BROKER MEDIATED VIDEO ANALYTICS METHOD AND SYSTEM

• US 20110109742A1
• Filed: 10/07/2010
• Published: 05/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: iWatchLife Inc.
• Original Assignee: iWatchLife Inc.
• Inventors: Phillips, Jason, Murphy, William, Laganiere, Robert, Blais, Pascal
• Application Number:
  US12/900,374
• Publication Number:
  US 20110109742A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/143
• 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: H04N 21/222 Secondary servers, e.g. proxy server, cable television Head-end provisioning of proxy services in data packet switching networks H04L67/56
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23103 using load balancing strategies, e.g. by placing or distributing content on different disks, different memories or different servers storage management G06F3/0604; allocation of resources considering the load in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/505; techniques for rebalancing the load in a distributed system G06F9/5083; access to distributed or replicated servers, e.g. load balancing, in data networks H04L67/1001
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2405 Monitoring of the internal components or processes of the server, e.g. server load allocation of resources in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/50; performance measurement of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control

Abstract

A method comprises transmitting video data from a source end to a central server via a Wide Area Network (WAN). The video data includes video data relating to an event of interest, and is captured using a video camera disposed at the source end. Via a plurality of streams, the video data is transmitted from the central server to each one of a plurality of different video analytics engines. Different video analytics processing of the video data is performed using each one of the plurality of different video analytics engines.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

transmitting video data from a source end to a central server via a Wide Area Network (WAN), the video data including video data relating to an event of interest captured using a video camera disposed at the source end;

via a plurality of streams, transmitting the video data from the central server to each one of a plurality of different video analytics engines; and

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performing different video analytics processing of the video data using each one of the plurality of different video analytics engines.

2. A method according to claim 1, comprising based on at least a result provided by one of the plurality of different video analytics engines, generating a signal for performing a predetermined action in response to an occurrence of the event of interest at the source end.

3. A method according to claim 2, wherein the signal is for providing an alert that is indicative of an occurrence of the event of interest at the source end.

4. A method according to claim 3, comprising providing the alert to an indicated user, wherein the alert comprises at least a portion of the video data relating to the event of interest for being displayed to the indicated user.

5. A method according to claim 4, wherein the alert is a human intelligible alert for being provided to the indicated user.

6. A method according to claim 4, wherein the alert is provided via a wireless communications channel to a portable electronic device associated with the indicated user.

7. A method according to claim 3, wherein the alert is provided in dependence upon determining a correlation between a result provided by a first one of the plurality of different video analytics engines and a result provided by a second one of the plurality of different video analytics engines.

8. A method according to claim 2, wherein the signal is for forwarding the video data for review by a human operator.

9. A method according to claim 2, wherein the signal is for storing at least a portion of the video data in a non-volatile memory storage device.

10. A method according to claim 2, wherein the signal is for providing at least a portion of the video data to another video analytics engine for further video analytics processing.

11. A method comprising:

capturing video data using a first type of sensor comprising a video camera disposed at a source end and capturing other data using a second type of sensor disposed at the source end, the first type of sensor different than the second type of sensor, the video data and the other data each including data relating to an occurrence of a same event of interest at the source end;

transmitting the video data and the other data from the source end to a central server via a Wide Area Network (WAN);

transmitting the video data from the central server to a video analytics engine via a first IP stream and transmitting the other data to a data analytics engine via a second IP stream, the data analytics engine selected from a plurality of available data analytics engines in dependence upon a type of the other data; and

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performing video analytics processing of the video data using the video analytics engine and performing data analytics processing of the other data using the selected data analytics engine.

12. A method according to claim 11, comprising, based on determining a correlation between a result provided by the video analytics engine and a result provided by the selected data analytics engine, generating a signal for performing a predetermined action in response to an occurrence of the event of interest at the source end.

13. A method according to claim 12, wherein the signal is for providing an alert that is indicative of an occurrence of the event of interest at the source end.

14. A method according to claim 13, comprising providing the alert to an indicated user, wherein the alert comprises at least a portion of the video data relating to the event of interest for being displayed to the indicated user.

15. A method according to claim 14, wherein the alert is a human intelligible alert for being provided to the indicated user.

16. A method comprising:

capturing video data using a video camera disposed at a source end, the video data including video data relating to an event of interest captured using the video camera;

transmitting the video data to a video analytics broker;

transmitting the video data from the video analytics broker to at least one video analytics engine of a plurality of different video analytics engines that are accessible by the video analytics broker; and

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performing video analytics on the video data using the at least one video analytics engine.

17. A method according to claim 16, comprising, based on a result provided by the at least one video analytics engine, generating a signal for performing a predetermined action in response to an occurrence of the event of interest at the source end.

18. A method according to claim 17, wherein the signal is for providing an alert that is indicative of an occurrence of the event of interest at the source end.

19. A method according to claim 18, comprising providing the alert to an indicated user, wherein the alert comprises at least a portion of the video data relating to the event of interest for being displayed to the indicated user.

20. A method according to claim 19, wherein the alert is a human intelligible alert for being provided to the indicated user.