In-vehicle user interfaces for law enforcement

• US 9,841,865 B2
• Filed: 06/05/2015
• Issued: 12/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Getac Technology Company Limited (MiTAC Holdings Corp.), Whp Workflow Solutions, LLC
• Original Assignee: Whp Workflow Solutions, LLC
• Inventors: Guzik, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Li, Tracy Y
• Application Number:
  US14/732,601
• Publication Number:
  US 20160358017A1
• Time in Patent Office: 921 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/26 Government or public services business processes related to the transportation industry G06Q50/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/59 inside of a vehicle, e.g. relating to seat occupancy, driver state or inner lighting conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/597 Recognising the driver's state or behaviour, e.g. attention or drowsiness

Abstract

User interfaces may be used by a law enforcement officer to communicate information to and obtain feedback from a person that is held in a secure holding area of a law enforcement vehicle. The user interfaces may be presented via hardware interfaces in the law enforcement vehicle and a computing device. The computing device may receive a request to present a user interface to a person in the secure holding area. Subsequently, the user interface for the person may be generated based on contextual information from one or more sources. These sources may include an input provided to the computing device by a law enforcement officer, an input received from a network operations center, or an input obtained from an analysis of images or videos from a camera in the law enforcement vehicle. The user interface is then presented to the person in the secure holding area.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, at a computing device in a law enforcement vehicle, a request to present a user interface to a person in a secure holding area of the law enforcement vehicle;

generating, via the computing device in the law enforcement vehicle, the user interface for the person based on the request, the generating being performed based on contextual information from at least one of an input provided to the computing device by a law enforcement officer, an input received from a network operations center, or an input obtained from an analysis of images or video footages from a camera in the law enforcement vehicle; and

causing, via the computing device in the law enforcement vehicle, a presentation of the user interface to the person in the secure holding area of the law enforcement vehicle;

wherein the user interface is an information interface that provides the person with information regarding legal rights of the person, a destination detention facility of the person, or procedures at the destination detention facility.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the images or the video footages from the camera in the law enforcement vehicle capture at least one of body movements or facial expressions of the person, further comprising:

analyzing the at least one of the body movements or the facial expressions of the person to detect suspicious behavior; and

producing at least one of an audio alert or a visual alert of the suspicious behavior by the person at the law enforcement vehicle.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the analyzing is performed at the computing device in the law enforcement vehicle or at a server of a network operations center.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving includes receiving the request to present the user interface from a law enforcement officer operating the law enforcement vehicle.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user interface is an interactive interface, further comprising:

receiving an input from the person in the secure holding area of the law enforcement vehicle via the interactive interface;

tagging the input with metadata that include at least one of dispatch information, a vehicle location, a timestamp, an incident identifier, an event identifier, or a case identifier; and

sending the input and the metadata to a server of a network operations center for storage as new content or for associating the input with existing content based at least on the metadata.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user interface is an interactive communication interface that enables the person to contact an attorney or another third party, an interactive interview interface the enables the person to provide input with respect to an incident or event that caused a response of the law enforcement officer, or an interactive survey interface that enables the person to provide feedback regarding an interaction of the person with the law enforcement officer.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the causing the presentation includes causing the presentation of the user interface in response to determining that the person has acknowledged a warning that information inputted into the user interface by the person is potentially an admission that is capable of being used against the person in a court of law.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the causing the presentation includes causing the presentation of the user interface in response to determining that the person has acknowledged that the person has been informed of Miranda rights.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising causing, via the computing device in the law enforcement vehicle, an additional presentation of an interactive distraction interface that provides a game, an audio presentation, a video presentation, or a multimedia presentation to the person.

10. One or more computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that upon execution cause one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

receiving, at a computing device in a law enforcement vehicle, a request to present a user interface to a person in a secure holding area of the law enforcement vehicle;

generating, via the computing device in the law enforcement vehicle, the user interface for the person based on the request, the generating being performed based on contextual information from at least one of an input provided to the computing device by a law enforcement officer, an input received from a network operations center, or an input obtained from an analysis of images or video footages from a camera in the law enforcement vehicle; and

causing, via the computing device in the law enforcement vehicle, a presentation of the user interface to the person in the secure holding area of the law enforcement vehicle in response to determining that the person has acknowledged a warning that information inputted into the user interface by the person is potentially an admission that is capable of being used against the person in a court of law,

wherein the user interface is an interactive communication interface that enables the person to contact an attorney or another third party, an interactive interview interface the enables the person to provide input with respect to an incident or event that caused a response of the law enforcement officer, or an interactive survey interface that enables the person to provide feedback regarding an interaction of the person with the law enforcement officer.

11. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 10, wherein the images or the video footages from the camera in the law enforcement vehicle capture at least one of body movements or facial expressions of the person, further comprising:

analyzing the at least one of the body movements or the facial expressions of the person to detect suspicious behavior; and

producing at least one of an audio alert or a visual alert of the suspicious behavior by the person at the law enforcement vehicle.

12. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 10, wherein the analyzing is performed at the computing device in the law enforcement vehicle or at a server of a network operations center.

13. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 10, wherein the receiving includes receiving the request to present the user interface from a law enforcement officer operating the law enforcement vehicle.

14. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 10, wherein the user interface is an interactive interface, further comprising:

receiving an input from the person in the secure holding area of the law enforcement vehicle via the interactive interface;

tagging the input with metadata that include at least one of dispatch information, a vehicle location, a timestamp, an incident identifier, an event identifier, or a case identifier; and

sending the input and the metadata to a server of a network operations center for storage as new content or for associating the input with existing content based at least on the metadata.

15. A computing device in a law enforcement vehicle, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory having instructions stored therein, the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising;

receiving a request to present a user interface to a person in a secure holding area of the law enforcement vehicle;

generating the user interface for the person based on the request, the generating being performed based on contextual information from at least one of an input provided to the computing device by a law enforcement officer, an input received from a network operations center, or an input obtained from an analysis of images or video footages from a camera in the law enforcement vehicle; and

causing a presentation of the user interface to the person in the secure holding area of the law enforcement vehicle in response to to determining that the person has acknowledged that the person has been informed of Miranda rights,

wherein the user interface is an interactive communication interface that enables the person to contact an attorney or another third party, an interactive interview interface the enables the person to provide input with respect to an incident or event that caused a response of the law enforcement officer, or an interactive survey interface that enables the person to provide feedback regarding an interaction of the person with the law enforcement officer.

16. The computing device of claim 15, wherein the images or the video footages from the camera in the law enforcement vehicle capture at least one of body movements or facial expressions of the person, further comprising:

analyzing the at least one of the body movements or the facial expressions of the person to detect suspicious behavior; and

producing at least one of an audio alert or a visual alert of the suspicious behavior by the person at the law enforcement vehicle.

17. The computing device of claim 15, wherein the analyzing is performed at the computing device in the law enforcement vehicle or at a server of a network operations center.

18. The computing device of claim 15, wherein the receiving includes receiving the request to present the user interface from a law enforcement officer operating the law enforcement vehicle.

19. The computing device of claim 15, wherein the user interface is an interactive interface, further comprising:

receiving an input from the person in the secure holding area of the law enforcement vehicle via the interactive interface;

tagging the input with metadata that include at least one of dispatch information, a vehicle location, a timestamp, an incident identifier, an event identifier, or a case identifier; and

sending the input and the metadata to a server of a network operations center for storage as new content or for associating the input with existing content based at least on the metadata.

20. The computing device of claim 15, wherein the actions further comprise causing an additional presentation of an interactive distraction interface that provides a game, an audio presentation, a video presentation, or a multimedia presentation to the person.