Video alert and secondary verification system and method
View Patent ↗A video alert and secondary confirmation system and method for detecting and verifying a person of interest is disclosed. The system and method include selecting an access way for detecting persons of interest. Independent video cameras are placed along the access way and have varying thresholds for identifying persons on a wanted list. Video alert modules operate in tandem with overlapping fields of view at a high threshold matching level. Each video camera is linked to a video alert module. Faces that are above a set threshold are displayed on a video alert module. A determination of match or no match is made. If a match appears to be made, a security team will be alerted to approach the individual who is an apparent match and take a closeup photograph that is analyzed to verify the match through a secondary confirmation.
1. A video alert and secondary confirmation system comprising:
a. a portable video alert module comprising:
i. a video collection camera;
ii. a computer attached to said camera;
iii. a face match algorithm in a database included within said computer; with a face match threshold;
iv. a database of persons of interest who are on a watch list in communication with said video alert module;
v. an alert indicator system that communicates an alert if there is a face match above said face match threshold;
b. a secondary mobile matching module comprising;
i. a mobile communications device comprising:
ii. a video collection camera;
iii. a secondary mobile matching module computer;
iv. a face match algorithm in a database that is part of said secondary mobile matching module computer;
v. a database of persons of interest who are of interest to authorities;
vi. wherein suspects determined by said video alert modules are photographed by said mobile matching module taking a closeup picture of a suspect individual under optimal range, angle and conditions in order to confirm that a match of an individual is accurate at a higher threshold; and,
vii. a video screen which displays images from said video collection camera and associated matches from said mobile matching module.
2. The video alert and secondary confirmation system of claim 1 whereby the portable alert video camera is a body camera.
3. The video alert and secondary confirmation system of claim 1 whereby the secondary mobile matching module is selected from the list of cell phones, computer tablets, I-Pads, or other portable devices capable of taking photographs and processing images internally.
4. A method for detecting and verifying a person of interest comprising:
mounting a portable video camera on a portable system,
connecting said video camera to a first mobile computer,
configuring said first mobile computer with software to:
capture face images,
process face images through the use of face matching algorithms,
determining if any of said captured face images exceed said face matching threshold match score,
alerting a system operator that said match score has exceeded the said matching threshold match score,
providing said operator with a second independent matching device more capable than the said portable system,
photographing an individual that was matched with the said first mobile computer,
comparing said photograph to said match list in said second independent matching device to determine a match; and,
displaying said match results on said second independent matching device allowing said operator to determine a match.