Remote video triggering and tagging
AssigneeDigital Ally, Inc.
InventorsSteven L. Phillips, James W. Farnham, IV
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Abstract
A video collection system collects and sends metadata related to video data such that recording may be triggered and tagged. The video collection system utilizes a mobile broadband network (such as a cellular network) to send metadata, receive triggers, and perform other functions while the video collection system is in the field. The video collection system broadly comprises a plurality of video cameras and a video collection manager. The video cameras each include a mobile broadband modem or other wireless communication element for sending metadata messages. In some embodiments the mobile broadband modem may also send still images, audio data, and video data.
Claims20
A video camera comprising:
- a lens assembly;
- a non-volatile memory;
- a mobile broadband modem;
- and
- a processor configured to—
- receive, from a remote video collection manager via the mobile broadband modem, a trigger message indicative of a triggering event remote from the video camera;
- instruct video data from the lens assembly to be stored in the non-volatile memory in response to the trigger message;
- send, to the remote video collection manager via the mobile broadband modem, a metadata message indicative of the video data from the lens assembly;
- receive, from the remote video collection manager via the mobile broadband modem, a trigger termination message based at least in part of the metadata message;
- send, to the remote video collection manager via the mobile broadband modem, a post-recording metadata message;
- and
- cease storage of the video data in the non-volatile memory.
A computerized method of capturing video data by a video camera, the computerized method comprising:
- receiving, by a mobile broadband modem of the video camera, an administrator-initiated trigger via a mobile broadband network;
- initiating a recording of video data;
- sending, to a video collection manager via the mobile broadband modem, a metadata message indicative of metadata associated with the video data;
- terminating the recording of the video data in response to termination of the administrator-initiated trigger;
- sending, to the video collection manager via the mobile broadband modem, a trigger-complete metadata message;
- and
- storing the video data for later transfer.
A video collection system comprising:
- a video camera,
- wherein the video camera includes a mobile broadband modem;
- and
- a video collection manager communicatively coupled to the video camera via the mobile broadband modem of the video camera,
- wherein the video collection manager is configured to send a first triggering message to the video camera indicative of an administrator-initiated trigger,
- wherein the video camera is configured to record a first set of video data based upon the first triggering message,
- wherein the video collection manager is configured to receive a second triggering message from the video camera indicative of a user-initiated trigger,
- wherein the video camera tags a second set of video data based upon the second triggering message,
- wherein the video collection manager is configured to receive a periodic metadata message from the video camera indicative of video data being recorded by the video camera.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.