Video surveillance system with object detection and probability scoring based on object class
First Claim
1. A method for use in a video surveillance system in which at least a first set of trajectories of a first set of objects of a particular object class is hypothesized to have been moving through an area under surveillance at a previous point in time, the method comprising identifying objects of said particular class hypothesized to be in said area under surveillance at a current point in time, said particular class of objects being distinguishable from other objects based said particular class of objects'"'"' physical appearance, at least one of said objects in said area under surveillance at said current point in time being identified independent of the physical appearance of any objects hypothesized to have been in said area under surveillance at said previous point in time, and extending at least ones of said first set of trajectories to at least ones of said identified objects to develop at least one set of extended trajectories, each of at least ones of said extended trajectories being a respective one of said first set of trajectories extended to at least of the identified objects.
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Abstract
A video surveillance system uses rule-based reasoning and multiple-hypothesis scoring to detect predefined behaviors based on movement through zone patterns. Trajectory hypothesis spawning allows for trajectory splitting and/or merging and includes local pruning to managed hypothesis growth. Hypotheses are scored based on a number of criteria, illustratively including at least one non-spatial parameter. Connection probabilities computed during the hypothesis spawning process are based on a number of criteria, illustratively including object size. Object detection and probability scoring is illustratively based on object class.
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1. A method for use in a video surveillance system in which at least a first set of trajectories of a first set of objects of a particular object class is hypothesized to have been moving through an area under surveillance at a previous point in time, the method comprising
identifying objects of said particular class hypothesized to be in said area under surveillance at a current point in time, said particular class of objects being distinguishable from other objects based said particular class of objects'"'"' physical appearance, at least one of said objects in said area under surveillance at said current point in time being identified independent of the physical appearance of any objects hypothesized to have been in said area under surveillance at said previous point in time, and extending at least ones of said first set of trajectories to at least ones of said identified objects to develop at least one set of extended trajectories, each of at least ones of said extended trajectories being a respective one of said first set of trajectories extended to at least of the identified objects.
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10. A method of analyzing a video image, the method comprising
identifying particular areas of said video image as being more likely than other areas to contain the image of a person, said identifying being carried out independent of any prior analysis of said video image, analyzing said particular areas to determine if individual ones of them appear to represent people, and extending at least one previously hypothesized trajectory of at least one person to include the location of at least one of said particular areas of movement that appears to represent a person.
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