Bi-directional community information brokerage

• US 9,858,478 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2014
• Issued: 01/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tahoe Research Limited (f/k/a Learndale Limited) (Vector Capital Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Tatourian, Igor, Li, Hong, Wouhaybi, Rita H
• Primary Examiner(s): Bella, Matthew
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHIN, SOO JUNG
• Application Number:
  US14/577,965
• Publication Number:
  US 20160180144A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,110 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3415 Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/50 of still image data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30232 Surveillance
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30252 Vehicle exterior; Vicinity of vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/61 Scene description
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/14 Transformations for image registration, e.g. adjusting or mapping for alignment of images
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/337 involving reference images or patches
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/13 Satellite images
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/17 taken from planes or by drones
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/182 Network patterns, e.g. roads or rivers

Abstract

A system for transmitting notifications based on image data analysis may comprise: an image registration module to receive, from an unmanned aerial vehicle, current image data of a geographic location; a change detection module to: compare the current image data with previous image data of the geographic location to identify a change in the geographic location; and analyze the change to determine a category of the change in the geographic location; and an action module to: determine at least one party to notify about the change based on the category; and transmit a notification to the at least one party via an unmanned aerial vehicle.

Claims

1. A system for transmitting notifications to a party based on image data analysis, the system comprising:

at least one processor;

a storage device comprising instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, configure the at least one processor to;

receive, from an unmanned aerial vehicle, current image data of a geographic location;

compare the current image data with previous image data of the geographic location to identify a change in the geographic location;

analyze the change to determine a category of the change in the geographic location;

query a database to determine a device, selected from multiple devices associated with the party to notify about the change based on the geographic location, the category, and notifications preferences, the notification preferences established by the party; and

transmit a notification to the device of the party via an unmanned aerial vehicle.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein to analyze the change to determine the category of the change in the geographic location, the at least one processor is configured to:

detect the change is on a road in the geographic location; and

categorize the change as a road hazard.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least one processor is further configured, while executing the instructions, to:

receive information for a vehicle indicating a route of the vehicle;

determine the route includes the road in the geographic region; and

wherein the database is queried to determine a party associated with the vehicle.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the notification includes an updated route for the vehicle to avoid the road hazard.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein to transmit the notification to the device of the party via the unmanned aerial vehicle, the at least one processor is configured to:

transmit the notification to a device of a first responder when the category of the change indicates an accident present in the geographic location.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the current image data of the geographic location includes infrared image data of the geographic location.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein to compare the current image data with the previous image data of the geographic location, the at least one processor is configured to:

transform the current image data into transformed image data to match a perspective of the previous image data; and

calculate a percentage change between the transformed image data and the previous image data.

8. Then system of claim 7, wherein the transformed image data is a rotated and scaled version of the current image data.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein to transmit the notification to the at least one device via the unmanned aerial vehicle, the at least one processor is configured to:

query a database to retrieve location information of at least one UAV and the party;

compare the location information of the at least one UAV with the location information of the party to determine a UAV within a threshold distance of the party; and

transmit an instruction to the UAV within the threshold distance, the instruction to transmit the notification to the device.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein to compare the current image data with the previous image data of the geographic location, the at least one processor is configured to:

access a datastore of previous image data for the geographic location;

retrieve, from the datastore, at least two images of the geographic location taken at different times; and

compare the at least two images of the geographic location with the current image data.

11. A method for transmitting notifications to a party based on image data analysis, the method comprising:

receiving, from an unmanned aerial vehicle, current image data of a geographic location;

comparing the current image data with previous image data of the geographic location to identify a change in the geographic location;

analyzing the change to determine a category of the change in the geographic location;

querying a database to determine a device, selected from multiple devices associated with the party to notify about the change based on the geographic location, the category, and notifications preferences, the notification preferences established by the party; and

transmitting a notification to the device of the party via an unmanned aerial vehicle.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein analyzing the change to determine the category of the change in the geographic location comprises:

detecting the change is on a road in the geographic location; and

categorizing the change as a road hazard.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving information for a vehicle indicating a route of the vehicle;

determining the route includes the road in the geographic region; and

wherein the database is queried to determine a party associated with the vehicle.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the notification includes an updated route for the vehicle to avoid the change.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein transmitting the notification to the device of the party comprises:

transmitting the notification to a device of a first responder when the category of the change indicates an accident present in the geographic location.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein receiving current image data of the geographic location include receiving infrared image data of the geographic location.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein comparing the current image data with the previous image data of the geographic location comprises:

transforming the current image data into transformed image data to match a perspective of the previous image data; and

calculating a percentage change between the transformed image data and the previous image data.

18. Then method of claim 17, wherein transforming the current image data into transformed image data comprises rotating and scaling the current image data.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein transmitting the notification to the device of the party via the unmanned aerial vehicle comprises:

querying a database to retrieve location information of at least one UAV and the party;

comparing the location information of the at least one UAV with the location information of the party to determine a UAV within a threshold distance of the party; and

transmitting an instruction to the UAV within the threshold distance, the instruction to transmit the notification to device of the party.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein comparing the current image data with previous image data of the geographic location comprises:

accessing a datastore of previous image data for the geographic location;

retrieving, from the datastore, at least two images of the geographic location taken at different times; and

comparing the at least two images of the geographic location with the current image data.

21. At least one non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from an unmanned aerial vehicle, current image data of a geographic location;

comparing the current image data with previous image data of the geographic location to identify a change in the geographic location;

analyzing the change to determine a category of the change in the geographic location;

querying a database to determine a device, selected from multiple devices associated with the party to notify about the change based on the geographic location, the category, and notifications preferences, the notification preferences established by the party; and

transmitting a notification to the device of the party via an unmanned aerial vehicle.

22. The at least one machine-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the operation of analyzing the change to determine the category of the change in the geographic location comprises:

detecting the change is on a road in the geographic location; and

categorizing the change as a road hazard.

23. The at least one machine-readable medium of claim 22, the operations further comprising:

receiving information for a vehicle indicating a route of the vehicle;

determining the route includes the road in the geographic region; and

wherein the database is queried to determine a party associated with the vehicle.

24. The at least one machine-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the notification includes an updated route for the vehicle to avoid the change.

25. The at least one machine-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the operation of transmitting the notification to the device of the party comprises:

transmitting the notification to a device of a first responder when the category of the change indicates an accident present in the geographic location.