Multi-purpose Video Monitoring Camera for Diverse Industries
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Summary of the Inventive Concept
A versatile video monitoring camera system with advanced analytics capabilities, adaptable to various industries and applications, enhancing safety, efficiency, and decision-making.
Background and Problem Solved
The original patent disclosed a multi-purpose video monitoring camera for baby monitoring, with limitations in accuracy and scope. This inventive concept expands the technology to tackle diverse challenges in livestock health monitoring, industrial equipment operation, high-value asset security, environmental pollution detection, and wildfire prevention, addressing the need for adaptable, reliable, and accurate monitoring solutions.
Detailed Description of the Inventive Concept
The inventive concept integrates a microprocessor, CMOS video camera, and thermographic video camera to analyze video data and detect anomalies, patterns, or changes indicative of specific issues. In livestock health monitoring, the system measures body temperature with high accuracy. In industrial equipment operation, it detects unusual patterns indicative of malfunction. In high-value asset security, it tracks intruders and detects anomalies. In environmental pollution detection, it measures temperature changes indicative of pollution. In wildfire prevention, it detects early signs of wildfires.
Novelty and Inventive Step
The new claims introduce novel applications and use cases, expanding the original patent's scope and demonstrating the technology's adaptability and versatility. The inventive step lies in the creative combination of the original camera system with new industries and challenges, resulting in innovative solutions with significant commercial potential.
Alternative Embodiments and Variations
Alternative embodiments may include variations in camera design, sensor integration, or analytics algorithms to accommodate specific industry requirements. For instance, a livestock monitoring system could incorporate additional sensors for humidity or air quality monitoring, while an industrial equipment operation system might integrate vibration or acoustic sensors.
Potential Commercial Applications and Market
The inventive concept has vast commercial potential in various industries, including agriculture, manufacturing, security, environmental monitoring, and wildfire prevention. The market demand for adaptable, accurate, and reliable monitoring solutions is significant, with potential customers including farmers, manufacturers, security agencies, environmental organizations, and government entities.
Section 103 Obviousness Analysis (PHOSITA)
Field of Art
Video monitoring systems with multi-sensor analytics, specifically focused on image processing, thermal imaging, and machine learning-based anomaly detection across surveillance and monitoring applications
Person of Ordinary Skill (PHOSITA) Profile
An engineer with expertise in computer vision, sensor integration, signal processing, and machine learning, typically holding a master's degree in electrical engineering, computer science, or related field with 3-5 years of experience in video analytics and sensor system design
Obviousness Rationale
A person having ordinary skill in the art would recognize that the source patent's multi-purpose video monitoring camera with thermographic and CMOS sensors provides a fundamental technical framework that can be readily adapted to diverse monitoring scenarios by applying standard engineering design techniques and known sensor integration principles. The PTD's variations represent predictable extensions of the original camera system's core technological capabilities, utilizing the existing sensor fusion and video analytics architecture to address different industrial challenges. These adaptations would be considered routine engineering modifications within the ordinary skill of a practitioner in video monitoring technologies.
Obvious Combinations & Variations
Original Patent Information
| Patent Number | US 11,857,311 |
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| Title | Multi-purpose video monitoring camera |