Virtual Model Integrating Real-Time Video Feeds for Camera Location
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Solution Overview
Problem
Amusement park monitoring systems face challenges in accurately determining the physical location of cameras, especially mobile cameras, within the park, leading to slower responses to incidents and increased training needs for personnel, due to complex correlation methods and limited visibility of camera positions.
Innovation Solution
A monitoring system that generates a virtual model of the amusement park attraction, incorporating real-time video feeds from cameras at their corresponding physical locations, allowing personnel to view live feeds within a virtual model for easier location identification and management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple cameras are distributed throughout an attraction to improve monitoring coverage, then monitoring capability is improved, but determining the specific location of each camera becomes more complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the physical attraction space that mirrors the real-world layout. Each camera's video feed is displayed at its corresponding virtual location within this digital twin environment, allowing operators to intuitively understand camera positions and coverage areas without complex physical mapping or coordination.
2Speed
If traditional security monitoring screens are used to display camera feeds, then real-time monitoring is achieved, but personnel cannot easily ascertain the physical location of each camera
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from traditional 2D flat screen displays to a 3D virtual environment that replicates the physical space. This dimensional transformation allows camera feeds to be positioned and oriented according to their actual spatial relationships, providing operators with intuitive depth perception and location awareness that flat screens cannot deliver.
3Ease of operation
If cameras are placed in fixed positions to simplify location tracking, then location determination is easier, but monitoring flexibility and coverage adaptability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual model dynamically updates to reflect the current positions of mobile cameras and changing environmental conditions. As cameras move or are repositioned, their virtual representations and video feeds automatically relocate within the virtual space, maintaining accurate spatial correspondence without requiring manual reconfiguration or fixed camera installations.
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AI summary
A monitoring system includes a video assembly comprising at least one camera positioned in a predetermined area and configured to transmit a real-time video feed of a physical location in the predetermined area. The monitoring system further includes a control system configured to receive the real-time video feed from the at least one camera. The control system includes a memory device and a processor configured to generate a virtual model of a predetermined area based on instructions stored on the memory device, wherein the processor is configured to incorporate the real-time video feed into the virtual model at a virtual location in the virtual model corresponding to the physical location in the predetermined area. The control system also includes a display unit configured to display the virtual model.