US 11,869,239 B2
Automatic configuration of analytics rules for a camera
William T. Calvert, Belfast (IE); and Terence Neill, Lisburn (GB)
Assigned to JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed by Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/996,604.
Prior Publication US 2022/0058393 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06V 20/40 (2022.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01)
CPC G06V 20/41 (2022.01) [H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/681 (2023.01); G06V 20/44 (2022.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling a camera, comprising:
receiving, at a processor from the camera, a video sequence of a scene;
determining, at the processor, scene description metadata in the scene from the video sequence;
identifying, at the processor, a scene object type in the scene based on the scene description metadata;
identifying, at the processor, a rule based on the rule being associated with the scene description metadata and a detected behavior of the scene object type, wherein the rule is configured to identify a region within the scene where the rule applies;
determining, based on a rule object within the scene, a size of the region within the scene where the rule applies; and
applying, at the processor, the rule to operation of the camera.