Systems and methods for intelligently recording a live media stream

• US 9,888,205 B2
• Filed: 02/06/2017
• Issued: 02/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Watchguard Video Incorporated (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: WatchGuard, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: McHenry, Mark Todd, Exner, James Walter, Von Ahnen, Michael John, Wall, William Brian, Robertson, Brent G.
• Primary Examiner(s): ADAMS, EILEEN M
• Application Number:
  US15/425,396
• Publication Number:
  US 20170150090A1
• Time in Patent Office: 365 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10366 the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/36 Monitoring, i.e. supervising the progress of recording or reproducing for digital recording G11B20/00 and s.gr.; for monitoring, testing or measuring of TV recorders of the type covered by H04N5/76 and subgroups, see H04N17/06
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 31/006 with video camera or receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2112 using still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/61 based on recognised objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/66 Remote control of cameras or camera parts, e.g. by remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control

Abstract

In an embodiment, a method includes initiating a mobile device operable to continuously capture a live media stream such that recording of the live media stream is deactivated. The method further includes refraining from recording the live media stream while recording of the live media stream is deactivated. In addition, the method includes monitoring environmental conditions for one or more preconfigured indicators that the mobile device has exited the defined physical area. Also, the method includes, responsive to detection of at least one of the one or more preconfigured indicators, determining to activate recording of the live media stream.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

at least one processor for performing the following;

initiating a mobile device that is configured to continuously capture a live media stream;

deactivating recording of the live media stream;

determining whether the mobile device has exited a defined physical area by using information from one or more sensors; and

responsive to a determination using the information from the one or more sensors that the mobile device has exited the defined physical area, activating recording of the live media stream.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the initiating, the deactivating, the determining, and the activating are performed, at least in part, by the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising

continuously recording the live media stream responsive to the activating.

4. The method of claim 3, comprising:

subsequent to the continuously recording, using the information from the one or more sensors to determine whether the mobile device has entered the defined physical area; and

responsive to a determination that the mobile device has entered the defined physical area, deactivating recording of the live media stream.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the defined physical area comprises an interior of a vehicle.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein:

the information is utilized to determine a status of a vehicle door; and

the one or more sensors comprise a vehicle-door status of open.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein:

the information is utilized to determine a status of a dome light that is linked to a vehicle-door status; and

the one or more sensors comprise a dome-light status of active.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein:

the information is utilized to determine a seat weight for at least one seat of the vehicle; and

the one or more sensors comprise a seat-weight determination of less than a threshold weight.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein:

the information is utilized to determine a status of at least one seatbelt of the vehicle; and

the one or more sensors comprise a seatbelt status of locked.

10. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

transmitting a radio signal to interrogate a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag associated with the mobile device;

determining whether the RFID tag is interrogated; and

wherein the one or more sensors comprise a determination that the RFID tag is not interrogated.

11. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining whether human presence is detected in a live video feed of the interior of the vehicle; and

wherein the one or more sensors comprise a determination that no human presence is detected in the live video feed.

12. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining whether motion is detected in the interior of the vehicle; and

wherein the one or more sensors comprise a determination that no motion is detected.

13. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

evaluating a received signal strength indication (RSSI) for the mobile device; and

wherein the one or more sensors comprise a determination that the RSSI is less than a threshold value.

14. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

the mobile device transmitting an infrared (IR) beam;

measuring reflection intensity relative to the IR beam; and

wherein the one or more sensors comprise a measured reflection intensity of less than a threshold value.

15. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining a relative position of the mobile device using at least one of accelerometer data and gyroscope data; and

wherein the one or more sensors comprise a relative-position determination that is outside the vehicle.

16. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more sensors comprise inputs from at least one of the following:

an open-door sensor, a dome-light sensor, a radio-frequency identification (RFID) system, a face-detection system, a motion-detection system, an infrared sensor system, an accelerometer, and a gyroscope.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the mobile device comprises a wearable camera; and

the live media stream comprises a live video stream.

18. A system comprising:

at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is operable to implement a method comprising;

initiating a mobile device that is configured to continuously capture a live media stream;

deactivating recording of the live media stream;

determining whether the mobile device has exited a defined physical area by using information from one or more sensors; and

responsive to a determination using the information from the one or more sensors that the mobile device has exited the defined physical area, activating recording of the live media stream.

19. A computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method comprising:

initiating a mobile device that is configured to continuously capture a live media stream;

deactivating recording of the live media stream;

determining whether the mobile device has exited a defined physical area by using information from one or more sensors; and

responsive to a determination using the information from the one or more sensors that the mobile device has exited the defined physical area, activating recording of the live media stream.