User assisted customization of automated video surveillance systems
First Claim
1. A video surveillance system comprising:
- a plurality of function modules, each module of the plurality of function modules providing a functional effect that is dependent upon one or more parameters, a database that includes a plurality of scene characterizations, a selector that is configured to allow a user of the video surveillance system to select one or more select characterizations from the plurality of scene characterizations, and a configuration module that is configured to determine the one or more parameters of at least one of the plurality of modules, based on the one or more select characterizations.
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Abstract
A surveillance system allows a user to characterize the user'"'"'s environment and/or the user'"'"'s surveillance application, via a selection from among a variety of predefined environments and/or applications. Preferably, the selection is from among a variety of scene configurations, such as the expected number and type of targets in a typical scene, the lighting conditions of the scene, and so on. The selected environments and/or applications effect a determination of the parameters that are used in the various algorithms and processing modules within the surveillance system. Because the selection is preferably from a variety of common scene configurations, no technical skills are required to effect an optimization of the performance of the surveillance system for a particular environment.
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39 Claims
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1. A video surveillance system comprising:
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a plurality of function modules, each module of the plurality of function modules providing a functional effect that is dependent upon one or more parameters, a database that includes a plurality of scene characterizations, a selector that is configured to allow a user of the video surveillance system to select one or more select characterizations from the plurality of scene characterizations, and a configuration module that is configured to determine the one or more parameters of at least one of the plurality of modules, based on the one or more select characterizations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program that facilitates a determination of one or more parameters of one or more function modules in a surveillance system, which, when executed on a computer system, causes the computer system to:
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provide a plurality of scene characterizations to a user, receive a selection of one or more select characterizations by the user, and determine the one or more parameters of the one or more function modules based on the selection of the one or more select characterizations. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method to determine one or more parameters of one or more function modules in a surveillance system, comprising:
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providing a plurality of scene characterizations to a user, receiving a selection of one or more select characterizations by the user, and determining the one or more parameters of the one or more function modules based on the selection of the one or more select characterizations. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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