Method and System for Light-Based Intervention

• US 20110228086A1
• Filed: 03/17/2011
• Published: 09/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Cordero Group
• Original Assignee: The Cordero Group
• Inventors: Cordero, Jose
• Granted Patent: US 9,357,183 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19636 pertaining to the camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19689 Remote control of cameras, e.g. remote orientation or image zooming control for a PTZ camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control

Abstract

A method and system are provided in which a device having one or more illumination sources and may receive information for a target location through a network connection. The information may be based on video captured by a surveillance camera. The device may adjust a projection position of one of the illumination sources based on the target location information and may project a light beam generated by the illumination source onto the target location when the projection position is adjusted. The light beam may project a pattern onto the target location, which may comprise an image, a letter, a word, a symbol, or a combination thereof. The device may receive an indication of a type of situation taking place at the target location and may utilize the indication to select an illumination source and/or a type of pattern to project onto the target location.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

in a device comprising an illumination source;

receiving information for a target location, the information being based on video captured by a surveillance camera;

adjusting a projection position of the illumination source based on the received information for the target location; and

projecting a light beam generated by the illumination source onto the target location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the projected light beam projects a pattern onto the target location.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the pattern comprises an image, a letter, a word, a symbol, or a combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving an indication of a type of situation taking place at the target location through the network connection, the indication being based on the video captured by the surveillance camera; and

selecting a type of pattern that the projected light beam projects onto the target location based on the received indication.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the device comprises an additional illumination source, the method comprising:

receiving an indication of a type of situation taking place at the target location through the network connection, the indication being based on the video captured by the surveillance camera;

selecting a source from among the illumination source and the additional illumination source based on the received indication;

adjusting a projection position of the selected source based on the received information for the target location; and

projecting a light beam generated by the selected source onto the target location.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the illumination source is operable to project a light beam with a first type of pattern; and

the device comprises an additional illumination source operable to project a light beam with a second type of pattern different from the first type of pattern, the method comprising;

selecting a source from among the illumination source and the additional illumination source based on the type of pattern projected;

adjusting a projection position of the selected source based on the received information for the target location; and

projecting a light beam generated by the selected source onto the target location.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising synchronizing one or more adjustments to the projection position of the illumination source to one or more corresponding changes in a capture position of the surveillance camera.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising receiving the information for the target location through a network connection.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising receiving information for the target location from the surveillance camera through a network connection.

10. A method, comprising:

in a device comprising an illumination source, the device being operable to receive information for one or more target locations based on video captured by a surveillance camera;

receiving a projection schedule;

adjusting a projection position of the illumination source based on the received projection schedule; and

projecting a light beam generated by the illumination source onto one of the one or more target locations.

11. The method of claim 10, comprising receiving a new projection schedule through a network connection.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the device is operable to receive information for the one or more target locations through a network connection.

13. A system, comprising:

a device comprising an illumination source;

the device is operable to receive information for a target location, the information being based on video captured by a surveillance camera;

the device is operable to adjust a projection position of the illumination source based on the received information for the target location; and

the device is operable to project a light beam generated by the illumination source onto the target location.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the projected light beam projects a pattern onto the target location.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the pattern comprises an image, a letter, a word, a symbol, or a combination thereof.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the device is operable to:

receive an indication of a type of situation taking place at the target location through the network connection, the indication being based on the video captured by the surveillance camera; and

select a type of pattern that the projected light beam projects onto the target location based on the received indication.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the device comprises an additional illumination source and is operable to:

receive an indication of a type of situation taking place at the target location through the network connection, the indication being based on the video captured by the surveillance camera;

select a source from among the illumination source and the additional illumination source based on the received indication;

adjust a projection position of the selected source based on the received information for the target location; and

project a light beam generated by the selected source onto the target location.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein:

the illumination source is operable to project a light beam with a first type of pattern;

the device comprises an additional illumination source operable to project a light beam with a second type of pattern different from the first type of pattern; and

the device is operable to;

select a source from among the illumination source and the additional illumination source based on the type of pattern projected;

adjust a projection position of the selected source based on the received information for the target location; and

project a light beam generated by the selected source onto the target location.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the device is operable to synchronize one or more adjustments to the projection position of the illumination source to one or more corresponding changes in a capture position of the surveillance camera.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein the device is operable to receive the information for the target location through a network connection.

21. The system of claim 13, wherein the device is operable to receive the information for the target location from the surveillance camera through a network connection.

22. A system, comprising:

a device comprising an illumination source, the device being operable to;

receive information for one or more target locations based on video captured by a surveillance camera;

receive a projection schedule;

adjust a projection position of the illumination source based on the received projection schedule; and

project a light beam generated by the illumination source onto one of the one or more target locations.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the device is operable to receive a new projection schedule through a network connection.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein the device is operable to receive information for the one or more target locations through a network connection.