Graphical user interface and video frames for a sensor based detection system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10084871-B2
Application number	US-201514637168-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 3, 2015
Priority date	May 23, 2013
Publication date	Sep 25, 2018
Grant date	Sep 25, 2018

Abstract

A system may include a sensor a visual capturing device, and a controller. The sensor may be configured to measure a value associated with an input. The visual capturing device may be configured to capture visual data. The controller may be configured to cause the measured value and the captured visual data to be rendered on a display device simultaneously.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a sensor configured to measure a value associated with an input, wherein the sensor is further configured to time stamp the measured value;
a visual capturing device configured to capture visual data, wherein the visual capturing device is further configured to time stamp the captured visual data; and
a controller configured to cause the measured value and the captured visual data to be rendered on a display device simultaneously;
wherein the controller is further configured to store the measured value with the time stamp and the captured visual data with the time stamp;
wherein the controller is further configured to display a representation of the sensor on a geographical map, wherein the representation of the sensor on the map is positioned in its geo-positional location on the map based on global positioning system (GPS) coordinates of the sensor stored by the controller;
wherein the controller is further configured to display a representation of the visual capturing device on the map, wherein the representation of the visual capturing device on the map is positioned in its geo-positional location on the map based on GPS coordinates of the visual capturing device stored by the controller; and
wherein the controller is further configured to scroll through the stored measured value and captured visual data based on the time stamp on the display of the representation of the sensor and the visual capturing device on the map.

2. The system as described in claim 1 , wherein the sensor is selected from a group consisting of thermal sensor, electromagnetic sensor, mechanical sensor, motion sensor, and biological/chemical sensor, and wherein the visual capturing device is associated with the sensor.

3. The system as described in claim 1 , wherein the visual capturing device is selected from a group consisting of a camera and a video camera, and wherein the controller is further configured to display the measured value of the sensor and the captured visual data of the visual capturing device simultaneously upon selection by a user of the displayed representation of the sensor on the map.

4. The system as described in claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the measured value to be time stamped and stored in a storage medium for later retrieval, and wherein the controller is further configured to display a configuration state of the sensor, a last reset of the sensor, a duration of the state of the sensor, a name of the sensor, a sensor type, a closest sensor within proximity of the sensor, and a closest visual capturing device upon selection by a user of the displayed representation of the sensor on the map.

5. The system as described in claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether the measured value satisfies a certain condition, wherein the sensor is configured to measure a plurality of values associated with the input, and wherein the visual capturing device is configured to capture a sequence of visual data associated with the plurality of values.

6. The system as described in claim 5 , wherein the controller in response to determining that the measured value satisfies the certain condition causes the captured visual data to be time stamped and stored in a storage medium for later retrieval, wherein the sensor and the visual capturing device are within a same physical proximity, and wherein the captured visual data is associated with the measured value, and wherein the certain condition is at least one of: the sensor reading exceeding a threshold and a group of sensor readings exceeding a threshold within a certain period.

7. The system as described in claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to display the captured visual data associated with the measured value of the sensor based on a user selection of the sensor and an associated timestamp on the map.

8. The system as descried in claim 1 , wherein the captured visual data is time stamped and stored in a storage medium for later retrieval responsive to a user selection to timestamp.

9. The system as described in claim 1 , wherein the sensor and the visual capturing device are within a same physical proximity, and wherein the captured visual data is associated with the measured value, wherein the same physical proximity is at least one of: within a line of sight, within a same room, and within a same building.

10. The system as described in claim 1 , wherein the sensor is configured to measure a plurality of values associated with the input, and wherein the visual capturing device is configured to capture a sequence of visual data associated with the plurality of values, and wherein the controller is configured to cause the plurality of values and the sequence of visual data to be rendered on the display device simultaneously and scroll through in time responsive to user manipulation, and wherein the sequence of visual data is a video feed.

11. The system as described in claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to display a color coding of the sensor on the map based on the value measured by the sensor, wherein the color coding provides a different color for each of: a calibrating sensor, a normal reading from the sensor, an elevated sensor reading, a potential hazard sensor reading, and a hazard alert sensor reading.

12. A system comprising:
a plurality of sensors configured to measure values associated with inputs associated therewith, wherein the plurality of sensors are further configured to time stamp the measured values;
a plurality of visual capturing devices configured to capture visual data associated therewith, wherein a subset of the plurality of sensors is associated with a subset of the plurality of visual capturing devices, wherein the plurality of visual capturing devices are further configured to time stamp the captured visual data; and
a controller configured to cause measured values associated with the subset of the plurality of sensors that is further associated with captured visual data associated with the subset of the plurality of visual capturing devices to be simultaneously rendered on a display device;
wherein the controller is further configured to store the measured values with the time stamp and the captured visual data with the time stamp;
wherein the controller is further configured to display a representation of the plurality of sensors on a geographical map, wherein the locations of the plurality of sensors on the map are based on global positioning system (GPS) coordinates of the plurality of sensors stored by the controller;
wherein the controller is further configured to display a representation of the plurality of visual capturing devices on the map, wherein the locations of the plurality of visual capturing devices are based on GPS coordinates of the plurality of visual capturing devices stored by the controller; and
wherein the controller is further configured to scroll through the stored measured values and captured visual data based on the time stamp on the display of the representation of the plurality of sensors and the plurality of visual capturing devices on the map.

13. The system as described in claim 12 , wherein the controller is further configured to display a path traveled by a material on the map based on the measured values of the plurality of sensors and the stored GPS coordinates of the plurality of sensors, and wherein the controller is further configured to display the measured value of the sensor and the captured visual data of the visual capturing device simultaneously upon selection by a user of the displayed representation of

Assignees

• Allied Telesis Holdings Kk
• Allied Telesis Inc

Inventors

• Gallo Joseph L
• De Antoni Ferdinand E K
• Gill Scott
• Stellick Daniel

Classifications

• H04L67/18

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/22 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/04 Primary

  specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability · CPC title

• H04L67/12

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• H04L67/535 Primary

  Tracking the activity of the user (network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34) · CPC title