MANAGED NOTIFICATION SYSTEM

• US 20160180152A1
• Filed: 01/25/2016
• Published: 06/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FaceFirst, LLC
• Original Assignee: FaceFirst, LLC
• Inventors: Hesketh, Gifford, Rosenkrantz, Joseph Ethan
• Granted Patent: US 9,405,968 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/535 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/784 the detected or recognised objects being people
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/22 Matching criteria, e.g. proximity measures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/26 Government or public services business processes related to the transportation industry G06Q50/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/751 Comparing pixel values or logical combinations thereof, or feature values having positional relevance, e.g. template matching
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/95 structured as a network, e.g. client-server architectures
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/52 Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/10 Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/16 Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/161 Detection; Localisation; Normalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/166 using acquisition arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/168 Feature extraction; Face representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/172 Classification, e.g. identification
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23418 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics television picture signal circuitry for scene change detection H04N5/147; filtering for image enhancement G06T5/00; methods or arrangements for recognising scenes G06V20/00; arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25 Management operations performed by the server for facilitating the content distribution or administrating data related to end-users or client devices, e.g. end-user or client device authentication, learning user preferences for recommending movies maintenance or administration in data networks H04L41/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2541 : Rights Management protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10; security in data switching network management H04L41/28; security management or policies for network security H04L63/20; access security in wireless networks H04W12/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25825 : involving client display capabilities, e.g. screen resolution of a mobile phone optimising the visualisation of content during browsing in the Internet G06F16/9577; processing of terminal status or physical abilities in wireless networks H04W8/22; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25875 : involving end-user authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44 : Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence

Abstract

A managed notification system compares image(s) and/or indicia relating to the image(s) and where there is a match selectively provides a notification of the same.

Claims

1. A managed notification system for selectively notifying notification recipients, the system comprising:

a video camera for capturing an image in a video camera frame including a primary captured content and a secondary captured content;

cases stored in a digital library and a computing device for accessing the library;

in the library, plural primary content cases with respective primary content and plural secondary content cases with respective secondary content;

in each primary content case, the primary content associated with a case group selected from a list of multiple case groups;

in each secondary content case, the secondary content associated with a label;

a comparison module of the computing device for identifying a primary match when indicia derived from the primary captured content are matched with indicia included in a library case;

the comparison module of the computing device for identifying a secondary match when indicia corresponding to the secondary captured content are matched with indicia included in a library case;

wherein an image that results in both primary and secondary matches causes the system to test whether there is authorization for the combination of the primary captured content and the secondary captured content; and

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wherein failure of the authorization test results in a notification component varying with one or both of the primary and secondary matched cases being sent to intended recipients identified via (i) links between case groups and user groups such that one or more user groups intended to receive the notification component can be identified and (ii) links between receiving nodes and user groups so that one or more of plural receiving nodes that serve the intended recipients can be identified.

2. The managed notification system of claim 1 wherein:

the primary captured content is matched with a library case; and

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the secondary captured content is matched with a library case.

3. The managed notification system of claim 2 wherein:

the primary captured content substantially isolates a person'"'"'s face captured from a live scene;

the secondary captured content substantially isolates an inanimate object carried by or within reach of the person; and

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the authorization test is failed.

4. The managed notification system of claim 3 wherein the notification component includes an image derived from the live scene that includes the human face and the inanimate object.

5. The managed notification system of claim 4 wherein the computing device marks the derived image to point out the inanimate object.

6. The managed notification system of claim 3 wherein the notification component includes a description of the matched object.

7. The managed notification system of claim 6 wherein the notification component includes a name or alias of the matched face.

8. The managed notification system of claim 3 further including a case selector whereby cases available for use in the secondary match vary with the results obtained from the primary match.

9. The managed notification system of claim 8 wherein:

a case matched in the primary match is associated with a parolee case group;

in a linkage between case groups and labels, the parolee case group is linked to a weapons label; and

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the case selector makes only cases associated with a weapons label available for the secondary match;

10. The managed notification system of claim 9 wherein a comparison to determine a match between primary captured content and the content in a case includes dividing the primary captured content into pieces, each piece being described by a numerical representation based at least in part on edge detection and comparing each such numerical representation with a corresponding numerical representation derived from content in a case.