US 12,114,101 B2
Dynamic video exclusion zones for privacy
Stephen Scott Trundle, Falls Church, VA (US); Daniel Todd Kerzner, McLean, VA (US); Donald Gerard Madden, Columbia, MD (US); and Benjamin Asher Berg, Washington, DC (US)
Assigned to Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US)
Filed by Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/890,644.
Application 17/890,644 is a continuation of application No. 17/341,706, filed on Jun. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,457,183.
Application 17/341,706 is a continuation of application No. 16/905,062, filed on Jun. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,064,166, issued on Jul. 13, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/865,549, filed on Jun. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0394217 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06F 21/84 (2013.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); H04N 21/4545 (2011.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 7/185 (2013.01) [G06F 21/84 (2013.01); G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); H04N 21/45455 (2013.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/635 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
determining, from a plurality of states at least some of which are associated with corresponding obfuscation criteria, a state of a monitoring system of a property;
determining, using one or more obfuscation criteria for the state of the monitoring system, whether to obfuscate at least a portion of an exclusion zone represented by one or more portions of sensor data captured by a sensor at the property;
in response to determining to obfuscate at least the portion of the exclusion zone represented by the one or more portions of the sensor data, obfuscating, using at least some of the one or more obfuscation criteria for the state, at least the portion of the exclusion zone represented by the one or more portions of the sensor data; and
storing data for at least the obfuscated portion of the exclusion zone represented by the one or more portions of the sensor data.