Automatic adjustment of area monitoring based on camera motion

A system comprising:

• a computer system for monitoring an area by performing a method comprising:
• detecting motion of a camera monitoring the area;
• and
• automatically reconfiguring a plurality of cameras monitoring the area in response to the detected motion of the camera, the automatically reconfiguring including:
• estimating a physical area corresponding to a new field of view for the camera in response to the motion detecting, the estimating of the physical area including using a combination of:
• a motion signal based estimation and an image based estimation using a recent image captured before the motion, wherein the estimating further includes:
• in response to a failure of the at least one of:
• the motion signal based estimation or the image based estimation, using a comparison of an image captured after the motion with a plurality of stored reference images, each reference image having a corresponding known unique field of view previously captured by the camera;
• updating, using the physical area, at least one of:
• a status for performing a monitoring task using the camera or a location of an area for the monitoring task within an image captured by the camera, wherein the monitoring task corresponds to a fixed physical location within the monitored area and generates an alert in response to detecting a predefined event corresponding to the fixed physical location;
• and
• automatically performing, based on the updating, at least one of:
• adjusting a field of view of a second camera monitoring the area or updating a status for performing the monitoring task using the second camera.

A computer program comprising program code stored on a computer-readable device, which when executed, enables a computer system to implement a method of monitoring an area, the method comprising:

• detecting motion of a camera monitoring the area;
• and
• automatically reconfiguring a plurality of cameras monitoring the area in response to the detected motion of the camera, the automatically reconfiguring including:
• estimating a physical area corresponding to a new field of view for the camera in response to the motion detecting, the estimating of the physical area including using a combination of:
• a motion signal based estimation and an image based estimation using a recent image captured before the motion,
• wherein the estimating further includes:
• in response to a failure of the at least one of:
• the motion signal based estimation or the image based estimation, using a comparison of an image captured after the motion with a plurality of stored reference images, each reference image having a corresponding known unique field of view previously captured by the camera;
• updating, using the physical area, at least one of:
• a status for performing a monitoring task using the camera or a location of an area for the monitoring task within an image captured by the camera, wherein the monitoring task corresponds to a fixed physical location within the monitored area and generates an alert in response to detecting a predefined event corresponding to the fixed physical location;
• and
• automatically performing, based on the updating, at least one of:
• adjusting a field of view of a second camera monitoring the area or updating a status for performing the monitoring task using the second camera.

A method of generating a system for monitoring an area, the method comprising:

• providing a computer system configured to:
• detect motion of a camera monitoring the area;
• and
• automatically reconfigure a plurality of cameras monitoring the area in response to the detected motion of the camera, the automatically reconfiguring including:
• estimate a physical area corresponding to a new field of view for the camera in response to the motion detecting, the estimating of the physical area including using a combination of:
• a motion signal based estimation and an image based estimation using a recent image captured before the motion, wherein the estimating further includes:
• in response to a failure of the at least one of:
• the motion signal based estimation or the image based estimation, using a comparison of an image captured after the motion with a plurality of stored reference images, each reference image having a corresponding known unique field of view previously captured by the camera;
• update, using the physical area, at least one of:
• a status for performing a monitoring task using the camera or a location of an area for the monitoring task within an image captured by the camera, wherein the monitoring task corresponds to a fixed physical location within the monitored area and generates an alert in response to detecting a predefined event corresponding to the fixed physical location;
• and
• automatically perform, based on the updating, at least one of:
• adjusting a field of view of a second camera monitoring the area or updating a status for performing the monitoring task using the second camera.

A system comprising:

• a computer system for monitoring an area by performing a method comprising:
• detecting motion of a camera monitoring the area;
• estimating a physical area corresponding to a new field of view for the camera in response to the detecting, the estimating including:
• estimating the physical area using a combination of:
• a motion signal based estimation and an image based estimation using a recent image captured before the motion;
• and
• in response to failure of the estimating the physical area using the combination, comparing an image captured after the motion with a plurality of stored reference images, each reference image having a corresponding known unique field of view previously captured by the camera, and estimating the physical area based on the comparing;
• and
• updating, using the physical area, at least one of:
• a status for performing a monitoring task using the camera or a location of an area for the monitoring task within an image captured by the camera, wherein the monitoring task corresponds to a fixed physical location within the monitored area and generates an alert in response to detecting a predefined event corresponding to the fixed physical location, wherein the updating includes:
• determining that the camera cannot perform the monitoring task effectively as a result of the detected motion, and the automatically performing including identifying the second camera based on at least one of:
• a current field of view of the second camera with respect to the fixed physical location, a possible field of view of the second camera with respect to the fixed physical location, a relative priority of the second camera for performing the monitoring task, or relative priorities of the monitoring task and any monitoring tasks being performed by the second camera, and
• adjusting the field of view of the second camera to perform the monitoring task when the monitoring task is a higher priority than any monitoring tasks being performed by the second camera.

A system comprising:

• a computer system for monitoring a physical area for an alert by performing a method comprising:
• obtaining an image captured by a camera;
• detecting motion of the camera;
• estimating an imaged physical area corresponding to a new field of view for the camera in response to the detected motion, the estimation of the imaged physical area using a combination of:
• a motion signal based estimation and an image based estimation using a recent image captured before the motion;
• updating, using the imaged physical area, at least one of:
• a monitoring status for the alert or a location of the physical area for the alert within the image captured by the camera, wherein the updating includes:
• determining that the camera cannot perform the monitoring task effectively as a result of the detected motion, and the automatically performing including identifying the second camera based on at least one of:
• a current field of view of the second camera with respect to the fixed physical location, a possible field of view of the second camera with respect to the fixed physical location, a relative priority of the second camera for performing the monitoring task, or relative priorities of the monitoring task and any monitoring tasks being performed by the second camera, and
• adjusting the field of view of the second camera to perform the monitoring task when the monitoring task is a higher priority than any monitoring tasks being performed by the second camera;
• monitoring the physical area for the alert within the image and triggering the alert upon detection of one of a plurality of events with respect to the physical area, the plurality of events including:
• the physical area being at least partially outside of the imaged physical area and at least one of:
• an object moving across the physical area or an object moving within the physical area;
• and
• presenting the alert to a user.