Systems and methods for image-based light output

• US 10,536,635 B2
• Filed: 01/11/2019
• Issued: 01/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intelligent Security Systems (ISS)
• Original Assignee: Intelligent Security Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: Chernikov, Konstantin
• Primary Examiner(s): Flohre, Jason A
• Application Number:
  US16/246,059
• Publication Number:
  US 20190222753A1
• Time in Patent Office: 368 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 3/00 Direction-finders for determining the direction from which infrasonic, sonic, ultrasonic, or electromagnetic waves, or particle emission, not having a directional significance, are being received position-fixing by co-ordinating a plurality of determinations of direction or position lines G01S5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 3/7864 T.V. type tracking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/0007 Image acquisition
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/20 Perspective computation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19602 Image analysis to detect motion of the intruder, e.g. by frame subtraction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/60 Control of cameras or camera modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/698 for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/74 by influencing the scene brightness using illuminating means

Abstract

Broadly, this disclosure discloses various computing technologies that include a processor in communication with an imaging device and with an illumination device. The processor receives a set of imaging data from the imaging device such that the processor is able to identify an object within the set of imaging data and determine a set of coordinates. The processor then sends the set of coordinates to the illumination device such that the illumination device can output an illumination based on the set of coordinates.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a server, a video stream from a camera, wherein the video stream depicts an object that is moving along a current path;

detecting, by the server, the object in the video stream;

performing, by the server, a classification of the object after the object is detected;

determining, by the server, a projected path of the object based on the current path and the classification;

generating, by the server, a set of coordinates based on the projected path;

sending, by the server, the set of coordinates to a laser projector having a mirror such that the laser projector projects a laser beam via the mirror based on the set of coordinates as the object is moving in the projected path and traces the object in a shape via the laser beam while the object is moving in the projected path, wherein at least one of;

the laser projector transforms the set of coordinates into a set of points such that the shape is formed based on the laser beam moving via the mirror along the points, or

the shape includes a vertex, wherein the set of coordinates locates the vertex.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the server sends the set of coordinates to the laser projector such that the laser projector projects the laser beam based on the set of coordinates as the object is moving in the projected path and thereby illuminate the object.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the server sends the set of coordinates to the laser projector such that the laser projector projects the laser beam based on the set of coordinates as the object is moving in the projected path and thereby trace another object in proximity of the object.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the server sends the set of coordinates to the laser projector such that the laser projector projects the laser beam based on the set of coordinates as the object is moving in the projected path and thereby illuminate another object in proximity of the object.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the server sends the set of coordinates to the laser projector such that the laser projector moves to project the laser beam based on the set of coordinates as the object is moving in the projected path.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the server sends the set of coordinates to the laser projector such that the laser projector remains stationary to project the laser beam based on the set of coordinates as the object is moving in the projected path.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the server sends the set of coordinates to the laser projector such that the laser projector projects the laser beam in a spectrum visible to a human eye based on the set of coordinates as the object is moving in the projected path.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the server sends the set of coordinates to the laser projector such that the laser projector projects the laser beam in an image form based on the set of coordinates as the object is moving in the projected path.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the server sends the set of coordinates to the laser projector such that the laser projector projects the laser beam based on the set of coordinates to delineate an area as the object is moving in the projected path.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the server sends the set of coordinates to the laser projector such that the laser projector projects the laser beam in a single color based on the set of coordinates as the object is moving in the projected path.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

selecting, by the server, an identifier of the single color; and

sending, by the server, the identifier to the laser projector such that the laser projector projects the laser beam in the single color based on the identifier.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the server sends the set of coordinates to the laser projector such that the laser projector projects the laser beam in a plurality of colors based on the set of coordinates as the object is moving in the projected path.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

selecting, by the server, a plurality of identifiers of the colors; and

sending, by the server, the identifiers to the laser projector such that the laser projector projects the laser beam in the colors based on the identifiers.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

estimating, by the server, a size of the object;

generating, by the server, a value corresponding to the size; and

sending, by the server, the value to the laser projector such that the laser projector projects the laser beam based on the set of coordinates and the value as the object is moving in the projected path.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the server, a first characteristic of a surface from the video stream;

determining, by the server, a second characteristic of the laser projector based on the first characteristic, wherein the second characteristic is associated with the laser beam;

sending, by the server, the second characteristic to the laser projector such that the laser projector projects the laser beam onto the surface based on the second characteristic as the object is moving in the projected path.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the second characteristic is associated with a color of the surface.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the second characteristic is associated with a texture of the surface.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the projected path is rectilinear.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the server sends the set of coordinates to the laser projector such that the laser projector projects the laser beam in a spectrum invisible to a human eye based on the set of coordinates as the object is moving in the projected path.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the laser projector transforms the set of coordinates into the set of points such that the shape is formed based on the laser beam moving via the mirror along the points.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the shape includes the vertex, wherein the set of coordinates locates the vertex.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the object is a human moving along the projected path outdoors.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the human is crossing a road at a marked crosswalk, wherein the laser projector projects a plurality of laser beams along the marked crosswalk such that the human is crossing the road between the laser beams.

24. A system comprising:

a light source; and

a server programmed to;

receive a video stream from a camera, wherein the video stream depicts an object that is moving along a current path,

detect the object in the video stream,

perform a classification of the object after the object is detected,

determine a projected path of the object based on the current path and the classification,

generate a set of coordinates based on the projected path, and

send the set of coordinates to the light source such that the light source sources a light based on the set of coordinates as the object is moving in the projected path and traces the object in a shape via the light while the object is moving in the projected path, wherein at least one of;

the light source transforms the set of coordinates into a set of points such that the shape is formed based on the light moving along the points, or

the shape includes a vertex, wherein the set of coordinates locates the vertex.

25. A method comprising:

receiving, by a server, a video stream from a camera, wherein the video stream depicts an object that is moving along a current path;

detecting, by the server, the object in the video stream;

performing, by the server, a classification of the object after the object is detected;

determining, by the server, a projected path of the object based on the current path and the classification;

generating, by the server, a set of coordinates based on the projected path;

sending, by the server, the set of coordinates to a light source such that the light source sources a light based on the set of coordinates as the object is moving in the projected path and traces the object in a shape via the light while the object is moving in the projected path, wherein at least one of;

the light source transforms the set of coordinates into a set of points such that the shape is formed based on the light moving along the points, or

the shape includes a vertex, wherein the set of coordinates locates the vertex.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the light source includes a light emitting diode (LED) that sources the light.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the LED is included in a lamp.

28. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a set of imaging data from an imaging device, wherein the set of imaging data depicts an object;

identifying, by the processor, the object in the set of imaging data;

generating, by the processor, a set of coordinates based on the object; and

sending, by the processor, the set of coordinates to an illumination device such that the illumination device outputs an illumination based on the set of coordinates and traces the object in a shape via the illumination, wherein at least one of;

the illumination device transforms the set of coordinates into a set of points such that the shape is formed based on the illumination moving along the points, or

the shape includes a vertex, wherein the set of coordinates locates the vertex.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the illumination device includes a light emitting diode (LED) that can output the illumination.

30. The method of claim 28, wherein the illumination device includes a laser projector that can output the illumination.