Video and audio content analysis system
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1. A system comprising:
- one or more processing units, each coupled to a video sensor or an audio sensor to receive video or audio data from said sensor;
an application bank coupled to said processing units, said application bank comprising content-analysis applications; and
a control unit coupled to said processing units and to said application bank, said control unit able to instruct said application bank to install at least one of said applications into at least one of said processing units, wherein each of said processing units is able to process said video or audio data according to said at least one application installed therein.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to various methods and systems for analysis and processing of video and audio signals from a plurality of sources in real-time or off-line. According to some embodiments of the present invention, analysis and processing applications are dynamically installed ill the processing units.
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18 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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one or more processing units, each coupled to a video sensor or an audio sensor to receive video or audio data from said sensor;
an application bank coupled to said processing units, said application bank comprising content-analysis applications; and
a control unit coupled to said processing units and to said application bank, said control unit able to instruct said application bank to install at least one of said applications into at least one of said processing units, wherein each of said processing units is able to process said video or audio data according to said at least one application installed therein. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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one or more processing units, each coupled to a video sensor or an audio sensor to receive video or audio data from said sensor;
an application bank coupled to said processing units, said application bank comprising one or more content analysis applications; and
a control unit coupled to said processing units and to said application bank, said control unit able to instruct said application bank to install at least one of said applications into at least one of said processing units, wherein each of said processing units is able to process said video or audio data according to said at least one application installed therein and to notify said control unit when one of said applications installed in said processing unit detects a predefined condition associated with at least a portion of said audio or video data.
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9. A system comprising:
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one or more processing means, each coupled to a video sensor or an audio sensor for receiving video or audio data from said sensor;
an application bank coupled to said processing units, said application bank comprising one or more content analysis applications; and
controlling means coupled to said processing means and to said application bank for instructing said application bank to install at least one of said applications into at least one of said processing units, wherein each of said processing means is able to process said video or audio data according to said at least one application installed therein.
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10. A method comprising:
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installing one or more content-analysis applications from an application bank into one or more video or audio processing units, said application selected according to predetermined criteria; and
processing input received from one or more video or audio sensors each coupled to a respective video or audio processing unit according to at least one of said applications. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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installing one or more content-analysis applications from an application bank into one or more video or audio processing units, said application selected according to predetermined criteria;
processing input received from one or more video or audio sensors each coupled to a respective video or audio processing unit according to at least one of said applications;
detecting a predefined condition associated with at least one portion of said input; and
sending a notification associated with said condition to a control unit.
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