Systems, Methods, and Software for Mobile Video Display and Management

• US 20140072270A1
• Filed: 09/09/2013
• Published: 03/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cognyte Technologies Israel Ltd. (Cognyte Software Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Verint Systems Limited (Verint Systems Incorporated)
• Inventors: Goldberg, Royee, Farin, Yehonatan
• Granted Patent: US 9,462,249 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/21805 enabling multiple viewpoints, e.g. using a plurality of cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2365 Multiplexing of several video streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26275 for distributing content or additional data in a staggered manner, e.g. repeating movies on different channels in a time-staggered manner in a near video on demand system
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4347 Demultiplexing of several video streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4348 Demultiplexing of additional data and video streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44004 involving video buffer management, e.g. video decoder buffer or video display buffer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47217 for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 : the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 : for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/87 : Regeneration of colour television signals H04N9/80 takes precedence

Abstract

A system, method, and software for mobile video display and management includes acquiring a plurality of streams of video data from a plurality of cameras. The plurality of streams of video data are stored and plurality of selected streams of video data that includes at least one stream of recorded video data and at least one stream of live video data are presented in a graphical user interface of a remote device.

Claims

1. A method of mobile video display and management, the method comprising:

acquiring a plurality of streams of video data from a plurality of cameras;

storing each of the plurality of streams of video data as recorded video data;

presenting, at a remote device, a list of a plurality of cameras with available recorded video data and a list of a plurality of cameras with an available stream of video data;

receiving a first selection of recorded video data for presentation at the remote device;

receiving a second selection of an available stream of video data for presentation at the remote device; and

presenting the video data of at least the selected recorded video data and the selected available stream of video data at the remote device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a second selection of at least one of the plurality of streams of video data for playback at the remote device comprises presenting a list of the plurality of cameras acquiring a stream of video data and receiving a selection from the list.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the stream of video data of the second selection further is presented at the remote device with an indication of the actual time that the stream of video data was acquired at the video camera of the plurality of video cameras.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

initiating a graphical user interface at the remote device for video data presentation, the graphical user interface comprising a plurality of video presentation tiles, comprising at least a first video presentation tile and a second video presentation tile;

presenting the selected recorded video data in the first video presentation tile; and

presenting the selected available stream of video data in the second video presentation tile.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving a selection of a graphical user interface layout; and

presenting the plurality of video presentation tiles in the graphical user interface according to the selected graphical user interface layout.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

rearranging the presentation of the video data in the graphical user interface by receiving one or more dragging inputs to move the presentation of the video data to another video presentation tile of the plurality of video presentation tiles.

7. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving a gesture input in a video presentation tile of the graphical user interface; and

opening a navigation bar in the video presentation tile.

8. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving a gesture input in a video presentation tile of the graphical user interface; and

expanding the video data presented in the video presentation tile to fill the video presentation tile.

9. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving a gesture input in a video presentation tile of the graphical user interface; and

expanding the video data presented in the video presentation tile to fill the graphical user interface.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a time duration and a date of the recorded video data of the first selection of recorded video data.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

presenting the recorded video data of the received time duration and date at the remote device;

presenting the received time duration and received date with the recorded video data; and

prompting a selection of an increase in the time duration of the recorded video data presented, wherein the increase comprises one of an earlier start time of the recorded video data or a later end time of the recorded video data.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

prompting an input to switch to an available stream of video data from a camera that acquired the recorded video data;

receiving the input to switch; and

presenting an available stream of video data acquired by the camera.

13. A system for mobile video display and management, the system comprising:

a plurality of video cameras that each capture a stream of video data;

a video server that receives and stores the streams of video data from each of the plurality of video cameras as recorded video data;

a mobile device comprising a graphical display upon which a graphical user interface is presented, the graphical user interface configured to present a plurality of video presentation tiles to present streaming video data, at least one video presentation tile presents the stream of live video data from one of the plurality of video cameras and at least one video presentation tile presents a stream of recorded video data from the video server.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the graphical user interface further presents a menu of all of the video cameras that each capture a stream of live video data, and a user selection from the menu causes the graphical user interface to present the selected stream of live video data in one of the video presentation tiles.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the graphical user interface further presents a menu of all of the video cameras that captured a recorded live video data stored at the video server, and a user selection from the menu causes the graphical user interface to present the selected recorded video data in one of the video presentation tiles.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the graphical user interface further prompts an input of a date and a duration of the recorded video data.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the graphical user interface presents a navigation bar with a prompt to add a predetermined temporal length to the duration of the recorded video data.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the graphical user interface presents a navigation bar with a prompt to switch to a the stream of live video data from the camera that captured the recorded video data presented in at least one video presentation tile, and upon a user selection of the prompt, the graphical user interface presents the stream of live video data.

19. A non-transient computer readable medium programmed with computer readable code that upon execution by a computer processor causes the processor to:

initialize a graphical user interface presented on a graphical display of a mobile device to present a plurality of video presentation tiles;

receive a stream of video data from a video camera in near real time;

present the received stream of video data from a video camera in near real time in one of the plurality of video presentation tiles;

receive a stream of recorded video data captured by a video camera and stored on a video server; and

present the received stream of recorded video data in one of the plurality of video presentation tiles.

20. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein upon execution of the computer readable code by the computer processor further causes the processor to:

prompt a selection of a stream of live video data from a video camera;

receive a selection of the stream of live video data, wherein the presented received stream of video data is the selected stream of live video data;

prompt a selection of a stream of recorded video data;

receive a selection of the stream of recorded video data, wherein the presented received stream of recorded video data is the selected stream of recorded video data; and

present an actual capture time with the presentation of the stream of live video data from the video camera and present an actual capture time with the presentation of the stream of recorded video data.