Annotated Incident Recreation with Multi-Sensor Event Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems struggle to gather a comprehensive set of data from various electronic devices present at an incident site, making it difficult to reconstruct the events leading up to, during, or after an incident for analysis.
Innovation Solution
An annotated video system that integrates data from multiple sensors to recreate the incident, overlaying event descriptions and timestamps, allowing for a thorough understanding of the incident's causes and contributing factors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If data is collected from multiple electronic devices and sensors at an incident site, then the completeness and quality of incident data is improved, but the complexity of data gathering and integration increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that receives, stores, and processes data from multiple electronic devices and sensors. This server acts as a central hub that simplifies the complexity of data integration by providing a unified interface for data collection, storage, and retrieval, while enabling comprehensive incident data gathering from diverse sources including traffic cameras, security cameras, mobile devices, and environmental sensors.
2Measurement precision
If comprehensive incident data is gathered from multiple sources, then the ability to analyze incident causes is improved, but the time required to collect and process data increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by continuously collecting and storing data from multiple sensors and electronic devices before incidents occur. The system maintains a ready repository of pre-collected data including video footage, sensor readings, and device information that can be immediately accessed and analyzed when an incident is detected, eliminating the need for time-consuming data collection during critical analysis periods.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs feedback mechanisms where incident detection triggers automatic retrieval and analysis of relevant pre-collected data. The analysis results feed back into the system to refine future data collection strategies and improve incident response procedures, creating a continuous improvement loop that reduces processing time while maintaining analytical accuracy.
3Loss of information
If incident data is presented in detailed form for thorough analysis, then the understanding of incident causes is improved, but the ease of presentation and comprehension decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing incident data into distinct, organized components including video footage from various cameras, sensor data, device information, and temporal sequences. This segmented organization allows the system to present comprehensive detailed information in a structured, manageable format that improves both analytical thoroughness and presentation clarity, enabling users to navigate and comprehend complex incident data more easily.
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosed technology is directed towards generating an annotated visual playback of an incident. Upon obtaining notification of an incident, event data occurring in the incident zone and timeframe are obtained (e.g., collected) from sensors proximate the zone. The event data is used to annotate a visual playback captured by one or more cameras, e.g., within a timeframe ranging from some time before the incident occurred to the end of the incident. For example, a video can be presented with overlaid annotation data, each annotation describing an event as it occurred in time, in conjunction with an advancing timestamp overlay showing the time of the video frames. A simulated video, e.g., extended reality video, can also be generated, along with annotations and timeframe data, such as if captured from camera(s) from one or more various different perspectives.