US 12,118,870 B2 · Methods and systems for using video surveillance to detect falling liquids

Abstract

Apparatus and methods for automatically detecting falling fluid include receiving one or more live video feeds from one or more cameras. The live video feeds are received concurrently. The live video feeds are analyzed to detect a fluid leak using a motion algorithm. False positives are reduced and sensitivity for the fluid leak detection is improved using information from one or more integrated systems, in response to detecting the fluid leak. A notification is generated to inform a user of the detected fluid leak, in response to detecting the fluid leak after reducing the false positives.

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Dependent claims

A method for automatically detecting a fluid leak, comprising:

receiving, by a processor, one or more live video feeds from one or more cameras;
analyzing, by the processor, the one or more live video feeds to detect the fluid leak in response to identifying a motion of a vertically falling fluid using a motion algorithm, wherein the motion comprises the motion of one or more objects travelling at a velocity corresponding to falling under effect of gravity forces, repeatedly falling vertically downward in a same region of a field of view of the one or more cameras, and/or falling with a substantially constant frequency;
and
generating a notification, by the processor, to inform a user of the fluid leak, in response to detecting the fluid leak.

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Methods and systems for using video surveillance to detect falling liquids

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Abstract

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