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- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for managing a camera network
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Application No.: US16737222Application Date: 2020-01-08
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Publication No.: US10931864B2Publication Date: 2021-02-23
- Inventor: James Fan , Thomas Barrett , Jennifer K. Lam
- Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Guntin & Gust, PLC
- Agent Jay Anderson
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232 ; H04N7/18 ; H04N21/218 ; H04N21/234 ; H04N21/258 ; H04N21/2668 ; H04N21/414 ; H04N21/4223 ; H04N21/4415 ; H04N21/45 ; H04N21/6587 ; H04N21/81 ; H04N21/84 ; G06Q30/02 ; G06T11/60 ; H04N5/247 ; G08B13/196

Abstract:
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, receiving location information associated with a mobile communication device, determining a first location of the mobile communication device based on the location information, selecting a first camera from a group of cameras based on the determined first location, receiving at least one first image from the selected first camera that captures at least a portion of the first location, performing image recognition on at least one second image to identify a user associated with the mobile communication device, selecting another camera from the group of cameras based on a determined position of the identified user, and receiving at least another image from the selected other camera. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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