Patents by Inventor Robert Cutting

Robert Cutting 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).

  • Patent number: 11594031
    Abstract: A system and method to automatically generate a secondary video stream based on an incoming primary video stream. The method including performing video analytics on the primary video stream to generate one or more analysis results, detecting the first target of interest using the analysis results, automatically extracting a first secondary video stream that captures at least a portion of a first target of interest and has a field of view smaller than that of the primary video stream, tracking the first target of interest, displaying the first secondary video stream, detecting a second target of interest using the analysis results, automatically adapting the first secondary video stream from the primary video stream to capture a portion of the first and second targets of interest, tracking the second target of interest, and displaying the first secondary stream including the portion of the first and second targets of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: AVIGILON FORTRESS CORPORATION
    Inventors: W. Andrew Scanlon, Andrew J. Chosak, John I. W. Clark, Robert A. Cutting, Alan J. Lipton, Gary W. Myers
  • Publication number: 20210142070
    Abstract: A system and method to automatically generate a secondary video stream based on an incoming primary video stream. The method including performing video analytics on the primary video stream to generate one or more analysis results, detecting the first target of interest using the analysis results, automatically extracting a first secondary video stream that captures at least a portion of a first target of interest and has a field of view smaller than that of the primary video stream, tracking the first target of interest displaying the first secondary video stream, detecting a second target of interest using the analysis results, automatically adapting the first secondary video stream from the primary video stream to capture a portion of the first and second targets of interest, tracking the second target of interest, and displaying the first secondary stream including the portion of the first and second targets of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: W. Andrew Scanlon, Andrew J. Chosak, John I.W. Clark, Robert A. Cutting, Alan J. Lipton, Gary W. Myers
  • Patent number: 10929680
    Abstract: A system and method to automatically generate a secondary video stream based on an incoming primary video stream. The method including performing video analytics on the primary video stream to generate one or more analysis results, detecting the first target of interest using the analysis results, automatically extracting a first secondary video stream that captures at least a portion of a first target of interest and has a field of view smaller than that of the primary video stream, tracking the first target of interest, displaying the first secondary video stream, detecting a second target of interest using the analysis results, automatically adapting the first secondary video stream from the primary video stream to capture a portion of the first and second targets of interest, tracking the second target of interest, and displaying the first secondary stream including the portion of the first and second targets of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: AVIGILON FORTRESS CORPORATION
    Inventors: W. Andrew Scanlon, Andrew J. Chosak, John I. W. Clark, Robert A. Cutting, Alan J. Lipton, Gary W. Myers
  • Publication number: 20200210711
    Abstract: A system and method to automatically generate a secondary video stream based on an incoming primary video stream. The method including performing video analytics on the primary video stream to generate one or more analysis results, detecting the first target of interest using the analysis results, automatically extracting a first secondary video stream that captures at least a portion of a first target of interest and has a field of view smaller than that of the primary video stream, tracking the first target of interest, displaying the first secondary video stream, detecting a second target of interest using the analysis results, automatically adapting the first secondary video stream from the primary video stream to capture a portion of the first and second targets of interest, tracking the second target of interest, and displaying the first secondary stream including the portion of the first and second targets of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: W. Andrew Scanlon, Andrew J. Chosak, John I.W. Clark, Robert A. Cutting, Alan J. Lipton, Gary W. Myers
  • Patent number: 10614311
    Abstract: The automatic generation of one or more secondary video streams based on an input primary video stream may use analytics performed on the video to provide information on targets, events, and/or areas of interest to permit the one or more secondary video streams to concentrate on one or more targets, events and/or areas of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: AVIGILON FORTRESS CORPORATION
    Inventors: W. Andrew Scanlon, Andrew J. Chosak, John I. W. Clark, Robert A. Cutting, Alan J. Lipton, Gary W. Myers
  • Patent number: 9892606
    Abstract: A video surveillance system extracts video primitives and extracts event occurrences from the video primitives using event discriminators. The system can undertake a response, such as an alarm, based on extracted event occurrences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: AVIGILON FORTRESS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter L. Venetianer, Alan J. Lipton, Andrew J. Chosak, Matthew F. Frazier, Niels Haering, Gary W. Myers, Weihong Yin, Zhong Zhang, Robert Cutting
  • Publication number: 20170132471
    Abstract: The automatic generation of one or more secondary video streams based on an input primary video stream may use analytics performed on the video to provide information on targets, events, and/or areas of interest to permit the one or more secondary video streams to concentrate on one or more targets, events and/or areas of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: W. Andrew Scanlon, Andrew J. Chosak, John I.W. Clark, Robert A. Cutting, Alan J. Lipton, Gary W. Myers
  • Patent number: 9524437
    Abstract: The automatic generation (702) of one or more secondary video streams based on an input primary video stream (701) may use analytics performed on the video to provide information on targets, events, and/or areas of interest to permit the one or more secondary video streams (703) to concentrate on one or more targets, events, and/or areas of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: AVIGILON FORTRESS CORPORATION
    Inventors: W. Andrew Scanlon, Andrew J. Chosak, John I. W. Clark, Robert A. Cutting, Alan J. Lipton, Gary W. Myers
  • Publication number: 20160086038
    Abstract: The automatic generation (702) of one or more secondary video streams based on an input primary video stream (701) may use analytics performed on the video to provide information on targets, events, and/or areas of interest to permit the one or more secondary video streams (703) to concentrate on one or more targets, events, and/or areas of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: W. Andrew Scanlon, Andrew J. Chosak, John I.W. Clark, Robert A. Cutting, Alan J. Lipton, Gary W. Myers
  • Patent number: 9210336
    Abstract: The automatic generation (702) of one or more secondary video streams based on an input primary video stream (701) may use analytics performed on the video to provide information on targets, events, and/or areas of interest to permit the one or more secondary video streams (703) to concentrate on one or more targets, events, and/or areas of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: W. Andrew Scanlon, Andrew J. Chosak, John I. W. Clark, Robert A. Cutting, Alan J. Lipton, Gary W. Myers
  • Publication number: 20150312602
    Abstract: Software capabilities of a video analytics device are obtained. The software of the video analytics device is configured. An output from the video analytics device is received. The output is sent to a user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Gary W. Myers, Robert A. Cutting, Ethan Shayne, Andrew Martone, David V. Conger, James Morris, William Aldrich, Michael C. Mannebach, Chung-Cheng Yen, Nathan D. Borrebach, Satyajeet S. Hoskote, Alan J. Lipton
  • Patent number: 9158975
    Abstract: A system for video monitoring a retail business process includes a video analytics engine to process video obtained by a video camera and generate video primitives regarding the video, A user interface is used to define at least one activity of interest regarding an area being viewed, each activity of interest identifying at least one of a rule or a query regarding the area being viewed. An activity inference engine processes the generated video primitives based on each defined activity of interest to determine if an activity of interest occurred in the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Avigilon Fortress Corporation
    Inventors: Alan J. Lipton, Peter L. Venetianer, Niels Haering, Paul C. Brewer, Weihong Yin, Zhong Zhang, Li Yu, Yongtong Hu, Gary W. Myers, Andrew J. Chosak, Robert A. Cutting, W. Andrew Scanlon
  • Patent number: 9021006
    Abstract: Software capabilities of a video analytics device are obtained. The software of the video analytics device is configured. An output from the video analytics device is received. The output is sent to a user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Avigilon Fortress Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Myers, Robert A. Cutting, Ethan Shayne, Andrew Martone, David V. Conger, James Morris, William Aldrich, Michael C. Mannebach, Chung-Cheng Yen, Nathan D. Borrebach, Satyajeet S. Hoskote, Alan J. Lipton
  • Publication number: 20150015787
    Abstract: The automatic generation (702) of one or more secondary video streams based on an input primary video stream (701) may use analytics performed on the video to provide information on targets, events, and/or areas of interest to permit the one or more secondary video streams (703) to concentrate on one or more targets, events, and/or areas of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: W. Andrew Scanlon, Andrew J. Chosak, John I.W. Clark, Robert A. Cutting, Alan J. Lipton, Gary W. Myers
  • Patent number: 8848053
    Abstract: The automatic generation (702) of one or more secondary video streams based on an input primary video stream (701) may use analytics performed on the video to provide information on targets, events, and/or areas of interest to permit the one or more secondary video streams (703) to concentrate on one or more targets, events, and/or areas of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: ObjectVideo, Inc.
    Inventors: W. Andrew Scanlon, Andrew J. Chosak, John I. W. Clark, Robert A. Cutting, Alan J. Lipton, Gary W. Myers
  • Publication number: 20130063556
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for generating depth estimates for pixels, in a series of images captured by a single camera, that correspond to the static objects. The techniques involve identifying occlusion events in the series of images. The occlusion events are events in which dynamic blobs are at least partially occluded, by static objects, from view of the camera. The depth estimates for pixels of the static objects are generated based on the occlusion events and depth estimates associated with the dynamic blobs. Techniques are also provided for generating the depth estimates associated with the dynamic blobs. The depth estimates for the dynamic blobs are generated based on how far down, within at least one image, the lowest point of the dynamic blob is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: PRISM SKYLABS, INC.
    Inventors: Steve Russell, Ron Palmeri, Robert Cutting, Doug Johnston, Mike Fogel, Robert Cosgriff
  • Publication number: 20100165112
    Abstract: The automatic generation (702) of one or more secondary video streams based on an input primary video stream (701) may use analytics performed on the video to provide information on targets, events, and/or areas of interest to permit the one or more secondary video streams (703) to concentrate on one or more targets, events, and/or areas of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: ObjectVideo, Inc.
    Inventors: W. Andrew Scanlon, Andrew J. Chosak, John I.W. Clark, Robert A. Cutting, Alan J. Lipton, Gary W. Myers
  • Publication number: 20090158367
    Abstract: Software capabilities of a video analytics device are obtained. The software of the video analytics device is configured. An output from the video analytics device is received. The output is sent to a user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: ObjectVideo, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Myers, Robert A. Cutting, Ethan Shayne, Andrew Martone, David V. Conger, James Morris, William Aldrich, Michael C. Mannebach, Chung-Cheng Yen, Nathan D. Borrebach, Satyajeet S. Hoskote, Alan J. Lipton
  • Publication number: 20080074496
    Abstract: A system for video monitoring at least one banking business process may comprise a video analytics engine to process video of a bank area obtained by a video camera and to generate video primitives regarding the video; a user interface to define at least one activity of interest regarding the bank area being viewed, wherein each activity of interest identifies a rule and/or a query regarding the bank area being viewed; and an activity inference engine to process the video primitives according to a banking business process, based on each activity of interest from the user interface to determine if any activity of interest occurred in the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: Object Video, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter L. Venetianer, Alan J. Lipton, Zhong Zhang, Wei Hong Yin, Li Yu, Yongtong Hu, W. A. Scanlon, Niels Haering, Paul C. Brewer, Gary W. Myers, Andrew J. Chosak, Robert A. Cutting
  • Publication number: 20080018738
    Abstract: A system for video monitoring a retail business process includes a video analytics engine to process video obtained by a video camera and generate video primitives regarding the video, A user interface is used to define at least one activity of interest regarding an area being viewed, each activity of interest identifying at least one of a rule or a query regarding the area being viewed. An activity inference engine processes the generated video primitives based on each defined activity of interest to determine if an activity of interest occurred in the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: ObjectVideo, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Lipton, Peter Venetianer, Niels Haering, Paul Brewer, WeiHong Yin, Zhong Zhang, Li Yu, Yongtong Hu, Gary Myers, Andrew Chosak, Robert Cutting, W. Scanlon