IP Library Granted Patent US 10,939,066
Granted Patent B2
US 10,939,066 · App. 16/191,061 · Granted Mar 2, 2021

Wearable camera system and recording control method

Inventors: Kazuya Waniguchi (Fukuoka, JP); Minoru Hagio (Fukuoka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic I-PRO Sensing Solutions Co., Ltd.
H04N5/77H04N5/23206H04N9/802H04N21/2743H04N21/4223H04N21/42203H04N21/6543H04N5/2251
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Patent No.
US 10,939,066
App. No.
16/191,061
Granted
Mar 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a wearable camera including a capture that captures a subject; a recorder that records a video of the captured subject; a storage that stores a predetermined sound beforehand; a microphone that collects sounds; and a controller that starts record of the video of the subject captured by the capture in a case where the sounds collected by the microphone and the sound stored in the storage are collated with each other, and the collected sounds and the stored sound match with each other.

Claims (36)

1. A wearable camera connectable to an external server, the wearable camera comprising:

a capture, which, in operation, captures a video of a subject;

a recorder, which, in operation, records the video of the subject;

a microphone, which, in operation, collects sounds; and

a controller, which, in operation, determines whether or not the sounds collected by the microphone is a predetermined sound, wherein

in a case where the sounds collected by the microphone is the predetermined sound, the controller starts the recording of the video of the subject, generates sound data based on the sounds collected by the microphone, and transmits the sound data to the external server,

in response to the sound data being received by the external server, the external server determines whether or not the sound data corresponds to an emergency situation,

the external server determines the sound data corresponds to the emergency situation in a case where the sound data and a sound stored in a storage of the external server correspond with each other,

in a case where the external server determines the sound data corresponds to the emergency situation, the external server transmits a notification to the wearable camera, and

the controller streams the video of the subject to the external server in response to the notification being received by the wearable camera.

2. The wearable camera of claim 1 , wherein the wearable camera and the external server communicate with each other via wireless network.

3. The wearable camera of claim 1 , further comprising:

an emergency button,

wherein in a case where the emergency button is pressed, communication with the external server is immediately started.

4. The wearable camera of claim 1 , wherein the video of the subject is displayable at the external server.

5. The wearable camera of claim 1 , wherein the controller performs an emergency transmission to the external server in the case where the sounds collected by the microphone and the predetermined sound correspond with each other.

6. The wearable camera of claim 1 , wherein the controller generates the sound data by cutting out a section of the sounds collected by the microphone.

7. The wearable camera of claim 1 , wherein the sound stored in the storage of the external server is at least one of a sound of a gunshot, a sound of a person falling down, or a sound an explosion.

8. The wearable camera of claim 1 , wherein the video of the subject is streamed in real-time.

9. The wearable camera of claim 1 , further comprising:

a storage that stores the predetermined sound.

10. The wearable camera of claim 9 , wherein the predetermined sound is at least one of a sound of a gunshot, a sound of a person with the wearable camera falling down, or an explosion sound.

11. The wearable camera of claim 9 , wherein the controller generates the sound data by cutting out a section of the sounds collected by the microphone, and collates the sound data with the predetermined sound stored in the storage.

12. The wearable camera of claim 1 , wherein in a case where the external server determines the sound data does not correspond to the emergency situation, the controller does not stream the video of the subject to the external server.

13. A method for a wearable camera connectable to an external server,

the wearable camera including

a capture that captures a video of a subject,

a recorder that records the video of the subject,

a microphone that collects sounds, and

a controller,

the method comprising:

determining, by the controller, whether or not the sounds collected by the microphone is a predetermined sound;

in a case where the sounds collected by the microphone is the predetermined sound, starting, by the controller, the recording of the video of the subject, generating, by the controller, sound data based on the sounds collected by the microphone, and transmitting, by the controller, the sound data to the external server;

in response to the sound data being received by the external server, determining, by the external server, whether or not the sound data corresponds to an emergency situation, the external server determining the sound data corresponds to the emergency situation in a case where the sound data and a sound stored in a storage of the external server correspond with each other;

in a case where the external server determines the sound data corresponds to the emergency situation, transmitting, by the external server, a notification to the wearable camera; and

streaming, by the controller, the video of the subject to the external server in response to the notification being received by the wearable camera.

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 16, 2023
From: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: I-PRO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063101/0966 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 16, 2023
From: I-PRO CO., LTD.
To: I-PRO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063102/0075 →
MERGER Recorded Jan 6, 2021
From: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054826/0872 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE EXECUTED DATE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 051249 FRAME: 0136. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 13, 2020
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051580/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2019
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051249/0136 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-183954 · Sep 17, 2015 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15724096 · Oct 3, 2017
Continuation 15261290 · Sep 9, 2016
Related Publication 20190082137A1 · Mar 14, 2019
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