Camera blindspot analysis

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12315210-B2
Application number	US-202217962108-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 7, 2022
Priority date	Oct 12, 2021
Publication date	May 27, 2025
Grant date	May 27, 2025

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for detecting packages delivering in the camera's blindspot. One of the methods includes detecting, using one or more images captured by a camera at a property, movement in an area of interest i) at the property, ii) that is included in a field of view of the camera and iii) was generated using historical data for packages delivered to the property; determining, using the detected movement in the area of interest, that a package was likely delivered; and in response to determining that the package was likely delivered, performing one or more automated actions for the package.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
determining that a first package was delivered to a location not depicted in one or more first images captured by a camera at a property;
in response to determining that the first package was likely delivered to the location not depicted in the one or more first images captured by the camera at the property, generating an area of interest in a field of view of the camera;
detecting, using one or more second images captured by the camera at the property, movement in the area of interest i) at the property, ii) that is included in the field of view of the camera and iii) was generated using historical data for packages delivered to the property;
determining, using the detected movement in the area of interest and the one or more second images captured by the camera, that a package was likely delivered; and
in response to determining that the package was likely delivered, performing one or more automated actions for the package.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location not depicted in the one or more second images captured by the camera comprises a location outside the field of view of the camera or an occluded location behind one or more objects depicted in at least the one or more second images captured by the camera.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the one or more automated actions for the package comprises, in response to determining that the package was likely delivered, providing, to a device for an occupant of the property, instructions to cause the device to present a notification about the package.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the one or more automated actions for the package comprises, in response to determining that the package was likely delivered, sending, to the camera, instructions to cause the camera to capture, using a second field of view, one or more third images that depict a location at which the package was likely delivered.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the one or more automated actions for the package comprises:
detecting, using one or more third images captured by the camera, second movement in the area of interest; and
in response to determining that the package was likely delivered and detecting the second movement in the area of interest, causing presentation of a warning.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
detecting the movement in the area of interest comprises detecting, using one or more third images captured by the camera that depict the package, the movement in the area of interest; and
determining, using the detected movement in the area of interest, that the package was likely delivered comprises determining, using the one or more third images from which the movement in the area of interest was detected and one or more fourth images a) captured by the camera after the one or more third images b) that do not depict the package, that the package was likely delivered.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting the movement in the area of interest comprises detecting, using the one or more second images captured by the camera, the movement of a person or a robot in the area of interest.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting the movement in the area of interest comprises detecting, using the one or more second images captured by the camera, the movement in the area of interest around an area at which the historical data indicates one or more packages were previously delivered.

9. A system comprising one or more computers and one or more storage devices on which are stored instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
determining that a first package was delivered to a location not depicted in one or more first images captured by a camera at a property;
in response to determining that the first package was likely delivered to the location not depicted in the one or more first images captured by the camera at the property, generating an area of interest in a field of view of the camera;
detecting, using one or more second images captured by the camera at the property, movement in the area of interest i) at the property, ii) that is included in the field of view of the camera and iii) was generated using historical data for packages delivered to the property;
determining, using the detected movement in the area of interest and the one or more second images captured by the camera, that a package was likely delivered; and
in response to determining that the package was likely delivered, performing one or more automated actions for the package.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the location not depicted in the one or more second images captured by the camera comprises a location outside the field of view of the camera or an occluded location behind one or more objects depicted in at least the one or more second images captured by the camera.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein performing the one or more automated actions for the package comprises, in response to determining that the package was likely delivered, providing, to a device for an occupant of the property, instructions to cause the device to present a notification about the package.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein performing the one or more automated actions for the package comprises:
detecting, using one or more third images captured by the camera, second movement in the area of interest; and
in response to determining that the package was likely delivered and detecting the second movement in the area of interest, causing presentation of a warning.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein:
detecting the movement in the area of interest comprises detecting, using one or more third images captured by the camera that depict the package, the movement in the area of interest; and
determining, using the detected movement in the area of interest, that the package was likely delivered comprises determining, using the one or more third images from which the movement in the area of interest was detected and one or more fourth images a) captured by the camera after the one or more third images b) that do not depict the package, that the package was likely delivered.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein detecting the movement in the area of interest comprises detecting, using the one or more second images captured by the camera, the movement in the area of interest around an area at which the historical data indicates one or more packages were previously delivered.

15. A non-transitory computer storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
determining that a first package was delivered to a location not depicted in one or more first images captured by a camera at a property;
in response to determining that the first package was likely delivered to the location not depicted in the one or more first images captured by the camera at the property, generating an area of interest in a field of view of the camera;
detecting, using one or more second images captured by the camera at the property, movement in the area of interest i) at the property, ii) that is included in the field of view of the camera and iii) was generated using historical data for packages delivered to the property;
determining, using the detected movement in the area of interest and the one or more second images captured by the camera, that a package was likely delivered; and
in response to determining that the package was likel

Assignees

• Alarm Com Inc

Inventors

• Shayne Ethan
• Madden Donald Gerard
• Beach Allison
• Ramanathan Narayanan
• Kerzner Daniel Todd

Classifications

• G08B13/19613

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• G06V20/41

  Higher-level, semantic clustering, classification or understanding of video scenes, e.g. detection, labelling or Markovian modelling of sport events or news items (segmenting video sequences G06V20/49) · CPC title

• G06V10/25 Primary

  Determination of region of interest [ROI] or a volume of interest [VOI] · CPC title

• G06T7/248

  involving reference images or patches · CPC title

• G06V40/23

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