Method for gathering and storing surveillance information

• US 20080273087A1
• Filed: 05/02/2007
• Published: 11/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Blom, Jan Otto, Belzer, Rosalinde, O'Boaitey, Nana Yaw, March, Wendy
• Application Number:
  US11/797,333
• Publication Number:
  US 20080273087A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/143
• 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: H04N 7/188 Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253

Abstract

The invention relates to a method where an event involving at least one object is detected. The bearing of an electronic device is determined. The electronic device is positioned to obtain its position. The identity of a user of the electronic device is determined. A number of sensor devices are located based on the bearing and the position to obtain a set of target sensors. A first sensor recording is obtained from a first sensor device among the set of target sensors. The first sensor recording is associated with the identity of the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an indication of an event;

recording a bearing of an electronic device upon receiving the indication;

positioning the electronic device to obtain a position upon receiving the indication;

locating at least one sensor device based on the bearing and the position to obtain a set of target sensors;

obtaining a first sensor recording from a first sensor device among the set of target sensors; and

associating the first sensor recording with identity information obtained from the electronic device.

2. The method according to claim 1, the method further comprising:

signing digitally the first sensor recording and a metadata record to obtain a security token, said meta-data record comprising at least one of the identity information, time and an identity of the first sensor device.

3. The method according to claim 1, the method further comprising:

sending the security token to an information system of an authority.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the locating step further comprises:

determining a target range from the position and the bearing;

inspecting sensor information associated with the first sensor device to determine whether the position of the first sensor device belongs to the target range; and

selecting the first sensor device to the set of target sensors.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the locating step further comprises:

determining at least one route from the position and the bearing;

inspecting sensor information associated with the first sensor device to determine whether the first sensor device is associated with the at least one route; and

selecting the first sensor device to the set of target sensors.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

obtaining the bearing and the position to the first sensor device;

recognizing the object in the first sensor device based on the bearing and the position;

tracking the movement of the object in the first sensor;

determining the trajectory of the object in the first sensor;

determining a second sensor device based on the trajectory;

adding the second sensor device to the set of target sensors; and

obtaining a second sensor recording from the second sensor.

7. The method according to claim 1, the method further comprising:

recording a recognition bearing in the electronic device;

providing the recognition bearing and the position to the first sensor device;

locating the object with the recognition bearing and the position within the range of the first sensor device;

recording a tracking bearing in the electronic device; and

locating at least one second sensor device based on the tracking bearing and the position to obtain a second set of target sensors.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the positioning step further comprises:

obtaining the position of the electronic device from a satellite positioning system.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the positioning step further comprises:

obtaining the position of the electronic device with a mobile communication system positioning method.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the positioning method comprises at least one of Observed Time Difference Of Arrival, Enhanced Observed Time Difference and cell identification.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first sensor is a video camera.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a mobile communication device.

13. A system, comprising:

an electronic device configured to receive an indication of an event, to record a bearing of the electronic device upon receiving the indication and to communicate with a network node;

the network node configured to obtain a position of the electronic device, to obtain identity information from the electronic device, to locate at least one sensor device based on the bearing and the position to form a set of target sensors, to obtain a first sensor recording from a first sensor device among the set of target sensors and to associate the first sensor recording with the identity information; and

the first sensor device configured to record the first sensor recording and to provide the first sensor recording to the network node.

14. The system according to claim 13, the system further comprising:

the network node configured to sign digitally the first sensor recording and a metadata record to obtain a security token, said metadata record comprising at least one of the identity of the user, time and an identity of the first sensor device.

15. The system according to claim 13, the system further comprising:

the network node configured to send the security token to an information system of an authority.

16. The system according to claim 13, the system further comprising:

the network node configured to determine a target range from the position and the bearing, to inspect sensor information associated with the first sensor device to determine whether the position of the first sensor device belongs to the target range and to select the first sensor device to the set of target sensors.

17. The system according to claim 13, the system further comprising:

the network node configured to determine at least one route from the position and the bearing, to inspect sensor information associated with the first sensor device to determine whether the first sensor device is associated with the at least one route and to select the first sensor device to the set of target sensors.

18. The system according to claim 13, the system further comprising:

the first sensor device configured to obtain the bearing and the position, to recognize a object in the first sensor device based on the bearing and the position, to track the movement of the object, to determine the trajectory of the object, to determine a second sensor device based on the trajectory;

the second sensor device configured to receive an information request from the network node and to provide a second sensor recording to the network node; and

the network node configured to add the second sensor device to the set of target sensors and to obtaining the second sensor recording from the second sensor.

19. The system according to claim 13, the system further comprising:

the electronic device configured to record a recognition bearing and to record a tracking bearing;

the network node configured to provide the recognition bearing and the position to the first sensor device and to locate at least one second sensor device based on the tracking bearing and the position to obtain a second set of target sensors; and

the first sensor device configured to locate the object with the recognition bearing and the position within the range of the first sensor device.

20. The system according to claim 13, wherein the system further comprises:

the electronic device configured to obtaining the position of the electronic device from a satellite positioning system.

21. The system according to claim 13, wherein the system further comprises:

the electronic device configured to obtain the position of the electronic device with a mobile communication system positioning method.

22. The system according to claim 21, wherein the electronic device is configured to obtain the position with at least one of Observed Time Difference Of Arrival, Enhanced Observed Time Difference and cell identification.

23. The system according to claim 13, wherein the first sensor comprises a video camera.

24. The system according to claim 13, wherein the electronic device comprises a mobile communication device.

25. An electronic device, comprising:

a user interface entity configured to allow a user to indicate an event ;

at least one bearing sensor configured to record a bearing of the electronic device upon detecting the indication;

positioning entity configured to position the electronic device to obtain a position upon detecting the indication; and

a communication entity configured to provide the bearing, the position and identity information to a network server.

26. An electronic device, comprising:

means for allowing a user to indicate an event;

at least one bearing sensor means for recording a bearing of the electronic device upon detecting the indication;

means for positioning the electronic device to obtain a position upon receiving the indication; and

means for providing the bearing, the position and the identity of the user to a network server.

27. A network node, comprising:

a communication entity configured to obtain a position and a bearing of an electronic device, to obtain an identity information from the electronic device;

a locating entity configured to locate at least one sensor device based on the bearing and the position to form a set of target sensors; and

a storage entity configured to obtain a first sensor recording from a first sensor device among the set of target sensors and to associate the first sensor recording with the identity information.

28. A network node, comprising:

means for obtaining a position and a bearing of an electronic device;

means for obtaining an identity information from the electronic device;

means for locating at least one sensor device based on the bearing and the position to form a set of target sensors;

means for obtaining a first sensor recording from a first sensor device among the set of target sensors; and

means for associating the first sensor recording with the identity information.

29. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program comprising code for controlling a processor to execute a method comprising:

obtaining a position and a bearing of an electronic device;

obtaining identity information of the electronic device;

locating at least one sensor device based on the bearing and the position to form a set of target sensors;

obtaining a first sensor recording from a first sensor device among the set of target sensors; and

associating the first sensor recording with the identity of the user.

30. The computer program according to claim 29, wherein said computer readable medium is a removable memory card, a holographic memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

31. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program comprising code for controlling a processor to execute a method comprising:

receiving an indication of an event via a user interface of an electronic device;

reading a bearing of the electronic device from a bearing sensor upon receiving the indication;

determining a position of the electronic device upon receiving the indication; and

providing the bearing, the position and identity information to a network server.

32. The computer program according to claim 31, wherein said computer readable medium is a removable memory card, a holographic memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk.