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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Jessica Gilmartin, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jonghoon Jin, Stanford, CA (US);
Tomas Alberto Meraz Scherb, Campbell, CA (US);
Tiffany Kryze, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alexander William Teichman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for enabling communicating between users, using a vision-based monitoring system. The method includes monitoring an environment for events, by the vision-based monitoring system and making a determination that a detected event involves a local person, in the monitored environment. The method further includes, based on the determination, identifying at least one remote person to be contacted, identifying a communication channel to the at least one remote person, and providing a notification to the at least one remote person, via the identified communication channel.