Patent ID: 11967154
Assignee: ELECTRIFAI, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A method for detecting animal abuse in a video analytics system comprising a controller coupled to receive video data from at least one camera, the controller comprising at least one hardware processor coupled to at least one tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions executable by the at least one processor to cause the controller to perform computer processes comprising:
processing successive video frames to identify object boundaries in each of the successive video frames and identify objects of interest including at least a human in the video frames based on the object boundaries;
creating a mathematical model of the human representing a stick figure model of the human;
analyzing movements of the stick figure model across the plurality of successive video frames to determine at least one of speed or directional motion of features of the stick figure model;
determining mathematically and objectively whether or not the speed and/or directional motion of the features of the stick figure model exceed predetermined numerical thresholds associated with possible abuse of an animal; and
when an instance of possible animal abuse is detected, outputting information identifying the instance of possible animal abuse via a user interface.