Camera Audio and Video Sector Configuration for Localized Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Monitoring systems often require independent configuration of multiple camera viewpoints for different functionalities, such as motion detection, object detection, and audio management in varying lighting conditions, without capturing sensitive audio.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for independently configuring audio and video sectors within a camera view, allowing users to set and adjust configurations for each sector based on user inputs, using a graphical user interface to manage sensitivity, priority, and sector sizes, and suppress sensitive audio.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single configuration is applied to the entire camera viewpoint, then the system is simple to operate, but it cannot independently configure different sectors for specific functionalities such as motion detection, object detection, and audio management
Solution Approach 1:
The camera viewpoint is divided into multiple independent sectors, each capable of having its own configuration settings. This segmentation allows different sectors to be configured independently for specific functionalities such as motion detection, object detection, and audio management, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and complexity by organizing the system into manageable modular units.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides dynamic configuration capabilities where sector settings can be adjusted in real-time based on operational needs. Operators can modify parameters such as sensitivity, priority, and audio suppression for each sector independently, enabling the system to adapt to changing monitoring requirements without requiring a complete system reconfiguration.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If audio recording is enabled for the entire camera view, then all audio information is captured, but sensitive audio in specific sectors cannot be masked or suppressed
Solution Approach 1:
Audio suppression and masking are applied locally to specific sectors rather than uniformly across the entire camera view. Each sector can have its own audio settings, allowing sensitive areas to have audio recording disabled or masked while other sectors maintain full audio capture capability, thus selectively removing harmful audio information without losing useful audio data from non-sensitive areas.
3Reliability
If multiple configurations are applied to different sectors, then specific functionalities can be optimized for each sector, but the operational complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the camera view into independent sectors, each sector can be optimized for its specific functionality (e.g., motion detection, object detection, audio management) without interfering with other sectors. This segmentation improves event detection accuracy by allowing tailored configurations while maintaining operational simplicity through modular, independent control of each sector.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for configuring audio and video sectors of a camera. An audio analytics system includes a first computer configured to receive information from a camera and a microphone. The first computer includes an electronic processor. The electronic processor receives data including an image of a location and an audio of the location and generates a view of the location. The electronic processor sets, in response to receiving a first user input, a first sector of the view of the location, and sets, in response to receiving a second user input, a second sector of the view of the location. The electronic processor adjusts, in response to receiving a third user input, a configuration of the first sector, and adjusts, in response to receiving a fourth user input, a configuration of the second sector.