System for automatically triggering a recording

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12160688-B2
Application number	US-202318368142-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 14, 2023
Priority date	Mar 9, 2017
Publication date	Dec 3, 2024
Grant date	Dec 3, 2024

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. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media that store computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, perform a method of automatic event recording, the method comprising:
receiving an indication of a triggering event from a sensor disposed in a vicinity of a camera,
wherein the triggering event includes detection of an object,
wherein the object is associated with a third party;
responsive to the indication of the triggering event, activating an electromechanical device disposed in the vicinity of the camera;
receiving video data from the camera;
storing the video data and associated metadata including the indication of the triggering event;
verifying that the third party is authorized to access the video data; and
providing access to the third party to the video data.

2. The media of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
receiving verification that the electromechanical device was successfully activated; and
storing the verification in the associated metadata.

3. The media of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises prerecording sensor data from the sensor into a storage buffer over a duration of time before the triggering event.

4. The media of claim 1 ,
wherein the object comprises a proximity tag and the sensor is a proximity sensor,
wherein the triggering event comprises detecting a proximity of the object to the sensor.

5. The media of claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises:
tracking the proximity of the object relative to the sensor; and
storing proximity tracking data as metadata with the video data.

6. The media of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
transmitting the video data and meta data to a recording device manager;
storing additional data by the recording device manager; and
transmitting the video data, the additional data, and the associated metadata to a data store.

7. The media of claim 6 , wherein the additional data comprises data from at least one additional sensor and additional metadata associated with the at least one additional sensor.

8. The media of claim 7 , wherein the additional metadata comprises time data for synchronizing times between the sensor and the at least one additional sensor.

9. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media that store computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, perform a method of automatic event recording, the method comprising:
receiving video data from a camera;
detecting a triggering event from the video data,
detecting an object in the video data,
wherein the object is associated with a third party;
responsive to an indication of the triggering event, activating an electromechanical device disposed in a vicinity of the camera;
receiving a verification that the electromechanical device was activated; and
storing the video data and associated metadata,
wherein the associated metadata includes the indication of the triggering event and the verification that the electromechanical device was activated;
verifying that the third party is authorized to access the video data; and
providing access to the third party to the video data and associated metadata.

10. The media of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises:
upon detecting the triggering event, activating at least one additional sensor to begin recording;
receiving additional data from the at least one additional sensor; and
storing the additional data with the video data and the associated metadata.

11. The media of claim 9 , wherein detecting of the triggering event comprises:
analyzing the video data using recognition software; and
detecting a person of the triggering event.

12. The media of claim 10 , wherein the electromechanical device is a lock on a door near a location of the camera.

13. The media of claim 12 , wherein the method further comprises automatically notifying local first responders of the triggering event.

14. A system for automatic event recording, the system comprising:
a sensor;
a camera configured to collect video data;
an electromechanical device;
at least one processor;
a data store; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media that store computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method of triggering the automatic event recording, the method comprising:
receiving an indication of a triggering event from the sensor disposed in a vicinity of the camera,
wherein the triggering event includes detection of an object
wherein the object is associated with a third party;
responsive to the indication of the triggering event, activating the electromechanical device disposed in the vicinity of the camera;
receiving the video data from the camera;
storing the video data and associated metadata including the indication of the triggering event;
verifying that the third party is authorized to access the video data; and
providing access to the third party to access the video data.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the method further comprises:
activating at least one additional sensor to begin recording;
receiving additional data from the at least one additional sensor; and
storing the additional data with the video data and the associated metadata.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:
receiving additional metadata associated with the at least one additional sensor,
wherein the additional metadata comprises time data for synchronizing times between the sensor, the camera, and the at least one additional sensor.

17. The system of claim 14 , further comprising a recording device manager;
wherein the method further comprises:
transmitting the video data and metadata to the recording device manager;
storing, by the recording device manager, additional data; and
transmitting the video data, the additional data, and the associated metadata in the data store.

18. The system of claim 14 , wherein the method further comprises:
receiving verification that the electromechanical device was successfully activated; and
storing the verification in the associated metadata.

19. The system of claim 14 ,
wherein the electromechanical device is a lock on a door near a location of the sensor,
wherein the method further comprises automatically notifying local first responders of the triggering event.

20. The media of claim 1 ,
wherein the electromechanical device is a lock; and
wherein the method further comprises storing time and location information associated with the activating of the lock.

Assignees

• Digital Ally Inc

Inventors

• Ross Stanton E

Classifications

• G06V20/44

  Event detection · 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

• H04N7/183

  for receiving images from a single remote source · 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