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Dynamic method and system for monitoring an environment

AssigneeReco3.26 S.R.L.

InventorsIvano Tommaso Ippazio De Masi, Bruno Scalpello

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Abstract

Dynamic methods and systems for monitoring an environment. The methods and systems adopt functional nodes with at least one context node and one or more application nodes. The application nodes include at least one of a processing application node, a notifying application node, and/or an action application node. Input data of the environment are analyzed and detected. Representative data are extracted and compared with a group of comparative data by calculating a deviation between the representative data and the most similar comparative data. The notifying application node may send an alarm as a function of the deviation detected as above. An environment monitoring network is formed as a function of the functional nodes. The environment monitoring network is topologically variable as a function of i) the environment to be monitored, ii) the functions of the functional nodes and iii) the deviation detected. Monitoring occurs as a function of the topology of the implemented environment monitoring network.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A dynamic monitoring method of an environment, comprising steps of:

(a) providing a plurality of functional nodes comprising:
(a1) at least one context node configured for interfacing with the environment to be monitored;
(a2) one or more application nodes comprising one or more nodes selected from a processing application node configured for processing data of the environment to be monitored;
a notifying application node configured for notifying alarm situations of the environment to be monitored to further application nodes;
and
an action application node configured for sorting alarms to a control room,
(b) detecting input data of the environment, representative of a significant event in the environment;
(c) analysing the input data of the environment;
(d) extracting representative data of the significant event as a function of the input data;
(e) comparing the representative data with a group of comparative data;
(f) calculating a deviation between the representative data and a most similar comparative data among the comparative data,
wherein the steps (c), (d), (e) and (f) are carried out by i) one of the at least one context nodes or ii) one or more of the application nodes;
(g) notifying by the notifying node an alarm as a function of the deviation;
and
(h) implementing a monitoring network of the environment as a function of the plurality of functional nodes,
wherein the monitoring network is topologically variable as a function of the environment to be monitored, functions of the functional nodes and of the deviation, and
wherein the monitoring of the environment is performed as a function of the topology of the monitoring network implemented.

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A dynamic monitoring system of an environment, comprising

(i) a context node configured for interfacing with the environment to be monitored;
(ii) one or more application nodes comprising one or more nodes selected from:
a processing application node configured for processing data of the environment to be monitored;
a notifying application node configured for notifying alarm situations in the environment to be monitored to further application nodes;
and
an action application node configured for sorting alarms to a control room,
(iii) a processing unit configured for managing the monitoring of the environment among the functional nodes, wherein the processing unit comprises:
(iii-1) a detecting module configured for detecting input data of the environment, representative of a significant event in the environment;
(iii-2) an analysing module configured for analysing the input data of the environment;
(iii-3) an extraction module configured for extracting representative data of the significant event as a function of the input data;
(iii-4) a comparing module configured for comparing the representative data with a group of comparative data;
(iii-5) a deviation module configured for calculating a deviation between the representative data and a most similar comparative data among the comparative data;
and
(iii-6) a notifying module configured for notifying an alarm as a function of the deviation detected using the notifying node,
wherein the modules (iii-1), (iii-2), (iii-3), (iii-4), (iii-5) and (iii-6) are carried out by one of i) the context node or ii) the one or more application nodes, implementing a monitoring network of the environment;
wherein the monitoring network of the environment is topologically variable as a function of the environment to be monitored, functions of the functional nodes and the deviation;
and
wherein the processing unit is configured for managing the monitoring of the environment, as a function of the topology of the monitoring network.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/306,417Filed 8 Jun 2017
Priority: IT 10201600005968210 Jun 2016
Published: US 2019/0171888 A16 Jun 2019
Granted: 8 Sep 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G06V 20/52
Context or environment of the image: surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects
G06V 10/95
Hardware or software architectures specially adapted for image or video understanding: structured as a network, e.g. client-server architectures
G06V 20/63
Text, e.g. of license plates, overlay texts or captions on TV images: scene text, e.g. street names
G06V 40/172
Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions: classification, e.g. identification

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