Abstract: A security ecosystem, device, system and method for mitigating conflicts in workflows is provided. A computing device is provided having a network interface and a processor configured to receive workflows from a plurality of workflow computer systems and identify conflicts in the one or more physical devices that are shared among the workflows. The processor mitigates identified conflicts by modifying at least one of the workflows to avoid an identified conflict and provides the modified workflow back to one or more of workflow computer systems implementing the workflows that caused the conflicts.

Abstract: Methods for modifying a patrol route of a safety officer include monitoring persons within geographic areas, identifying a safety officer, tracking an elapsed time value for each of the persons indicating a respective quantity of time since a person has been within a threshold proximity to the safety officer, determining a total elapsed time value for each of the geographic areas based on the respective elapsed time values for each of the persons currently located in the geographic area, determining that a patrol route of the safety officer should be modified based on the total elapsed time value for each of the geographic areas, modifying the patrol route of the safety officer, and transmitting the modified patrol route to the safety officer. The modified patrol route indicates that the safety officer is to patrol a given geographic area of the geographic areas.

Abstract: Techniques for saving bandwidth in performing facial recognition are provided. An image including a face may be received, over a wireless link, at a first resolution. A facial recognition system may identify a subset of people who may be associated with the face, wherein the facial recognition system cannot definitively associate the face with an individual person in the subset of people, based on the image including the face at the first resolution. A feature of the subset of people that may be used to identify a person within the subset of people may be determined. A request for the portion of the image containing the feature at a second resolution may be sent over the wireless link. The second resolution may be higher than the first.

Abstract: A process of anonymizing a person captured in an image. An anonymization server receives a request from an agency to anonymize a person captured in an image including an unredacted facial feature corresponding to the person and an unredacted non-facial feature. The server redacts the facial feature captured in the image to generate a first redacted image. The server then identifies a second image accessible to users not associated with the agency. When the server determines that the anonymity of the person captured in the first redacted image can be compromised using unredacted facial and non-facial features captured in the second image, the server further redacts the non-facial feature captured in the image.

Abstract: A process and system for managing incoming video emergency calls (VECs) at a command center relative to an incident includes receiving first and second VECs from respective first and second recording and transmitting devices reflecting a first incident. Identifying the second VEC as a preferred one of the first and second VECs based on one or both of a quality and a field-of-view between the first and second VECs, and responsively causing the identified second VEC to be forwarded to a first live call taker and the first VEC to a VEC monitoring bot configured to continue to monitor video content of the first VEC and refrain from forwarding the first VEC to the first live call taker. The first VEC may be forwarded to the first live call taker at a lower relative resolution.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for recommending changes in relation to video security camera deployment within a security system is disclosed. The computer-implemented method includes obtaining, at an at least one electronic computing device, video analytics data in respect of a plurality of video frames captured by an at least one video security camera operating under a plurality of operational parameters. When processing of the video analytics data indicates at least one issue in relation to performance of the video security camera, a visual message or an audio message is delivered by a screen or a speaker respectively. The visual or audio message indicates a recommendation in relation to some change, replacement or upgrading of the video security camera.

Abstract: A device, method and system for providing a notification of a distinguishing activity is provided. A devices receives information describing an appearance of a target object. The device determines, using the information, that the target object is located in images acquired by a camera. The device determines a distinguishing activity of the target object in the images. The device controls a notification device to provide a notification of the distinguishing activity.

Abstract: A method and system for controlling operation of a fixed position camera are disclosed. The method includes determining durations of time with respect to which moving objects are projected to become at least practically out of a capture range of the fixed position camera. Based at least in part on these determined durations of time, a number of changes are made to physical settings of the fixed position camera within respective opportunity windows for achieving respective objectives, and in a priority-ordered manner.

Abstract: A system and method for sending an image to a user device based on the context of a user of the device are provided. An image to be sent to a user device may be obtained. The context of the user may be determined. The image may be analyzed to detect and prioritize objects in the image based on the context of the user. The image may be encoded such that objects are rendered on the user device in an order based on the prioritization. The encoded image may be sent to the user device.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for event summarization facilitated by emotions/reactions of people near an event location is disclosed. The method includes generating a query based at least in part on reaction information and at least in part on primary video metadata. Based on the query, at least one possible event summarization match for the one or more events is retrieved from a database.

Abstract: An electronic device and method for generating an augmented image. The device includes an image sensor and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive an image, retrieve a set of keywords, and identify a first set of features within the image corresponding to at least one keyword from the set of keywords, producing first metadata. The electronic processor is configured to compress the image, identify a second set of features within the compressed image, producing second metadata, and determine missing metadata between the first metadata and the second metadata. The electronic processor is configured to generate an augmented image by associating the missing metadata to the compressed image and perform at least one selected from the group consisting of transmitting the augmented image to another device and decompressing the augmented image to create a decompressed image and presenting the decompressed image including the missing metadata.

Abstract: A system, device and method for secure message thread communication is provided. The device comprises a communication interface; a display device; and, a controller configured to: generate, at the display device, a plurality of message threads, the plurality of message threads associated with different incident reports; receive multimedia data for transmission in a first message thread of the plurality of message threads; compare the multimedia data with data from the different incident reports; and when an association is determined between the multimedia data and respective data from an incident report associated with a second message thread, of the plurality of message threads: transmit, using the communication interface, the multimedia data in the second message thread, and not the first message thread.

Abstract: Methods for modifying a patrol route of a safety officer include monitoring persons within geographic areas, identifying a safety officer, tracking an elapsed time value for each of the persons indicating a respective quantity of time since a person has been within a threshold proximity to the safety officer, determining a total elapsed time value for each of the geographic areas based on the respective elapsed time values for each of the persons currently located in the geographic area, determining that a patrol route of the safety officer should be modified based on the total elapsed time value for each of the geographic areas, modifying the patrol route of the safety officer, and transmitting the modified patrol route to the safety officer. The modified patrol route indicates that the safety officer is to patrol a given geographic area of the geographic areas.

Abstract: An analysis engine of an anomaly detection system receives an input captured by a monitoring device, determines, based on a currently used anomaly detection model, that the input represents an object or event that should not be classified as an anomaly, and determines, based on a previously used model, that the input was previously classified as an anomaly. In response, the analysis engine determines a respective classification result for the input based on additional models used between the currently and previously used models, determines, based on the respective classification results, that it is likely that the anomaly detection system has been deliberately re-trained to falsely classify the input, and initiates an action to correctly classify the input as representing an object or event that should be classified as an anomaly. The anomaly detection models and classification results may be stored in a training repository for the anomaly detection system.

Abstract: An electronic digital assistant of an electronic computing device receives a query from a requestor. The assistant determines whether the results of the query include a data portion restricted for the requestor. The assistant determines users having permission to process the data portion restricted for the requestor. The assistant calculates, a priority factor associated with each of users having permission to process the data portion restricted for the requestor. The priority factor is based on at least one criterion defined by a contextual relation between the requestor and respective user. Based on the priority factor a contact person for the data portion restricted for the requestor is selected.

Abstract: A device, system and method for modifying actions associated with an emergency call is provided. A mobile device operates a virtual assistant application, which connects to an emergency call that includes a dispatcher and a caller communicating on the emergency call. The mobile device monitors, using the virtual assistant application, the emergency call to determine context information of the emergency call. The mobile device receives, at the virtual assistant application, sensor data from sensors associated with the mobile device. The mobile device correlates, using the virtual assistant application, the context information with the sensor data. The mobile device causes, using the virtual assistant application, a modification of an action associated with the emergency call based on a correlation between the context information with the sensor data.

Abstract: A device, system and method for positioning monitors in schools is provided. One or more memories store: adversarial relationship data identifying adversarial relationships between students at a school; and schedule data indicative of spatiotemporal locations of the students having the adversarial relationships. A device accesses the adversarial relationship data and the schedule data. The device determines, based on the schedule data, spatiotemporal crosspaths at the school of the students having the adversarial relationships. The device determines a ranking of the spatiotemporal crosspaths. The device assigns one or more monitors to one or more of the spatiotemporal crosspaths. The device transmits notifications to communication devices associated with the one or more monitors, the notifications to instruct the one or more monitors to move to a respective assigned spatiotemporal crosspath.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method to ensure a submitter of an anonymous tip remains anonymous is provided. An anonymous tip may be received from a tip submitter at an electronic tip submission system. Natural language processing may be applied to extract at least one token from the anonymous tip. At least one query may be created based on the extracted at least one token. The at least one query may be executed against one or more databases storing data associated with the at least one token. A number of possible tip submitters may be determined based on the results of the at least one query. Anonymization techniques may be applied to the anonymous tip when the number of possible tip submitters is less than or equal to a defined threshold. The anonymous tip may be submitted when the number of possible tip submitters exceeds the defined threshold.

Abstract: A device, system and method for selecting calls for forwarding to a communication device is provided. An automated call-answering device answers a plurality of calls associated with an incident. The device assigns, to the plurality of calls, questions associated with the incident, each of the questions assigned to at least two of the plurality of calls. The device asks the questions on the plurality of calls, as assigned. The device receives answers to the questions. The device selects a call to be forwarded to a communication device operated by a human user, the call selected from a group of the plurality of calls where one or more consistent answers were received in response to a given question, the call further selected based on voice attributes of callers in the group of the plurality of calls. The device forwards, to the communication device, the call as selected.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for event summarization facilitated by emotions/reactions of people near an event location is disclosed. The method includes generating a query based at least in part on reaction information and at least in part on primary video metadata. Based on the query, at least one possible event summarization match for the one or more events is retrieved from a database.