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System and method for mapping of text events from multiple sources with camera outputs

  • US 10,341,615 B2
  • Filed: 03/07/2008
  • Issued: 07/02/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A video surveillance system comprising:

  • a CCTV keyboard having a controller that groups each of a plurality of surveillance cameras into a respective one of a plurality of zones, wherein each of the plurality of zones contains a respective one of a plurality of transaction devices within a respective field of view of a respective one of the plurality of surveillance cameras associated with the respective one of the plurality of zones, and wherein each of the plurality of zones is a respective physical location where the respective one of the plurality of transaction devices is located;

    a capture unit that receives transaction data from the plurality of transaction devices; and

    a switching unit connected to the CCTV keyboard that selectively switches between the plurality of surveillance cameras to display respective video from the respective one of the plurality of surveillance cameras associated with a first one of the plurality of zones in response to a first selection from the CCTV keyboard selecting the first one of the plurality of zones,wherein, responsive to the first selection, the capture unit and the switching unit display the respective video of live transactions from the respective one of the plurality of surveillance cameras associated with the first one of the plurality of zones,wherein, when the first one of the plurality of zones includes more than one of the plurality of transaction devices, the CCTV keyboard is configured to receive a second selection selecting a selected transaction device of the more than one of the plurality of transaction devices,wherein, responsive to the second selection, the capture unit and the switching unit display text corresponding to the transaction data associated with the live transactions from the selected transaction device superimposed on the respective video of the live transactions from the respective one of the plurality of surveillance cameras associated with the first one of the plurality of zones; and

    wherein superimposition of the text on the respective video of the live transactions includes placing the text corresponding to the transaction data associated with the live transactions on top of the respective video of the live transactions.

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