METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AND DETERMINING INTEGRITY OF VIDEO

• US 20120007991A1
• Filed: 07/06/2010
• Published: 01/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kravitz, David W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,878,933 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/180
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0866 the electronic data carrier being a digital video recorder in combination with video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0891 Video recorder in combination with video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19641 Multiple cameras having overlapping views on a single scene
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 23/00 Alarms responsive to unspecified undesired or abnormal conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
• 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

A method and apparatus for providing and determining integrity of video is provided herein. During operation, a trusted unit such as a computer housed within a securable trunk of a vehicle generates or receives data on stimuli applied to a camera and receives video purportedly taken by that camera, as means for the trusted unit or an independent entity to determine if time periods of the stimuli correspond to responses seen or heard within the video.

Claims

1. A method for determining the integrity of video, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a video taken by a camera;

receiving data on stimuli applied to the camera;

determining if time periods of the stimuli correspond to a response seen within the video;

determining the integrity of the video based on whether time periods of the stimuli correspond to responses seen within the video.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the stimuli are generated or produced externally to the camera.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the camera is instructed to produce the stimuli.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the stimuli are created by instructing an apparatus to produce the stimuli.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the apparatus is a light, camera, or a camera mounting.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the stimuli comprises of a zoom, bump, turn, position, or an acceleration of the camera.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of determining the integrity comprises the step of determining the video has not been altered in any way since it was created by the camera and that the video has not been counterfeited.

8. A method for providing integrity of video, the method comprising the steps of:

recording video with a camera;

separately recording stimuli experienced by the camera; and

storing both the recorded video and the recorded stimuli so that the integrity of the video can be insured by determining if time periods of the accelerometer correspond to a response seen within the video.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the step of separately recording stimuli comprises the step of recording the stimuli via an accelerometer.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the stimuli comprises of a zoom, bump, turn, position, or an acceleration of the camera.

11. The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of instructing an apparatus to produce the stimuli.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the apparatus is a light, camera, or a camera mounting.

13. An apparatus for determining the integrity of video, the apparatus comprising:

a computer receiving a video taken by a camera, receiving data on stimuli applied to the camera, determining if time periods of the stimuli correspond to a response seen within the video, and determining the integrity of the video based on whether time periods of the stimuli correspond to responses seen within the video.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the stimuli are generated or produced externally to the camera.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the camera is instructed by the computer to produce the stimuli.

16. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the stimuli are created by instructing a device to produce the stimuli.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the device is a light, camera, or a camera mounting.

18. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the stimuli comprises of a zoom, bump, turn, position, or an acceleration of the camera.

19. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the step of determining the integrity comprises the step of determining the video has not been altered in any way since it was created by the camera and that the video has not been counterfeited.