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US 10,432,868 B2Granted
Removing aerial camera drones from a primary camera's field of view
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJames E. Bostick, John M. Ganci, Jr., Martin G. Keen, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
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Abstract
A camera has a sensor, a signal generator, and a transmitter. The sensor detects a mobile airborne device within a field of view of a primary camera, where a three-dimensional physical space is within the field of view of the primary camera. The signal generator generates a signal that, when received by the mobile airborne device, causes the mobile airborne device to exit the three-dimensional physical space. The transmitter transmits the signal to the mobile airborne device to cause the mobile airborne device to exit the three-dimensional physical space that is within the field of view of the primary camera.
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A camera comprising:
- a sensor for detecting a mobile airborne device within a field of view of the camera, wherein the camera is a primary camera, wherein a three-dimensional physical space is within the field of view of the primary camera;
- a signal generator, wherein the signal generator generates a signal that, when received by the mobile airborne device, causes the mobile airborne device to exit the three-dimensional physical space;
- a transmitter, wherein the transmitter transmits the signal to the mobile airborne device to cause the mobile airborne device to exit the three-dimensional physical space that is within the field of view of the primary camera;
- a location device, wherein the location device detects that the mobile airborne device is at a distance from the primary camera such that an appearance of the mobile airborne device within the field of view of the primary camera has been predetermined to be smaller than a predetermined size;
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- one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors determine that the appearance of the mobile airborne device within the field of view of the primary camera is smaller than the predetermined size, and in response to determining that the appearance of the mobile airborne device within the field of view of the primary camera is smaller than the predetermined size, override the signal to the mobile airborne device such that the mobile airborne device is no longer directed to exit the three-dimensional physical space.
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A mobile airborne device comprising:
- a propulsion device that flies the mobile airborne device;
- a navigation device that identifies and controls a current physical location of the mobile airborne device within a three-dimensional physical space;
- a signal receiver, wherein the signal receiver receives a signal from a primary camera, wherein the signal from the primary camera is generated by the primary camera in response to the primary camera detecting the mobile airborne device within the three-dimensional physical space that is within a field of view of the primary camera, and wherein the signal causes the navigation device to direct the propulsion device to fly the mobile airborne device out of the three-dimensional physical space that is within the field of view of the primary camera;
- a location device, wherein the location device detects that the mobile airborne device is at a distance from the primary camera such that an appearance of the mobile airborne device within the field of view of the primary camera has been predetermined to be smaller than a predetermined size;
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- one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors determine that the appearance of the mobile airborne device within the field of view of the primary camera is smaller than the predetermined size, and in response to determining that the appearance of the mobile airborne device within the field of view of the primary camera is smaller than the predetermined size, override the signal to the mobile airborne device such that the mobile airborne device is no longer directed to exit the three-dimensional physical space.
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A method of removing a mobile airborne device from a field of view of a primary camera, the method comprising:
- detecting, by a sensor associated with a primary camera, a mobile airborne device within a field of view of the primary camera, wherein a three-dimensional physical space is within the field of view of the primary camera;
- generating, by a signal generator, a signal that, when received by the mobile airborne device, causes the mobile airborne device to exit the three-dimensional physical space;
- transmitting, by a transmitter, the signal to the mobile airborne device to cause the mobile airborne device to exit the three-dimensional physical space that is within the field of view of the primary camera;
- detecting, by a location device, that the mobile airborne device is at a distance from the primary camera such that an appearance of the mobile airborne device within the field of view of the primary camera has been predetermined to be smaller than a predetermined size;
- determining, by one or more processors, that the appearance of the mobile airborne device within the field of view of the primary camera is smaller than the predetermined size;
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- in response to determining that the appearance of the mobile airborne device within the field of view of the primary camera is smaller than the predetermined size, overriding the signal to the mobile airborne device such that the mobile airborne device is no longer directed to exit the three-dimensional physical space.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.