Method and system for aggregating video content

• US 9,916,493 B2
• Filed: 08/03/2016
• Issued: 03/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Begeja, Lee, Liu, Zhu, Mu, Yadong, Renger, Bernard S., Gibbon, David Crawford, Shahraray, Behzad, Gopalan, Raghuraman, Zavesky, Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): Grant, II, Jerome
• Application Number:
  US15/227,151
• Publication Number:
  US 20180039820A1
• Time in Patent Office: 587 Days
• Field of Search: 382118
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/20081 Training; Learning
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30201 Face
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/20 Analysis of motion motion estimation for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals H04N19/43, H04N19/51
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/35 Categorising the entire scene, e.g. birthday party or wedding scene
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/40 in video content extracting overlay text G06V20/62; video retrieval G06F16/70; processing of video elementary streams in video servers H04N21/234; processing of video elementary streams in video clients H04N21/44
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/44 Event detection
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/52 Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/16 Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/172 Classification, e.g. identification
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/028 with computer assistance
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, systems and methods aggregating video content and adjusting the aggregate video content according to a training model. The adjusted aggregate video content comprises a first subset of the images and does not comprise a second subset of the images. The first subset of the images is determined by the training model based on a plurality of categories corresponding to a plurality of events. The illustrative embodiments also include presenting the adjusted aggregate video content and receiving identifications for the first subset of the images in the aggregate video content. Further, the illustrative embodiments include adjusting the training model according to the identifications and providing the adjusted training model to a network device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a processing system including a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving video content from each of a plurality of cameras oriented toward a current premises resulting in a plurality of video content, wherein the plurality of video content comprises images of a plurality of events;

aggregating the plurality of video content to generate aggregate video content;

applying a selected training model to the aggregate video content resulting in adjusted aggregate video content, wherein the adjusted aggregate video content comprises a first subset of the images and does not comprise a second subset of the images, and wherein the first subset of the images is determined by the selected training model based on a plurality of categories corresponding to the plurality of events;

presenting the adjusted aggregate video content;

receiving user-generated input for the adjusted aggregate video content, wherein the user-generated input provides identifications for the first subset of the images in the aggregate video content;

adjusting the selected training model according to the user-generated input resulting in an adjusted training model; and

providing the adjusted training model to a network device.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the applying of the selected training model to the aggregate video content further comprises analyzing the images of the plurality of events and classifying the images of the plurality of events into the plurality of categories.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the analyzing of the images of the plurality of events further comprises identifying a motion of an object in one of the images.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the identifying the motion of the object further comprises identifying the object as a person.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the classifying the images of the plurality of events further comprises determining whether the person is associated with the current premises.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the determining whether the person is associated with current premises further comprises transmitting an alarm notification responsive to determining that the person is not associated with the current premises.

7. The device of claim 5, wherein the determining whether the person is associated with current premises further comprises using facial recognition.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a plurality of selectable training models from the network device, wherein at least one of the plurality of selectable training models is generated by a premises device of a third party premises, and wherein the third party premises is associated with the current premises;

providing a list of the plurality of selectable training models to a user interface; and

obtaining an indication of the selected training model from the list of the plurality of selectable training models via the user interface.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving update information for the plurality of selectable training models; and

providing the update information to the network device, wherein the network device modifies the plurality of selectable training models according to the update information.

10. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

receiving a plurality of video content associated with a current premises wherein the plurality of video content comprises images of a plurality of events;

aggregating the plurality of video content to generate aggregate video content;

applying a selected training model to the aggregate video content resulting in adjusted aggregate video content, wherein the adjusted aggregate video content comprises a first subset of the images and does not comprise a second subset of the images, and wherein the first subset of the images is determined by the selected training model based on a plurality of categories corresponding to the plurality of events, and wherein the selected training model is selected according to a plurality of characteristics of the current premises;

presenting the adjusted aggregate video content;

receiving user-generated input for the adjusted aggregate video content, wherein the user-generated input provides identifications for the first subset of the images in the aggregate video content;

adjusting the selected training model according to the user-generated input resulting in an adjusted training model; and

providing the adjusted training model to a network device.

11. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the applying of the selected training model to the aggregate video content further comprises analyzing the images of the plurality of events and classifying the images of the plurality of events into the plurality of categories.

12. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise:

identifying a plurality of characteristics for the current premises;

providing the plurality of characteristics to the network device; and

receiving the selected training model from the network device according to the plurality of characteristics.

13. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the network device generates the selected training model from combining a plurality of training models according to the plurality of characteristics.

14. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a processing system including a processor, video content from each of a plurality of cameras oriented toward a current premises resulting in a plurality of video content, wherein the plurality of video content comprises images of a plurality of events;

aggregating, by the processing system, the plurality of video content to generate aggregate video content;

adjusting, by the processing system, the aggregate video content resulting in adjusted aggregate video content according to a training model, wherein the adjusted aggregate video content comprises a first subset of the images and does not comprise a second subset of the images, and wherein the first subset of the images is determined by the training model based on a plurality of categories corresponding to the plurality of events;

presenting, by the processing system, the adjusted aggregate video content;

receiving, by the processing system, identifications for the first subset of the images in the aggregate video content;

adjusting, by the processing system, the training model according to the identifications resulting in an adjusted training model; and

providing, by the processing system, the adjusted training model to a network device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the adjusting the aggregate video content further comprises analyzing, by the processing system, the images of the plurality of events and classifying the images of the plurality of events into the plurality of categories.

16. The method of claim 14, comprising generating, by the processing system, a new training model according to the identifications for the first subset of the images and providing the new training model to the network device.

17. The method of claim 14, comprising determining, by the processing system, that a size of the adjusted aggregate video content is above a predetermined threshold.

18. The method of claim 17, comprising applying, by the processing system, another training model to the aggregate video content to reduce the size of the adjusted aggregate video content is below the predetermined threshold.

19. The method of claim 14, comprising receiving, by the processing system, the training model from a premises device associated with a third party premises via the network device, wherein the training model is generated by the premises device, and wherein the third party premises is associated with the current premises.

20. The method of claim 14, comprising updating the training model based on user-generated input comprising an image of a person.