Patent ID: 9020832
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G06F,G06K,G06Q,G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for obtaining information from a plurality of image capture devices which comprises: receiving a continuous stream of data from each of a plurality of image capture devices, wherein the data stream comprises GPS position data, compass heading data, and time data; processing the data stream using a software application that determines locations where each electronic device was focused; determining the number of electronic devices focused on each location at approximately a same time from the processed data; determining the total number of electronic devices focused on all of the locations at approximately a same time at an event from the processed data, and form a set of the total number of electronic devices; identifying a cluster of users from the number of devices determined to be focused on a particular location; repeating the analysis of the number of electronic devices focused on each location at approximately a same time at the same event to identify all subsets of users forming user clusters at a particular time; identifying an object of interest associated with a particular user cluster; and determining an observers' level of interest in the identified object of interest based on the proportion of the number of electronic devices focused on the location in the subset forming the particular associated user cluster compared to the total number of electronic devices in the set of the total number of electronic devices; wherein the determining includes: analyzing a distance between points of intersection of the set of the total number of electronic devices to determine where subsets of the points of intersection form one or more intersection cluster(s), wherein each point of the subset is located within a predetermined distance from all other points within the subset, and each intersection cluster is associated with a corresponding object of interest at the event; tracking the number of images captured by each of the plurality of image capture devices, the duration each of the plurality of image capture devices focused on the identified object of interest, and the change in the points of intersection over time to determine changes in the position and size of the intersection cluster(s), wherein changes in the number of points forming the intersection cluster identifies shifting levels of interest between different objects of interest at the event; and thereby determining changes in interest of objects at the event including determining over time whether the interest shifts from a particular location to another location or from one person or object to another person or object.