Robot-Based Camera Calibration for Automated Monitoring Alerts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing camera systems require extensive configuration and calibration, which is time-consuming and inefficient, especially in environments where monitoring compliance with safety regulations is necessary.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that utilize a robot to navigate within a geo-polygon space, map points in the environment, record data for configuration, and trigger alerts, enabling automated camera calibration and configuration, including geometric calibration and region of interest setup, using video analytics and IoT facilities management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual configuration and calibration methods are used for camera systems, then configuration accuracy can be achieved, but the process is time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automated self-calibration of camera systems using a robot that autonomously navigates through the environment, captures images, and processes data to generate calibration parameters and alert configurations without human intervention
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical calibration processes with an automated computational system that uses computer vision, image processing, and algorithms to perform geometric calibration and generate monitoring configurations
2Reliability
If extensive manual configuration is performed for camera systems, then comprehensive monitoring coverage can be achieved, but the complexity of the configuration process increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically generates comprehensive monitoring configurations including regions of interest and alert parameters by processing images captured during robot navigation, eliminating the need for manual configuration of each monitoring parameter
Solution Approach 2:
The calibration system performs multiple functions simultaneously including geometric calibration, region of interest detection, alert configuration, and parameter optimization through a single automated process that uses the robot-navigated images
3Productivity
If automated robot-based calibration is implemented, then configuration efficiency improves, but the complexity of the calibration system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a computing system as an intermediary that coordinates between the robot, camera, and calibration algorithms, centralizing the complexity management and enabling efficient automated calibration through structured data processing
Data Source
AI summary
A method of calibrating a system including a camera, the method including detecting a robot navigating within an environment modeled as a geo-polygon space, including a transit of the robot through a scene of the environment captured by the camera, mapping a plurality of points occupied by the robot in images of the scene to the geo-polygon space, recording data about the mapping, and configuring at least one alert using the data recorded about the mapping, the alert executed by the computing system and configured to be triggered by an object transiting the scene.