Visual command processing

A video camera configured to receive and processing visual commands, the video camera comprising:

• means for analyzing, at the video camera, video content captured by the video camera to identify authentication credentials presented to the camera by a user in the field of view of the camera in the video content captured by the video camera, wherein the video camera is configured to execute a set of visual commands, and wherein the authentication credentials authorize the camera to execute a subset of the set of visual commands associated with the authentication credentials and to prevent the camera from executing visual commands not included in the subset of visual commands associated with the authentication credentials;
• means for determining, at the video camera, that the user is authorized to send visual commands to the video camera based on the authentication credentials detected;
• means for analyzing the video content captured by the video camera to identify a visual command presented to the camera by the user in the field of view of the camera;
• means for executing the visual command identified from the video content captured by the video camera responsive to the visual command being included in the subset of visual commands associated with the authorization credentials, wherein executing the visual command includes setting one or more operating parameters of the video camera, wherein the means for executing the visual command comprises means for determining whether the visual command comprises a camera identification command, and means for extracting camera identification information and camera location information from the visual command responsive to the visual command comprising a camera identification command, and means for sending the camera identification information and the camera location information to a security system server responsive to the visual command comprising a camera identification command;
• means for determining a command completion indication corresponding to whether the command was successfully executed;
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• means for providing a command completion indication, corresponding to the command completion indication, to the user.

A tangible computer-readable medium, having stored thereon computer-readable instructions for processing visual commands received at a video camera, comprising instructions configured to cause a computer to:

• analyze, at the video camera, video content captured by the video camera to identify authentication credentials presented to the camera by a user in the field of view of the camera in the video content captured by the video camera, wherein the video camera is configured to execute a set of visual commands, and wherein the authentication credentials authorize the camera to execute a subset of the set of visual commands associated with the authentication credentials and to prevent the camera from executing visual commands not included in the subset of visual commands associated with the authentication credentials;
• determine, at the video camera, that the user is authorized to send visual commands to the video camera based on the authentication credentials detected;
• analyze the video content captured by the video camera to identify a visual command presented to the camera by the user in the field of view of the camera;
• execute the visual command identified in the video content captured by the video camera responsive to the visual command being included in the subset of visual commands associated with the authorization credentials, wherein executing the visual command includes setting one or more operating parameters of the video camera in response to identifying the visual command, wherein the instructions configured to cause the computer to execute the visual command further comprise instructions configured to cause the computer to determine whether the visual command comprises a camera identification command, to extract camera identification information and camera location information from the visual command responsive to the visual command comprising a camera identification command, and to send the camera identification information and the camera location information to a security system server responsive to the visual command comprising a camera identification command;
• generate a command completion indication that indicates whether the command was successfully executed;
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• provide the command completely status to the user.

A video camera comprising:

• an imaging sensor configured to output sensor data of view a field of view of the view camera;
• a processor configured to execute program instructions to process video data output by the imaging sensor to:
• analyze, at the video camera, video content captured by the video camera to identify authentication credentials presented to the camera by a user in the field of view of the camera in the video content captured by the video camera, wherein the video camera is configured to execute a set of visual commands, and wherein the authentication credentials authorize the camera to execute a subset of the set of visual commands associated with the authentication credentials and to prevent the camera from executing visual commands not included in the subset of visual commands associated with the authentication credentials;
• determine, at the video camera, that the user is authorized to send visual commands to the video camera based on the authentication credentials detected;
• analyze the video content captured by the imaging sensor to identify a visual command presented to the camera by the user in the field of view of the camera;
• execute the visual command identified from the video content captured by the video camera responsive to the visual command being included in the subset of visual commands associated with the authorization credentials, wherein executing the visual command includes setting one or more operating parameters of the video camera, wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether the visual command comprises a camera identification command, to extract camera identification information and camera location information from the visual command responsive to the visual command comprising a camera identification command, and to send the camera identification information and the camera location information to a security system server responsive to the visual command comprising a camera identification command;
• determining a command completion indication corresponding to whether the command was successfully executed;
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• provide a command completion indication, corresponding to the command completion indication, to the user.