US 11,240,434 B2Granted

Removing aerial camera drones from a primary camera's field of view

AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation

InventorsJames E. Bostick, John M. Ganci, Jr., Martin G. Keen, Sarbajit K. Rakshit

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Abstract

A method of removing a mobile airborne device from a field of view of a primary camera. A sensor associated with a primary camera detects a mobile airborne device within a field of view of the primary camera, where a three-dimensional physical space is within the field of view of the primary camera. A signal generator generates a signal that, when received by the mobile airborne device, causes the mobile airborne device to exit the three-dimensional physical space. A transmitter transmits the signal to the mobile airborne device to cause the mobile airborne device to exit the three-dimensional physical space that is within the field of view of the primary camera.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A method of removing a mobile airborne device from a field of view of a primary camera, the method comprising:

detecting, by a sensor associated with a primary camera, a mobile airborne device within a field of view of the primary camera, wherein a three-dimensional physical space is within the field of view of the primary camera;
in response to detecting the mobile airborne device within the field of view of the primary camera, transmitting, by a transmitter, a signal to the mobile airborne device to direct the mobile airborne device to move out of the field of view of the primary camera;
detecting, by a location device, that the mobile airborne device is at a distance from the primary camera such that an appearance of the mobile airborne device within the field of view of the primary camera has been predetermined to be smaller than a predetermined size;
determining, by one or more processors, that the appearance of the mobile airborne device within the field of view of the primary camera is smaller than the predetermined size;
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in response to determining that the appearance of the mobile airborne device within the field of view of the primary camera is smaller than the predetermined size, overriding the signal to the mobile airborne device such that the mobile airborne device is no longer directed to exit the three-dimensional physical space.

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A camera comprising:

a sensor for detecting a mobile airborne device within a field of view of the camera, wherein a three-dimensional physical space is within the field of view of the camera;
a signal generator, wherein the signal generator generates a signal that, when received by the mobile airborne device, directs the mobile airborne device to move out of the field of view of the camera;
a transmitter, wherein the transmitter transmits the signal to the mobile airborne device to direct the mobile airborne device to move out of the field of view of the camera in response to detecting the mobile airborne device within the field of view of the camera;
a location device, wherein the location device detects that the mobile airborne device is at a distance from the camera such that an appearance of the mobile airborne device within the field of view of the camera has been predetermined to be smaller than a predetermined size;
one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors determine that the appearance of the mobile airborne device within the field of view of the camera is smaller than the predetermined size, and wherein, in response to determining that the appearance of the mobile airborne device within the field of view of the camera is smaller than the predetermined size, the one or more processors override the signal to the mobile airborne device such that the mobile airborne device is no longer directed to exit the three-dimensional physical space.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/522,111Filed 25 Jul 2019 · continuation
Priority: 27 Aug 2015
Published: US 2019/0349528 A114 Nov 2019
Granted: 1 Feb 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G06V 20/13
Terrestrial scenes: satellite images
G06V 10/273
Segmentation of patterns in the image field; Cutting or merging of image elements to establish the pattern region, e.g. clustering-based…:…
G06V 20/17
Terrestrial scenes: taken from planes or by drones
H04N 23/64
Control of cameras or camera modules: computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality,…

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Application14/837,746Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Aug 2015
US 2019/0349528 A1Pre-grant publication · published 14 Nov 2019
US 10,432,868 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2017/0064259 A1Published application
US 11,240,434 B2This patent

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