Ubiquitous visual computing witness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10559202-B2
Application number	US-201816004299-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 8, 2018
Priority date	Dec 28, 2017
Publication date	Feb 11, 2020
Grant date	Feb 11, 2020

Abstract

In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a memory and a processor. The memory is to store sensor data captured by one or more sensors associated with a first device. Further, the processor comprises circuitry to: access the sensor data captured by the one or more sensors associated with the first device; determine that an incident occurred within a vicinity of the first device; identify a first collection of sensor data associated with the incident, wherein the first collection of sensor data is identified from the sensor data captured by the one or more sensors; preserve, on the memory, the first collection of sensor data associated with the incident; and notify one or more second devices of the incident, wherein the one or more second devices are located within the vicinity of the first device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a memory to store sensor data captured by one or more sensors associated with a first device; and
a processor comprising circuitry to:
access the sensor data captured by the one or more sensors associated with the first device;
determine that an incident occurred within a vicinity of the first device, wherein the circuitry to determine that the incident occurred within the vicinity of the first device is further to:
analyze the sensor data captured by the one or more sensors;
identify an anomaly associated with the sensor data; and
detect the incident based on the anomaly associated with the sensor data;

identify a first collection of sensor data associated with the incident, wherein the first collection of sensor data is identified from the sensor data captured by the one or more sensors;
preserve, on the memory, the first collection of sensor data associated with the incident; and
notify one or more second devices of the incident, wherein the one or more second devices are located within the vicinity of the first device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further to:
receive a notification associated with the incident over an information-centric network, wherein the notification comprises a request for data associated with the incident, and wherein the request for data comprises an indication of a plurality of attributes associated with the incident; and
determine whether the sensor data captured by the one or more sensors corresponds to the plurality of attributes associated with the incident.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of attributes associated with the incident comprises a time and a location of the incident.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further to generate an identifier for the incident, wherein the identifier is generated based on one or more attributes associated with the incident.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry to notify the one or more second devices of the incident is further to:
broadcast a notification associated with the incident over an information-centric network, wherein the notification comprises a request for data associated with the incident, and wherein the notification is received by the one or more second devices.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the circuitry is further to:
receive one or more second collections of sensor data associated with the incident, wherein the one or more second collections of sensor data are received from the one or more second devices; and
generate a consolidated collection of sensor data associated with the incident, wherein the consolidated collection of sensor data is generated from the first collection of sensor data and the one or more second collections of sensor data.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the circuitry is further to send the consolidated collection of sensor data to an entity associated with the incident.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the circuitry is further to generate a reconstructed representation of the incident based on the consolidated collection of sensor data.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the incident comprises an automobile accident, and wherein the first device is associated with:
a vehicle involved in the automobile accident; or
roadside infrastructure located near the automobile accident.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first device is associated with a surveillance system, and wherein the one or more sensors comprise one or more cameras.

11. A system, comprising:
a plurality of sensors to capture sensor data associated with an operating environment of a first device;
a communication interface to communicate with one or more second devices; and
a processor to:
determine that an incident occurred within a vicinity of the first device, wherein the incident is detected based on an analysis of the sensor data captured by the plurality of sensors;
identify a first collection of sensor data associated with the incident, wherein the first collection of sensor data is identified from the sensor data captured by the plurality of sensors;
preserve the first collection of sensor data associated with the incident; and
notify the one or more second devices of the incident, wherein the one or more second devices are located within the vicinity of the first device.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further to:
receive a notification associated with the incident over an information-centric network, wherein the notification comprises a request for data associated with the incident, and wherein the request for data comprises an indication of a plurality of attributes associated with the incident; and
determine whether the sensor data captured by the plurality of sensors corresponds to the plurality of attributes associated with the incident.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processor to notify the one or more second devices of the incident is further to:
broadcast a notification associated with the incident over an information-centric network, wherein the notification comprises a request for data associated with the incident, and wherein the notification is received by the one or more second devices.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further to:
receive one or more second collections of sensor data associated with the incident, wherein the one or more second collections of sensor data are received from the one or more second devices; and
generate a consolidated collection of sensor data associated with the incident, wherein the consolidated collection of sensor data is generated from the first collection of sensor data and the one or more second collections of sensor data.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further to send the consolidated collection of sensor data to an entity associated with the incident.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further to generate a reconstructed representation of the incident based on the consolidated collection of sensor data.

17. At least one non-transitory machine accessible storage medium having instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed on a machine, cause the machine to:
access sensor data captured by one or more sensors associated with a first device;
detect an incident that occurs within a vicinity of the first device, wherein the incident is detected based on an analysis of the sensor data;
identify a first collection of sensor data associated with the incident, wherein the first collection of sensor data is identified from the sensor data captured by the one or more sensors;
preserve the first collection of sensor data associated with the incident; and
notify one or more second devices of the incident, wherein the one or more second devices are located within the vicinity of the first device.

18. The storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions further cause the machine to:
receive a notification associated with the incident over an information-centric network, wherein the notification comprises a request for data associated with the incident, and wherein the request for data comprises an indication of a plurality of attributes associated with the incident; and
determine whether the sensor data captured by the one or more sensors corresponds to the plurality of attributes associated with the incident.

19. The storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions further cause the mac

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Yang shao-wen
• Schooler Eve M
• Hyde Maruti Gupta
• Moustafa Hassnaa
• Bartfai-Walcott Katalin Klara
• Chen Yen-Kuang
• Mccarthy Jessica
• Strong Christina R
• Raghunath Arun
• Vembar Deepak S

Classifications

• G08G1/087

  Override of traffic control, e.g. by signal transmitted by an emergency vehicle · CPC title

• G08G1/0116

  from roadside infrastructure, e.g. beacons · CPC title

• G06F21/6245

  Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes · CPC title

• G06V10/82 Primary

  using neural networks · CPC title

• G06V10/764

  using classification, e.g. of video objects · CPC title