Granted Patent B2

US 12,664,666 · App. 18/421,795 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Inventors: Sara Bolouki (Mountain View, CA); Yah Yah Cason (Las Vegas, NV); Jonghoon Jin (Cupertino, CA); Nils Ängquist (Los Altos, CA); Hendrik Dahlkamp (Redwood City, CA); Patrick L. Coffman (San Francisco, CA)

Assignee: Apple Inc.

G06T7/20G06N3/08G06T2207/10016G06T2207/20081G06T2207/20084

Abstract

Claims (82)

1 . A method, comprising:

receiving, by a resident device from a camera separate from the resident device, a communication indicating that motion was detected;

in response to receiving the communication indicating that motion was detected, requesting a portion of video captured by the camera corresponding to the motion that was detected, wherein the portion of video captures a physical view;

after requesting the portion of video captured by the camera corresponding to the motion, receiving, by a processor of a resident device, the portion of the video captured by the camera corresponding to the motion;

receiving, by the processor, information that identifies an exclusion zone within the portion of video captured by the camera corresponding to the motion, wherein the exclusion zone is a predetermined area of the physical view where motion is ignored by the processor;

detecting, by the processor, a portion of an object within the physical view;

determining, by the processor, that the motion corresponds to the object within the physical view;

determining, by the processor, whether the object within the physical view is an object of interest; and

in response to determining that the object within the physical view is the object of interest:

determining whether the object of interest is entirely within the exclusion zone; and

in response to determining that the object of interest is entirely within the exclusion zone, suppressing a notification, to a user device, about the detected motion within the physical view, wherein the user device is separate from the camera and the resident device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

after receiving the video captured by the camera corresponding to the motion, receiving, from the user device, a request to establish the exclusion zone; and

transmitting, to the user device and in response to the request, a frame of video of the physical view.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating a log that stores an indication of the suppression of the notification, wherein the log is stored in memory.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the portion of the object is a first portion of the object, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the processor, information that identifies an activity zone within the video stream that comprises the subset of the physical view; and

in response to determining that the object is the object of interest and that the object of interest is not entirely within the exclusion zone:

determining that a second portion of the object of interest is within the activity zone;

storing a subset of the video stream that corresponds to the object of interest; and

transmitting, to the user device, a second notification that identifies the subset of the video stream.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the subset of the video stream includes two or more frames of the video stream that correspond to the motion of the object of interest.

6 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

receiving, from the user device, a request for the subset of the video stream; and

transmitting, in response to receiving the request, the subset of the video stream to the user device.

7 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the notification comprises an identification of the object of interest.

8 . A device, comprising:

a memory comprising computer-executable instructions; and

one or more processors in communication with the memory and configured to access the memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to perform operations including:

receiving, by a resident device from a camera separate from the resident device, a communication indicating that motion was detected;

in response to receiving the communication indicating that motion was detected, requesting a portion of video captured by the camera corresponding to the motion that was detected, wherein the portion of video captures a physical view;

after requesting the portion of video captured by the camera corresponding to the motion, receiving, by a processor of a resident device, the portion of the video captured by the camera corresponding to the motion;

receiving, by the processor, information that identifies an exclusion zone within the portion of video captured by the camera corresponding to the motion, wherein the exclusion zone is a predetermined area of the physical view where motion is ignored by the processor;

detecting, by the processor, a portion of an object within the physical view; determining, by the processor, that the motion corresponds to the object within the physical view;

determining, by the processor, whether the object within the physical view is an object of interest; and

in response to determining that the object within the physical view is the object of interest:

determining whether the object of interest is entirely within the exclusion zone; and

in response to determining that the object of interest is entirely within the exclusion zone suppressing a notification, to a user device, about the detected motion within the physical view, wherein the user device is separate from the camera and the resident device.

9 . The device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors configured to further perform operations including:

after receiving the video captured by the camera corresponding to the motion, receiving, from the user device, a request to establish the exclusion zone; and

transmitting, to the user device and in response to the request, a frame of video of the physical view.

10 . The device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors configured to further perform operations including:

generating a log that includes an indication of the suppression of the notification, wherein the log is stored in memory.

11 . The device of claim 8 , wherein the portion of the object is a first portion of the object, and wherein the one or more processors configured to further perform operations including:

receiving, by the one or more processors, information that identifies an activity zone within the video stream that comprises the subset of the physical view; and

in response to determining that the object is the object of interest and that the object of interest is not entirely within the exclusion zone:

determining that a second portion of the object is within the activity zone;

storing a subset of the video stream that corresponds to the object of interest; and

transmitting, to the user device, a second notification that identifies the subset of the video stream.

12 . The device of claim 11 , wherein the subset of the video stream includes two or more frames of the video stream that correspond to the motion of the object of interest.

13 . The device of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors configured to further perform operations including:

receiving, from the user device, a request for the subset of the video stream; and

transmitting, to the user device and in response to receiving the request, the subset of the video stream to the user device.

14 . The device of claim 11 , wherein the notification includes an identification of the object of interest.

15 . A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations including:

receiving, by a resident device from a camera separate from the resident device, a communication indicating that motion was detected;

in response to receiving the communication indicating that motion was detected, requesting a portion of video captured by the camera corresponding to the motion that was detected, wherein the portion of video captures a physical view;

after requesting the portion of video captured by the camera corresponding to the motion, receiving, by a processor of a resident device, the portion of the video captured by the camera corresponding to the motion;

receiving, by the processor, information that identifies an exclusion zone within the portion of video captured by the camera corresponding to the motion, wherein the exclusion zone is a predetermined area of the physical view where motion is ignored by the processor;

detecting, by the processor, a portion of an object within the physical view; determining, by the processor, that the motion corresponds to the object within the physical view;

determining, by the processor, whether the object within the physical view is an object of interest; and

in response to determining that the object within the physical view is the object of interest:

determining whether the object of interest is entirely within the exclusion zone; and

in response to determining that the object of interest is entirely within the exclusion zone suppressing a notification, to a user device, about the detected motion within the physical view, wherein the user device is separate from the camera and the resident device.

16 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:

after receiving the video captured by the camera corresponding to the motion, receiving, from the user device, a request to establish the exclusion zone; and

transmitting, to the user device and in response to the request, a frame of video of the physical view.

17 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:

generating a log that includes an indication of the suppression of the notification, wherein the log is stored in memory.

18 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the portion of the object is a first portion of the object, and wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:

receiving, by the one or more processors, information that identifies an activity zone within the video stream that comprises the subset of the physical view; and

in response to determining that the object is the object of interest and that the object of interest is not entirely within the exclusion zone:

determining that a second portion of the object of interest is within the activity zone;

storing a subset of the video stream that corresponds to the object of interest; and

transmitting, to the user device, a second notification that identifies the subset of the video stream.

19 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including:

receiving, from the user device, a request for the subset of the video stream; and

transmitting, in response to receiving the request, the subset of the video stream to the user device.

20 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the notification includes an identification of the object of interest.

21 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in response to determining that the object within the physical view is not the object of interest, forgoing transmission of, to the user device, a notification about the detected motion within the physical view.

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