Inmate tracking system in a controlled environment
AssigneeGlobal Tel*Link Corporation
InventorsStephen L. Hodge, Anthony Bambocci
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Abstract
A monitoring system and a method for operating the monitoring system in an inmate tracking system in a controlled environment is disclosed. The monitoring system receives video and audio data from devices located within the controlled environment and organizes the video and audio data within profiles that allow for searches of the video and audio to be performed. The monitoring system analyzes the video and audio data and generates the profiles to include identified objects associated with the video and audio data.
Claims20
A method for tracking an inmate within a controlled environment, comprising:
- receiving, by a monitoring system, a video, wherein the video is provided by at least one video camera within the controlled environment;
- receiving, by the monitoring system, audio information, wherein the audio information is provided by at least one audio device within the controlled environment;
- and
- performing, by the monitoring system, an analysis of the video and the audio information, wherein the video analysis comprises:
- performing image recognition on the video;
- analyzing inmate identification information from the video based at least in part on the image recognition;
- determining a match between the analyzed inmate identification information and profile data associated with a plurality of inmate profiles;
- identifying, from the plurality of inmate profiles, an inmate profile associated with the inmate based at least in part on the match;
- retrieving, from a location profile, location information that indicates a physical location of the at least one video camera in a defined area within the controlled environment;
- determining a location of the video based at least in part on the retrieved location information;
- correlating the video with the audio information based on comparing the location of the video and a second location of the audio device;
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- updating an inmate location history in the inmate profile by associating the inmate profile with the location of the video based on the correlating.
A monitoring system for tracking an inmate within a controlled environment, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
- establish a connection with a video camera within the controlled environment;
- receive video from the video camera through the connection, wherein the video comprises location information of the video camera;
- receive audio information, wherein the information audio is provided by at least one audio device within the controlled environment;
- analyze the video to retrieve inmate identification information from the video and audio;
- retrieve, from a location profile, location information that indicates a physical location of the at least one video camera in a defined area within the controlled environment;
- determine a location of the video based at least in part on the retrieved location information of the video camera;
- correlate the video with the audio information based on comparing the location of the video and a second location of the audio device;
- and
- update an inmate location history in the inmate profile by associating the inmate profile with the location of the video based on the correlating.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor in a wireless device, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving by a monitoring system, a video, wherein the video is provided by at least one video camera within a controlled environment;
- receiving, by the monitoring system, audio information, wherein the audio information is provided by at least one audio device within the controlled environment;
- and
- performing, by the monitoring system, an analysis of the video and the audio information, wherein the analysis comprises:
- performing image recognition on the video;
- analyzing inmate identification information from the video based at least in part on the image recognition;
- determining a match between the analyzed inmate identification information and profile data associated with a plurality of inmate profiles;
- identifying, from the plurality of inmate profiles, an inmate profile associated with the inmate based at least in part on the match;
- determining a location of the video based at least in part on location information of the at least one video camera, wherein the location information indicates a physical location of the at least one video camera in a defined area within the controlled environment;
- correlating the video with the audio information based on comparing the location of the video and a second location of the audio device;
- and
- updating an inmate location history in the inmate profile by associating the inmate profile with the location of the video based on the correlating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.