Granted Patent B2

US 12,598,557 · App. 18/123,295 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Inventor: Christopher J Sheppard (Carrollton, TX)

Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

H04W52/285G01R29/0814G06V20/41G06V20/52G06V40/10H04W52/30

Abstract

Claims (79)

1 . A method comprising:

receiving a video stream from a camera associated with an antenna system;

detecting a person in a video frame of the video stream;

determining a separation distance between the person and a location associated with the antenna system;

determining, based upon the separation distance and a transmitter power of the antenna system, a measure of radio frequency (RF) emissions associated with the person;

comparing the measure of RF emissions with a threshold measure of RF emissions; and

in response to a determination that the measure of RF emissions meets the threshold measure of RF emissions, reducing the transmitter power of the antenna system.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the separation distance between the person and the location comprises:

determining the separation distance using a proximity sensor.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the separation distance between the person and the location comprises:

analyzing the video frame to identify a boundary associated with the person; and

determining the separation distance based upon the boundary and a focal length associated with the camera.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting the person in the video frame comprises:

analyzing the video frame, using an object detection model, to identify an object; and

determining that the object corresponds to a person classification.

5 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:

in response to the determination that the measure of RF emissions meets the threshold measure of RF emissions, transmitting a RF emission overexposure alert to one or more devices.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein:

reducing the transmitter power of the antenna system comprises reducing the transmitter power from a first transmitter power to a second transmitter power lower than the first transmitter power; and

the RF emission overexposure alert is indicative of at least one of:

an indication that the measure of RF emissions meets the threshold measure of RF emissions;

an antenna identifier identifying the antenna system;

the first transmitter power; or

the second transmitter power.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

reducing the transmitter power of the antenna system comprises reducing the transmitter power from a first transmitter power to a second transmitter power lower than the first transmitter power; and

the method comprises:

after reducing the transmitter power of the antenna system, determining an updated value of the separation distance between the person and the location;

determining, based upon the updated value of the separation distance and the second transmitter power, an updated value of the measure of RF emissions associated with the person; and

comparing the updated value of the measure of RF emissions with the threshold measure of RF emissions.

8 . The method of claim 7 , comprising:

in response to a determination that the updated value of the measure of RF emissions does not meet the threshold measure of RF emissions, at least one of:

increasing the transmitter power from the second transmitter power to a third transmitter power; or

not modifying the transmitter power of the antenna system.

9 . The method of claim 7 , comprising:

in response to a determination that the updated value of the measure of RF emissions meets the threshold measure of RF emissions, reducing the transmitter power of the antenna system from the second transmitter power to a third transmitter power.

10 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:

determining a status of the person; and

determining the threshold measure of RF emissions based upon the status.

11 . The method of claim 10 , comprising:

determining a second measure of RF emissions associated with a second person;

determining a second status of the second person;

determining a second threshold measure of RF emissions based upon the second status, wherein a difference between the second threshold measure of RF emissions and the threshold measure of RF emissions corresponds to a difference between the second status and the status; and

comparing the second measure of RF emissions with the second threshold measure of RF emissions.

12 . A device, comprising:

a processor configured to execute instructions to perform operations comprising:

receiving a video stream from a camera associated with an antenna system;

detecting a person in a video frame of the video stream;

determining a separation distance between the person and a location associated with the antenna system;

determining, based upon the separation distance and a transmitter power of the antenna system, a measure of radio frequency (RF) emissions associated with the person;

comparing the measure of RF emissions with a threshold measure of RF emissions; and

in response to a determination that the measure of RF emissions meets the threshold measure of RF emissions, transmitting a RF emission overexposure alert to one or more devices.

13 . The device of claim 12 , wherein determining the separation distance between the person and the location comprises:

determining the separation distance using a proximity sensor.

14 . The device of claim 12 , wherein determining the separation distance between the person and the location comprises:

analyzing the video frame to identify a boundary associated with the person; and

determining the separation distance based upon the boundary and a focal length associated with the camera.

15 . The device of claim 12 , wherein detecting the person in the video frame comprises:

analyzing the video frame, using an object detection model, to identify an object; and

determining that the object corresponds to a person classification.

16 . The device of claim 12 , the operations comprising:

in response to the determination that the measure of RF emissions meets the threshold measure of RF emissions, reducing the transmitter power from a first transmitter power to a second transmitter power.

17 . The device of claim 16 , wherein the RF emission overexposure alert is indicative of at least one of:

an indication that the measure of RF emissions meets the threshold measure of RF emissions;

an antenna identifier identifying the antenna system;

the first transmitter power; or

the second transmitter power.

18 . The device of claim 12 , the operations comprising:

determining a status of the person; and

determining the threshold measure of RF emissions based upon the status.

19 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed perform operations comprising:

receiving a video stream from a camera associated with an antenna system;

detecting a person in a video frame of the video stream;

determining a separation distance between the person and a location associated with the antenna system;

determining, based upon the separation distance and a transmitter power of the antenna system, a measure of radio frequency (RF) emissions associated with the person;

comparing the measure of RF emissions with a threshold measure of RF emissions; and

in response to a determination that the measure of RF emissions meets the threshold measure of RF emissions, at least one of reducing the transmitter power of the antenna system or transmitting a RF emission overexposure alert to one or more devices.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein determining the separation distance between the person and the location comprises:

determining the separation distance using a proximity sensor.

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