US 12,482,266 B2Granted

Electronic monitoring system and method with bifurcated video storage system

AssigneeArlo Technologies, Inc.

InventorVincent Smith

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Abstract

An electronic monitoring system implements a bifurcated video storage strategy, which reduces reliance on offsite such as cloud storage demands by storing videos with different resolutions at different locations. Default storage of high-quality such as high-resolution videos of a monitored zone occurs onsite on an archive storage system, which may be provided by a data storage device(s) of a video camera or other imaging device that detects and video-captures the event(s). Default storage of reduced-quality such as low-resolution videos of monitored zone includes remote storage on a preview storage system, which may be provided by a cloud-based server that facilitates remote preview by a user. At a user's request, at least portions of the high-quality video(s) may be transmitted to the cloud-based server to allow remote preview by the user. The system facilitates preserving or archiving the high-resolution video based on user input following the preview.

Claims18

Dependent claims

An electronic monitoring system comprising:

an imaging device configured to monitor a monitored zone for detecting and capturing video of the monitored zone upon the detection of a triggering event;
a bifurcated video storage system that includes:
an archive storage system that is configured to store videos of the monitored zone at a first resolution value or a first compression value to define HQ (high-quality) videos;
a preview storage system that is configured to store videos of the monitored zone at a second resolution value that is lower than the first resolution value or a second compression value that is greater than the first compression value to define RQ (reduced-quality) videos;
wherein, upon detection of a triggering event by the imaging device, the bifurcated video storage system is configured to:
store an HQ video of the monitored zone in the archive storage system;
store an RQ video of the monitored zone in the preview storage system;
during a tiered assessment event:
1) as a first preview stage of the tiered assessment event, and upon receipt of an initial preview request from a user device that includes a user interface and that is in communication with the electronic monitoring system, transmit at least a portion of the RQ video from the preview storage system as an RQP (reduced-quality preview) video for display on the user device;
and
2) as a second preview stage of the tiered assessment event, and upon receipt of a subsequent preview request from the user device:
transmit at least a portion of the HQ video from the archive storage
system to the preview storage system;
and
transmit at least a portion of the HQ video from the preview storage system as an HQP (high-quality preview) video for display on the user device.

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A method for operating an electronic monitoring system to monitor a monitored zone, the method comprising:

detecting a triggering event with an imaging device;
in response to detection of the triggering event, storing a video of the monitored zone with a bifurcated video storage system, including:
storing a video of the monitored zone in an archive storage system at a first resolution value or a first compression value to define an HQ (high-quality) video;
storing a video of the monitored zone in a preview storage system at a second resolution value that is lower than the first resolution value or a second compression value that is greater than the first compression value to define an RQ (reduced-quality) video;
during a tiered assessment event:
1) as a first preview stage of the tiered assessment event, and in response to the receipt of an initial preview request from a user device in communication with the electronic monitoring system, transmitting at least a portion of the RQ video as an RQP (reduced-quality preview) video for display on the user device;
and
2) as a second preview stage of the tiered assessment event, and in response to a high-quality preview request from the user device:
transmitting at least a portion of the HQ video from the archive storage system to the preview storage system;
and
transmitting at least a portion of the HQ video as an HQP (high-quality preview) video for display on the user device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/506,377Filed 10 Nov 2023
Published: US 2025/0157219 A115 May 2025
Granted: 25 Nov 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

G06V 20/52
Context or environment of the image: surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects
H04N 7/18
Television systems: closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
G06V 20/44
In video content: event detection
G08B 13/19656
Details concerning communication with a camera: network used to communicate with a camera, e.g. WAN, LAN, Internet