Communication Device Tracking Map for Visual Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current monitoring methods for public safety personnel at incident scenes rely heavily on voice communications, which may not provide sufficient visual information for effective remote monitoring by other personnel.
Innovation Solution
A communication system comprising multiple devices with electronic processors, cameras, and location components that transmit instructions to enable cameras, request and receive location information, and generate tracking maps to assign and control camera views of other devices for visual monitoring.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If voice communication monitoring is used, then communication simplicity is maintained, but visual information sufficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines voice communication monitoring with visual monitoring by integrating camera functionality into the communication devices. The tracking map system merges audio and video data streams, allowing remote personnel to simultaneously monitor both verbal communications and visual scenes at incident locations, thereby resolving the contradiction between communication simplicity and visual information sufficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The communication devices are enhanced with multi-functionality, serving both as voice communication tools and visual monitoring devices. The same device that enables voice communication also captures and transmits video footage, creating a universal tool that addresses both monitoring needs without requiring separate systems.
2Area of stationary object
If multiple cameras are deployed for visual monitoring, then visual coverage is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service through automatic tracking map generation and camera assignment. The central server automatically processes location data from multiple devices, generates optimal tracking maps, and assigns cameras to specific targets without manual intervention. This automation reduces system complexity despite deploying multiple cameras for enhanced visual coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback mechanisms where location information from multiple communication devices continuously updates the tracking map. The tracking map dynamically adjusts camera assignments based on real-time positional data, ensuring optimal visual coverage while maintaining manageable system complexity through adaptive, data-driven control.
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AI summary
Method and system for tracking a plurality of communication devices. One system includes a plurality of communication devices that each include a respective electronic processor, a respective camera, a respective location component, and a respective network interface. At least one of the plurality of communication devices is configured to receive location information from each of the other of the plurality of communication devices, generate a tracking map, and transmit the tracking map to each of the other of the plurality of communication devices. The tracking map assigns each of the plurality of communication devices only one of the other of the plurality of communication devices. Each of the plurality of communication devices is configured to control, with its respective electronic processor, its respective camera based on the tracking map to include in its field of view its respectively assigned one of the other of the plurality of communication devices.