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US 10,762,646 B2Granted
Neighborhood alert mode for triggering multi-device recording, multi-camera locating, and multi-camera event stitching for audio/video recording and communication devices
AssigneeA9.com, Inc.
InventorsJohn Modestine, Mark Troughton, Elliott Lemberger
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Abstract
The present embodiments relate to improvements to audio/video (A/V) recording and communication devices, including improved approaches to using a neighborhood alert mode for triggering multi-device recording, to a multi-camera motion tracking process, and to a multi-camera event stitching process to create a series of “storyboard” images for activity taking place across the fields of view of multiple cameras, within a predetermined time period, for the A/V recording and communication devices.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- storing, by a backend system, first data representing a first location of a first camera device;
- storing, by the backend system, second data that associates the first camera device with a first client device;
- storing, by the backend system, third data representing a second location of a second camera device;
- storing, by the backend system, fourth data that associates the second camera device with a second client device;
- receiving, by the backend system, an alert signal from the first client device;
- based at least in part on receiving the alert signal, determining, by the backend system and using the second data, that the first client device is associated with the first camera device;
- after determining that the first client device is associated with the first camera device, determining, by the backend system and using the first data, that the first camera device is located within a geographic area;
- determining, by the backend system and using the second data, that the second camera device is located within the geographic area;
- transmitting, by the backend system and to the second camera device, an activation signal including a command to generate image data;
- and
- receiving, by the backend system, the image data from the second camera device.
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A backend system comprising:
- one or more network interfaces;
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- storing first data representing a first location of a first camera device;
- storing second data that associates the first camera device with a client device;
- storing third data representing a second location of a second camera device;
- receiving, using the one or more network interfaces, a first signal from the client device;
- based at least in part on receiving the first signal, determining, using the second data, that the client device is associated with the first camera device;
- after determining that the client device is associated with the first camera device, determining, using the first data and the third data, that the second camera device is located within a geographic area that includes the first camera device;
- transmitting, using the one or more network interfaces and to the second camera device, a second signal including a command to generate image data;
- and
- receiving, using the one or more network interfaces, the image data from the second camera device.
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A method comprising:
- storing first data representing a first location associated with a first camera device;
- storing second data that associates the first camera device with a client device;
- storing third data representing a second location associated with a second camera device;
- receiving a first signal from a client device;
- based at least in part on receiving the first signal, determining, using the second data, that the client device is associated with the first camera device;
- after determining that the client device is associated with the first camera device, determining that the second location is located within a distance to the first location;
- transmitting, to the second camera device, a second signal including a command to generate image data;
- and
- receiving the image data from the second camera device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.