Location-Based Multimedia Surveillance Camera Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current communication and video surveillance systems lack the ability to seamlessly integrate location-based multimedia monitoring, which hinders effective handling of emergency calls and tracking of suspect individuals or events, as they do not provide real-time video footage and audio content concurrently with location information.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that receive location indications from communication terminals, automatically select video cameras with appropriate fields of view, and output images and audio content to operators, allowing for real-time monitoring and continuous tracking of moving targets by switching between cameras as needed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If location-based multimedia monitoring is integrated, then real-time monitoring capability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines location information from communication networks with video surveillance systems by merging location indications with camera selection and image output. The system integrates communication network location services with surveillance subsystems to provide unified location-based monitoring, thereby improving real-time monitoring capability while managing system complexity through functional integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The surveillance subsystem is designed to perform multiple functions: receiving location indications, selecting appropriate cameras based on geographical location, capturing images, and outputting both location information and visual data. This multi-functional approach enables a single system to handle emergency calls and track individuals by providing consolidated location and video monitoring.
2Area of stationary object
If multiple cameras with different fields of view are used, then monitoring coverage is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system assigns specific cameras with particular fields of view to specific geographical locations based on location indications. Each camera is selected and activated according to the local area it monitors, ensuring optimal coverage for the current target location. This localized approach improves monitoring coverage efficiency while managing complexity by activating only relevant cameras.
Solution Approach 2:
The camera selection is dynamic and responsive to changing location indications. The system automatically switches between different cameras based on the movement or repositioning of communication terminals, ensuring continuous and adaptive monitoring coverage. This dynamic camera switching maintains comprehensive coverage without requiring all cameras to be simultaneously active.
3Speed
If real-time image output with location information is provided, then response capability is improved, but information processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-establishes mappings between geographical locations and camera fields of view, allowing for rapid camera selection when location indications are received. This preliminary configuration enables fast response by avoiding complex real-time calculations, as the system can directly query predefined location-camera associations to determine the appropriate camera for immediate image output.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for receiving location indications of a communication terminal engaged in a communication session with a communication network, and selecting from a plurality of cameras having different respective fields of view within a geographical region that contains the geographical location, at least one camera whose field of view covers the geographical location. Images are output of the geographical location captured during the session by the at least one selected camera. The images may be correlated with the location indications by a switch in the communication network.