Large venue surveillance and reaction systems and methods using dynamically analyzed emotional input
First Claim
1. An information processing system, comprising:
- at least one data feed relevant to an area under surveillance, the area under surveillance having operational resources deployed thereto, the area under surveillance operating at an operational efficiency attributable at least in part to the operational resources deployed thereto; and
a memory storing a plurality of trigger scenarios, at least some of the trigger scenarios being represented by a set of rules that takes into account at least (a) information regarding an inferred emotional state of a plurality of individuals located in the area under surveillance and (b) additional data that pertains to the area under surveillance but is unrelated to inferred emotional state information;
a machine learning system; and
processing resources including at least one processor;
wherein the processing resources are configured to at least;
facilitate the receipt of information corresponding to system-relevant events over the at least one data feed;
evaluate at least some of the trigger scenarios stored in the memory in view of at least some of the system-relevant events corresponding to the information received via the at least one data feed to determine whether an incident might be occurring and/or might have occurred in connection with the operational resources deployed to the area under surveillance;
in response to a determination that a given incident might be occurring and/or might have occurred, select an action to be taken, the action being selected as an appropriate response for the given incident and involving a change impacting the deployment of the operational resources to cause a related alteration in the operational efficiency of the area under surveillance in a desired manner, the action being flagged for one of immediate dispatch and delayed dispatch;
add to a priority queue maintained in the memory representations of actions flagged for delayed dispatch, the priority queue facilitating dynamic reprioritization for actions flagged for delayed dispatch;
prompt actions flagged for immediate dispatch to be undertaken immediately, and prompt actions flagged for delayed dispatch to be undertaken based on their relative positions in the priority queue;
determine effectiveness metrics for prompted actions; and
provide the determined effectiveness metrics for the prompted actions to the machine learning system to cause the machine learning system to (i) assess, in response to the prompted actions, how the operational efficiency has changed and whether there has been a dynamic reaction based on inferred emotional state information, and (ii) influence how future actions are selected and/or implemented.
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Abstract
Certain example embodiments relate to large venue surveillance and reaction systems and/or methods that take into account both subjective emotional attributes of persons having relations to the large venues, and objective measures such as, for example, actual or expected wait times, current staffing levels, numbers of customers to be serviced, etc. Pre-programmed scenarios are run in real-time as events stream in over one or more electronic interfaces, with each scenario being implemented as a logic sequence that takes into account at least an aspect of a representation of an inferred emotional state. The scenarios are run to (a) determine whether an incident might be occurring and/or might have occurred, and/or (b) dynamically determine a responsive action to be taken. A complex event processing engine may be used in this regard. The analysis may be used in certain example embodiments to help improve customer satisfaction at the large venue.
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1. An information processing system, comprising:
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at least one data feed relevant to an area under surveillance, the area under surveillance having operational resources deployed thereto, the area under surveillance operating at an operational efficiency attributable at least in part to the operational resources deployed thereto; and a memory storing a plurality of trigger scenarios, at least some of the trigger scenarios being represented by a set of rules that takes into account at least (a) information regarding an inferred emotional state of a plurality of individuals located in the area under surveillance and (b) additional data that pertains to the area under surveillance but is unrelated to inferred emotional state information; a machine learning system; and processing resources including at least one processor; wherein the processing resources are configured to at least; facilitate the receipt of information corresponding to system-relevant events over the at least one data feed; evaluate at least some of the trigger scenarios stored in the memory in view of at least some of the system-relevant events corresponding to the information received via the at least one data feed to determine whether an incident might be occurring and/or might have occurred in connection with the operational resources deployed to the area under surveillance; in response to a determination that a given incident might be occurring and/or might have occurred, select an action to be taken, the action being selected as an appropriate response for the given incident and involving a change impacting the deployment of the operational resources to cause a related alteration in the operational efficiency of the area under surveillance in a desired manner, the action being flagged for one of immediate dispatch and delayed dispatch; add to a priority queue maintained in the memory representations of actions flagged for delayed dispatch, the priority queue facilitating dynamic reprioritization for actions flagged for delayed dispatch; prompt actions flagged for immediate dispatch to be undertaken immediately, and prompt actions flagged for delayed dispatch to be undertaken based on their relative positions in the priority queue; determine effectiveness metrics for prompted actions; and provide the determined effectiveness metrics for the prompted actions to the machine learning system to cause the machine learning system to (i) assess, in response to the prompted actions, how the operational efficiency has changed and whether there has been a dynamic reaction based on inferred emotional state information, and (ii) influence how future actions are selected and/or implemented. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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15. A method of monitoring an area under surveillance, the area under surveillance having operational resources deployed thereto, the area under surveillance operating at an operational efficiency attributable at least in part to the operational resources deployed thereto, the method comprising:
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receiving information corresponding to system-relevant events over at least one data feed; evaluating, using at least one processor, one or more trigger scenarios in view of at least some of the system-relevant events corresponding to the information received via the at least one data feed to determine whether an incident might be occurring and/or might have occurred in connection with the operational resources deployed to the area under surveillance, a plurality of trigger scenarios being stored to a memory, at least some of the trigger scenarios being represented by a set of rules that takes into account at least (a) information regarding an inferred emotional state of a plurality of individuals located in the area under surveillance and (b) additional data that pertains to the area under surveillance but is unrelated to inferred emotional state information; responsive to a determination that a given incident might be occurring and/or might have occurred, selecting an action to be taken, the action being selected as an appropriate response for the given incident and involving a change impacting the deployment of the operational resources to cause a related alteration in the operational efficiency of the area under surveillance in a desired manner, the action being flagged for one of immediate dispatch and delayed dispatch; adding to a priority queue maintained in the memory representations of actions flagged for delayed dispatch, the priority queue facilitating dynamic reprioritization for actions flagged for delayed dispatch; prompting actions flagged for immediate dispatch to be undertaken immediately, and prompting actions flagged for delayed dispatch to be undertaken based on their relative positions in the priority queue; determining effectiveness metrics for prompted actions; and providing the determined effectiveness metrics for the prompted actions to a machine learning system to cause the machine learning system to (i) assess, in response to the prompted actions, how the operational efficiency has changed and whether there has been a dynamic reaction based on inferred emotional state information, and (ii) influence how future actions are selected and/or implemented. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium tangibly storing a program comprising instructions that, when executed, in connection with a computer system including a processor that is controlled by the instructions, at least:
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monitor an area under surveillance, the area under surveillance having operational resources deployed thereto, the area under surveillance operating at an operational efficiency attributable at least in part to the operational resources deployed thereto; receive information corresponding to system-relevant events over at least one data feed; evaluate one or more trigger scenarios in view of at least some of the system-relevant events corresponding to the information received via the at least one data feed to determine whether an incident might be occurring and/or might have occurred in connection with the operational resources deployed to the area under surveillance, a plurality of trigger scenarios being stored to a memory of the computer system, at least some of the trigger scenarios being represented by a set of rules that takes into account at least (a) information regarding an inferred emotional state of a plurality of individuals located in the area under surveillance and (b) additional data that pertains to the area under surveillance but is unrelated to inferred emotional state information; responsive to a determination that a given incident might be occurring and/or might have occurred, select an action to be taken, the action being selected as an appropriate response for the given incident and involving a change impacting the deployment of the operational resources to cause a related alteration in the operational efficiency of the area under surveillance in a desired manner, the action being flagged for one of immediate dispatch and delayed dispatch; add to a priority queue maintained in the memory representations of actions flagged for delayed dispatch, the priority queue facilitating dynamic reprioritization for actions flagged for delayed dispatch; prompt actions flagged for immediate dispatch to be undertaken immediately, and prompt actions flagged for delayed dispatch to be undertaken based on their relative positions in the priority queue; determine effectiveness metrics for prompted actions; and provide the determined effectiveness metrics for the prompted actions to a machine learning system to cause the machine learning system to (i) assess, in response to the prompted actions, how the operational efficiency has changed and whether there has been a dynamic reaction based on inferred emotional state information, and (ii) influence how future actions are selected and/or implemented. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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