Occurrence-record driven monitoring system and method of use thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11600166-B1
Application number	US-202117514355-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Oct 29, 2021
Priority date	Oct 27, 2021
Publication date	Mar 7, 2023
Grant date	Mar 7, 2023

Abstract

Systems and methods for monitoring event through the use of occurrence records in order to take one or more actions are described herein. An occurrence record is received and processed. The occurrence record includes one or more parameters and are indicative of an event of a given type. The received occurrence record is compared to one or more trigger-based rules. When a trigger condition of a trigger-based rule is met, the trigger-based rule is executed. When one or more other conditions of the executed trigger-based rule is met, a command for an action is generated.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of alerting one or more portable computing devices of a presence of a nearby target vehicle by a monitoring system, the method comprising:
receiving an occurrence record indicative of a license plate read event by a camera, the occurrence record including a geographic parameter corresponding to a location of the camera and a licence plate number of the license plate read event;
determining that the licence plate number corresponds to a target licence plate number of a plurality of target license plate numbers corresponding to a plurality of target vehicles;
searching for one or more portable computing devices that are within a pre-determined perimeter of the location of the camera and retrieving one or more identifiers corresponding to, respectively, each of one or more portable computing device that is identified within the pre-determined perimeter of the location of the camera;
transmitting a notification to each of the one or more portable computing devices corresponding to each of the one or more identifiers, the notification including the licence plate number, the notification is for alerting a recipient of the notification of a possible presence of the target vehicle in a vicinity of the recipient;
wherein the method further comprises receiving geolocation data from a plurality of mobile computing devices; and wherein searching for the one or more portable computing devices comprises identifying, from the plurality of mobile devices, the one or more computing devices within the pre-determined perimeter of the location of the camera based on the geolocation data.

2. The method as defined in claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more portable computing devices are configured for running an application associated with the monitoring system; and wherein transmitting the notification to each of the one or more portable computing devices comprises transmitting the notification to each of the one or more portable computing devices through the application of each of the one or more portable computing devices.

3. The method as defined in claim 1 , wherein determining that the license plate number corresponds to the target license plate number comprises comparing the occurrence record to a trigger-based rule comprising a trigger condition, wherein the trigger condition is met by the occurrence record when the occurrence record corresponds to a licence plate recognition event.

4. The method as defined in claim 3 , wherein comparing the first occurrence record to the trigger-based rule comprises comparing the occurrence record to a plurality of trigger-based rules comprising the trigger-based rule, each trigger-based rule of the plurality of trigger-based rules comprising a respective trigger condition.

5. The method as defined in claim 1 , wherein the licence plate number corresponds to the target licence plate number when the licence plate number is similar to the target licence plate number.

6. The method as defined in claim 1 , wherein the licence plate number corresponds to the target licence plate number when the licence plate number is identical to the target licence plate number.

7. The method as defined in claim 1 , wherein the perimeter corresponds to a radius from the location of the camera positioned in a center of a circle having the radius.

8. The method as defined in claim 1 , wherein the perimeter corresponds to a geographic range set by an operator by defining an area on a map appearing on a graphical user interface.

9. The method as defined in claim 1 , wherein the notification further comprises at least one of: a license plate image of the license plate, a context image of a vehicle with the license plate, a make of the vehicle, a model of the vehicle, a year of the vehicle, a vehicle colour and a vehicle speed.

10. The method as defined in claim 1 , further comprising, prior to the receiving, analyzing an image obtained from the camera to identify the licence plate number, and generating the occurrence record.

11. The method as defined in claim 1 , wherein the camera is a licence plate recognition (LPR) camera.

12. The method as defined in claim 1 , wherein the one or more portable computing devices include computing devices that are integrated or attached to a patrol vehicle.

13. A computing device for alerting one or more portable computing devices of a presence of a nearby target vehicle by a monitoring system, the computing device comprising:
a processor; and
memory including program code that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: receive an occurrence record indicative of a license plate read event by a camera, the occurrence record including a geographic parameter corresponding to a location of the camera and a licence plate number of the license plate read event;
determine that the licence plate number corresponds to a target licence plate number of a plurality of target license plate numbers corresponding to a plurality of target vehicles;
search for one or more portable computing devices that are within a pre-determined perimeter of the location of the camera and retrieving one or more identifiers corresponding to, respectively, each of the one or more portable computing devices that are identified within the pre-determined perimeter of the location of the camera;
transmit a notification to each of the one or more portable computing devices corresponding to each of the one or more identifiers, the notification including the licence plate number, the notification is for alerting a recipient of the notification of a possible presence of the target vehicle in a vicinity of the recipient; and
receive geolocation data from a plurality of mobile computing devices;
wherein the program code that causes the processor to search for the one or more portable computing devices further causes the processor to, when executed by the processor, identify, from the plurality of mobile devices, the one or more computing devices within the pre-determined perimeter of the location of the camera based on the geolocation data.

14. The computing device as defined in claim 13 , wherein the program code that causes the processor to determine that the license plate number corresponds to the target license plate number further causes the processor to compare the occurrence record to a trigger-based rule comprising a trigger condition, wherein the trigger condition is met by the occurrence record when the occurrence record corresponds to a license plate recognition event.

15. The computing device as defined in claim 14 , wherein the program code that causes the processor to compare the first occurrence record to the trigger-based rule further causes the processor to compare the occurrence record to a plurality of trigger-based rules comprising the trigger-based rule, each trigger-based rule of the plurality of trigger-based rules comprising a respective trigger condition.

16. The computing device as defined in claim 13 , wherein the licence plate number corresponds to the target licence plate when the licence plate number is similar to the target licence plate.

17. The computing device as defined in claim 13 , wherein the licence plate number corresponds to the target licence plate when the licence plate number is identical to the target licence plate.

18. The computing device as defined in claim 13 , wherein the perimeter corresponds to a radius from the location of the camera positioned in a center of a circle having the radius.

19. The computing device as defined in claim 13 , wherein the peri

Assignees

• Genetec Inc

Inventors

• Trépanier Jean-David
• Lawlor Sean

Classifications

• G08B13/19647

  Systems specially adapted for intrusion detection in or around a vehicle · CPC title

• G08B13/19613

  Recognition of a predetermined image pattern or behaviour pattern indicating theft or intrusion · CPC title

• G08B25/006 Primary

  Alarm destination chosen according to type of event, e.g. in case of fire phone the fire service, in case of medical emergency phone the ambulance · CPC title

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• G06V20/625 Primary

  License plates · CPC title