Connected Car Camera Networks for Security Event Video Coverage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems lack comprehensive and timely information dissemination to rescue and law enforcement forces during security events, as surveillance coverage is incomplete, especially in areas without extensive camera networks.
Innovation Solution
A method and system leveraging Internet connectivity in connected vehicles to upload video feeds from onboard cameras to a centralized operations center, using GPS and deep-learning for automatic event detection and video compilation, enabling real-time and historical data analysis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional surveillance cameras are deployed to cover security events, then surveillance coverage can be provided at major junctions and roads, but the coverage remains far from complete and lacks comprehensiveness
Solution Approach 1:
The patent repurposes existing connected vehicles with their onboard cameras and Internet connectivity for security surveillance purposes. The vehicles serve dual functions: their original transportation purpose and an additional security monitoring function. This eliminates the need for dedicated surveillance infrastructure while achieving comprehensive road coverage through the natural movement of vehicles throughout the area.
Solution Approach 2:
The system leverages the vehicles' own existing resources - their onboard cameras, GPS receivers, and Internet connectivity - to provide surveillance capabilities. Rather than requiring external surveillance infrastructure, the vehicles themselves provide the monitoring function through their inherent equipment and natural presence on roads, achieving complete coverage without additional dedicated surveillance devices.
2Reliability
If surveillance cameras are installed at all locations to ensure complete coverage, then comprehensive security monitoring is achieved, but the cost and complexity of infrastructure deployment increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms connected vehicles into mobile surveillance units by utilizing their existing cameras and connectivity for security monitoring. This multi-functional approach allows the same vehicle infrastructure to serve both transportation and security purposes, achieving reliable security event detection without requiring separate dedicated surveillance camera networks at every location.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from static surveillance cameras fixed at specific locations to dynamic mobile surveillance units that move throughout the area. The vehicles naturally traverse multiple locations, providing continuous and comprehensive security coverage without requiring physical infrastructure at every point. This dynamic approach maintains high reliability while reducing infrastructure complexity.
3Loss of information
If video data is collected from multiple connected vehicles, then comprehensive situational awareness is achieved, but data management and processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential and relevant data elements from the vehicles - specifically location information from GPS receivers and video feeds from onboard cameras - and transmits them to the centralized operations center. This selective extraction of critical information provides comprehensive situational awareness for law enforcement while minimizing the complexity of data management by focusing only on necessary data types rather than processing all possible vehicle data.
Solution Approach 2:
The centralized operations center acts as an intermediary that receives, processes, and compiles video feeds and location data from multiple vehicles into a unified viewable stream. This intermediary system manages the complexity of multi-source data by consolidating and organizing it into a coherent format for law enforcement consumption, reducing the burden on individual vehicles and providing comprehensive information availability.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a method, apparatus, and system for collecting video data relating to a security event at a security operations center (SOC), the operations comprising: receiving video data captured through one or more cameras installed at one or more vehicles within a predetermined range of the security event at the SOC from the one or more vehicles; and compiling the video data into viewable format usable in an investigation of the security event.