Patent ID: 8860807

Claim:
A computer implemented method for monitoring resources, the computer implemented method comprising: monitoring, by a data processing system, a monitored vessel using a mounted camera that captures images of the monitored vessel, wherein the monitored vessel contains a hidden resource that is outside a field of view of the mounted camera; determining, by the data processing system, activity occurring in a vicinity of the monitored vessel; responsive to the data processing system determining that the activity is occurring in the vicinity of the monitored vessel, issuing, by the data processing system, an alert to personnel; receiving, by the data processing system, a current image of the hidden resource that is outside the field of view of the mounted camera capturing images of the monitored vessel from a portable camera held by the personnel after the issuing of the alert; retrieving, by the data processing system, a previous image of the hidden resource that is outside the field of view of the mounted camera capturing images of the monitored vessel captured prior to the issuing of the alert; responsive to the data processing system receiving the current image of the hidden resource captured by the portable camera after the issuing of the alert and the data processing system retrieving the previous image of the hidden resource captured prior to the issuing of the alert, determining, by the data whether discrepancies exist between the current image and the previous image; and responsive to the data processing system determining that discrepancies exist between the current image and the previous image, issuing, by the data processing system, an alarm to investigate the discrepancies.