VIDEO COMPOSITE TECHNIQUES

• US 20170134698A1
• Filed: 11/11/2015
• Published: 05/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Mahar, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US14/938,569
• Publication Number:
  US 20170134698A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19643 wherein the cameras play different roles, e.g. different resolution, different camera type, master-slave camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1966 Wireless systems, other than telephone systems, used to communicate with a camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19667 Details realated to data compression, encryption or encoding, e.g. resolution modes for reducing data volume to lower transmission bandwidth or memory requirements
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19695 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors start video recording or forwarding but do not generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19697 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/265 Mixing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

A method for a security and/or automation system is described. The method may include receiving, from a first camera in a first location, a first video; receiving, from a second camera in a second location, a second video; analyzing at least one of the first video and the second video; and combining the first video and the second video into a composite video based at least in part on the analyzing; an transmitting the composite video.

Claims

1. A method for automation and/or security comprising:

receiving, from a first camera in a first location, a first video;

receiving, from a second camera in a second location, a second video;

analyzing at least one of the first video and the second video;

combining the first video and the second video into a composite video based at least in part on the analyzing; and

transmitting the composite video.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting further comprises:

transmitting the composite video to a handheld wireless device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

identifying an alarm status; and

modifying the alarm status based at least in part on the alarm status and determining whether a person is authorized.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a first presence of a person at the first location;

determining a second presence of the person at the second location;

determining an identification of the person;

determining whether the person is authorized to be in the second location; and

triggering an alarm event based at least in part on determining if the person is authorized to be in the second location.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a presence of a person at the first location;

determining whether the person is authorized to be in the first location; and

requesting approval from a user to perform an operation based at least in part on determining the person is unauthorized to be in the first location.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein determining whether the person is authorized comprises:

capturing biometric information associated with the person; and

analyzing the captured biometric information.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

determining a time of day; and

determining whether the person is authorized to be at the first location, the determining based at least in part on the time of day.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein determining whether the person is authorized comprises:

capturing biometric information associated with the person; and

comparing the captured biometric information to a database of authorized people.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein capturing biometric information comprises:

capturing at least one of voice recognition, or facial recognition, or radio frequency identification recognition, or retinal recognition, or fingerprint recognition, or a combination thereof.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein analyzing further comprises:

determining a relationship between the first location and the second location; and

determining that a person has exited the first location and entered the second location.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein combining further comprises:

appending a beginning of the second video to an ending of the first video.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from a third camera in a third location, a third video, the third location being in outdoor environment; and

combining the third video with the composite video.

13. An apparatus for automation and/or security comprising:

a processor;

memory in electronic communication with the processor;

a wireless communication interface coupled to the processor;

instructions stored in the memory, the instructions cause the processor to;

receive, from a first camera in a first location, a first video;

receive, from a second camera in a second location, a second video;

analyzing at least one of the first video and the second video;

combining the first video and the second video into a composite video based at least in part on the analyzing; and

transmitting the composite video.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein when the processor transmits, the instructions further cause the processor to:

transmit the composite video to a handheld wireless device.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

identify an alarm status; and

modify the alarm status based at least in part on the alarm status and determining whether a person is authorized.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

determine a first presence of a person at the first location;

determine a second presence of the person at the second location;

determine an identification of the person;

determine whether the person is authorized to be in the second location; and

trigger an alarm event based at least in part on determining if the person is authorized to be in the second location.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

determine a presence of a person at the first location;

determine whether the person is authorized to be in the first location; and

request approval from a user to perform an operation based at least in part on determining the person is unauthorized to be in the first location.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein when the processor determines whether the person is authorized, the instructions further causes the processor to:

capture biometric information associated with the person; and

analyze the captured biometric information.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

determine a time of day; and

determine whether the person is authorized to be at the first location, the determining based at least in part on the time of day.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

receive, from a first camera in a first location, a first video;

receive, from a second camera in a second location, a second video;

analyze at least one of the first video and the second video;

combine the first video and the second video into a composite video based at least in part on the analyzing; and

transmit the composite video.