Providing emergency access to surveillance video

US8934754B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Ronald L. Billau · Rochester, US
• Vincenzo V. Di Luoffo · Sandy Hook, US
• Dan P. Dumarot · Patterson, US
• Matthew James Paschal · Rochester, US
• Brandon W. Schulz · Rochester, US
• James E. Woodbury · Rochester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 13, 2012
• Grant date: Jan 13, 2015
• Expiry date: Nov 13, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04N21/00
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Real-time access by a public authority emergency responder to surveillance video of a privately-controlled source is conditionally pre-authorized dependent on the existence of at least one pre-specified emergency condition, and recorded in a data processing system. A public authority emergency responder subsequently requests real-time access to the surveillance video (e.g., during an emergency), and if the pre-specified emergency condition is met, access is automatically granted, i.e., without the need for manual intervention. A pre-specified emergency condition could, e.g., be an alarm condition detected by a sensor at the site of the video surveillance, or a declared state of emergency, properly declared by an appropriate public official.