System for automatically triggering a recording

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11290693-B2
Application number	US-202117163827-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2021
Priority date	Mar 9, 2017
Publication date	Mar 29, 2022
Grant date	Mar 29, 2022

Abstract

System, method, and media for providing automatic recording of an event. The event may be detected from a set of data collected at a sensor. A recording device manager may send signals to other sensors and electromechanical devices to activate these sensors and electromechanical devices based on detection of the triggering event. The sensor may collect data associated with the triggering event and the electromechanical devices may perform actions based on the triggering event.

First claim

Having thus described various embodiments of the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent includes the following:

1. A system for automatically recording an event, comprising:
a sensor configured to collect a set of video data; and
a recording device manager, comprising:
a data store;
at least one processor; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform the steps of:
receiving the set of video data from the sensor;
detecting a triggering event,
wherein the triggering event is a recognition from the video data that a hand of a person is concealed;
performing at least one of object recognition and facial recognition on the video data to determine a threat level of the triggering event;
determining that the triggering event is a threat based on the threat level; and
storing, in a data store, the set of video data collected by the sensor based on the determination that the triggering event is a threat.

2. The system of claim 1 ,
wherein the sensor is a video camera,
wherein the video camera is configured to be attached to a person, and
wherein the set of video data is sent wirelessly from the sensor to the recording device manager.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the triggering event is detected from the set of video data.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is a first sensor and wherein the triggering event signals a second sensor to begin collecting a second set of data.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the recording device manager receives a first signal from the first sensor and sends a second signal to the second sensor to begin recording the second set of data.

6. The system of claim 4 ,
wherein the second sensor is a radio-frequency identification tag,
wherein the first sensor is a video camera, and
wherein the second set of data associated with the radio-frequency identification tag is stored along with the first set of data associated with the video camera.

7. The system of claim 4 ,
wherein a third set of data is stored in the data store,
wherein the third set of data is metadata associated with the first sensor and the second sensor, and
wherein the third set of data is indicative of at least one of a time, a date, the triggering event, a location, and a personal identification.

8. A method of automatically recording an event, comprising the steps of:
collecting a set of video data at a sensor;
detecting a triggering event at a recording device manager,
wherein the triggering event is a recognition from the video data that a hand of a person is concealed;
performing at least one of object recognition and facial recognition on the video data to determine a threat level of the triggering event;
determining that the triggering event is a threat based on the threat level;
sending a signal, in response to the determination that the triggering event is a threat, from the recording device manager to an electromechanical device,
wherein the electromechanical device performs an action in response to the signal.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the electromechanical device is at least one of an actuator, a switch, a lock, a camera, and a motor.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the triggering event is a recognized voice command matching a voice command in a stored database.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein a person activates the triggering event.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the sensor is a video camera and the set of video data includes supplemental visual imagery.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the supplemental visual imagery is generated by at least one of pre-event recording and post-event recording.

14. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at processor, perform a method of automatically recording an event, the method comprising the steps of:
collecting a set of video data at a sensor;
detecting a triggering event from the set of video data at a recording device manager,
wherein the triggering event is a recognition from the video data that a hand of a person is concealed;
performing at least one of object recognition and facial recognition on the video data to determine a threat level from the triggering event;
determining that the triggering event is a threat based on the triggering event;
sending a signal from the recording device manager to an electromechanical device, instructing the electromechanical device to perform an action responsive to the signal based on the determination that the triggering event is a threat; and
storing the first set of video data.

15. The media of claim 14 ,
wherein the first sensor is a camera, and
wherein the triggering event is a recognized movement in the set of video data matching a stored movement in a database.

16. The media of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further perform the step of generating a set of response data in response to and indicative of the action performed by the electromechanical device.

17. The media of claim 14 , wherein the sensor is a video camera configured to record a transaction performed via a magnetic card reader.

18. The media of claim 17 , wherein the action performed by the electromechanical device is at least one of actuating a lock, activating the video camera, initiating an alarm, and initiating a visual signal, or initiating an audible signal.

Assignees

• Digital Ally Inc

Inventors

• Ross Stanton E

Classifications

• H04N7/183

  for receiving images from a single remote source · CPC title

• G06V20/44

  Event detection · CPC title

• H04N7/188 Primary

  Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position (signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253) · CPC title

• G06V20/40

  in video content (extracting overlay text G06V20/62; video retrieval G06F16/70; processing of video elementary streams in video servers H04N21/234; processing of video elementary streams in video clients H04N21/44) · CPC title

• G06K9/00711

  Physics · mapped topic