Patent ID: 8368754
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: G08B,H04M

Abstract:
1. An emergency response method comprising: integrating video analysis capabilities into at least one of an emergency response system and a video operations center (VOC) monitoring for emergency incidents; and performing at least one computer program driven response action involving detecting patterns in video streams that comprise video of an incident, wherein the response action comprises: analyzing at least one video stream of a geographic location and automatically dispatching an emergency responder to the geographic location based upon results of analyzing the at least one video stream, wherein the analyzing and the automatic dispatching occur in at least one of real-time and near real-time; aggregating results of analyzing the at least one video stream of the geographic location with data input into the emergency response system based upon real-time voice communications involving emergency response system personnel; determining a likelihood of an emergency incident based upon the aggregated results of analyzing the video stream and the data input based upon real time voice communications; and automatically dispatching the emergency responder only when the determined likelihood of the emergency incident exceeds a previously established threshold.