Google Inc.

Prateek Reddy

Jason Noah Laska

Lawrence W Neal

Wei Hua

Akshay R Bapat

The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for categorizing motion events. In one aspect, a method is performed at a camera device. The method includes: (1) capturing a plurality of video frames via the image sensor, the plurality of video frames corresponding to a scene in a field of view of the camera; (2) sending the video frames to the remote server system in real-time; (3) while sending the video frames to the remote server system in real-time: (a) determining that motion has occurred within the scene; (b) in response to determining that motion has occurred within the scene, characterizing the motion as a motion event; and (c) generating motion event metadata for the motion event; and (4) sending the generated motion event metadata to the remote server system concurrently with the video frames.

Systems and methods for categorizing motion events

The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for categorizing motion events. In one aspect, a method includes: (1) obtaining a plurality of video frames, the plurality of video frames corresponding to a scene and a motion event candidate; (2) identifying one or more visual characteristics of the scene; (3) obtaining one or more background factors for the scene; (4) utilizing the obtained background factors to identify one or more motion entities; (5) for each identified motion entity: (a) classifying the motion entity by performing object recognition; and (b) obtaining one or more representative motion vectors based on a motion track of the motion entity; and (6) assigning a motion event category to the motion event candidate based on the identified visual characteristics, the obtained background factors, the classified motion entities, and the obtained representative motion vectors.

The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for analyzing video streams. In one aspect, a method includes, while receiving a video stream: obtaining motion start information indicating that a portion of the video stream includes a motion event candidate; and segmenting the portion of the video stream into a plurality of segments including an initial segment. The method also includes obtaining a first categorization for the motion event candidate based on the initial segment; and, in accordance with the obtained first categorization, generating a log entry for the motion event candidate including the first categorization. The method further includes: in response to obtaining motion end information, obtaining a second categorization for the motion event based on the plurality of segments; and updating the log entry for the motion event candidate based on the obtained second categorization.

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