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Method and system for detecting and presenting a new event in a video feed

  • US 9,609,380 B2
  • Filed: 07/05/2016
  • Issued: 03/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for categorizing and providing user feedback regarding a detected event, the method comprising:

  • displaying a video monitoring user interface on a display of a client device located remotely from a video camera, the video monitoring user interface including a first region for displaying a live video feed and/or a recorded video feed from the video camera and a second region for displaying an event timeline, wherein;

    the event timeline includes a plurality of equally spaced time indicators each indicating a specific time and a current video feed indicator indicating the temporal position of the video feed displayed in the first region;

    the temporal position includes a past time corresponding to the recorded video feed from the video camera and a current time corresponding to the live video feed from the video camera; and

    the current video feed indicator is movable relative to the equally spaced time indicators to facilitate a change in the temporal position of the video feed displayed in the first region;

    displaying on the event timeline a plurality of event indicators corresponding to one or more different types of events previously detected from the live video feed during a period of time associated with the event timeline, wherein;

    each event is represented by an event indicator having a graphic display characteristic associated with the event type; and

    the graphic display characteristic is selected from the group consisting of;

    a visually unique color, a visually unique pattern, and a visually unique icon, for each type of event; and

    in response to a detection of a new event, displaying a new event indicator for the detected new event on the event timeline, the new event indicator being displayed with the graphic display characteristic associated with the event type of the new event.

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