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Patent No.:

US 8310542 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012

Filed:

Nov. 28, 2007
Applicants:

Andreas Girgensohn, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Frank M. Shipman, College Station, TX (US);

Lynn D. Wilcox, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andreas Girgensohn, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Frank M. Shipman, College Station, TX (US);

Lynn D. Wilcox, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The invention segments detector input according to the time and the level of activity in different geographic regions of a locality. In one embodiment of the invention the detector input is comprised of video stream from one or more cameras to identify activity in the video. In one embodiment of the invention the detector input is comprised of sensor outputs such as RFID, pressure plates, etc. Various embodiments of the invention include identifying boundaries based on the level of activity. In embodiments of the invention, the boundaries can be used to select time dimensions. In one embodiment, by recognizing time dimensions with distinctive activity patterns, systems can better present overviews of activity over time.


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Girgensohn, Andreas. (2012). Segmenting time based on the geographic distribution of activity in sensor data (U.S. Patent No. 8310542). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8310542

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