SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING DVM SYSTEM INFORMATION

• US 20140125808A1
• Filed: 06/22/2012
• Published: 05/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Flannery, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 9,894,261 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/159
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

Described herein are systems and methods for presenting DVM system information. In overview, a hierarchical tree structure is used to display DVM system elements (such as cameras). The tree structure is defined by a plurality of nodes arranged in hierarchical levels. Each level in the tree structure corresponds to an element characteristic. The nodes for each level correspond to element characteristic values. For example, one level might correspond to “camera status”, and the nodes at that level each define camera status values (e.g. operational or non-operational). A tree customization module allows a user to customize the tree structure by designating element characteristics for levels in the tree structure.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for presenting DVM system information for a DVM system, the method including:

providing an interface for displaying DVM system elements in a hierarchical tree structure, wherein the hierarchical tree structure includes a plurality of nodes arranged in a plurality of levels, each node corresponding to a DVM element characteristic value, such that DVM system elements having that DVM element characteristic value are grouped under that node;

providing a tree customization module configured to receive instructions from a user indicative of;

(i) a user designated DVM element characteristic for a level in the hierarchical tree structure; and

(ii) a user designated location in the hierarchical tree structure for that level;

in response to the instructions from the user, defining nodes for that level, wherein each node corresponds to a value for the user designated DVM element characteristic; and

updating the hierarchical tree structure with the defined nodes.

2. A method according to claim 1 wherein the DVM element characteristics available for designation include characteristics corresponding to table fields defined in a DVM database for the DVM system.

3. A method according to claim 1 wherein the DVM element characteristics available for designation include characteristics corresponding to runtime statuses defined for the DVM system.

4. A method according to claim 1 wherein, for at least a selection of the nodes displayed in the hierarchical tree structure, a count is displayed, the count indicating the number of DVM system elements grouped under that node.

5. A method according to claim 1 wherein the tree customization module allows for an unrestricted depth of nodes in the hierarchical tree structure.

6. A method according to claim 1 wherein the DVM system elements include any one or more of capture devices, streaming devices, integrated capture and streaming devices, camera servers, analytics servers, and storage mediums.

7. A method according to claim 1 wherein the tree customization module is configured to display a characteristic selection object, which organises characteristics available for designation into characteristic categories.

8. A DVM system configured to perform a method for presenting DVM system information, the method including:

providin an interface for dis la in DVM s stem elements in a hierarchical tree structure;

wherein the hierarchical tree structure includes a plurality of nodes arranged in a plurality of levels, each node corresponding to a DVM element characteristic value, such that DVM system elements having that DVM element characteristic value are grouped under that node;

providing a tree customization module configured to receive instructions from a user indicative of;

(i) a user designated DVM element characteristic for a level in the hierarchical tree structure; and

(ii) a user designated location in the hierarchical tree structure for that level;

in response to the instructions from the user, defining nodes for that level, wherein each node corresponds to a value for the user designated DVM element characteristic; and

updating the hierarchical tree structure with the defined nodes.

9. (canceled)

10. A DVM system according to claim 9 wherein the DVM element characteristics available for designation include characteristics corresponding to table fields defined in a DVM database for the DVM system.

11. A DVM system according to claim 9 wherein the DVM element characteristics available for designation include characteristics corresponding to runtime statuses defined for the DVM system.

12. A DVM system according to claim 9 wherein, for at least a selection of the nodes displayed in the hierarchical tree structure, a count is displayed, the count indicating the a number of DVM system elements grouped under that node.

13. A DVM system according to claim 9 wherein the tree customization interface allows for an unrestricted depth of nodes in the hierarchical tree structure.

14. A DVM system according to claim 9 wherein the DVM system elements include any one or more of capture devices, streaming devices, integrated capture and streaming devices, camera servers, analytics servers, and storage mediums.

15. A DVM system according to claim 9 wherein the tree customization interface is configured to display a characteristic selection object, which organizes characteristics available for designation into characteristic categories.

9-1. A DVM system including:

a DVM server communicatively coupled to a plurality of DVM system elements, the DVM system elements including a plurality of cameras and a plurality of camera servers;

a module, provided by the DVM server, configured to enable rendering at one or more client terminals of a graphical interface that displays DVM system elements in a hierarchical tree structure, wherein the hierarchical tree structure includes a plurality of nodes arranged in a plurality of levels, with each node corresponding to a DVM element characteristic value, such that DVM system elements having that DVM element characteristic value are grouped under that node;

a module, provided by the server by the server, configured to enable rendering at one or more client terminal of a tree customization interface configured to receive instructions from a user indicative of;

(i) a user designated DVM element characteristic for a level in the hierarchical tree structure; and

(ii) a user designated location in the hierarchical tree structure for that level;

a module configured to, in response to the instructions from the user, define nodes for that level, wherein each node corresponds to a value for the user designated DVM element characteristic; and

a module configured to update the hierarchical tree structure with the defined nodes.

17-18. -18. (canceled)