Systems and methods for video monitoring

• US 20100201815A1
• Filed: 02/09/2009
• Published: 08/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Vitamin D. Video, LLC
• Original Assignee: Vitamin D, Inc. (Vitamin D. Video, LLC)
• Inventors: Shirai, Greg, Anderson, Doug, Case, Ryan, Haitani, Rob, Petersen, Bob
• Application Number:
  US12/378,030
• Publication Number:
  US 20100201815A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/148
• 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 13/19615 wherein said pattern is defined by the user
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control

Abstract

Embodiments of systems and methods for video monitoring are provided. A method for providing video monitoring includes three steps. A target is identified by a computing device and is displayed from a video through a display of the computing device. A selection of a trigger is received via a user input to the computing device. A response of the computing device is provided, based on recognition of the identified target and the selected trigger from the video.

Claims

16. A computer readable storage medium having instructions for execution by the processor which causes the processor to provide a response;

wherein the processor is coupled to the computer readable storage medium, the processor executing the instructions on the computer readable storage medium to;

identify a target by a computing device, the target being displayed from a video through a display of the computing device;

receive a selection of a trigger via a user input to the computing device; and

provide a response of the computing device, based on recognition of the identified target and the selected trigger from the video.

1. A method for providing video monitoring, comprising,

identifying a target by a computing device, the target being displayed from a video through a display of the computing device;

receiving a selection of a trigger via a user input to the computing device; and

providing a response of the computing device, based on recognition of the identified target and the selected trigger from the video.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein one of the target, the trigger, the response, and any combination thereof is user-extensible.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the target comprises one of a recognized object, a motion sequence, a state, and any combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the target from a video further comprises receiving a selection of a predefined object.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the target from a video further comprises recognizing an object based on a pattern.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the recognized object is at least one of a person, a pet and a vehicle.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the selection of the trigger comprises receiving a user input of a predefined trigger icon provided by the computing device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the trigger comprises an attribute of the target relating to at least one of a location, a direction, a clock time, a duration, an event, and any combination thereof.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the video comprises one of a video feed, a video scene, a captured video, a video clip, a video recording, and any combination thereof.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the video is provided by at least one of a camera, a fixed security camera, a video camera, a webcam, an IP camera and any combination thereof.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the response is one of a recording of the video, a notification, a generation of a report, an alert, a storing of the video on a database associated with the computing device, and any combination thereof.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device is one of a computer, a laptop computer, a desktop computer, a mobile communications device, a personal digital assistant, a video player, an entertainment device, and any combination thereof.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining an identification of the target based on a user input to the computing device.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting a characteristic of the target to aid in the target identification.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein detecting the characteristic of the target is based on a user input to the computing device.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein one of the target, the trigger, the response, and any combination thereof is user-extensible.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the target comprises one of a recognized object, a motion sequence, a state, and any combination thereof.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the instruction to identify the target from the video further comprises an instruction to recognize an object based on a pattern.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the trigger comprises an attribute of the target relating to at least one of a location, a direction, a clock time, a duration, an event, and any combination thereof.

21. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the response is one of a recording of the video, a notification, a generation of a report, an alert, a storing of the video on a database associated with the computing device, and any combination thereof.

22. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions further comprise an instruction to determine an identification of the target based on a user input to the computing device.

23. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions further comprise an instruction to detect a characteristic of the target to aid in the target identification.

24. The computer readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein the instruction to detect the characteristic of the target is based on a user input to the computing device.

21-1. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the computing device is one of a computer, a laptop computer, a desktop computer, a mobile communications device, a personal digital assistant, a video player, an entertainment device, and any combination thereof.

26. A system for recognizing targets from a video, comprising,

a target identification module configured for identifying a target from the video supplied to a computing device;

an interface module in communication with the target identification module, the interface module configured for receiving a selection of a trigger based on a user input to the computing device; and

a response module in communication with the target identification module and the interface module, the response module configured for providing a response based on recognition of the identified target and the selected trigger from the video.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein one of the target, the trigger, the response, and any combination thereof is user-extensible.

28. The system of claim 26, wherein the target identification module further comprises a pattern recognition module configured for recognizing a pattern of the target.

29. The system of claim 26, wherein the target identification module further comprises a category recognition module configured for recognizing a category of the target.

30. The system of claim 26, wherein the target identification module further comprises a behavior recognition module configured for recognizing a behavior of the target.

31. A system for providing video monitoring, comprising:

a processor;

a computer readable storage medium having instructions for execution by the processor which causes the processor to provide a response;

wherein the processor is coupled to the computer readable storage medium, the processor executing the instructions on the computer readable storage medium to;

identify a target;

receive a selection of a trigger; and

provide a response, based on recognition of the identified target and the selected trigger from a video.

32. The system of claim 31, wherein one of the target, the trigger, the response, and any combination thereof is user-extensible.

33. The system of claim 31, wherein identifying the target comprises recognizing an object based on user input to a computing device coupled to the system.

34. The system of claim 31, wherein identifying the target comprises recognizing an object based on a pattern programmed in the computer readable storage medium.

35. The system of claim 31, the system further comprising a module to receive an input from an external data source.

36. The system of claim 35, wherein the external data source includes a web-based data source.