# US 11,115,785 B2 · Managing communication groups based on objects in image feeds > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,115,785 B2 - Document ID: US11115785B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/061,874 - Filed: 2016-01-14 - Published: 2018-12-27 - Granted: 2021-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2016-01-14 - Assignees: Motorola Solutions, Inc. - Applicants: Motorola Solutions, Inc. - Inventors: Yong Tian; Dajun Chen; Xun Fei; Dong Zhao; Kangkai Zhao - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11115785B2 ## CPC - H04W 4/08: User group management - G06V 20/20: in augmented reality scenes - G06V 20/52: Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects (recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69) - G07G 1/14: Systems including one or more distant stations co-operating with a central processing unit - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - G07G: REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS ## Abstract Methods, and apparatus for managing a communication group. One method includes forming a communication group of one or more portable communications devices based on a first object of interest and identifying a second object of interest based on the first object of interest. The method also includes determining whether an image feed includes the second object of interest and when the image feed includes the second object of interest, adding a portable communications device associated with the image feed to the communication group. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of managing a communication group, comprising: receiving a request to initiate a communication group, the request including an image; identifying a first object of interest from the image; forming a communication group of one or more portable communications devices based on the first object of interest; automatically identifying, using an electronic processor of a call controller, a second object of interest based on the first object of interest and a first image feed received from a first subscriber unit included in the communication group, the second object of interest and the first object of interest included in the first image feed; determining whether a second image feed received from a second subscriber unit includes the second object of interest; and adding, with the electronic processor, a portable communications device associated with the second subscriber unit to the communication group of one or more portable communications devices based on determining that the second image feed received from the second subscriber unit includes the second object of interest. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising creating a list of objects of interest, the list of objects of interest including the first object of interest and the second object of interest and wherein determining whether the second image feed includes the second object of interest includes determining whether the second image feed includes at least one object included in the list of objects of interest. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, further comprising removing at least one of the one or more portable communications devices included in the communication group based on determining that a third image feed associated with at least one of the one or more portable communications devices does not include at least one object from the list of objects of interest. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the second image feed includes the second object of interest includes determining whether a virtual image feed includes the second object of interest. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein adding the portable communications device to the communication group includes sending an identifier associated with the communication group to the portable communications device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the second image feed includes the second object of interest includes: sending the second object of interest to the second subscriber unit providing the second image feed, and receiving acknowledgement, from the second subscriber unit, when the second image feed includes the second object of interest. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the second object of interest includes identifying a landmark positioned around the first object of interest based on a location of at least one of the one or more portable communications device included in the communication group. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first object of interest is automatically selected for forming the communication group based on identifying a common object included in a plurality of image feeds. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a predetermined subset of the second image feed is analyzed to determine whether the second image feed includes the second object of interest. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the predetermined subset of the second image feed is a predetermined time period of the second image feed. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a predetermined subset of the second image feed is analyzed to determine whether the second image feed includes the second object of interest. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the predetermined subset of the second image feed is a predetermined time period of the second image feed. ### Claim 13 A call controller comprising: an electronic processor coupled to a transceiver; and a memory coupled to the electronic processor and containing instructions that, when executed by the electronic processor, perform a set of functions including: receiving a request to initiate a communication group, the request including an image; identifying a first object of interest from the image; forming a communication group of one or more portable communications devices based on the first object of interest; automatically identifying a second object of interest based on the first object of interest and a first image feed received from a first subscriber unit included in the communication group, the second object of interest and the first object of interest included in the first image feed; determining whether a second image feed received from a second subscriber unit includes the second object of interest; and adding a portable communications device associated with the second subscriber unit to the communication group of one or more portable communications devices based on determining that the second image feed received from the second subscriber unit includes the second object of interest. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The call controller of claim 13, wherein the set of functions further comprises creating a list of objects of interest, the list of objects of interest including the first object of interest and the second object of interest and wherein determining whether the second image feed includes the second object of interest includes determining whether the second image feed includes at least one object included in the list of objects of interest. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The call controller of claim 14, wherein the set of functions further comprises removing at least one of the one or more portable communications devices included in the communication group based on determining that third image feed associated with at least one of the one or more portable communications devices does not include at least one object from the list of objects of interest. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The call controller of claim 13, wherein determining whether the second image feed includes the second object of interest includes determining whether a virtual image feed includes the second object of interest. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The call controller of claim 13, wherein adding the portable communications device to the communication group includes sending an identifier associated with the communication group to the portable communications device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The call controller of claim 13, wherein determining whether the second image feed includes the second object of interest includes: sending the second object of interest to the second subscriber unit providing the second image feed, and receiving acknowledgement, from the second subscriber unit, when the second image feed includes the second object of interest. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The call controller of claim 13, wherein identifying the second object of interest includes identifying a landmark positioned around the first object of interest based on a location of at least one of the one or more portable communications device included in the communication group. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The call controller of claim 13, wherein the first object of interest is automatically selected for forming the communication group based on identifying a common object included in a plurality of image feeds.