect directly to the drone's handheld receiver. The video compressor high quality live video from the drone's receiver to be broadcast over a cellular network at low bandwidth rates and with low latency. The small footprint and low power consumption allows the device to be coupled directly to the drone controller, no external tethering to other larger and less mobile devices is required. The streaming video can be viewed live through a decompression sever on video walls, individual PC's and even handheld mobile devices in the field, which also allows viewers to have complete mobility while maintaining visual connection to the drone video feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Special Services Group, LLC
    Inventors: Elizabeth A. Beck, Clifford W. A. Emery, Andrew J. Ashworth