METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SENSOR DATA OF DETECTED OBJECTS

• US 20160162674A1
• Filed: 02/12/2016
• Published: 06/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2012
• 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: Friedman, Lee
• Granted Patent: US 9,626,496 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/00 Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/196 using television cameras
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19613 Recognition of a predetermined image pattern or behaviour pattern indicating theft or intrusion
• 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 21/22 responsive to presence or absence of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence

Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for detecting, by a system including at least one processor, a presence of an object from sensor data generated by a sensor device, retrieving, by the system, from a memory device a plurality of profiles biometrically descriptive of approved objects, asserting, by the system, an alarm responsive to determining from the sensor data that the detected object is not biometrically correlated to any of the plurality of profiles, classifying, by the system, the detected object as an authorized object responsive to determining from the sensor data that the detected object is biometrically correlated to at least one of the plurality of profiles, and notifying, by the system, at least one neighboring device responsive to asserting the alarm or responsive to classifying the detected object as the authorized object. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

detecting, by a system including a processor, a presence of an object from sensor data;

retrieving, by the system from a memory device, a plurality of biometric profiles;

classifying, by the system, the object as an authorized object responsive to determining from the sensor data that the object is correlated to a biometric profile of the plurality of biometric profiles;

responsive to determining that the object is an authorized person;

identifying, by the system and from the profile, a service associated with the person and a command for controlling the service,

enabling, by the system, the service for use by equipment of the person, and

monitoring, by the system, the command invoked by the equipment of the person;

responsive to determining that the object is an unauthorized person;

enabling, by the system, communication with the unauthorized person, and

disengaging, by the system, an alarm responsive to an input indicating recognition of the unauthorized person.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor data is from an imaging sensor, a depth sensor, or both.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of profiles comprises a biometric signature of a person including an audible signature of the person or a recorded gesture of the person.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of profiles comprises a biometric signature of a person including a dimension of a body part of the person.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the dimension comprises an arm length, a leg length, a shoulder width, a hip width, or a combination thereof, and further comprising identifying member parts of the object according to the sensor data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the input comprises speech by an administrator of the system.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising asserting the alarm responsive to determining that the object is not correlated to any of the plurality of profiles.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising notifying a neighboring device responsive to asserting the alarm or responsive to classifying the object as an authorized object.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining that the object is moving in a trajectory with respect to a location of the neighboring device; and

notifying the neighboring device of the trajectory of the object.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving a notification from the neighboring device prior to detecting the presence of the object that the object is moving in a trajectory detectable by the sensor.

11. A device, comprising:

a processor; and

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

detecting a presence of an object from sensor data, wherein the sensor data is from;

retrieving from a memory device a plurality of biometric profiles, wherein the plurality of biometric profiles comprises a biometric signature of a person;

classifying the object as an authorized object responsive to determining from the sensor data that the object is correlated to a biometric profile of the plurality of biometric profiles;

responsive to determining that the object is an authorized person;

identifying, from the profile, a service associated with the person and a command for controlling the service,

enabling the service for use by equipment of the person, and

monitoring the command invoked by the equipment of the person;

responsive to determining that the object is an unauthorized person;

enabling communication with the unauthorized person, and

disengaging an alarm responsive to an input indicating recognition of the unauthorized person.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the biometric signature comprises an audible signature of the person, a recorded gesture of the person, or a dimension of a body part of the person.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise asserting the alarm responsive to determining that the object is not correlated to any of the plurality of profiles.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise notifying a neighboring device responsive to asserting the alarm or responsive to classifying the object as an authorized object.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that the object is moving in a trajectory with respect to a location of the neighboring device; and

notifying the neighboring device of the trajectory of the object.

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

detecting a presence of an object from sensor data, wherein the sensor data is from an imaging sensor, a depth sensor, or both;

retrieving from a memory device a plurality of biometric profiles, wherein the plurality of biometric profiles comprises a biometric signature of a person;

classifying the object as an authorized object responsive to determining from the sensor data that the object is correlated to a biometric profile of the plurality of biometric profiles;

responsive to determining that the object is an authorized person;

identifying, from the profile, a service associated with the person and a command for controlling the service,

enabling the service for use by equipment of the person, and

monitoring the command invoked by the equipment of the person;

responsive to determining that the object is an unauthorized person;

enabling communication with the unauthorized person, and

disengaging an alarm responsive to an input indicating recognition of the unauthorized person.

17. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the biometric signature comprises an audible signature of the person, a recorded gesture of the person, or a dimension of a body part of the person.

18. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise asserting the alarm responsive to determining that the object is not correlated to any of the plurality of profiles.

19. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise notifying a neighboring device responsive to asserting the alarm or responsive to classifying the object as an authorized object.

20. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that the object is moving in a trajectory with respect to a location of the neighboring device; and

notifying the neighboring device of the trajectory of the object.