Multi-purpose video surveillance

• US 20040223054A1
• Filed: 05/06/2003
• Published: 11/11/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: RealNetworks, Inc.
• Original Assignee: RealNetworks, Inc.
• Inventors: Rotholtz, Ben Aaron
• Application Number:
  US10/430,583
• Publication Number:
  US 20040223054A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19613 Recognition of a predetermined image pattern or behaviour pattern indicating theft or intrusion
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19645 Multiple cameras, each having view on one of a plurality of scenes, e.g. multiple cameras for multi-room surveillance or for tracking an object by view hand-over
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19671 Addition of non-video data, i.e. metadata, to video stream
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19682 Graphic User Interface [GUI] presenting system data to the user, e.g. information on a screen helping a user interacting with an alarm system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19695 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors start video recording or forwarding but do not generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

A method in a video surveillance security network includes capturing video images from cameras as digital data, audio data from audio devices and/or sensor data from sensors, scanning the data for a peripheral item, determining whether the peripheral item triggers a tangential event and processing the tangential event in response to determining.

Claims

1. A method in a video surveillance security network comprising:

capturing video images from cameras as digital data;

scanning the digital data for a peripheral item;

determining whether the peripheral item triggers a tangential event; and

processing the tangential event in response to determining.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising reporting the tangential event.

3. The method of claim 1 in which the peripheral item is inventory related.

4. The method of claim 1 in which the peripheral item is safety and maintenance related.

5. The method of claim 1 in which the peripheral item is news broadcast related.

6. The method of claim 1 in which the peripheral item is radiological imaging related.

7. The method of claim 1 in which the peripheral item is learning management related.

8. The method of claim 1 in which the peripheral item is customer service related.

9. The method of claim 1 in which processing comprises flagging the tangential event according to a set of rules.

10. The method of claim 1 in which processing comprises applying a predictive analysis to provide proactive consequence management.

11. The method of claim 1 in which the tangential event includes transactions at point-of-sale (POS) terminals and automated banking teller machines (ATM), anomalies with inventory tracking and billing manifests, output signals from motion sensors, intrusion detection systems and security alarms, or a control signal sent by a remote computer system.

12. A multipurpose video network surveillance method comprising:

capturing video images from a camera as digital data; and

processing a peripheral item if the peripheral item triggers an event.

13. The method of claim 12 in which capturing further comprises a plurality of cameras.

14. The method of claim 12 in which the peripheral item is an inventory item.

15. The method of claim 12 in which the peripheral item is a safety and maintenance item.

16. The method of claim 12 in which the peripheral item is a news broadcast item.

17. The method of claim 12 in which the peripheral item is a radiological imaging item.

18. The method of claim 12 in which the peripheral item is a learning management item.

19. The method of claim 12 in which the peripheral item is a customer service item.

20. The method of claim 12 in which processing comprises applying a predictive analysis to provide proactive consequence management.

21. The method of claim 12 in which processing comprises reporting the peripheral event.

22. The method of claim 12 in which processing comprises recommending a course of corrective action.

23. A computer program, tangibly stored on a computer-readable medium, comprising instructions operable to cause a computer to:

capture video images as digital data from cameras deployed in a video surveillance security network;

scan the digital data for a peripheral item; and

process a tangential event if the peripheral item triggers an event.

24. The program of claim 23 in which the tangential event includes transactions at point-of-sale (POS) terminals and automated banking teller machines (ATM), anomalies with inventory tracking and billing manifests, output signals from motion sensors, intrusion detection systems and security alarms, or a control signal sent by a remote computer system.

25. A system comprising:

a video surveillance camera;

a video capture circuit coupled with the video surveillance camera to capture digital video images;

a device to compress the captured digital video images; and

a memory for storing a triggering event in the compressed digital video images.

26. The system of claim 25 further comprising a link to a remote monitoring system.

27. The system of claim 25 further comprising links to multiple systems.

28. The system of claim 25 further comprising links to a plurality of video surveillance cameras.

29. A method comprising:

collecting security data from video images captured by a video surveillance security camera as digital data;

collecting peripheral data from the video images captured by the video surveillance camera as digital data;

determining whether the peripheral data triggers a tangential event; and

processing the tangential event in response to determining.

30. The method of claim 29 further comprising reporting the tangential event.

31. The method of claim 29 in which the peripheral data is an inventory item.

32. The method of claim 29 in which the peripheral data is a safety and maintenance item.

33. The method of claim 29 in which the peripheral data is a news broadcast item.

34. The method of claim 29 in which the peripheral data is a radiological image item.

35. The method of claim 29 in which the peripheral data is a learning management item.

36. The method of claim 29 in which processing comprises flagging the tangential event according to a set of rules.

37. The method of claim 29 in which processing comprises applying a predictive analysis to provide proactive consequence management.

38. The method of claim 29 in which processing comprises:

loading data from a remote database; and

combining the data with the peripheral data.

39. The method of claim 29 in which the tangential event includes transactions at point-of-sale (POS) terminals and automated banking teller machines (ATM), anomalies with inventory tracking and billing manifests, output signals from motion sensors, intrusion detection systems and security alarms, or a control signal sent by a remote computer system.

40. A video capture method comprising:

receiving video images as digital data from a network surveillance camera;

collecting security information from the digital data;

collecting non-security information from the digital data; and

processing the non-security information if the non-security information triggers a peripheral event.

41. The method of claim 40 in which receiving further comprises a plurality of video surveillance cameras.

42. The method of claim 40 in which the non-security information is an inventory item.

43. The method of claim 40 in which the non-security information is a safety and maintenance item.

44. The method of claim 40 in which the non-security information is a new broadcast item.

45. The method of claim 40 in which the non-security information is radiological imaging item.

46. The method of claim 40 in which the non-security information is a learning management item.

47. The method of claim 40 in which the non-security information is a customer service item.

48. The method of claim 40 in which processing comprises applying a predictive analysis to provide proactive consequence management.

49. The method of claim 40 in which processing comprises reporting the non-security information.

50. The method of claim 40 in which processing comprises recommending a course of action.

51. The method of claim 40 in which processing comprises:

loading data from a remote database; and

combining the data with the non-security information.

52. The method of claim 40 in which processing comprises:

loading data from a plurality of remote databases; and

combining the data with the non-security information.

53. A method in a surveillance security network comprising:

capturing video images from cameras as digital data;

capturing audio data from audio devices;

capturing sensor data from sensors;

scanning the digital data, audio and sensor data for a peripheral item; and

processing the peripheral item if the peripheral item triggers a tangential event.

54. The method of claim 53 in which capturing further comprises incorporating metadata from the other sources into the video digital data, the audio data and the sensor data.

55. The method of claim 53 further comprising reporting the peripheral item.

56. The method of claim 53 in which the tangential event includes transactions at point-of-sale (POS) terminals and automated banking teller machines (ATM), anomalies with inventory tracking and billing manifests, output signals from motion sensors, intrusion detection systems and security alarms, or a control signal sent by a remote computer system.