IP Library Granted Patent US 11,599,259
Granted Patent B2
US 11,599,259 · App. 17/359,115 · Granted Mar 7, 2023

Methods and systems for presenting alert event indicators

Inventors: Melissa Mclean (Novato, CA); Michael Mizono (Mountain View, CA); Lauren Von Dehsen (San Francisco, CA); Joe Delone Venters (Alameda, CA); Tracy Kuwatani (Mountain View, CA); Zachery Kennedy (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: Google LLC
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,599,259
App. No.
17/359,115
Granted
Mar 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method is performed at a client device with a display screen, processor(s), and memory storing program(s) for execution by the processor(s). The method comprises obtaining alert events from smart devices at a physical location. The smart devices include a camera located at or in proximity to the physical location. The method further comprises displaying in a scrollable list a chronological sequence of camera event items. Each of the camera event items includes a thumbnail image, a time of the alert event, and one or more activity alert indicators corresponding to predefined activity alert types. The method further comprises receiving a user selection of a first thumbnail image corresponding to a first one of the camera event items, and responsive to the user selection, enabling playback of a video of a first alert event in a video player interface while maintaining display of the scrollable list.

Claims (53)

1. A method comprising:

obtaining, by a computing device, alert events from one or more smart devices at a physical location, the one or more smart devices including a camera located at or in proximity to the physical location, wherein each obtained alert event is associated with at least one of a plurality of predefined activity alert types;

outputting, for display at a display screen of the computing device, a camera history user interface that includes a scrollable list of a plurality of camera event items from the camera that are arranged in a chronological sequence and a filter graphical element, wherein each of the camera event items in the scrollable list is displayed across a full width of the scrollable list and including an image, a time of an alert event associated with the respective camera event item, and one or more activity alert indicators corresponding to one or more of the predefined activity alert types;

detecting, by the computing device, a user input at a location of the display at which the filter graphical element is displayed;

responsive to detecting the user input, outputting, by the computing device and for display, a filtering menu that includes two or more filtering criteria selected from a group consisting of a sound alert event type, a vibration alert event type, a hazard alert event type, a motion alert event type, a non-visual motion alert event type, an operation of a smart door lock, an operation of a smart doorbell, an environmental alert event type, an occupancy alert event type, a zone of interest, a zone outside the zones of interest, an identifiable object, and a person detection;

receiving, by the computing device, a selection of one or more filtering criteria from the two or more filtering criteria;

determining, by the computing device and based on the selection of the one or more filtering criteria, a subset of camera event items from the plurality of camera event items; and

outputting, for display, an updated camera history user interface that includes a scrollable list of the subset of camera event items.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein outputting the filtering menu further comprises:

obscuring the camera history user interface; and

outputting the filtering menu for display over a portion of the obscured camera history user interface.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selection of the one or more filtering criteria is a selection of a first filtering criteria, the method further comprising:

receiving, by the computing device, a selection of a second filtering criteria from the two or more filtering criteria; and

determining the subset of camera event items is based on the first filtering criteria and the second filtering criteria.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predefined activity alert types are associated with one or more of a hazard alert event, an audio alert event, a motion alert event in a zone of interest in a field of view of the camera, or a motion event outside of the zone of interest in the field of view of the camera; and the zone of interest comprises a defined spatial zone in the field of view.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the spatial zone is defined by a user.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more activity alert indicators has a visually distinctive display characteristic based on color or shape.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the full width of the scrollable list is a full width of the display screen.

8. A computing device comprising:

a display screen;

one or more processors; and

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

obtain alert events from one or more smart devices at a physical location, the one or more smart devices including a camera located at or in proximity to the physical location, wherein each obtained alert event is associated with at least one of a plurality of predefined activity alert types;

output, for display at the display screen, a camera history user interface that includes a scrollable list of a plurality of camera event items from the camera that are arranged in a chronological sequence and a filter graphical element, wherein each of the camera event items in the scrollable list is displayed across a full width of the scrollable list and including an image, a time of an alert event associated with the respective camera event item, and one or more activity alert indicators corresponding to one or more of the predefined activity alert types;

detect a user input at a location of the display screen at which the filter graphical element is displayed;

responsive to detecting the user input, output, for display, a filtering menu that includes two or more filtering criteria selected from a group consisting of a sound alert event type, a vibration alert event type, a hazard alert event type, a motion alert event type, a non-visual motion alert event type, an operation of a smart door lock, an operation of a smart doorbell, an environmental alert event type, an occupancy alert event type, a zone of interest, a zone outside the zones of interest, an identifiable object, and a person detection;

receive a selection of one or more filtering criteria from the two or more filtering criteria;

determine, based on the selection of the one or more filtering criteria, a subset of camera event items from the plurality of camera event items; and

output, for display, an updated camera history user interface that includes a scrollable list of the subset of camera event items.

9. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

obscure the camera history user interface; and

output the filtering menu for display over a portion of the obscured camera history user interface.

10. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the selection of the one or more filtering criteria is a selection of a first filtering criteria, and wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

receive a selection of a second filtering criteria from the two or more filtering criteria; and

determine the subset of camera event items based on the first filtering criteria and the second filtering criteria.

11. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the predefined activity alert types are associated with one or more of a hazard alert event, an audio alert event, a motion alert event in a zone of interest in a field of view of the camera, or a motion event outside of the zone of interest in the field of view of the camera; and the zone of interest comprises a defined spatial zone in the field of view.

12. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the spatial zone is defined by a user.

13. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein each of the one or more activity alert indicators has a visually distinctive display characteristic based on color or shape.

14. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the full width of the scrollable list is a full width of the display screen.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the one or more processors to:

obtain alert events from one or more smart devices at a physical location, the one or more smart devices including a camera located at or in proximity to the physical location, wherein each obtained alert event is associated with at least one of a plurality of predefined activity alert types;

output, for display at a display screen of the computing device, a camera history user interface that includes a scrollable list of a plurality of camera event items from the camera that are arranged in a chronological sequence and a filter graphical element, wherein each of the camera event items in the scrollable list is displayed across a full width of the scrollable list and including an image, a time of an alert event associated with the respective camera event item, and one or more activity alert indicators corresponding to one or more of the predefined activity alert types;

detect a user input at a location of the display at which the filter graphical element is displayed;

responsive to detecting the user input, output, for display, a filtering menu that includes two or more filtering criteria selected from a group consisting of a sound alert event type, a vibration alert event type, a hazard alert event type, a motion alert event type, a non-visual motion alert event type, an operation of a smart door lock, an operation of a smart doorbell, an environmental alert event type, an occupancy alert event type, a zone of interest, a zone outside the zones of interest, an identifiable object, and a person detection;

receive a selection of a filtering criteria from the two or more filtering criteria;

determine, based on the selection of the one or more filtering criteria, a subset of camera event items from the plurality of camera event items; and

output, for display, an updated camera history user interface that includes a scrollable list of the subset of camera event items.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

obscure the camera history user interface; and

output the filtering menu for display over a portion of the obscured camera history user interface.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the selection of the one or more filtering criteria is a selection of a first filtering criteria, and wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

receive a selection of a second filtering criteria from the two or more filtering criteria; and

determine the subset of camera event items based on the first filtering criteria and the second filtering criteria.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 30, 2021
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 058601/0258 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2021
From: MCLEAN, MELISSA; MIZONO, MICHAEL; DEHSEN, LAUREN VON; VENTERS, JOE DELONE; KUWATANI, TRACY; KENNEDY, ZACHERY
To: GOOGLE INC.
Reel/Frame 056674/0026 →