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Video pattern recognition for automating emergency service incident awareness and response

US8368754B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 12, 2009
Grant dateFeb 5, 2013
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Expiry dateSep 16, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08B25/006
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Video analysis capabilities can be integrated into an emergency response system and/or a video operations center (VOC) monitoring for emergency incidents. At least one computer program driven response action involving detecting patterns in video streams that comprise video of an incident can be performed. This response action can be directed to VOC personnel and/or to emergency response system personnel. Further, the response action can result in an automated responses to an emergency incident and/or to an alerting of humans monitoring video to focus on a particular video stream/incident. One such response action, which increases video capture activity at a geographic location of the incident, can occur responsive to a receipt of an emergency call by the emergency response system. Another response action can analyze at least one video stream of the geographic location and can automatically dispatch (in approximately real time) an emergency responder to the geographic location. Still another action can analyze the video stream of a geographic location, can determine a high likelihood of an emergency incident, and can provide an alert in a user interface of the emergency response sys…

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