IoT Signal Tagging for Private Camera Incident Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Public-safety agencies face challenges in obtaining accurate and timely video footage of incidents, especially when pre-deployed surveillance cameras are not available or owned by private entities, and searching through publicly accessible media is hindered by irrelevant content tagged with similar hashtags.
Innovation Solution
A method involving an electronic computing device that detects incidents, identifies non-public-safety agency controlled cameras, and uses public-safety agency controlled IoT infrastructure to emit signals for tagging incident data, allowing efficient searching through unique tags linked to incident identifiers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If public websites are used to share incident information, then information sharing is improved, but searching for relevant incident data becomes difficult due to irrelevant content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces public-safety agency controlled IoT infrastructure (such as street lights, billboards, or dedicated signaling devices) as an intermediary to emit unique audible and visible signals at incident locations. These signals serve as reliable mediators that cameras can detect and use to tag incident data, bridging the gap between incident occurrence and data identification without relying on untrusted user-generated hashtags.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where cameras detect signals from IoT infrastructure, automatically tag incident data with unique identifiers, and upload tagged data to public websites. This closed-loop feedback ensures that incident data is consistently and accurately tagged, enabling efficient searching and retrieval by public-safety agencies.
2Ease of operation
If manual hashtags are used to tag incident data, then user flexibility is improved, but tagging accuracy deteriorates due to irrelevant or duplicate tags
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables cameras to automatically tag incident data themselves by detecting signals from public-safety agency controlled IoT infrastructure. This self-service approach eliminates reliance on manual user tagging, ensuring that each incident is tagged with a unique, accurate identifier generated autonomously by the camera system based on detected signals.
Solution Approach 2:
The IoT infrastructure acts as an intermediary that provides authoritative signaling between the incident location and the camera system. This mediator ensures accurate tagging by providing a reliable, centralized source of unique identifiers that cameras can automatically detect and apply, replacing unreliable manual hashtagging.
3Reliability
If pre-deployed surveillance cameras are used, then incident coverage is improved, but device availability worsens when cameras are owned by private entities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the public-safety agency controlled IoT infrastructure universal by deploying it at multiple incident locations across the jurisdiction. This universal infrastructure serves all cameras (both public-safety and private) within range, enabling any camera to detect signals and tag incident data, thereby expanding device accessibility while maintaining reliable incident coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The IoT infrastructure serves as a neutral intermediary that enables communication between public-safety agencies and private camera owners without requiring direct ownership or control of the cameras. This mediator allows public-safety agencies to provide tagging signals that any nearby camera can detect, improving device accessibility while maintaining incident coverage reliability.
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AI summary
A process for tagging incident data captured by non-public-safety agency controlled cameras. In operation, an electronic computing device detects an occurrence of an incident and obtains an incident identifier associated with the incident. The electronic computing device determines that a non-public-safety agency controlled camera is available for capturing incident data corresponding to the incident. The electronic computing device then controls a public-safety agency controlled internet-of-things (IoT) infrastructure deployed at an incident location to emit a signal including one of an audible signal, visible signal, or a combination of audible and visible signals to enable the non-public-safety agency controlled camera to tag incident data using the emitted signal. The electronic computing device links a unique tag representing the emitted signal to the incident identifier. The electronic computing device then searches the incident data captured by the non-public-safety agency controlled camera using the unique tag representing the emitted signal.