Method and Device for Processing Motion Events

• US 20160005280A1
• Filed: 06/10/2015
• Published: 01/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Laska, Jason N., Nelson, Greg R., Duffy, Greg, Hill, Cameron, Davidsson, Martin
• Granted Patent: US 10,127,783 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19608 Tracking movement of a target, e.g. by detecting an object predefined as a target, using target direction and or velocity to predict its new position
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1961 Movement detection not involving frame subtraction, e.g. motion detection on the basis of luminance changes in the image
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19645 Multiple cameras, each having view on one of a plurality of scenes, e.g. multiple cameras for multi-room surveillance or for tracking an object by view hand-over
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19652 Systems using zones in a single scene defined for different treatment, e.g. outer zone gives pre-alarm, inner zone gives alarm
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19671 Addition of non-video data, i.e. metadata, to video stream
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19673 Addition of time stamp, i.e. time metadata, to video stream
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19682 Graphic User Interface [GUI] presenting system data to the user, e.g. information on a screen helping a user interacting with an alarm system

Abstract

The disclosed embodiments include an electronic device with a display, processor(s), and memory. The electronic device displays a user interface on the display, the user interface including video information corresponding to a camera, the video information including a field of view of the camera. The electronic device receives user identification of a spatial zone within the user interface, the spatial zone corresponding to at least a portion of the field of view of the camera; and forgoes user notification of subsequent motion events involving the spatial zone.

Claims

1. A method of processing motion events, the method comprising:

at a client device, the client device comprising memory, one or more processors, and a display;

displaying a user interface on the display, the user interface including video information corresponding to a camera, the video information including a field of view of the camera;

receiving user identification of a spatial zone within the user interface, the spatial zone corresponding to at least a portion of the field of view of the camera; and

forgoing user notification of subsequent motion events involving the spatial zone.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving user identification of the spatial zone within the user interface comprises:

in response to a user request, displaying a static scene representing the camera'"'"'s field of view;

receiving user selection of at least a portion of the static scene; and

defining the spatial zone in accordance with the user selection.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the client device further comprises a touch-sensitive surface;

and

wherein the user selection of at least the portion of the static scene is received via one or more touch inputs on the touch-sensitive surface, the one or more touch inputs detected on a portion of the touch-sensitive surface corresponding to the static scene.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising removing from the user interface user notification for a past motion event involving the spatial zone.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein forgoing user notification of the subsequent motion events includes forgoing generating a user alert for the subsequent motion events.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein forgoing user notification of the subsequent motion events includes forgoing including notification of the subsequent motion events on an event timeline.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein displaying the user interface includes displaying the event timeline.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the video information includes a video feed of the camera.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving user identification of the spatial zone within the user interface includes receiving information denoting the spatial zone as a spatial zone in which user notifications are suppressed.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving user input setting one or more zone monitoring triggers associated with the spatial zone.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in accordance with a determination that a subsequent motion event involves the spatial zone, forgoing user notification of the subsequent motion event; and

in accordance with a determination that the subsequent motion event does not involve the spatial zone, generating a user notification for the subsequent motion event.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein generating the user notification comprises including notification of the motion event on an event timeline within the user interface.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein generating the user notification comprises presenting a user alert at the client device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the user alert includes an audio alert.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising, in accordance with a determination that at least part of a subsequent motion event occurs outside the spatial zone, generating a user notification.

16. An electronic device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing one or more programs to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising instructions for;

displaying a user interface on the display, the user interface including video information corresponding to a camera, the video information including a field of view of the camera;

receiving user identification of a spatial zone within the user interface, the spatial zone corresponding to at least a portion of the field of view of the camera; and

forgoing user notification of subsequent motion events involving the spatial zone.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein receiving user identification of the spatial zone within the user interface comprises:

in response to a user request, displaying a static scene representing the camera'"'"'s field of view;

receiving user selection of at least a portion of the static scene; and

defining the spatial zone in accordance with the user selection.

18. The device of claim 16, the one or more programs further comprising instructions for, in accordance with a determination that at least part of a subsequent motion event occurs outside the spatial zone, generating a user notification.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which, when executed by an electronic device with one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:

displaying a user interface on the display, the user interface including video information corresponding to a camera, the video information including a field of view of the camera;

receiving user identification of a spatial zone within the user interface, the spatial zone corresponding to at least a portion of the field of view of the camera; and

forgoing user notification of subsequent motion events involving the spatial zone.

20. The storage medium of claim 19, wherein receiving user identification of the spatial zone within the user interface comprises:

in response to a user request, displaying a static scene representing the camera'"'"'s field of view;

receiving user selection of at least a portion of the static scene; and

defining the spatial zone in accordance with the user selection.