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Patent Number: US 12,133,028
Patent Title: ENHANCING ZOOMING CAPABILITIES OF A SECURITY CAMERA BY AUTOMATICALLY EMPLOYING A MULTICOPTER
Viewing an object detected within a property perimeter includes using a fixed camera to view the object, adjusting optical zoom and/or digital zoom of the fixed camera in response to an initial image of the object from the fixed camera being of insufficient quality to fully assess the unknown object, using different zoom levels of the fixed camera to determine a satisfactory zoom level based on a relationship between zoom level, image quality, and security threat forecast, dispatching a multicopter with a camera to a location of the unknown object in response to the fixed camera being unable to reach the satisfactory zoom level, and providing an image of the unknown object from the camera of the multicopter. The multicopter may be dispatched following interpolating a forecast line to determine that the fixed camera is unable to reach the satisfactory zoom level. Dispatching the multicopter may include optimizing flight trajectory.
Patent Number: US 11,915,481
Patent Title: CAPTURING AND ANALYZING SECURITY EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES AND GENERATING THEIR NATURAL LANGUAGE DESCRIPTIONS
Detecting security events and generating corresponding natural language descriptors includes monitoring an area to capture data corresponding to moving objects in the area, classifying the moving objects, generating events based on classifying the moving objects, building an event graph by connecting related ones of the events, using the event graph to detect security events, and building natural language activity descriptors for the security events of the event graph using natural language templates to convert the security events to natural language. The natural language security descriptors may be presented using a verbal request to a voice-enabled assistant, a mandatory notification by the voice-enabled assistant, periodic reports and/or conversational style notifications in a visual format. Data may be captured using sensors, video streams from at least one camera vehicle, smart home devices, presence detection mechanisms, and/or weather data/forecasts. The sensors may include PIR, vibration, light, laser, ultrasonic, seismic, and/or radar sensors.
Patent Number: US 11,776,136
Patent Title: MOBILE SECURITY SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE LANDING LOCATIONS
Using at least one mobile security camera to monitor multiple locations includes providing a plurality of landing platforms for the at least one mobile security camera,positioning the at least one mobile security camera at a particular one of the landing platforms in response to the particular one of the landing platforms being a preferred location of the at least one mobile security camera, and moving the at least one mobile security camera from a preferred location to follow a detected object. Using at least one mobile security camera to monitor multiple locations may also include returning the mobile security camera to the particular one of the landing platforms after the at least one mobile security camera follows the detected object. The at least one mobile security camera may perform static monitoring from the first one of the landing platforms and the second one of the landing platforms.
Patent Number: US 11,111,016
Patent Title: MULTICOPTER THREE-PHASE PRECISION AUTO-LANDING
A multicopter landing platform includes a base portion, a bottom portion, disposed in the base portion, that accepts a protruding portion of the multicopter, and walls of the base portion that are sloped toward the bottom portion. The walls of the base portion may form a conic-shape. The multicopter landing platform may also include a GPS device that sends RTK corrections to a different GPS device on the multicopter. The multicopter landing platform may also include a beacon that guides the multicopter to cause the multicopter to contact the walls of the base station. The beacon may be disposed in the bottom portion. The beacon may provide a signal that is detected by the multicopter. The beacon may provide a light signal that is detected by a camera on the multicopter to guide the multicopter toward the base portion. A charging ring may be disposed in the bottom portion.
Patent Number: US 10,706,696
Patent Title: SECURITY SYSTEM WITH DISTRIBUTED SENSOR UNITS AND AUTONOMOUS CAMERA VEHICLE
A security system for monitoring a property includes a plurality of sensor units disposed at different locations throughout the property, an autonomous vehicle that travels throughout the property and contains a camera, and a central station, in communication with the sensor units and the autonomous vehicle, that dispatches the autonomous vehicle to a location corresponding to an unknown object detected by at least some of the sensor units and determined by a processing module of the central station to be a potential intrusion, wherein the autonomous vehicle provides video data of the potential intrusion to the central station. The autonomous vehicle may be a flying vehicle. The autonomous vehicle may be dispatched to a vantage point that is clear of any obstacles and provides an unobstructed view of the location of the potential intruder. A user of the device may approve dispatching the autonomous vehicle.
Patent Number: US 10,614,688
Patent Title: DETECTING AND IDENTIFYING ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS WITHIN A PROPERTY’S SECURITY PERIMETER USING A CONFIGURABLE NETWORK OF VIBRATION AND MOTION SENSORS
Monitoring an object includes initially detecting motion of the object using at least one of a plurality of sensors disposed at different locations throughout a property, estimating a risk level associated with the object, continuously monitoring the object in response to the object being greater than a pre-determined size and the risk level exceeding a first predetermined threshold in a first predetermined amount of time, and alerting a user in response to the object being continuously monitored and the risk level increasing to a second predetermined threshold within a second predetermined amount of time. Monitoring an object may also include halting monitoring of the object in response to the object leaving the property and/or the risk level being less than the first predetermined threshold for longer than the first predetermined amount of time. At least one of the sensor units may have a column portion that includes a vibration sensor.
