US 11,749,080 B2
Group identification and monitoring
James Siemer, Spokane, WA (US); Allison Beach, Leesburg, VA (US); Weihong Yin, Great Falls, VA (US); Jeffrey A. Bedell, Arlington, VA (US); and John Stanley, Washington, DC (US)
Assigned to Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US)
Filed by Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/83,645.
Application 18/083,645 is a continuation of application No. 17/324,797, filed on May 19, 2021, granted, now 11,532,164.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,052, filed on May 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0119287 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G08B 13/196 (2006.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06F 18/22 (2023.01)
CPC G08B 13/19695 (2013.01) [G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06V 20/46 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 20/53 (2022.01); G06V 40/103 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G08B 7/066 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
determining, using first one or more images that depict a first person represented by a first blob with a group identifier and a second person represented by a second blob with the group identifier who together satisfy a grouping criteria, that a first distance between the first person and the second person does not satisfy one or more distance criteria;
in response to determining that the first distance between the first person and the second person does not satisfy the one or more distance criteria, determining to maintain associations of the group identifier with both the first blob and the second blob using group data for the first blob and the second blob that indicates that the first person and the second person together satisfy the grouping criteria;
after determining to maintain the associations of the group identifier with both the first blob and the second blob, detecting, using one or more second images, that a second distance between the first person and the second person satisfies the one or more distance criteria; and
in response detecting that the second distance between the first person and the second person satisfies the one or more distance criteria, determining, using the associations of the group identifier with both the first blob and the second blob, to skip providing an alert that would be provided if the first blob for the first person and the second blob for the second person were not both associated with the group identifier.