Patent Document ID: 9948902
Application ID: 14642341
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for monitoring a property, the system comprising: one or more sensors that are installed at a property and that are configured to sense attributes of the property; a first camera that is installed at the property, that is configured to pan and tilt, and that is configured to image a first area of the property; a second camera that is installed at the property, that is configured to pan and tilt, and that is configured to image a second area of the property, the second area of the property being different than the first area; and at least one controller configured to perform operations comprising: detecting an event at the property based on sensor data from the one or more sensors that are installed at the property and that are configured to sense attributes of the property; based on the detected event: controlling the first camera to enter a tracking mode in which the first camera scans for a moving object by panning and tilting over the first area of the property imaged by the first camera, and controlling the second camera to enter the tracking mode in which the second camera scans for a moving object by panning and tilting over the second area of the property imaged by the second camera; detecting a first moving object imaged by the first camera in the tracking mode; based on detection of the first moving object imaged by the first camera in the tracking mode: tracking the first moving object by panning and tilting in a manner that follows movements of the first moving object throughout the first area of the property imaged by the first camera, and determining first metadata related to capture of images of the first moving object tracked by the first camera; detecting a second moving object imaged by the second camera in the tracking mode; based on detection of the second moving object imaged by the second camera in the tracking mode: tracking the second moving object by panning and tilting in a manner that follows movements of the second moving object throughout the second area of the property imaged by the second camera, and determining second metadata related to capture of images of the second moving object tracked by the second camera; and coordinating tracking operation of the first camera and the second camera based on the first metadata and the second metadata, wherein the at least one controller is configured to perform operations further comprising determining first power available to the first camera and determining second power available to the second camera, wherein coordinating tracking operation of the first camera and the second camera based on the first metadata and the second metadata comprises coordinating tracking operation of the first camera and the second camera based on the first metadata, the second metadata, the first power available to the first camera, and the second power available to the second camera, wherein determining first power available to the first camera comprises determining that the first camera is operating on battery power, wherein determining second power available to the second camera comprises determining that the second camera is operating on a primary power source provided at the property, and wherein coordinating tracking operation of the first camera and the second camera based on the first metadata, the second metadata, the first power available to the first camera, and the second power available to the second camera comprises determining that the first moving object and the second moving object are the same based on the first metadata and the second metadata, determining to track the first moving object using the first camera based on a first rating for quality of images of the first moving object captured by the first camera and a second rating for quality of images of the second moving object captured by the second camera, overriding the determination to track the first moving object using the first camera based on the determination that the first camera is operating on battery power and the second camera is operating on the primary power source provided at the property, and controlling the first camera to stop tracking and the second camera to continue tracking based on overriding the determination to track the first moving object using the first camera.