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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025

Filed:

May. 25, 2022
Applicant:

Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US);

Inventor:

Stephen Scott Trundle, Falls Church, VA (US);

Assignee:

Alarm.com Incorporated, Tysons, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G08B 13/08 (2006.01); G08B 13/196 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G08B 17/12 (2006.01); G08B 29/04 (2006.01); G08B 29/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G08B 13/08 (2013.01); G08B 13/19663 (2013.01); G08B 13/19684 (2013.01); G08B 13/19695 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01); H04N 7/188 (2013.01); G06V 20/44 (2022.01); G08B 13/19656 (2013.01); G08B 13/19667 (2013.01); G08B 17/125 (2013.01); G08B 29/046 (2013.01); G08B 29/185 (2013.01);
Abstract

Virtual sensor technology, in which a camera is controlled to capture at least one configuration image of an area monitored by a monitoring system and input is received that defines one or more characteristics of the at least one configuration image that enable sensing of an event in the area. Based on the received input, configuration data used in sensing the event is generated and stored. After storage of the configuration data, the camera is controlled to capture one or more images of the area, the one or more images are analyzed based on the configuration data, and occurrence of the event is detected based on the analysis of the one or more images. Based on detecting occurrence of the event, a transmitting device is controlled to send, to a controller of the monitoring system, a signal that indicates the detection of the occurrence of the event.


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