Patents by Inventor Elliot Rushton

Elliot Rushton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for controlling surveillance system with gesture and/or audio commands
    Patent number: 11086594
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method controls aspects of a surveillance system using gestures and/or voice commands, and comprises: receiving one or both of an operator's skeleton input data and voice input data from a gesture detection camera and a microphone; using a processor, matching one or both of the received skeleton input data with a gesture stored in a database and the received voice input data with a text string stored in the database; matching one or both of the gesture and text string to a corresponding video management program command stored on the database; and transmitting the one or more video management program commands to a video management program of the surveillance system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: AVIGILON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Uriel Lapidot, Elliot Rushton, Matthew Adam
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM WITH GESTURE AND/OR AUDIO COMMANDS
    Publication number: 20170357481
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method controls aspects of a surveillance system using gestures and/or voice commands, and comprises: receiving one or both of an operator's skeleton input data and voice input data from a gesture detection camera and a microphone; using a processor, matching one or both of the received skeleton input data with a gesture stored in a database and the received voice input data with a text string stored in the database; matching one or both of the gesture and text string to a corresponding video management program command stored on the database; and transmitting the one or more video management program commands to a video management program of the surveillance system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Avigilon Corporation
    Inventors: Uriel Lapidot, Elliot Rushton, Matthew Adam
  • Method and apparatus for controlling surveillance system with gesture and/or audio commands
    Patent number: 9766855
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method controls aspects of a surveillance system using gestures and/or voice commands, and comprises: receiving one or both of an operator's skeleton input data and voice input data from a gesture detection camera and a microphone; using a processor, matching one or both of the received skeleton input data with a gesture stored in a database and the received voice input data with a text string stored in the database; matching one or both of the gesture and text string to a corresponding video management program command stored on the database; and transmitting the one or more video management program commands to a video management program of the surveillance system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Avigilon Corporation
    Inventors: Uriel Lapidot, Elliot Rushton, Matthew Adam
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM WITH GESTURE AND/OR AUDIO COMMANDS
    Publication number: 20150074532
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method controls aspects of a surveillance system using gestures and/or voice commands, and comprises: receiving one or both of an operator's skeleton input data and voice input data from a gesture detection camera and a microphone; using a processor, matching one or both of the received skeleton input data with a gesture stored in a database and the received voice input data with a text string stored in the database; matching one or both of the gesture and text string to a corresponding video management program command stored on the database; and transmitting the one or more video management program commands to a video management program of the surveillance system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Avigilon Corporation
    Inventors: Uriel Lapidot, Elliot Rushton, Matthew Adam