Water safety device, system, and method

A method for promoting water safety comprising the steps of:

• video monitoring an area including around a body of water, and above or at a top surface of the water;
• detecting a presence of a human suspect in the monitored area through processing images of the video with computer implemented artificial intelligence;
• storing an image upon detection of the human suspect in the monitored area;
• processing the stored image to determine if the detection was a false alarm;
• and,
• if the false alarm is not determined to be present or if the processing the stored image to determine if the detection was a false alarm is not performed, then transmitting an alert, either to a device in the area being monitored, to a mobile device, or both;
• wherein a camera device performing the video monitoring is in communication with a WiFi network through an extender;
• and the extender is in communication with the camera device through the WiFi network and a Zigbee network;
• wherein the processing of the stored image to determine if the detection was the false alarm includes processing the stored image including the human suspect to determine the false alarm by one or more of the following false alarm detection steps:
• comparing the stored image including the human suspect and a second subsequent image of a same view to determine if a threshold level of pixels have changed;
• scanning multiple areas of the stored image including the human suspect for a human suspect meeting a threshold pixel height, the threshold pixel height being different in each area;
• or
• comparing the stored image including the human suspect and a second subsequent image of the same view, and determining if a threshold number of pixels in an area around coordinates corresponding to a detection event have changed;
• if a false alarm is not detected, then transmitting an alert, either to a device in the area around the body of water, to a mobile device, or both.

A method for promoting water safety comprising the steps of:

• capturing multiple images including an area around a body of water and the body of water;
• monitoring for a human presence in the area around the body of water and the body of water by cyclically scanning multiple portions of the images for a human suspect, the multiple portions including:
• front left, front right, back left, back right, and back center;
• wherein the multiple portions are scanned in the following scanning order:
• cycle 1, front left or front right, front right or front left, back left or back right, back right or back left;
• and then
• cycle 2, front left or front right, front right or front left, back center;
• wherein if front left or back left is scanned, then front right or back right is scanned in the same cycle;
• the scanning order is then repeated at least until a human suspect is detected.