IP Library Granted Patent US 9,684,834
Granted Patent B1
US 9,684,834 · App. 14/242,837 · Granted Jun 20, 2017

Trainable versatile monitoring device and system of devices

Inventors: John Ludwig (Bellevue, WA); Richard Tong (Seattle, WA); Jonathan Anderson (Lake Forest Park, WA); John Zagula (Seattle, WA)
Assignee: Surround.IO
G06K9/00677G06K9/209G06K9/2081G08C17/02H04N7/181G06K2009/2045
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,684,834
App. No.
14/242,837
Filed
Apr 1, 2014
Granted
Jun 20, 2017
Kind
B1
Art Unit
2485
USPC
348/159
Abstract

A machine system includes monitor devices each having a camera, the monitor devices distributed over a physical area; layout logic forms images from the cameras of the monitor devices into a scene layout for the area; user interface logic receives training signals from sensors directed to a person physically present in the area and to correlate those signals to subareas of the layout; and analytical logic analyzes the layout and training signals to ascertain subareas of the area at which the monitor devices should focus machine sensor and processing resources.

Claims (6)

1. A machine system, comprising:

a plurality of monitor devices each comprising a camera, the monitor devices distributed over a physical area;

layout logic configured to form images from the cameras of the monitor devices into a scene layout for the physical area;

a web server comprising user interface logic configured to receive training signals from sensors directed to a person physically present in the physical area and to correlate those signals to areas of the scene layout;

analytical logic configured to analyze the scene layout and the training signals to ascertain subareas of the areas at which the monitor devices should focus machine sensor and processing resources; and

the web server comprising combination logic to combine the scene layout and training information into an enhanced layout and to communicate at least a portion of the enhanced layout back to each monitor unit.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2018
From: SURROUND.IO CORPORATION
To: XEVO INC.
Reel/Frame 045590/0011 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2015
From: BITMACHINE LABS LLC
To: SURROUND. IO
Reel/Frame 036769/0485 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2014
From: LUDWIG, JOHN; TONG, RICHARD; ANDERSON, JON; ZAGULA, JOHN
To: BIT MACHINE LABS LLC
Reel/Frame 032652/0028 →
Continuity (1)
Provisional Application 61806967 · Apr 1, 2013