Projector assisted monitoring system
AssigneeAlarm.com Incorporated
InventorsDaniel Todd Kerzner, Gary Franklin Bart, Donald Madden, Dean Constantine
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method includes receiving a sample image of an area of a property, identifying a moving object from the sample image, determining a site in the property based on the identified moving object, determining an optical pattern to project at the site based on the identified moving object, and transmitting an instruction to a projector to project the determined optical pattern at the determined site.
Claims19
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, from a camera, a sample image of an area of a property that includes at least one of a building or a house;
- identifying a moving object from the sample image;
- determining a site in the property based on the identified moving object;
- determining an optical pattern to project at the site based on the identified moving object;
- and
- transmitting an instruction to a projector to project the determined optical pattern at the determined site,
- wherein identifying the moving object from the sample image comprises:
- obtaining information regarding a scheduled activity at the property;
- and
- determining whether the moving object corresponds to the information regarding the scheduled activity, and
- wherein transmitting the instruction to the projector comprises transmitting an instruction to the projector to project a guidance optical pattern configured to guide the moving object to move to an area of the property corresponding to the scheduled activity.
A system for projector-assisted monitoring, the system comprising:
- a camera installed at a property and configured to capture an image of an area of the property;
- a projector that is installed at the property and that is configured to project an optical pattern to the area of the property;
- and
- at least one controller configured to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from the camera, a sample image of an area of a property,
- identifying a moving object from the sample image,
- determining a site in the property based on the identified moving object,
- determining an optical pattern to project at the site based on the identified moving object, and
- transmitting an instruction to a projector to project the determined optical pattern at the determined site,
- wherein identifying the moving object from the sample image comprises:
- obtaining information regarding a scheduled activity at the property;
- and
- determining whether the moving object corresponds to the information regarding the scheduled activity, and
- wherein transmitting the instruction to the projector comprises transmitting an instruction to the projector to project a guidance optical pattern configured to guide the moving object to move to an area of the property corresponding to the scheduled activity.
At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause performance of operations comprising:
- receiving, from a camera, a sample image of an area of a property that includes at least one of a building or a house;
- identifying a moving object from the sample image;
- determining a site in the property based on the identified moving object;
- determining an optical pattern to project at the site based on the identified moving object;
- and
- transmitting an instruction to a projector to project the determined optical pattern at the determined site,
- wherein identifying the moving object from the sample image comprises:
- obtaining information regarding a scheduled activity at the property;
- and
- determining whether the moving object corresponds to the information regarding the scheduled activity, and
- wherein transmitting the instruction to the projector comprises transmitting an instruction to the projector to project a guidance optical pattern configured to guide the moving object to move to an area of the property corresponding to the scheduled activity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.