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Claims 1-20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims of U.S. Patent No. 12219294, Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because they recited substantially similar subject matters of sensors and based on known variation of the application of such sensors.
Instant Application
U.S. Patent No. 12219294
1. A surveillance control system controlling a plurality of sensors comprising: at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor connected to the memory that, based on the instructions, performs operations comprising:
receiving sensor data including event related data including sensing result and position information from any of the plurality of sensors, at least one of the plurality of sensors comprising a microphone;
determining if the sensing result comes from inside a compartment;
selecting the at least one of the plurality of sensors based on a result of the determining, the sensor data and coverage information relating to a sensing range of the any of the plurality of sensors is able to image; and actuating the selected at least one of the plurality of sensors.
2. The surveillance control system according to claim 1, wherein the event related data includes a direction in which a sound comes.
3. The surveillance control system according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of sensors is arranged in one of a plurality of compartments including, and the operation comprises: determining, among the plurality of compartments, the compartment from which the sound comes based on the sensor data; and selecting, as the at least one of the sensors, the at least one of the plurality of cameras based on the determined compartment and the coverage information.
4. The surveillance control system according to claim 3, wherein the operation comprises selecting, from among the plurality of cameras, at least one camera included in the determined compartment.
5. The surveillance control system according to claim 3, wherein at least one microphone and at least one camera are arranged in each of the plurality of compartments.
6. The surveillance control system according to claim 3, wherein the operation comprises: when the position information indicates one of the plurality of compartments, selecting an inside camera arranged in the one of the plurality of compartments; and when the position information indicates outside part of the plurality of compartments, selecting an outside camera capable of capturing the outside part.
7. The surveillance control system according to claim 1, the operations further comprising: comparing the coverage information with the sensor data; and selecting the at least one of the plurality of cameras based on the comparing result.
8. The surveillance control system according to claim 1, the operations further comprising: selecting the at least one of the plurality of sensors based on a type of an event.
9. The surveillance control system according to claim 1, the operations further comprising: in the selecting, identifying the at least one of the plurality of sensors based on map information including wall or other space defining structures.
10. The surveillance control system according to claim 1, the operations further comprising: selecting the at least one of the plurality of sensors by changing at least one of direction, resolution or pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) settings of at least one of the plurality of sensors.
11. A surveillance control method controlling a plurality of sensors comprising: receiving sensor data including event related data including sensing result and position information from any of the plurality of sensors, at least one of the plurality of sensors comprising a microphone; determining if the sensing result comes from inside a compartment; selecting the at least one of the plurality of sensors based on a result of the determining, the sensor data and coverage information relating to a sensing range of the any of the plurality of sensors is able to image; and actuating the selected at least one of the plurality of sensors.
12. The surveillance control method according to claim 11, wherein the event related data includes a direction in which a sound comes.
13. The surveillance control method according to claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of sensors is arranged in one of a plurality of compartments including, and the surveillance control method comprises: determining, among the plurality of compartments, the compartment from which a sound comes based on the sensor data; and selecting, as the at least one of the sensors, the at least one of a plurality of cameras based on the determined compartment and the coverage information.
14. The surveillance control method according to claim 13, further comprising selecting, from among the plurality of cameras, at least one camera included in the determined compartment.
15. The surveillance control method according to claim 13, wherein at least one microphone and at least one camera are arranged in each of the plurality of compartments.
16. The surveillance control method according to claim 13, further comprising: when the position information indicates one of the plurality of compartments, selecting, an inside camera arranged in the one of the plurality of compartments; and when the position information indicates outside part of the plurality of compartments, selecting an outside camera capable of capturing the outside part.
17. The surveillance control method according to claim 11, further comprising: comparing the coverage information with the sensor data; and selecting the at least one of the plurality of cameras based on the comparing result.
18. The surveillance control method according to claim 11, further comprising: selecting the at least one of the plurality of sensors based on a type of an event.
19. The surveillance control method according to claim 11, further comprising: in the selecting, identifying the at least one of the plurality of sensors based on map information including wall or other space defining structures.
20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer controlling a plurality of sensors to execute operations comprising: receiving sensor data including event related data including sensing result and position information from any of the plurality of sensors, at least one of the plurality of sensors comprising a microphone; determining if the sensing result comes from inside a compartment; selecting the at least one of the plurality of sensors based on a result of the determining, the sensor data and coverage information relating to a sensing range of the any of the plurality of sensors is able to image; and actuating the selected at least one of the plurality of sensors.
1. A surveillance control system controlling a plurality of sensors comprising: at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor connected to the memory that, based on the instructions, performs operations comprising:
receiving sensor data including event related data including sensing result from at least one microphone included in the plurality of sensors and position information of the at least one microphone;
determining if a sound sensed as the sensing result comes from inside a compartment based on the sensing data;
selecting at least one of the plurality of sensors based on a result of the determining, the sensor data and coverage information relating to imaging range which each of the plurality of sensors is able to image; and actuating the selected at least one of the plurality of sensors.
2. The surveillance control system according to claim 1, wherein the event related data includes a direction in which the sound comes.
3. The surveillance control system according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of sensors is arranged in one of a plurality of compartments including, and the operation comprises: determining, among the plurality of compartments, the compartment from which the sound comes based on the sensor data; and selecting, as the at least one of the sensors, the at least one of the plurality of cameras based on the determined compartment and the coverage information.
4. The surveillance control system according to claim 3, wherein the operation comprises selecting, from among the plurality of cameras, at least one camera included in the determined compartment.
5. The surveillance control system according to claim 3, wherein at least one microphone and at least one camera are arranged in each of the plurality of compartments.
6. The surveillance control system according to claim 3, wherein the operation comprises: when the position information indicates one of the plurality of compartments, selecting, from among the plurality of cameras, an inside camera arranged in the one of the plurality of compartments; andwhen the position information indicates outside part of the plurality of compartments, selecting an outside camera capable of capturing the outside part.
7. The surveillance control system according to claim 1, the operations further comprising: comparing the coverage information with the sensor data; and selecting at least one of the plurality of cameras based on the comparing result.
8. The surveillance control system according to claim 1, the operations further comprising:selecting at least one of the plurality of sensors based on the type of the event.
9. The surveillance control system according to claim 1, the operations further comprising: in the selecting, identifying at least one of the plurality of sensors based on map information including wall or other space defining structures.
10. The surveillance control system according to claim 1, the operations further comprising: selecting at least one of the plurality of sensors by changing at least one of direction, resolution or pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) settings of at least one of the plurality of sensors.
11. A surveillance control method controlling a plurality of sensors comprising: receiving sensor data including event related data including sensing result from at least one microphone included in the plurality of sensors and position information of the at least one microphone; determining if a sound sensed as the sensing result comes from inside a compartment based on the sensing data; selecting at least one of the plurality of sensors based on a result of the determining, the sensor data and coverage information relating to imaging range which each of the plurality of sensors is able to image; and actuating the selected at least one of the plurality of sensors.
12. The surveillance control method according to claim 11, wherein the event related data includes a direction in which the sound comes.
13. The surveillance control method according to claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of sensors is arranged in one of a plurality of compartments including, and the surveillance control method comprises: determining, among the plurality of compartments, the compartment from which the sound comes based on the sensor data; and selecting, as the at least one of the sensors, the at least one of the plurality of cameras based on the determined compartment and the coverage information.
14. The surveillance control method according to claim 13, further comprising selecting, from among the plurality of cameras, at least one camera included in the determined compartment.
15. The surveillance control method according to claim 13, wherein at least one microphone and at least one camera are arranged in each of the plurality of compartments.
16. The surveillance control method according to claim 13, further comprising: when the position information indicates one of the plurality of compartments, selecting, from among the plurality of cameras, an inside camera arranged in the one of the plurality of compartments; andwhen the position information indicates outside part of the plurality of compartments, selecting an outside camera capable of capturing the outside part.
17. The surveillance control method according to claim 11, further comprising: comparing the coverage information with the sensor data; and selecting at least one of the plurality of cameras based on the comparing result.
18. The surveillance control method according to claim 11, further comprising: selecting at least one of the plurality of sensors based on the type of the event.
19. The surveillance control method according to claim 11, further comprising: in the selecting, identifying at least one of the plurality of sensors based on map information including wall or other space defining structures.
20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer controlling a plurality of sensors to execute operations comprising: receiving sensor data including event related data including sensing result from at least one microphone included in the plurality of sensors and position information of the at least one microphone; determining if a sound sensed as the sensing result comes from inside a compartment based on the sensing data; selecting at least one of the plurality of sensors based on a result of the determining, the sensor data and coverage information relating to imaging range which each of the plurality of sensors is able to image; and actuating the selected at least one of the plurality of sensors.
Allowable Subject Matter
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance:
Buehler Pub. No.: US 20150244992 Al discloses a video surveillance subsystem comprising a plurality of cameras each having a field of view, each field of view comprising a plurality of sub-regions; a radio-frequency identification subsystem comprising a plurality of radio-frequency stations, each radio-frequency station configured to detect radio-frequency identification tags within a respective operational radius; and an association module in communication with the video surveillance subsystem and the radio-frequency identification subsystem, the association module for inferring associations among one or more of the sub-regions and one or more of the operational radii, wherein inferring the associations comprises: determining a first probability that a first one of the sub-regions is associated with a first one of the operational radii based on a detection of a tracked object in both the first sub-region and the first operational radius at a first time; and determining a second, higher probability that the first sub-region and the first operational radius are associated based on a detection of a tracked object in both the first sub-region and the first operational radius at a second, later time.
MCCOY US 2015/0116501 A1 discloses Various aspects of a system and a method for tracking one or more objects may comprise a network capable of communicatively coupling a plurality of cameras, a plurality of sensors, and a controlling device. The controlling device may receive metadata associated with the one or more objects. The metadata identifies the one or more objects. The controlling device may select a first set of cameras from the plurality of cameras to track the one or more objects based on the received metadata. The controlling device may enable tracking the one or more objects by the selected first set of cameras.
However, none of the cited prior arts discloses “receiving sensor data including event related data including sensing result and position information from any of the plurality of sensors, at least one of the plurality of sensors comprising a microphone; determining if the sensing result comes from inside a compartment; selecting the at least one of the plurality of sensors based on a result of the determining, the sensor data and coverage information relating to a sensing range of the any of the plurality of sensors is able to image; and actuating the selected at least one of the plurality of sensors.”
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Conclusion
Following prior arts of record are considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
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