US 10,771,746 B2 · System and method for synchronizing camera footage from a plurality of cameras in canvassing a scene

Abstract

A method and system for synchronizing camera footage from a plurality of cameras includes providing a database of cameras, accessible via a user device, which stores a correction associated with each camera to a date/time in metadata associated with footage recorded by the camera, to facilitate synchronization of footage recorded by each camera to an actual date/time. The stored correction is applied to camera(s) to determine an adjusted date/time in the metadata corresponding to footage recorded at a particular date and time; and the footage for the camera(s) is synchronized to the particular date and time, based on the adjusted date/time determined from the correction. Cameras for synchronization are identified based on location stored in the database. A list of identified cameras may be exported with a case or UserID, and locations, adjusted metadata for synchronization, and bases for the correction calculation. The list is optionally generated via mapping functions.

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Dependent claims

A method for synchronizing camera footage from a plurality of cameras, the method comprising:

providing a database associated with a plurality of cameras, accessible via a user device, wherein the database includes a correction associated with each of the plurality of cameras to at least one of a date and a time in metadata associated with footage recorded by the corresponding camera, to facilitate synchronization of the footage recorded by each of the plurality of cameras to an actual date and time;
applying, by a processing device, the correction stored in the database associated with at least one camera of the plurality of cameras to determine at least one of an adjusted date and an adjusted time in the metadata for the at least one of the plurality of cameras corresponding to footage recorded at a particular date and time;
and
synchronizing, by the processing device, the footage of the at least one of the plurality of cameras to the particular date and time, based on the at least one of the adjusted date and the adjusted time determined from the correction to the metadata stored in the database for the at least one of the plurality of cameras.

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A system for synchronizing camera footage from a plurality of cameras, the system comprising:

a processing device;
a database operably connected to the processing device, wherein the database includes a correction associated with each of a plurality of cameras to at least one of a date and a time in metadata associated with footage recorded by the corresponding camera, to facilitate synchronization of the footage recorded by each of the plurality of cameras to an actual date and time;
and
a storage device for storing instructions that, when executed by the processing device, perform operations comprising:
applying the correction stored in the database associated with at least one camera of the plurality of cameras to determine at least one of an adjusted date and an adjusted time in the metadata for the at least one of the plurality of cameras corresponding to footage recorded at a particular date and time;
and
synchronizing the footage of the at least one of the plurality of cameras to the particular date and time, based on the at least one of the adjusted date and the adjusted time determined from the correction to the metadata stored in the database for the at least one of the plurality of cameras.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for synchronizing camera footage from a plurality of cameras in canvassing a scene

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System and method for synchronizing camera footage from a plurality of cameras in canvassing a scene

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