INTRUDER SITUATION AWARENESS SYSTEM

• US 20110285851A1
• Filed: 05/20/2010
• Published: 11/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Chen, Henry, Plocher, Tom
• Application Number:
  US12/783,770
• Publication Number:
  US 20110285851A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/152
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19608 Tracking movement of a target, e.g. by detecting an object predefined as a target, using target direction and or velocity to predict its new position
• 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 31/00 Predictive alarm systems characterised by extrapolation or other computation using updated historic data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

An approach for detecting, tracking and capturing images of an intruder in a building. The intruder'"'"'s bearing and speed, and structural information about the building may provide at least a partial basis for calculating potential paths of the intruder. Cameras along the anticipated paths may be selected. These cameras may be optimized to cover nearly any area where the intruder may appear. Location, one or more images, and possibly other information may provide an intruder situation awareness for display.

Claims

1. A method for tracking one or more intruders in a building, comprising:

detecting entry of an intruder into a building;

calculating bearing and speed of the intruder;

retrieving semantic information about the building;

calculating one or more potential paths of the intruder based on the semantic information about the building and on the bearing of the intruder;

calculating transit times between endpoints of the one or more potential paths based on the speed of the intruder and the semantic information about building that affect transit time along the one or more potential paths;

providing surveillance of the one or more potential paths at estimated times of presence on the one or more potential paths;

obtaining one or more images and locations of the intruder when available with one or more surveillance devices; and

/or

providing a situation awareness display from the one or more images when available of the intruder.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the semantic information comprises:

locations of doors, corridors, stairs, elevators and other components in the building;

connectivity relationships among the doors, corridors, stairs, elevators and other components in the building;

locations of constraints and walls resistant to movement of an intruder in the building;

properties of the constraints and walls resistant to movement of an intruder in the building;

locations of components for movement by the intruder from one level in the building;

movement times of the intruder associated with components for moving from one level in the building;

locations of surveillance devices, access locks and/or other security devices; and

/or

characteristics of surveillance devices, access locks and/or other security devices in the building.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the surveillance devices comprise selected cameras for observing movement along the one or more potential paths.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the selected cameras are optimized to cover virtually every possible area where the intruder may appear along the one or more potential paths.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the selected cameras have parameters adjusted to provide best camera coverage of the intruder wherever and at whatever time the intruder is predicted to appear along the one or more potential paths.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein:

a field of view of a selected camera extends over an occluded area and a non-occluded area; and

the non-occluded area is a visible area of camera coverage.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the situation awareness is provided on a display and includes at least a 2D and/or a 3D map of the building on which intruder-related information is overlaid.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the intruder-related information overlaid on the 2D and 3D maps comprises:

a point of entry to the building by the intruder;

speed and bearing of the intruder;

the one or more potential paths of the intruder and transit times between the endpoints of the one or more potential paths;

estimated locations of the intruder along the one or more potential paths at virtually any time;

camera locations along the one or more potential paths;

indicated occluded and non-occluded areas along the one or more potential paths; and

past paths taken by the intruder and transit times of the intruder through the past paths.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

updating the bearing and speed of the intruder;

updating the one or more potential paths;

updating transit times between path endpoints of the one or more potential paths; and

updating the one or more images and locations of the intruder.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein:

images and locations obtained of the intruder are saved as a history of movement of the intruder; and

a history of movement is incorporated in an update of calculating the one or more potential paths of the intruder;

preferences of paths by the intruder are incorporated in an update of calculating the one or more potential paths of the intruder

transit times by the intruder having traversed the one or more paths are incorporated into an update of speed of the intruder and used in calculating transit times for additional one or more potential paths.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the occluded and non-occluded areas of a selected camera are determined from a 3D model of the building and parameters of the selected camera.

12. The method of claim 3, wherein selected cameras are cued to capture images of the intruder at certain times and places in the building.

13. An intruder situation awareness system for a building, comprising:

an intruder entry detector for a building;

a bearing and heading detector;

a building information model module;

a module for calculating one or more potential paths of an intruder and estimated speed of movement of the intruder, connected to the bearing and heading detector and the building information model module; and

a module for calculating transit times between endpoints of the one or more potential paths based on estimated speed of movement of the intruder.

a plurality of cameras situated in the building, connected to the module for calculating the one or more potential paths and estimated speed of movement of the intruder; and

wherein a set of cameras proximate to the one or more potential paths are selected from the plurality of cameras by the module for calculating one or more potential paths of an intruder and estimated speed of the intruder.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the set of cameras are for obtaining an image of the intruder.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein a location of the intruder is inferred from an image of the intruder captured by a certain camera of the set of cameras.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein:

the location and image of the intruder is a basis for a situation awareness of the intruder; and

the situation awareness is presentable on a display.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein:

a field of view of nearly each camera of the plurality of cameras extends over an occluded area and/or a non-occluded area of the building;

the non-occluded area is a visible area of camera coverage; and

the set of cameras are optimized with parameter adjustments to provide camera coverage of nearly every possible area where the intruder may appear.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein:

the system is for tracking two or more intruders; and

different cameras of the set of cameras communicate among each other to follow two or more intruders at the same time.

19. An intruder situation awareness system for tracking one or more intruders in a building, comprising:

a processor;

an intruder entry detector connected to the processor;

a building model module connected to the processor;

a one or more potential intruder paths indicator connected to the processor; and

a plurality of cameras connected to the processor; and

wherein;

the building model module contains structural information about the building;

the one or more intruder paths indicator reveals paths that the intruder might take while moving about in the building;

one or more cameras of the plurality of cameras are selected along the one or more intruder paths; and

the processor computes intruder situation awareness information from the bearing and heading indicator, the building model module and the one or more cameras, to indicate likely locations of an intruder or intruders in the building.

20. The approach of claim 19, further comprising:

a camera optimizer connected to the plurality of cameras and the processor; and

a screen connected to the processor for displaying intruder situation awareness information; and

wherein the intruder entry detector, intruder bearing and speed indicator, the building model module, the one or more potential intruder paths indicator, the plurality of cameras, the camera optimizer and the intruder situation awareness display are connectable to one another through the processor.