Systems and Methods for Analysis of Video Content, Event Notification, and Video Content Provision

• US 20090141939A1
• Filed: 11/25/2008
• Published: 06/04/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CheckVideo, LLC (Kastle Systems International LLC)
• Original Assignee: Cernium Corporation (Kastle Systems International LLC)
• Inventors: Shepro, Helen E., Robertson, Philip, Chambers, Craig A., Gagvani, Nikhil
• Granted Patent: US 8,204,273 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/103
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/52 Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19613 Recognition of a predetermined image pattern or behaviour pattern indicating theft or intrusion

Abstract

A method for remote event notification over a data network is disclosed. The method includes receiving video data from any source, analyzing the video data with reference to a profile to select a segment of interest associated with an event of significance, encoding the segment of interest, and sending to a user a representation of the segment of interest for display at a user display device. A further method for sharing video data based on content according to a user-defined profile over a data network is disclosed. The method includes receiving the video data, analyzing the video data for relevant content according to the profile, consulting a profile to determine a treatment of the relevant content, and sending data representative of the relevant content according to the treatment.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving video data;

analyzing the video data with reference to a profile to select a segment of interest associated with an event of significance;

encoding the segment of interest; and

sending to a user over a network a representation of the segment of interest for display at a user display device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising consulting the profile to send data associated with the segment of interest to the display device via the network to trigger the display device to download the encoded segment of interest from a storage server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the representation of the segment of interest comprises a compressed portion of the segment of interest.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the representation of the segment of interest comprises a URL pointing to a network address associated with the segment of interest.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the event of significance comprises a person entering a defined area.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising filtering the video data according to the profile.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the event of significance comprises a vehicle moving into or out of a defined area.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the event of significance comprises the removal of an object from a defined area.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the event of significance comprises an object left in a defined area.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending preceding video data associated with time prior to the event of interest and subsequent video data associated with time after the event of interest to a storage server;

consulting the profile to encode the preceding video data and the subsequent video data; and

further consulting the profile to send an event notice to the display device via the network to trigger the display device to download a representation of the encoded preceding video data and a representation of the encoded subsequent video data from the storage server.

11. A method comprising:

receiving video data;

analyzing the video data for relevant content according to a user-defined profile;

consulting the profile to determine a treatment of the relevant content; and

,

sending data representative of the relevant content according to the treatment.

12. A system, comprising:

a video analyzer configured to analyze video data generated by a video camera;

a storage server configured to consult a user profile containing user preferences to encode at least a segment of the video data for transmission via a network and to transmit at least a segment of the video data; and

a media device configured to receive encoded video data from the storage server and to display the video data.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the profile comprises specifications of mode and order of analysis, selection criteria for selecting a segment of video data, transmission mode, receiving device address, and transmission priority.

14. The system of claim 12, comprising at least two video analyzers, wherein at least two of the video analyzers reside each at different nodes in the network, and wherein the profile is interoperable with and readable by each of the at least two video analyzers.

15. A method, comprising:

receiving video data;

analyzing the video data with reference to a user profile to select a segment of interest from the video data, the segment of interest associated with a significant occurrence at a location associated with the video data;

consulting the user profile to encode at least a portion of the video data; and

consulting the user profile to send at least a portion of the encoded video data to a recipient device via a network.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising receiving routing instructions from a subscriber;

and

sending a representation of the video data to the subscriber.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising sending at least a portion of the video data to a central server.