Surveillance system
AssigneePolaris Wireless, Inc.
InventorsManlio Allegra, Martin Feuerstein, Mahesh B. Patel
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Abstract
Data from a wireless network location system is used in conjunction with the known geographic location of a video surveillance area such that the system according to the present invention infers that a person who appears in an image in the video is the user of a mobile phone estimated to be at the person's location. When facial recognition is applied and the person's identity is thus recognized, an association is generated as between the identity according to the facial recognition and the identity of the co-located mobile phone. This association can be critical when there is no personal identification available for a mobile phone such as a pre-paid mobile.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a data-processing system, a first video signal that carries a first video frame, wherein the first video frame comprises:
- (i) an image of a first person appearing at a first location, and
- (ii) an image of a second person appearing at a second location;
- estimating the identity of a first mobile phone based on the first location, wherein the first location is determined from the first video frame;
- estimating a relationship between the first person and the second person based on the identity of the first mobile phone;
- and
- transmitting, by the data-processing system, a second video signal that carries a second video frame that is based on the first video frame, wherein the second video frame comprises:
- (i) the image of the first person,
- (ii) the image of the second person, and
- (iii) a depiction of the relationship between the first person and the second person.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a data-processing system, a first video signal that carries a first video frame, wherein the first video frame comprises:
- (i) an image of a first person appearing at a first location, and
- (ii) an image of a second person appearing at a second location;
- estimating the identity of a first mobile phone based on the first location, wherein the first location is determined from the first video frame;
- polling, by the data-processing system, a data source for information about the first mobile phone, based on the identity of the first mobile phone;
- receiving, by the data-processing system, information regarding a communication involving the first mobile phone, in response to the polling;
- estimating a relationship between the first person and the second person based on the information regarding the communication;
- and
- transmitting, by the data-processing system, a second video signal that carries a second video frame that is based on the first video frame, wherein the second video frame comprises:
- (i) the image of the first person,
- (ii) the image of the second person, and
- (iii) a depiction of the relationship between the first person and the second person.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a data-processing system, a first video signal that carries a first video frame, wherein the first video frame comprises an image of a first person appearing at a first location;
- estimating the identity of a first mobile phone based on the first location, wherein the first location is determined from the first video frame;
- polling, by the data-processing system, a data source for information about the first mobile phone, based on the identity of the first mobile phone;
- receiving, by the data-processing system, information regarding a communication involving the first mobile phone, in response to the polling;
- estimating a relationship between the first person and a second person based on the information regarding the communication;
- and
- transmitting, by the data-processing system, a second video signal that carries a second video frame that is based on the first video frame, wherein the second video frame comprises:
- (i) the image of the first person, and
- (ii) a depiction of the relationship between the first person and the second person.
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