Methods and apparatus for detecting pets
AssigneeSimpliSafe, Inc.
InventorsShekhar Bangalore Sastry, Nicholas Setzer
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for pet detection in security systems. In one example, a method includes detecting a motion event in a scene using a motion detector, based on detecting the motion event, activating an image capture device to acquire a plurality of images of the scene, applying a motion detection process to the plurality of images to detect motion in the scene, applying an object detection process to at least one of the plurality of images to detect an object in the scene, pairing the motion with the object to locate a moving object, identifying the moving object as a pet, and based at least in part on identifying the moving object as a pet, deactivating the image capture device.
Claims23
A method comprising:
- detecting a motion event in a scene using a motion detector;
- based on detecting the motion event, activating an image capture device to acquire a plurality of images of the scene;
- applying a motion detection process to the plurality of images to detect motion in the scene, wherein applying the motion detection process includes producing a first bounding box identifying a location of the motion in at least one image of the plurality of images;
- applying an object detection process to the at least one image to identify a pet in the scene, wherein applying the object detection process includes producing a second bounding box identifying a location of the pet in the at least one image;
- pairing the motion with the pet to identify a moving pet by determining that the first bounding box and the second bounding box at least partially overlap;
- and
- based at least in part on identifying the moving pet, deactivating the image capture device.
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A method comprising:
- detecting a motion event using a motion detector;
- based on detecting the motion event, activating an image capture device;
- acquiring a first set of images of a scene with the image capture device;
- processing the first set of images to identify a moving pet in the scene, wherein processing the first set of images includes
- applying a motion detection process to the first set of images to produce, in at least one image of the first set of images, a first bounding box identifying a location of motion in the scene,
- applying an object detection process to the at least one image to produce a second bounding box identifying a location of a pet in the scene, and
- pairing the motion with the pet to identify the moving pet by determining that the first and second bounding boxes at least partially overlap;
- based on identifying the moving pet, acquiring a second set of images of the scene with the image capture device;
- processing the second set of images to confirm identification of the moving pet;
- and
- based on confirming the identification of the moving pet, deactivating the image capture device.
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A sensor comprising:
- a motion detector configured to detect motion events;
- an image capture device;
- at least one processor;
- and
- a data storage device storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor configure the sensor to
- detect a motion event using the motion detector,
- based on detecting the motion event with the motion detector, activate the image capture device,
- acquire a plurality of image frames of a scene using the image capture device,
- apply a motion detection process to the plurality of image frames to produce, in at least one image frame of the plurality of image frames, a first bounding box identifying an instance of motion in the scene,
- apply an object detection process to the at least one image frame to produce a second bounding box identifying a location of an object in the scene,
- pair the motion with the object to locate a moving object by determining that the first and second bounding boxes at least partially overlap,
- determine a classification of the moving object, and
- take a response action based on the classification of the moving object;
- wherein to take the response action, the sensor is configured to
- trigger an alarm based on the classification of the moving object corresponding to a person,
- control the image capture device to record a video sequence based on the classification of the moving object corresponding to an unrecognized object, and
- deactivate the image capture device based on the classification of the moving object corresponding to a pet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.