US 12,464,095 B2
Smart security camera system with automatically adjustable activity zone and method
Matthew McRae, Laguna Niguel, CA (US)
Assigned to Arlo Technologies, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by Arlo Technologies, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/724,953.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/178,852, filed on Apr. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0345623 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 7/188 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for automatically adjusting an activity zone relative to a field of view of an imaging device of a security camera system, comprising:
defining the activity zone within an initial field of view of the imaging device, the activity zone including an area of interest;
taking a two-dimensional (2D) image of the activity zone, the image of the activity zone being comprised of a plurality of pixels;
in response to each of reactivation of the imaging device after deactivation of the imaging device, a user instructed demand, and movement of the imaging device, automatically:
determining an updated field of view of the imaging device;
taking a 2D image of the updated field of view, the 2D image of the updated field of view being comprised of a plurality of pixels;
conducting a pixel by pixel comparison of the pixels of the 2D image of the activity zone with the pixels of the 2D image of the updated field of view to determine an updated position of the activity zone in the updated field of view; and
based on the comparison, moving the activity zone to the updated position in the updated field of view.