Device, system and method for notifying a person-of-interest of their location within an estimated field-of-view of a camera

1. An electronic device comprising:

a controller in communication with a first camera, the controller configured to:

identify a first responder in an area proximal one or more of the first camera and the electronic device, the first responder responding to a current incident;

receive images from the first camera;

process the images from the first camera to identify a second camera in the images located in the area proximal one or more of the first camera and the electronic device using one or more of: machine learning algorithms; video analytic algorithms; three-dimensional video analytic algorithms; and trained video analytic classifiers applied to the images from the first camera;

determine a location of the first responder;

determine, from the images from the first camera; a respective location of the second camera; a direction that the second camera is pointing in the images; an estimated field-of-view of the second camera; and a bystander, to the current incident, operating the second camera to acquire one or more of respective images and video of one or more of the current incident and the first responder,

determine, by comparing the location of the first responder and the respective location and the estimated field-of-view of the second camera, whether the first responder is located within the estimated field-of-view of the second camera; and,

in response to determining that the first responder is located within the estimated field-of-view of the second camera, control a notification device to provide a notification to notify the first responder of: the location of the first responder the estimated field-of-view of the second camera; and the direction of the second camera with respect to the location of the first responder.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine the location of the first responder by one or more of:

determine the location of the first responder from the images received from the first camera;

receive the location of the first responder from a location-determining device associated with the first responder;

receive the location of the first responder from a Global Positioning System (GPS) device associated with the first responder;

determine the location of the first responder using one or more radio-frequency location determining processes; and

determine the location of the first responder using an RFID tracking device associated with the first responder.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether the first responder is located within the estimated field-of-view of the second camera by:

determining, from the images, an orientation of the second camera with respect to the location of the first responder; and

determining that the orientation of the second camera is towards the first responder.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to determining that the first responder is located within the estimated field-of-view of the second camera:

store, in a memory in communication with the controller, one or more of:

the images;

data associated with one or more of the images and the second camera; and

metadata associated with one or more of the images and the second camera.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

in response to determining that the first responder is located within the estimated field-of-view of the second camera:

store, in a memory in communication with the controller, one or more of:

the images;

data associated with the bystander; and

metadata associated with the bystander.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine that the first responder is responding to the current incident,

wherein determining that the first responder is located within the estimated field-of-view of the second camera, and controlling the notification device, in response to determining that the first responder is located within the estimated field-of-view of the second camera, occur in response to determining that the first responder is responding to the current incident.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a communication unit, and wherein the notification device is located with the first responder, the controller being further configured to control the notification device to provide the notification by: transmitting, using the communication unit, a command to the notification device to provide the notification.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the notification device is local to the electronic device, and wherein the controller is further configured to control the notification device to provide the notification by: locally controlling the notification device to provide one or more of an audio notification and a visual notification to the first responder.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine, from the images from the first camera, that one or more of the bystander and an additional bystander, is operating a communication device to capture information associated with the first responder, the information comprising one or more of textual information and voice information; and

store, in a memory, one or more of: an indication of the information being captured; and data identifying one or more of the bystander, and the additional bystander.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

identify, from the images, a type the second camera; and

determine, from the type of the second camera, the estimated field-of-view of the second camera.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to identify, from the images from the first camera, one or more of the first responder, the bystander operating the second camera, and whether the first responder is located within the estimated field-of-view of the second camera, using one or more of: the machine learning algorithms; the video analytic algorithms; the three-dimensional video analytic algorithms; and the trained video analytic classifiers applied to the images from the first camera.

12. A method comprising:

identifying, at an electronic device in communication with a first camera, a first responder in an area proximal one or more of the first camera and the electronic device, the first responder responding to a current incident;

receiving, at the electronic device, images from the first camera;

processing, at the electronic device, the images from the first camera to identify a second camera in the images located in the area proximal one or more of the first camera and the electronic device using one or more of: machine learning algorithms; video analytic algorithms; three-dimensional video analytic algorithms; and trained video analytic classifiers applied to the images;

determining, at the electronic device, a location of the first responder;

determining, at the electronic device, from the images from the first camera; a respective location of the second camera: a direction that the second camera is pointing in the images; an estimated field-of-view of the second camera; and a bystander, to the current incident, operating the second camera to acquire one or more of respective images and video of one or more of the current incident and the first responder;

determining, at the electronic device, by comparing the location of the first responder and the respective location and estimated field-of-view of the second camera, whether the first responder is located within the estimated field-of-view of the second camera; and,

in response to determining that the first responder is located within the estimated field-of-view of the second camera, controlling, at the electronic device, a notification device to provide a notification to notify the first responder of: their location within the estimated field-of-view of the second camera; and the direction of the second camera with respect to the location of the first responder.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the determining the location of the first responder comprises one or more of:

determining the location of the first responder from the images received from the first camera;

receiving the location of the first responder from a location-determining device associated with the first responder;

receiving the location of the first responder from a Global Positioning System (GPS) device associated with the first responder;

determining the location of the first responder using one or more radio-frequency location determining processes; and

determining the location of the first responder using an RFID tracking device associated with the first responder.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the determining whether the first responder is located within the estimated field-of-view of the second camera comprises one or more of:

determining, from the images, an orientation of the second camera with respect to the location of the first responder; and

determining that the orientation of the second camera is towards the first responder.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising, in response to determining that the first responder is located within the estimated field-of-view of the second camera:

storing, in a memory in communication with the electronic device, one or more of:

the images;

data associated with one or more of the images and the second camera; and

metadata associated with one or more of the images and the second camera.

16. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

in response to determining that the first responder is located within the estimated field-of-view of the second camera:

storing, in a memory in communication with the controller, one or more of:

the images;

data associated with the bystander; and

metadata associated with the bystander.

17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

determining whether the first responder is associated with a current incident,

wherein the determining whether the first responder is located within the estimated field-of-view of the second camera, and the controlling the notification device, in response to determining that the first responder is located within the estimated field-of-view of the second camera, occur in response to determining that first responder is associated with the current incident.

18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the notification device is located with the first responder, the controlling the notification device to provide the notification comprises: transmitting, using a communication unit of the electronic device, a command to the notification device to provide the notification.

19. The method of claim 12 , wherein notification device is located with the electronic device comprises the, and the controlling the notification device to provide the notification comprises: locally controlling, at the notification device, the notification device to provide one or more of an audio notification and a visual notification to the first responder.

20. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

determining, from the images from the first camera, that one or more of bystander, and an additional bystander, is operating a communication device to capture information associated with the first responder, the information comprising one or more of textual information and voice information; and

storing, in a memory, one or more of: an indication of the information being captured; and data identifying one more of the bystander, and the additional bystander.