Automatic camera ground plane calibration method and system
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1. A surveillance camera system, comprising:
- one or more surveillance cameras that capture images of scenes; and
one or more calibration systems that automatically generate ground planes from the captured images from the surveillance camera;
a video analytics system having an object detection and tracking system that tracks foreground objects within the scenes, wherein the object detection and tracking system generates object tracking information, object classification information, and/or object size information for each of the foreground objects;
wherein the calibration systems determine whether ambiguities in the foreground objects exist relative to the ground planes, the ambiguities in the foreground objects suggesting errors in the ground planes, and wherein the calibration systems modify the ground planes to address the errors in the ground planes with reference to the object tracking information, object classification information, and/or object size information for the foreground objects found to have ambiguities.
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Abstract
A surveillance camera system and method is disclosed. The system includes one or more surveillance cameras that capture images of scenes, and one or more calibration systems that automatically generate ground planes from the captured images from the surveillance cameras. Foreground objects in the scenes are then analyzed against the ground planes to determine whether the ground planes may require updating and/or recalculation.
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1. A surveillance camera system, comprising:
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one or more surveillance cameras that capture images of scenes; and one or more calibration systems that automatically generate ground planes from the captured images from the surveillance camera; a video analytics system having an object detection and tracking system that tracks foreground objects within the scenes, wherein the object detection and tracking system generates object tracking information, object classification information, and/or object size information for each of the foreground objects; wherein the calibration systems determine whether ambiguities in the foreground objects exist relative to the ground planes, the ambiguities in the foreground objects suggesting errors in the ground planes, and wherein the calibration systems modify the ground planes to address the errors in the ground planes with reference to the object tracking information, object classification information, and/or object size information for the foreground objects found to have ambiguities. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for configuring a surveillance camera system, the method comprising:
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one or more surveillance cameras capturing images of scenes; automatically generating ground planes from the captured images from the surveillance cameras; tracking foreground objects within the scenes; generating object tracking information, object classification information, and/or object size information for each of the foreground objects; determining whether ambiguities in the foreground objects exist relative to the ground planes, the ambiguities in the foreground objects suggesting errors in the ground planes; and modifying the ground planes to address the errors in the ground planes with reference to the object tracking information, object classification information, and/or object size information for the foreground objects found to have ambiguities. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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