Self-healing video surveillance system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12335662-B2
Application number	US-202418679666-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2024
Priority date	Mar 15, 2013
Publication date	Jun 17, 2025
Grant date	Jun 17, 2025

Abstract

A method for configuring a computing device in a network of at least one remote device is disclosed. The method includes: storing, in a remote device, a configuration data archive relating to an existing computing device, wherein the remote device is at least one of a traffic camera or an aerial drone camera; determining, by a computing device to be configured, whether the remote device has stored therein a configuration data archive; and transferring data from the configuration data archive to the computing device to be configured in response to a determination that the remote device has stored therein a configuration data archive.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A self-healing video surveillance system, comprising:
a plurality of unmanned arial vehicles (UAVs), each including a camera for capturing video and a storage device for storing backup configuration data for use in configuring a server; and
wherein the server is configured to receive the video from at least one UAV of the plurality of UAVs, the server including:
a memory storing a server configuration data; and
a processor configured to retrieve the backup configuration data from at least one UAV of the plurality of UAVs and to transmit the server configuration data to at least one UAV of the plurality of UAVs to update the backup configuration data.

2. The self-healing video surveillance system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured identify a storage unit storing the backup configuration data from a plurality of storage units of the plurality of UAVs that is suitable for configuring the server.

3. The self-healing video surveillance system according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to enter a manual configuration mode in response to failure to identify the storage unit.

4. The self-healing video surveillance system according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform the identification periodically.

5. The self-healing video surveillance system according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform the identification in response to a malfunction event.

6. The self-healing video surveillance system according to claim 5 , wherein the malfunction event is selected from the group consisting of an intrusion alert, an intrusion detection, a virus detection, a malware detection, a burglary alarm, a software error, a hardware error, and a power failure.

7. The self-healing video surveillance system according to claim 2 , wherein the backup configuration data is stored in an encrypted format.

8. The self-healing video surveillance system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether a number of the plurality of UAVs available to receive update the backup configuration data is above a selected threshold prior to updating the backup configuration data.

9. The self-healing video surveillance system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to update the backup configuration data in a plurality of subsets each of which is transmitted to one storage unit from a plurality of storage units of the plurality of UAVs.

10. A self-healing video surveillance system, comprising:
a plurality of traffic cameras each configured for capturing video and a storage device for storing backup configuration data for use in configuring a server; and
wherein the server is configured to receive the video from at least one traffic camera of the plurality of traffic cameras, the server including:
a memory storing a server configuration data; and
a processor configured to retrieve the backup configuration data from at least one traffic camera of the plurality of traffic cameras and to transmit the server configuration data to at least one traffic camera of the plurality of traffic cameras to update the backup configuration data.

11. The self-healing video surveillance system according to claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured identify a storage unit storing the backup configuration data from a plurality of storage units of the plurality of traffic cameras that is suitable for configuring the server.

12. The self-healing video surveillance system according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to enter a manual configuration mode in response to failure to identify the storage unit.

13. The self-healing video surveillance system according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform the identification periodically.

14. The self-healing video surveillance system according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform the identification in response to a malfunction event.

15. The self-healing video surveillance system according to claim 14 , wherein the malfunction event is selected from the group consisting of an intrusion alert, an intrusion detection, a virus detection, a malware detection, a burglary alarm, a software error, a hardware error, and a power failure.

16. The self-healing video surveillance system according to claim 12 , wherein the backup configuration data is stored in an encrypted format.

17. The self-healing video surveillance system according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether a number of the plurality of traffic cameras available to receive update the backup configuration data is above a selected threshold prior to updating the backup configuration data.

18. The self-healing video surveillance system according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to update the backup configuration data in a plurality of subsets each of which is transmitted to one storage unit from a plurality of storage units of the plurality of traffic cameras.

Assignees

• Carey James

Inventors

• Carey James

Classifications

• H04N5/77

  between a recording apparatus and a television camera · CPC title

• H04N21/2347

  involving video stream encryption · CPC title

• H04N21/2743

  Video hosting of uploaded data from client · CPC title

• G06F21/55

  Detecting local intrusion or implementing counter-measures · CPC title

• H04N21/4518

  involving characteristics of one or more peripherals, e.g. peripheral type, software version, amount of memory available or display capabilities · CPC title