IP Library Granted Patent US 10,915,742
Granted Patent B2
US 10,915,742 · App. 16/423,564 · Granted Feb 9, 2021

Entertainment device safety system and related methods of use

Inventor: James Carey (Commack, NY)
G06K9/00362H04N7/183
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,915,742
App. No.
16/423,564
Granted
Feb 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An entertainment device safety system includes a video camera configured to capture video of an entertainment device and a user of the entertainment device and a video analytic module to perform real-time video processing of the captured video to generate non-video data from video. A computer receives the video and the non-video data from the video camera analyzes the video or the non-video data to determine a user position in relation to the entertainment device. The user position is compared to a user position rule to determine whether the user position violates the user position rule. A notification is transmitted in response to a determination that the user position violates the user position rule.

Claims (44)

1. A video analytics module comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to function as memory storing:

user behavior data including a plurality of types of user behaviors;

rule data including a plurality of rules associated with the plurality of types of user behaviors; and

entertainment device data including a plurality of types of entertainment devices, wherein each of the plurality of rules is associated with a respective type of entertainment device of the plurality of types of entertainment devices, wherein the

one or more processors are coupled to the memory and are configured to:

analyze video camera data having at least one image of an entertainment device and a user of the entertainment device to determine a type of the entertainment device and user behavior;

choose a rule from the plurality of rules associated with the plurality of types of user behaviors based on the type of the entertainment device; and

compare the user behavior with the rule chosen from the plurality of rules.

2. The video analytics module according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to transmit a notification based on a comparison of the user behavior with the rule chosen from the plurality of rules.

3. The video analytics module according to claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

store in the memory, safety position data including a safety device position rule;

analyze the video camera data to determine a safety device position of a safety device;

compare the safety device position to the safety device position rule; and

transmit a notification based on a result of a comparison of the safety device position to the safety device position rule.

4. The video analytics module according to claim 3 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

associate the safety device position rule with the type of entertainment device; and

choose the safety device position rule based on the type of entertainment device.

5. The video analytics module according to claim 4 , wherein the safety device position rule is chosen based on a color of the safety device.

6. The video analytics module according to claim 5 , wherein the safety device includes a fluorescent infra-red pigment.

7. The video analytics module according to claim 6 , wherein the video camera data includes at least one infra-red image of the safety device.

8. The video analytics module according to claim 4 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to cease operation of the entertainment device based on a determination that the safety device position violates the safety device position rule.

9. The video analytics module according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is one or more processors are configured to activate a visual indicator based on a determination that the safety device position violates the safety device position rule.

10. The video analytics module according to claim 1 , wherein the rule chosen from the plurality of rules includes at least one of an aspect ratio, an absolute height, absolute width, or a weighted centroid.

11. The video analytics module according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to receive position data indicating a position of the entertainment device.

12. The video analytics module according to claim 1 , wherein the video camera data includes a plurality of images and non-video data.

13. A method for providing safety for entertainment devices, comprising:

storing in memory, user behavior data including a plurality of types of user behaviors;

storing in the memory, rule data including a plurality of rules associated with the plurality of types of user behaviors;

storing in the memory, entertainment device data including a plurality of types of entertainment devices, wherein each of the plurality of rules is associated with a respective type of entertainment device of the plurality of types of entertainment devices;

analyzing at a processor, video camera data of an entertainment device and a user of the entertainment device to determine a type of the entertainment device and user behavior;

choosing by the processor, a rule from the plurality of rules associated with the plurality of types of user behaviors based on the type of the entertainment device; and

comparing by the processor, the user behavior with the rule chosen from the plurality of rules.

14. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:

storing in the memory, safety position data indicating a safety device position rule;

analyzing at the processor, the video camera data to determine a safety device position of a safety device;

comparing at the processor, the safety device position to the safety device position rule; and

transmitting a notification based on a result of a comparison of the user behavior with the rule chosen from the plurality of rules.

15. The method according to claim 14 , further comprising:

associating at the processor, the safety device position rule with a type of entertainment device; and

choosing at the processor, the safety device position rule based on the type of entertainment device.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the safety device position rule is chosen based on a color of the safety device.

17. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising ceasing operation of the entertainment device based on a determination that the safety device position violates the safety device position rule.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 15714707 · Sep 25, 2017
Continuation 14542013 · Nov 14, 2014
Provisional Application 61904201 · Nov 14, 2013
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