US 11,711,487 B2
Comprehensive video collection and storage
Peng Han, Overland Park, KS (US); James W. Farnham, IV, Olathe, KS (US); and Steven L. Phillips, Olathe, KS (US)
Assigned to Digital Ally, Inc., Lenexa, KS (US)
Filed by DIGITAL ALLY, INC., Lenexa, KS (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/151,341.
Application 17/151,341 is a continuation of application No. 15/423,803, filed on Feb. 3, 2017, granted, now 10,904,474.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/328,784, filed on Apr. 28, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/291,744, filed on Feb. 5, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0136315 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 5/77 (2006.01); H04N 21/2743 (2011.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G11B 27/19 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 5/77 (2013.01) [G11B 27/19 (2013.01); H04N 7/185 (2013.01); H04N 21/2743 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A video collection system comprising:
a plurality of wireless proximity beacons associated with a particular location or a particular person;
a body-worn video camera comprising:
at least one processor;
a camera-memory element,
a video-capture element; and
a wireless proximity beacon detector configured to detect the plurality of wireless proximity beacons being in proximity to the body-worn video camera;
a camera dock communicatively coupled or couplable with the body-worn video camera,
the camera dock comprising:
a dock-memory element;
at least one dock-processing element; and
a video collection manager communicatively coupled or couplable with the camera dock,
wherein the camera-memory element comprises first computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the body-worn video camera to perform operations comprising:
recording video data using the video-capture element;
receiving, via the wireless proximity beacon detector, a beacon proximity indication from a beacon of the plurality of wireless proximity beacons, wherein the beacon proximity indication comprises an indication of the beacon of the plurality of wireless proximity beacons being in proximity to the body-worn video camera and a unique identifier of the beacon;
recording metadata associated with the video data, wherein the metadata comprises the beacon proximity indication and wherein at least a portion of the video data is associated with the beacon proximity indication; and
transferring the metadata to the camera dock;
wherein the dock-memory element comprises second computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one dock-processing element, cause the camera dock to perform camera dock-operations comprising:
receiving from the video collection manager, a plurality of criteria, the plurality of criteria respectively associated with the plurality of wireless proximity beacons, and the plurality of criteria respectively defining at least one parameter for any of transferring, saving, or deleting of the video data associated with the plurality of wireless proximity beacons;
receiving the metadata from the body-worn video camera;
determining the beacon proximity indication from the metadata;
determining a criterion of the plurality of criteria based at least in part on the beacon proximity indication, the criterion being associated with the beacon corresponding to the beacon proximity indication; and
automatically initiating any of transferring, saving, or deleting the video data associated with the beacon proximity indication in accordance with the at least one parameter corresponding to the criterion.