Patents by Inventor William Christopher Weston

William Christopher Weston 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 system for enhancing a VMS by intelligently employing access control information therein
    Patent number: 11586682
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for enhancing a VMS are disclosed. One of the disclosed methods includes populating a user interface page with one or more images, each showing a single person matched to a known identity, and each taken contemporaneously with one or more respective access control event occurrences identifiable to the single person. User selection input is receivable to mark at least one of the images as a reference image for an appearance search to find additional images of the single person captured by video cameras within a surveillance system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Christian Lemay, Steven Lewis, Elaine A. Ling Quek, Iain McVey, William Christopher Weston
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING A VMS BY INTELLIGENTLY EMPLOYING ACCESS CONTROL INFORMATION THEREIN
    Publication number: 20210034671
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for enhancing a VMS are disclosed. One of the disclosed methods includes populating a user interface page with one or more images, each showing a single person matched to a known identity, and each taken contemporaneously with one or more respective access control event occurrences identifiable to the single person. User selection input is receivable to mark at least one of the images as a reference image for an appearance search to find additional images of the single person captured by video cameras within a surveillance system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Avigilon Corporation
    Inventors: Christian Lemay, Steven Lewis, Elaine A. Ling Quek, Iain McVey, William Christopher Weston
  • Method and system for interfacing with a user to facilitate an image search for a person-of-interest
    Patent number: 10810255
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for interfacing with a user to facilitate an image search for a person-of-interest. A face thumbnail of the person-of-interest, a body thumbnail of the person-of-interest, and image search results of the person-of-interest are concurrently displayed on a display to help a user identify the person-of-interest who appears in one or more of a collection of video recordings. The user may provide feedback to the system regarding whether image search results show the person-of-interest, which feedback may be used to refine the image search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Avigilon Corporation
    Inventors: Tulio Alcantara, Moussa Doumbouya, Eric Sjue, Hannah Valbonesi, William Christopher Weston