Centralized Video Audit System for Multi-Brand DVR Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current remote video surveillance and guard tour systems are labor-intensive, require constant human monitoring, and lack user-friendly interfaces, making it difficult for corporate loss prevention departments to efficiently manage and report on multiple locations, especially over low bandwidth connections, and are not easily scalable or compatible with different hardware brands.
Innovation Solution
A networked software system that allows remote video audits and guard tours to be performed and reported through a centralized website, enabling quick access to video information from multiple locations, reducing the need for in-house setups, and providing user-friendly interfaces for efficient report generation and management across various DVR brands.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If constant human monitoring is used to ensure safety and protection, then reliability is improved, but labor intensity increases and operator efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automated audit report generation and video retrieval without requiring constant human monitoring. The centralized website automatically manages multiple DVRs, generates audit reports, and retrieves video information, allowing the system to serve itself and reducing dependency on continuous human intervention while maintaining reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual monitoring and report generation processes with an automated computer-based system. The centralized website automates the retrieval of video information from multiple DVRs, performs automated analysis, and generates audit reports, substituting mechanical human operations with automated electronic processes
2Measurement precision
If large numbers of images or clips are reviewed over slow network connections, then measurement precision is improved, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically retrieving and pre-processing video information from multiple DVRs before the auditor needs to review it. The centralized website prepares audit reports in advance with pre-selected video clips and images, so that when auditors access them, the material is already organized and ready for efficient review, reducing both time loss and maintaining review accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The centralized website acts as an intermediary between multiple DVRs and auditors. It retrieves video information from various DVRs over network connections, processes and organizes the data, and presents it in a user-friendly format. This intermediary role streamlines the data flow and reduces the time auditors spend searching for and organizing video material while maintaining comprehensive review capability
3Adaptability or versatility
If in-house setup is performed for each set of locations, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The centralized website provides a universal platform that can manage multiple DVRs from different locations and brands through a single interface. The system is designed to handle various audit types, video retrieval operations, and report generation formats, making it adaptable to different location requirements without requiring separate setups for each site
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of having each location require a separate in-house setup, the patent inverts the approach by creating a centralized system that manages all locations from a single point. The complexity is centralized in the website infrastructure rather than distributed across multiple locations, simplifying the overall system architecture while maintaining the ability to customize audits for specific locations
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple DVR brands are supported, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The centralized website is designed with universal compatibility to manage multiple DVRs from different brands through a single interface. The system can retrieve video information from various DVR manufacturers without requiring brand-specific software or complex integration procedures, making the system adaptable to different hardware while maintaining simplicity
Data Source
AI summary
A method and system for remote surveillance information processing by an end user to ensure the safety of personnel, facilities and property. The user remotely accesses video streams from one or more cameras at each of a set of stores, facilities or other locations. After reviewing video streams for a specific audit item or guard tour stop, the user can input into the computer a classification of the audited video stream according to a set of predefined criteria. The user then generates a report summarizing the reviewed items and their classifications, which is transmitted to designated recipients. The present invention also includes a networked computer system for generating, performing and modifying audits and guard tours, creating guard audit reports, and providing access to the images that support the conclusions contained in the reports.